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Why Ovi Is Important To Nokia?

Why Ovi Is Important To Nokia?

When you have a 60% market share of a rapidly increasing mobile handset market in India, what else can you ask for? Well, more. And for Nokia that’s the Mobile VAS, another rapidly growing market. In India.
It was almost one year back, when Nokia announced. Described as an integrated services platform Ovi was a platform [...]

Should We Get ready to Bid Adeiu to the Beloved Mouse, this 9/9?

Should We Get ready to Bid Adeiu to the Beloved Mouse, this 9/9?

A lot is going to happen, this September 9th. Speculations are around on Apple launching a new version of iPod, touch sensitive Macbooks and even Windows bidding goodbye to “laser”! Indeed, the time seems to have finally come, to say good bye to the beloved and faithful mouse that served the human kind for so many years!

UK Advertising Agency Orders Takedown of Apple iPhone 3G Ads

UK Advertising Agency Orders Takedown of Apple iPhone 3G Ads

Even as reports keep coming up regarding the issues that have plagued the iPhone 3G ever since its launch, a British Advertising Agency has ruled that iPhone’s advertisements are misleading the users and they should be immediately taken off air. The Advertising Standards Agency in the UK has ruled that the iPhone 3G does not deliver what is being conveyed in the ad.

Namaste India: iTunes Store mein aapka swagat hain

Namaste India: iTunes Store mein aapka swagat hain

Now that all the hoopla surrounding the Apple iPhone 3G launch in India is finally settling down, people are finally beginning to convince themselves that laying hands on the iPhone 3G is not going to be easy. Although Vodafone has reduced the prices down to Rs. 28,000 in the stores according to some reports, the [...]

Apple Offering Unlimited iTunes?

Apple Offering Unlimited iTunes?

Tuaw.com an unofficial Apple weblog seems to have received a bit of information from an anonymous person. He claims that the late September Apple event may just prove to be a delight for Apple lovers. One of the best things that they might announce is unlimited iTunes.

iPhone – At Rs.36,000 The Jesus Phone Costs Heaven. Will Nokia Emerge As The New God?

iPhone – At Rs.36,000 The Jesus Phone Costs Heaven. Will Nokia Emerge As The New God?

Ever since Preshit wrote about iPhone on WATBlog, everyone at WAT had been speculating about the prices at which Vodafone and Airtel would make iPhone available in India. Out there, there were many who were just waiting to lay their hands on the iPhone as soon it appears in India.
Well, a lot of them have [...]

iPhone 3G: What's a Good Price for the Jesus Phone?

iPhone 3G: What’s a Good Price for the Jesus Phone?

iPhone 3G - This is undoubtedly the only gadget, ever released by any company in the market, that has managed to generate so much hype that users all over the world are desperately awaiting the launch of the phone in their respective countries.

So, amidst all the speculations in the market, how much is the iPhone actually worth?

Another Day, Another Psystar: Open Tech to Sell Mac OS X Compatible Hardware

While the news about Apple suing Mac hardware clone maker Psystar is still ripe, here comes another company wanting to make some cash on the same grounds. Another firm, by the name of Open Tech, is now planning to sell hardware that apparently supports all the major Operating Systems including Windows XP, Ubuntu (Linux Distro), Windows Vista and Mac OS X Leopard. Although the first 3 Operating Systems are open to be run on any type of PC, no matter what brand or make it is, Apple’s license forbids the installation of Mac OS X on any hardware other than Apple’s own.

[How To] iTunes Store India Sign-Up Walkthrough and Upgrading to Firmware 2.0

[How To] iTunes Store India Sign-Up Walkthrough and Upgrading to Firmware 2.0

A few days ago, Apple released a whole lot of new goodies that we covered here. Among them, hidden, was a surprise for us Indians. Apple finally released the iTunes Store for India and other neighboring countries. This was mainly done so that the iPod Touch users in these countries could upgrade to the latest [...]

Apple iPhone 3G, MobileMe and more launched, India gets an iTunes Store

Apple iPhone 3G, MobileMe and more launched, India gets an iTunes Store

 

 
Apple, the company which is known for its Mac ( Macintosh ) range of computers and particularly for the iPod, had the whole of the Internet at the edges of their chairs. Every single soul, with even the slightest idea of what an ‘iPhone’ might be, was hooked to their computer screens, desperately waiting for [...]

MOTOMusic Gets Launched in India - Competition For Apple’s iTunes

Finally iTunes gets into some tough competition in the Indian market. After Motorola had acquired the pan Asian music service provider, SoundBuzz, Motorola seems to be working overtime to launch the its much celebrated music portal, MOTOMusic, before iPhone gets a chance to grab that share in the Indian market, thanks to Apple’s very popular iTunes service.

The Next Gen iPhone Applications - Our Picks

The Next Gen iPhone Applications - Our Picks

As the release date of iPhone in India is still uncertain I have decided to share few applications that you must have as soon as it releases.

Apple + Twitter = Doctor Away? (Introducing Plurk)

Apple + Twitter = Doctor Away? (Introducing Plurk)

 
 
 
Today is Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and one can expect a lot of breaking news. And if Twitter continues to function the way that it usually does (always down) it will surely piss off people more than ever.
 
So how is Twitter going to fight with this problem?
 
Twitter blog answers:
 
We’ve moved much of the load off [...]

A Sneak Peak At Windows 7, The Future of Computers, and Windows vs Mac

Microsoft previewed Windows 7 a couple of days back   Bill Gates says it’s the beginning of an era of computing based on a new hierarchy of input systems. Today the machine is really set up for one person to sit at a keyboard. “We’re at an interesting junction,” he says. “In the next few years, the roles [...]

Updated: Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky Speaks About Windows 7

Updated: Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky Speaks About Windows 7

As Windows XP deadline approaches Vista sales is expected to go up. But people all over the world seem to be more interested in the upcoming version of Windows 7 rather than Vista. In an exclusive interview with CNET, Steven Sinofsky the senior vice president for the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group at Microsoft [...]