Indian Government has taken a big step to counter Mobile Phone Piracy. MSAI, Mobile standards Authority of India)  has put down a new rule abiding to which, cellular operators will ban BTS-Registration for any of the cellphones which has a non-legal International Mobile Equipment Identity  number also popularly known as the IMEI. As I write this, there are only couple of hours left till all those phones meet the graveyard. However, MSAI wants peeople to get their IMEI registered, a way to control the legality of Phone identification and usage upto the standards. Owners of the Chinese-made handsets are crowding authorized outlets to get the IMEI on their handsets. As per the Read further »

Almost every gadget manufacturer is making touchscreens larger but HTC took it to a new step. HD2 features a whooping large screen (4.3 inches WVGA 480×800 pixels), among the largest one would find on cellphones. [Motorola Droid features similar resolution] Uniqueness, another attraction of the screen is capacitive touchscreen, in fact first Windows mobile running Capacitive touchscreen, meaning we finally get pinch and zoom capability on this OS. Overall Feel The phone, looks Read further »

Else seems to be the first contender that has a futuristic UI accelerated fully by OpenGL. The name itself is tricky, it’s called “else” and the model is “First Else” Phone. The First Else phone comes from a Israeli company Emblaze Mobile, supposed to hit stores next year. On the Specs part, Phone has 3.5-inch (480 x 854-pixel) touchscreen display, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 5-megapixel camera (capable of 480p video at 30fps). The device looks like to be powered by  Texas Instruments OMAP 3430 processor, which means it would run at a clock around 550Mhz. (same as Read further »

Here comes the hyped and long waited Google’s Mobile OS 2.0. This software is expected to officially debut first on Verizon’s Motorola Droid smartphone next month. Android 2.0 codenamed Eclair adds a bucket full of features which makes it more dazzling and usable. Here’s a look at what’s new. Camera Improvements Android 2.0’s camera does better than before. It enables user controls for flash and digital zoom. The software also includes Photo modifications: scene mode, white balance, color effect, and macro focus. Read further »

Long awaited good lineup of Phones on Verizon is finally bearing fruit. Verizon’s list for new Phones releasing this winter vacation has leaked out. The excitement is majorly around Android and other phones from HTC, Motorola, LG, RIM, Casio. Here is the complete list as per the source: Android: HTC Desire, available before Black Friday. There are already some rumors on this. It could be called Read further »

Welcome to the world where all your gadgets unify into a single device. Samsung’s W880 is no ordinary phone with a standard camera. It features a proper 12 MP with 3x Optical Zoom. In reality, the new W880 is currently a smartphone which more of a real digital camera. Here are the detailed Specs: 3x optical zoom, in addition to digital. Dial mode photos, videos, macros, etc. Face detection for still photos Xenon Flash just like Pixon 12 Video:  720p HD 30 fps (Awesome) Display: 3.3-inch WVGA AMOLED Touchscreen Cellular network: UMTS/HSDPA UMTS / HSDPA Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth GPS microSD card Read further »

Google launched an overhauled, polished Market place few days back. Major improvements had been with the UI. A big step from a boring interface to the one like App Store. Now, Google has made the latest Android SDK available, introducing a complete view of all the new features that “Donut” (Android 1.6) will provide. Google had been revealing future plans as they proceeded, this is the first time they have been presented to the public bundled into a single package. What’s New – Feature Read further »