Has Google's Android model hit a snag?

Since Google Inc introduced its Android operating system in 2007, the company's strategy has been simple: Give it to developers for free and make money when consumers click ads on the Web or through apps. That model is hitting a snag.


Amazon.com Inc and Chinese internet giantsBaidu Inc and Tencent Holdings Ltd are using Android as a building block for their devices, skipping preloaded applications such as Gmail,Google Maps and YouTube that generate ad revenue for Google, as well as its app store. Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet, which is gaining ground on Apple Inc's iPad, comes with none of those apps.

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How IBM Saw 2012 in 2007: Where’s My Mind-Reading Cellphone?

The brainiacs at IBM made some pretty far-out predictions this week: In five years, they say, you won’t need passwords, there will be no more digital divide, and mind reading will no longer be science fiction.

Forgive us if we take issue with the last one. Five years ago, in a similar list of predictions, IBM said that by the dawn of 2012, “mobile phones will start to read our minds.”

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Idea Lunches Some Cheap 3G Android Smart Phones !!!

Leading GDM operator Idea Cellular on Wednesday launched 3G Android smartphones to attract its existing 2G users to its 3G services.

“These smartphones will further drive our existing 3G services. Users will now be able to access the Internet through these devices. We are also studying if we should enter the 3G tablet market. But we have not taken any decision on it,” Idea Cellular MD Himanshu Kapania said.

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Few Reasons why In India Apple iPhone Can't Come Cheap

There has been fury generating among Apple fans in India, ever since the prices of the new iPhone

4S for India was unveiled. The prices received contempt across the nation and the various social media outlets. Fans across the country vented their annoyance, by talking about anything and everything that is cheaper than the new iPhone 4S, including a quick trip to Bangkok or Dubai. The iPhone 4S has been made available for pre-order through Airtel (doesn’t list the 64GB version) and Aircel at similar prices – 16GB for Rs.44,000, 32GB for Rs.50,900 and 64GB for Rs.57,500. 

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