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Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices

Opera Mini 100 Devices India

Opera has announced that they have partnered with 7 Indian OEMs including Micromax, Videocon, Spice, MoMagic Technologies, Wynncom, Lemon Mobiles and iBall to pre-install the Opera mini browser on their Android devices. Opera has also added 2 more OEMs, Symphony Mobile in Bangladesh and Colors Mobile in Nepal in South Asia region. Opera partnered with 7 Indian OEMs Celkon, Karbonn, Lava. Intex, Fly, Zen and HCL back in May 2013. Continue reading “Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices”

Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display and T11 with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 16364 and Rs. 9520

Panasonic P11

Panasonic P11 and T11, two new Android smartphones appeared on Flipkart back in July, but those appeared suddenly. Now these phones are available from online retailer Snapdeal. The Panasonic P11 has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display and the Panasonic T11 in the new T Series comes with a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display. Both these phones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display and T11 with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 16364 and Rs. 9520”

Xolo Q1000S Review

Xolo Q1000S-1

Xolo had launched several smartphones in the Q CORE series, the Q1000S is the company’s latest smartphone in the series. It is also the successor of the Q1000 that was launched back in May. The Q1000S that was launched at the end of August at a price tag of Rs. 18,999 has the same 5-inch display, but this has an upgraded 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6489 Turbo processor, a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera. Can this compete with other similar range smartphone in the market ? Let’s find out in the review. Continue reading “Xolo Q1000S Review”

Micromax Canvas Tab P650 with 8-inch display, 3G voice calling launched for Rs. 16500

Micromax Canvas Tab

Micromax has launched the Canvas Tab P650, the company’s first tablet in the Canvas series. It has a 8-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) multi-touch display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 720p HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G support via a SIM card slot and has voice calling capabilities.

It comes pre-loaded with Opera mini browser, Spuul to watch free movies online, Music Hub to get access to songs online and M! Live to download HD/premium games. The M! Security app lets you Back-Up the phone Tracke the tab remotely and Anti-Virus features. It also comes with Look away to pause, Video pinning, pop-up browser and OTA update support similar to the latest Canvas smartphones. This tab would compete with the recently launched Xolo Tab.

Micromax Canvas Tab P650 specifications

8-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) multi-touch display
1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8389 processor
Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
5MP auto focus rear camera
2MP front-facing camera
1080p Full HD video playback
1GB DDR3 RAM, 16GB internal memory (11.07GB for intenal SD and 1.73GB for apps), expandable up to 32 GB
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS / aGPS
3.5 mm audio jack
4800 mAh battery with up to 5 hours of usage, up to 10 hours of talk time and up to 400 hours standby

The Micromax Canvas Tab P650 comes in white and blue colors and is priced at Rs. 16,500. It would be available from retail stores across India starting from today.

Intex SMASH BT Bluetooth speaker with iPhone dock launched for Rs. 4999

Intex SMASH BT

Intex Technologies has launched the SMASH BT, a Bluetooth sound box along with range of multimedia speakers in India. It is compact, has a eye catching and comes with integrated subwoofer for powerful, deep lows without distortion. It has range of connectivity options including a iPod, iPhone and iPad dock, Bluetooth, LineIn, AUX and Video Out. Since this has a standard connector and not the lightning connector used in the latest iPhone 5, 5S, 5C and the latest iPod touch, you can’t dock these in the speaker. Continue reading “Intex SMASH BT Bluetooth speaker with iPhone dock launched for Rs. 4999”

MTS launches Lava L661 affordable CDMA phone for Rs. 1199

Lava L661

MTS has partnered with Lava Mobiles to launch the Lava L661, one of the most affordable CDMA phone in India. It has a 1.8-inch TFT screen, keypad supports single thumb usage and a micro SD card slot with expandable memory of up-to 4GB. It comes with MTS unlimited talk plans. It supports speaker phone and has a lot of utility features including Alarm, Calculator, Calendar, Predictive text T9, Vcard, Group SMS, Scheduler and MTS info. Continue reading “MTS launches Lava L661 affordable CDMA phone for Rs. 1199”

Sony GTK-N1BT 100W speaker with NFC and Bluetooth launched in India for Rs. 16990

Sony GTK-N1BT

Sony has launched the GTK-N1BT 100W, the company’s new speaker in India. It has 100W output with 20W + 20W front-facing speakers and 60W subwoofer that offers deep, throbbing bass sound. It has NFC and Bluetooth connectivity to connect your smart devices easily to wirelessly stream music without any cables or complicated settings. Continue reading “Sony GTK-N1BT 100W speaker with NFC and Bluetooth launched in India for Rs. 16990”

Sony DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 Camera Lenses launched in India for Rs. 12990 and Rs. 24990

Sony announced two new camera lenses for the smartphones, Cyber-shot DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 at the IFA 2013 earlier this month. Sony has officially launched these lenses in India today. These connect to Android devices and the iPhone via Wi-Fi and uses the Sony’s PlayMemories Mobile application to capture images. The DSC-QX10 has 18.2 effective megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor with Sony G Lens and has 10x optical zoom and the DSC-QX100 has 20.2 effective megapixels Exmor R CMOS sensor with Sony G Lens and has 3.6x optical zoom. These have has Built-in Optical SteadyShot that combats camera shake and lets you captures blur-free videos even in low-light conditions. Continue reading “Sony DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 Camera Lenses launched in India for Rs. 12990 and Rs. 24990”

Sony SmartWatch 2 launched in India for Rs. 14990

Sony-SmartWatch-2

Sony has launched the SmartWatch 2 (SW2), successor of the first SmartWatch in India. The SmartWatch 2 was announced at the Mobile Asia Expo back in June and comes with a 1.6-inch (220 x 176 pixels) Transflective LCD display and is made of aluminium (body) with wristband made of silicon or stainless steel. It has Bluetooth 3.0 and NFC to connect to Android smartphones running on Android 4.0 (ICS) and later. It weighs 122.5 grams and has IP57 ratings for water resistance. Continue reading “Sony SmartWatch 2 launched in India for Rs. 14990”

Sony Xperia Z1 launched in India for Rs. 44990

Sony has finally launched the Xperia Z1, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India as they promised. It was announced at the IFA earlier this month has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens with a 27mm wide angle f/2.0 aperture custom 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, BIONZ image processing engine, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera.

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Gionee Elife E5 Benchmarks

Gionee launched the Elife E5 in India back in July. We brought you the unboxing of the device last week. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek 6589T processor clocked at 1.5 GHz with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU. Since this has a faster processor, the scores would obviously be better than the MT6589 chip clocked at 1.2 GHz present in the Elife E3 that we reviewed back in June. It has a 4.8-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) Super AMOLED Plus display and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). Let’s find out how this compete with other devices in range of synthetic benchmark tests. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adQvcYVNzV4 Continue reading “Gionee Elife E5 Benchmarks”

Windows Phone retains the position as India’s second largest smartphone OS with 5.4% marketshare

It’s been almost an year since Windows Phone 8 launched, but the growth has seen a spike only recently, with the Nokia Lumia 520 becoming the most popular Windows Phone, not just in India, but the world. India has definitely been a tough market to crack for anything other than Android. Even with the huge marketing and retail push by Nokia, the most trusted brand in India for quite a number of years, Windows Phone is just at 5.4% of the whole Smartphone market. With iOS and BlackBerry contributed even lesser, Android rules the market with more than 84% marketshare at least.

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JBL Charge portable Bluetooth speaker launched in India for Rs. 9990

JBL Charge

HARMAN India has launched JBL Charge, a new portable wireless speaker with Bluetooth connectivity in India. It offers 12 hours of playback time from a single charge and also comes with a USB port to charge mobile devices on the go. It has 2 two 1-5/8-inch (41mm) drivers, a built-in bass port, 2 x 5 watts of amplification and digital signal processing for exceptional bass. It plays from either a vertical or horizontal position. Continue reading “JBL Charge portable Bluetooth speaker launched in India for Rs. 9990”

Notion Ink releases I’m Shakti Android app for emergency situations

Notion Ink, an Indian company known for its Adam tablet, has just launched an Android application – I’m Shakti. The app is meant for usage in emergency situations and it sends out text messages with the location of the user to five emergency contacts set by the user.

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Samsung Galaxy Gear launched in India for Rs. 22990

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Gear, the company’s first Smartwatch in India as we reported last week. It was announced earlier this month at the IFA 2013 and is a great companion to the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 that was also launched in India today. It has a 1.63 inch (320 x 320 pixels) Super AMOLED display, powered by a 800 MHz processor and packs a 315 mAh battery. Once you connect it with the smartphone, it gives quick previews of incoming texts, emails and more. If you want to read the whole message, you can simply pick up smartphone, and the Smart Relay feature will reveal the full message on the screen. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Gear launched in India for Rs. 22990”