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Aircel introduces cheap Pocket Internet 3G plans starting at Rs. 128 for 1GB per month

Aircel, one of the leading mobile operators in India, has followed Reliance Mobile’s footsteps by launching a new and cheap tariff for 3G data plans. The 3G data pack rates have almost been halved in this case, and now are even more affordable. It used to cost Rs. 250 for 1GB of data in the Chennai circle, but now it is just Rs. 128 and the data pack rates slightly vary for other regions. There is also a new Pocket Internet Rs. 27 data pack that offers unlimited 2G/3G data for 7 days, with a FUP of 750 MB. The new tariff is much needed for rapid uptake in 3G and we think we will see it happen once all the operators introduce this new pack. Check after the break for the complete breakdown of the tariff.

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Airtel myPlan customized plans launched to boost post-paid subscriber base

Airtel myPlan

Airtel has launched myPlan, a new option for post-paid subscribers to customize a plan suitable for them in three easy steps. This lets you pick the rentals, benefits and top ups. You can choose monthly rental priced between Rs. 199 and Rs. 999. Once you choose a monthly rental you can choose myPacks, which are free benefits, finally you can choose boosters at a nominal rate. Airtel is the first telecom operator in the country to offer such flexible plan, says the company. Continue reading “Airtel myPlan customized plans launched to boost post-paid subscriber base”

Nokia Lumia 1020 goes on sale in India for Rs. 47222

Nokia Lumia 1020 is finally on sale in India from the official Nokia Shop, as they promised last month. It was announced back in July and was launched in India last month. It went on pre-order in India for Rs. 49,999 last week. The Lumia 1020 is the first Windows Phone smartphone to feature a 41-megapixel camera sensor. It also has 6 lens optics similar to the Lumia 925 and also comes with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) that was first introduced in the Lumia 920. The Lumia 1020 has Xenon flash to shoot better images in low lighting condition and also LED flash for video recording. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 goes on sale in India for Rs. 47222”

Evernote for BlackBerry 10 updated with Checkboxes, Image and Audio support

Evernote for BlackBerry 10

Evernote has updated the BlackBerry 10 app with a lot of new features including checkboxes, improved image support and audio recording. The new Checkbox option lets you add Checkboxes in notes and also lets you uncheck the items. The checkbox option is present above the keyboard when you start editing a note. No you can attach images and audio recording to your notes. You can open a new note and click the respective option to add images or record audio. Continue reading “Evernote for BlackBerry 10 updated with Checkboxes, Image and Audio support”

Plants vs. Zombies 2 for Android released globally

Plants vs. Zombies 2 released for iPhone and iPad back in August. It saw a soft roll out in Australia and New Zealand last week. Now the game is available for all the Android users globally. This is a sequel to the first Plants vs. Zombies games, and this is a time-traveling adventure that lets you play through different historical eras. In this game you join Crazy Dave on a crazy adventure to destroy zombies with an army of powerful new plants, super charge them with Plant Food and power up your defenses with amazing new ways to protect your brain. Continue reading “Plants vs. Zombies 2 for Android released globally”

Twitter for Android arrives for Tablets, debuts on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition

Twitter has finally released the official Android app for tablets. It is not available for all the tablets yet, but Twitter has announced that the app would first be available for Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. The Landscape view shows Tweets, conversations, Trends, accounts to follow and more. You can just tap a tweet that expand on the right side to show photos, videos and previews. Continue reading “Twitter for Android arrives for Tablets, debuts on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition”

Apple Might Be Cutting iPhone 5C Production

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Reports say that Apple might be reducing the production of it’s iPhone 5C by 50% – from 300,000 units to 150,000 units. The source which leaked of the iPhone 5S and 5C before their announcements, claims that the reason behind this is the fall in the Grey market pricing for the phone.

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Apple iPhone 5s Camera Samples

The Apple iPhone 5s that we unboxed earlier is very much an “s” upgrade of the 5. The first upgrade for the 3g to the 3gs involved a better 3.2 megapixel camera, the second one from 4 to the 4s brought a 8 megapixel camera and the difference in quality was massive, and now we are at the third “s” upgrade which has brought upon significant improvements for the camera, but this time, it’s not about the megapixels. Apple has subverted the megapixel movement and, much like what HTC did, has improved the pixel size. The pixel size might be a marginal increase but Apple claims that it really shows in the photos. Well, does it?

That’s exactly what we are going to see below, with several camera samples from our iPhone 5s for an objective look at the quality. We’ll be comparing it with the iPhone 5 and several other devices at a later stage, but for now, dive in!

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Gionee Elife E6 Benchmarks

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Gionee launched the Elife E6 in India last week. We brought you the unboxing of the device recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek 6589T processor clocked at 1.5 GHz with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU similar to the Elife E5. Even though this has a faster processor, this has a high-resolution display, so the GPU scores would be less than the Elife E5 that we reviewed recently. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD display based on one-glass solution (OGS+) technology and Gorilla glass 3 protection and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean) with Amigo UI. Let’s find out how this compete with other devices in range of synthetic benchmark tests.

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Nokia Glance Background beta brings Sleeping Screen personalization to Windows Phone

We all have, at one point in time, used a Symbian phone. Some of us have even used Symbian^3 phones, which had some unique Nokia software on them. One of those was the Sleeping screen beta that added glance-able notifications and nifty personalization options on a standby screen that is usually devoid of anything useful. Nokia had launched a similar thing for Windows Phone earlier with the Amber update, called the Glance screen, but it lacked and still lacks some of the functionality that came with Sleeping screen. In an effort to bring this unique feature on par with what Symbian had, the company has released a new Glance Background app through its beta channel. The app lets you choose your own wallpaper for the idle glance screen of your Windows Phone. Note that the 520 and the 625 are the only two devices that do not support this feature, the rest of the Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices do, and it works really well.

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LG G Pro Lite with 5.5-inch display and Stylus Pen official, coming soon to India

LG G Pro Lite

LG has officially announced the G Pro Lite, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone. It surfaced recently and packs a 5.5-inch (960 ×540 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a Stylus Pen for handwriting that can be stored conveniently in a slot. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor and LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It pack a 3140 mAh battery similar to the G Pro. Continue reading “LG G Pro Lite with 5.5-inch display and Stylus Pen official, coming soon to India”

Intex Aqua HD Unboxing

Intex is fairly a newcomer in the Indian Smartphone market and it started launching Android devices much after Micromax or Karbonn, but now they have caught up with the lot by releasing MediaTek based devices under the Aqua range. We saw the cheapest Android 4.2.2 phone from the same company, and it even launched its flagship 1080p device – the Aqua i7. But today we have another 720p entry from Intex in the form of the Aqua HD. It sports a 4.7 inch HD screen and a 13 megapixel camera with an interesting design and build quality. We have unboxed the retail version of the box, so here is the video for a quick overview of the device and the box contents –

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Nokia 107 and 108 Dual SIM phones go on sale in India for Rs. 1607 and Rs. 1883

Nokia 107 Dual SIM

Nokia announced the 107, affordable Dual SIM phone for China back in August and the 108 affordable camera phone with dual SIM support last month. The Nokia 107 and the 108 have a 1.8″(160 x 128 pixels) TFT display, run on Series 30 OS and features FM Radio with RDS and music player. The Nokia 108 has a VGA rear camera with video recording capabilities, Bluetooth 3.0 with SLAM that enables multimedia content sharing between phones equipped with Bluetooth. The Nokia 107 packs a 1020 mAh battery and the 108 comes with a 950 mAh battery.
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Nokia Lumia 1020 Camera Samples

Nokia Lumia 1020 is currently being hailed as the king of smartphone photography and not many people can deny that fact. With the upcoming transition over to Microsoft, Nokia won’t exist as an independent company anymore, but they signed off in style with Lumia 1020 and its amazing 41MP PureView camera. All this PureView craze started off when they announced the Nokia 808 PureView Symbian smartphone with a 41MP camera and this was PureView Phase 1 according to Nokia. Then later that year, Nokia announced a Windows Phone PureView device ie The Nokia Lumia 920. Although this one did not have a huge 41MP sensor, it came with impressive low light photography and OIS(Optical Image Stabilization). This was dubbed as PureView Phase 2 by Nokia.

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With the Nokia Lumia 1020, Nokia nailed it by combining the PureView Phase 1 and Phase 2 into a single camera module. The camera sensor on the Lumia 1020 is a 41MP sensor that comes with OIS and captures impressive low-light photos. While we work on a more in-depth piece on the photography capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 1020, here are some camera samples for your perusal. You can click through to see the full resolution version of each image. Do let us know your thoughts in the comments section! Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 Camera Samples”

Samsung SM-W2014 with dual 3.67-inch displays, Snapdragon 800 processor surfaces

Samsung SM-W2014

Remember the Samsung Galaxy Golden that was released in Korea back in July ? We brought you the hands-on photo gallery of the device recently. Now the Samsung SM-W2014, a new flip phone has surfaced in China. The phone would have dual 3.67 inch (800 x 480 pixels) Super AMOLED displays, powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800processor and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It would come with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Internal memory and the battery capacitiy are not available yet. Continue reading “Samsung SM-W2014 with dual 3.67-inch displays, Snapdragon 800 processor surfaces”