Airtel opens 100 own retail stores across India in 14 months

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Bharti Airtel has announced that it has crossed the milestone of 100 Company-Owned-Company-Operated (COCO) Airtel retail outlets across India. Airtel launched its first Airtel stores at South Extension (New Delhi) in February, 2013, that has extended to 35 cities and towns across 14 states. It took just 14 months reach the milestone. Continue reading “Airtel opens 100 own retail stores across India in 14 months”

Nokia 225 and 225 Dual SIM affordable internet-enabled phones announced

Nokia 225

Nokia has announced Nokia 225 and 225 Dual SIM, the company’s most affordable internet-enabled handsets. The Nokia 225 and the 225 Dual SIM have a 2.8-inch (320 x 240 pixels) QVGA LCD screen, dust and splash proof keymat, Nokia Xpress Browser, FM Radio, up to 103 phon output with Donau speaker, Bluetooth 3.0 with Slam sharing feature and a 2-megapixel fixed focus rear camera without flash. These are just 10.4mm thick and have a curved design. Continue reading “Nokia 225 and 225 Dual SIM affordable internet-enabled phones announced”

Ineda Systems develops ‘Dhanush’ chip for wearable devices

Dhanush wearable processing unit

Ineda Systems has announced that it is developing a low power SoC (system on a chip) for wearable technology and Internet of Things. The Hyderabad based start-up revealed prototype of its SoC which is dubbed as Dhanush however, the start-up is calling these SoC as Wearable Processing Unit (WPU). Continue reading “Ineda Systems develops ‘Dhanush’ chip for wearable devices”

Lava Iris 406Q with quad-core processor, Android 4.3 listed online

Lava Iris 406Q

Lava Iris 406Q appeared on the official website recently along with a range of Iris smartphones. Specifications of the Lava Iris 450 COLOUR were detailed on the official website earlier this week. Now the Iris 406Q has been listed on Flipkart that reveals the complete specifications of the smartphone. It would come with a 4-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) that is upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Lava Iris 406Q with quad-core processor, Android 4.3 listed online”

LG G Watch to go on sale in the UK before July for less than 180 GBP

LG G Watch

LG unveiled G Watch, the company’s first Android Wear-powered Smartwatch last month and promised that it would launch it in the second quarter of 2014. LG has confirmed to Pocket-lint that the LG G Watch would be available in UK before July and for less than 180 GBP (Rs. 18,090 approx). Continue reading “LG G Watch to go on sale in the UK before July for less than 180 GBP”

Pocket for Android updated with new languages and Immersive Mode for KitKat

Pocket is one of the first apps that I install on a new smartphone and it has been one of the very few apps that I have used since I started using smartphones. Pocket initially started out as “Read It Later” and as the name suggests, it allows you to save the content you want to read in a single place.

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Facebook India surpasses 100 million monthly active users

Facebook has crossed 100 million monthly active users in India which is the second largest country on the social network behind the US. Javier Olivan, VP, Growth & Analytics, Facebook stated in an interview with the Economic Times, that Facebook crossed the landmark on March 31. He also touted that the company is now eyeing for reaching over 1 billion active users in India.

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Flipkart for Windows Phone is now available for download

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Flipkart, one of the leading e-commerce businesses in India, has finally released its official app for Windows Phone. To make everyday shopping easier, this new Windows Phone app follows a fresh design language, focusing on clear information and search. The free app is now available for download on the Windows Phone store, following the release of its eBooks app earlier. Like the former, we expect this app to be bundled on Nokia Lumia smartphones out of the box.

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Samsung Gear Fit gets vertical display orientation support

Samsung Gear Fit vertical UI

Samsung unveiled the Gear Fit, its first fitness band at the MWC 2014 back in February. One of the main drawbacks of the band was the lack of vertical display orientation, making it hard use it vertically, like you use a watch. You might have seen it in our hands on video of the smart band. Samsung seems to have fixed the problem. New Gear Fit devices in Korea seems to have this feature and the Samsung’s official store blog shows the Gear Fit’s vertical UI. Continue reading “Samsung Gear Fit gets vertical display orientation support”

Nokia ringtone celebrates its 20th birthday

Nokia Ringtone 20th Birthday

Nokia’s iconic ringtone celebrates its 20th birthday. It was first introduced back in 1994 on the Nokia 2110 and has seen several changes over the years, but the melody has been the same, says Nokia. Each and every Nokia phone since 2110 came with the signature Nokia tune as the default ringtone. Continue reading “Nokia ringtone celebrates its 20th birthday”

Twitter updates user profile pages, looks closer to Facebook than ever

Sometime back, Twitter started rolling out a new lighter user interface for its web users and now, it has updated the profile pages of users. According to Twitter, the “new and improved web profile” page will help you tell about yourself in a better way.

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Lava Iris 450 COLOUR detailed specifications revealed on official website

Lava Iris 450 COLOUR

Lava launched the Iris Pro 20, the latest smartphone in the Iris Pro series yesterday. Lava Iris 450 COLOUR surfaced recently without any specifications. Now the complete specifications of the smartphone has appeared on the website. It comes with a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava Iris 450 COLOUR detailed specifications revealed on official website”

HTC M8 Ace press render leaks

HTC M8 Ace leak

Last month @evleaks revealed that HTC M8 Ace  is in the works along with the HTC M8 Mini. Today @evleaks has posted purported image of the HTC M8 Ace even before we get to see the image HTC M8 mini. According to earlier rumors from the same Twitter user, the HTC M8 mini would come with a 1.4 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, 1GB of RAM, 4.5 inch HD display and Android 4.4 KitKat. Continue reading “HTC M8 Ace press render leaks”

Google Project Ara gets featured in MIT Technology Review

What started as a viral video is now in serious development in hands of Google which owns Android which is the most popular smartphone operating system. Phonebloks, the concept of modular smartphone, went viral towards late 2013 and sometime later, Motorola, then owned by Google, took the matter into its hands and started Project Ara – Modular smartphone.

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Nokia X customers get free 3G data from Airtel for 3 months

Nokia X

Nokia has announced a new data offers for Airtel pre-paid customers buying Nokia X. This offer lets Nokia X users enjoy 500MB of free 3G data per month for 3 months. Subscribers  in non 3G circles can enjoy the same benefit on 2G data. Nokia X, the company’s first smartphone based on Android AOSP was launched in India last month. Continue reading “Nokia X customers get free 3G data from Airtel for 3 months”