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Need for Speed Most Wanted launched for Android, iPhone and iPad

Electronic Arts has launched Need for Speed Most Wanted racing game for Android, iPhone and iPad. You can Evade a relentless police force while you clash with street racers, Race and chase hot cars like the SRT Viper GTS, Porsche 911 Carrera S, Hummer H1 Alpha, and many more. You can also Log into Origin to check the Wanted List and find out who is the Most Wanted across platforms and among your friends and then, challenge your friends. Continue reading “Need for Speed Most Wanted launched for Android, iPhone and iPad”

Zync Z5 Dual SIM phone with 5-inch display, Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 9490

Zync has entered into the smartphone segment with the Zync Cloud Z5 Dual SIM Android Smartphone / Phablet. It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive Touch Screen and is powered by a 1GHz processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). This would compete with the other budget 5-inch Dual SIM Smartphones such as iBall Andi 5c and the latest Micromax A110. The company launched the Z-900 their first 7-inch tablet running Android 4.0 back in March, and has launched several tablets since then. Continue reading “Zync Z5 Dual SIM phone with 5-inch display, Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 9490”

ZTE U950: For $160 you can own a quad core semi-flagship smartphone

ZTE has just announced an Android 4.0 powered smartphone called the U950. It’s got a quad core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor under the hood, 1 GB of RAM, a 5 megapixel camera, and a 4.3 inch display that pushes 800 x 480 pixels. In other words, it’s an above average device. What makes it amazing is the price: $160. That’s totally out of this world when you consider that most smartphones in that price range have a single core processor and half the amount of RAM. Will the U950 ever be sold outside of China? That hasn’t been confirmed yet. All we know is that it’s going on sale in China on November 11th. At first only 100,000 units will be made, which means there’s a pretty big chance it’s going to sell out. Continue reading “ZTE U950: For $160 you can own a quad core semi-flagship smartphone”

Microsoft announces new Skype app for Windows Phone 8

Microsoft has unveiled the new Skype app for Windows Phone 8. The first Skype app for Windows Phone was launched back in February, and the app was launched in Windows Phone Marketplace in April. The new app has been completely built from the ground up for better integration with the Windows Phone 8 and would have a completely new UI. Continue reading “Microsoft announces new Skype app for Windows Phone 8”

Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8

Microsoft has officially unveiled the Windows Phone 8 at an event in San Francisco as they announced earlier this month. They announced the Windows Phone 8 back in June, but at the yesterday’s launch event they demoed several features including new features such as Kid’s Corner, Rooms in People’s Hub and automatic image uploads from the phone’s camera. It would also have seamless integration with SkyDrive and Skype. Continue reading “Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8”

Gameloft announces 12 Games including Asphalt 7, N.O.V.A. 3 for Windows Phone 8

Gameloft has announced 12 new games that would be optimized for Windows Phone 8 including the upcoming Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour. The games such as Asphalt 7, N.O.V.A. 3, Order and Chaos, UNO & Friends, Texas Poker for Prizes and Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour has multi-player support that would let the users connect with their Xbox friends and compare Xbox Achievements & Leader boards. Continue reading “Gameloft announces 12 Games including Asphalt 7, N.O.V.A. 3 for Windows Phone 8”

Lava IRIS N350 Dual SIM Android Smartphone launched for Rs. 5499

Lava has launched IRIS N350, their new Dual SIM Android Smartphone powered by a 1GHz processor. It has a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) Capacitive multi-touch display and runs on Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). It has a 2 Megapixel camera at the back and a 0.3 MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava IRIS N350 Dual SIM Android Smartphone launched for Rs. 5499”

Scott Forstall leaving Apple next year, Jony Ive to lead Human Interface

In a huge management rejig today , Apple announced a lot of changes to the company leadership. Long time Apple employee Scott Forstall who is SVP of iOS software is leaving Apple after 15 years next year and will be an advisor to CEO Tim Cook in the interim period. John Browett SVP of Retail is also leaving the company after barely 6 months.

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Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 launching in India in November

Nokia just announced today that it has begun shipping its first Windows Phone 8 devices in select markets to operators and retail outlets and it will go on sale in UK and France later this week.Russia and Germany would be getting the Lumia 920 and 820 after that. Several other countries including India will see the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 being launched sometime in November ( no exact date or price yet). The Lumia 920 packs an awesome camera with optical image stabilization and a pure motion hd+ display apart and runs on Windows Phone 8. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 launching in India in November”

LG and Google announce the Nexus 4

Google had canceled the New York Android event due to Hurricane Sandy but the hurricane could not stop them from officially announcing the devices.Google and LG have finally officially unveiled the next Nexus phone which is from LG this time round -Nexus 4. The handset has been leaked multiple times and was reportedly lost in in a bar. The Nexus 4 looks very similar to the previous Nexus devices from the front but very different in the back.The Nexus 4 was jointly designed by LG and Google. Continue reading “LG and Google announce the Nexus 4”

Nokia Lumia 822 announced, coming exclusively to Verizon this fall

Nokia has finally announced the Lumia 822, their new Windows Phone 8 device exclusive for Verizon Wireless. It surfaced earlier this month as Nokia Atlas and has similar features as the 820 including a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) AMOLED ClearBlack display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and Windows Phone 8 OS. Unlike the 820, this phone has a curved design. It would support Verizon’s 4G LTE network.

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Google has cancelled today’s Android event due to bad weather

Google was supposed to host an event in New York City today to show off the new LG Nexus 4, the Samsung made Nexus 10, Android 4.2, and a few other cool things, but they’ve just announced that the event has been cancelled. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the news, the biggest storm America’s east coast has ever seen is set to hit several states during the next 48 hours. Over 375,000 people have already been evacuated from Manhattan, the New York Stock exchange has shut down, the public transportation has been turned off, basically the city is preparing for the worst. We hope our American readers stay safe! Continue reading “Google has cancelled today’s Android event due to bad weather”

HTC starts pushing out Android 4.1 to the One X in Europe and Asia

HTC’s 2012 flagship device, the quad core One X, is now getting upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean according to reports from Android and Me. The updates weighs in at just over 350 MB, so you’re going to want to make sure you’re connected to a high speed WiFi network. Besides Android 4.1, there’s also the latest version of Sense, which comes with an “infinite” number of home screens, the ability to password protect your SMS inbox, and small tweaks here and there that allegedly make the device 10% faster. Continue reading “HTC starts pushing out Android 4.1 to the One X in Europe and Asia”

LG Optimus G Benchmarks – quad-core Snapdragon S4 CPU and Adreno 320 GPU

LG announced the Optimus G in August, which went on sale in Korea in September. We managed to get hold of the device to run some benchmarks.The LG Optimus G was in a close competition with the Samsung Galaxy Note II in most of the benchmarks but it was a clear winner when compared to the other quad-core devices including Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X and the LG Optimus 4X HD. Continue reading “LG Optimus G Benchmarks – quad-core Snapdragon S4 CPU and Adreno 320 GPU”

Airtel starts taking Pre-Orders for iPhone 5 in India, priced at Rs.45500 for 16GB

Airtel which is one of the leading mobile operators in India has started taking Pre-Orders for the Apple iPhone 5 on its website. Airtel is promoting the iPhone 5 on its homepage and has requested interested customers to pre-order the device. The date of availability is mentioned as November 11th 2012 which is a good 10 days later than the previous November 2nd date we have been hearing from distributors.The prices seem to be exactly the same as what we had heard prior to this.

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