Engadget is claiming to have been briefed by one of its sources about Sony Ericsson developing a gaming Android smartphone that might get the PlayStation branding – something that gamers worldwide have been begging for. The PS Phone will run on Android 3.0 aka Gingerbread and will have a 3.7-4.1-inch touchscreen and a slide-out gaming [...]

With more governments scrambling for access to data sent securely by Research In Motion’s (RIM’s) BlackBerry handhelds, most users are scratching their heads as to what is the big deal about it. With big confusions come bigger rumours and Reuters has this excellent Q&A that answers most questions surrounding BlackBerry’s security concerns. Does this cheatsheet [...]

Google has sent out invites to the tech press in the US for a Google Mobile-related announcement today. While no one really knows what the announcement would be (no leaks, yet!) but here are some possibilities that we think based on what Google has shown in the past couple of months. We have a hunch that today’s announcement might not have anything to do with new devices or throwing some vague numbers about the number of Android smartphones getting activated daily (the latter will certainly happen, though). Instead, I think that it will be related to some much-needed improvements for the Android Market.



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There is really no innovation taking place in the world of smartphones as manufacturers simply cram the highest available specifications in the thinnest frame possible. The Motorola Backflip attempts to break those shackles with a fresh concept and an unusual design.



With Android smartphones available at a dime a dozen, there is very little to differentiate them from each other. Most often than not, the difference lies in pure hardware specifications and numerous variations of iPhone-inspired user interfaces (UI). To top that, phones from the same brand will have the same UI and the only thing separating them is the price tags that they carry. One can review them with by just judging their battery and processor performance as the rest remains unchanged.



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Last week, we were featured on one of the Wall Street Journal blogs in a feature about what to do if BlackBerry’s blocked in India. Do check out the post here.

The first Android 2.2 smartphone (apart from the Nexus One) is finally here. It certainly took a long time coming after we first saw it a couple of months ago, but the successor to the Motorola Droid (known as Milestone outside the US) has been announced, and like the trend these days is called the [...]

After introducing the revolutionary concept of pay-per-second last year, Tata DoCoMo has introduced a new arm to this famous concept. The GSM branch of Tata Teleservices has introduced ‘Pay-Per-Site’ concept (yes, you heard it right), which will offer ‘pay-for-what-you-use’ Internet-browsing model to its customers across India.  

So if you’re the kind who pays a regular [...]

References to unannounced HTC Windows Phone 7 (WP7) – Gold, Schubert and Spark – have been made earlier but today we have the first official recognition of the existence of the Spark thanks to this UA Profile from HTC. We can now confirm that the Spark indeed runs on WP7 and will have a 800×480 [...]

We have just learnt from one of our connects that Motorola indeed has a 10-inch Android tablet in the works and it will run on Android 3.0 aka Gingerbread. The tablet, referred to as the M-Pad (very unlikely to be the final name), will also have a camera but he was not sure about its [...]

All right, in terms of gaming bonanzas, we do not think it gets any bigger than this. The legendary Sid “Civilization” Meier’s strategy game for the iPhone, Civilization Revolution, is available for free download “for a limited time” (we suspect it is just for a day but are praying like the deuce that it is [...]