Vodafone and ICICI Bank launch M-Pesa mobile money transfer service in Haryana

Vodafone India  partnered with ICICI Bank to launch M-Pesa, mobile money transfer and payment service back in April 2013. It was introduced in Delhi and NCR in August 2013. Now Vodafone India has launched the service in Haryana region. It offers a simple and secure way to transfer money and make payments with the security of financial transactions provided by ICICI Bank. This service offers unbanked and under serviced sections of the country to gain access to financial services via the mobile phone. Continue reading “Vodafone and ICICI Bank launch M-Pesa mobile money transfer service in Haryana”

Nokia Lumia 1520 Review – Big and Bold

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Ever since Samsung introduced the Samsung Galaxy Note, the phablet category has picked up like crazy. Smartphones kept getting bigger and bigger and as a result, we are living in a time where 5inch displays are considered a norm for smartphones and we are seeing manufacturers push devices into the 6inch category one after the other. All this battle for big smartphones happened only in the Android ecosystem until Nokia pushed the limits of a Windows Phone device by announcing the Nokia Lumia 1520 at the Abu Dhabi event in late 2013.

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Micromax Bolt A66 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 5999

Micromax Bolt A66

Micromax Bolt A66, the company’s latest Android smartphone in its Bolt series is now available in India from online retailers Flipkart, Snapdeal and official Micromax Store in India. It has a  4.5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz Spreadtrum SC7710G processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes Dual SIM support and has 3G support. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt A66 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 5999”

HMDX Jam Classic, Jam Plus and Jam Party Bluetooth speakers launched in India starting at Rs. 2990

HMDX Jam Bluetooth Speakers

HMDX Audio has launched three new HMDX JAM Bluetooth speakers – Jam Classic, Jam Plus and Jam Party through its Indian partner, Imagine Marketing India. These Bluetooth wireless speakers  have sleek shape and comes in bright and vibrant colors. The HMDX  Jam Classic and Jam Plus have mono speakers and the Jam Party comes with two speakers. Continue reading “HMDX Jam Classic, Jam Plus and Jam Party Bluetooth speakers launched in India starting at Rs. 2990”

Micromax partners with Tata Docomo for bundled voice and data offers

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Micromax partnered with Aircel last year for bundled offers on smartphones and 3G Dongles. It partnered with MTS to launch Canvas Blaze MT500 smartphone. Now, the company has partnered with Tata Docomo to launch voice and data offers. This lets Tata Docomo customers enjoy voice and data at cheaper rates on Micromax handsets purchased after 1st October 2013 till 30th June 2014.

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Zync Z605 phablet with 6.5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 7999

Zync Z605

Zync Global launched Cloud Z5 5-inch Dual SIM Phablet back in 2012, now the company has launched Zync Z605. It has a 6.5-inch ( 800×480 pixels) TFT Capacitive Multi-Touch display, powered by a dual-core porcessor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with 3G support. It weighs 250 grams.  Continue reading “Zync Z605 phablet with 6.5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 7999”

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite SM-T110 User manual leaks out

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite may not be official yet, but it sure will be among the cheapest tablets from Samsung when it is made official. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Lite’s user manual has leaked online in the company’s Polish website. Apart from the official leak, a Polish retailer has started taking orders for this cheap tablet – $165 for the WiFi model and $263 for the 3G Model.

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HP confirms Slate 6 and Slate 7 voice calling phablet/tablet for India

Hewlett-Packard, one of the leading PC manufacturers had a shy at the smartphone market and met with little success. The company had backed out a couple of years back and now are reportedly re-entering the smartphone/tablet market. HP will reportedly announce two new devices – HP Slate 6 and HP Slate 7 phablet and tablet respectively in India later this year. HP is expected to make an official announcement very soon.

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Motorola Moto G Android 4.4.2 KitKat update starts rolling out in Europe

Motorola Moto G Android 4.4.2 UK

Motorola released the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Moto G last month starting from the US, now the update has started rolling out in European countries including UK. The new update brings Android KitKat features such as restyled status and navigation bars, full-screen mode, color emoji, smarter power use, new camera features, including the most expected manual focus and exposure control. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G Android 4.4.2 KitKat update starts rolling out in Europe”

Nokia Asha 502 vs Asha 503 Dual SIM comparison: What’s different?

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If you had noticed, we have been taking a look at brand new Asha devices the past few days. We first unboxed the Asha 502 and the Asha 503 and showed you separate photos of both the devices, but we are sure that a single question arises when one takes a look at similarly designed models. The Asha 502 and the Asha 503 have a lot in common. They have similar design, they have the same operating system and almost the same hardware except for a few things. But those few things make the real difference and ultimately end up as a choice in offering from the company, with naturally differing price points. So, what are they? What are the differences between the Nokia Asha 502 and the Asha 503? Lets find out.

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Blackphone with secured Android-based PrivatOS announced, launching at MWC next month

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Silent Circle, global encrypted communications service based in Washington D.C and the Spanish Android smartphone maker Geeksphone has announced Blackphone,  in their first Switzerland-based joint venture. This is the world’s first smartphone with that would offer complete security, privacy and control to its users, says the company. This carrier and vendor-independent smartphone is powered by a security-oriented Android build called PrivatOS, but without compromising on security. Continue reading “Blackphone with secured Android-based PrivatOS announced, launching at MWC next month”

CyanogenMod GalleryNext Beta for Android released

CyanogenMod GalleryNext Beta

CyanogenMod team has released beta version of CyanogenMod GalleryNext, a new gallery app for Android. Apart from the gallery, the app has cloud service integration, automatic grouping, gif support, video playback and more. AOSP Gallery shipping with CM currently is severely lacking. we sought to address that, says CyanogenMod. It also plans to add new features including editor support in future versions. Check out the complete list of features and upcoming features below. Continue reading “CyanogenMod GalleryNext Beta for Android released”

Seven Disney Games are free on Windows Phone Store for a limited time

Disney games have been popular on the Windows Phone platform and just after the New Year, the company has made seven of its games free for a limited time on the Windows Phone store. The Windows Phone store definitely isn’t the most popular platform for developers or consumers, but is catching up pretty fast. In what seems like a strategy to boost the downloads, Disney are giving away seven games for free(only for a limited time).

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The following games are free for a limited time on the Windows Phone Store

The total worth of these games is around 15 bucks and today is your lucky day – go download them all for free.

Among the games that are on sale, the physics based puzzle games – Where’s My Water?, Where’s My Mickey? and Where’s My Perry? are usually available for USD$0.99. The other games Monsters University and Wreck-It Ralph are also usually priced at USD$0.99. The other two games – Avenger’s Initiative and Toy Story: Smash It! are priced at USD$4.99 and now are completely free. For the folks envying about offers in both Play Store and App Store, this is a great time to go download some cool games for free.

Huawei B199 with 5.5-inch 720p display, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor launched in China

Huawei B199

Huawei has launched B199, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone for the Chinese markets. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon (MSM8628) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 1.6 on top. It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and 1080p video recording  and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei B199 with 5.5-inch 720p display, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor launched in China”

Motorola Moto G India launch expected in the last week of January

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At the Moto G launch back in November, Motorola announced that the Moto G would be available in India early January 2014, but it didn’t happen.  Motorola would launch Moto G, the company’s latest affordable Android smartphone in India in the last week of this month, according to a latest report from TOI. The Moto G has a  4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) and the update to Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) has already started rolling out in the U.S and Europe gradually starting from last month. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G India launch expected in the last week of January”