Archive for February, 2008

N96 Blog

Being an avid fan of Nokia’s N95, I am now eagerly awaiting for the next flagship, the N96. I am tracking all the news and updates of this device in a separate blog here. If you are interested in this device, you can subscribe to the RSS feed here.

Nokia N830

While Apple gets all the attention for introducing a 2 GB version of its display-less MP3 player, a certain Finnish manufacturer’s rumored update of a much more useful device almost went unnoticed. The Nokia N830 seems to be an update of the last year’s best selling computer on the Amazon, the Nokia N series internet […]

Sony Ericsson announces XPERIA, but…

Hmmm.. We were expecting this announcement for a long time and finally it has happened. Sony Ericsson has announced the XPERIA X1, a new stylish looking Windows Mobile phone. This new phone packs in a punch with a 800×480 resolution screen and other goodies like A-GPS and auto focus camera. While this got many people […]

The Nokia N96 disappointment

The leaked specifications of Nokia N96 reveal lot of improvements over its predecessor, the N95. The addition of DVB-H, built-in 16 GB memory with an expansion slot (take that, Apple!), WMV9 support and SDTV output are all welcome changes. But the glaring shortcoming is the 320×240 QVGA screen. Why not VGA or atleast 352×416 as […]

The inevitable has happened…

It looks like Microsoft has conquered the final frontier in its quest to make Windows Mobile the No. 1 mobile operating system. A report from itwire suggests that Microsoft is in talks with Nokia to bring the Windows Mobile platform onto Nokia handsets. This will have very interesting consequences as Nokia is currently the only […]

Browser Wars are back…

…but this time, it is in the mobile world. Web browsing on mobile devices always had its challenges. Smaller screen size and lower processing power meant limited browsing experience on the handset. Technologies like WAP came and went without much enthusiasm from end users. The reason for the failures are simple: Users expect the same […]

The Kindle Effect: Amazon drops e-Book downloads

For people living outside the United States, the best way to buy recently launched books is Digital downloads options provided by many online book vendors. Most of the time, Amazon used to launch the digital editions along with the paperback or hardcover editions. With the introduction of Kindle, Amazon’s e-Book reader, Amazon has dropped […]

Macbook Air for a whopping INR 96000 in India

As usual, we Indians have to pay a whopping INR 96000 for the Macbook air Non-SSD model. This is equivalent to US$2400 as per prevailing exchange rates. If I buy the same and bring it back from USA, it will cost me only INR 72000.
More details and pricing of other Apple products in India at […]