RIM has launched their own cloud based music service, BBM Music after closed Beta trial of several months in Canada, the United States and the UK. The BBM music was announced in August. The BBM Music is powered by cloud music service provider, Omnifone and it has millions of songs from leading music companies. The BBM music lets you listen to full tracks from the friend’s profile, build a music profile with 50 of your favorite songs with an option to swap 25 songs each month and create multiple playlist. The more BBM friends with BBM Music Premium subscriptions you have, the more songs you can share. Continue reading “BBM Music launched in US, Canada and Australia”
Opera Mini 6.5 now available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and Java Phones
Opera has launched their latest Opera Mini 6.5 with Data Usage view and bookmark import for iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and Java Phones. The Opera Mobile 11.5 browser is now also available on Symbian S60. The Data Usage view keeps count of how much data you are spending and saving in total, or for a specific time frame. It is said to save 90% of data cost. The Opera Mini and Mobile for Android was launched last month. Continue reading “Opera Mini 6.5 now available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and Java Phones”
Nokia Lumia 800 unboxing
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A week after the Nokia Lumia 800 was announced, and less than a week after Nokia World 2011 ended, Nokia has begun sending samples of the Nokia Lumia 800 to the press. This is an impressive turnaround compared to previous years. In addition to that Nokia has also announced that the Lumia 800 will be released on 16 November, two weeks from now. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800 unboxing”
Samsung GALAXY Note launched in India at Rs. 34990
Samsung has launched their new Android smartphone device, the Samsung GALAXY Note. It has 5.3 inch (1280 x 800 pixels), 285 PPI HD Super AMOLED display which is the largest on any phone till date. It features 1.4GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has advanced pen-input technology, called the S Pen for sketching and artwork. It is 9.65mm thick and weighs 178g. Continue reading “Samsung GALAXY Note launched in India at Rs. 34990”
Duke Nukem 3D now available for Android
MachineWorks Northwest has launched the Android version of the popular game Duke Nukem 3D as they said last month. It is already available for iPhone and iPad. The Game is 28MB in size and it installs to the MicroSD card by default. Continue reading “Duke Nukem 3D now available for Android”
iOnRoad app for Android – Augmented Driving and Real-time collision detection for your Car
iOnRoad Augmented Driving app for Android uses the smartphone’s native camera and sensors to detect vehicles in front of the vehicle, alerting drivers when they are in danger. The VisualRadar, maps objects in front of the driver in realtime, calculating the user’s current speed using native sensor. It also shows audio-visual warning pops up to warn the driver of a possible collision, allowing them to brake in time. Continue reading “iOnRoad app for Android – Augmented Driving and Real-time collision detection for your Car”
TRAI increases daily SMS limit from 100 to 200
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) restricted the mobile users from sending more than 100 SMS / day per SIM starting 27th September 2011, to prevent pesky marketing SMS. Now TRAI has increased the limit from 100 to 200 SMS / day per SIM after they received representations from some of the service providers and consumers to increase the limit of 100 SMS per day per SIM. Continue reading “TRAI increases daily SMS limit from 100 to 200”
Novatel ships its 3 millionth MiFi hotspot
Most modern smartphones allow users to create a WiFi hotspot on their phone letting you share your mobile data with a tablet or laptop. However a lot of consumers prefer to use a dedicated portable hotspot. Novatel , one of the largest portable wifi hotspot manufacturers just announced the shipment of their 3 millionth unit.
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Google+ for Android updated to support Ice Cream Sandwich
With the impending Android 4.0 ie Ice Cream Sandwich release , Google has started rolling out updated applications for its own offerings to better match the UI of the new OS.
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FL Studio coming to Android : On the go music makers rejoice !
Popular music making software Fruity Loops has had an iOS application for a while now. With the huge amount of Android devices out there , the developers have finally decided to port it to Android as well.
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AT&T announces HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket LTE phones, coming on November 6
AT&T has announced their first LTE phone lineup with HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket that would be available from November 6. These smartphones uses both the LTE and HSPA+ 4G for a consistently fast connection in and out of LTE areas. The HTC Vivid has dual core 1.2 GHz processor 4.5-inch qHD display and the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket is powered by 1.5 GHz dual core processor and has 4.5-inch SuperAMOLED Plus display. Both these phones run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “AT&T announces HTC Vivid and Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket LTE phones, coming on November 6”
Vodafone launches Appia powered Mobile Application Store in India
Vodafone has launched Vodafone Mobile Application Store, Powered by Appia that has vast selection of over 10,000 free and paid applications for different mobile platforms such as Android, Java, Symbian and Blackberry. It shows Featured, Popular and New apps. The popular App categories includes games, entertainment, social networking and local culture. There are also Apps from the local providers, including Hungama, India Games and Nazara, Spice, and Vodafone-branded apps like Portfolio Tracker, Vodafone TV, and Chhota Comics. You can also search for the apps manually. Continue reading “Vodafone launches Appia powered Mobile Application Store in India”
Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset with NFC hands-on
Nokia has been a big player in the mobile NFC space, starting development long before Google seen the light. But for Nokia, it’s not all about mobile wallets. They have recently a range of accessories with NFC built-in, designed to make pairing easier. The Nokia Luna Bluetooth headset is one of them, and I have recently had the opportunity to play with them at Nokia World 2011. Continue reading “Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset with NFC hands-on”
Samsung Lists Devices Eligible for Android Ice Cream Sandwich
Samsung Italy has reportedly mentioned which of their devices will be getting an upgrade to the latest version of Google’s Android OS – Ice Cream Sandwich. Continue reading “Samsung Lists Devices Eligible for Android Ice Cream Sandwich”
Samsung Becomes Number One in Smartphone Shipments
In a new report published by Strategy Analytics, Samsung have snatched the top spot in the global smartphone market, shipping 27.8 million smartphones in the last quarter. Continue reading “Samsung Becomes Number One in Smartphone Shipments”