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Videocon VT75C Tablet with 7-inch display, Voice calling, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 5965

Videocon VT75C

Videocon VT75C, the company’s latest Android tablet with 2G and voice calling support is now available from Infibeam. It has a 7-inch ( 800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) . It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. It has 2G voice calling support and data connectivity via SIM card slot, 3G support via USB dongle and packs a 3000 mAh battery. Most of the features in this tablet are similar to the Penta T-Pad WS707C that was launched in February. Continue reading “Videocon VT75C Tablet with 7-inch display, Voice calling, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 5965”

Micromax Canvas HD now in stores, with fresh packaging, costs more

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Micromax has been in a lot of news recently from unexpected demand for its Canvas Android phones to its legal tussle with Ericsson over patent infringement for over 100 crores . The company increased the price of Canvas HD A116 to Rs.14499 from Rs.13990 due to increase in customs duty. Now the stocks of the Canvas HD are finally hitting retail stores and we could find it at few retail shops in Chennai. The retail packaging has got a fresh new look.

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Google Nexus 7 orders already being delivered in India

When the Google Nexus 7 tablet went on sale last week , Google indicated that it would ship the orders by April 5th. But looks like the company decided to ship them out earlier than expected. A few readers have already mailed us that they have already received Fedex tracking numbers for the shipment and 1 reader actually got the device delivered at his home as you can see from the photo below. Continue reading “Google Nexus 7 orders already being delivered in India”

Micromax A116 Canvas HD Benchmarks

Micromax unveiled the A116 Canvas HD back in January, started selling the device through online retailer Snapdeal starting from February 14th. It has 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6589 Cortex A7 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz with PowerVR SGX544 GPU. This was the first phone to launch in India with the quad-core MediaTek processor. We reviewed the device last month, but we didn’t share complete benchmarks of the device back then. Here are the benchmark comparison with the other mid-range Android smartphones in the market .

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HTC One UltraPixel camera samples and full HD video sample

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The HTC One that we recently unboxed was really hyped up by HTC for one special feature, the camera. Bucking the trend, HTC went for a different approach by not counting on the megapixels. With just a 4 MP sensor, touting the pixels as an “Ultrapixel”, HTC sought out better image quality coupled with Optical Image Stabilization for better low light performance instead of the never ending megapixel race. Not only that, they also have a new video and still image experience in terms of software with HTC Zoe, capturing all the important memories in a sequential manner, without having to worry about missing a moment. All said, how is the real world performance like? Head on past the break for some camera samples in really testing conditions and a video sample from the HTC One.

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HTC Radar Windows Phone 7.8 update finally rolling out in India

HTC Radar Windows Phone 7.8 update India

HTC has finally started rolling out Windows Phone 7.8 update (v7.10.8862.144) for the HTC Radar in India. It started rolling out back in January in some countries. Nokia started rolling out the Windows Phone 7.8 update for their WP 7.5 devices back in January. The HTC Radar was launched in India in October 2011, and got a price cut in August. This update brings several new features including resizable live tiles, bing lockscreen wallpaper, 20 color accents and lots more. This doesn’t have the Bluetooth file transfer feature that was available in Nokia Lumia devices.

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Samsung Galaxy S4 mini confirmed, launching in June?

Samsung Galaxy S4 mini images leaked last week along with specifications. The device has been confirmed in an in-depth article on Samsung by Bloomberg Businessweek, which reveals that the device would launch soon after the launch of Galaxy S4 in April. According to Sammobile’s sources, the Galaxy S4 mini is expected to launch in Europe in June. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 mini confirmed, launching in June?”

Nokia Lumia 520 up for pre-order on Flipkart for Rs. 10,499

Nokia Lumia 520 Flipkart

Nokia launched the Lumia 520 in India last week. Online retailer Flipkart has put up the device for pre-order at a price tag of Rs. 10,499. It wasunveiled at the Mobile World Congress in 2013 in Barcelona last month, and appeared on the Nokia India Shop online portal earlier this month, which still says ‘coming soon’ without any price tag. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display with 2D hardened glass, and is super sensitive touch for finger nail and glove use. It is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8227 processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 OS. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 520 up for pre-order on Flipkart for Rs. 10,499”

Asus Padfone Infinity gets priced in Taiwan, available in April

Asus Padfone Infinity Taiwan launch

Asus announced the Padfone Infinity last month at the MWC 2013. It was launched in Taiwan earlier this week as we told you, and all the four major carriers have started taking pre-orders for the device in Taiwan. The Padfone Infinity packs a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) IPS display and the Padfone station has a 10.1-inch (1920×1080 pixels) display. It is powered by 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor with Adreno 320 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Asus Padfone Infinity gets priced in Taiwan, available in April”

Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Review

Samsung announced the Galaxy Grand and the Galaxy Grand Duos (GT-I9082) back in December 2012. It was launched in India in January. We brought you the Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos photo gallery and the benchmarks recently. Here we have the complete review of the device. The Galaxy Grand has a similar design with curved corners and chrome finish all around, but it lacks the wedge shape and curved glass like the Galaxy S3. It runs on the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean that recently rolled out for the Galaxy S3 and the Galaxy Note in India. Let’s dive into the complete review. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos Review”

Xolo B700 with 3450 mAh Battery officially launched for Rs. 8999

Xolo B700

Xolo has officially launched the B700, the company’s new Android smartphone with a 3450 mAh battery which offers 363 hours of standby 20 hours of talk time on 3G, up to 38 hours Music Playback via internal speakers and up to 86 hours via wired headset. Xolo promises 9 hours of video playback while using internal speakers and up to 10.5 hours while using a wired headset. The Xolo B700 went on sale online last week.

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Evernote for Windows Phone updated with new home screen, Notebook Stacks and more

Evernote 3.0 for Windows Phone

Evernote for Windows Phone the Windows Phone app to version 3.0 that brings several new features including a new redesigned homescreen, shorctcuts, improved tag lists, premium document search feature and lots more. The Evernote app for Android got these features in a new update earlier this week. The new Notebook Stacks feature is a new way to visually group similar notebooks. The app has several tweaks that makes the app much smoother, faster and more responsive. Continue reading “Evernote for Windows Phone updated with new home screen, Notebook Stacks and more”

Easter Sale: Up to 90% off on EA iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone Games

EA 4th Annual Easter Sale

Electronic Arts have started their big 4th annual Easter Sale. Last year they offered very few titles at discounted rates, but this time they are offering up to 90% discounts on iPhone and iPad games. They are also offering up to 80% off on Android games and up to 40% off on games on Windows Phone devices. Continue reading “Easter Sale: Up to 90% off on EA iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone Games”

UTV Stars Entertainment app launched for Android and iPhone

UTV Stars for Android and iPhone

Disney UTV has launched the UTV Stars App for Android and iPhone. This is an entertainment app lets you watch free movies, get latest news, gossips, paparazzi images, full shows and videos from Bollywood. You can also watch UTV Stars LIVE TV. The Visual Search Augmented Reality feature Powered by Ricoh Innovations shows you the movie details just by clicking an image of the UTV Motion Pictures movie poster. The app is add-supported. Continue reading “UTV Stars Entertainment app launched for Android and iPhone”

Iron Man 3 game for iPhone, iPad and Android releasing on April 25th

Iron Man 3 Game

Gameloft has released a trailer for their upcoming Iron Man 3 game for iPhone, iPad and Android. The Iron Man 2 game for iPhone and iPad was released back in 2010. Iron Man 3, the third movie in the Iron Man franchise, based on the Mavel’s comic book character is releasing in several countries including India on April 26th. In this game you play as the billionaire Tony Stark / Iron Man who fights the AIM around the world to prevent their dark schemes from succeeding.

Here is the Iron Man 3 game trailer

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