Sony Xperia Z Ultra with 6.44-inch 1080p display, 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor announced

Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Sony has finally announced the Xperia Z Ultra, the company’s latest flagship phone in the Xperia range. It has a 6.44-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine that would offer rich, natural colours, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with Sony Exmor RS sensor, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It is just 6.5mm thick and weighs 212 grams. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Ultra with 6.44-inch 1080p display, 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor announced”

Sony Xperia Z Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out

Sony Xperia Z Android 4.2.2

Sony has finally started rolling out the Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) update for the Xperia Z soon after the roll out for the Xperia ZL. The version number for the update is 10.3.A.0.423 . The update is now available for Spain and the Ukraine for the LTE model (C6603) and for the carrier variants in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and the Netherlands. It also also available in Taiwan for the HSPA+ version (C6602). Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out”

Samsung Galaxy Core officially launched in India for Rs. 15690


Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Core, a new Android smartphone in the Galaxy series in India. It was spotted on the official Samsung India website last week and went on sale online few days back. It has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) LCD capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has Dual SIM support with Smart dual SIM feature and packs a 5-megapixel Auto Focus rear Camera with LED Flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has Smart Stay, Smart Alert, S Voice, Motion UI and lots more unique features. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core officially launched in India for Rs. 15690”

Amazon India now offers mobile phones, tablets and more, 10% off on select mobile phones

Amazon India 10pc off

Amazon India marketplace, Amazon.in that was launched earlier this month with just 2 categories books and movies has now expanded  to Mobiles and Accessories, Tablets, Cameras and Photography, and Portable Media Players. The company says that they have over 20,000 electronics products from over 200 leading brands. Amazon introduced Kindle family of E-readers, ebooks and Kindle Fire tablets couple of weeks back.

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Lenovo K900 Unboxing and First Impressions

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UPDATE – You can read the full review here.

The K900 is Lenovo’s massive flagship device that recently launched in India for Rs. 32,999. Boasting some impressive specs, it has landed in our labs for testing. The huge 5.5 inch 1080p IPS screen is coupled with powerful internals such as the 2 GHz dual core Intel CloverTrail processor and the 13 megapixel Sony Stacked CMOS sensor camera, making it a very impressive package. This got us excited for the unboxing and the initial walkthrough of the device, which we captured in a video here –

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Facebook working on Flipboard style news reader says WSJ

Facebook is rumored to be working on a new reader service that is internally known simply as Reader. The service displays content in a format geared towards mobile usage and draws data from Facebook users and publishers. The application is said to closely resemble Flipboard in terms of interface.

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Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy NX

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First there was the Galaxy Camera, then the Galaxy S4 Zoom and now the Galaxy NX. Samsung have been shoe-horning Android and mobile modems into their cameras for the better part of a year for reasons that most people, myself included struggle to understand. With the Galaxy NX however, this move is starting to make a degree of sense. The Galaxy Camera, while equipped with significant levels of optical zoom, underwhelmed as a camera in many regards. It was much larger than a typical point & shoot, much more expensive and took arguably worse pictures; a hard sell under the best circumstances. Continue reading “Hands on with the Samsung Galaxy NX”

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Hands On

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The Galaxy Camera was the first smart camera to be powered by the Android OS but this year, Samsung have taken a different route to introducing smart cameras with the launch of the Galaxy NX with interchangeable lenses and the Galaxy S4 Zoom. As the name implies, the Galaxy S4 Zoom is the camera equivalent of the Galaxy S4 but it does have some great benefits that will appeal to the hardcore camera users. The S4 Zoom is the first smartphone to come with 10X Optical Zoom and also features a 16MP CMOS sensor with Xenon Flash. Yes you read right – the Galaxy S4 Zoom is a smartphone with an excellent camera. The S4 Zoom remains a very unique device as it is able to make and receive phone calls and act just like a smartphone.

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Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue with 7-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.1 announced

Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue

Huawei has announced the MediaPad 7 Vogue, the company’s latest tablet in the MediaPad series. It has first mentioned at the  official MWC press release back in February and leaked in March. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS display, similar to the Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite that was launched in India last November. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core K3V2 HiSilicon processor with 16 Core graphics and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s Emotion UI 1.5 on top. It has 3G connectivity through a SIM card slot and supports voice calls. It has a 3-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera and has sleek aluminum metal unibody design. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad 7 Vogue with 7-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.1 announced”

Facebook adds Like Button sticker in Messenger for Android, iPhone and iPad

Facebook for Android and iPhone Like Button

Facebook has started rolling out Like button sticker for the Android and iOS apps in Messaging. This works on both Facebook app and the separate Facebook Messenger app. This lets you send a quick Thumbs Up symbol to others in on tap quickly. This would be definitely useful to quickly reply with a Like button instead of a long message to accept something. Facebook says that this feature is part of a recent update, according to Techcrunch. This did not appear in the changelog in both the iOS and Android apps. Continue reading “Facebook adds Like Button sticker in Messenger for Android, iPhone and iPad”

Idea offers free Facebook Messenger access for prepaid customers for 3 months

Idea Facebook Messenger

Idea Cellular has partnered with Facebook to offer free access to Facebook Messenger for prepaid users for a period of 3 months. Earlier this year Airtel offered free Facebook access for their prepaid customers for 1 month. This would let the customers enjoy Facebook Messenger access with up to 200MB of free monthly usage. This offer is available for all the Idea prepaid users on Android and iOS devices. Continue reading “Idea offers free Facebook Messenger access for prepaid customers for 3 months”

MTS launches Always Talk Plan with Unlimited on-net local voice calls at Rs. 199

MTS Always Talk

MTS has launched Always Talk, a new plan for their pre-paid customers that would let them enjoy unlimited on-net (MTS to MTS) locals calls. Additionally, customers will also get up to 1000 minutes of free local calls on other networks. Continue reading “MTS launches Always Talk Plan with Unlimited on-net local voice calls at Rs. 199”

Gionee Elife E6 with 5-inch 1080p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, 13MP camera coming soon

Gionee Elife E6 teaser

Gionee has started teasing their upcoming Elife E6, successor of the Elife E3 on their Facebook page. The company’s flagship smartphone in the Elife series would feature a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and come with a 13-megapixel rear camera. According to the website mtksj, the phone has a Mediatek MT6589T processor with 357 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU and 2GB of RAM. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E6 with 5-inch 1080p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, 13MP camera coming soon”

Gionee CTRL V4 with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 9999

Gionee CTRL V4

Gionee has launched the CTRL V4, successor of the CTRL V3 in India. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with  YAMAHA 168 music system for enhanced audio experience, inbuilt Protection Software and has dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Gionee CTRL V4 with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 9999”

Airtel 4G plans now start from Rs. 450, partners with BigFlix and Indiagames for movies and games bundle


Airtel has introduced new plans for their 4G customers that now starts at Rs. 450. Airtel introduced 4G TD-LTE services last year, first in Kolkata with plans starting from Rs. 999 with 6GB of free monthly data. Now the new Rs. 450, Rs. Rs. 650 and Rs. 750 plans come with 2GB, 3GB and 4GB of free monthly data, respectively. Airtel has also increased the data limit for the plans starting from Rs. 999 which would come with 10GB of free monthly data limit. Continue reading “Airtel 4G plans now start from Rs. 450, partners with BigFlix and Indiagames for movies and games bundle”