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Sony launched the Sony CP-V3, a 2800 mAh portable charger in India last year. Today, it has launched the CP-V3A, an upgraded version of the portable charger with a capacity of 3000 mAh. Other features are similar to the CP-V3, including high output of 1.5A for a fast recharge. The CP-V3 was released in five colors, this comes in six colors. Continue reading “Sony CP-V3A portable charger launched in India for Rs. 1590”
Airtel has launched 4G services in Ludhiana, Punjab. Airtel launched its 4G LTE services in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula in Punjab and Haryana last March and rolled out voice services on 4G in these three cities earlier this month. In Ludhiana, Airtel customers can access 4G on dongles, Wi-Fi CPEs (Customer Premise Equipment/ routers) and mobile phones. Airtel also offers 4G LTE services in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Pune and 4G on mobile in Bengaluru.
Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services including 4G on mobile in Ludhiana”
Nokia 225 Dual SIM, the company’s most affordable internet-enabled smartphone that was announced last month is now on sale in India from the official Nokia Shop. The Nokia 220 Dual SIM went on sale in India back in March. The Nokia 225 has a 2.8-inch (320 x 240 pixels) QVGA LCD screen, dust and splash proof keymat and loud audio output up to 103 phon output with Donau speaker. Continue reading “Nokia 225 Dual SIM phone goes on sale in India for Rs. 3199”
Cygnett, popular international digital accessories brand has launched new range of in-ear earphones – Cygnett Atomic II, Cygnett Fusion II and Cygnett Space Buds. These come with interchangeable rubber caps and promises comfortable prolonged usage. It dynamic sound with powerful bass and has sound isolation technology for better listening even in crowded/noisy surroundings, says Cygnett. All these are compatible with smartphones with 3.5mm audio jack. Continue reading “Cygnett launches range of in-ear earphones starting from Rs. 599”
Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Tower Vision India, an independent tower company in India have signed a new deal. Under this MSA (Master Service Agreement), Reliance Jio would utilize Tower Vision’s 8400 towers across India for its 4G roll out. Continue reading “Reliance Jio, Tower Vision tie up to share telecom infrastructure”
Motorola launched the Moto E, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India earlier this week for Rs. 6,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the Moto E. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Moto E is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8610) processor with Adreno 302 GPU. It has a 4.3-inch qHD screen and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). Let’s check out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E Benchmarks”
Panasonic started teasing their upcoming P81 smartphone recently. It released two teaser images and a video that hinted at colorful removable back covers, new software features such as smart app switch and Multi Window. It has released a new teaser image and a video that reveals that the phone would come with a Octa-Core processor. Continue reading “Panasonic P81 with Octa-Core processor launching this month”
Intex launched the Aqua i5 HD in the Auqa series at an event yesterday. Today, the Aqua i5 mini has surfaced on the official Intex website. It has a 5-inch FWVGA (854 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera (mentioned as 5MP on the phone) with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 mini with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor coming soon”
Samsung has introduced operator billing integration for its Samsung App store in India. The company has partnered with Indian operators Aircel and Vodafone in India to offer the new service for the first time for Android App store within India. The operator billing integration is available for both prepaid and postpaid customers and is available since May 1st.
Continue reading “Samsung introduces Samsung App store operator billing in India”
Nokia XL, the company’s Android smartphone based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is finally available in India from the official Nokia Shop. as it promised at the Nokia X launch in March. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 at Barcelona. It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 play (MSM8225) processor and runs on Nokia X software platform based on AOSP Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Nokia XL goes on sale in India for Rs. 11489”
Intex Technologies has launched the Aqua i5 HD, its new smartphone in the Aqua series and the successor of Aqua i5. It has a 5-inch HD (1280 × 720 pixels) display based on one-glass-solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, voice image capture and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 HD with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 9990”
Spice Smart Flo Crystal Mi-449, the company’s latest smartphone in the Smart Flo series is now available from online retailer HomeShop18. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Spice Smart Flo Crystal Mi-449 with 4.5-inch display now available for Rs. 4999”
Airtel has announced that it would offer free access to new channels on its Pocket TV apps to watch the India election results. Powered by Airtel digital TV, the DTH service arm of the Bharti Airtel, Pocket TV offers 150 live TV channels, more than 10,000 hours of video content and over 13 channels it is available at an introductory price of Rs. 60 per month (deducted Airtel digital TV account). Continue reading “Airtel offers free Live election news on Pocket TV apps”
Nokia’s Chennai plant, the one in Sri Perumbudur that used to assemble millions of phones, had come to a screeching halt when the Tamil Nadu High Court charged the Finnish company with tax evasion, to the tune of Rs. 3,000 crores. With some of the workers on indefinite leave and near-zero production at the plant, the whole ecosystem was thrown into imbalance, with clueless workers, indecisive management and painfully long court proceedings. With the future looking bleak, Nokia had offered its workers VRS (Voluntary retirement services), and about 5,000 of the ~7,500 employees have opted for it today.
Continue reading “Close to 5,000 of Nokia’s Chennai Plant workers opt for VRS”
[Update – May 23rd, 2014: Both the Black and White variants of Moto E are back on stock on Flipkart. But it will be available only till stocks last.]
[Update – May 22nd, 2014: Flipkart has just announced that the Moto E will be back in stock from 11.00 A.M onwards on 23rd May 2014]
[Update – May 20th, 2014: Motorola India has announced that they are working on restocking the Moto E and the stocks are expected early next week]
[Update – May 16th, 2014: Both the Black and White Moto E are out of stock on Flipkart again after the orders opened for few hours.]
Earlier: Motorola Moto E that was launched yesterday went on sale exclusively on Flipkart yesterday midnight went out of stock earlier today. Even though smartphone is currently out of stock, Flipkart has opened bookings for the phone so that users can still order it with launch day offers, but the delivery date is now between 7 to 10 days for new orders. Continue reading “Moto E backordered on Flipkart, expected to ship in 7 to 10 days [Update]”
