Category: Handsets

All the latest devices which are coming to the market

Nokia Asha 311 Photo Gallery

At the Nokia Strategy Summit in Chennai today ,  I had the chance to check out the Nokia Asha 311 which was announced only yesterday  along with the Nokia Asha 305 and 306.  Entry level phones are generally slow and boring but you would be surprised at what the 311 packs. In fact , it’s the sexiest entry level Nokia phone I have played with in quite some time. While Nokia call the latest Asha phones as Asha Smartphones , they are still pretty much feature phones.  The phone is insanely fast for its segment and may be even faster than some Symbian phones and entry level Android phones as it packs a 1GHz processor. Check out the photos of the Asha 311

Continue reading “Nokia Asha 311 Photo Gallery”

Qualcomm says Snapdragon S4 runs cooler with innovative Butter benchmark !

Folks at Qualcomm think that the Snapdragon S4 processor is cool , guess what ? They have some proof to prove it. In a video released by the company, Qualcomm engineers demonstrate the thermal efficiency of the Snapdragon SoC by melting butter while running the CPU at peak speeds. Continue reading “Qualcomm says Snapdragon S4 runs cooler with innovative Butter benchmark !”

Nokia Asha 305 Dual SIM and Asha 306 affordable Touch Screen phones announced

Nokia has announced Asha 305 Dual SIM phone and Asha 306 affordable touch screen phones. Both these phones have 3.0-inch (240 x 400 pixels), resistive touch display, 2MP camera. It runs on Nokia Asha OS with Swipe Interface. These come with pre-loaded Facebook and twitter social apps and 40 Free EA games such as Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed The Run and Fifa 2012. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 305 Dual SIM and Asha 306 affordable Touch Screen phones announced”

Nokia Asha 311 Touch Screen phone announced

Nokia has announced Asha 311, their first full-touch Series 40 phone. It has 3.0-inch (240 x 320 pixels), capacitive touch screen Polarized display for better readability in sunlight, 1GHz processor and comes with 3G support. It has 3.2 MP camera and runs on S40 Asha OS with Swipe interface. It has pre-loaded Angry Birds game, Facebook and twitter social apps and also comes with 40 Free EA games such as Tetris, Bejeweled, Need for Speed The Run and Fifa 2012. It is 12.9 mm thick and weighs 95g. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 311 Touch Screen phone announced”

HTC One X receives v1.29 firmware update

The One X has received a new firmware update via OTA with the version number 1.29. We are not exactly sure what this firmware update brings to the table but the update is around 31 MB in size. HTC calls it a necessary System Upgrade. Continue reading “HTC One X receives v1.29 firmware update”

Samsung Galaxy S3 with 2GB RAM, LTE, Snapdragon S4 processor coming to Canada on June 20


Samsung has officially announced that the Galaxy S3 would be available in Canada starting from 20th June. It has 4.8-inch (1280×720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display and is powered by Snapdragon S4 Dual Core 1.5 GHz instead of Exynos 4 Quad. It would come in 2 versions, SGH-i747 with LTE support and SGH-iT999 with HSPA+ 42 support. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with TouchWiz with Motion UX. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 with 2GB RAM, LTE, Snapdragon S4 processor coming to Canada on June 20”

Samsung Galaxy S III Photo Gallery

Here is the photo gallery of the Samsung Galaxy S III in the Marble White variant. We hope you have seen the Galaxy S III unboxing. If not you can view it here.

Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III Photo Gallery”

Samsung Galaxy S III Unboxing Video

Here is the unboxing of the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone. It has been released in 28 countries around the world and will later expand reach to 145 countries by July.

Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III Unboxing Video”

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310 Unboxing

Back in March this year Samsung announced the Galaxy Tab 2 310 at Samsung Forum in Thailand. The device is a 7 inch Android tablet running on latest version of Android 4.0 ICS and packs 16GB of internal memory.It supports both 4G and WiFi functionality. We managed to get hold of the retail unit as it as gone on sale in India this week. Watch the unboxing video below.

Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310 Unboxing”

Samsung launches Galaxy S3 in 28 countries, to be available in 145 countries by July

Samsung has officially announced that it has launched the Galaxy S3 in 28 countries today in Europe, Middle East and Africa including, United Kingdom, France, UAE and Saudi Arabia. They plan to launch in a total of 145 countries across 296 carriers by July. This is more than that of the previous Galaxy S series phones. The Galaxy S was launched in 112 countries with 175 operators and the Galaxy S2 was launched in 135 countries with 210 operators. Continue reading “Samsung launches Galaxy S3 in 28 countries, to be available in 145 countries by July”

LG LTE smartphone sales surpass 3 million globally

LG has announced that they have sold more than 3 million LTE smartphones globally. The Optimus LTE global shipments crossed the 1 million mark earlier this January.  LG announced the Optimus LTE in Korea last October and launched the LG Optimus LTE L-01D in Japan in December. Continue reading “LG LTE smartphone sales surpass 3 million globally”

Exclusive : Only Marble White Samsung Galaxy S3 coming to India at launch , Pebble Blue in June 2nd week

One of our readers who had pre-booked the Samsung Galaxy S3 in India through the Samsung eStore has received an order confirmation along with a coupon for Rs.2000 which lets one redeem the free Bluetooth headset along with the phone purchase. Here is another small piece of news you can spot in the email. The Marble White version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 will launch on May 31st. The Pebble Blue version won’t be available at launch and will be available for purchase only in the 2nd week of June.

Continue reading “Exclusive : Only Marble White Samsung Galaxy S3 coming to India at launch , Pebble Blue in June 2nd week”

Nokia Lumia 610 first impressions

When Nokia announced their partnership with Microsoft last year, there were concerns that the adoption of Windows Phone as their primary smartphone platform would mean the death of cheap smartphones. After all, Nokia’s then bread and butter were cheap Symbian smartphones. Fast forward 15 months later and here is Nokia’s answer to getting prices of Windows Phone devices down – the Lumia 610. Read on for our first impression on the full retail version of the Lumia 610. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 610 first impressions”

Samsung Galaxy Ace DUOS Dual SIM GSM phone announced

Samsung has announced GALAXY Ace DUOS, a new phone in the Galaxy series with Dual SIM support. Samsung announced a phone with a similar name in February and is already on sale in India that has Dual SIM CDMA + GSM support, but this one comes with GSM support on both the SIM cards. Other than the form factor and the display some features differ. It has 3.5-inch (320 x 480 Pixels) TFT display and is powered by 832 MHz processor. It has 5MP Auto Focus camera and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Ace DUOS Dual SIM GSM phone announced”

HTC already planning Tizen devices according to Digitimes

htc tizen

You might have seen the Tizen Developer device  which is a Samsung phone running on the Tizen platform. Tizen is the joint venture between Intel and Samsung and the Operating System is expected to be ready this June with devices running on the Tizen OS expected to hit the market in the 2nd half of 2012. Now according to a report from Digitimes , HTC is already working on a Tizen device and might be released later this year. Continue reading “HTC already planning Tizen devices according to Digitimes”