Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy Note 10.1 starting from Germany. Samsung announced the GALAXY Note 10.1 at MWC 2012, but launched the tablet with upgraded specs in August. Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 10.1 in India as Galaxy Note 800 at the end of August. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Android 4.1 update starts rolling in Germany”
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that the BlackBerry 10, their upcoming mobile phone platform has received FIPS 140-2 certification. This is the first time BlackBerry products have been FIPS certified ahead of launch. This certification would enable government agencies to deploy BlackBerry 10 smartphones and RIM’s new mobile enterprise management solution BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 from the day of launch. Continue reading “BlackBerry 10 gets FIPS 140-2 US government security certification ahead of launch”
Nokia introduced its most affordable Windows Phone device, the Lumia 510 sometime back. Running WP 7.5, the Lumia 510 is powered by a 800Mhz Cortex A5 processor coupled with 512MB of RAM. One of the highlights of the smartphone has to be its 4″ WVGA display.
Research In Motion (RIM) is offering premium paid applications for free for BlackBerry Smartphones and the PlayBook Tablet this Diwali season in India. These paid applications are worth Rs. 2000 and the offer is valid only till December 31, 2012. Continue reading “Get Premium Paid BlackBerry Apps worth Rs. 2000 for free this Diwali”
Here is the unboxing of the Sony Xperia J, a mid-range Android smartphone from Sony that is priced around Rs. 18,000. It is available in India in Black and White colours. Sony announced the Xperia J at IFA 2012 in August and it was launched in India in October. It has a 4.0-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen and is powered by 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), which is upgradable to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). The device has good build quality and feels nice in hand. It weighs just 124 grams.
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Here is the unboxing of the Sony Xperia miro, a mid-range Android smartphone from Sony that is priced around Rs. 15,000. Sony announced the Xperia miro in June and it was officially launched in India in October. It has a 3.5-inch (320×480 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 800 MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It runs on Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and has a 5 Megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash at the back and a VGA front-facing camera. It comes in black, black pink and white silver colors, and we got the white silver one.
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Sony Mobile has has started rolling out Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for Xperia T and Xperia TX that brings new features such as Micracast Screen Mirroring, Extended Standby Mode and Media apps such as WALKMAN, Album and Movies. This update would would also bring HD Voice capabilities for the Xperia T. Sony recently announced Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for both the Xperia T and Xperia TX, but this minor update brings some nice features for the Xperia T and TX owners. Continue reading “Sony Xperia T and Xperia TX Android 4.0.4 update brings Miracast Mirroring and Extended Standby”
Nokia has retained its top spot in the Most Trusted Brands in the 2012 list, according to the Economic Times Brand Equity survey for 2012. The company held the No: 1 spot for 3 years in a row from 2008 to 2010, but slipped to 5th spot in 2011 survey. In this year’s survey Nokia moved up to the 3rd spot. This survey identifies brands that have won that most special attribute Economic Times has add more markets such as Patna, Indore and Vijayawada hence making the survey more geographically representative. Continue reading “Nokia bags No.3 spot in Brand Equity Most Trusted Brands 2012 survey”
Asus announced few months back that the Nexus 7 would be available in India in November. Asus has now confirmed to us that the Nexus 7 would go sale in India from tomorrow at an MRP of Rs. 19,999. Google announced the Nexus 7, their first Android tablet with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) in June at Google I/O for $199. Google unveiled the 32GB and a 3G variants of the Nexus 7 few weeks back. Continue reading “Google Nexus 7 launching in India at Rs. 19,999”
Asus has launched the VivoTab RT TF600 TG in India. Asus announced the Windows RT tablet at Computex in June, then renamed it from Tablet 600 to Vivo Tab RT later at IFA in August. It has a 10.1-inch (1366×768 pixels) LED Backlight Super IPS+ display with 10 fingers multi-touch display and is powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. It runs on Windows 8 RT OS . It has a 8MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash, 1080p HD video recording at the back and a 2MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Asus VivoTab RT TF600 TG launched in India for Rs. 61,999”
LG has launched Optimus Vu 2 in Illusion Pink color in South Korea. The LG Optimus Vu 2 was announced in September and was available in Blue-Black and Illusion White colors in October. The Pink colored Vu 2 would offer warm and loving feeling and is targeted at young women customers. Continue reading “LG launches Pink Optimus Vu 2 in Korea”
Huawei has officially launched the MediaPad 7 Lite, their new 7-inch Android tablet with 3G and voice calling facilities. It was announced earlier this August and went on sale in India online at the end of October. Huawei has also announced that the MediaPad 10 FHD that was announced back in February would be available in India in December. The MediaPad 7 Lite has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS multi-touch display and is powered by a 1.2GHz Cortex A8 processor. It has 3G support with voice calling, SMS and MMS. The MediaPad 10 FHD has a 10.1-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) HD IPS display and is powered by a 1.5 GHz K3 quad-core processor. Both these tablets would run on 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite officially launched in India for Rs. 13,700, MediaPad 10 FHD available in December”
One of the first phones to roll out in the market running the long awaited Windows Phone 8 operating system, the HTC Windows Phone 8X is being dubbed as a signature Windows Phone device. Meant to provide an experience tailor-made for the tiled UI, the 8X marries exquisite design with what might just be the third ecosystem we’ve all been waiting for.
HTC has a long history with Microsoft being one of their biggest partners for Windows Mobile devices. Will they be able to recreate the magic here with their first Windows Phone 8 device ? Read on to find out more. Continue reading “HTC Windows Phone 8X Review”
Back in 2010 when Microsoft introduced its brand new take on the smartphone dubbed Windows Phone, it was a brand new take on how a smartphone should work. Gone was the desktop-inspired UI and the inherent sluggishness, dependence on stylus input. The new and improved OS was designed ground up for a more modern world but inside was ticking the same core which brought along with it several limitations. Today we have yet another reboot but this time with a brand new core while retaining the best of and improving on the rest of the experience.
In our Windows Phone 8 preview we touched upon some of the more obvious changes in the OS. We’ll be taking a look at those in addition to the MANY other new features in the OS in a step by step manner below. Keep reading to learn more about Windows Phone 8 ! Continue reading “Windows Phone 8 Review”
We had posted the unboxing of the Apple iPad mini earlier. Now here is the photo gallery of the device in both the black and white variants.
