MapmyIndia has made the the most popular Sygic & MapmyIndia app for Android completely free for ever. The app did not go for iOS. It was first launched for iPhone back in 2009 and costs Rs. 1,500 for the iOS platform. The recent update brought support for tablet and smartphones with high resolution display. It has lot of features including offline navigation, travel book, SOS/Help, City Guides from premium providers and from Wikipedia and more. You can also download Maps for a particular state separately. With all these features, the free app is definitely a great deal. Continue reading “Sygic & MapmyIndia offline GPS Navigation app goes free for Android”
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Samsung Galaxy Trend Duos with 4-inch display and Android 4.1 now available in India for Rs. 8490
Samsung India recently announced that they would release couple of Android mid-range Android smartphone. The Samsung Galaxy Trend Duos (GT-S7392) is now available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. Even though Samsung has not announced the smartphone officially, it is available in China in a different name. The phone has a 4.0-inch WVGA(480×800) capacitive touch screen display similar to the Galaxy S Duos and also comes with Dual SIM support with Dual SIM always-on feature that automatically forwards calls from the phone number on SIM 2, even if a user is on the phone with SIM 1’s number. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Trend Duos with 4-inch display and Android 4.1 now available in India for Rs. 8490”
HP Slate 7 HD and Slate 10 HD tablets with dual-core processor, Android 4.2 announced
HP has announced two new mid-range Android tablets along with the Slate 7 Extreme and Slate 8 Pro powered by Tegra 4. These tablets come with 7-inch and 10-inch display at a resolution of 1280 x 800. These tablets are powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex A9 Marvell PXA986 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). These also have front and rear cameras. HP unveiled the Slate 7 at the MWC 2013 earlier this year. Continue reading “HP Slate 7 HD and Slate 10 HD tablets with dual-core processor, Android 4.2 announced”
Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Android 4.2.2 update starts rolling out in India
Samsung has finally started rolling out the Android 4.2.2 update for the Galaxy Grand Duos (GT-I9082). The update started rolling out for the Grand Duos starting from Russia last month. . The phone was announced in December last year running Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It was launched in India back in January. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Android 4.2.2 update starts rolling out in India”
Flipkart releases shopping app for Android
Flipkart, one of the leading e-commerce platform in India has finally released a native Android app to shop easily. The app also offers voice search and barcode scanning to check for products, share the details with others and also add a widget to the homescreen. Flipkart launched eBooks app for Android last year. The app was released for iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 devices last month. The Flipkart app would be available for other platforms soon. Flipkart also has a mobile site Flipkart Lite. Continue reading “Flipkart releases shopping app for Android”
HP Slate 7 Extreme and Slate 8 Pro Tegra 4 powered Android tablets announced
HP announced the company’s first Tegra 4-powered hybrid, SlateBook x2 with a 10.1-inch 1080p display back in May. Now the company has announced two new devices, Slate 7 Extreme and Slate 8 Pro powered by a Tegra 4 Cortex-A15 processor with 72-core GeForce GPU. The Slate 7 Extreme has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) display, while the Slate 8 Pro comes with a 7.98-inch (1600 x 1200 pixels) display. Both these run on Android (version is not available yet) Continue reading “HP Slate 7 Extreme and Slate 8 Pro Tegra 4 powered Android tablets announced”
Quickoffice for Android, iPhone and iPad now available for free to everyone
Google acquired Quickoffice back in June 2012 and made Quickoffice for Android, iPhone and iPad free for enterprise users in April 2013. Now Google has made these apps free to everyone, and all you need is Google account to use these apps. The app lets view and edit Microsoft Office Excel, Word and PowerPoint files. Since Quickoffice is integrated with Google Drive, you can store and access your files across devices.Google has also updated these apps with new features including a new icon, ability to create .ZIP folders and view charts in Excel and PowerPoint files. Continue reading “Quickoffice for Android, iPhone and iPad now available for free to everyone”
BlackBerry Q10 Special Gold Edition Hands On
BlackBerry introduced the new Gold and White edition of the Q10 handset in UAE last month. Here we have some hands on images of the device. This comes with gold and white colors. The phone has a white finish with a gold colored stainless steel frame. Even the QWERTY keyboard has gold accents.BlackBerry is always popular for introducing luxury variant of their devices. We reviewed the BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 last year the launched in India for Rs. 1,39,990. The BlackBerry Q10 launched in India back in June and the special Gold edition is made exclusively for Middle East markets. Continue reading “BlackBerry Q10 Special Gold Edition Hands On”
Videocon Mobile Services is now Videocon Telecom, announces its new brand ambassador
Videocon has renamed its telecom brand to from Videocon Mobile Services to Videocon Telecom and has also launched its new logo. The company has roped in Punjabi actor and singer, Gippy Grewal as its brand ambassador. The company says that the new logo creates a strong association of the brand with the telecom sector and the new brand ambassador who has huge fan following would connect with the youth segment in India. Continue reading “Videocon Mobile Services is now Videocon Telecom, announces its new brand ambassador”
Aircel introduces BookMate eBooks store
Aircel has launched BookMate, the company’s first e-book store. This lets users browse, store, download and read books, magazines and comics, on their smartphones, tablets and PCs. This has collection of fiction and non-fiction bestsellers, magazines, comics, biographies, classics, children’s stories, reference books and more. Aircel BookMate will be available on WAP, Web and Android. iOS app would be available soon. Continue reading “Aircel introduces BookMate eBooks store”
LG G2 Benchmarks
LG unveiled the G2, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event last month. We brought you the unboxing of the device recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. The device is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.27 GHz with 480 MHz Adreno 330 GPU. The Xperia Z Ultra was clocked at 2.15 GHz, but the G2 is clocked at 2.27 GHz as you can see in the CPU-Z in the image above. We brought you the benchmarks of the Snapdragon 800 on a reference smartphone few months back. Here we have also compared it in these benchmarks to show you the difference. Even though this one is slightly undercloked than the original chip that is clocked at 2.3 GHz, benchmarks are almost similar.
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MapmyIndia for Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8 gets real-time traffic information
MapmyIndia, popular for its GPS navigation and mobile apps has updated the MapmyIndia app for Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8 tablets / PCs with real time traffic information. This offers accurate, comprehensive and real-time traffic information so that you can easily track the traffic situation in real time and plan routes accordingly. Continue reading “MapmyIndia for Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8 gets real-time traffic information”
Lava Iris 506Q with 5-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 10999
Lava has officially launched the Iris 506Q, a new smartphone in the Iris series. It went on sale online earlier this week, but the launch price is cheaper than the online price of Rs. 11700, which is a good thing. It has a 5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) OGS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, 720p HD video recording and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support with dual standby and 3G connectivity. It also comes with FOTA feature to update the phone’s software over-the-air. Continue reading “Lava Iris 506Q with 5-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 10999”
Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices
Opera has announced that they have partnered with 7 Indian OEMs including Micromax, Videocon, Spice, MoMagic Technologies, Wynncom, Lemon Mobiles and iBall to pre-install the Opera mini browser on their Android devices. Opera has also added 2 more OEMs, Symphony Mobile in Bangladesh and Colors Mobile in Nepal in South Asia region. Opera partnered with 7 Indian OEMs Celkon, Karbonn, Lava. Intex, Fly, Zen and HCL back in May 2013. Continue reading “Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices”
Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display and T11 with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 16364 and Rs. 9520
Panasonic P11 and T11, two new Android smartphones appeared on Flipkart back in July, but those appeared suddenly. Now these phones are available from online retailer Snapdeal. The Panasonic P11 has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display and the Panasonic T11 in the new T Series comes with a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display. Both these phones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display and T11 with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 16364 and Rs. 9520”