Research In Motion (RIM) is offering premium paid applications for free for BlackBerry Smartphones and the PlayBook Tablet this Diwali season in India. These paid applications are worth Rs. 2000 and the offer is valid only till December 31, 2012. Continue reading “Get Premium Paid BlackBerry Apps worth Rs. 2000 for free this Diwali”
Tata DOCOMO has launched 2 new Full Talk Time offers for Andhra Pradesh customers. The RCV 222 and RCV 250 would be available exclusively for old and new prepaid GSM customers across Andhra Pradesh for this Diwali. These plans would let the customers keep connected with their family and friends this Diwali. Continue reading “Tata DOCOMO launches Full Talk Time offers for Andhra Pradesh customers”
Rovio, the creator of Angry birds has released Angry Birds Star Wars for Android, iPhone and iPad as they announced last month. They launched the Bad Pigges game that had the pigs from Angry Birds franchise with completely different plot. The Angry Birds Star Wars has birds and pigs that will take on the personalities of characters from the Star Wars saga. Continue reading “Angry Birds Star Wars for Android, iPhone and iPad now available for Download”
Samsung has finally started rolling out Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S3 in India. Samsung started rolling out Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S3 starting from Poland and select European countries in September. The Jelly Bean update would brings would bring faster performance, Reorganized settings menu, 2 Homescreen modes, S Note, Google Now service, contextual search, Better notifications, Re-sizable Pop-up play screen and more. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OTA update now rolling out in India”
Sony Mobile has has started rolling out Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for Xperia T and Xperia TX that brings new features such as Micracast Screen Mirroring, Extended Standby Mode and Media apps such as WALKMAN, Album and Movies. This update would would also bring HD Voice capabilities for the Xperia T. Sony recently announced Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for both the Xperia T and Xperia TX, but this minor update brings some nice features for the Xperia T and TX owners. Continue reading “Sony Xperia T and Xperia TX Android 4.0.4 update brings Miracast Mirroring and Extended Standby”
Two most popular games, Angry Birds Space and Cut The Rope are now available in the Windows Phone Store. Rovio has released the Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone 8 devices, while the Cut The Rope is available for devices running on Windows Phone 7.5 and above. Gameloft has also announced that they would launch 12 games including popular games such as Asphalt 7 and N.O.V.A. 3 would be available for Windows Phone 8 devices in coming months. Continue reading “Angry Birds Space, Cut The Rope arrive in the Windows Phone Store”
Nokia has retained its top spot in the Most Trusted Brands in the 2012 list, according to the Economic Times Brand Equity survey for 2012. The company held the No: 1 spot for 3 years in a row from 2008 to 2010, but slipped to 5th spot in 2011 survey. In this year’s survey Nokia moved up to the 3rd spot. This survey identifies brands that have won that most special attribute Economic Times has add more markets such as Patna, Indore and Vijayawada hence making the survey more geographically representative. Continue reading “Nokia bags No.3 spot in Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands 2012 survey”
Asus announced few months back that the Nexus 7 would be available in India in November. Asus has now confirmed to us that the Nexus 7 would go sale in India from tomorrow at an MRP of Rs. 19,999. Google announced the Nexus 7, their first Android tablet with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) in June at Google I/O for $199. Google unveiled the 32GB and a 3G variants of the Nexus 7 few weeks back. Continue reading “Google Nexus 7 launching in India at Rs. 19,999”
Asus has launched the VivoTab RT TF600 TG in India. Asus announced the Windows RT tablet at Computex in June, then renamed it from Tablet 600 to Vivo Tab RT later at IFA in August. It has a 10.1-inch (1366×768 pixels) LED Backlight Super IPS+ display with 10 fingers multi-touch display and is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. It runs on Windows 8 RT OS . It has a 8MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash, 1080p HD video recording at the back and a 2MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Asus VivoTab RT TF600 TG launched in India for Rs. 61,999”
LG has launched Optimus Vu 2 in Illusion Pink color in South Korea. The LG Optimus Vu 2 was announced in September and was available in Blue-Black and Illusion White colors in October. The Pink colored Vu 2 would offer warm and loving feeling and is targeted at young women customers. Continue reading “LG launches Pink Optimus Vu 2 in Korea”
Foursquare for iPhone has been updated to version 5.3.3 that brings new rating system for places. When you search for places you can see the scores on a scale of 1 to 10 next to the name of the place to show how popular it is. These scores are based on Foursquare tips, likes, dislikes, popularity, loyalty, local expertise and check-ins. Continue reading “Foursquare for iPhone updated with ratings for places”
Facebook for iPhone and iPad has been updated to version 5.1 that brings new features including new upload UI to select multiple photos or videos at once, photo filters, new messaging features including option to quickly see who is online to chat, manage favorite friends and more. Some of these features were available in the version 1.9.8 and version 1.9.10 updates, but the photo filters is not available on the Android app yet. Continue reading “Facebook for iPhone and iPad v5.1 update brings new upload flow, photo filters and more”
Huawei has officially launched the MediaPad 7 Lite, their new 7-inch Android tablet with 3G and voice calling facilities. It was announced earlier this August and went on sale in India online at the end of October. Huawei has also announced that the MediaPad 10 FHD that was announced back in February would be available in India in December. The MediaPad 7 Lite has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS multi-touch display and is powered by a 1.2GHz Cortex A8 processor. It has 3G support with voice calling, SMS and MMS. The MediaPad 10 FHD has a 10.1-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) HD IPS display and is powered by a 1.5 GHz K3 quad-core processor. Both these tablets would run on 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite officially launched in India for Rs. 13,700, MediaPad 10 FHD available in December”
Idea Cellular has introduced iRoam special International Roaming Offer for its postpaid subscribers. This new pack offers up to 75% discount on International Roaming services such as Incoming Calls, Outgoing Calls, SMS and Data. This is applicable for Idea postpaid subscribers visiting 37 countries including UAE, USA, Singapore, UK, Thailand, China, Germany, France, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Italy and more. This lets the customers make and receive calls and SMS and use Data at nominal cost using their Idea number. Customers can send an SMS from their Idea postpaid number to activate the respective packs. Continue reading “Idea launches iRoam International Roaming Voice, Data and SMS packs for postpaid customers”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a new directive to prevent pesky marketing SMS. They restricted mobile users from sending more than 100 SMS / day per SIM starting 27th September 2011, and later increased the SMS limit to 200 last November. Now they have announced that the limit would be reduced to 100 SMS per day per SMS for customers using SMS packs, but a minimum amount of 50 paise per SMS would be charged for SMS beyond that limit. TRAI has asked the operators to implement this within fifteen days. Continue reading “TRAI limits 100 SMS per day at concessional rates, extra charges beyond the limit”
