Sony Xperia Z and ZL coming soon to India

The Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL were introduced at the Consumer electronics show 2013 at Las Vegas recently. With both of them sporting a 5 inch 1080p screen and a powerful Qualcomm APQ8064 processor, they generated quite a lot of buzz at the trade show. It was announced that the global roll out will … Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z and ZL coming soon to India”

BlackBerry Z10 Unboxing

BlackBerry launched the Z10, the first BlackBerry 10 few days back, and here we have the unboxing of the phone. The phone has a 4.2 inch multi-touch IPS LCD display at a resolution of 1280 by 768 at 356 PPI pixel density. The Z10 is powered by a dual-core 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. It has … Continue reading “BlackBerry Z10 Unboxing”

Ubuntu Smartphone Devices to Ship Starting October 2013

The Ubuntu operating system for Smartphones was recently unveiled with its radical UI and user experience getting much praise and accolade from the tech press. We took a hands on look at the Ubuntu OS running on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, at the International CES 2013 and we were quite impressed with it. Canonical inc., … Continue reading “Ubuntu Smartphone Devices to Ship Starting October 2013”

HTC Butterfly vs Nokia Lumia 920

The HTC Butterfly launched very recently in India for a price of Rs.45,990, making it one of the costliest phones to buy here. You might have read our review of the HTC Butterfly, with a large emphasis on it being the first smartphone to sport a 1920×1080 screen in India. The device is a monster … Continue reading “HTC Butterfly vs Nokia Lumia 920”

LG teases new Smartphone line-up, hints at Optimus F-Series ?

LG Mobile has started teasing their upcoming smartphone line-up on their Facebook page. The image says new series will be unveiled, and the tag line says ‘See what surprise LG has in store for you this time, with an unexpected distinction’. This might be the F-Series phones that was revealed in their Q4 earnings at the … Continue reading “LG teases new Smartphone line-up, hints at Optimus F-Series ?”

Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC One X

We’ve been doing the Nokia Lumia 920 vs the flagships series, and you could have seen the Nokia Lumia 920 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 comparison earlier. This time, it’s the Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC One X. The HTC One X launched at the Mobile World Congress 2012 and was heralded as one of the … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC One X”

GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013 Nominees announced

The GSM Association has announced the nominees for the 18th annual Global Mobile Awards. 158 nominees have been shortlisted for the Global Mobile Awards 2013. 32 awards will be presented during the ceremony which would be take place on Tuesday, 26 February 2013 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2013 in Barcelona. Here are some … Continue reading “GSMA Global Mobile Awards 2013 Nominees announced”

Microsoft Research releases Blink burst image lens app for Windows Phone 8 devices

Microsoft Research has released Blink for Windows Phone 8 device that would let you capture a burst of images. It uses Advanced image stabilization technology from Microsoft Research removes camera shake and lets you focus on the important parts of the scene. Since this is a camera lens app just like the Bing Vision and the … Continue reading “Microsoft Research releases Blink burst image lens app for Windows Phone 8 devices”

Xiaomi MI-2 hands on

Long time back in August 2012, we had seen the Xiaomi MI-2 launch in China with it being the successor to the first MIUI phone, from the makers of the MIUI ROMs for Android. It has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display and is one of the first devices to pack the APQ8064 1.5 … Continue reading “Xiaomi MI-2 hands on”

Lenovo IdeaPhone S890 hands-on

Lenovo unveiled range of Android smartphones at the CES 2013. We got some hands-on time with the IdeaPhone S890, the company’s high-end smartphone at CES. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS screen with 178 degree viewing angle and the phone is 9.3mm thick. It is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor and runs on … Continue reading “Lenovo IdeaPhone S890 hands-on”

LG Vu Talk Demo

We had shown you the hands on of the LG Optimus Vu II earlier, and with the Vu II comes an interesting real-time collaboration feature that might impress you at first sight, and that is called Vu Talk. Vu Talk works between two Optimus Vu devices over a 3G or a WiFi network. It’s basically … Continue reading “LG Vu Talk Demo”

Nokia Lumia 820 Review

The Lumia 820 plays a critical part in Nokia’s three way strategy to capture the smartphone mind and marketshare across the spectrum. Aimed at the midrange segment, the Nokia Lumia 820 bridges the gap between the entry level Lumia 620 and the top range PureView 920. Can it successfully strike a balance and provide a … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 820 Review”

Evernote Hello for iPhone v2.0 update brings new UI, Business Card Scanning and more

Evernote has updated their Hello app for iPhone to version 2.0 that brings lot of new features including a new user interface with a new home screen that offers more context of a person at a glace, option to scan business cards (free for first 2 month, after that it would be available only for … Continue reading “Evernote Hello for iPhone v2.0 update brings new UI, Business Card Scanning and more”

Xolo X500 Unboxing

Xolo X500 was launched in India last week.  We brought you the hands-on images and the benchmarks, here we finally bring you the unboxing. It packs a 3.5 inch (480 x 320 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz Atom Lexington Z2420 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqUFw7cReBo

Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 7.8 update starts rolling out

Nokia has started rolling out the Windows Phone 7.8 devices for Lumia smartphones running on Windows Phone 7.5, such as Nokia Lumia 510, 610, 710, 800 and 900 as they promised. Nokia released the Lumia 505 with Windows Phone 7.8 last month for Mexico and also started shipping the Lumia 510 with WP 7.8.