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Spice Pinnacle FHD Mi-525 with 5-inch 1080p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor launched for Rs. 16990

Spice Pinnacle FHD Mi-525

S Mobility has launched the Stellar Pinnacle FHD Mi-525, the company’s latest flagship smartphone. It has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Pop- up play to play, Flip to Mute to mute the calls, Intelligent Answer; Direct Call and Spice Cloud backup support with seamless data sync and 2GB of free data storage. It has dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Spice Pinnacle FHD Mi-525 with 5-inch 1080p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor launched for Rs. 16990”

Rovio Stars releases Tiny Thief puzzle game for Android, iPhone and iPad

Rovio Stars Tiny Thief

Rovio, the creators of the popular Angry Birds franchise has published Tiny Thief, a new game for Android, iPhone and iPad. Rovio published Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage last month through Rovio Stars, the new mobile game publishing program. In this game you play as Tiny Thief, an unconventional hero who uses cunning and trickery to out-smart his opponents across six epic medieval adventures. You need to solve the puzzles using interactive gameplay elements. There are over 3500 animations in the game that offers a fun filled gameplay. Continue reading “Rovio Stars releases Tiny Thief puzzle game for Android, iPhone and iPad”

FIFA 13 now available on Windows Phone 8, exclusive to Nokia Lumia devices

The popular soccer video game, FIFA 13, is finally available on Windows Phone 8 devices. However there’s a catch as the game is exclusive to Nokia Lumia devices only. Gameloft & EA game is now available on the WP8 as well and has been priced at $4.99.

The game has 30 different leagues, 500 licensed teams. A fair bit of customization options are also provided including the ability to chose your kit and change the line up. As is expected from a FIFA game, it is possible to tweak the scenarios just as you want them. The game has 15000 players as well as 32 stadiums to chose from. You get a tournament mode as well as practice modes, penalty shoot out mode. The game comes with achievements and works with Xbox Live. The download size is a rather massive 951MB. You can click through to the source link to download the game on your Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 device.

[Via – Windows Phone Store]

Nokia Lumia 1020 complete specs surface, 6 element lens, 2GB RAM and more

Nokia is expected to unveil the Lumia 1020 at an event in New York in less than 12 hours. Press image of the phone surfaced earlier this week that shows off more colors and details about the 41-megapixel camera. Now a source of Unleashthephones have revealed complete specifications of the device and WP Central says they can confirm the specs with their sources. The phone would come with a 4.5-inch display similar to the Lumia 925, but it would also have a 6 element smartphone lens and HAAC mics for rich recording similar to the device. The display would have 2.5D sculpted glass with gorilla glass protection and High Brightness Mode, Sunlight readability, Super sensitive touch for nail and glove usage. The phone would be powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, but we don’t have the exact model of the chip yet. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 complete specs surface, 6 element lens, 2GB RAM and more”

LG unveils world’s slimmest 5.2-inch 1080p smartphone display

LG Slimmest Full HD LCD Panel

LG Display, the display arm of LG Electronics has unveiled the world’s slimmest Full HD LCD panel for smartphones. The LCD panel is of size 5.2-inch diagonally, aimed at premium mobile devices. LG says it would offer better grip-ability and a superior viewing experience. The display is just 2.2mm thin with a 2.3mm bezel. The LG Optimus G2 that is expected to be unveiled next month would have a 5.2-inch full HD display. So the phone is likely to feature this display. Continue reading “LG unveils world’s slimmest 5.2-inch 1080p smartphone display”

HTC Butterfly S Hands On

HTC announced the launch of the next device in its Butterfly series of phones a few weeks back. Here at the Taiwanese company’s Frequencies event, we got to spend some quality time with the handset. Does it replace to the One as the top dog or can the two coexist? Check out our impressions of the phone to decide for yourself. Continue reading “HTC Butterfly S Hands On”

Gionee Elife E6 with 5-inch 1080p display announced, coming soon to India

Gionee Elife E6

Gionee has finally announced the most expected Elife E6 at an event in China just now. The Elife E6 packs a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display based on one-glass solution (OGS+) technology, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Mediatek MT6589T processor and runs on Amigo ROM Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 13-megapixel rear camera with f2.2 wide angle lens, BSI sensor, LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f2.4 wide angle lens. The phone is 7.9mm thick and has just 2.54mm thin bezel around the display. It weighs just 128 grams. It has DTS surround sound technology and has dedicated Yamaha audio chip for enhanced audio experience. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E6 with 5-inch 1080p display announced, coming soon to India”

Swipe MTV Slash with 7-inch display, Android 4.1 and Voice Calling now available for Rs. 9490

Swipe MTV Slash

Swipe MTV Slash, a new 7-inch device in Swipe’s Fablet series is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and comes with 3G support. It comes with several pre-loaded apps including Kingsoft Office, EBook Reader and has Audio Recording feature. Continue reading “Swipe MTV Slash with 7-inch display, Android 4.1 and Voice Calling now available for Rs. 9490”

Foursquare releases a new app for Nokia Series 40 devices

Foursquare for Nokia Series 40

Foursquare, popular location-based check-in service has launched a new app for Nokia Series 40 (S40) devices including Asha devices. This would let the Nokia series 40 user to check-in to places easily, get awesome deals in the places around you, get recommendations for places to go to, and share your check-ins on Facebook and Twitter. Continue reading “Foursquare releases a new app for Nokia Series 40 devices”

LG Optimus L4 II Dual now available in India for Rs. 8990

The LG Optimus L4 II Dual (E445) that got priced on the official LG India website last month is now available in India from online retailers Flipkart and Infibeam. The L4 II dual was announced back in May along with the Optimus L4 II. It has a 3.8-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz MediaTek MT6575 and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, dual SIM support with dual standby and a dedicated SIM switch key similar to the other dual SIM L Series II devices. Continue reading “LG Optimus L4 II Dual now available in India for Rs. 8990”

OnMobile launches Help Me app for Android aimed at personal safety

Help Me on Mobile for Android

OnMobile, leading provider of value-added services (VAS) has launched Help Me on Mobile, a free 24×7 mobile application targeted at the personal safety of women, children, young adults and senior citizens. This app would let them call for help during emergencies during medical emergencies, crime situations (eve-teasing, theft, rape, stalking, etc.) and accidents (road accidents, fire and other mishaps).
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Dhingana for iPhone and iPad v4.0 update brings Dhingana Gold premium subscription service

Dhingana for iOS v4.0 Gold

Dhingana, popular online music streaming service in India has launched Dhingana Gold, premium subscription service for iOS user. This would let them enjoy premium features such as music downloads, offline sync unlimited songs, access to music in HD quality, adfree experience and ability to sync downloads across up to 2 devices. Both Saavn and Gaana had already introduce similar subscription service such as Saavn Pro and Gaana+ earlier this year. Continue reading “Dhingana for iPhone and iPad v4.0 update brings Dhingana Gold premium subscription service”

HTC Butterfly S Benchmarks

HTC unveiled the Butterfly S, successor of the Butterfly in Taiwan last month. We brought you the photo gallery of the device earlier today. Now we have the benchmarks of the device. The phone has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super LCD 3 display display and is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 8064T processor clocked at 1.9 GHz with Adreno 320 GPU coupled with 2 GB RAM. It runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense 5.0. Let’s check out the performance of the smartphone when compared with other high-end Android devices.

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HTC Butterfly S Photo Gallery

HTC recently announced the Butterfly S which is the successor to their first full HD device. The phone has a 5 inch display and a polycarbonate body unlike the unibody metal design of the One. We’ve spent some time with the handset and while we work on a hands on post with our impressions, here’s a quick gallery for your perusal. Continue reading “HTC Butterfly S Photo Gallery”

LG Optimus G2 leaks again in clear images and video

LG Optimus G2 leak

LG Optimus G2 is almost confirmed to be unveiled on August 7th in New York. Even though there were several leaks, now Engadget has posted clear images of the functioning device . The image shows the 5.2-inch phone with a extremely thin bezel and the second image shows a new lockscreen feature. The LG branding is on the bottom and the phones doesn’t have any capacitive touch buttons below the display. The phone doesn’t have any physical buttons around the chassis except for the micro USB port on the bottom. Continue reading “LG Optimus G2 leaks again in clear images and video”