Nokia 808 PureView goes on sale in India for Rs. 29999 [Update: Not yet]

Nokia 808 PureView is finally available in India from Nokia’s Online Store as Nokia promised earlier this month. The price of the phone was revealed on the their official store earlier, which seems to be true after all. Nokia announced the Nokia 808 PureView at MWC 2012, which is the first smartphone to feature Nokia’s award-winning PureView technology with exclusive Carl Zeiss optics and amazing imaging algorithms. Continue reading “Nokia 808 PureView goes on sale in India for Rs. 29999 [Update: Not yet]”

Galaxy S3 Pebble Blue version delayed due to quality standards says Samsung

Samsung launched the Galaxy S3 in 28 countries in Europe, Middle East, and North Africa today, but only the Marble White version would be available most of these regions. Samsung has sent a official statement to MobileFun that it is delayed since it did not meet internal quality standards in the Pebble Blue version that comes with newly invented blue colour and special hyper-glaze material.  We already told you that the Pebble Blue version is delayed in India and is expected only in second week of June. Continue reading “Galaxy S3 Pebble Blue version delayed due to quality standards says Samsung”

Satyamev Jayate app now available for iPhone, coming soon for Android

The Satyamev Jayate app for iPhone offers all the music from Satyamev Jayate show, that’s making headlines everywhere. The app is powered by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment and lets you stream songs from show in different languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and watch the videos. You can also share them with your friends via Email, Twitter and Facebook and also follow the twitter timeline of Satyamev Jayate from the app. Continue reading “Satyamev Jayate app now available for iPhone, coming soon for Android”

Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India

Samsung has finally started rolling out the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update in India. Samsung announced the list of devices that would receive the Android 4.0 update last December and started rolling out ICS update for Galaxy S2 in Europe earlier this March. The Samsung Galaxy Note started receiving ICS update last week in India. They started shipping Galaxy S2 with ICS in India earlier this month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India”

Intex iTab now available for Rs. 8900


Intex has reduced the price of their iTab that was launched in March for Rs. 11,900.  The Intex iTab has 8-inch capacitive display and is powered by 1 GHz cortex A8 core processor. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has front video calling camera and a 3.5mm audio jack. It has 8GB internal memory which is expandable upto 32GB. Continue reading “Intex iTab now available for Rs. 8900”

Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA now available in India for Rs. 7490

Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. Samsung launched the Galaxy Y in India last October and the Dual-SIM Galaxy Y Duos earlier this February. It has 3-inch (320 x 240 Pixels) display similar to the GSM version but has 600 MHz processor instead of 832 MHz processor and comes with a 2 MP camera at the back. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA now available in India for Rs. 7490”

Tata Docomo launches TwittCom, Just tweet to recharge and activate VAS

Tata Docomo has launched a new initiative called TwittCom that would let GSM Pre-paid customers to recharge and activate a Value added service/ application through Twitter just by mentions and hashtags. This has been developed indigenously by the team at Tata Teleservices Limited. Continue reading “Tata Docomo launches TwittCom, Just tweet to recharge and activate VAS”

Samsung launches Galaxy S3 in 28 countries, to be available in 145 countries by July

Samsung has officially announced that it has launched the Galaxy S3 in 28 countries today in Europe, Middle East and Africa including, United Kingdom, France, UAE and Saudi Arabia. They plan to launch in a total of 145 countries across 296 carriers by July. This is more than that of the previous Galaxy S series phones. The Galaxy S was launched in 112 countries with 175 operators and the Galaxy S2 was launched in 135 countries with 210 operators. Continue reading “Samsung launches Galaxy S3 in 28 countries, to be available in 145 countries by July”

Travel Apps on iOS

Summer vacations are upon us and that means mainly three things: too much heat, over stimulated kids and the urge to travel. The month of may being synonymous with exploration of the world around for kids and adults alike. Keeping that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of free and recommended paid iOS apps that you might want to use to make traveling more app friendly.
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Lava XOLO X900 Review

Intel had been one of the earliest players in the mobile chip sphere with its Xscale line of processors for PDAs. Having sold the division to Marvell in 2006 , the company had for all practical purposes ditched mobile computing.

Then came their effort with Moorestown , based on the Lincroft system-on-a-chip with an Atom processor core, Langwell input / output Platform Controller Hub(I/O PCH), and a Briertown Power Management IC. However due to the lack of proper power management , video encoding and decoding among others meant that the SoC was not feasible for deployment in a phone. What it did lead to is the Medfield processor. This is a true x86 processor chip which will shipping in a number of devices by the end of 2012. Read on for our review on the first phone running Intel’s Medfield processor. Continue reading “Lava XOLO X900 Review”

HTC One S gets Priced at Rs.33000 on TheMobileStore, June 8th release date

The HTC One S which is the younger sibling of the HTC One X might eventually launch India. The Qualcomm powered Android phone has got priced at Rs.33000 on TheMobileStore as spotted by folks at InstallorNot.I personally prefer the One S over the One X and I would call the One S the iPhone of the Android world. The handset has got a release date of 8th June on the retailer’s website.

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Sony Xperia S running Android 4.0 surfaces in a video

Sony Xperia S running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) has been spotted in a demo video from Thai site SonyXP. The video shows the music player which is called Walkman app and the new gallery. The phone has Sony Ericsson logo on the top similar to the Xperia NX (SO-02D), Japanese variant of Xperia S. Continue reading “Sony Xperia S running Android 4.0 surfaces in a video”

LG unveils 5-inch smartphone display with 1080p HD resolution

LG has unveiled 5-inch Full HD LCD display panel for smartphones. This is based on AH-IPS (Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching) technology that features 440ppi pixel density and 1920×1080 pixel resolution. This would offer the smartphone users enjoy Full HD content on their smartphones as on TVs and monitors. The LG Optimus Vu had 5-inch (1024×768 Pixels) IPS display with 4:3 aspect ratio. Continue reading “LG unveils 5-inch smartphone display with 1080p HD resolution”

Motorola Android 4.0 UI shown off in demo videos

Motorola has released Android 4.0 demo videos. It has completely new UI with new lock screen and it’s pretty much similar to the stock version of the Android other than the 4 shortcuts like phone and messages in the lock screen instead of 2. The background wallpaper is the same as the original Razr and the icons have been changed. Continue reading “Motorola Android 4.0 UI shown off in demo videos”

LG LTE smartphone sales surpass 3 million globally

LG has announced that they have sold more than 3 million LTE smartphones globally. The Optimus LTE global shipments crossed the 1 million mark earlier this January.  LG announced the Optimus LTE in Korea last October and launched the LG Optimus LTE L-01D in Japan in December. Continue reading “LG LTE smartphone sales surpass 3 million globally”