TKM #32 - Mobile handset wars in India

07/19/10 • 33 min

This show is the most "Indian" episode with ALL stories coming from India. The telecom market has been kept on toes by Tata ever since the price war cry by Tata DoCoMo. They have further launched a new internet to TV product called Dialog. The other conversations are around the bunch mobile handset players that have entered India, Google launching metro routes on Google maps in India and a special "dumb" Nexus one being planned for India.

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TKM #35 - Indias own EPIC moment

Recently, India's Internet had its own Epic moment when Hidden Reflex, a Bangalore based software startup, has launched a browser targeted at Indian audiences. Saket downloaded it and gave it a quick test drive and shares his experiences. The other stories include muslims planning to quit facebook, Apple iPhone 4 rejected by Consumer Reports, XXX to be a TLD, and Maharashtras DTE website turns into rubbish.

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TKM #36: India's $35 Laptop

After the $10 laptop debacle by India, the latest $35 laptop initiative seems to be a much better effort. HRD Minister, Kapil Sibal, showed off the touch screen device and announced that more innovations will follow. We take a look at the specs of the machine. In other stories, we talk about the Lenovo's LePad, Google discontinuing Nexus One, Microsoft giving up on Kin Phones and giving out free Win7 phones, Dell's $100 mn payoff and other stories.