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  • What camera to buy, How do I know?

    Photography is now everyone's business. Celebrations at office or school, family  outings, fond personal moments... every occasion gets captured. Even basic mobile phones carry cameras. All the same, there are differences. And that makes a difference! How do you define … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/11/16/camera1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Sony Xperia Tipo: the cute little Smart Phone

    Sony 's 'Xperia Tipo'is a pocket-friendly entry level smart phone. It comes in single SIM and dual SIM models; the single SIM Tipo costs between Rs. 8900 (sulekha.com, zoomin.com) to Rs. 9499; dual SIM model costs slightly above Rs. 10,000. … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/11/08/xperiatipo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Latest Mobile Phones in India, Above Rs. 15K

    Have a look at the latest Indian launches of high-end smart phones from the leading mobile brands. Price range above Rs. 15,000. Latest mobiles priced below Rs. 5000 Latest mobiles priced between Rs. 5000-15,000 Video review of Sony Xperia Tipo … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/11/05/latestmobiles-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Latest Mobile Phones in India, Rs.5K to 15K

    Have a look at the latest Indian launches from the leading mobile brands. Here are the Android and Symbian models priced between Rs. 5000 and Rs. 15,000.The price and features mentioned here are indicative only. These have been sourced from … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/11/05/latestmobiles-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Latest Mobile Phones in India, below Rs. 5000

    Have a look at the latest Indian launches from the leading mobile brands. Here are the basic models priced below Rs. 5000: some basic Android models included. Latest mobiles priced between Rs. 5000-15,000 Latest mobiles priced above Rs. 15,000 Video … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/11/05/latestmobiles/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • HCL MyEdu and HCL Me Tablet U

    Keeping pace with the edutainment features of latest tablets in the market, HCL has come out with its HCL MyEdu Tab 1 and a slightly relaxed version HCL ME Tablet U. HCL MyEdu has a 2 MP  front camera which … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/07/30/hcl-myedu-and-hcl-me-tablet-u/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Tablets: Just for Games and Videos?

    Do you have a tablet? What do you do with it? Some sure variables in your answer will be - play games, watch videos and browse the internet. Are our tablet habits corresponding to what they really stand for? Tablets … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/07/30/tablets-game-console/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Can Tablets replace PCs and laptops?

    The arrival of Windows8-powered Surface Tablets is sure to unsettle te oligopoly of Google's Android and Apple's iOS. Tablets that run on Android and iOS were just offshoots of a single stem: the Smartphones. With no added features and apps, except high-resolution screen and some USB ports, tablets did not cast any magic on the [...]

  • Karbonn Smart Tab 1 – A torch bearer

    Karbonn (the company which came up with low budget mobile phones and Smartphones even before the Chinese wave that swept the mobile industry a few years back) has entered the Tablet computer industry. Karbonn launched its first budget level tablet Karbonn Smart Tab 1, in the first week of May this year. Karbonn has left [...]

  • Tablets: Are They for You?

    Tablets are taking over the role of laptops and netbooks as the most flexible mobile computing device till date. Microsoft came out with the idea of Tablet computers and introduced the Windows Tablet PC in 2000. Though Microsoft failed to carry forward the hype into a commercial success, many companies came up with different variants [...]

  • Reliance Tablet: Great Specs, CDMA connected

    Reliance came up with its Android powered CDMA 3G Tablet in the latter half of 2011. Reliance communications is the first mobile service provider to venture into the tablet industry in search of fortunes. They rolled out this tablet collaborating with their Chinese hardware partner ZET. The device ran on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.  [...]

  • Funbook: Affordable Edutainment Tablet

    Funbook from Micromax has received jolts and pats from its users. The 7 inch 1080 resolution tablet, fielded into the market with preloaded edutainment apps was expected as an agile response to the India government's Aakash tablet that targets the … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/07/24/micromax-funbook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>

  • Amazing Alex to be released soon

    Rovio, the Finnish makers of the phenomenal game 'Angry Birds' are up with the next wonder. Their latest game runs a whiz kid 'Amazing Alex' endowed with 'boundless imagination, and a houseful of fun toys'.  Rovio claims the game is … <a href="http://blog.tools.news.yahoo.com/techscan/2012/06/28/amazing-alex-to-be-released-soon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">→</span></a>