Foursquare for BlackBerry has been updated to version 3.4.1 that brings lots of new features. The new Event tab lets you check-in to specific events and you can also view details like movie times and summaries. The Check-in details screen lets you view other’s points or badges, photos you took, and add comments inline. Continue reading “Foursquare for BlackBerry update brings Events, Check-in detail screen and more”
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BlackBerry Bold 9790 launched in India for Rs. 27,490
RIM has launched the BlackBerry Bold 9790 in India. It comes with 2.4-inch (480 x 360 pixels) capacitive touch screen display with 246 dpi and a Full QWERTY keyboard. It is powered by 1 GHz processor and runs on the latest BlackBerry OS7. It was announced last week along with the Curve 9350 that was also launched today. Continue reading “BlackBerry Bold 9790 launched in India for Rs. 27,490”
BlackBerry Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 (CDMA) launched in India for Rs.20990
RIM has launched the BlackBerry Curve 9380 and the Curve 9350 in India. The Curve 9380 is the first all-touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family. It comes with 3.2-inch (480 x 360 pixels) touch screen display with 188 ppi, optical trackpad and navigation keys. The Curve 9350 is the CDMA version of the Curve 9360 that was launched in September . It has an 2.44-inch (480 × 360 pixels) touch screen display with 246 ppi and a Full QWERTY keyboard . The Curve 9380 is powered by 806 MHz processor and the Curve 9350 is powered by 800 MHz processor . Both these phones comes with preinstalled social networking apps, including BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), Facebook, Twitter and Social Feeds apps. Continue reading “BlackBerry Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 (CDMA) launched in India for Rs.20990”
Airtel iPhone 4S Plans
Airtel has announced the pricing for both the pre-paid and the post-paid plans for the iPhone 4S. They started pre-orders for the iPhone 4S last week and it is expected to be available from 25th November. The 16GB version comes at Rs.44,500 and the 32GB is available for Rs.50,900. These plans offer free Local Minutes, Local and National SMS and 3G Data. Aircel has already revealed their post-paid plans for the iPhone 4S earlier this week. Continue reading “Airtel iPhone 4S Plans”
Idea launches new 3G Android Smartphones
Idea Cellular has launched 2 new 3G Android smartphones, Idea Blade and Idea ID 280. These phones come with pre-installed Idea’s 3G applications on Android based smartphones. These phones also come with data services worth Rs. 3,500 with Rs. 259 pack that offers free subscription to Idea TV for 3 months, 1 GB of data download per month for 3 months, 3G Double Dhamaka benefits for 6 months, and Talktime of Rs. 25. This is available for both prepaid and postpaid users. Continue reading “Idea launches new 3G Android Smartphones”
Spice Labs launches BlackBerry Apps and Games for Kids
Spice Labs has launched Educational and Entertaining BlackBerry Apps for kids aged between 1 to 10 years. These apps are designed to keep the children engaged for hours as they can learn alphabets, numbers, and spellings and lots more. Continue reading “Spice Labs launches BlackBerry Apps and Games for Kids”
Vodafone launches Sabarimala pack for Tamil Nadu customers
Vodafone has launched new Sabarimala pack for the customers in Tamil Nadu. This would let the customers avail 30 minutes of free-calling and access to special services such as caller tunes, ringtones, trivia and stories of sabarimala. They would also receive information on Sabarimala and Lord Ayyappa through daily SMS alerts. Continue reading “Vodafone launches Sabarimala pack for Tamil Nadu customers”
Zynga launches Dream Zoo Social Game for iPhone and iPad
Deam Zoo by Zynga is their first zoo themed game where players can collect, breed, and care for the world’s most amazing animals in their very own zoo. Zynga is popular for its games like Words With Friends, Hanging With Friends, CityVille Hometown and most recently Mafia Wars Shakedown. This game is only available for iPhone and iPad, and not on Facebook or Google+. Continue reading “Zynga launches Dream Zoo Social Game for iPhone and iPad”
LG Optimus Pro and Optimus Net officially launched in India
LG India has officially launched 2 new Android phones, LG Optimus Pro and Optimus Net. These phones run on Android 2.3 and powered by 800 MHz CPU. The LG Optimus PRO has the combination of touch and QWERTY and features a unique Portrait Touch Screen that allows user to read and write up to 16 lines as compared to 8-10 lines in the normal screens. The QWERTY keypad with dedicated shortcuts will enable smartphone users to multitask. LG Optimus NET comes with Social +, unique social media aggregator which enables smartphone users to get updates, events of popular social networking portals in a widget on the home screen. Continue reading “LG Optimus Pro and Optimus Net officially launched in India”
Clingle – Geo-social app with video check-in for Android and iPhone
Clingle is a Geo-social app with video check-in and it is the first app with this feature. This app is from the creators of MyCityWay and it uses the data of MyCityWay while adding the social features along with that. It lets you explore popular places around you, keep track of your friends and also lets you send personalized messages(using text,picture, audio or video) to your friends about the spot. Continue reading “Clingle – Geo-social app with video check-in for Android and iPhone”
Navfree: Free GPS Navigation app for Android
Navfree, Free GPS Navigation app is now available for the Android smartphones. It is available on Android for Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, India, South Africa and Latin America. Navfree uses OpenStreetMap data, gathered by millions of people around the world, to guide users around different countries, cities, towns and villages. It stores all map data on the phone so that you can view them offline. It is already available for iPhone. Continue reading “Navfree: Free GPS Navigation app for Android”
Adobe Flash coming to Android Ice Cream Sandwich before the end of 2011
Adobe Flash would be available for the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich by the end of 2011, according to Pocket-lint who has confirmed it with Adobe. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus that was announced last month with Android 4.0 doesn’t come with Flash player. This would let the Samsung Galaxy Nexus users and other users who receives the Android 4.0 in near future would get full web experience. But the Android 4.0 would be the last version of the Android that would come with Flash support. RIM has announced recently that they would continue to develop Flash Player for the BlackBerry PlayBook. Continue reading “Adobe Flash coming to Android Ice Cream Sandwich before the end of 2011”
Google Search for iPad gets new design and lots of new features
Google Search for iPad has been updated with a new design that lets you search faster and more interactive than before. The search results displays instantly when you start typing. It also has a new slide-in pane when you click a result that lets you go back and forth from results to web pages quickly. Continue reading “Google Search for iPad gets new design and lots of new features”
Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update confirmed
Samsung UK has confirmed the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S2 on their tweet. The Samsung Galaxy S2 is one of the best selling phones for Samsung with 10 million this September since its launch 6 month ago. The Samsung Galaxy S2 came with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) out of the box. Samsung Italy listed their eligible devices for the Android 4.0 update recently. HTC confirmed the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for their top range phone earlier this month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S2 Ice Cream Sandwich update confirmed”
Thanksgiving Sale: 20 Gameloft iPhone and iPad Games at $0.99
Gameloft has started their Thanksgiving offer sale for this year and this is their biggest sale of the year. This includes range of action, racing, strategy and other games from different genres for the iPhone and iPad for just $0.99. Their previous sale was for Halloween last month. Continue reading “Thanksgiving Sale: 20 Gameloft iPhone and iPad Games at $0.99”