Samsung launched the S3 in India yesterday at an MRP of Rs. 43,180, which seemed too costly. But in reality the MRP (Maximum Retail Price) is much higher than the MOP (Market Operating Price). The MOP for the Galaxy S3 is expected to be between Rs.37000 to Rs. 39000. It is clear from 2 online retailers Flipkart and HomeShop, where the Galaxy S3 is now available on pre-order for a much lesser price. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 Price Comparison”
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MTNL Mumbai revises 3G tariffs, launches new plans
MTNL Mumbai has revised their old 3G tariffs and have also launched new plans for both pre-paid and post-paid customers. The Rs. 99 plan now offers 300 MB of 3G data, Rs. 250 offers 1.1GB of 3G data, Rs. 450 plan offers 2.2 GB of data and the Rs 750 plan offers 4.4 GB that are valid for 30 days. Continue reading “MTNL Mumbai revises 3G tariffs, launches new plans”
New Telecom Policy approved, Roaming charges to be abolished
The Cabinet has approved New Telecom Policy 2012 that would let telecom users avail free roaming across the country. It would also offer Full Mobile Number Portability (MNP) that would let the customers retain their number even if they shift from one circle to another, anywhere in the country without any extra charges. Continue reading “New Telecom Policy approved, Roaming charges to be abolished”
Samsung Galaxy S III launched in India for Rs. 43,180
Samsung has launched the Galaxy S III in India. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S III earlier this month at an Event in London and the pre-booking started in India on Samsung eStore couple of weeks back. The Galaxy S III packs in 4.8 inch (720 x 1280 pixels) Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Quad-Core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash and 1.9MP front facing camera with HD recording at 30fps and face recognition. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III launched in India for Rs. 43,180”
Gurdeep Singh, former Aircel COO joins Reliance Communications as CEO
Reliance Communications has appointed Gurdeep Singh, former Aircel COO as President and CEO of its Wireless Business. He will also will also be a member of Reliance Management Board (RMB). He has 29 years of rich experience and has worked in sectors like Telecom, Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics. Continue reading “Gurdeep Singh, former Aircel COO joins Reliance Communications as CEO”
Milagrow launches TabTop 7.4 slim tablet running Android 4.0 in India
Milagrow has launched TabTop 7.4 India’s slimmest tablet at just 6.5mm in India. It has 7-inch (800×600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display with 4:3 aspect ratio and 137 ppi (pixels per inch). It is powered by 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor with Dual Mali 400 MP and runs on Android v4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) which would be upgraded to future versions. It has 1.3MP front camera with built-in Face Detection. Continue reading “Milagrow launches TabTop 7.4 slim tablet running Android 4.0 in India”
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.
Vodafone new 3G post-paid plans
Vodafone has reduced the price of their 3G plans for post-paid customers as well. They launched new 3G plans for pre-paid customers last week. Rs. 100 plan now offers 300MB of 3G data usages similar to the new pre-paid plan. Rs. 200 plans offers 500MB and the Rs. 375 plan now offers 1.5GB of 3G data that was previously 1GB. Continue reading “Vodafone new 3G post-paid plans”
Nokia 808 PureView goes on sale in India for Rs. 29999 [Update: Not yet]
Nokia 808 PureView is finally available in India from Nokia’s Online Store as Nokia promised earlier this month. The price of the phone was revealed on the their official store earlier, which seems to be true after all. Nokia announced the Nokia 808 PureView at MWC 2012, which is the first smartphone to feature Nokia’s award-winning PureView technology with exclusive Carl Zeiss optics and amazing imaging algorithms. Continue reading “Nokia 808 PureView goes on sale in India for Rs. 29999 [Update: Not yet]”
Satyamev Jayate app now available for iPhone, coming soon for Android
The Satyamev Jayate app for iPhone offers all the music from Satyamev Jayate show, that’s making headlines everywhere. The app is powered by Hungama Digital Media Entertainment and lets you stream songs from show in different languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and watch the videos. You can also share them with your friends via Email, Twitter and Facebook and also follow the twitter timeline of Satyamev Jayate from the app. Continue reading “Satyamev Jayate app now available for iPhone, coming soon for Android”
Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India
Samsung has finally started rolling out the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update in India. Samsung announced the list of devices that would receive the Android 4.0 update last December and started rolling out ICS update for Galaxy S2 in Europe earlier this March. The Samsung Galaxy Note started receiving ICS update last week in India. They started shipping Galaxy S2 with ICS in India earlier this month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India”
Intex iTab now available for Rs. 8900
Intex has reduced the price of their iTab that was launched in March for Rs. 11,900. The Intex iTab has 8-inch capacitive display and is powered by 1 GHz cortex A8 core processor. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has front video calling camera and a 3.5mm audio jack. It has 8GB internal memory which is expandable upto 32GB. Continue reading “Intex iTab now available for Rs. 8900”
Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA now available in India for Rs. 7490
Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. Samsung launched the Galaxy Y in India last October and the Dual-SIM Galaxy Y Duos earlier this February. It has 3-inch (320 x 240 Pixels) display similar to the GSM version but has 600 MHz processor instead of 832 MHz processor and comes with a 2 MP camera at the back. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Y CDMA now available in India for Rs. 7490”
Tata Docomo launches TwittCom, Just tweet to recharge and activate VAS
Tata Docomo has launched a new initiative called TwittCom that would let GSM Pre-paid customers to recharge and activate a Value added service/ application through Twitter just by mentions and hashtags. This has been developed indigenously by the team at Tata Teleservices Limited. Continue reading “Tata Docomo launches TwittCom, Just tweet to recharge and activate VAS”
Lava XOLO X900 Review
Intel had been one of the earliest players in the mobile chip sphere with its Xscale line of processors for PDAs. Having sold the division to Marvell in 2006 , the company had for all practical purposes ditched mobile computing.
Then came their effort with Moorestown , based on the Lincroft system-on-a-chip with an Atom processor core, Langwell input / output Platform Controller Hub(I/O PCH), and a Briertown Power Management IC. However due to the lack of proper power management , video encoding and decoding among others meant that the SoC was not feasible for deployment in a phone. What it did lead to is the Medfield processor. This is a true x86 processor chip which will shipping in a number of devices by the end of 2012. Read on for our review on the first phone running Intel’s Medfield processor. Continue reading “Lava XOLO X900 Review”