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HTC Desire V dual-SIM phone with Android 4.0, Beats audio announced

HTC has announced Desire V, its first Dual-SIM smartphone for Europe and Asia. It is officially announced in Ukraine and Indonesia and features a 4-inch WVGA touch screen display and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4. It is powered by 1GHz single-core Qualcomm processor and has 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash and has Beats audio support. It is 9.3 mm thick and weighs 114 g. HTC has also released Dual SIM (GSM+CDMA) in China with similar specs dubbed as Desire VC. Continue reading “HTC Desire V dual-SIM phone with Android 4.0, Beats audio announced”

Motorola DEFY XT and dual-SIM DEFY MINI launched in India for Rs. 16,190 and Rs. 11,490

Motorola Mobility has launched 2 new Water-Resistant Android Smartphones, Motorola DEFY XT and Motorola DEFY Mini in India. The Motorola DEFY XT is dustproof, scratch-resistant and water resistant and has 3.7-inch (480 x 854 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection and is powered by 1 GHz processor, 5 MP auto-focus camera with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera. The Motorola DEFY Mini is a Dual-SIM phone that is dustproof and water resistant. It has 3.2-inch touchscreen Corning GorillaGlass display, 600MHz processor, 3MP rear-facing camera with flash, VGA front-facing camera. Both the phones run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS with MotoSwitch 2.0 user interface. Continue reading “Motorola DEFY XT and dual-SIM DEFY MINI launched in India for Rs. 16,190 and Rs. 11,490”

Nokia Asha 311 Photo Gallery

At the Nokia Strategy Summit in Chennai today ,  I had the chance to check out the Nokia Asha 311 which was announced only yesterday  along with the Nokia Asha 305 and 306.  Entry level phones are generally slow and boring but you would be surprised at what the 311 packs. In fact , it’s the sexiest entry level Nokia phone I have played with in quite some time. While Nokia call the latest Asha phones as Asha Smartphones , they are still pretty much feature phones.  The phone is insanely fast for its segment and may be even faster than some Symbian phones and entry level Android phones as it packs a 1GHz processor. Check out the photos of the Asha 311

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Sony SmartWatch available in India by June-end for Rs. 6,299


Sony has announced on their Facebook Page that the Sony SmartWatch would be available in India by the end of June. Sony announced the SmartWatch earlier this January. It a micro display for Android smartphones, to wirelessly and discreetly access calls, messages and applications. Continue reading “Sony SmartWatch available in India by June-end for Rs. 6,299”

Nokia Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 launching in India in Q3 2012


Chennai, India – Nokia has announced in the Nokia Strategy Summit today the Nokia Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 would hit the India in 3rd Quarter of 2012. The Nokia Lumia 900 was announced globally in MWC 2012 and the Lumia 610 was also introduced at MWC 2012. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 launching in India in Q3 2012”

Nokia 808 PureView launching in India mid-June


Chennai, India – Nokia has confirmed in the Nokia Strategy Summit today that they would launch the Nokia 808 PureView in the middle of June 2012. Nokia announced the Nokia 808 PureView at MWC 2012 and said it would launch in May 2012 starting from India and Russia, but it was delayed. Continue reading “Nokia 808 PureView launching in India mid-June”

Google Earth, Maps to get the 3D treatment

Quick on the heels of the announcement regarding offline support for Google Maps on Android , the company has revealed that Maps and Google Earth on Android and iOS will be getting enhanced 3D support. A new process is being used to achieve greater 3D depth.

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Google Maps for Android finally gets offline support

At a press event in San Francisco , Google has just announced its intention to bring offline maps to the Android to its mobile map solutions. This offline caching feature will be an extension of the 10mile cache which is already possible. This announcement comes hot on the heels of rumors that Apple might be ditching Google and going with their own in-house maps application.

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Nokia 110 Dual SIM phone now available in India for Rs. 2259

Nokia 110 affordable Dual-SIM phone is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. It was announced last month along with the Nokia 112. It has 1.8-inch (128 x 160 pixels) D5 TFT display, Dual-SIM support with Nokia’s unique Easy Swap, VGA camera, 32 GB microSD card support, Bluetooth v2.1 with EDR, FM Radio and 3.5 mm AV connector. It is 14.8 mm thick and weighs 80g. Continue reading “Nokia 110 Dual SIM phone now available in India for Rs. 2259”

Spice launches 3 new Stellar series of Android smartphones in India

Spice has launched Spice Stellar (Mi-425), Stellar Horizon (Mi-500) and Spice Stellar Craze (Mi-355) new Android smartphones in India. Spice has partnered with NQ Mobile to provide security software solutions for these devices. These phones would come with Netqin anti-virus that promises protection against virus, data loss, theft, and financial security. Continue reading “Spice launches 3 new Stellar series of Android smartphones in India”

NVIDIA unveils 5 new Tegra 3 optimized games at E3

NVIDIA has announced 5 new games optimized for next-gen Tegra 3 4-PLUS-1 quad-core Android devices at E3 2012. These games include, Dead Trigger, Puddle THD, Demons’ Score THD, Bounty Arms and Heroes Call. These games on Tegra 3, with four performance processing cores, in addition to its fifth battery saver core, and a 12-core GeForce GPU would offer perfect gaming experience. Continue reading “NVIDIA unveils 5 new Tegra 3 optimized games at E3”

White LG Optimus LTE 2 launched in Korea

LG has launched the Optimus LTE 2 in White color in Korea. They launched the Optimus LTE 2 in Korea last month that has already reached 150,000 unit shipments in 10 days. It has similar features as the black version such as 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) True HD IPS Display , 1.5GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS with the latest Optimus UI 3.0. The new White LG Optimus LTE 2 is aimed at women and younger generation. Continue reading “White LG Optimus LTE 2 launched in Korea”

Nokia Asha 305 Dual SIM and Asha 306 affordable Touch Screen phones announced

Nokia has announced Asha 305 Dual SIM phone and Asha 306 affordable touch screen phones. Both these phones have 3.0-inch (240 x 400 pixels), resistive touch display, 2MP camera. It runs on Nokia Asha OS with Swipe Interface. These come with pre-loaded Facebook and twitter social apps and 40 Free EA games such as Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed The Run and Fifa 2012. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 305 Dual SIM and Asha 306 affordable Touch Screen phones announced”

Nokia Asha 311 Touch Screen phone announced

Nokia has announced Asha 311, their first full-touch Series 40 phone. It has 3.0-inch (240 x 320 pixels), capacitive touch screen Polarized display for better readability in sunlight, 1GHz processor and comes with 3G support. It has 3.2 MP camera and runs on S40 Asha OS with Swipe interface. It has pre-loaded Angry Birds game, Facebook and twitter social apps and also comes with 40 Free EA games such as Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed The Run and Fifa 2012. It is 12.9 mm thick and weighs 95g. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 311 Touch Screen phone announced”

Google acquires Quick Office

Quick Office , the popular productivity app has today been acquired by Google. Quick Office is well known for providing a powerful and feature rich office suite across Android , iOS and Symbian. Google plans to bring the seamless interoperability with popular file formats from Quick Office to its own GDocs solution.

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