Category Archives: Mobile OS

HTC One- Review

HTC is making its biggest bet for survival this year with the new HTC One that started shipping last week (in the US). I finally got my hands on the HTC One a few days ago. This is my comprehensive review of the device after 2 days of use. Background In light of rapidly eroding …

April 25, 2013 – 11:32 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Android, Design, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Facebook Home- First impressions

Facebook recently announced its latest and arguably biggest mobile initiative in the form of Facebook Home. I had a chance to install the service on a Galaxy S3 Android handset and here are my first impressions What is Facebook Home? Facebook Home is an Android launcher which replaced the traditional Android home screen with a Facebook …

April 16, 2013 – 11:02 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Android, Design, Facebook, Google+, Marketing, Mobile OS, Social Networks | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

Appaholics Anonymous – The Twelve Step Program

Let us start this post with a tacit understanding. We are addicted to the our apps- be it on our phones or our tablets. And the problem is only going to get worse- the Mac ecosystem is slowly getting appized as is the Windows 8 eco-system. We are now expecting to see an app for …

March 22, 2013 – 8:49 pm | By rangaprabhu | Posted in Android, Blackberry OS, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Tablets, Tools, Web Application Development, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Microsoft Surface tablet: The Good and the not so good.

Almost five months after the launch of the Surface tablet, I finally had a chance to spend quality time with it. In the past, my time with the device was limited to less than 30 minutes which didnt constitute enough to write about it. I have had a device with me for a few hours …

February 26, 2013 – 11:38 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, Marketing, microsoft mobile platform, Mobile OS, Product Development, Tablets, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Windows 8- The good, the not so good and the bad

Having experienced Windows 8 across multiple form factors and having digested opinions, articles and what not, here is what I think, a little over a month since the “8″ paradigm formally launched. First off, one of the most unique things to have ever happened is that there were more people who knew and were excited …

December 10, 2012 – 11:34 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Product Development, Tablets, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Using NFC Tags to simplify your digital life

Near Field Communications(NFC) has been one of those technologies that hasnt quite caught on in the US. Google has tried its best to make the tech mainstream via payments (Google Wallet) and Android Beam but it hasnt quite taken off. It is almost as if the entire industry is waiting for Apple to show the …

December 6, 2012 – 11:02 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Android, iphone OS, microsoft mobile platform, NFC, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The iPad Mini and the (new) new iPad

Apple announced a bunch of product refreshes today and one completely new product at a special event at the California Theatre in San Jose, CA. Coming very shortly in the heels of the annual September event where they announced the new iPhone 5, updates to iPod Touch and iPod Nano, this event was expected to be all …

October 23, 2012 – 11:43 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, Education, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Tablets | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off

Microsoft’s pricing strategy for Surface tablet

When Microsoft announced its Surface tablet, it caught the technorati by surprise. And Microsoft appeared to bring its A game to the table. The tablet looked interesting especially with the keyboard cover. Windows 8 itself looked promising on the tablet form factor and there was a good deal of expectation on Microsoft to deliver a …

October 16, 2012 – 11:19 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, Mobile OS, Next Big Thing, Product Development, Tablets, Windows Phone | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

iOS6 Maps Saga

Last evening, iOS6 started rolling out to Apple iPhone and iPad users across the country. The latest version of Apple’s software for iOS devices debuted to good reviews (note that the post is all about iOS6 and not iPhone 5 which debuted to stellar reviews). And then something else happened. Users started using Apple’s own …

September 20, 2012 – 11:11 pm | By prabhu | Posted in iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

iPhone 5

After a year, Apple announced the next iPhone to a receptive audience in the Yerba Buena Center in downtown San Francisco today. The new iPhone, known as iPhone 5 is a major upgrade to the 4S. I had speculated about the features of the new iPhone a few weeks ago and am happy to report that quite …

September 12, 2012 – 12:35 pm | By prabhu | Posted in Design, iphone OS, Mobile OS, Product Development | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)