Samsung’s Galaxy S III started shipping in late May, meaning it’s been out on the market for less than four months. Is it a bit crazy to be talking about the Galaxy S IV? Maybe, but let’s do it anyway! According to The Korea Times, the next Galaxy S will be announced at Mobile World Congress 2013. It’ll ship one month later, in March. And craziest of all, it’ll have an even larger 5 inch screen. Continue reading “Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S IV to ship in March 2013 with a 5″ screen”
Datawind, the company behind the low-cost Aakash tablets has launched 4 new 7-inch tablets, UbiSlate 7Ri, UbiSlate 7R+, UbiSlate 7Ci an d UbiSlate 7C+. These tablets come with a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display and run on Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich). These are powered by Cortex A8, 1 GHz processor and has 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory and a front-facing camera. Some models also have GPRS data support. These tablets have Ubisurfer-browser with Compression/ acceleration and IE8 rendering. Continue reading “Datawind launches 4 new 7-inch Ubislate Tablets running Android 4.0”
Jump Games has launched the official mobile game of ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2012 for Android, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Java phones. This game lets you play T20 cricket in Challenge mode or quick match. The games are also scheduled according to the ICC schedule for the World Cup in Sri Lanka – recreating the closest replica of the real world cup. You can also participate in the Jump Games online cricket quiz to stand a chance to win ticket to see the ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2012 live. Continue reading “Jump games launches official ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2012 game”
We just heard from Asus India that they are launching the kick ass Asus Padfone along with the Transformer Pad TF300T in India next week. The PadFone is a innovative concept from Asus , a phone which can fit inside a tablet and you can use the phone like a tablet. If you wonder will you take calls when the phone is docked inside the tablet , it comes with a interesting bluetooth headset for the same.
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Epson has launched Moverio BT-100, the world’s first Android-based, see-through wearable display. It is powered by Android 2.2 and lets you to privately view video, experience side-by-side 3D content, play games and enjoy content on a floating see-through display. It has 6 hours of rechargeable battery life and has a 1GB of internal memory with an additional microSD card slot. It also has WiFi connectivity and Adobe flash support to stream online videos. Continue reading “Epson Moverio BT-100 Android-powered see-through mobile viewer launched in India for Rs. 42900”
Samsung Denmark has released a schedule for upcoming updates for several Samsung Devices. The table indicates that the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) upgrade would be rolled out for Galaxy S3 in October or November 2012. The Samsung Galaxy S2 would get the update in November 2012. The Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update would bring faster performance, Google Now service, contextual search, Better notifications and more new features. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 Jelly Bean update to roll out starting from October, update for Galaxy S2 in November”
Airtel is on a spree of launching mobile apps. They launched the my airtel app to pay bills and manage services. Now, they have launched Smartdrive app that offers real-time traffic information and voice based turn by turn navigation upon subscription. Other than these the app also lets you search Maps for POI (Points of Interests) like restaurants, theaters, shopping malls etc. Continue reading “Airtel launches Smartdrive mobile app with real time traffic information and Voice-based Navigation”
Motorola has started rolling out Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for the Motorola Atrix 2 owners in India. It was launched in India back in March, and we reviewed it in July. Razr and Razr Maxx were the first Motorola phones to receive the ICS update back in July. Continue reading “Motorola Atrix 2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India”
Sony Xperia miro is now available for pre-order from online retailer Flipkart in India. It was announced in June and packs in a 3.5-inch (320×480 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, 800 MHz processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash at the back and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sony Xperia miro up for pre-order in India for Rs. 14499”
Today’s announcement by EE on the arrival of 4G LTE in the UK heralds a new era in this Britain’s telecommunication industry. It’s been a long time waiting, and judging by the initial hands on demonstration, it seems that it will be worth the wait.
Huawei’s Ascend P1 and the Samsung Galaxy S3 were two of the few handsets on display at the EE press conference today. Initial speed test shows that the devices were capable of achieving and maintaining 25+Mbps download and 12+Mbps upload speed, a fair upgrade over T-Mobile’s current 3G network.
No price plans has been announced yet. The rollout of EE’s 4G LTE network will begin this year and they aim to cover 1/3rd of the population by the end of the year.
Continue reading “4G LTE Speed Test on EE featuring the Galaxy S3 LTE and Ascend P1 LTE”
It’s very difficult for less adventurous Android users to get around stable versions of CM from time to time, the adventurous kind are usually happy with the nightlies. So then others have to look out for third party unofficial builds of CyanogenMod ROMs which are unreliable and can give problems. So the awesome guys at CyanogenMod have come out with M-Series, where they release a somewhat stable version of CM for everyone to use as a daily driver.
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At IFA2012 Samsung Mobile announced four more colours for Samsung Galaxy SIII, mainly Garnet Red, Sapphire Black, Amber Brown and Titanium Gray. Samsung Mobile India has launched Garnet Red version of Galaxy SIII (16GB) in India on Samsung e-store. It is now also available in Samsung premium and flagship stores as well local stores in India. The MRP of Garnet Red SIII is same as other 16GB variants which is Rs.42,500 and it’s retail price is around Rs. 37,500. Similar to blue and white, this variant has its packaging in Red. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy SIII in Garnet Red now available in stores in India.”
HTC is going to hold a press event in less than two weeks, on the 19th, where it’s widely believed that the company is going to show off their first smartphones powered by Windows Phone 8. One of those smartphones, codenamed “Accord” (pictured above), has just been leaked by Twitter user @Football4PDA. We don’t know who this person is, but Paul O’Brien, the founder of MoDaCo, trusts this source, so we’re going to run with the story. Continue reading “Leak: Say hello to the HTC Windows Phone 8X and the One X+”
BitTorrent Inc has finally released the native uTorrent (Beta) app for Android. uTorrent development team announced earlier this year that they are working on an app for Android. This app would let you search and download torrents on the phone, maintain RSS subscriptions, set download / upload limits and more. This doesn’t follow the holo style of Android, hope they update the app with the new holo UI in the stable version. Continue reading “Official uTorrent app finally arrives for Android”
Amazon today updated it’s entire Kindle line up of products including e-Readers and tablets. It has announced the Kindle Fire HD 7”. This 7 inch tablet comes with a HD display, improved Wi-Fi, improved HD audio featuring Dolby Digital Plus and offers 16 or 32 GB of storage. The device is powered by a Dual-core 1.2 GHz processor from Texas Instruments. The software powering this tablet is a heavily customized version of Android but since the device is not certified by Google , users would not have access to popular Android features and Google services such as Gmail , Google Maps etc.
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