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Passport? Um.. I've got an iPad!

Posted by Karan Israni On January 4, 2012 ADD COMMENTS

The iPad has truly changed the way we live. From being just a 'fun' gadget with which you can play games, browse the web and perform simple tasks, the iPad has grown on to become one handy tool, now being used in several big restaurants, hospitals, coming to the aide of pilots, small businesses, and [ Read More ]

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Ever since Apple released the MacBook Air in January of 2008, touting it as the World's Thinnest Notebook, many companies have tried to ape Apple's invention but kept failing miserably with each attempt. Today the Air, the best of the lot when you talk about UltraBooks, finds an unlikely competitor in HP's mysterious device, dubbed [ Read More ]

There was much ado about the first product coming out of the Nokia-Microsoft's partnership, with early onlookers claiming the Lumia 800 to be faster than Apple's iPhone. Fast forward to 2012 and the Mango-sporting device is mercilessly beaten by its iOS counterparts. Nokia's Mango-powered Lumia 800 was pitted against an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.3 and an iPhone [ Read More ]

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Following in the footsteps of RIM's BlackBerry Playbook tablet, which reached 12,000 new hands in just 4 days approaching 2012, Motorola's Xoom tab too intends to join the party with a hefty price cut of their own. RIM officially announced on December 28 that they are offering the Playbook at a 50% discount, with the [ Read More ]

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We're still a long time away from regarding the iPad as a gaming console, but given its portability, ease of use and the plethora of games available on the App Store, 2012 could very well be the year Apple's magical and revolutionary device realizes its true gaming potential. It's obvious -- when you think of [ Read More ]

blackberry-playbook sale in india continues

Earlier we told you that RIM is selling Blackberry Playbook's at flat 50% discount. The offer was only valid till December 31,2011. To everyone's surprise RIM has sold 12,000 Playbook's in four days.This is an amazing sales figure. The 32 GB and 16GB are completely sold out whereas a few units of 64GB are yet available. [ Read More ]

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Here's wishing all our readers a very very happy and a prosperous new year. May 2012 give you what 2011 couldn't! Yesterday we told you about two developers taking it to themselves to bring iOS applications to the Apple TV in a native experience, showcasing a video where they managed to get apps running side-by-side. [ Read More ]

After battling it out for almost the entire 2011, Samsung and Apple's war just won't cease even on the last day of the year, throwing up a new controversy to welcome 2012 on a bitter note between them. Apparently, Samsung has cast the same little girl that Apple used for an iPhone 4S advert, for [ Read More ]

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In an era where anything and everything is subject to hacking, especially if it's an Apple device, a couple of developers -- one of them previously responsible for porting iPhone 4S' exclusive personal assistant Siri to older iPhones -- have hacked an Apple TV to run iOS apps side-by-side. Developer Steven Troughton-Smith, with help from another developer [ Read More ]

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BlackBerry Playbook-maker Research in Motion today announced that it has slashed prices of its want-away tablet by as much as 50%, bringing down the prices of the tablet to as low as:  16GB - Rs 13,490 (previously Rs 27,990) 32GB - Rs 15,990 (previously Rs 30,490) 64GB - Rs 24,490 (previously Rs 38,990) Blame it [ Read More ]

Flipkart Christmas and New Year Deals

Flipkart.com,a wonderful e-commerce website,has some good discounts on most products during this festive season of Christmas and New year. You could check out their entire holiday special catalog here. Enjoy shopping!!

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Samsung Galaxy S III concept | image via Concept-Photos Back in February of this year, Samsung Electronics had unveiled what turned out to be the most successful Android device out there in the form of the Galaxy S II. They unveiled the popular smartphone at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) - an event held in Barcelona, [ Read More ]