At a company meeting today, Microsoft evidently let out news that the Windows Phone Store and Windows Store will be merged into a single app store. Terry Myserson who heads the operating systems group confirmed the news at an internal meeting. First reported by The Verge and confirmed by our own sources, Myserson confirmed that the … Continue reading “Microsoft to merge Windows Phone and Windows 8 app stores”
Google today announced a slew of improvements in its mobile search application to celebrate 15 years of Google Search. The improvements include an update to the iOS app that will bring reminder notifications amongst other features. Some of these features are already available on the Android app. The update will also help enable a seamless … Continue reading “Google Search for iOS gets push notifications for reminders”
The Nokia Lumia 1020 has finally launched in India today, at an event in New Delhi. The 41 Megapixel PureView camera had been doing its victory lap as one of the best camera phones around the world and it has finally reached destination India, alas without a price tag. But along with the Lumia 1020, … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 Camera Grip and Wireless Charging shell launched for Rs. 7,500 and Rs. 3,200 respectively”
The Reserve Bank of India has asked banks to stop offering 0% Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) schemes on consumer goods purchased through credit cards. This might affect the mobile phone sales since most of the Indian companies including Apple, Samsung, LG, BlackBerry and Nokia offer such 0% EMI schemes on select credit cards.
Nokia has finally launched the Lumia 1020, the company’s latest flagship smartphone as they promised, but they did not announce the price of the device yet. The Lumia 1020 is the first Windows Phone device to feature a 41-megapixel camera sensor. It also has 6 lens optics similar to the Lumia 925 and also comes with Optical … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 launched in India, available from October 11th”
Strontium Technology, popular PC and flash memory manufacturing company has launched NITRO range of HS-1 Class 10 MicroSD cards in India for smartphones and tablets. This offers 85MB per second read speeds for superior app performance, better phone gaming experience and better photo captures. Since these cards come in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variant, it is … Continue reading “Strontium NITRO UHS-1 MicroSD cards launched in India, starts from Rs. 990”
In a surprising move, Micromax, the second leading Smartphone vendor in India has tied up with Aircel, one of the leading network providers in India for bundled offers on its Smartphones and 3G dongles. What you see above is the image that details all the benefits of the bundling. The event has just started and … Continue reading “Micromax ties up with Aircel for bundled offers on Smartphones and 3G Dongles”
Spice launched the Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro (Mi-491) back in July, now the Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro+ (Mi-492), successor of the phone is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a … Continue reading “Spice Stellar Virtuoso Pro+ Mi-492 now available for Rs. 7499”
NVIDIA unveiled the Tegra Note, the company’s first Tegra 4 tablet last week. It partnered with Xolo to launch the tablet in India. NVIDIA Co Founder, President and CEO Jen-Hsun Huang showed off the Xolo Play Tegra Note at an event in Mumbai yesterday. Xolo Play Tegra Note will launch in mid-october and will be priced around Rs. 20,000, … Continue reading “Xolo Play Tegra Note with Tegra 4 launching mid-October, Xolo Play Tab 7.0 with Tegra 3 coming this month”
BlackBerry Messenger for Android was supposed to go live last week, but the launch was paused after the issues caused by leaked the Android APK. BlackBerry announced a couple of days back that they have paused the roll out since the leaked APK brought 1.1 million active users in the first 8 hours, even before the official release that … Continue reading “BBM for Android and iPhone not coming this week, says BBM head”
Microsoft just announced the new generation Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. Not only did Microsoft refresh their tablet lineup, they also announced new and updated accessories for the new generation tablets. Some of the new accessories include Touch Cover 2, Type Cover 2, Wireless Adapter for Typing covers and the Power Cover.
Microsoft has announced its refresh of the Surface devices today, with the new Surface 2, the Surface Pro 2 and a whole lot of updated accessories. The Surface 2 is the updated version of Surface RT, running on the much criticized Windows RT platform. Last year, it was meant as one of the first entries … Continue reading “Microsoft unveils Surface 2 – Tegra 4, Full HD screen and Silver option, starting $449”
Apple has just announced that they have sold a record-breaking 9 million new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C models in just three days after the launch on September 20th. These devices were launch in range of countries including, US, Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, Singapore and the UK. Demand for … Continue reading “Apple sells record 9 million iPhone 5S and 5C devices in 3 days, 200 million iOS devices running on iOS 7”
Nokia’s long awaited Lumia 1020 is finally coming to India. The brand has started sending out invites for the launch event to be held on 26th September.
What you see above is a leaked press image of the Nokia Lumia 929, a device heading to the Verizon network in USA, exclusively. The image comes via @evleaks who has a good track record of getting it right. So, assuming the name is right, the Lumia 929 sports a 20 Megapixel PureView Camera on … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 929 heading to Verizon, leak shows off 20MP camera and Windows Phone GDR3”
