Nokia unveiled the Asha 501 at an event in Delhi earlier today. At the launch Nokia has announced that they have partnered with Facebook to offer free Facebook access on Airtel subscribers in Africa and India. Facebook app comes pre-loaded on the Asha 501, apart from range of apps including Foursquare, LinkedIn, Nimbuzz, Twitter and more. Continue reading “Nokia and Facebook partner to offer free Facebook access on Asha 501”
Timescity.com, lifestyle portal of Times Internet has launched its official mobile app for Android, iPhone and BlackBerry 10 devices. This app lets you keep tab on Restaurants & Nightlife, movies, events in several cities across India.It is a location-based app that offers instantaneous, up-to-date and relevant information about nearby restaurants, theaters, movies in addition to events like music concerts, fairs, exhibitions & festivals. Continue reading “Timescity app launched for Android, iPhone and BlackBerry 10”
CookWizMe has launched the CookWizMe app for iPhone that offers cooking recipes, and at the same time makes cooking fun, easy, and social. It tells a visual story of their favorite dishes with step-by-step photo recipes that are easily followed and shared. Evernote launched Evernote Food lets you keep track of what you eat, but this one lets you find recipes. The CookWizMe app is already available for Android. Continue reading “CookWizMe Visual Social Cooking app now available for iPhone”
Rovio, the creators of the popular Angry Birds franchise has announced Accounts that would let you sync the progress of your game online so that you can start a game on a device, and continue it on another device. If there are several users on the same device, they can all have their own saved game. You can also combine saved games from several devices. You just need an email address to create an account, but you can also play the games without an account. Continue reading “Rovio introduces Accounts, lets you sync game progress across devices”
Opera has announced that that have signed up with seven Indian mobile OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) to preinstall Opera Mini browser on all their upcoming upcoming Android smartphone and Tablets. Opera partnered with Samsung last year to pre-install the Opera mini browser on their feature phones, the Samsung Star 3, Star 3 Duos and the Champ Deluxe Duos. Continue reading “Opera ties up with 7 Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices”
LG Optimus L3 II and the Optimus L5 II have been priced at Rs.7199 and Rs.10499 on online retailer Infibeam. LG unveiled the Optimus L Series II devices, the Optimus L3 II, the Optimus L5 II and the Optimus L7 II and their dual SIM variants earlier this February. Last month LG launched the Optimus L3 II Dual and Optimus L7 II Dual officially, and the LG Optimus L5 II Dual went on sale recently. Continue reading “LG Optimus L3 II and Optimus L5 II get priced at Rs. 7199 and Rs. 10499”
Celkon has launched the A119Q Signature HD, successor of the A119 Signature HD that was launched back in March. We reviewed the phone last month, and found that it would be better Celkon had launched it with a quad-core processor. The company has finally launched a worthy contender to the Micromax A116 Canvas HD. The A119Q comes with a similar 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) touch screen display and comes with a 12-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera. This one is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Celkon A119Q Signature HD with 5-inch HD display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 12499”
Looks like iBall is getting ready to launch the company’s flagship Android smartphone, the Android 4.5d Quadro. The phone was spotted on the official website. It packs a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 12-megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual microphones for noise reduction. The iBall Andi 5L went on sale last week and the Andi 5Li with Android 4.1 is expected to launch soon. Xolo is expected to launch the Q700 with a similar display, quad-core processor and Android 4.2 later this week. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4.5d Quadro with quad-core processor, Android 4.2 spotted on official website”
Facebook has updated the Messenger app for the iPhone to version 2.4, that brings support for stickers finally. Facebook for iPhone and iPad was the first app to get support for stickers in messaging. Facebook Messenger for Android got stickers in an update couple of weeks back. You can tap the smiley icon when you are typing a message to add large stickers to your messages. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger for iPhone updated with Stickers”
Huawei launched the Ascend Y210D, a budget Android smartphone earlier this year. It has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7225A processor. The Sony Xperia tipo and the tipo dual that we reviewed last year uses the same chip clocked at 800 MHz. Can this budget phone beat the other budget Android smartphones ? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend Y210D Review”
Swipe Telecom has launched the Swipe 9X, the company’s latest Android smartphone. It has a 4.7-inch FWVGA (854 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive multi-touch Touch display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandiwich) OS. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby similar to the Swipe Fablet F3 and Fablet F2 Android smartphones that were launched back in February. Continue reading “Swipe 9X with 4.7-inch display, 1 GHz dual-core processor launched for Rs. 8999”
Google Nexus 7 16GB version went on sale in India from the Google Play Store back in March at a price tag of Rs. 15,999, and the 32GB version went on sale from the Google Play last month at Rs. 18,999. Asus launched the 32GB WiFi and 32GB 3G versions of the tablet in India last month. The 3G version went on sale only from select retail shops such as Reliance, but it didn’t show up on Google Play. Now online retailer Snapdeal has started selling the Nexus 7 32GB WiFi + 3G version along with the 32 GB WiFi version. Continue reading “Google Nexus 7 32GB WiFi + 3G now available from Snapdeal for Rs. 21999”
Nokia Lumia 928, the company’s upcoming smartphone for Verizon has confirmed on the official Nokia US website. The phone has also been advertised on Vanity Fair magazine and recently spotted on a bill board in the US. Both these ads confirms the PureView camera, optical image stabilization (OIS) and th Carl Zeiss lens in the phone.New press render for the Lumia 928 surfaced last month. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 928 with PureView camera confirmed”
Bharti Softbank (BSB), a joint-venture between Bharti Enterprises and SoftBank Corp have announced that they have partnered with Nokia to pre-load its Hike cross-platform messaging app app on its phones, according to a report. The Hike app is available for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and for Nokia S40 devices from the respective app stores. It launched talk-time rewards for customers earlier this year, and released a Beta version of the application for BlackBerry last month. Continue reading “Hike Messenger to come pre-loaded on select Nokia Lumia and Asha phones”
Samsung Galaxy Star Duos (GT-S5282), an entry-level Android smartphone has been spotted on Samsung India website. It was announced last month along with the Galaxy Pocket Neo. The Galaxy Star Duos has a 3-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and comes with 2G (EDGE) support. It has Dual SIM support with Always On feature that would forward calls to the other SIM. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Star Duos running Android 4.1 launching in India soon”
