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Gionee Elife E7 Benchmarks

Gionee unveiled the Elife E7, the company’s first Snapdragon 800-powered smartphone in India few months back. It went on sale in India recently, starting at Rs. 26,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the device, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.15 GHz with Adreno 330 GPU. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS with Amigo UI on top. Let’s check out the performance in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E7 Benchmarks”

AOC launches 21.5-inch and 23.6-inch multi-touch monitors in India for Rs. 24990 and Rs. 28990

AOC 72 Series multi-touch monitors

AOC India has launched two new multi-touch Full HD monitors for PCs. The i2272PWHUT (21.5”) and i2472PWHUT (23.6”) WLED-backlit monitors have 1920×1080 pixel resolution IPS screen with 178-degree wide viewing angles and 10-point multi-touch input. These have adjustable stand offers 60 degree lean back experience, has built-in speakers, microphone and a 720p HD webcam for video conferencing. These are also Windows 8 certified. Continue reading “AOC launches 21.5-inch and 23.6-inch multi-touch monitors in India for Rs. 24990 and Rs. 28990”

MTS launches Super Unlimited MBlaze data plans starting at Rs. 999

MTS MBlaze

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that provides telecom services under MTS brand has launched new Super Unlimited data plans for high usage MBlaze customers in India. This is available for new post-paid and pre-paid customers. It provides at least 300% more value than plans offered by competition, says the company. Continue reading “MTS launches Super Unlimited MBlaze data plans starting at Rs. 999”

Motorola Moto X coming to Flipkart starting at Rs. 23,999 from March 19th

Motorola Moto X is a phone that has been hard to find outside the States, but things are changing soon. Motorola launched the budget range Moto G in India last month exclusively via Flipkart and it went on to become its most sold smartphone ever. After the hugely successful Moto G launch, Flipkart teased that they were the exclusively bringing in another Motorola device – Motorola Moto X. After a week of teasing, Flipkart has finally announced via their Twitter account that the Motorola Moto X would go on sale on March 19 and will be available for Rs. 23,999.

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Reliance Jio ties up with Viom Networks to share telecom tower infrastructure

Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has entered into a pan-India tower infrastructure sharing agreement with Viom Networks, a joint venture of Tata Teleservices and SREI Infrastructure to use the latter’s telecom infrastructure with a footprint of over 42,000 telecom towers for their 4G roll out. Viom Networks is India’s largest independent telecommunications infrastructure company. Continue reading “Reliance Jio ties up with Viom Networks to share telecom tower infrastructure”

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2013) Review

Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 3G 2013-1

Amazon launched a refreshed version of the Kindle Paperwhite in India last month starting at Rs. 10,999, about eight months after the Kindle Paperwhite launched in the country. We got hold of the 3G version of the new Paperwhite. Is the second-generation Kindle Paperwhite better than the first one? Is it worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2013) Review”

Lapcare 14.4 Mbps Smart 3G Dongle launched for Rs. 1999

Lapcare Smart 3G Dongle

Lapcare, popular for laptop peripherals and accessories has launched Smart 3G Dongle that offers data speed of up to 14.4 Mbps. It supports voice calls and SMS and also supports Micro SD card upto 2 GB. It supports all major operating system and also works on select Android tablets that accepts data cards. Continue reading “Lapcare 14.4 Mbps Smart 3G Dongle launched for Rs. 1999”

Flipkart details Moto X launch day offers

Flipkart is still the exclusive retailer for Motorola Moto G in India and it has been nearly 50 days since the launch. They have already started teasing their next exclusive device – Motorola Moto X. Motorola Moto X was Motorola’s first smartphone among the two smartphones that it manufactured under Google’s ownership and it was announced way back in August 2013 and was launched in USA then.

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Karbonn, Lava to reportedly launch affordable Windows Phone handsets in few months

Karbonn, Lava and Xolo would launch smartphones running on Windows Phone in coming months, according to a recent report from TOI. Last month at the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft announced nine new Windows Phone partners, that includes Karbonn and Xolo from India. Karbonn recently announced it would launch dual-boot phones in coming months. Continue reading “Karbonn, Lava to reportedly launch affordable Windows Phone handsets in few months”

Micromax Canvas Knight A350 Benchmarks

Micromax launched the Micromax Canvas Knight A350, the company latest flagship smartphone and the successor of the Canvas Turbo few weeks back . We already brought you the photo gallery and the unboxing of device. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor which as 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs, each clocked at 2 GHz, faster than the Auqa Octa and the iberry Auxus Nuclea N2, that were clocked at 1.66 GHz. It has a Mali 450-MP4 GPU. It comes with a 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Octa-Core chip comes with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP), where all the core can be turned ON at the same time. Check out the synthetic benchmark results below.

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Micromax Canvas Knight A350 Unboxing

Micromax Canvas Knight A350-9

Micromax launched the Canvas Knight A350, the company’s first smartphone with Octa-Core processor in India earlier this month. This is one of the first phones in India to feature a full HD display and a 2 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 chip. The Micromax Canvas Turbo too had a 5-inch 1080p display, but it was powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6589T chip. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight A350 Unboxing”

Lenovo Vibe Z Camera Review

The Vibe Z is the Lenovo’s flagship device which is all set to launch in India soon. It is an improved variant of the previous flagship, the K900, in many ways. Sporting improved internals, we were pretty happy to see that Lenovo has stuck to the same camera and lens unit as the K900. A 13 megapixel Sony sensor with the fastest f1.8 lens still has a lot of untapped potential, so we tested it on the road, while in travel to see how it performed in actual use – capturing moments from a trip. Being the only camera at hand, how does it hold up in various conditions? Does it capture all the moments well? Lets go through our Lenovo Vibe Z camera samples for a quick analysis.

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HP Slate 7 VoiceTab with 7-inch HD display goes on sale in India for Rs. 16990

HP Slate 7 Voice Tab -1

HP launched the Slate 6 VoiceTab and Slate 7 VoiceTab in the VoiceTab series, in India last month. The Slate 6 VoiceTab went on sale in India immediately, the Slate 7 VoiceTab is now on sale in India from the official HP online store. It has 7-inch HD (1280×800 pixels) IPS display, powered by a quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has dual SIM support, dual front-facing speakers, 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HP Slate 7 VoiceTab with 7-inch HD display goes on sale in India for Rs. 16990”

Micromax Canvas Knight Photo Gallery and Hardware Overview

It’s the year of phones powered by octa-core processors. From Samsung to Intex, everyone has one, in the market. Strangely, Micromax a key player, did not up until it launched Canvas Knight, in March. Competitively priced at Rupees 19999, the Micromax Canvas Knight promises lighting speeds. How good is it compared to other octa-core phones out there? We begin with the first impression – looks and hardware specs.

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Rdio acquires Dhingana, to launch in India later this year

Rdio

Rdio, popular digital music service has announced they would to acquire Dhingana, one of India’s popular online music streaming service, that stopped the service recently. Dhingana’s team in India would be joining Rdio to extend their musical catalog, that has over 1 million songs in 42 languages and Indian genres. Dhingana founders Snehal Shinde and Swapnil Shinde will join the executive team at Rdio, to expand the service to India as well as other emerging markets. Continue reading “Rdio acquires Dhingana, to launch in India later this year”