Sony Xperia go durable smartphone with 3.5-inch display, 1GHz dual-core processor announced

Sony Mobile has announced Xperia go durable smartphone which is dust and water resistant. It has 3.5-inch Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine and has wet finger tracking.It is powered by 1Ghz dual core processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) that is upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has IP67 ratings for dust and water resistance. Continue reading “Sony Xperia go durable smartphone with 3.5-inch display, 1GHz dual-core processor announced”

Sony Xperia acro S durable smartphone announced

Sony Mobile has announced Xperia acro S durable smartphones. It has 4.3-inch 720p HD Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine and with scratch resistant mineral glass displays with wet finger tracking and is dust and water-resistant. It has 1.5Ghz dual core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 12MP Auto focus camera with flash and 1080p video recording, 1.3 MP front facing camera with 720p HD video recording. It has IP55 and IP57 ratings for dust and water resistance and is PlayStation Certified. Continue reading “Sony Xperia acro S durable smartphone announced”

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310 Unboxing

Back in March this year Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 2 310 at Samsung Forum in Thailand. The device is a 7 inch Android tablet running on latest version of Android 4.0 ICS and packs 16GB of internal memory.It supports both 4G and WiFi functionality. We managed to get hold of the retail unit as it as gone on sale in India this week. Watch the unboxing video below.

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Samsung launches Music Hub Mobile Music service

Samsung has launched Music Hub, integrated, all-in-one mobile music service. The Music Hub offers your music in one integrated mobile and web service. You can upload your music collection to the cloud and can also enjoy personal and genre radio and discover new music everyday with customized recommendations from 19 million songs. It would compete with Spotify that offers music streaming, Google Music that lets you upload music to the cloud and Apple iTunes Match. Continue reading “Samsung launches Music Hub Mobile Music service”

LG to roll out Android 4.0 update for Optimus LTE, Vu and Tag in June

LG has announced that the they would start rolling out Android 4.0 update for Optimus LTE, Optimus Vu and Optimus Tag in June. LG announced the list of devices that would get ICS at the end of last year. Along with the Android 4.0, these phones would come with LG’s new Optimus UI 3.0 they would bring new and enhanced key features, including Quick Memo, unique unlock functions, Voice Shutter, new camera features and more. Continue reading “LG to roll out Android 4.0 update for Optimus LTE, Vu and Tag in June”

Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India

Samsung has finally started rolling out the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update in India. Samsung announced the list of devices that would receive the Android 4.0 update last December and started rolling out ICS update for Galaxy S2 in Europe earlier this March. The Samsung Galaxy Note started receiving ICS update last week in India. They started shipping Galaxy S2 with ICS in India earlier this month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India”

Intex iTab now available for Rs. 8900


Intex has reduced the price of their iTab that was launched in March for Rs. 11,900.  The Intex iTab has 8-inch capacitive display and is powered by 1 GHz cortex A8 core processor. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has front video calling camera and a 3.5mm audio jack. It has 8GB internal memory which is expandable upto 32GB. Continue reading “Intex iTab now available for Rs. 8900”

Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA now available in India for Rs. 7490

Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. Samsung launched the Galaxy Y in India last October and the Dual-SIM Galaxy Y Duos earlier this February. It has 3-inch (320 x 240 Pixels) display similar to the GSM version but has 600 MHz processor instead of 832 MHz processor and comes with a 2 MP camera at the back. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA now available in India for Rs. 7490”

Samsung launches Galaxy S3 in 28 countries, to be available in 145 countries by July

Samsung has officially announced that it has launched the Galaxy S3 in 28 countries today in Europe, Middle East and Africa including, United Kingdom, France, UAE and Saudi Arabia. They plan to launch in a total of 145 countries across 296 carriers by July. This is more than that of the previous Galaxy S series phones. The Galaxy S was launched in 112 countries with 175 operators and the Galaxy S2 was launched in 135 countries with 210 operators. Continue reading “Samsung launches Galaxy S3 in 28 countries, to be available in 145 countries by July”

Lava XOLO X900 Review

Intel had been one of the earliest players in the mobile chip sphere with its Xscale line of processors for PDAs. Having sold the division to Marvell in 2006 , the company had for all practical purposes ditched mobile computing.

Then came their effort with Moorestown , based on the Lincroft system-on-a-chip with an Atom processor core, Langwell input / output Platform Controller Hub(I/O PCH), and a Briertown Power Management IC. However due to the lack of proper power management , video encoding and decoding among others meant that the SoC was not feasible for deployment in a phone. What it did lead to is the Medfield processor. This is a true x86 processor chip which will shipping in a number of devices by the end of 2012. Read on for our review on the first phone running Intel’s Medfield processor. Continue reading “Lava XOLO X900 Review”

HTC One S gets Priced at Rs.33000 on TheMobileStore, June 8th release date

The HTC One S which is the younger sibling of the HTC One X might eventually launch India. The Qualcomm powered Android phone has got priced at Rs.33000 on TheMobileStore as spotted by folks at InstallorNot.I personally prefer the One S over the One X and I would call the One S the iPhone of the Android world. The handset has got a release date of 8th June on the retailer’s website.

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Sony Xperia S running Android 4.0 surfaces in a video

Sony Xperia S running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) has been spotted in a demo video from Thai site SonyXP. The video shows the music player which is called Walkman app and the new gallery. The phone has Sony Ericsson logo on the top similar to the Xperia NX (SO-02D), Japanese variant of Xperia S. Continue reading “Sony Xperia S running Android 4.0 surfaces in a video”

Motorola Android 4.0 UI shown off in demo videos

Motorola has released Android 4.0 demo videos. It has completely new UI with new lock screen and it’s pretty much similar to the stock version of the Android other than the 4 shortcuts like phone and messages in the lock screen instead of 2. The background wallpaper is the same as the original Razr and the icons have been changed. Continue reading “Motorola Android 4.0 UI shown off in demo videos”

Grand Theft Auto 3 for Android, iPhone, iPad now at $0.99 for limited period

Rockstar Games is celebrating Memorial Day weekend and is offering 80% offon Grand Theft Auto 3, that is now available for just $0.99. They launched this game last December for $4.99. Electronic Arts is also offering up to 90% off on iPhone and iPad games for this Memorial Day. Continue reading “Grand Theft Auto 3 for Android, iPhone, iPad now at $0.99 for limited period”

Sony to roll out Android 4.0 update for remaining 2011 Xperia devices starting next week, No ICS for Xperia Play


Sony Mobile has announced that they would start rolling out Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for remaining 2011 smartphones; Xperia arc, Xperia neo, Xperia mini, Xperia mini pro, Xperia pro, Xperia active and Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman starting next week. They started rolling out the update for 2011 Xperia devices in last month after it was delayed. The update started rolling out in India at the end of April for Xperia arc S, Xperia neo V and Xperia ray. Continue reading “Sony to roll out Android 4.0 update for remaining 2011 Xperia devices starting next week, No ICS for Xperia Play”