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Jolla reveals its first Sailfish OS device with the other half and a pre order program

Jolla, the smartphone start up company from Finland, has just revealed its first Sailfish OS based device, with colourful replaceable shells they are calling the “Other Half”. This is the first Jolla device that has appeared ever since they started the “other half” teaser campaign on their social media channels. Running on the intuitive Sailfish … Continue reading “Jolla reveals its first Sailfish OS device with the other half and a pre order program”

Android at 75% marketshare, Windows Phone finally ahead of BlackBerry – IDC

Previously, a month ago, IDC released statistics for the whole mobile phone market, which highlighted the smartphones overtaking feature phones for the first time ever in the first quarter of 2013. Now, they have revealed the marketshare of smarphone platforms, which makes for a very interesting analysis altogether. Android has kept on soaring with a … Continue reading “Android at 75% marketshare, Windows Phone finally ahead of BlackBerry – IDC”

Instagram for Windows Phone might go official soon, hinted by @InstagramWP twitter account

Only today did Nokia announce a new app in partnership with hipastamatic, which co-incidentally could share photos to Instagram. But as a surprise, we spotted this @InstagramWP account – which claims to be the official twitter account for THE official Instagram client for Windows Phone. While trying to check the credibility, we found that the … Continue reading “Instagram for Windows Phone might go official soon, hinted by @InstagramWP twitter account”

Foursquare for Windows Phone 8 gets a refresh, new UI and new features

Foursquare, the leading location based social network has received a major refresh for the Windows Phone 8 platform, with a new UI, new features and more. The official app has been around in the Windows Phone marketplace for quite a while now and it was revealed that Nokia and Microsoft are working with Foursquare to … Continue reading “Foursquare for Windows Phone 8 gets a refresh, new UI and new features”

Angry Birds for Windows Phone gets 100 new levels, available for free till 15th May

Rovio has announced that the most popular Angry Birds game would be available for Windows Phone devices for free till 15th May 2013.  The Angry Birds game for Windows Phone 8 has over 400 levels and has Xbox Live integration with new achievements and leaderboards! Amazing Alex is the latest game from Rovio to arrive … Continue reading “Angry Birds for Windows Phone gets 100 new levels, available for free till 15th May”

World’s smallest dual axis OIS gyroscope for smartphones introduced by InvenSense

If the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC One are anything to go by then optical image stabilization are all set to become standard features in smartphones over the next year or two. The deterrent so far has been the size of the MEMS gyroscopes which don’t allow ultra slim phones. InvenSense intends to change … Continue reading “World’s smallest dual axis OIS gyroscope for smartphones introduced by InvenSense”

Controversial HDR microphone removed from HTC One’s spec sheet

We’d previously reported on Nokia having tried to get a ban on HTC One sales in the Netherlands due to the use of their proprietary HAAC microphone technology. The high amplitude microphone allows the user to get a clear recording without any clipping in case of extremely loud audio.The blame has been placed on ST … Continue reading “Controversial HDR microphone removed from HTC One’s spec sheet”

Pelican Imaging , Lytro-like camera technology coming to Smartphones in 2014

If you follow the tech scene closely , you must have heard about these slightly expensive cameras sold in the name of Lytro. The main highlight of Lytro cameras is the ability to focus objects in the picture after you have clicked the picture. One company Pelican Imaging based in Mountain View, California ( yes … Continue reading “Pelican Imaging , Lytro-like camera technology coming to Smartphones in 2014”

BlackBerry appoints Sunil Lalwani as Managing Director for India

Looks like BlackBerry has found a replacement for Sunil Dutt who resigned as Managing Director of BlackBerry , India. BlackBerry has appointed Sunil Lalwani from within the company as the new Managing Director.He has been with the company since 2009 and was spearheading enterprise sales and has had stints at Nokia and Cisco in the … Continue reading “BlackBerry appoints Sunil Lalwani as Managing Director for India”

Sony Honami Cyber-shot camera phone to use a 1/1.6″ Exmor RS sensor ?

Details of the Sony Honami and Togari surfaced earlier this week. The phone is rumored to come with a 16MP or a 20MP Cyber-shot CMOS sensor with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and a dual LED flash. Now new details of the phone has emerged that reveals that the phone would have a 1/1.6″ Exmor … Continue reading “Sony Honami Cyber-shot camera phone to use a 1/1.6″ Exmor RS sensor ?”

Smartphones outship Feature phones for the first time ever – IDC

International Data Corporation(IDC), the market research firm that usually outs numbers for the mobile phone market every quarter has something new to say this quarter. According to them, the first quarter of 2013 has been the first time ever in the history of the mobile phone market that the Smartphones have outshipped feature phones. The … Continue reading “Smartphones outship Feature phones for the first time ever – IDC”

Disney UTV Digital launches Freemium Apps for feature phones

Disney UTV Digital has launched 4 freemium apps, UTV, Disney, Comedy and Devotional for feature phones, including Nokia feature phones. These apps ofer Disney UTV’s content across Movies, Television, Hollywood and English content.  All these apps have crossed the 15 million download mark in their test phase itself. Over 2.5 million devices Nokia Asha series phones come pre-loaded … Continue reading “Disney UTV Digital launches Freemium Apps for feature phones”

Asia Powercom launches Powerbank portable chargers, starts from Rs. 999

  Asia Powercom, popular for its UPS systems, Solar System and inverters have launched range of portable chargers under AsiaPower Powerbank range. These power banks would let you charge smartphones, tablets, mobiles,  PMPs and more. It has high capacity lithium rechargeable battery that would let you re-charge your digital devices for over 500 times. These come in two … Continue reading “Asia Powercom launches Powerbank portable chargers, starts from Rs. 999”

HTC Radar Windows Phone 7.8 update finally rolling out in India

HTC has finally started rolling out Windows Phone 7.8 update (v7.10.8862.144) for the HTC Radar in India. It started rolling out back in January in some countries. Nokia started rolling out the Windows Phone 7.8 update for their WP 7.5 devices back in January. The HTC Radar was launched in India in October 2011, and got a price cut in … Continue reading “HTC Radar Windows Phone 7.8 update finally rolling out in India”

Zinio to launch on Windows Phone as a Lumia exclusive

Zinio, the popular magazine reading application, has announced its intentions to launch on the Windows Phone 8 platform. The company declared that the application will be made available exclusively to Nokia’s Lumia range of Windows Phone handsets at launch.