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Nokia 106 affordable phone goes on sale in India for Rs. 1399

Nokia 106

Nokia 106 was announced back in August along with the Nokia 107 Dual SIM for China. Now the phone is available in India from the official Nokia Shop. It has a 1.8-inch (160 x 128 pixels) TFT display, bit larger than the Nokia 105, the company’s most affordable feature phone that was launched in India back in April. Other features are almost similar to the 105, including a dust and splash-proof keypad, 4-way Navi Key and FM Radio support. Continue reading “Nokia 106 affordable phone goes on sale in India for Rs. 1399”

Lava Iris 354e with 3.5-inch display, dual-core processor spotted online for Rs. 3415

Lava Iris 354e

The Lava Iris 352e, an entry-level smartphone went on sale last month. Now the Lava Iris 354e has been spotted on Flipkart. It has a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to the Iris 352e. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has 2G (EDGE) connectivity. The phone is a bit thinner than its predecessor at 11.8mm and has 2GB of internal memory, instead of 512MB. The design of the phone has changed, which looks more flat with sharp edges than curved.
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Airtel Mobitude 2013 survey shows 124% jump in data users, 3G devices contributed to 87% of data traffic

Bharti Airtel has released the results of Airtel Mobitude 2013, the 5th edition of its Indian annual survey that reveals that mobile TV, Bollywood, Hello Tunes, Re 1 entertainment store and gaming ruled customer preferences. Mobile TV witnessed 400% plus jump in viewership over last year. Airtel Re 1 entertainments store paved way for data usage growth . The number of data users jump 124% from last year and data consumption jumped 220%. About 87% of data traffic was contributed by 3G-enabled devices. Smartphones with 5.5″ plus screen jumped 123% in last two quarters and Google remains in top as most visited site, followed by YouTube and Facebook.
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WickedLeak announces Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Wammy Passion Z+

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WickedLeak has announced the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Wammy Passion Z+ that was launched earlier this year. Google rolled out the KitKat update for the Nexus smartphones and tablets, and their Google Play Edition devices recently. Google-owned Motorola rolled out the Android 4.4 update for the Moto X and Moto G. WickedLeak becomes the first Indian company to roll out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for its smartphone. Continue reading “WickedLeak announces Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Wammy Passion Z+”

Intex Aqua i-4+ with 5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 7600

Intex Aqua i4 Plus

Intex has launched the Aqua i-4+, successor of the Aqua i-4 in the Aqua series. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to its predecessor. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with WeChat, OLX, Matrabhasha lets users access the phone in 22 regional languages, Intex Cloud app to store more pictures, videos and files, Intex Play and more apps. We could not find what has changed in this one compared to the Aqua i-4 since the specifications are similar.

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iBall Andi4.5-K6 with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 7395

iBall Andi4.5-K6

iBall Andi4.5-K6, the company’s new smartphone in the Andi series is now available from eBay. It has a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 1600 mAh battery. The iBall Andi 4.5z that went on sale back in October had similar specifications, but this has 1GB of RAM.

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Airtel now offers free Facebook access for prepaid customers in 9 Indian languages

Earlier this year Airtel launched “Free Facebook on Airtel” offer for their pre-paid customers that offered Free Facebook access for Airtel customers for 1 month without any extra packs. The offer is back again, now Airtel allow pre-paid customers access Facebook both on mobile web (m.facebook.com) and through Facebook apps in 9 regional Indian languages. Continue reading “Airtel now offers free Facebook access for prepaid customers in 9 Indian languages”

Nokia Asha 500 now available in India for Rs. 4649

Nokia launched the Asha 500 along with the Asha 502 and the Asha 503 in India last week. The Nokia Asha 502 Dual SIM went on sale in India last week, now the the Asha 500 is available in India from online retailer Infibeam, as Nokia promised at the event. The Asha 500 was announced at the Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi back in October . It comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels), 2 MP rear camera, Nokia Fast lane multi-tasking screen, Dual SIM support, 2G (EDGE), WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and FM Radio. It runs on Nokia Asha software platform with Swipe UI. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 500 now available in India for Rs. 4649”

Samsung Galaxy Star Pro Unboxing

We recently unboxed the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 which was a budget smartphone from Samsung and today, we are unboxing yet another budget smartphone from Samsung – Samsung Galaxy Star Pro. The Samsung Galaxy Star Pro is the perfect definition of an entry level Android device. It just packs the bare minimum features necessary for Android to run.

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HTC One Dual SIM and One mini to get a price cut in India

HTC launched the HTC One Dual SIM, the dual SIM variant of the HTC One at an MRP of Rs. 53,590. The smartphone is expected to get a price cut in India and would be available at Rs. 42,990, according to Inetinfocom. The HTC One mini that was launched in India at an MOP of Rs. 36,790 would be available for Rs. 29,990 after the price cut. Some online retailers are already selling the HTC One Dual at for as low as Rs. 42,250. Continue reading “HTC One Dual SIM and One mini to get a price cut in India”

Microsoft launches Guardian safety app for Windows Phone

Microsoft Guardian

Microsoft India has launched Guardian, a new safety app for Windows Phone. This app has track me feature to track friends and family, lets users call for help through an ‘SOS’ alert button and connect to security agencies, police and hospitals easily in the time of distress. It uses Microsoft Windows Azure cloud services and Bing Map APIs. Continue reading “Microsoft launches Guardian safety app for Windows Phone”

Xolo LT900 with 4.3-inch HD display, 4G LTE support now available for Rs. 16999

Xolo LT900, the company’s first smartphone with 4G TDD-LTE support is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It t was spotted online last week and has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS Display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor with Adreno 225 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo LT900 with 4.3-inch HD display, 4G LTE support now available for Rs. 16999”

Notion Ink Adam II Review

Notion Ink Adam II Review

Notion Ink is a name that most of us remember for various reasons. Some of us remember it for the innovative wannabe product, a world’s first Tegra 2 chipset on board with an innovative Pixel Qi dual mode display and a rotating camera, that too way back in 2010 when Android 2.1 was doing the rounds. Some of us remember it for the lengthy delays in production and the overall failure to meet expectations due to sub standard retail hardware and experience. Suffice to say, it was deemed a failure.

But the company is now back with another product, the Notion Ink Adam II which was recently released in India for a starting price of Rs. 16,499. We had unboxed it a while back to find out if the device redeems itself from its predecessor’s failure. We were initially impressed, but now after about a week of usage, is the Notion Ink Adam II really worth our time and money? We find out in our full review.

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Gionee Elife E7 Mini with 4.7-inch HD display, Octa-Core CPU launched in India for Rs. 18999

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Gionee has launched the Elife E7 mini in India along with the Elife E7. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Amigo UI 2.0. It packs a 13-megapixel swivel camera, just like the Oppo N1. It packs 1GB RAM and comes with 2100 mAh battery. The phone was leaked last month, but it was not announced at the Elife E7 launch in China. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E7 Mini with 4.7-inch HD display, Octa-Core CPU launched in India for Rs. 18999”

Notion Ink Adam II Benchmarks

Notion Ink launched the Adam II, the company’s latest Android tablet earlier this month. We already brought you the Unboxing and the Photo gallery of the Tablet. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. The tablet has a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display with Asahi Dragontrail glass protection. It is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core RockChip RK3066 Cortex A9 processor and Mali-400 MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs 1GB of RAM. Let’s find out how this competes with other devices in synthetic benchmark tests.

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