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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Pre-Booking starts in India

Samsung has just started Pre-Booking for the much awaited Galaxy Note 2 on it’s India eStore. The device which is the successor to the original Note was unveiled last month at IFA Berlin along with the Galaxy Camera. The phone has a 5.5 inch display and runs Android JellyBean out of the box. Samsung is asking for Rs.5000 as an advance payment for the pre-booking which will be adjusted when the device goes on sale later this month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Pre-Booking starts in India”

HTC Windows Phone 8S with 4-inch display, 1 GHz dual-core processor, Beats Audio announced

HTC has announced Windows Phone 8S, their new device in the Windows Phone 8 range followed by the Windows Phone 8X. It has a 4-inch (800x 480 pixels) super LCD display and is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor Snapdragon S4 processor. It comes with a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash and720p HD video recording. Continue reading “HTC Windows Phone 8S with 4-inch display, 1 GHz dual-core processor, Beats Audio announced”

HTC Windows Phone 8X with 4.3-inch HD display, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, Beats Audio announced

HTC has announced Windows Phone 8X, their new Windows Phone 8 device. It has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display and is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor. It comes with a 8MP auto focus camera at the back with LED flash, BSI sensor and 1080p HD video recording and 2.1MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video recording. Continue reading “HTC Windows Phone 8X with 4.3-inch HD display, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, Beats Audio announced”

ZTE and Mozilla partner up, plan on selling a Firefox phone in Q1 2013

Mozilla, makers of the once loved Firefox web browser, are trying to become relevant again. Their strategy is to create a mobile operating system that leverages their HTML rendering engine so that developers can write their applications using the same languages they’re used to using when creating websites. In other words, they want “web apps” to get the same sort of respect that “native apps” get. Today ZTE is announcing that they’re going to unveil a phone either by the end of this year or early next year running Mozilla’s OS. David Dai Shu, ZTE’s spokesperson, told Retuers that: “We are trying to increase our efforts in coming up with our own operating system, while introducing products based on Android.” Continue reading “ZTE and Mozilla partner up, plan on selling a Firefox phone in Q1 2013”

Analysts say Stephen Elop has until the end of Q1 2013 to prove he can lead Nokia

Nokia’s current CEO, Stephen Elop, became head of the Finnish handset maker on September 21, 2010. That means that this coming Friday, the day of the iPhone 5 launch in the United States, he’s going to “celebrate” being in charge for two straight years. According to analysts interviewed by Reuters, Elop has until the end of the first quarter to prove that what he’s doing is actually helping the company or sending them straight to the grave. Juha Varis, a Nokia shareholder, says: “The Christmas season is a lost cause. For Nokia, if there is any chance, it will be Spring.” The lost cause he is referring to is of course the recently announced Lumia 920. That device would have been more impressive had Nokia A) Said when it would launch, B) Said how much it’s going to cost, and C) Show off what’s new and interesting about Windows Phone 8. Continue reading “Analysts say Stephen Elop has until the end of Q1 2013 to prove he can lead Nokia”

Twitter for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with Photo streams, Profile header photos and more

Twitter has finally released a new iPad app that has been built from ground-up. Twitter for Android and iPhone got a new UI back in December 2011. The iPhone and Android apps has also been updated with new features. These apps come with a new profile that lets you add header photos and Photo streams on profiles that shows images people have shared on Twitter and more new features. Continue reading “Twitter for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with Photo streams, Profile header photos and more”

Google Nexus 7 launching in India in November

Asus India today confirmed at the PadFone and Transformer Pad launch event that the Google Nexus 7 is expected to launch in India in November according from reports for CIOL. It might come with a different name and few changes in the specification says Ausus, the hardware partner. Google announced the Nexus 7, their first Android tablet to come with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) in June at Google I/O for $199. There are rumors floating around for the Nexus 7 tablet with 3G support which is expected mid-October. Continue reading “Google Nexus 7 launching in India in November”

Motorola RAZR i: It’s the RAZR we all know and love, but with Intel inside

Motorola has just unveiled the RAZR i this morning in the UK. It’s essentially the RAZR M that was announced earlier this month, but with an Intel chip instead of a Qualcomm chip. What you’re looking at above is a phone with a 4.3 inch qHD display, what we assume to be 1 GB of RAM, an Intel Atom with hyper-threading enabled that should be capable of delivering up to 2 GHz of performance, an 8 megapixel camera that’s supposedly very fast, and it runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It’ll get Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, but we don’t exactly know when that’s going to happen. Continue reading “Motorola RAZR i: It’s the RAZR we all know and love, but with Intel inside”

Apple’s iPhone 5 allegedly costs $35 more to make than the iPhone 4S

Apple’s newest iPhone, the iPhone 5, is going to go on sale this Friday in America and in several major European and Asian countries. It has numerous new features, but what’s arguably most important is the screen. For the first time since the iPhone launched in 2007, the display is finally bigger than 3.5 inches diagonal. Now yes, 4 inches isn’t that much larger than 3.5 inches, but it’s still significant in today’s market when you consider that Samsung’s flagship device has a 4.8 inch display and Nokia’s upcoming Lumia 920 has a 4.5 inch display. Continue reading “Apple’s iPhone 5 allegedly costs $35 more to make than the iPhone 4S”

Samsung: Ignore those Galaxy S IV rumors, they’re not true!

Yesterday we wrote up a rumor from The Korea Times that said Samsung was going to announce the Galaxy S IV in February 2013, ship it a month later, and that it’ll feature a 5 inch display. Samsung, not being all too thrilled with the internet talking about the next Galaxy S when the current Galaxy S is barely four months old, went on Twitter to say that the rumors are false. We’re not exactly surprised they’re saying that, but let’s step back for a second and think things through. Continue reading “Samsung: Ignore those Galaxy S IV rumors, they’re not true!”

Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S IV to ship in March 2013 with a 5″ screen

Samsung’s Galaxy S III started shipping in late May, meaning it’s been out on the market for less than four months. Is it a bit crazy to be talking about the Galaxy S IV? Maybe, but let’s do it anyway! According to The Korea Times, the next Galaxy S will be announced at Mobile World Congress 2013. It’ll ship one month later, in March. And craziest of all, it’ll have an even larger 5 inch screen. Continue reading “Rumor: Samsung Galaxy S IV to ship in March 2013 with a 5″ screen”

Datawind launches 4 new 7-inch Ubislate Tablets running Android 4.0

Datawind, the company behind the low-cost Aakash tablets has launched 4 new 7-inch tablets, UbiSlate 7Ri, UbiSlate 7R+, UbiSlate 7Ci an d UbiSlate 7C+. These tablets come with a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display and run on Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich). These are powered by Cortex A8, 1 GHz processor and has 512MB of RAM, 4GB of internal memory and a front-facing camera. Some models also have GPRS data support. These tablets have Ubisurfer-browser with Compression/ acceleration and IE8 rendering. Continue reading “Datawind launches 4 new 7-inch Ubislate Tablets running Android 4.0”

Jump games launches official ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2012 game

Jump Games has launched the official mobile game of ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2012 for Android, iPhone, iPad, BlackBerry and Java phones. This game lets you play T20 cricket in Challenge mode or quick match. The games are also scheduled according to the ICC schedule for the World Cup in Sri Lanka – recreating the closest replica of the real world cup. You can also participate in the Jump Games online cricket quiz to stand a chance to win ticket to see the ICC T20 WORLD CUP 2012 live. Continue reading “Jump games launches official ICC T20 Cricket World Cup 2012 game”

ASUS PadFone and Transformer Pad TF300T launching in India next week

We just heard from Asus India that they are launching the kick ass Asus Padfone along with the Transformer Pad TF300T in India next week. The PadFone is a innovative concept from Asus , a phone which can fit inside a tablet and you can use the phone like a tablet. If you wonder will you take calls when the phone is docked inside the tablet , it comes with a interesting bluetooth headset for the same.

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Apple iPhone 5 Prices Compared across the World

Apple unveiled the iPhone 5 few hours back, and announced that it would go one sale in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the UK on Friday, September 21. While they have only released the contract pricing for the US, they have announced the contract-free pricing for other countries. We decided to do a comparison of the price of the iPhone 5 in Canada, France, Hong Kong, Singapore and the UK and convert them to Indian Rupees INR. It would go on sale in 22 more countries on September 28 and is expected in 100 countries with 240 carriers by December 2012. So, India might get the iPhone before that. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 5 Prices Compared across the World”