First it was Nokia’s CEO Olli, Pekka Kallasvuo, then its veteran and head of smartphone unit, Anssi Vanjoki, to be closely followed by the chief of its upcoming MeeGo operating system Ari Jaaksi. In the latest change of guards, Symbian Foundation’s executive director, Lee Williams, has left the foundation. Like Jaaksi, Williams too cites personal [...]

As the war for smartphone supremacy heats up, especially this close to the Holiday shopping season, the fight gets messier. The arrogance displayed by Steve Jobs yesterday is not going down well with Apple’s competitors. While Google remained largely tight-lipped if you discount this Tweet by Andy Rubin, RIM’s Jim Balsillie was not amused. The [...]

We know we have been bombarding you with posts related to Micromax but we promise that this is the last and the final one for today. We can now confirm that Micromax will announce that it will distribute the modu T phone in India. Yup, the same tiny phone which was awarded the Guinness World [...]

We don’t mind admitting when we are wrong and boy, were we sniffing down the wrong tree last night when we reported Micromax’s plans to launch an Android smartphone tomorrow! (For the record, we have blacklisted those sources.) We can now confirm that tomorrow’s press conference will see the launch of an EVDO (REV A [...]

Not content with his one-liner e-mail replies, Steve Jobs went on a rampage to rip Google’s Android strategy in a five-minute rant at today’s fourth quarter investor conference call, where Apple reported selling 14.1 million iPhones in the quarter ending September. The CEO of Apple started by doubting Android smartphone activation numbers followed by the [...]

One passion that is common with almost every Apple hardware user is hunting for accessories and protective gear for the iGadget. There has not been a single trip of ours abroad when we have not shopped for fancy cases for the iPhone, speakers for the iPod and now protective cases for the iPad! In fact, [...]

Seemingly inspired by the success of local Indian vendors, Motorola has launched a couple of Dual-SIM phones of its own in a new EX-series. The first two phones in this series were announced about a fortnight ago. The EX115 is the first QWERTY phone with Dual-SIM from the ‘BIG FIVE’ global handset vendors. (Though the [...]

Barnes & Nobles’ Nook e-book reader is set to get more mobile friendly next month with a software update that is expected to be released next month. The new Nook software update will sync your last page read across iPhone, iPad and Android Nook apps. So no matter which device you use to access Nook, [...]

Update: Micromax will launch an EVDO+GSM Dual-SIM, dual standby phone. Check out the details here.

Samsung has finally announced that it has begun rolling out a firmware update that will bring Android 2.2 aka Froyo to its flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S. The update will hit Kies, Samsung’s PC suite, starting in mid-October (which is now) in the Nordic regions and will start percolating to other countries soon after. [...]