It takes just $167.50 to manufacture an iPhone 5!
According to Geeknizer, Apple has to shell out just $167.50 to get an iPhone 5 ready to be in the market. For the sake of some number crunching, the unlocked 16GB version of the iPhone 5 has been priced $699. An estimate suggests that Apple shall manage to sell around 20 million units of the over-hyped smartphone.
Th…
nexGtv for Android Streams live WT20 matches
WT20 2012 is currently running and if you're not at home, like me, or something else prevents you from watching the match on your television set and still don't want to miss out a single ball, you need to check out nexGtv for Android. As you might now, the popular television app for mobile, ZengaTV does not …
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How to Root ICS updated Spice Mi 425
Your Ad Here It's just been barely 2 weeks since Ice Cream Sandwich aka Android 4.0.4 for Spice Mi 425 was released, and as expected, the phone has been rooted even on the updated platform. You might need to refer to the Mi 425 rooting guide for GB version.
So, Ready to root your lovely Android again?
Requirements:
C…
Super Status Bar lets you customize your Android's status bar
XDA developer Firezenk is a restless soul. And the reason? He is always working to improve his app "Super Status Bar", which is one of its kind on the entire Android play store. The app lets you customize each and every single element of your status bar. And if your phone is an oldie and is still running fro…
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5 High-end Phablets to look out for
Phablets; That was the term coined for the Samsung Galaxy Note which came with a 5 inch display, bigger than phone's but smaller than tablets. The device was expected to be a failure given the fact that the design was really odd and it was considered that people won't prefer it as it would be difficult to oper…
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New Rooting method for Spice Mi 355 Stellar Craze
About a week ago, I posted a rooting tutorial for the Spice Mi 355 which included flashing a Karbonn A7 ROM. But as per my readers, and fellow XDA mates, the A7 ROM is quite buggy and screws up the button mapping on the device. So, I'm back with a safer rooting method which roots the Stock ROM and don't requir…
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My Gesture lets you draw cool gestures to do stuffs
My Gesture is a really cool application for Android smartphones that looks even cooler when you use it in front of your friends.
The idea behind the app is pretty simple: you create gestures and assigns them some function so that whenever you draw that gesture on your screen, the corresponding function is launched. My…
Opera Mini updates to 7.5 on Android; comes with "Smart Page"
You can call the Opera team for Android a lazy bunch, given the time intervals between updates of the browser. But we shouldn't be blaming them actually, given the ludicrous number of mobile platforms they support, it takes so much to release new functionalities
Whenever my Play Store notifies me of pending updat…
How to Root Spice Mi 355 Stellar Craze
Update: A better and safer rooting method for the Spice Mi 355 has been posted which doesn't require you to flash the buggy Karbonn A7 ROM.
Spice Mi 355 aka Stellar Craze was launched about 3 weeks back. The phone packs a 3.5 inch capacitive screen, HVGA resolution, a 800 MHz ARMv7 processor, and on top of all, a p…
Facebook dethrones Google to become Alexa #1
A recent Alexa update made Google's worst fears come true as Facebook dethroned Google from the #1 position in the debated Alexa ranking system. This means that Facebook now garners more pageviews than Google does. Google was sitting at the coveted top position in Alexa rankings for a long time.
The current top 10 …
ICS update for Spice Mi 425 finally out
Flooded by the questions of current and to-be owners of the Spice Mi 425, the ICS update for the device has been finally rolled out. As reported before, the update has been rolled out just a few days after the Spice Mi 500 was made available in the market.
Spice Mobile's official Facebook Page posted the below upda…
HTML 5 versus Adobe on Apple products
The verdict is already in on this debate and that’s due to the fact that Adobe had to concede defeat. At the time I was shocked by Apples decision to replace a mobile casino and gaming platform that had faithfully been supported by them for so long, but when I see the quality of the games now available for play on an…
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iPhone 5 launched; is thinner, lighter & lightening fast
Finally the day arrived for which every tech geek was longing for. Yes, the launch event just wrapped up. Don't start getting jealous,I wasn't invited to the event. :-P
I'm listing down the quick points jolted down by my inside sources:
The iPhone 5 is officially called "iPhone 5."
The Skeleton:
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Watch Youtube without buffering even on 2G | Android
Everyone knows the quality of internet in India. I barely know anyone who use 3G data packs for internet because of the high price that comes bundled with those high speeds. Thus, even if you buy an extensive smartphone, you can't enjoy the privilege of watching youtube videos without buffering. But if you buy an…
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Volume Control + controls volume on Android smartly
Managing the volume on Android is a bit complicated. The volume up and down keys work only to increase or decrease the ringer volume, or the media volume if any media is playing. You have to dig around various settings to play with other sounds (like alarm volume, notification volume etc.) on your device.
Last Friday, …
How to change the Boot Animation on Android
If you are the type of person who easily gets bored with everything that's stock, then you will be quite excited to try this tutorial on your Android phone. I searched for this topic when I got bored of the "ugly" Spice animation. (For those who haven't heard about Spice, it's a device manufactur…
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