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Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Tower Vision India, an independent tower company in India have signed a new deal. Under this MSA (Master Service Agreement), Reliance Jio would utilize Tower Vision’s 8400 towers across India for its 4G roll out. Continue reading “Reliance Jio, Tower Vision tie up to share telecom infrastructure”
Motorola launched the Moto E, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India earlier this week for Rs. 6,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the Moto E. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Moto E is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8610) processor with Adreno 302 GPU. It has a 4.3-inch qHD screen and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). Let’s check out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E Benchmarks”
Panasonic started teasing their upcoming P81 smartphone recently. It released two teaser images and a video that hinted at colorful removable back covers, new software features such as smart app switch and Multi Window. It has released a new teaser image and a video that reveals that the phone would come with a Octa-Core processor. Continue reading “Panasonic P81 with Octa-Core processor launching this month”
Intex launched the Aqua i5 HD in the Auqa series at an event yesterday. Today, the Aqua i5 mini has surfaced on the official Intex website. It has a 5-inch FWVGA (854 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera (mentioned as 5MP on the phone) with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 mini with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor coming soon”
Samsung has introduced operator billing integration for its Samsung App store in India. The company has partnered with Indian operators Aircel and Vodafone in India to offer the new service for the first time for Android App store within India. The operator billing integration is available for both prepaid and postpaid customers and is available since May 1st.
Continue reading “Samsung introduces Samsung App store operator billing in India”
Nokia XL, the company’s Android smartphone based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is finally available in India from the official Nokia Shop. as it promised at the Nokia X launch in March. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 at Barcelona. It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 play (MSM8225) processor and runs on Nokia X software platform based on AOSP Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Nokia XL goes on sale in India for Rs. 11489”
Intex Technologies has launched the Aqua i5 HD, its new smartphone in the Aqua series and the successor of Aqua i5. It has a 5-inch HD (1280 × 720 pixels) display based on one-glass-solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, voice image capture and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 HD with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 9990”
Spice Smart Flo Crystal Mi-449, the company’s latest smartphone in the Smart Flo series is now available from online retailer HomeShop18. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Spice Smart Flo Crystal Mi-449 with 4.5-inch display now available for Rs. 4999”
Airtel has announced that it would offer free access to new channels on its Pocket TV apps to watch the India election results. Powered by Airtel digital TV, the DTH service arm of the Bharti Airtel, Pocket TV offers 150 live TV channels, more than 10,000 hours of video content and over 13 channels it is available at an introductory price of Rs. 60 per month (deducted Airtel digital TV account). Continue reading “Airtel offers free Live election news on Pocket TV apps”
Nokia’s Chennai plant, the one in Sri Perumbudur that used to assemble millions of phones, had come to a screeching halt when the Tamil Nadu High Court charged the Finnish company with tax evasion, to the tune of Rs. 3,000 crores. With some of the workers on indefinite leave and near-zero production at the plant, the whole ecosystem was thrown into imbalance, with clueless workers, indecisive management and painfully long court proceedings. With the future looking bleak, Nokia had offered its workers VRS (Voluntary retirement services), and about 5,000 of the ~7,500 employees have opted for it today.
Continue reading “Close to 5,000 of Nokia’s Chennai Plant workers opt for VRS”
[Update – May 23rd, 2014: Both the Black and White variants of Moto E are back on stock on Flipkart. But it will be available only till stocks last.]
[Update – May 22nd, 2014: Flipkart has just announced that the Moto E will be back in stock from 11.00 A.M onwards on 23rd May 2014]
[Update – May 20th, 2014: Motorola India has announced that they are working on restocking the Moto E and the stocks are expected early next week]
[Update – May 16th, 2014: Both the Black and White Moto E are out of stock on Flipkart again after the orders opened for few hours.]
Earlier: Motorola Moto E that was launched yesterday went on sale exclusively on Flipkart yesterday midnight went out of stock earlier today. Even though smartphone is currently out of stock, Flipkart has opened bookings for the phone so that users can still order it with launch day offers, but the delivery date is now between 7 to 10 days for new orders. Continue reading “Moto E backordered on Flipkart, expected to ship in 7 to 10 days [Update]”
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand has announced that it would offer free WiFi services in Gurgaon Rapid Metro running on the 5.1 Km long six station corridor connecting Sikanderpur Metro station, Cyber City, DLF Phase 2, DLF Phase 3 and Ambience Mall in partnership with Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL). Continue reading “MTS to provide Free WiFi on Gurgaon Rapid Metro”
Xolo released the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) update for the Q1000 Opus recently, skipping the Android 4.3 update. Today, the company has announced that it would release Android KitKat update for Q700S, Q1010i, Q1010, Q3000 and more smartphones by June 2014. It will also launch new smartphones with Android Kitkat soon. Continue reading “Xolo plans to roll out Android 4.4 KitKat update for Q700S, Q1010i, Q1010 and Q3000 by June”
Huawei also launched the Ascend G6 and the Ascend G750 in India along with the Honor 3C. The Ascend G6 that was announced earlier this year at the MWC packs a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels )IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.3 with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 2.0 lite on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX134 BSI sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G6 and Ascend G750 launched in India for Rs. 16999 and Rs. 24999”
Huawei has launched the Honor 3C, the company’s latest smartphone in the Honor series. It was unveiled back in December last year and packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) LTPS screen, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 2.0 on top. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 3C launched in India for Rs. 14999”
