Sports Car Challenge for iPhone and iPad gets a new race track and gameplay features

Sports Car Challenge

Fishlabs Entertainment and Volkswagen Group China released their free content updates for 3D racing simulation Sports Car Challenge for iOS. This update includes new race track called Singapore by Night, as well as 2 new gameplay features. Sports Car Challenge features an exclusive selection of high-end sports cars by Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Volkswagen. The new Singapore by Night race tracks has neon-lit streets, re-modeled sights and landmarks set in Southeast Asian city-state and the new gameplay features include Racing Line and Brake Assistant. Continue reading “Sports Car Challenge for iPhone and iPad gets a new race track and gameplay features”

Vineet Taneja to head Samsung India’s Mobile and Digital imaging business

Vineet Taneja

Samsung India has announced that they have appointed Vineet Taneja as the Country Head for its Mobile & Digital Imaging Business, replacing Ranjit Yadav.  Vineet Taneja previously served as Operations Director, South India and Sri Lanka at Bharti Airtel. Prior joining Airtel, he served as Chief Marketing Officer for Nokia India between January 2008 to April 2010. He has over 25 years of experience and has worked in sectors like Sales, Marketing, Multimedia, Operations in companies including Hindustan Lever Ltd., Nokia India and Bharti Airtel. Continue reading “Vineet Taneja to head Samsung India’s Mobile and Digital imaging business”

Lava to launch 7-inch Tablet with 3G, Voice calling soon

Lava

Lava Mobiles has announced that it would launch their first tablet with 3G and Voice calling support soon. Lava launched the E-Tab XTRON, the company’s first Android tablet running Android 4.1 last month, but it lacked a SIM card slot and voice calling capabilities. The upcoming E-Tab would come with both these features, but it would run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) instead of Jelly Bean. It would come with a 2MP rear camera, apart from the 0.3MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava to launch 7-inch Tablet with 3G, Voice calling soon”

MTS launches Women MPowered Plan


MTS has launched new Women MPowered Plan, just in time for the International Women’s Day that is celebrated on March 8th. This plan would provide a sense of safety to women customers and offers special calling and SMS rates, calling at negative balance, safety tips and lots more for both new and old women customers. Continue reading “MTS launches Women MPowered Plan”

Samsung Galaxy S4 new screenshots surface, confirms 5-inch 1080p display and 13MP camera

Galaxy S4 Leaked screenshot
Even though earlier rumors revealed the specifications of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4, new screenshots from the U.S variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 has confirmed that the phone would indeed come with a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels). These also reveal that it would be powered by a 1.8 GHz quad-core processor and come with 4G LTE support. It shows the new home screen with a slightly better Touchwiz UI and the smart screen settings confirms the Smart scroll and Smart pause features. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 new screenshots surface, confirms 5-inch 1080p display and 13MP camera”

LG Optimus F7 launched as Optimus LTE 3 in Korea

LG Optimus LTE 3 Korea

LG has launched the Optimus LTE 3, the successor of the Optimus LTE 2 in Korea. The Optimus LTE 3 is just the Optimus F7 that was unveiled at the MWC last month. It packs a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) True HD IPS Display and is powered by 1.5GHz dual-core processor. It runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It is 9.6 mm thick and weighs 134 grams. It has Q shopping, a NFC-based shopping app for Korean users.
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Twitter for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with improved search and lots more new features

Twitter for iPhone and Android

Twitter for Android, iPhone, iPad and the mobile web app has been updated with new features including improved search that lets you discover Top Tweets from a time period from the past when you search for a particular query.  Discover tab now shows a new, smoother animation when you pull-to-refresh for more content. Twitter app for iPhone and iPad v5.4 update brings lot of new features including option to see the related tweet when you open a link and improved autocomplete suggestions. Continue reading “Twitter for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with improved search and lots more new features”

Airtel launches new roaming pack for prepaid customers in Delhi

Airtel has launched a new roaming pack for their prepaid mobile customers in Delhi that would let them enjoy free incoming calls while roaming in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand and West Bengal (except Kolkata). This pack costs Rs. 21, and offers free incoming calls for 30 days while roaming in any of these states. National roaming usually costs Re 1 per minute, this pack eliminates such charges, at least in these states when the pack is activated. Continue reading “Airtel launches new roaming pack for prepaid customers in Delhi”

Samsung to introduce Smart scroll feature which tracks eyes in Galaxy S IV

Samsung is set to launch its flagship device, the Samsung Galaxy S IV next week. Rumors are trickling in about the features of this device and the latest scoop is that the device will have a feature which will track the movement of your eyeballs and will help you scroll and do other things without touching the screen.

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Xolo A1000 Review


Xolo A1000 is the company’s latest offering in the economy android phone market. Xolo has pitched the 5 inch screen phone, as one that can comfortably fit the consumers palm and budget. Xolo A1000 is priced at Rupees 13,999. The phone has width that measures nearly 70 mm, making the big screen phone easier to hold and function with the same hand. It also uses One Glass Solution technology. As the name suggests, only a single glass is used on the phone.

With these special features, will XOLO A1000 5 inch screen phone be able to stand tall, in a market that has already been swamped by competing brands. XOLO A1000 is not the first 5 inch economy phone in the android phone market. Micromax and Intex launched their 5 inch screen phones weeks before XOLO A1000 . Both phones are priced way below the new entrant’s MRP. Micromax A110 Canvas 2 and Intex Aqua 5.0, both were launched in December and are priced around 10,000 rupees. The latest Micromax A116 Canvas HD that we reviewed recently is priced similar to the Xolo A1000.

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Salora Protab and Protab HD launched for Rs. 4999 and Rs. 5499

Salora Protab HD

Salora International has launched 2 new Android tablets, Protab and Protab HD. Both these tablet feature a 7-inch display. The Salora Protab has a 7-inch (480 x 800 pixels) Multi touch Capacitive Touch Screen and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and the the Salora Protab HD features a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) Multi touch Capacitive Touch Screen display and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Both these tablets feature a 0.3MP front-facing camera. These tablets come pre-loaded apps including Facebook, King Soft, IBIBO games, IBIBO browser and more. Continue reading “Salora Protab and Protab HD launched for Rs. 4999 and Rs. 5499”

Google Play celebrates first birthday with gifts and goodies

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Google Play was launched exactly one year ago, in an effort to converge all the ecosystem specific piece under one brand. That was the day the Android Market died, just the name though. And today, it has turned one, and as a way of celebrating the first birthday, Google has some gifts and goodies for all the user out there. With that said, here is a video featuring all the goodies you get, specially made for the Google Play anniversary. Here is a short video explaining what all goodies you get in some games and apps, just for the celebration of Google Play’s anniversary.

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Zync Dual 7.0, Quad 8.0 and Quad 9.7 Tablets running Android 4.1 launched, priced between Rs. 5990 and Rs. 13990

Zync Dual 7.0

Zync promised that they would launch dual-core and quad-core tablets last month, now the company has finally launched Dual 7.0, Quad 8.0 and Quad 9.7 tablets running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). The Zync Dual 7.0 is powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core processor and both the Quad 8.0 and Quad 9.7 tablets are powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core processors. The Zync Dual 7.0 has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) 5 point multi-touch display, Zync Quad 8.0 has a 8-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) 10 point multi-touch display and the Quad 9.7 comes with a 9.7-inch (2048 x 1536 pixels) LED-backlit Super HD IPS 10 point multi-touch retina display. Continue reading “Zync Dual 7.0, Quad 8.0 and Quad 9.7 Tablets running Android 4.1 launched, priced between Rs. 5990 and Rs. 13990”

Chrome Beta for Android updated with data compression, password and autofill Sync

Google Chrome for Android Beta 26

Google has updated the Chrome Beta browser app to version 26.0.1410.26 that brings new features including Password and Autofill Sync that lets you sync data from the Chrome browser on your desktop to your Android smartphones and tablets. The Password sync would let you sync passwords easily, and the autofill option lets you fill out forms on a small screen. This version also brings experimental data compression feature based on SPDY proxy running on Google servers. The Google Chrome compression feature was rumored earlier this week. Google released Chrome Beta channel for Android earlier this year. Continue reading “Chrome Beta for Android updated with data compression, password and autofill Sync”