I’ve been holding back. I told you about the Apple Tablet clone a couple of days ago, but now I’ll come clean with the whole story. Boeye doesn’t just do Apple Tablet clones… they also do Amazon Kindle clones! Both the DX and the Kindle 2. I tried both of them at GITEX in Dubai, [...]
Archive for the ‘Product Design’ Category
8 Nov
China’s Boeye releases “Apple tablet” before Apple can – TechLahore@GITEX
It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve been able to post much here. One of the reasons why – perhaps even the most pleasant one – was that I was away at GITEX in Dubai. GITEX has grown to be one of the largest tech shows on the planet, with attendees and exhibitors from [...]
14 Oct
Pakistan’s Mindstorm Studios launches world’s most sophisticated Cricket game (PC)
Lahore-based Mindstorm Studios have been working on this project for a while now… but the wait is finally over! Mindstorm Cricket Revolution is OUT (no pun intended). As will be amply evident from all the screenshots I’m posting here, the game looks absolutely amazing. There is great attention to detail, a rich team selection, multi-player [...]
18 Sep
Microsoft Office will run on your browser… and take half your screen to show you its humongous menu
Microsoft’s been talking about their plans to release a web version of Office for a while now. They obviously weren’t too hot on the concept of browser enabling one of their core revenue earners because it could potentially de-link Office from Windows on stock x86 machines. But, ultimately, it became clear that the only choice they [...]
13 Sep
TechLahore’s about to build a Hackintosh – got any advice?
I’m just not going to buy a bloomin’ Macintosh. That would be against every fibre of my being. I’ve railed and ranted about the deeply philosophical issues I have with Apple, so I don’t want to make this another flame. Let’s just say that TechLahore ain’t no black polo neck wearin’ hippie. Now that we’re [...]
29 Aug
The Age of “Good Enough”: When cheap beats premium every time
Wired magazine carries a very important story this month. The article talks about evolving business models and a level of development in the technology industry that – excuse the pun – puts a premium on cheap. The piece is titled, “The Good Enough Revolution” and has received wide pickup from other sites and blogs, including [...]
14 Aug
Ufone launches UConnect… possibly the most innovative mobile application developed in Pakistan
There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the newly launched Ufone UConnect service, so I figured I’d share my perspective too. First off, the service is AWESOME. Truly. The breadth of capabilities that it brings to an inexpensive mobile phone is incredibly impressive to say the least. The problem with sophisticated applications like this, [...]
2 Jun
TechLahore’s waiting for the colour Kindle Reader. Could you hurry it up, Amazon?
Over the past few years, I have spent the better part of a King’s Ransom on tech devices. When Compaq’s very first Aero Pocket PC came out, I got it. With a 56Kbps compact flash modem. It cost me more than a PC, but I got it. I even had visions of using it in [...]
22 May
The importance of imagining the future
If you’re in technology and you don’t think about the future – like *all* the time – then something’s probably wrong with you. The future is coming at us fast. And I don’t mean that in the sense of the Sardarji who wasn’t worried about his 14 year prison sentence since, “Koi gal naieen, 14 [...]
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