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Nokia unveiled the Nokia X, the company’s first smartphone built on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) at the MWC 2014, few weeks back. Earlier this week online retailer The Mobile Store listed the smartphone at a price tag of Rs. 8,500 with availability date of March 15th. Today, online retailer Saholic has listed the smartphone for purchase at a price tag of Rs. 8,499. Continue reading “Nokia X Dual SIM Android smartphone listed online in India for Rs. 8499”
Google Now is Google’s idea of a personal assistant and it is very useful in countries like USA and Canada where all your travel data sync with Google. In India, all you could was weather updates and updates about your favorite football team. But it looks like things are about to change pretty soon. Jet Airways, one of the leading airline companies in India, has announced that it is integrating its flight booking details with Google Now.
Continue reading “Jet Airways is the first Indian Airline to integrate Google Now”
With Internet, you can sure do a lot of stuff on your smartphone. But handheld Internet is yet to reach the larger crowd in India and folks at Bangalore are trying to come up with solutions for the less Internet savy people. The service, called as FreeKall, brings voice-over-internet like services to those without the Internet.
Continue reading “FreeKalls lets you make free calls with Ads in between”
Aircel has launched Happy Recharge, the company’s latest recharge pack, that offers talk, text and mobile internet benefits in a single recharge. The Happy Recharge packs start at Rs. 45, that comes with 5 days validity and goes up to Rs. 368, that has 30 days validity. The company recently launched 3-in 1 Happy Recharge pack, but the new packs are much cheaper. Continue reading “Aircel launches Happy Recharge packs with Voice calls, SMS and data benefits”
Sony Mobile has launched the Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 dual in India. These smartphones were announced back in January and packs a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). These have a 3-megapixel rear camera and offer 100dB loud audio output through rear speakers. These have Walkman key, shake to shuffle and hardware controls for easy music control. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 Dual launched in India for Rs. 9490 and Rs. 10490”
Google has introduced indoor Maps in India finally, that lets you determine where you are, what floor you’re on, and where to go indoors and more, when you are visiting popular venues such as malls, supermarkets etc. Google Maps for Android got the Indoor maps feature back in 2011, later it was updated to support walking directions. This feature is also available for Apple’s iOS devices. Continue reading “Google launches indoor Maps in India, available in 22 cities”
Micromax unveiled the Canvas Knight A350 at an event in Russia, back in January. The company has launched the smartphone in India as it promised last month. The Canvas Knight has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 2 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It features a 16-megapixel auto focus rear camera with M8 Largan lens, LED Flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight A350 with 5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core processor launched in India for Rs. 19999”
Creative is quite well-known for its Audio Gear products across world and is now gearing up again to be a prime player in the Indian Market. Creative recently announced the Creative Aurvana Live! 2 in Global market as well in Indian market as the successor to highly acclaimed Aurvana Live!. Creative launched this flagship wired headphones in India for at MRP of Rs. 12,999. Fortunately we have received the opportunity to experience these flagship Head-Phones for a good time. Continue reading “Creative Aurvana Live! 2 Headphones Review”
Swipe Sonic, the company’s first smartphone with Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) support is now available from online retailer Shopclues. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels), powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Swipe Sonic with 4-inch display, Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) now available for Rs. 7399”
Lenovo launched the Vibe Z, the company’s latest flagship in India last month for Rs. 35,999. The smartphone is now available for pre-order from the official store for Rs. 34,999. It also offers a free Z smart touch cover worth Rs. 2,039 with the smartphone. It a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display at 400 PPI, powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Vibe ROM on top. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe Z up for pre-order in India for Rs. 34999”
Celltick, popular for its Start and LiveScreen, today announced its partnership with Karbonn Mobiles to launch an intelligent interface for Android consumers based on Start. The company already announced that OEMs can partner with them to create own flavor of Start. Celltick will create a custom interface based on its Start application, that becomes a default start screen interface to Karbonn’s Android smartphones. Continue reading “Karbonn to introduce new start screen interface for its smartphones based on Start by Celltick”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Bharti Infratel has officially announced their partnership. Under the agreement, Reliance Jio would utilize the telecom tower infrastructure of Bharti Infratel to launch its services across the country, says the company. It also noted that the pricing would be at arm’s length, based on prevailing market rates. Continue reading “Reliance Jio, Bharti Infratel tie up to share telecom infrastructure”
Creative has launched Creative Aurvana Live! 2 headphones in India. It would offer true-to-life acoustic performance with tighter bass since it is powered by 40mm bio-cellulose drivers. It has premium protein faux leather cushions with memory-foam for earcups that blocks external noise and comfort for long periods of listening. It is also equipped with an in-line microphone for calls, the was not present in its predecessor. Continue reading “Creative Aurvana Live! 2 headphones launched in India for Rs. 12999”
Xolo launched the Q1100, the company’s first phone in the Q CORE series powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor last month. We brought you the unboxing of the device earlier this week. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. The phone is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8228) ARM Cortex-A7 processor clocked at 1.4 GHz with Adreno 305 GPU. Both the Moto G and the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 were powered by a quad-core Snapdragon (MSM 8226) chip clocked at 1.19 GHz. Let’s find out how the Xolo Q1100 performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Xolo Q1100 Benchmarks”
Micromax Canvas Blaze HD EG116, the company’s latest dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) smartphone is now available from official Micromax eStore. It appeared on official website last week, and has a 5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Blaze HD EG116 with Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) support now available for Rs. 16000”
