We hope, you’ve read about the Blackberry Venice which is set to be the first BB phone to run on Android and is apparently set for a launch on AT&T’s network in USA. Now, a new import listing shows that the Venice along with another model codenamed Dallas has been imported into India for testing purposes.
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Flipkart in gearing to embrace the app-only model as soon as September, according to a new report from The Times of India. The latest report comes months after it was stated that the homegrown e-commerce giant will go app-only by the end of the year.
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Samsung might be getting ready to announce the Z3 at the Tizen Developer Summit which is scheduled to take place in India on July 30th and 31st. A new import listing shows that the handset has been imported to India last week for testing purposes.
India is expected to become the second largest smartphone market in the world by 2017, as per a latest report from Strategy Analytics. The country is behind China and but has surpassed U.S which is the third largest smartphone market.
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Typically every year at MWC, Sony announces a new Z series smartphone and many were expecting to see a Sony XPERIA Z4 launched at MWC this year. Well yes, now we do have a Z4/Z3+ however Sony didn’t leave the announcements dry at MWC. What we got from them is the Sony XPERIA M4 Aqua which is the first smartphone from Sony that is waterproof yet has an unprotected microUSB port. The new Z4/Z3+ do adopt a similar method but it first came out with the M4 Aqua. The M4 Aqua which is the successor of the first M2 Aqua (Weird naming scheme I agree) was launched as a dual SIM variant here in India. So in this review we will be taking a look at the Sony XPERIA M4 Aqua Dual to see how well it performs as a smartphone. Whether or not it is a worthy successor to the M2 Aqua and whether it is worth its price.
Gionee has announced that it is will start manufacturing smartphone in India. The Chinese smartphone maker will venture into contract manufacturing for locally made devices, as per latest report from Economic Times.
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Apple has finally bit the bullet and is about to enter the very competitive music streaming business. We’ve already brought you the nitty gritty of the service. In a gist, Apple Music is essentially Cupertino’s version of Spotify or Rdio with some decidedly Apple twists. Continue reading “PSA: Apple Music goes live tonight in India at 8:30pm”
Google Maps has added 12 new Indian cities which will give traffic information to drivers and commuters. Kolkata, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Indore, Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Nagpur, Kochi, Madurai, Bhopal are the new cities that are live on Google Maps.
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HTC has become the latest entrant in ‘Make in India’ initiative. The Taiwanese smartphone maker is all geared up to start manufacturing mobile handsets in India.
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A latest report from Flurry has offered insights about apps, emerging growth categories and device adoption trends in India. The report also offers some information about mobile shopping trends and increased use of phablets in the country.
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If a new set of scores posted on GFXBench have anything to say then it is that Sony is working on a new powerful compact smartphone that has even better specifications than the XPERIA Z3 Compact. The device in question has the model number E5663. It comes with a 4.6″ 1080p display, 3GB of RAM and a 13 Megapixel front facing camera.
Sony finally launched the Xperia Z3 successor in India dubbed the Sony Xperia Z3+, as it was expected to be called in the country. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z3+ Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Now Lenovo is joining the bandwagon of a number of smartphone makers to produce mobile devices in India. The Chinese electronic major will make smartphone and tablets in the country, as per a latest PTI report.
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Samsung is apparently planning to launch a bunch of devices; 10 to be specific between the range of Rs 9,000 to 18,000 in order to fight back the stiff competition from Chinese manufacturers.
Another homegrown company, Videocon has announced that it will start manufacturing phones in India. The company will start production of mobile handsets in Salt Lake unit in Kolkata in few months, as per a PTI report.
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