Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro launched for Rs. 7999, comes with Spice Cloud services

Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro with Spice Cloud services

Spice has launched Stellar Virtuoso Pro (Mi-491), the company’s latest smartphone in the Stellar series. It has a 4.5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support with Dual Standby. The phone comes with  Spice Cloud, Mobile Synchronization Service that would let users automatically and wirelessly store and secure data, provide anti-theft features that protect the user’s content and help them to locate the device. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro launched for Rs. 7999, comes with Spice Cloud services”

Vodafone introduces free incoming on roaming, plans start from Rs. 5

Vodafone India has launched new Special Tariff Vouchers (STV) for its pre-paid and post-paid customers that would let them enjoy free incoming while on national roaming. Airtel announced a similar roaming pack earlier this week and Idea Cellular launched national roaming packs few days back. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) reduced the limit for national roaming tariff for calls and SMS last month that makes free roaming plans for all the operators compulsory. Continue reading “Vodafone introduces free incoming on roaming, plans start from Rs. 5”

EA Sale: Up to 40% off on 6 Windows Phone games

EA Windows Phone Games Sale July 2013

Last month Gameloft had put up a discounted sale on 10 Windows Phone games, this time EA Mobile has started a limited time discount sale on classic and popular Xbox titles for Windows Phone devices. These games include the popular titles including Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, The Sims 3, Tetris and more. Some of these games that usually costs $6.99 are now available for $2.99. So you get up to 40% off  is this July Special sale. Continue reading “EA Sale: Up to 40% off on 6 Windows Phone games”

Xolo Q1000 Review

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Xolo had launched several phones over the past 1 year, but this is the company’s first quad-core smartphone with a 5-inch HD display. Xolo launched the A1000 back in February, the Q1000 is exactly similar to it in terms of design and the display. The Q1000 comes under the company’s QCORE series. The company launched the Q800 back in March and the Q700 in May and the Q600 was launched recently . We brought you the unboxing of the device last month, here we have the complete review of the device. Let’s dive into the review. Continue reading “Xolo Q1000 Review”

Videocon follows Vodafone, Airtel and Idea, slashes 2G data rates by 90%


Videocon Mobile Services is the latest operator to cut 2G data rates. Videocon has reduced 2G GPRS rates by 90% across Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh circles. Last month Vodafone announced reduction of 2G data rates for the Pay as you Go (PAYG) users down to 2p/10KB and Airtel announced reduction of 2G data rates by 90% for pre-paid customers in Punjab and Haryana. Few weeks back Idea Cellular has announced new 2G data rate of 2p/10KB for their prepaid and postpaid customers. Continue reading “Videocon follows Vodafone, Airtel and Idea, slashes 2G data rates by 90%”

Airtel increases stake in Qualcomm’s 4G venture to 51%

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Airtel has increased its stake to 51% in the 4G broadband ventures owned by Qualcomm, raising it from 49% that was acquired by the company back in May 2012, according to a report from ET. Qualcomm won BWA Spectrum in Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala circles in 2010 by paying about USD 1 billion (Rs. 4912.54 crore approx).  Continue reading “Airtel increases stake in Qualcomm’s 4G venture to 51%”

LG Optimus G Pro launched in India for Rs. 42500

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LG has launched the Optimus G Pro (E988), the company’s flagship smartphone in India. The phone was expected to launch in India last month. It packs a 5.5-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD IPS curved glass display, powered by a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm  Snapdragon 600 processor with 400 MHz Adreno 320 GPU and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with Optimus 3.0 UI. It has a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, 2.1 MP front-facing camera and packs a 3140 mAh battery. It has lot of camera features including Dual Recording, Virtual Reality (VR) Panorama Smart Video, Smart Camera, Pause and Resume Recording and lots more. Continue reading “LG Optimus G Pro launched in India for Rs. 42500”

HTC One Mini surfaces again in a new set of images

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HTC One Mini is not a mystery any more. The specs of the phone surfaced first in February earlier this year. The press render of the phone appeared back in May along with the rumored specs. . It was caught on camera last month that showed the chin and the bottom part of the device, and whole front part of the device was revealed last month. Now the full hands-on images of the device has appeared on a Bulgarian website smartnews.bg that also confirms the specs of the device. Continue reading “HTC One Mini surfaces again in a new set of images”

Nokia Lumia 1020 for AT&T revealed in leaked press image

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Well known source of pre release information, Evleaks, has struck gold once again with a leaked press render of the Nokia Lumia 1020 heading to AT&T. The image suggests a subtle enhancement to the design formula pioneered by the Lumia 920. A very interesting addition that can be spotted is the oft rumored Nokia Pro Cam application that will hopefully provide advanced control over the handset’s rumored 41 megapixel sensor.  Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 for AT&T revealed in leaked press image”

Moto X customization options to include engraving, back panel colors

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Ahead of the official announcement, we’re finally getting some concrete details about Motorola’s first handset designed while under Google’s ownership. The handset that will be completely assembled in the US is being called “the first smartphone you can design yourself.” New details have emerged regarding the level of customization that will be offered to buyers of Motorola’s new handset. It will be possible for buyers to select a cover for the back panel and also a trim color. Additionally, Motorola will offer a phone engraving service that will let users place a custom message on the backpanel of the phone. Continue reading “Moto X customization options to include engraving, back panel colors”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to ship with 3GB RAM says Korea Economic Daily

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It is no secret that Samsung will have a next generation Note out later this year. The Galaxy Note 3 as it will most likely be known is expected to be powered by a Snapdragon 800 processor. The phone will also be amongst the first to pack 3GB of RAM if a report published in the Korea Economic Daily is to be believed. Other rumored specifications for the phone range from the obvious to rather outlandish. While it is almost certain that the handset will run on Android 4.3, we’re not too sure that it will pack a flexible display. We’ve been hearing a lot about Samsung’s extremely popular phablet and have even seen a purported prototype. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to ship with 3GB RAM says Korea Economic Daily”

BlackBerry OS 10.2 with WiFi Direct, actionable notifications gets leaked

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BlackBerry’s upcoming OS 10.2 (build 10.2.0.483) just got revealed over at the CrackBerry forums where a user has posted screenshots from the upcoming update. The screenshots reveal a bunch of new features the most prominent of them being actionable notifications and WiFi Direct. Actionable notifications will allow users to pull down notifications and interact with them directly without having to jump into the application. Continue reading “BlackBerry OS 10.2 with WiFi Direct, actionable notifications gets leaked”

Mediatek to launch octa-core MT6592 chip

Popular budget handset chipset manufacturer, Mediatek is all set to launch what might be the world’s first true octa-core chipset. Unlike the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa that only has four cores active at any given point of time, the Mediatek MT6592 will use eight ARM Cortex 7 cores. The chip is being built on the 28 nanometer process and will reach peak frequencies of 1.7 to 2.0Ghz.


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iBall Slide 3G 7334i Unboxing

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iBall launched the Slide 3G 7334i, a new Android tablet with Dual SIM support recently. Here we have unboxing of the device. At a price of just Rs. 9990, iBall 7334i Tablet has a few good features to flaunt. The 3G tablet comes with dual SIM capabilities with voice calling, dual-core processor , expandable memory slot and Wireless FM Radio.

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Nokia’s HERE Maps launched on Asha 501

Nokia just announced the launch of HERE Maps for the Asha 501 that runs the new Asha Touch platform. The Asha 501 is a budget offering by the ailing smartphone manufacturer and the introduction of the powerful navigation application on the platform will definitely help it stand out from the competition.

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