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Airtel Rising Stars launched to hunt the best under-16 soccer players across India

Airtel has launched, Airtel Rising Stars, a new under-16 soccer talent hunt that would choose 12 talented footballers who will get the chance-to attend a week long training camp with Manchester United in Old Trafford, England. Starting mid-July 2012, this 3-months long talent hunt will be conducted in 16 cities (including Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Calicut, Chandigarh and Jaipur) with the support of the respective State Football Associations. Continue reading “Airtel Rising Stars launched to hunt the best under-16 soccer players across India”

HTC Desire C officially launched in India for Rs. 14,999

HTC has officially launched the Desire C, their new Android smartphone with Beats Audio and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0. It was announced last month and went on sale in India from online retailer earlier this month. It comes with 3.5-inch (320 x480 pixels) display and is powered by 600 MHz processor. It has 5MP camera and is just 12.25 mm thick. It has durable metal frame and has hyper-viewing angle display and metal camera bezel.

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HTC Desire V Dual SIM Smartphone now available in India for Rs. 21,999

HTC Desire V that was announced earlier this month is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. The HTC Desire V is a Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) phone with Dual Standby but not Dual Active like the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. It pack in a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1GHZ single-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0 UI. It is 9.32 mm thick and weighs 114 g. Continue reading “HTC Desire V Dual SIM Smartphone now available in India for Rs. 21,999”

HTC One S officially launched in India for Rs. 33,590

HTC has officially launched the One S in India. It was announced the One S at MWC 2012 and it went on sale in India from online retailers earlier this week. It has 4.3-inch (540×960 pixels) AMOLED display, 1.7 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processor, 8MP auto focus camera with flash, 1080p HD video recording and VGA front-facing. It runs on Android 4.0 ICS with HTC Sense 4 UI. It is 7.9 mm thick, has Beats Audio integration similar to other One series of phones and comes with 25GB free Dropbox space Continue reading “HTC One S officially launched in India for Rs. 33,590”

BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 launched in India

Porsche Design and Research In Motion (RIM) has launched the Porsche Design P’9981 in India. It is made of exclusive materials such as forged stainless steel frame, hand-wrapped leather back cover, sculpted QWERTY keyboard, and crystal clear touch display and has exclusive Porsche Design UI on top of the latest BlackBerry OS 7. It was announced last October and was showcased at MWC 2012. Continue reading “BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 launched in India”

SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I card coming to India in Q3, offers transfer speed up to 95 MB/s

SanDisk has launched Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I card in India. These cards would offer up to 90MB/sec write speed for capturing multiple photos using burst mode with a UHS-I enabled mobile device and up to 95MB/sec read speed to move files quickly between host devices. Continue reading “SanDisk Extreme Pro microSDHC UHS-I card coming to India in Q3, offers transfer speed up to 95 MB/s”

Motorola Razr V with 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 coming to India in Q3 2012

Motorola launched the Razr Maxx in India and also announced that the Razr V would be available in third quarter of (Q3) 2012. It has 4.3-inch (960×540 pixels) display with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass protection. It has Kevlar back similar to the Motorola Razr and Razr Maxx. It is powered by 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto-focus camera with flash and VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Motorola Razr V with 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 coming to India in Q3 2012”

Motorola Razr Maxx launched in India for Rs. 31,590

Motorola has launched the Razr Maxx in India. It went on pre-order from online retailer Infibeam last week but the recommended retail price is much lesser than that. The phone comes with a 3300 mAh battery, which offers up to 17.6 hours of talk-time and 607 hours standby on a single charge. It is 8.99 mm thick and weighs 145 grams. Continue reading “Motorola Razr Maxx launched in India for Rs. 31,590”

Airtel launches ‘Behtar Zindagi’ IVR-based VAS for farmers in Rajasthan

Airtel has launched ‘Behtar Zindagi’, a new IVR-based Value Added Service (VAS) for farmers and their communities across Rajasthan in partnership with VAS provider Handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd. This service would lets them access a wide variety of relevant and useful information including market prices, agricultural & cropping advisory, livestock advisory, weather and finance etc. Continue reading “Airtel launches ‘Behtar Zindagi’ IVR-based VAS for farmers in Rajasthan”

Sennheiser India launches Online Store

Sennheiser India has launched their own online store at shop.sennheiserindia.com. You can buy Sennheiser Headphones, Headsets and Microphones for your Stereo system, MP3 player, Mobile Phone, Computer etc. from the store. The website is operated by Net Distribution Services Private Limited (NDSL). Continue reading “Sennheiser India launches Online Store”

LG Optimus 3D MAX and Optimus L7 officially launched in India

LG has officially launched the Optimus 3D MAX, successor of the LG Optimus 3D and the Optimus L7 from the L-Style series of phones that was unveiled at MWC 2012, in India. The LG Optimus 3D MAX and the Optimus L7 went on sale in India earlier this month from online retailers. Continue reading “LG Optimus 3D MAX and Optimus L7 officially launched in India”

Vodafone officially announces new 3G data plans

Vodafone has officially announced its new 3G data plans. Vodafone reduced its 3G tariffs for pre-paid customers last month, but the plans were not clear. Later they announced post-paid 3G plans that were applicable only in select circles. These new plans start from Rs. 25 for 25 MB data usage and go up to Rs. 1599 for 12 GB of data usage. Continue reading “Vodafone officially announces new 3G data plans”

Reliance offers full length movies for 3G subscribers at Rs. 30 per movie

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has partnered with BIGFlix, a part of Reliance Group’s digital entertainment business to offer full length movies to Reliance 3G subscribers at Rs. 30 per movie. There are no data charges to view (stream) the content. Continue reading “Reliance offers full length movies for 3G subscribers at Rs. 30 per movie”

Idea ID-918 Dual SIM 3G Smartphone Hands-on and Unboxing

Last week we were at the Idea Cellular’s Mumbai office for the launch of Idea 3G Dual Sim smartphone iD-918 priced at Rs. 5994. This is Idea’s 3rd Android smartphone launched in India and it runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). We managed to get the first unboxing of Idea iD-918 and also played with this nice looking device. Continue reading “Idea ID-918 Dual SIM 3G Smartphone Hands-on and Unboxing”

Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos Dual SIM GSM Smartphone officially launched in India

Samsung has officially launched the Samsung Galaxy Ace DUOS (GT- S6802) in India. It was announced last month and went on sale earlier this month. It has Dual SIM support with hot swap function and Dual SIM always-on feature that automatically forwards calls from the phone number on SIM 2, even if a user is on the phone with SIM 1’s number. It has 3.5-inch (320 x 480 Pixels) TFT touch screen display and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS. It is powered by 832 MHz processor and has 5MP Auto Focus camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos Dual SIM GSM Smartphone officially launched in India”