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LG A290, the company’s first Triple SIM phone that was announced earlier this February is now available in India. It has Triple Standby and has Hard Key to switch between SIM cards. It has 2.2-inch (176 x 220 pixels) 262K Colour TFT LCD display and has 1.3MP CMOS fixed focus camera with 4x digital zoom and Video Recording at 15 fps. It is 12.95 mm thick and weighs 93g. Continue reading “LG A290 Triple SIM phone now available in India for Rs. 4100”
Travelport, business services provider to the global travel industry has launched ViewTrip Mobile, travel itinerary app for iPhone and Android in Asia-Pacific countries including India. It is one of the first, fully integrated GDS powered travel itinerary apps. It offers time critical information and other valuable tools to enable travellers to be fully aware and in control of their travel arrangements at any timeThey launched UK earlier this year. Continue reading “Travelport launches ViewTrip Mobile travel itinerary app for iPhone and Android in India”
HTC has announced on the their Facebook page that they have stared rolling out Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for EVO 3D in India. The HTC EVO 3D was launched in India last August at at hefty price tag of Rs.35,990 (MRP) and later got a price cut that brought the price down to Rs. 25,000. HTC announced the global Android 4.0 update schedule last month and started rolling out Android 4.0 update for Sensation XL India earlier this week. Continue reading “HTC EVO 3D Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India”
MTS has launched a new service called MTS mPOS (Mobile as Point of Sale) that offers acceptance of card-based payments through mobile phones and tablets. This service reduces the high hardware costs of a conventional POS terminal and the monthly maintenance charges and would be useful for useful for retailers, home-delivery based service models like e-commerce players, food chains etc. PayMate launched similar service and the app called PayPOS last month. Continue reading “MTS launches mPOS card payment acceptance service”
UTV Indiagames has launched the official java mobile game for Disney / Pixar’s Brave. The Brave animation movie released last week and Imangi Studios released the Temple Run Brave couple of weeks back for Android, iPhone and iPad. This one is quite different from the temple run version. Continue reading “Official Brave game for Java phones released in India”
Tata Docomo has launched monthly service plan for new BlackBerry Curve 9320 and BlackBerry Curve 9220 smartphones for GSM customers in India that offers free calls, SMS and BlackBerry Internet service. RIM launched the BlackBerry Curve 9200 in India in April and the Curve 9320 in May. Continue reading “Tata Docomo launches new bundled plan for BlackBerry Curve 9320 and Curve 9320”
Airtel has launched Number Locker, a new service that would let you keep your number active even if you are not using it. You can also avail outgoing and incoming facilities during this period. The base plan starts at Rs. 150 that would let you keep you number active for 180 days (6 months) and goes up to 2 years for the Rs. 600 plan. Continue reading “Airtel Number Locker – Keep your mobile number active even if you are not using it”
Vodafone India has launched a new international roaming pack that is applicable across 40 countries. This pack is available for a one-time rental fee of Rs. 1499 valid for 30 days that would offer Bundled Voice, SMS and Data services in one single pack. Continue reading “Vodafone launches new International Roaming Pack with Unlimited Voice, Data and SMS”
Lenovo, the Chinese PC maker, has made its entry into the tablet space with two Android Honeycomb tablets – the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and the Lenovo ThinkPad tablet. While the ThinkPad tablet is targeted more towards the enterprise user, the IdeaPad K1 is Lenovo’s mainstream consumer offering. Continue reading “Lenovo IdeaPad Tablet K1 Review”
HTC India has announced on their Facebook Page that the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Over the Air (OTA) update is now rolling out in India. HTC announced the global Android 4.0 update schedule last month. This update would bring new features including HTC Sense 3.6, customizable launcher in the home-screen, new lock screen functions, music controls in the notification bar, new multi-tasking / recent apps screen and more new features. Continue reading “HTC Sensation XL Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in 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 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.
Continue reading “HTC Desire C officially launched in India for Rs. 14,999”
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 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”
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”
