One thing I passionately hate about the iPhone 4S is the inability to turn 3G data off. This is annoying if you are using the device in areas where 3G coverage is not great. The phone does switch to 2G networks when 3G coverage is absent but users could not control it manually.It kills the … Continue reading “3G toggle finally coming to the iPhone 4S , shows up on our iOS 5.1 beta 3”
When I was expecting the Motorola RAZR to arrive today , I had a question in my mind. Does this phone use a microSIM card. The Motorola DROID RAZR for Verizon uses the smaller SIM card but there was no mention about it in the Europe / Asia product pages. To my surprise when I … Continue reading “Motorola RAZR is the first Android Phone to use a microSIM card”
Like Aircel , Airtel India has also announced on it’s Facebook page about it’s plans to launch the Apple iPhone 4S in India soon. As of now only Airtel and Aircel are the official operators authorized by Apple to sell the iPhone 4 in India. So this news is not very surprising. But then for … Continue reading “Airtel launching iPhone 4S in India soon”
If you are one amongst consumers who had purchased the iPhone 4S from outside India and were facing issues getting it to work here , good news for you. Many users including me were seeing no signal bars on the iPhone 4S in India. Calls and SMS were not working.Surprisingly 3G data was working fine … Continue reading “The mysterious story of the Apple iPhone 4S not working in India”
The Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was launched across India on 20th January this year. According to COAI report published this March, Vodafone was on top spot in the MNP, followed by Idea Cellular. Now, Idea overtook Vodafone with the net addition of 800 thousand subscribers, while Vodafone moved to the second place with the net … Continue reading “Idea, Vodafone still lead in MNP”
Reliance Communications or RCOM has outed its 3G data plans for the iPad2 and it makes a lot of sense as many iStores selling iPad2s in India are owned by Reliance Retail a sister company.Reliance has been boasting of a superior 3G network through it’s ad campaigns recently and we are not exactly sure if … Continue reading “Reliance 3G iPad Plans”
Apple is currently being investigated by the Competition Commission of India after a customer complained to the organization under Section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. While this might be some bad news for Apple who might have to answer to Commission, it’s actually a ridiculous complaint and the reporting by PTI is hilarious and … Continue reading “Customer complains to Competition Commission of India about Apple”
Tata DoCoMo has launched its 3G Micro SIM card in India. Airtel launched its Micro SIM last September and other operators like Vodafone and BSNL also offer Micro SIM cards.
Most of you might know that I have been in traveling in USA during most of this month. Although the iPad 2 was sold out in most places, I managed to grab an Apple iPad 2 – 64GB WiFi+3G Model from an Apple Store in New York City. This was the 5th store i had … Continue reading “Apple iPad2 Unboxing”
Airtel has shut down their operation in Manipur after facing continuous attacks from the militants. Over 3 lakh subscribers are affected due to this. The militants have also torched a Airtel tower at Langol, couple of weeks back.
Aircel has launched 3G in few cities this week and we got a chance to activate 3G on a number which we had lying around so that I could do this speed test. This test was taken in Chennai. To activate 3G on Aircel you have send an sms START 3G to 121
Aircel today launched the much happening 3G service in Karnataka and UP East regions. They had few things to share about opportunities with 3G. Also they announced few other services that comes bundled with 3G. Aircel is offering many services like PocketInternet3G, PocketTV and Pocket Videos as part of its 3G offering.
After a really long wait , the iPad is finally here in India. It was launched by Apple officially yesterday in the country and several authorized stores are carrying it. Guess what ? BSNL has launched 3G plans just for the iPad. The iPad prices for India are actually far more realistic that the iPhone … Continue reading “The iPad is finally in India , Are you buying one ?”
BSNL was the first to Unlimited 3G plans in India. Now MTNL Delhi users can rejoice as the operator has come up with Promotional Offers for providing Unlimited 3G Data to both Prepaid and Postpaid users.These plans from MTNL are slightly more expensive compared to BSNL but its more than welcome ! Do find the … Continue reading “MTNL Delhi Unlimited 3G Plans at Rs.750 per month”
Good news for our Chennai readers who have been asking about the Airtel 3G launch in the city. It’s finally coming soon ! We are hearing that the launch will happen on Jan 27th
