Research In Motion is launching the BlackBerry Torch in India tomorrow. While there is no official word from the company about its pricing, our sources tell us that it would be priced at approximately Rs 35,000. The Torch is RIM’s effort to stop its users from jumping ship and embracing the iPhone or Android smartphones. [...]

Launching WP7 is only half the battle won for Microsoft. Yes, the devices are there, the carrier tie-ups are in place and one can expect to buy these devices within weeks. However, it will be the next three-four months that will decide WP7′s fate and with it that of Steve Ballmer. After all, neither the [...]

Yesterday, Microsoft showed off the commercial version of its Windows Phone 7 (WP7) operating system (OS) as well as nine new smartphones from Dell, HTC, LG and Samsung that will run on it. The software giant has a lot at stake considering that this is the first major revamp of the OS in almost two [...]

After the Nokia N8, the Finnish vendor has started shipping its second smartphone based on the Symbian^3 platform, the C7, to various countries around the world. The Nokia C7 features a 3.5-inch AMOLED display and comes with three customisable homescreens. It’s got a couple of pre-installed social networking apps and mail accounts like Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo! mail and Windows Live Hotmail.  It houses [...]

Micromax has launched its latest social networking handset, Pike, a dual-SIM touchscreen phone for just Rs 5,499. The form factor and the colourful backpanels of the Pike are a bit nostalgic and remind us of the famous Samsung Corby which created a stir in the market for being an affordable touchscreen social networking handset.  The Micromax Pike has a 2.8-inch touchscreen [...]

This has just come in. Tata DoCoMo will be announcing its plans to launch 3G services in India tomorrow, making it the first private carrier to announce its plans. The services will go live on Diwali, which is on November 5. We are not sure about the tariff plans yet. The services will be offered [...]

HTC has just hurled across a press release announcing five Windows Phone 7 smartphones. The devices will be available across Asia, Europe and North America starting from later this month. Unfortunately, there is no mention of an India launch, which might indicate that we might get a delayed WP7 launch here. HTC Windows Phone 7 [...]

The Windows Phone 7 launch event has not begun yet and we have the third high profile WP7 smartphone in our midst already. After the LG Optimus 7 and the Samsung Omnia 7, here’s the HTC HD7. It is basically the same as the HD2 – 4.3-inch display, 5.0 MP camera and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 1 [...]

Even before we could get over and stop chirping about world’s first official Windows Phone 7 handset – the LG Optimus 7 – here’s the world’s second official Windows Phone 7 device – the Samsung Omnia 7. LG’s arch-rival Samsung has announced the Omnia 7 on its official Russian site just a few minutes ago.  The Samsung Omnia [...]

We’re yet to watch the Windows phone 7 launch event at 1900 hours in India but it looks like a few devices just can’t wait to hide themselves till that time. The handset in question is LG’s Optimus 7 aka the E900, which has now been officially announced by the vendor in the UK and is apparently the first [...]