Category: Gadgets

  • Why India will not get Google’s amazing Nexus 7 Tablet

    Why India will not get Google’s amazing Nexus 7 Tablet

    Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is the definition of insanity. The good type. Have a look at the features to get started. CPU Nvidia Tegra 3 (Quad-core) RAM 1 GB Screen 7″ (216ppi Back-lit IPS display) OS Android 4.1 Jelly Bean It’s long been clear that Apple rules the high-end in a market they created. Many (…

  • Surface: The Microsoft tablet that is awesome!

    Microsoft is finally entering the tablet market with its own hardware. The Surface comes with Windows RT, and by the looks of it, is pretty awesome. The Surface used to be the name of Microsoft’s touch screen tables, which this is not. This is finally a tablet that I would buy, mainly because when I…

  • Lava, a cheap Indian mobile phone manufacturer, foraying into high end market as XOLO

    Just a month ago we got India’s first and world’s second Intel Smartphone. First announced at the Mobile World Congress in early 2012 , HTC , Samsung  and Sony are going on a merry ride with British ARM processors , swiping off Intel’s domain from mobile computing. Getting back , with no support from big guns…

  • The HTC One X is a little too much!

    Lets begin with the specs Processor / Ram – Quad-core 1.5GHz Tegra 3 / 1 GB Storage – 32GB Display – 720p Super LCD2 @ 312ppi (pixels per inch) Camera – 8MP f2.0 OS – Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich HTC recently decided to stop making a thousand phones, and converge their product line. The One series is a result of that…

  • Google Optimizes Its Search for Mobile Apps

    “Kya Aap Apps Ke Deewaane Hain?” Well, most of us are, but in this rapidly advancing technological era it can be a daunting task to find the right app for you. But don’t worry, The TechIRIS is here to help you!! Google has recently updated its search options in the sidebar with a new ‘Applications’…

  • Nokia N900 gets a bite of the Ice Cream Sandwich

    A hacker by the name of Drunkdebugger has served dessert to the Nokia N900, in the form of Android 4.0.1, Ice Cream Sandwich. The ROM provides you pure Google Goodness, with a touch of modifications. The project is still in beta stage, and the ROM is buggy, but there is hope for the excellent hardware that…

  • [video] Samsung makes fun of people in line for an iPhone!

  • Ice Cream Sandwich – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Reviewing new things in tech. This week, Android 4.0 a.k.a. Ice Cream Sandwich goes under our iris. 1. Integrates the tablet and phone versions of the OS. 2. Folders introduced. Like the Symbian OS, ICS lets you makes folders for your apps. Just drag one icon onto another, and you have made yourself a folder,…

  • Tech-giant Google releases Ice Cream Sandwich source code, The Next Gen Android!

    Are you ready for this? Because this is one hell of a release! After months of life-hurting wait, Google has finally released the source code for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This means you will soon be able to get the latest update running on your Android devices, assuming you have the programming skills. Or…

  • We are not very far from flexible phones!

    We are not very far from flexible phones!

    Video of the week is a new section, where we will be bringing you cool videos from around the internet. ? This is what Sony was upto, back in 2007, a flexible display, functioning, but with minor glitches. ? This is what Samsung show cased at CES 2011, a fully functional flexible display, getting video input from…

  • iPhone envy? Forget about it. You can have Android.

    Since the rise of Apple as a major smartphone manufacturer, people worldwide have been suffering from a great plague. iPhone envy. They have spent nights praying for an iPhone, or for it to be available at cheap prices in their respective countries. India, not being as developed in the telecom sector, not yet into the…

  • Is Aakash the real deal?

    If you are one of those eyeing to grab Aakash, the so- called India’s answer to iPad? Then hold on! Come February 2012, a better and more efficient Aakash-2, the world’s cheapest tablet computer, will be available at the price of version 1 – Rs 2,276 or $49. IIT-Rajasthan has finalised improvements in the Aakash-1…