Aircel has launched a new Pocket Internet 24 pack which costs just Rs. 24. This pack offers 100 MB of data with 30 days validity, so you spend less than Re. 1/day for data. This plan would enable customers to experience and experiment internet on their mobile phones for the whole month at an economical price. Vodafone launched a similar trial plan for 2G and 3G customers recently. Continue reading “Aircel launches Pocket Internet 24 affordable data pack at Rs. 24”
Sony Xperia SP goes on sale in India for Rs. 25490
Sony launched the Xperia SP in India last week at an MRP of Rs. 27490. The phone is now on sale from online retailer Infibeam. The Sony Xperia SP was announced last month and packs a 4.6-inch 720p HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2, powered by a 1.7 GHz Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960Pro processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8MP auto focus camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS sensor and a VGA front-facing camera. It also comes with pre-loaded Sony Music music streaming app that would offer 6 months unlimited music streaming and the Sony LIV video streaming app that would let you watch over 77 Sony TV shows. Continue reading “Sony Xperia SP goes on sale in India for Rs. 25490”
Amazon Android App Store coming to 200 countries including India
Amazon has announced that they would expand their App Store for Android to more than 200 countries including India, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Papua New Guinea, Vatican City and more. Amazon is asking the international developers to submit their apps through the Amazon Mobile App Distribution Portal, and these apps would be available when the Amazon App Store for Android launches internationally. The Amazon app store for Android was first launched in the U.S back in 2011. The Android app was updated to support ICS devices back in January 2012. It rolled out in UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Japan recently. Continue reading “Amazon Android App Store coming to 200 countries including India”
LinkedIn for Windows Phone updated with Live Tile support, Speech recognition and more
LinkedIn for Windows Phone has been updated to version 1.5 that brings lot of new features including Live Tile support, speech recognition that lets you speak out commands, lock screen support that shows images right on your lock screen and lots more. This update also brings support for 4 new languages. LinkedIn for Windows Phone was first launched back in May 2012. Continue reading “LinkedIn for Windows Phone updated with Live Tile support, Speech recognition and more”
Facebook Home for Android now available for International users
Facebook released the Facebook Home app for Android on the Google Play last Friday, but it was only available in the U.S. Google Play Store.The Facebook Home launcher is now available for International users on select Android devices. It was announced earlier this month, and the HTC First is the first device to come pre-loaded with Facebook Home launcher. Facebook Home has Cover feed that offers photos and updates from your newsfeed, Notifications, Chat Heads, App Launcher to launch Facebook apps and more. Continue reading “Facebook Home for Android now available for International users”
Facebook for iPhone and iPad v6.0 update brings Chat Heads and Stickers
Facebook for iPhone and iPad received the major update to version 6.0. This update brings Chat Heads feature for Messaging that was available for Facebook Messenger for Android last week. You can’t use chat heads outside the Facebook application like Android, but you can use it when you’re doing other stuff on Facebook, like checking your News Feed. This update also brings option to add large stickers to Facebook messages, instead of smileys. Facebook is also rolling out improved News Feed design that was announced last month. Continue reading “Facebook for iPhone and iPad v6.0 update brings Chat Heads and Stickers”
Nokia Lumia 720 goes on sale in India at a price of Rs. 18999
Nokia Lumia 720 finally goes on sale in India from the official Nokia India Online Shop. It was unveiled at the MWC 2013 back in February. Nokia launched the Lumia 720 in India last month along with the Lumia 520. It went on pre-order online from Flipkart couple of days back. It has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) ClearBlack display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. It has a 6.7-megapixel auto focus camera at the back with LED Flash, Carl Zeiss optics and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 720 goes on sale in India at a price of Rs. 18999”
Nokia to offer 3 months free BigFlix subscription with Lumia 520, 620 and 720
Nokia has announced their partnership with BigFlix, India’s first movie-on-demand service from Reliance Group to offer 3 months free subscription for their recently launched devices Lumia 520, Lumia 620 and the Lumia 720. BigFlix has a huge catalogue of more than 1500 films in more than 6 Indian languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Bengali and more. Continue reading “Nokia to offer 3 months free BigFlix subscription with Lumia 520, 620 and 720”
SetMyCamPro for iPhone and iPad lets you remotely access your DSLR
SetMyCamPro is an app for iPhone and iPad that offers the best settings to capture a perfect photograph by accessing the camera. You need an IR Transmitter to remotely trigger your DSLR (select Canon and Nikon cameras only). It has Field of View (FoV) utility with image stabilization, brightness adjustment and image enhancement features that has been introduced in the latest version 1.1 update last week. It also assists in camera configurations for both Depth of Field (DoF) and minimum shutter speed recommendations. Continue reading “SetMyCamPro for iPhone and iPad lets you remotely access your DSLR”
Firefox Smartphone devices to launch in 9 countries starting from June 2013
Smartphone running on the Firefox OS would start shipping in 9 countries including Brazil, Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Spain, and Venezuela, according to a recent report from Business Insider. At AllThingsD’s D: Dive Into Mobile conference, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs said that the Firefox OS would launch in five countries, but Mozilla PR confirmed to Business Insider that it would be available in 9 countries starting from June 2013. Continue reading “Firefox Smartphone devices to launch in 9 countries starting from June 2013”
Basemark X Benchmark Performance on Android devices
Rightware launched the Basemark X, a cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android, iPhone and iPad last week. While the iOS app is still waiting for the approval in the Apple iTunes Store, the Android application is out now. The Basemark X is built on gaming engine Unity 4, which is used in hundreds of mobile games. We managed to run the Basemark 1.0 on several high-end quad-core Android smartphones. Check out the Basemark X 1.0 Game Graphics Performance Test results below.
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AOC Breeze 7-inch and 9.7-inch tablets running Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 7990 and Rs. 12990
AOC, popular for it’s monitors and Televisions has entered into the tablet market with the launch of two new Android tablets under the Breeze category. These come in 7-inch and 9.7-inch displays, powered by a 1.5 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean). The display resolutions of these tablets are not available yet. The 9.7-inch Breeze tablet has a micro-HDMI port that would let you connect it to external devices such as Monitors, TVs, and Projectors. Continue reading “AOC Breeze 7-inch and 9.7-inch tablets running Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 7990 and Rs. 12990”
Nokia Lumia 520 Review
For users looking at smartphones in the budget segment, clunky and underpowered Android phones have been the only option till now. Sure, Nokia had a few Windows Phone 7 devices too but the OS was half baked and it was pretty hard to recommend them to users.
While Nokia has primarily pushed its Asha range or the older Lumia 510 in the budget segment, the launch of the Lumia 520 at Mobile World Congress means that they now have a solid smartphone contender in the category. Great hardware and an OS that is finally worthy of being called a smartphone OS means that the Nokia Lumia 520 is a solid contender in the budget segment. Does it stand a chance against the barrage of cheap Chinese rebranded smartphones ? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 520 Review”
Samsung Galaxy S4 likely to launch in India on April 27th at around Rs.40000
The Samsung Galaxy S4 might be coming to India as soon as April 27th. The Korean smartphone giant is gearing up to launch the Galaxy S4 in several countries across the world on April 26-27th. Samsung launched the much anticipated successor to the Galaxy S3 at a launch event in New York City last month . India is a key market for Samsung and would be getting the flagship Android device pretty soon. The S4 features a 5 inch display , quad-core or octa-core processor (depending on the market), Android 4.2.2 , 13 Megapixel camera, 2600 mAh battery and many other interesting features.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to come with a new design and a metal body?
Samsung Galaxy Note 3, successor of the company’s Android phablet, the Galaxy Note 2 might come with a completely new design and a metal body, according to a report from Sammobile. The report also says that this move is due to the success of the HTC One, which has a unibody metal frame. The Taiwanese manufacturer HTC is popular for using premium material on their phones. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to come with a new design and a metal body?”