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HTC Radar price drops to Rs. 15799

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”

4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook launching in Canada first on August 9th, others countries in coming months

 

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 launches 60-days-60-deals offer for new prepaid customers


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 begins mass production of 64GB embedded flash memory for mobiles devices

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 Smart Tab 1 now comes with Android Jelly Bean Onboard, update for existing users coming soon


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 photo sharing app now available for Android

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”

BSNL Penta T-Pad WS802C 8-inch 3G Tablet running Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 14,699

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 India launches Smartphone Idea Camp contest

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 Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) smartphone now available in India for Rs. 20950

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”

Fujitsu, NTT DOCOMO, NEC partners to develop smartphone chips

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”

Xperia smartphones from 2011 might get Jelly Bean update says Sony


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”

Sony Xperia Tablet with 9.4-inch display, Tegra 3 quad-core processor surface

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 Funbook Pro 10.1-inch tablet running Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 9999

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”

Samsung Galaxy S Duos with Android 4.0 image and specs surface

Samsung Galaxy S Duos (S7562), Dual SIM Android phone has surfaced online along with the complete specs. The design looks similar to the Galaxy S III but according to GSMArena it is expected to comes with a Dual SIM support with dual standby, 4.0-inch WVGA(480×800) capacitive touch screen display and 1 GHz MSM7227A Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It would run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S Duos with Android 4.0 image and specs surface”

HTC Incredible S Android 4.0 OTA update starts rolling out in India

HTC has stared rolling out Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for Incredible S in India. The Incredible S was launched in India in March 2011 with Android 2.2 (Froyo) and it got the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) update in May 2011. HTC announced the global Android 4.0 update schedule last month and started rolling out Android 4.0 update for Sensation XL and Evo 3D in India last month. Continue reading “HTC Incredible S Android 4.0 OTA update starts rolling out in India”