Samsung spokesperson has confirmed Reuters that they plan to unveil the next Galaxy Note at the Samsung Mobile Unpacked event in Berlin on August 29. Samsung started sending invites yesterday for the Unpacked event scheduled for August 29th. Samsung announced the Galaxy Note at IFA last September that sold over 7 million units in just 7 months as of June. Continue reading “Samsung to unveil Galaxy Note 2 at IFA on August 29”
LG Optimus L3 Dual E405 , Dual SIM version of the Optimus L3 that was announced in June, is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. It has a dedicated SIM switch button similar to the Optimus Net Dual, to switch between the SIM cards quickly and has Dual standby support. Other features are similar to the single SIM version such as, 3.2-inch (320×240 pixels) display, 800MHz Processor, 3MP camera. It runs on Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “LG Optimus L3 Dual E405 now available in India for Rs. 8299”
The HTC Radar has got a price cut in India, and is available for just Rs. 15,799 from online retailer Flipkart. It was launched in India last October for Rs. 23,990. This would compete with Nokia Lumia 710 that got a price cut in January and retails for Rs.15,499 and Omnia W that is also available for almost similar price, after a price cut in February. The Radar has 3.8-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display and runs on Windows Phone 7.5, with Tango update now rolling out now that brings new features. Continue reading “HTC Radar price drops to Rs. 15799”
RIM (Research in Motion) has finally announced the 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook, after lot of rumors. It would be available in Canada starting from August 9th from Bell, Rogers and TELUS and would include support for 4G LTE networks along with HSPA+ with a Micro SIM card. Continue reading “4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook launching in Canada first on August 9th, others countries in coming months”
Airtel has launched new offer called 60-days-60-deals, for new prepaid customers across India. This limited period offer would offer daily deals for new customers for 60 days, across various Airtel services such as SMS, Data, STD calls, night minutes, Value Recharge and Value Added Services for new prepaid customers joining Airtel. Continue reading “Airtel launches 60-days-60-deals offer for new prepaid customers”
Samsung has announced that they have started producing ultra-fast embedded memory for smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices in 16, 32 and 64-gigabyte (GB) densities. Samsung Embedded Multimedia Card (eMMC) Pro Class 1500 delivers up to 140 MB/s (megabytes per second) sequential reading speeds and up to 50 MB/s sequential writing speeds. It is much faster than the SanDisk iNAND Ultra embedded memory announced earlier this year. Continue reading “Samsung begins mass production of 64GB embedded flash memory for mobiles devices”
Karbonn Mobiles has announced that the Smart Tab 1 that launched in July with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) would now be available with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS Onboard. The Karbonn Smart Tab 1 packs in a 7-inch ( 800 x 480 pixels) 5 Point Multi capacitive Touch Screen display, 1.2 GHz X-Burst processor, 2 Mega Pixel Front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn Smart Tab 1 now comes with Android Jelly Bean Onboard, update for existing users coming soon”
Twitpic launched their iPhone app in May, now they have launched their Android app. It lets you share photos and videos easily to share with your Twitter followers. You can also view images, videos from the people you follow on twitter, add comments and also edit images with the built-in photo editor. Continue reading “Twitpic photo sharing app now available for Android”
Pantel Technologies has launched BSNL Penta T-Pad WS802C tablet running on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8-inch (800 x 600 pixels) 16 million color Multi Touch Capacitive touch screen display with 16:9 aspect ratio and is powered by 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor It has 3G SIM slot that allows for data and voice connectivity and comes with BSNL 3G data plan of 2 GB valid over a period of 60 days. Continue reading “BSNL Penta T-Pad WS802C 8-inch 3G Tablet running Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 14,699”
LG has launched Smartphone Idea Camp, an innovative online contest that would let customers stand a chance to win prices worth Rs. 15 Lakhs. Consumers need to submit unique app, feature, concept, service, design, UI ideas that they desire in their phones. If the idea gets selected, best ideas would get incorporated in LG’s future smartphone line-up and also win cash prize of Rs. 15, 00,000. Continue reading “LG India launches Smartphone Idea Camp contest”
HTC Desire VC that was announced along with the Desire V in June is now available in India from online retailer Saholic in India. It is a Dual SIM smartphone with Dual Active feature, and supports CDMA and GSM networks on each SIM cards. The specs are similar to the Desire V including, 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1GHZ single-core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0 UI. It is 9.42 mm thick and weighs 118 g. Continue reading “HTC Desire VC Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) smartphone now available in India for Rs. 20950”
Japan’s Fujitsu Limited, NTT DOCOMO INC., NEC Corporation and Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited have announced a joint venture to develop and sell semiconductor products with built-in modem. This venture would function under the name, Access Network Technology Limited with an investment of 100 million yen. Continue reading “Fujitsu, NTT DOCOMO, NEC partners to develop smartphone chips”
Sony has officially announced that they are investigating future Android OS upgrades for all devices including 2011 Xperia smartphones. John Cooper, Product Manager of Sony UK who attended an online Q&A session on Facebook last week said that XPERIA Arc S and the XPERIA mini Pro would not be upgraded to Jelly Bean. Sony says that the information from the spokesperson about the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) software development and rollout for 2011 Xperia smartphones was an error. Continue reading “Xperia smartphones from 2011 might get Jelly Bean update says Sony”
Range of slides with the details about Sony Xperia Tablet has surfaced on XDA developers forum. According to the source who claims to working for Sony, this first tablet under Xperia brand and would come with aluminium splash-proof body, 9.4-inch (1280 x 800) display similar to the Tablet S but would be powered by Tegra 3 quad-core CPU. It would run on Android 4.0 or later (we can expect Jelly Bean) and would come with a 1MP front-facing camera and a 8MP rear camera. It would be 8.8mm-thick, 42% thinner than the Tablet S. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Tablet with 9.4-inch display, Tegra 3 quad-core processor surface”
Micromax has introduced Funbook Pro, successor of the Funbook that launched in April. It is now available in India exclusively from online retailer Snapdeal. Other than the 10.1-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, most of the specs are similar including, 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor, 0.3MP VGA front facing camera and 3G via Tata Docomo Photon+ Dongle . The RAM has been upgraded to 1GB and it comes with 8GB internal memory with expandable micro SD slot and 5600 mAh battery. Continue reading “Micromax Funbook Pro 10.1-inch tablet running Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 9999”
