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BlackBerry services suffering blackout in many countries

  BlackBerry service provider, Research in Motion has confirmed that their service has been disrupted in four continents including Europe, Middle East Africa and some countries in Asia. The reason for the outage is unknown but RIM has promised to resolve it as soon as possible. BlackBerry users in India are reporting it as the [...]

Facebook app comes to iPad

Facebook app comes to iPad

  The most missed app for the iPad, the Facebook app launched today to provide iPad users the full Facebook experience. The application now makes it easier to scroll the news feeds with just fingertips. Besides this, it now offers, bigger and better photo viewing experience. Games, apps, groups and lists are in the left-hand [...]

Pre-order of iPhone 4S surges to 1 million in just 24 hours

  When the much awaited iPhone 4S was unveiled, many believed that the same form factor albeit faster iPhone would not excite many people. However, this is proved wrong by the results of the pre-order of the phone. Apple has confirmed that pre-order for iPhone 4S have topped 1 million in a single day, surpassing [...]

Google Music and Google+ extracted from ICS, available for download

Google Music and Google+ extracted from ICS, available for download

Although the Nexus Prime with the new Ice cream sandwich Android version is yet to be launched, the guys at Android Police got hold of the upcoming version of Google Music that has been extracted from the ICS. The new version looks clean and subtle and also features a new search button at the top. [...]

Unlocked iPhone coming in November

Unlocked iPhone coming in November

The preorders for the iPhone 4S has already begun. However, this time Apple is releasing the unlocked version of the phone to be used with carrier of your choice. Although the iPhone 4S is a world phone, that is, both GSM and CDMA, the unlocked version will only work with the GSM carriers. Thus while [...]

Nokia 603 promo images and specs leaked

Nokia 603 promo images and specs leaked

The Symbian Belle powered Nokia 603 promo images have leaked. The six Belle home screen running Nokia 603 is powered by 1GHz ARM11 CPU, 360×460 resolution supporting display, 5-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth and also features NFC. However, the phone supports microSIM. Seeing from the image of the phone, we speculate that the screen size [...]

Nokia to roll out Symbian Belle on October 26

Well, there may be no date of release for the next version of Android, the Ice cream sandwich, but Nokia will be rolling out the Symbian Belle on October 26. Remember, October 26 is the date when Nokia World 2011 will kick off. The update will roll as on OTA and also through the Ovi [...]

HTC Sensation available in XL size with Beats Audio

HTC Sensation available in XL size with Beats Audio

HTC launched the successor to the Sensation, the Sensation XL with Beats Audio. As the name clearly suggests, this one is big in size with enhanced sound quality by Beats Audio. The 4.7inch touch screen looks superb and the phone is just 9.9mm thin. Sensation XL also supports HD quality video. Running on a 1.5GHz [...]

Myriad Alien Dalvik runs Android apps on Apple

Myriad Alien Dalvik runs Android apps on Apple

Myriad Group AG, one of the leading mobile technology today unveiled the Myriad Alien Dalvik 2.0. This latest version enables Android apps to run across non-Android smartphone platforms and will extend the Android apps across multiple devices like tablets, smartphones, e-book readers and TVs. Alien Dalvik 2.0 enables the majority of Android apps to run [...]

Android running as an App on HP TouchPad

Waiting for your TouchPad to run Android? Well, do not fret! A developer from China named Chomper has come up with the test version of Android that can run as an application. The application is in the test version and can be downloaded from here. Please do not expect it to work like a miracle [...]

Nokia Lumia 800 and Samsung Monument listed

Nokia Lumia 800 and Samsung Monument listed

Occasional Gamer’s phone stats page has revealed two new Windows Phones, one each from Nokia and Samsung. The Nokia listed phone is named Nokia 800 aka Lumia. Although there is not enough information about the listed 800/Lumia phone, it could be the Searay with a different name. From the Samsung stable, the listed name is [...]

iFixit tears down the iPod Nano 7th Generation

iFixit tears down the iPod Nano 7th Generation

Apple announced the next generation iPod Nano on 4th October, and iFixit, the teardown specialists disassembled the tiny device for checking the reparability score. Below is the step-by-step guide to disassemble the iPod Nano 7th Generation: iPod Nano 7th Generation Teardown

Steve Jobs passes away, his vision still remains

Steve Jobs passes away, his vision still remains

It’s a sad start to the day. We at Tech Ticker are deeply saddened with the visionary’s demise. Steve Jobs, Chairman of the Board of Apple co-founded the company in 1976. Jobs also co-founded and was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios who have some of the most successful and beloved animated films of all [...]

Samsung announces Series 7 All-in-One PC

Samsung announces Series 7 All-in-One PC

Samsung Electronics introduced the new Series 7 All-in-One PC. Touted as the world’s thinnest All-in-one PC, the Series 7 measures at 16mm and features a 23inch HD LED touch screen display that has a resolution of 1920×1080. The All-in-one PC is powered by the latest Intel Core i5/i3 processor. Besides this, it features Wi-Fi connectivity, [...]

Apple enhances iPod Nano and iPod Touch, makes more affordable

Apple enhances iPod Nano and iPod Touch, makes more affordable

Apple today announced new features and made both iPod touch and iPod nano more affordable. iPod touch will be available in new black and white models starting at just $199, including Apple’s new iOS 5 and iCloud services. The new iPod nano is available today starting at just $129 and features a redesigned user interface, [...]