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Airtel to offer Apple iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S in India

Apple iPhone 5S 5C India
India’s leading mobile operator Bharti Airtel just announced that it would offer the Apple iPhone 5S and 5C on the Airtel network starting from November 1st. This news comes after Apple announced that it was indeed launching the new iPhone in India on November 1st. Reliance Communications also announced that it going to offer the new iPhones on its network. Historically Apple has launched the iPhone on Airtel and Vodafone and Aircel made it to the list recently. Reliance is the new addition this year.

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Windows Phone GDR3 update is official, brings 1080p display and Snapdragon 800 chipset support

The long awaited Windows Phone GDR3 update has now been officially unveiled and confirms most of the rumors around the update. The biggest and most promising feature is that Windows Phone now supports 1080p displays and the Snapdragon 800 SoC. This means that Windows Phone flagships will no longer be crippled by hardware limits when compared to Android phones. It can be said that WP phones are usually fast enough to not require top of the line hardware but chipsets like the Snapdragon 800 also bring a lot more to the table. Support for 1080p displays means that you can now have up to 6 small tiles or an additional medium sized tile. Alongside 1080p screens, Windows Phone can now also be used on 5-6 inch display devices allowing Windows Phone phablets, something we’ll be seeing very soon in the form of the Lumia 1520.

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Facebook acquires mobile data optimization company Onavo

Facebook has announced that they have acquired Onavo, and Israel-based company popular for its mobile utility apps and mobile market intelligence service. The company has released Data Savings and Data Count apps for both Android and iPhone. The Data Savings app compresses the incoming data and the Data Count app that breaks down your 3G/4G/LTE data usage in detail. The company launched the Onavo Protect, a free for iOS devices recently and introduced Onavo Insights targeted at mobile app creators. Continue reading “Facebook acquires mobile data optimization company Onavo”

HTC One Max with 5.9-inch 1080p display, Fingerprint Scanner officially announced

HTC One Max

HTC has finally announced the most rumored One Max. It come with a 5.9 inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display, powered by a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with the new HTC Sense 5.5 UI that brings updated HTC BlinkFeed that bring customisable topic categories, Instagram and Google+ integration. The main highlight of the phone is the built-in Fingerprint Scanner on the back of the smartphone that lets you lock or unlock the phone. It also lets you launch up to three applications by assigning an individual finger to each. Continue reading “HTC One Max with 5.9-inch 1080p display, Fingerprint Scanner officially announced”

iBall UFO3 Wireless Bluetooth Speaker launched for Rs. 2499

iBall UFO3

iBall has launched the UFO3, the company’s latest portable speaker with Bluetooth support. It also has a microphone for hands-free conversation over Bluetooth enabled phones and tablets. It has a eye-catching UFO-like design and is portable to easily fit it in a back-pack. It uses advanced audio decoding for enhanced audio output wirelessly. Continue reading “iBall UFO3 Wireless Bluetooth Speaker launched for Rs. 2499”

LG G Flex with 6-inch Curved OLED display press images surface

LG G Flex leak

We already know that LG is working on a smartphone with a curved OLED display. LG already announced that they have already started mass producing 6-inch curved OLED smartphone displays which is vertically concave from top to bottom with a radius of 700mm. LG Chem also confirmed the existence of curved batteries. Now Engadget and CNET have posted press renders of the LG G Flex smartphone. Continue reading “LG G Flex with 6-inch Curved OLED display press images surface”

Lava E-Tab Ivory with 7-inch display, Dual SIM support and Voice calling launched for Rs. 10199

Lava E-Tab IVORY

Lava has launched the E-Tab Ivory, a new tablet with voice calling support in the E-Tab range. The E-Tab E-Tab Z7C+ (Connect+) with voice calling support went on sale recently, but this has a dual SIM support similar to the Micromax Funbook Mini P410 that went on sale earlier this month. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT8377 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has dual SIM cars slots with 3G support, voice calling and SMS. These is a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava E-Tab Ivory with 7-inch display, Dual SIM support and Voice calling launched for Rs. 10199”

Instagram v4.2 for Android brings automatic straightening, Simplified video settings and more

Instagram for Android v4.2.1

Instagram for Android got updated to version 4.1 back in August that brought option to import your videos from the phone library. At the same time the iPhone app got automatic straightening feature that corrects the photo when you tap the new Straighten icon. Now the feature is available for the Android app. Both the Android and iPhone apps got a huge update back in June that brought video support. Continue reading “Instagram v4.2 for Android brings automatic straightening, Simplified video settings and more”

Which is the Best Smartphone Camera of 2013? – Vote in our blind test

2013 has been an eventful year for cameras on Smartphones. We have seen oversampling algorithms take advantage of huge sensors, increased pixel sizes subverting the megapixel race, optical image stabilization enabling great low light imaging and general widespread adoption of stacked CMOS sensors, making it one of those years when companies made their camera efforts serious. This also means that the traditional gap between the best and the rest has gotten a lot more closer. So, which is the best smartphone camera of this year? We have brought a number of flagship devices together to find out, in a blind test.

The results are out! Thanks for voting!

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Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet render shows cyan variant ahead of launch at Nokia World

By now it is pretty much assured that Nokia will be showing off a tablet device at the upcoming Nokia World event. Prolific leaker of upcoming devices, Evleaks, has let loose a render of the device that is expected to be called the Nokia Lumia 2520. While the press render shows the tablet in cyan, it is expected to be available in red, black and white variants as well. The screen is believed to be 10.1 inches and the tablet will have a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Nokia-Lumia-2520-Evleaks Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet render shows cyan variant ahead of launch at Nokia World”

Micromax Bolt A58 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.2 spotted on official website

Micromax Bolt A58

Micromax is all set to launch the Bolt A58,a new budget smartphone in the Bolt series. The Bolt A40 and the Bolt A67 went on sale recently. The Bolt A58 has surfaced on the official website. It comes with with a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek 6572M processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 2 MP rear camera without flash, but comes with 3G support. It also has dual SIM support with dual standby similar to most of the Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt A58 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.2 spotted on official website”

Karbonn A99, A16 and A12+ with now available, A18+ coming soon

Karbonn A99, A16, A12 Plus and A18 Plus

Karbonn has released three new phones in the Indian markets. Karbonn A99, A16 and A12+ is now available online and the A18+ is listed online as coming soon. The A99, A16 and A12+ comes with about 4-inch display, while the A18+ features a 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) display. These are powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor, run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and features a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash with a front-facing camera. These have 3G and dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Karbonn A99, A16 and A12+ with now available, A18+ coming soon”

HTC One mini officially launched in India for Rs. 36,790

The HTC One mini was announced as the company’s answer to people wanting a compact version of the popular flagship – One, but it arguably did a “mini” on the specifications too, which left people wanting more, especially with that price tag. As if things couldn’t get any worse, the One mini has finally gotten its official launch in India, and it has a MOP price of Rs. 36,790, well above the earlier price some e-tailers had posted. While the price may be a bit on the higher side, the One mini does bring a lot of features that were made popular by the One, including the 4 MP UltraPixel camera, the HTC Zoe camera feature and a really good SLCD2 screen spanning 4.3 inches and sporting a 1280×720 resolution. It is definitely good looking too, borrowing from the design on the One, but with more polycarbonate on the sides and the front.

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Xolo Play Tab 7.0 with 7-inch HD display and Tegra 3 processor launched for Rs. 12999

Xolo Play Tab 7.0

Xolo has launched the Play Tab 7.0, the company’s latest tablet in the Play series as we reported last month. It has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) multi-touch IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor with ULP GeForce GPUand runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and packs a 4000 mAh battery. Xolo launched the Xolo Tab last month powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 and voice calling, but this lacks 3G support or voice calling. Continue reading “Xolo Play Tab 7.0 with 7-inch HD display and Tegra 3 processor launched for Rs. 12999”

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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