Nokia Lumia 620 launched in India, no word on the pricing yet

At a press conference in New Delhi, Nokia has launched the much awaited mid end Windows Phone 8 Lumia 620 in India. Nokia had announced the Lumia 620 at the Le Web Conference in Paris last month, and it was the first affordable Windows Phone 8 device from Nokia. The device, with pretty great specs for a mid end device was a surprise announcement at Le Web, and comes with sweet dual coloured polycarbonate variations. It was revealed to the world by Marko Ahtisaari, the principal design head of Nokia.

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Nokia Lumia 820 launched in India for Rs. 27559

Nokia has also launched the Lumia 820 along with the Lumia 920 in India. It was announced back in September and comes with a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) OLED  ClearBlack display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 820 launched in India for Rs. 27559”

Nokia Lumia 920 launched in India for Rs. 38199


Nokia has finally launched the Lumia 920 in India after a long delay. It was announcedback in September, and comes with a  4.5-inch (1280 × 768 pixels) Pure Motion HD+ IPS display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 920 launched in India for Rs. 38199”

Huawei Ascend W1 hands-on Photo Gallery

Huawei unveiled the Ascend W1, their first Windows Phone 8 device, earlier this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2013. We got some hands-on time with the device. The Ascend W1 has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA IPS LCD display, 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with Adreno 305 GPU. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend W1 hands-on Photo Gallery”

Lenovo launches the A2107 7 inch Android 4.0 tablet in India, priced at Rs. 14,000/-

After having launched a range of Android based smartphones in India, Lenovo has just went ahead and released its first 7 inch Android 4.0 tablet, the A2107 in India. The A2107 is Lenovo’s entry into the 7 inch tablet market that was made popular by the Galaxy Tab 2 310 and the Nexus 7. Centered around content consumption, the tablet has 3G data connectivity for internet access on the go.

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Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 Review

The lower end tablet segment has been seeing a lot of entrants lately with offerings from the likes of MicroMax, Zync amongst others. We’re now seeing the next generation of budget tablets which are increasingly providing features seen only in their higher end kin. Today we’ll be taking a look at the Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Pad Mi-1010 Review”

Lenovo K900 powered by Intel Clovertrail+ chipset revealed

Lenovo has revealed its latest smartphone running an Intel chip over at CES in Las Vegas. The Lenovo K900 runs on the Clovertrail + platform with the specific chip speculated to be an Atom Z2580 clocked at 2Ghz. The smartphone is equipped with a 5.5 inch 1080p IPS display presumably manufactured by Sharp. There is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage which can be further expanded via the microSD card slot.

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Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 get priced at Rs. 36999 and Rs. 26999 on Flipkart

Nokia Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 has been priced at Rs. 36999 and Rs. 26999, respectively on online retail site Flipkart. Both these devices were announced announced last September. These were expected to go on sale in India last November, but got delayed. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 get priced at Rs. 36999 and Rs. 26999 on Flipkart”

RockChip unveils RK3188 quad-core chip aimed at Android Tablets

RockChip, a popular Chinese chip manufacturer has announced the launch of RK3188, their new quad-core chip at the CES 2013. It is based on ARM Cortex-A9 architecture and is built on 28nm HKMG (High-K Metal Gate) process that would offer less power consumption and better performance. It also has 533MHz Mali-400 MP4 GPU with OpenGL ES 1.1/2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 support for gaming. MediaTek launched the MT6589, their first quad-core processor last month that is also based on 28nm process, but it is based on Cortex A7 architecture. Continue reading “RockChip unveils RK3188 quad-core chip aimed at Android Tablets”

Huawei Ascend W1 with 4-inch display, Windows Phone 8 announced

Huawei has finally announced the Ascend W1, the company’s first Windows Phone 8 device. This has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA IPS LCD display with OGS Technology that reduces the light consumption to make the screen brighter and more vivid, 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with Adreno 305 GPU. It has a 5 MP auto focus camera at the back with LED flash and a 0.3 MP front-facing camera. It has a 1950 mAh battery with unique power saving technology to save 30% of power. It was expected back in September, but it was delayed and was confirmed for CES 2013 in December. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend W1 with 4-inch display, Windows Phone 8 announced”

Power VR series 6 mobile GPU introduced at CES

Imagination technologies, the company behind the Power VR range of mobile GPUs, have announced the PowerVR series 6 GPU at the International Consumer electronics show in Las Vegas. The series 6 has not been unveiled entirely, as the demo unit at the company’s booth itself is a FPGA board with limited 1Gbps bandwidth, which is supposedly one tenth of the GPU’s actual performance numbers.

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ZTE Grand S revealed, sticks 5inch 1080p screen in a 6.9mm thin frame

ZTE just revealed its latest smartphone, the Grand S at CES. Equipped with a 5inch 1080p display which is fast becoming the norm in high end handsets, the phone runs on a 1.7Ghz Snapdragon S4 Pro chip. The OS of choice here is Android 4.1 JellyBean. A 13MP camera is found over at the back which is capable of recording video in 1080p. A 2MP camera is located at the front for video conferencing.

Internal specs also include 2GB of RAM and 16GB of built in storage which can be further expanded with a microSD card. The handset is particularly thin and measures just 6.9mm. Making a handset that thin means that the company had to make sacrifices and the battery life suffers. We’re not sure how well the 1780 mAh battery will be able to keep up with that high resolution display. We’ll be bringing you our hands on impressions with the ZTE Grand S shortly.

Broadcom licenses the ARM7 and ARM8 architectures, to produce smartphone processors

Broadcom has been mainly known for making baseband modems and GPUs for smartphones for a while, but now they have taken the plunge into smartphone processor development by signing up for ARM7 and ARM8 architecture licenses with ARM holdings pvt ltd. the world leading provider of smartphone chipset designs.

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Nokia Lumia 920 vs Nokia 808 PureView #BOTF12 Final!

So it has finally come down to this. The grand finale battle of the #BOTF12 is the battle of the Nokia PureViews. After a huge victory over the Google Nexus 4 and the LG Optimus G in the last round, both these Nokia devices are now battling it out for the ultimate flagship title. Yes, it is Nokia Lumia 920 vs the Nokia 808 PureView for the last and final battle of #BOTF12 Battle of the flagships 2012. Both the phones carry the prestigious PureView brand that was created by Nokia to indicate the camera specific innovations in their devices, and as of now there are only two PureView devices, and here they are, locked into battle. So, lets not keep waiting and dive into the battle then!

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