2012 Revisited: Top five phones launched in India this year

ime for the inevitable best and worst listings. Here is a list of the best phones launched in India (only) in 2012. Hence, please do not request that I be taken to the gallows for not mentioning the beloved Lumia 920 or the new Nexus 4. Needless to reiterate, 2012 has been a rather active year for reviewers like us. There were smartphones launched as if someone was rolling them off a non-stop assembly line. This made the job of sifting the best from the 'okay' rather tough, considering how most...

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2012 Revisited: Top tech fails of the year

EpicFail. Not that we were hoping that would happen, but certain incidents and products made us wish that the apocalypse predictions actually turned out to be true. Here is a look at the #epicfails from the last few months. As we look back at the year that lived under the shadow of the Mayan predictions, certain tech companies did their best in an attempt to ensure that people really looked forward to the end of the world. We look back at some stories, incidents, products and issues that left...

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2012 Revisited: Phones killed by impractical pricing

There were a lot of good phones launched in 2012, but some of them were rather unfortunate to not have a lot of good luck going their way. Always, because someone in a suit completely wrong decision regarding how much the phone should be priced at. Apart from the smartphones that became popular this year, there were a lot more competent smartphones that you could have purchased. But did not, because of the unrealistic price of the device in the face of what the competition is offering. Here...

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Dead Space 3 demo coming to PSN and Xbox Live in January 2013

The Dead Space 3 demo will go live on PSN and Xbox Live on January 22, 2013 and the game launches in February, 2013. The demo for one of the most anticipated survival horror games, Dead Space 3, will be available to gamers on January 22, 2013. The demo will be available via PSN and Xbox Live. Xbox owners, who can't wait till January 22, can get early access to the Dead Space 3 demo. All gamers need to do is register for a code at http://demo.deadspace.com. EA, the...

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Huawei Ascend D2 leaks ahead of the CES 2013 unveiling

Leaked images of the Ascend D2 confirm the device has an HD 5-inch display, a quad-core 1.5 GHz processor, 13MP camera, run Android 4.1, and a 3,000 mAh battery. Huawei is set to launch its much-hyped Ascend D2 phablet at the forthcoming CES 2013 event. Weeks before it is shown to the world, the Ascend D2 has already popped up in the leaked images on the web. Huawei had announced the Ascend D2 back in October this year. The device is believed to be the successor of the...

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BlackBerry 10 leaks show BBM video calling, and a brand new task manager

Video calling might just be a confirmed feature thanks to official-looking leaks that were apparently requested to be to be taken off. Ever since BlackBerry had announced its launch date, we have seen a steady stream of leaks. We have covered the speculations aboutvideo coming to BBM, the QWERTY keypad photo on the N-series BB10 phone, the leaked photographs of BlackBerry London as well as Z10 alleged to be the next BlackBerry phone. The latest leaks,...

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2012 Revisited: Top five tablets launched in India this year

2012 was the year that saw the end of the iPad's dominance in the tablet sphere, with many Android devices of all shapes and sizes taking the quintessential tablet on. Sheer processing power and a tablet-optimized OS finally gave Android a chance. We have come a long way since the launch of the first generation iPad. Today we have tablets with fantastic displays; some great power under the hood and the gap between the iPad and the competing tablets has vanished, dramatically. 2012 saw the...

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iBerry launches Auxus CoreX2 3G with Jelly Bean, and Auxus CoreX4 3G with ICS

iBerry has announced the launch of the Auxus CoreX2 3G and Auxus CoreX4 3G tablets in India for Rs. 10,990 and Rs. 15,990 respectively. The Auxus CoreX2 3G has a 7-inch HD IPS display with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. It is powered by a dual-core 1.6GHz Cortex A9 processor, 1GB of RAM and the Mali 400 GPU. The device supports a 3G SIM card not only for data but for voice calls as well. The rear of the device houses a 2MP camera and the front has a 0.3MP camera for...

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6 of the Best Memes of 2012

Virality. A decade ago, that might have been the name of some sort of Mortal Kombat finishing move. But today, in 2012, virality means success, fame, stardom of a sort in the social media space. And nothing sparks virality more than a good meme. The tools to create a meme are simple enough. First, find an interesting picture online; Facebook and Instagram are good places to start. Add a funny caption via automated tools likeMeme Generator. Then seed to Twitter, Facebook, 4chan, or wherever else that you think that your meme may get picked up. Wait. Pray. And if you're lucky, who knows? Headlines...

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And Now: Frickin' Laser TVs

xpect an onslaught of coverage of laser projection HDTVs in a week (or not, if the media covering the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show can buy a clue). So in today's news rundown I see this headline: LG Hecto 100-Inch Laser TV is Perfect for Doctor Evil's Media Room This is not the first of the laser TV devices, nor will it be the last. The sets use a scanning laser projection technique developed in 1977 but which apparently had to wait for the German patent to run out before anyone could take it seriously. Heaven forbid that the guy make any money from his idea. The first...

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Amazon Still Tops in Holiday Customer Satisfaction

Amazon once again earned top-of-the-class marks for customer satisfaction during the 2012 holiday season, according to ForeSee's annual Holiday E-Retailer Satisfaction Index. The online retailing giant has been ranked No. 1 in the index for eight consecutive years. Amazon said Thursday that this year's holiday selling season was its biggest ever, "with over 26.5 million items ordered worldwide on its peak day, which is a record-breaking 306 items per second." "To achieve such high customer...

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Report: Apple, Intel Working on Smartwatch for 2013

The year 2012 was another one in which Apple defied market skeptics and delivered an unlikely hit, the iPad mini , in the face of stiff competition. But it wouldn't be a normal Apple year without at least one last rumor to send us scratching our heads into the new year, anxiously wondering what the company has up its sleeve next. The latest rumor isn't necessarily earthshaking, but it is nevertheless surprising: Sources based in China claim that Apple is working on releasing a smartwatch. According...

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Samsung Aims to Sell Half a Billion Handsets in 2013

Samsung thinks it can sell more than half a billion mobile phones in 2013, according to a report from a South Korean newspaper that's been picked up by several media outlets. The South Korean tech giant anticipates moving a whopping 510 million handsets next year, including 390 million smartphones, an unnamed source at a "key" Samsung supplier told the Korea Timesrecently. If the company pulls off that feat, it would be a 20 percent increase in Samsung's estimated 2012 sales of 420...

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