The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has asked the service providers not to provide SIM cards with a validity of more than 3 months to the tourists from other countries visiting India. They have also asked the operators to provide SIM cards only with a passport with a valid Visa, and the validity of these SIM cards should not be beyond the validity of the visa. Continue reading “Tourists visiting India cannot get SIM cards with more than 3 months validity”
Sony Xperia J that was announced at IFA last week has been priced in UK. Online retailer Clove UK has announced that it would be available late October. The Xperia J has a 4.0-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display with gorilla glass protection, 1 GHz Qualcomm MSM7227A processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash at the back and a VGA front-facing camera. It is 9.2 mm thick and weighs 124 grams. Continue reading “Sony Xperia J gets a pre-order price in UK, coming on October 29”
MTS has launched the Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA I509 with bundled offers such as Unlimited Data and On-net (MTS to MTS) Voice calling for a period of 3 months. The Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA went on sale in India in May, and packs in a 3-inch (320 x 240 Pixels) display, 600 MHz processor and a 2 MP camera at the back. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “MTS offers Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA with 3 months unlimited data and on-net voice calls for Rs. 7999”
Nokia has announced the Nokia Purity Pro Bluetooth Stereo Headset by Monster at IFA 2012. It comes with NFC that offers one-touch pairing with the NFC-enabled smartphones, other than the normal Bluetooth paring. It has Monster’s active noise cancellation technology that blocks outside noise. Continue reading “Nokia Purity Pro Bluetooth Stereo Headset announced”
Karbonn has officially launched A18, their new Dual SIM smartphone running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It went on sale on Flipkart last week. It has a 4.3-inch (480 x 800 pixels) IPS Capacitive Multi Touch display and is powered by 1 GHz processor. It has a 5MP Auto Focus Camera with LED flash and features such as Face detection and Burst Mode. It also comes with a 1.3 MP front-facing camera for video calling. Continue reading “Karbonn A18 Dual SIM phone running Android 4.0 officially launched for Rs.12,990”
Google has come up with another End of Summer Sale that offers several apps on the Google Play Store at just $0.99. These include some popular apps and games such as SwiftKey 3 Keyboard, Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance and more. Continue reading “Google End of Summer Sale: SwiftKey 3, N.O.V.A. 3 and more Android apps and games at $0.99”
Huwawei has announced the Ascend G600, successor of the Ascend G300 at IFA 2012. It has a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) IPS display and is powered by 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and comes with a 1930 mAh battery that has Huawei’s power saving technology that provides more than 15 days of standby time. It has 8MP Auto focus camera at the back with BIS sensor and LED Flash and a front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G600 with 4.5-inch qHD IPS display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 announced”
Huawei has announced MediaPad 7 Lite, their new tablet in the MediaPad lineup. It has metal uni-body design and comes with a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS mult-touch display. It is powered by a 1.2GHz Cortex A8 processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and comes with a 3.2 MP rear camera, 0.3MP front-facing camera. It has 3G support with cellular voice function, SMS and MMS. It is 11 mm thick and weighs 370 grams. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite with 7-inch IPS display, Android 4.0 announced”
Lenovo has launched IdeaTab S2110 at IFA 2012. It is an upgraded version of the IdeaTab S2109 that was announced in April. It has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) in-plane switching (IPS) display and is powered by 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8060A Processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 5 MP Auto focus camera LED flash at the back and a 1.3 MP front-facing camera. It is 8.69mm thick and weighs 580 grams. Continue reading “Lenovo IdeaTab S2110 with 10.1-inch HD IPS display, Android 4.0 launched”
Samsung announced earlier this week that the Galaxy S III would be available in different color variants such Brown, Red, Black and Grey. Now, the Samsung India eStore has listed the Garnet Red variant of the Galaxy S3. The Garnet Red variant of the Galaxy S3 was exclusively launched for AT&T in July and it was spotted in Germany last week. Continue reading “Garnet Red Samsung Galaxy S III launching in India soon”
Micromax has launched, A57 Superfone Ninja, successor of the Ninja 2. Although it comes with a similar 3.5-inch HVGA Capacitive touch screen display and a 3MP camera, it is cheaper than its predecessor, and is powered by a 1GHz processor. It has Dual SIM support with Dual Standby. Continue reading “Micromax A57 Superfone Ninja 3 launched for Rs. 4999”
HORN, a 3rd person action adventure game that was announced at the Google I/O 2012 back in June, is now available for the devices that are powered by NVIDIA Tegra 3 and Tegra 2 processors. It uses Unreal Gaming Engine 3, developed by Phosphor Games and published by Zynga. You play a young blacksmith’s apprentice named Horn, and you need to fight the enemies with sword, crossbow, trusty musical horn, explore the lands, and solve puzzles. The game released for iPhone and iPad earlier this month. Continue reading “Horn for Android NVIDIA Tegra optimized game now available for Download”
ZTE has announced Grand X IN that is powered by 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor (Medfield Z2460 platform) similar to the Lava Xolo X900 that launched in India in April and the Lenovo LePhone K800 that went on sale in China in May. The ZTE Grand X IN packs in a 4.3-inch (960 x 540 pixels), 16M colors, TFT, Capacitive touch screen display, and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 8MP Auto focus camera with Flash at the back, 1080p HD video recording and a 0.3MP Front-facing Camera. Continue reading “ZTE Grand X IN Intel Medfield powered smartphone running Android 4.0 announced”
HTC announced the Desire X few hours ago, and the online retailer Clove UK has announced that they are now taking pre-orders for the device. It comes with a 4.0-inch (800 X 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by 1 GHz Dual-core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and has a 5MP auto focus camera at the back with LED Flash, but it records videos only at WVGA resolution, and not at 720p HD resolution. Continue reading “HTC Desire X gets a pre-order price in UK”
Idea Cellular has launched a new 3G dongle with cloud storage. It would come with 2GB of free cloud storage to share pictures, music, videos and documents and Cloud Messenger+, a cloud based messenger that would offer free and unlimited communication between cloud users. Continue reading “Idea launches 3G Dongle with 2GB free cloud storage for Rs. 1799”
