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Sony Xperia J Unboxing

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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Sony Xperia miro Unboxing

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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Angry Birds Star Wars for Android, iPhone and iPad now available for Download

Rovio, the creator of Angry birds has released Angry Birds Star Wars for Android, iPhone and iPad as they announced last month. They launched the Bad Pigges game that had the pigs from Angry Birds franchise with completely different plot. The Angry Birds Star Wars has birds and pigs that will take on the personalities of characters from the Star Wars saga. Continue reading “Angry Birds Star Wars for Android, iPhone and iPad now available for Download”

Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OTA update now rolling out in India

 

Samsung has finally started rolling out Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S3 in India. Samsung started rolling out Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S3 starting from Poland and select European countries in September. The Jelly Bean update would brings would bring  faster performance, Reorganized settings menu, 2 Homescreen modes, S Note,  Google Now service, contextual search, Better notifications, Re-sizable Pop-up play screen and more. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OTA update now rolling out in India”

Sony Xperia T and Xperia TX Android 4.0.4 update brings Miracast Mirroring and Extended Standby

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”

Angry Birds Space, Cut The Rope arrive in the Windows Phone Store


Two most popular games, Angry Birds Space and Cut The Rope are now available in the Windows Phone Store. Rovio has released the Angry Birds Space for Windows Phone 8 devices, while the Cut The Rope is available for devices running on Windows Phone 7.5 and above. Gameloft has also announced that they would launch 12 games including popular games such as Asphalt 7 and N.O.V.A. 3 would be available for Windows Phone 8 devices in coming months. Continue reading “Angry Birds Space, Cut The Rope arrive in the Windows Phone Store”

Foursquare for iPhone updated with ratings for places

Foursquare for iPhone has been updated to version 5.3.3 that brings new rating system for places. When you search for places you can see the scores on a scale of 1 to 10 next to the name of the place to show how popular it is. These scores are based on Foursquare tips, likes, dislikes, popularity, loyalty, local expertise and check-ins. Continue reading “Foursquare for iPhone updated with ratings for places”

Facebook for iPhone and iPad v5.1 update brings new upload flow, photo filters and more

Facebook for iPhone and iPad has been updated to version 5.1 that brings new features including new upload UI to select multiple photos or videos at once, photo filters, new messaging features including option to quickly see who is online to chat, manage favorite friends and more. Some of these features were available in the version 1.9.8 and version 1.9.10 updates, but the photo filters is not available on the Android app yet. Continue reading “Facebook for iPhone and iPad v5.1 update brings new upload flow, photo filters and more”

Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite officially launched in India for Rs. 13,700, MediaPad 10 FHD available in December

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”

Apple iPad mini Unboxing

The Apple iPad mini was announced on October 23rd and was launched across select countries worldwide on November 2nd. We managed to get our hands on the device and bring this unboxing for you.We have both the white and black versions of the iPad mini with us and we will also be comparing it with Nexus 7 and the iPad 2.

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Evernote for iPhone and iPad v5.0 with new design and features coming soon

Evernote has started teasing their upcoming version 5.0 update for the iPhone and iPad. The new version would have a revamped user interface with a new home screen with Views, Recent Notes, Premium Features and Quick Notes button, New design with improved Notebook List, Notebook Stacks on iPad, Places to visualize the notes on a map, improved Page Camera and more. Continue reading “Evernote for iPhone and iPad v5.0 with new design and features coming soon”

Samsung Sells Over 30 Million Units of Galaxy S III

Recently we informed you that Samsung has managed to sell 3 million units of the Galaxy Note II within just over a month of it’s release. Now Samsung has announced that it has also managed to sell over 30 million units of the Galaxy S III.

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Airtel iPhone 5 Plans

The iPhone 5 is launching in India today. Airtel has announced their iPhone 5 plans for both the pre-paid and post-paid customers in India. The pricing for the iPhone 5 in India and the launch date was revealed last week. The iPhone 5 is priced at Rs.45,500 for the 16GB, Rs.52,500 for the 32GB and Rs. 59,500 for the 64GB version. Airtel started taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5 for the same price and is now available from their Airtel Shop. Continue reading “Airtel iPhone 5 Plans”

HTC One X+ Benchmarks

HTC launched the One X+ in India today. We got hands-on time with the device and we ran some benchmarks to test the performance of the device. The HTC One X+ is the upgraded version of the One X that we reviewed earlier this year. The HTC One X+ topped some benchmarks including the Quadrant Sunspider when compared to the other quad-core Android Smartphones such as One X, Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy S3, Optimus 4X HD, Optimus G and Optimus Vu. It also comes close to the Note 2’s quad-core Exynos CPU in some benchmarks. Continue reading “HTC One X+ Benchmarks”