The discovery of a similar looking character in an arcade-style action game of 90s by Atari titled, Gauntlet: The Third Encounter has caused much stir in the blogosphere today. Google’s Android logo has turned out to be a look alike of one of the characters of the game. Surprisingly, even the name of the character (“Android”) is same, among others namely Wizard, Valkyrie, Samurai, Gunfighter, [...]

iOS 4.0 was so slow on our 3G, we promptly downgraded after updating. Earlier this week, Apple announced, among other things, that iOS 4.1 fixed performance on the iPhone 3G. We put their claim to the test. In the video above, the iPhone 3G battles itself in an epic speed test to find out if Apple’s claims are true: Is iOS 4.1 faster than 4.0, or is it just a wash? Music by Julian Wass Note: [...]

If you are an iOS user, chances are that you already play or at least know about Angry Birds. It’s probably the most addictive game in the App Store. The goal of this game is to take down pigs hiding in buildings by launching birds at them. The game is not only addictive, the sounds and visuals are outstanding. No wonder it’s the # 1 paid app in almost all countries in the App Store! Angry [...]

People bump into others a lot when they are texting while walking in the streets, but Samsung released their own solution for that problem. RoadSMS shows your road through the screen by a transparent keyboard using the camera in your phone. This way you will know what’s coming ahead of you even while texting. This app is exclusive to Samsung Apps and is only available to the Samsung Galaxy S users [...]

Now this is interesting. Nexus One just got a ROM leaked out which is said to be a new update after the FRF91 Froyo update from Google – Nexus One FRG33. This is now available for download, thanks to the folks at XDA forums. There is no changelog present at the moment on the FRG33 build, but I think I’ll load up this ROM on my Nexus One and see for myself what new changes have been made in this [...]

When we talk about touchscreen-only Tablets, the first device that pops up in mind is the iPad. It is an awesome device in many ways, provided that you find some good use for it. When iPad was launched earlier this year, it was pushed as a device to innovate the way we use our computers, just like what iPhone did with smartphones back in 2007.The popularity and success of iPad naturally spawned many [...]

TweetDeck has jumped from the beta 6 release of TweetDeck for Android directly to beta 7. Some new features has been added and the app seems a bit faster to me than before with no lags. I’m still exploring the app for mroe changes and tweaks. You can catch the official changelog below: Option to remove Facebook, Buzz, and Foursquare updates from the home timeline Improved map view Ability to [...]

FCC has posted the images of new iPod Touch tear down which was unleashed on September 1st, 2010 at Apple’s special media event. New iPod Touch TearDown Photos

Apple has posted the dedicated iOS 4.2 software update page for iPad with 100 new features. The iOS 4.2 release is expected in November 2010 for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The iPhone and iPod Touch both of the devices are already on iOS 4 whereas iPad is right now working over custom iOS 3.2 version which includes a few features of iPhone OS 4. On September 1st 2010 media event Apple announced the [...]

Overveiw and Design Samsung’s Galaxy Tab device might not have been the best kept secret in the world, but its arrival at IFA still saw a lot of excitement and clamour to try out the new tablet. The dinky device, which has a 7-inch screen and weighs in at only 380g, is meant to be the portable and pocketable answer to the heft of the iPad, and certainly feels that way when you first play [...]