Lava XOLO A700 Dual SIM phone with 1GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 coming soon

Lava has started teasing their upcoming XOLO A700 on their Facebook page. Looks like the X series is for Intel phones and the A series is for Android phones that are powered by ARM processors.It has a 4.5inch (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color capacitive touch screen IPS display and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash at the back and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava XOLO A700 Dual SIM phone with 1GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 coming soon”

Nokia Asha 205 and 206 Dual SIM phones announced


Nokia has announced 2 new Dual SIM phones, Asha 205 and 206 in India. These phones come with a 2.4-inch (240 x 320 pixels) 65k color display, but the Asha 205 has A QWERTY keyboard with Island keyboard that increases readability, tactility and typing. Both these phones have Slam feature to share multimedia content like photos, music and videos with nearby friends instantly. It works on Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones without the need to pair devices, and without the recipient needing to also have Slam (iOS and Windows Phone not supported currently). Continue reading “Nokia Asha 205 and 206 Dual SIM phones announced”

Kitz, the Street Cat – Unique Apptoon released for iPhone

Kitz the Street Cat is an unique animated comic book for Kids. It is an interactive book with loveable characters, realistic background and witty dialogues that lets users get in on the adventure as a gang of cute, wily, and airborne street cats led by their adorable and brave leader, Kitz. It is from Ubinuri Inc., a leading Korean distribution gateway and software developer Floating Island Co. The new Kitz version 1.1 loads faster and brings BGM and sound effects on the opening screen and episodes and video clips of adorable kittens. Continue reading “Kitz, the Street Cat – Unique Apptoon released for iPhone”

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 sales surpass 5 million units

Samsung has announced that they have sold over 5 million units of Galaxy Note 2 globally. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note II at IFA in August and launched it in South Korea and India at the end of September. It took just 2 months for the Note 2 to achieve this feat, compared to 5 months for the first Note. It crossed 3 million units at the end of last month. The sales are strong globally including South Korea, China, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 2 sales surpass 5 million units”

Motorola Mobility India Website Shut Down , bye bye Moto

Seems hard to believe but Motorola does not have a dedicated website anymore for India.

Google had acquired Motorola Mobility in a multi-billion dollar deal last year and very recently the company had said that it was indeed shutting down its India operations due to the global restructuring under the new owner . The Motorola India website along with several other country sites have been shutdown and a message pops up when you log on to the site. Continue reading “Motorola Mobility India Website Shut Down , bye bye Moto”

WishTel IRA Icon HD 8-inch 3G tablet running Android 4.0 launched for Rs.12999

WishTel has launched IRA Icon HD, their new tablet with a 8-inch TFT capacitive multi-touch display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz processor. It has 3G support with built-in SIM card slot and has voice calling features. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), has a 2MP rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. The company launched a 7-inch tablet IRA THING 2 and a 10.1-inch IRA Comet HD few months back. The new 8-inch tablet would compete with the BSNL Penta T-Pad WS802C that also comes with 3G support.  Continue reading “WishTel IRA Icon HD 8-inch 3G tablet running Android 4.0 launched for Rs.12999”

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update rolling out for the HTC One X in India

The much awaited Android Jelly Bean update is now rolling out for users in India. The 4.1 update brings much appreciated features like Google Now and Project Butter. While HTC had started rolling out the update in Korea last month, the International update has taken some time to be pushed out.

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Samsung Galaxy Camera launched in India for Rs. 29,900


Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy Camera in India. It was first unveiled at  IFA in Berlin in August, and Samsung announced couple of months back that it would launch in India this month. Samsung started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Camera few weeks back. The 16 Megapixel camera has 21x Optical Zoom Lens with BSI CMOS sensor. It packs in a 4.8-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super Clear Touch Display with 308 ppi and is powered by a 1.4 GHz Quad-Core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Camera launched in India for Rs. 29,900”

What’s new in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

Google unveiled the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 last month with Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) that also rolled out to Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 as a new incremental update to the Android 4.1. We got the update both on our Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 7 devices. Let’s see what new the Android 4.2 has to offer.

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Penta T-Pad WS802C-2G 8-inch Android tablet with Voice calling launched for Rs. 8299

Pantel Technologies has launched T-Pad WS802C-2G, their new tablet with built-in SIM card slot for voice calling and 2G connectivity. It has a 8-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display with and is powered by a 1.2 GHz processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and has WiFi and 3G support via USB Dongle for data connectivity. The company launched Penta T-Pad WS703C 7-inch Android tablet with Voice calling last month. Continue reading “Penta T-Pad WS802C-2G 8-inch Android tablet with Voice calling launched for Rs. 8299”

Thanksgiving Sale: Up to 90% off on EA iPhone and iPad Games

Electronic Arts has started their Thanksgiving Sale that offers up to 90% discount on games for iPhone and iPad. This offers iPhone and iPad games at as low as $0.99 /Rs. 55. Gameloft is also offering 4 games on Android, iPhone and iPad for this Thanksgiving. Continue reading “Thanksgiving Sale: Up to 90% off on EA iPhone and iPad Games”

Apple receives patent for new journaling feature, aims to geo-tag everything you do

Apple has been granted a new patent (No.8,316,046) which allows the phone to automatically geo-tag each and every event that takes place on the phone. The service will create a log of all forms of device data. The patent indicates that a map will be used to display the data with icons to segregate life events between phone call, downloads, etc.

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Quirky Converge Universal USB Docking Station Review

Between tablets and smartphones and other assorted gadgets, the average desk has started looking like a massive jumble of wires. The Quirky Converge Docking Station tries to get around that problem by providing you a big enough area to place your gadgets and charge them as well but is it any good ? Read on ahead to find out yourself!  Continue reading “Quirky Converge Universal USB Docking Station Review”

Lava IRIS N320 Dual SIM Android Smartphone launched for Rs. 3999

Lava Mobiles has launched IRIS N320, their new Dual SIM Android phone in the IRIS series, followed by the IRIS N350. Features of the IRIS N320 are similar to the N350 including a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) Capacitive multi-touch display, 1GHz processor and Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). It has a 2 Megapixel camera with LED flash at the back, but lacks a front-facing camera that was present in the N350. This doesn’t have 3G support similar to the IRIS N350. Continue reading “Lava IRIS N320 Dual SIM Android Smartphone launched for Rs. 3999”