Infinity Blade III for iPhone and iPad released

Infinity Blade III

ChAIR Entertainment has finally released the Infinity Blade III, the latest game in the Infinity Blade franchise. It is a sword-fighting action game based on the thrilling story line of love, betrayal, and redemption. It also has epic battle against the Dragon, a recurring enemy who appears throughout the Infinity Blade III adventure. The Hideout is your new home base where you’ll launch quests, brew potions, fuse gems, and re-forge mastered items. Continue reading “Infinity Blade III for iPhone and iPad released”

MTS launches Lava L661 affordable CDMA phone for Rs. 1199

Lava L661

MTS has partnered with Lava Mobiles to launch the Lava L661, one of the most affordable CDMA phone in India. It has a 1.8-inch TFT screen, keypad supports single thumb usage and a micro SD card slot with expandable memory of up-to 4GB.  It comes with MTS unlimited talk plans. It supports speaker phone and has a lot of  utility features including Alarm, Calculator, Calendar, Predictive text T9, Vcard, Group SMS, Scheduler and MTS info. Continue reading “MTS launches Lava L661 affordable CDMA phone for Rs. 1199”

BBM for iPhone and Android to be unveiled tomorrow

Blackberry just announced their first 5inch phablet, Z30, in an event today at Malaysia which was a surprise because many of us were expecting the multi-platform launch of BlackBerry’s very popular BBM messaging service. However, there is still hope for BBM to be unveiled pretty soon as BlackBerry is rumored to have an event tomorrow(September 19th) at Jakarta in Indonesia.

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Archos 50 Oxygen Hands On

Archos is back in the smartphone race with a bang – that bang is the Full HD Archos Oxygen smartphone that boasts a stunning display without the hefty price tag and offers a lot of bang for your buck. The Oxygen is one of a total of 9 devices that Archos showed off at IFA, including the Archos Titanium and Platinum entry-level and mid-market range. These were announced ahead of IFA.

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Sony GTK-N1BT 100W speaker with NFC and Bluetooth launched in India for Rs. 16990

Sony GTK-N1BT

Sony has launched the GTK-N1BT 100W, the company’s new speaker in India. It has 100W output with 20W + 20W front-facing speakers and 60W subwoofer that offers deep, throbbing bass sound. It has NFC and Bluetooth connectivity to connect your smart devices easily to wirelessly stream music without any cables or complicated settings.  Continue reading “Sony GTK-N1BT 100W speaker with NFC and Bluetooth launched in India for Rs. 16990”

BlackBerry Z30 with 5 inch Super AMOLED display, 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU announced

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BlackBerry has finally unveiled their first large screen BlackBerry 10 smartphone the BlackBerry Z30. The main highlight of the Z30  is the 5 inch SuperAMOLED display and it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dual core CPU. It also runs on the latest version of the BlackBerry 10.2 and it features the largest battery ever in a Blackberry device rated at 2880mAh which could deliver over 25 hours of usage.

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Sony DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 Camera Lenses launched in India for Rs. 12990 and Rs. 24990

Sony announced two new camera lenses for the smartphones, Cyber-shot DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 at the IFA 2013 earlier this month. Sony has officially launched these lenses in India today. These connect to Android devices and the iPhone via Wi-Fi and uses the Sony’s PlayMemories Mobile application to capture images.  The DSC-QX10 has 18.2 effective megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor with Sony G Lens and has 10x optical zoom and the DSC-QX100 has 20.2 effective megapixels Exmor R CMOS sensor with Sony G Lens and has 3.6x optical zoom. These have has Built-in Optical SteadyShot that combats camera shake and lets you captures blur-free videos even in low-light conditions. Continue reading “Sony DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 Camera Lenses launched in India for Rs. 12990 and Rs. 24990”

Sony SmartWatch 2 launched in India for Rs. 14990

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Sony has launched the SmartWatch 2 (SW2), successor of the first SmartWatch in India. The SmartWatch 2 was announced at the Mobile Asia Expo back in June and comes with a 1.6-inch (220 x 176 pixels) Transflective LCD display and is made  of aluminium (body) with wristband made of silicon or stainless steel. It has Bluetooth 3.0 and NFC to connect to Android smartphones running on Android 4.0 (ICS) and later. It weighs 122.5 grams and has IP57 ratings for water resistance. Continue reading “Sony SmartWatch 2 launched in India for Rs. 14990”

Sony Xperia Z1 launched in India for Rs. 44990

Sony has finally launched the Xperia Z1, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India as they promised. It was announced at the IFA earlier this month has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens with a 27mm wide angle f/2.0 aperture custom 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, BIONZ image processing engine, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera.

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Gionee Elife E5 Benchmarks

Gionee Elife E5 Benchmarks

Gionee launched the Elife E5 in India back in July. We brought you the unboxing of the device last week. 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. Since this has a faster processor, the scores would obviously be better than the MT6589 chip clocked at 1.2 GHz present in the Elife E3 that we reviewed back in June. It has a 4.8-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) Super AMOLED Plus display and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). Let’s find out how this compete with other devices in range of synthetic benchmark tests. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adQvcYVNzV4 Continue reading “Gionee Elife E5 Benchmarks”

Nokia wants to reinvent innovation, teases an event on October 22nd

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Nokia has released the above picture on its social media channels, signaling an event in the middle east(likely Dubai or Abu Dhabi) on October 22nd, presumably for the Lumia 1520 Phablet and the Nokia Sirius Windows RT tablet launch. This news comes after rumours that Nokia might delay or cancel some of its products after the Microsoft deal, which makes some sense as some products may overlap within the same company, but if the teaser is to be believed, we will definitely see the Lumia 1520 at least, with the Sirius launch now a big question mark.

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Windows Phone retains the position as India’s second largest smartphone OS with 5.4% marketshare

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It’s been almost an year since Windows Phone 8 launched, but the growth has seen a spike only recently, with the Nokia Lumia 520 becoming the most popular Windows Phone, not just in India, but the world. India has definitely been a tough market to crack for anything other than Android. Even with the huge marketing and retail push by Nokia, the most trusted brand in India for quite a number of years, Windows Phone is just at 5.4% of the whole Smartphone market. With iOS and BlackBerry contributed even lesser, Android rules the market with more than 84% marketshare at least.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition Hands-on

In addition to the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear, Samsung announced a third device at the IFA 2013 – Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. The Galaxy Note 10.1 is basically a huge version of the Galaxy Note 3. You can check out our quick hands-on video right below.

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Galaxy S4 S-View cover vs LG G2 Quick Window case

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Alongside the Galaxy S4 earlier this year, Samsung announced their new range of cases, which included the S-View cover that comes with a unique window on the front. The S-View cover offers a glance at the clock and notifications and was the first to be used in that way. At IFA we managed to grab a look at the official Quick Window case for the LG G2, which comes with a similar touch window in the cover to display information at a glance.

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JBL Charge portable Bluetooth speaker launched in India for Rs. 9990

JBL Charge

HARMAN India has launched JBL Charge, a new portable wireless speaker  with Bluetooth connectivity in India. It offers 12 hours of playback time from a single charge and also comes with a USB port to charge mobile devices on the go. It has 2 two 1-5/8-inch (41mm) drivers, a built-in bass port, 2 x 5 watts of amplification and digital signal processing for exceptional bass. It plays from either a vertical or horizontal position. Continue reading “JBL Charge portable Bluetooth speaker launched in India for Rs. 9990”