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BlackBerry A10 rumored specifications surface

BlackBerry A10 specs leak

Details of the BlackBerry A10, the company’s upcoming flagship BlackBerry 10 smartphone surfaced last month. Recently the phone was caught in a video that reveled the it might feature a 5-inch display. Now rumored specifications on CrackBerry forums has surfaced. This reveals that the phone would feature a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display, powered by a 1.7 GHz dual-core Snapdragon MSM8960 Pro processor and run on BlackBerry OS 10.2. The camera and the connectivity features would be similar. The device would come with a 2800 mAh battery, larger than the Z10. Continue reading “BlackBerry A10 rumored specifications surface”

LG Optimus G Pro global roll out continues, to be released in 40 countries in Q3 2013

LG Optimus G Pro global roll out

The LG Optimus G Pro‘s announcement dates back to the MWC 2013 which is nearly 5 months back. The supposed Note 2 competitor has been available in its home country – South Korea since the announcement, but left the rest of the market wondering if it will be available or not. LG announced that the G Pro will be available across various countries in the coming months. The G Pro was launched in India last month as a part of the Asian and North American market. LG announced last month they have sold over 1 million units of the Optimus G Pro in South Korea since its launch back on February 21st. Continue reading “LG Optimus G Pro global roll out continues, to be released in 40 countries in Q3 2013”

BlackBerry Q5 launched in India for Rs. 24990

BlackBerry has launched the BlackBerry Q5 in India as we reported yesterday. This is the company’s third phone running on BlackBerry 10 OS, and a second phone with a hardware QWERTY keyboard in the OS 10 series. BlackBerry launched the Z10 back in February and the BlackBerry Q10 was launched last month. It was announced at the BlackBerry Live event in Orlando last month and packs a 3.1-inch (720 x 720 pixels) capactive touch screen IPS display at 330 PPI pixel density, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. Continue reading “BlackBerry Q5 launched in India for Rs. 24990”

Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Hands on

At the Nokia Lumia 1020 launch event a few days back we got to compare the phone with some of the other flagship devices like the HTC One and iPhone 5. The first Windows Phone handset with a 41MP camera brings a top end smartphone experience but how does it compare with the Samsung Galaxy S4 ? Check out the video to find out. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Hands on”

Hands on: Camera grip, Wireless charging cover for Nokia Lumia 1020

At the launch of the Nokia Lumia 1020, the Finnish manufacturer announced a range of accessories for its new handset. These include a camera grip and a wireless charging cover in addition to a leather cover.

Nokia’s new camera centric flagship, the Lumia 1020, is already packing some serious photography capabilities. However Nokia’s new camera grip for the Lumia 1020 takes this up a level by offering a two step shutter, extended battery and even a tripod mount. Continue reading “Hands on: Camera grip, Wireless charging cover for Nokia Lumia 1020”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Mega 6.3 (GT-I9200), the company’s first smartphone with a 6.3-inch display back in May in India. It went on sale in India last month. We brought you the review of the Mega 5.8 earlier today. Here we have the unboxing of the Mega 6.3. The package is made of 100% recycled material and features a wood-like finish similar to the other phones such as Galaxy S4 and the S4 Zoom. This also looks better than the plain white box. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 is the first smartphone to launch in India with a dual-core Snapdragon 400 MSM8930 chip. It is clocked at 1.7 GHz and has Adreno 305 GPU. The Galaxy Mega 5.8 has a Broadcom BCM28155 processor and VideoCore 4 GPU.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini up for pre-order on official eStore for Rs. 27990

Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 mini (GT-I9192) in India last week at a price tag of Rs. 27,990. It is now available for pre-order from the official eStore. It has a 4.3-inch (960 × 540 pixels) qHD Super AMOLED display, powered by a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2. Jelly Bean with Samsung’s own Nature UX. It packs a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 1.9-megapixel HD front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini up for pre-order on official eStore for Rs. 27990”

BlackBerry Q5 launching in India tomorrow

BlackBerry launched the Q10, the first BlackBerry 10 smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard last month at a hefty price tag of Rs. 44,990. The company is all set to launch the Q5, a budget version of the Q10 in India tomorrow, July 16th. The BlackBerry Q5 was announced at the BlackBerry Live event in Orlando last month. It packs a 3.1-inch (720 x 720 pixels) capactive touch screen IPS display at 330 PPI pixel density and has a 35-key QWERTY physical keyboard similar to the Q10. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, packs a 2GB RAM, 8GB of inbuilt memory and supports microSD cards upto 32 GB. Continue reading “BlackBerry Q5 launching in India tomorrow”

Rise of Nokia Lumia 520, the world’s most popular Windows Phone

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It has been just four months since the Nokia Lumia 520 started rolling out in various parts of the world, especially India, but it has already taken the top spot as the world’s most popular Windows Phone, according to recently released statistics from Ad Duplex, a Windows specific ad-platform company that claims to be installed on most Windows Phones inside third party apps. Anonymously, they usually collect data and release it every month, but this time, it’s something special. It is all about how the Lumia 520 dominated the Windows Phone marketshare in most countries, including India, to become the most loved Windows Phone in the world.

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Karbonn partners with Hungama to pre-load Hungama Music App on latest smartphones

Karbonn Hungama

Karbonn Mobile has announced a partnership with Hungama.com, one of the leading digital entertainment company in South Asia to offer Hungama Music App on the latest Karbonn Smart devices. This would let the customers enjoy music, videos, and live radio entertainment on the Karbonn Smart devices. The app has international, Bollywood, Regional (Telegu, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Malayalam and others) and South Asian music & videos entertainment. It offers unlimited content free up to 30 days on Karbonn Smart devices. Continue reading “Karbonn partners with Hungama to pre-load Hungama Music App on latest smartphones”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Review

The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 is a part of Samsung’s two pronged approach to capture the audience looking for a device even bigger than the 5.5inch Note 2 but smaller than a tablet. Targeting the 5.8 inch and 6.3 inch segments, Samsung now has handsets at practically every screen size. The Galaxy Mega 5.8 incorporates a large screen with dual SIM capabilities to offer an interesting proposition. Is it worth taking a look at ? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Review”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Benchmarks

Samsung launched the Galaxy Mega 5.8 sometime back and we’ve been putting the phone through its paces. The phone is powered by a 1.4 Ghz Broadcom processor paired with a VideoCore IV GPU. Synthetic benchmarks can tell quite a bit about the performance of a device and we’ve embedded some of the more popular ones below.

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Xolo Play T1000 with 4.7-inch HD display and Tegra 3 processor launched for Rs. 15999

Xolo has officially launche the Xolo Play T1000, the company’s first phone powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU. It went on pre-order online earlier this month and packs a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor with 416 MHz 12 Core NVIDIA ULP GeForce GPU and runs on Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor, LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Play T1000 with 4.7-inch HD display and Tegra 3 processor launched for Rs. 15999”

Lava E-Tab Z7C+ with 7-inch display, Voice Calling now available for Rs. 8499

Lava E-Tab Z7C+ (Connect+), successor of the E-Tab Connect tablet that was launched back in March is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It appeared online last week and comes with a 7.0-inch (800 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has a SIM card slot that offers 3G connectivity and voice calling support. The specifications are similar to the E-Tab Connect expect for the new sliver colored body.
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HTC One mini leaks again, confirms the specs

HTC One mini leak

HTC One mini had already been spotted several times. The specs of the phone surfaced first in February earlier this year, now it is clear that the phone would feature a 1.4 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU. The press render of the phone appeared back in May and it was caught on camera last month. Full hands-on images of the device has appeared on a Bulgarian website recently. Now a German website has got hold of the images and specifications of the device. This reveals that the phone would come with a 1GB RAM instead of rumored 2GB RAM. Other features would probably be the same as mentioned in earlier rumors. Continue reading “HTC One mini leaks again, confirms the specs”