Articles by sangeeta mukherjee

We are living in a world where a smartphone is not just a mobile device used for making calls and sending text messages, rather it's a full-fledged touch-based computer (can come with QWERTY keypad also) that embeds features like operating system, Internet access, third-party apps and user interface and it acts like your small entertainment box, your reminder of important tasks, your calendar and so many more.

It has been almost four years since Google launched the Android OS. Android had a humble beginning in 2008, but over the years the OS has occupied quite a large space in the market.

Microsoft has announced its decision to remove the Windows Media Center from its Windows 8 version. The company, however, maintained that even though the feature would not be pre-installed on Windows 8, users could still purchase and install the WMC.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has said that the company's decision to offer an unlimited data plan for the original iPhones was a mistake, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Amidst the hoopla created by the launch of Samsung's flagship Galaxy S3, the second-largest South Korean electronics conglomerate, LG silently launched its Optimus LTE2 on the same day.

Samsung has finally launched its flagship Galaxy S3 phone. The official commercial of the phone is also out, which shows that the phone is made for the humans, giving a direct hint towards the natural interaction features that the company has provided in the phone.

Rumors are rife that Apple is planning to launch a miniature, 7-inch Apple tablet at this year?s Worldwide Developers Conference that will kick off on June 11. The same event is expected to see the launch of some great devices like MacBook Pro (2012), iTV and some software like iOS 6 and iTunes 11.

Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, has notched up significant traffic on the Internet lately thanks to the overwhelming amount of speculations, anticipations created by its next iteration of Galaxy phone, Galaxy S3. While speculations are uncountable, we have tried to be picky about some of the features we are certain about. Check out the list of all the more-or-less expected features of the Galaxy S3 like 4.8-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen, Ice Cream Sandwich OS, 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad process...

In an attempt to entice developers, Research In Motion (RIM) has given a glimpse of the new BlackBerry 10 phones at the BlackBerry World conference that kicked off in Orlando, Florida, May 1.

The HTC One X, which features a mammoth yet bright and beautiful 4.7-inch HD display with 1280 x 720 pixel (720p) resolution, Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon S4 CPU, a 1.5-GHz dual-core chip, 1GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage, is finally launching on the AT&T network on May 6 for $199. The phone will face major competition from other AT&T phones like Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket 4G, iPhone 4S, Nokia Lumia 900, LG Nitro HD and Galaxy Note.

Microsoft is all set to invest $300 million in Barnes & Noble's e-reader and tablet business, foraying into the race for digital publishing and online education.

The latest report from Good Technology shows that iOS devices are becoming stronger in the business world while the Android devices are still lagging far behind. The report reveals that the first quarter of the current year was dominated by the iPhone 4S, which hit a record high, claiming the number one device spot overall and accounted for 37 percent of Good's activations, followed by the iPad 2 with 17.7 percent. The new iPad, in first one and half months of its launch, has also made quite ...

Samsung just became the leading mobile phone handsets shipper in the world, dethroning Finnish phone-maker Nokia from its fourteen-year-long run as the invincible ruler in the cellphone market. Apple holds the third place in the smartphone shipping category. Can the Korean company continue ruling the smartphone market with its Galaxy S3 once Apple releases the iPhone 5?

Verizon Wireless will be offering the Samsung Galaxy S3 once the smartphone hit market on May 3, reports BGR. The latest news is a relief for Samsung fans who are presently on the Verizon as they missed out on the Galaxy S2 when it was released last year, instead settled for the Nexus option.

While user excitement and rumors about Apple devices mainly flock around iPad and iPhone, Apple HD TV is also slowly yet strongly making its presence felt among TV addicts.

As far as the name and features of the new Galaxy phone is concerned, the Korean electronics giant had managed successfully to keep them under wraps until Thursday when senior vice-president Robert Yi revealed the name of what the company calls its Next Galaxy. And, yes, we predicted it right, the names is indeed Samsung Galaxy S3!

With sleek body and exceptionally well performing camera, HTC One S is one smartphone that left critics drooling over it. The latest HTC flick is perhaps one of the very nicest phones in 2012 (until of course Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 hit the market), managing Ice Cream Sandwich, Sense 4 user interface and boasting of slim avatar.

After confirming to offer an unlimited data plan for its upcoming 4G LTE network at the beginning of this month, Sprint Nextel has confirmed that it will not change the plan even when the next iteration of iPhone arrives.

Apple's new iOS 6 has a great possibility to be released in this year's Worldwide Developers Conference that will kick off on July 11. Features that it should have Face Recognition, Better Siri, NFC, Multitasking, Turn-by-Turn Navigation, Date/time stamps to iMessage and text messages, AirDrop, Quick Toggles in Notification Center, Automatic App Updating and etc.

At its annual developers conference, which will be held June 11-15 at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco, Apple promises five days of details and insights on iOS 6 and OS X Mountain Lion and no iPhone. Tickets sell out in just two hours.

After initial delay of Intel's processor for 2012, the company has finally launched its first breed of quad-core processor on Monday. The latest chip, codenamed as Ivy Bridge, is the world's first processors to use a 22-nanometer manufacturing process and feature Intel's Tri-Gate 3D transistor technology and will replace the company's Sandy Bridge CPUs in Apple's next-generation of Mac lineups.

Google has finally launched its first cloud storage aka Google Drive on Tuesday. the service offers 5GB space to play with for free, with options to pay $2.49 / month for 25GB additional space, $5 / month for 100GB and $50 / month for a full terabyte of extra space. can it beat Dropbox or Microsoft's SkyDrive?

The latest rumors indicate that Apple's MacBook Pro series laptop will receive liquidmetal chassis, improved battery and 4G Lter support. Ivy chips and Thunderbolt features are confirmed to be coming in the next Mac device and at the same time reports say that the 17-inch model can be dropped this time to keep Apple's production streamlined.

Adobe unveiled Creative Suite 6 along with Adobe Creative Cloud on Monday at an event in San Francisco. The new Suite includes improved Photoshop and Photoshop Extended, Illustrator, Muse, Acrobat X Pro, Dreamweaver, Flash Professional, Edge Preview.

Samsung's first teaser about the Galaxy S3 reveals nothing. The Destination: tgeltaayehxnx. is a website containing a countdown clock that has two teasers showing technology that fits easily in your hand. Meanwhile, Amazon Germany has revealed Galaxy S3 features that include 4.7in Super AMOLED touchscreen, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS), a 12MP rear camera with autofocus, LED flash and face detection and 16GB of internal storage expandable to 32GB and a $786 price tag.

Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, is launching iCloud competitor, S-Cloud (or sCloud), at next month's Galaxy S3 announcement in London on May 3rd. S-Cloud would offer more than 5GB storage capacity like another cloud storage provider, Google Drive. Will it be better than Apple's iCloud service?

Asus has started shipping its Transformer Pad 300 tablet. The 10.1-inch Pad 300, aka TF300 tablet comes with a price tag of $379 and sports some high-end features like Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and a power-packed quad-core processor.

Apple's fabled iPhone 5 is creating a host of fuss and hype on the Internet of late. according to the latest rumors, iPhone 5 will feature unibody design, liquidmetal casing, in-cell display panel, 16:9 aspect ratio, all screen display and will release in October.

Another 'leaked' image of Samsung Galaxy S3 hits the Internet. Rumored features of the 4.6-inch phone will include quad-core processor running at 1.4GHz, 1GB RAM, a Mali-400MP GPU, Ice Cream Sandwich OS and a screen with 320ppi pixel density and 720p resolution. The Korean company may also introduce S-Cloud service and Galaxy tab 2 (10.1)

Despite being tagged as the powerhouse performer by Apple, MacBook Pro could never do justice to its 'Pro' moniker till 2011 when it received some minor updates.