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Hungama and Gameshastra tie up to bring localized games for Android and iOS devices

Hungama Digital Media Entertainment, one of the largest digital entertainment company, and Gameshastra, India’s largest game studio has announced a joint venture to bring localized games that are engaging and addictive. This joint venture with Gameshastra would bring exclusive games across various genres such as Bollywood, celebrities, sports, and lifestyle, in console gaming and games for the iOS and Android platforms. Continue reading “Hungama and Gameshastra tie up to bring localized games for Android and iOS devices”

Intex Aqua Wonder Dual SIM phone with 4.5-inch IPS display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 9990

Intex has launched Aqua Wonder, a new dual SIM Android smartphone in the Aqua series in India. It has a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) Capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 8 Megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED flash and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. It has Flip to mute option and dual microphones for noise cancellation. It comes with several pre-loaded apps including File manager, Whatsapp, Facebook, Nimbuzz, Skype etc. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Wonder Dual SIM phone with 4.5-inch IPS display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 9990”

BlackBerry Z10 likely to launch in India for Rs.39000 on February 24th

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Here is some exclusive news regarding the launch of the upcoming BlackBerry Z10 handset from ~~RIM~~ BlackBerry. FoneArena has learnt from reliable sources that the first BlackBerry 10 handset is going to launched here in India as soon as February 24th. And the price will be similar to the Z10’s no-contract price in UK and other markets at around Rs.39000. India is a huge market for BlackBerry especially amongst youth and business users. The z10 is surely bound to attract business users with the all new BlackBerry 10 operating system.The Z10 is surely a huge step forward for the company in the touchscreen device segment after the Storm and the Torch.

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Byond B66 Dual SIM phone with 5-inch display, 1.2 GHz processor launched for Rs. 11499

Byond Tech has launched B66, a new Android Smartphone with Dual SIM support. It come with a 5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive multi-touch Touch display, powered by a 1.2 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash, 0.3MP front-facing camera for video calls and packs a 2600 mAh battery. The Karbonn Smart A111 with a 5-inch display and a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor went on sale in India recently. Continue reading “Byond B66 Dual SIM phone with 5-inch display, 1.2 GHz processor launched for Rs. 11499”

Karbonn Smart A111 with 5-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor now available for Rs. 10290

Karbonn Smart A111, a new dual SIM Android Smartphone is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 5-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), similar to Karbonn A21 and A9+, that were launched last year. It has a 5MP auto focus camera at the back and a front-facing camera.

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HCL ME U2 Tablet Photo Gallery

HCL launched range of tablets in the ME series including the ME U2, ME U1 and the ME Y3. Here we have a hands-on photos of the ME U2 tablet. The ME U2 has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It is powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A9 processor with Mali 400 GPU. The ME U2 is the successor of the ME U1 that was launched launched last year. Continue reading “HCL ME U2 Tablet Photo Gallery”

JBL Lightning-equipped Audio Docks available in India starting from February

JBL has announced that their new range of Lightning-equipped Audio Docks for Apple devices including the iPhone 5, the iPad 4th Generation and the iPad mini would go on sale in India starting from this month. These audio docks include, the JBL OnBeat Micro, JBL OnBeat Mini, JBL OnBeat Venue LT and the JBL OnBeat Rumble. JBL is one of the first company to launch the audio docks with lightning support, and they have managed to sell over 250 thousand units of these audio docks worldwide. Continue reading “JBL Lightning-equipped Audio Docks available in India starting from February”

Zync to launch new quad-core Android Tablets by February-end

Zync has announced that they plan to launch five new dual-core and quad-core tablets in sub-Rs.15,000 price range by the end of this month. These tablets would have 7-inch, 8-inch, 9.7-inch and 10.1-inch displays, respectively. Zync launched the Z-990 running Androrid 4.0 back in March 2012, which was India’s first Tablet to run on Android 4.0. Since then they have been launching several tablets, with the latest being the Z99, a budget Android tablet with 2G voice calling support. Continue reading “Zync to launch new quad-core Android Tablets by February-end”

Reliance launches Special Privileges customer delight program

Reliance Communications (RCom) has launched Special Privileges, a new customer delight program in collaboration with Martjack Exchange in India. This would offer up to 85% discounts across more than 15,000 products in 10 different product categories and 332 product sub categories for the Reliance customers. Continue reading “Reliance launches Special Privileges customer delight program”

Aircel and ICICI Bank partner to launch Mobile Money

Aircel and ICICI Bank have announced the joint launch of Mobile Money, Mobile Banking service. It runs on Visa’s Mobile Managed Service that hosts and manages the Mobile Money platform, which saves time, complexity and cost for Aircel that would require to set up a mobile payment services. It would offer safe, secure and instant money transfers, including bill payments. Airtel launched the Airtel Money, their own mobile wallet service back in 2011, and launched the Airtel Money Super Account last year, in partnership with Axis Bank. Continue reading “Aircel and ICICI Bank partner to launch Mobile Money”

Airtel launches mobile services in Kargil

Airtel has launched mobile services for its customers in Kargil district in Jammu & Kashmir that would offer seamless voice and data connectivity. Airtel has also announced that they are the only private operator to offer mobile connectivity in the region. This would let the native customers and tourists in the region keep in touch with their friends and family in other parts on India even during severe winter. Continue reading “Airtel launches mobile services in Kargil”

HCL launches ME U2, ME V1 and ME Y3 Android tablets priced between Rs. 5999 and Rs. 11999

HCL has launched three new tablets in India running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The ME U2 is the successor of the ME U1 that was launched last year. It has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) multi-touch capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A9 processor with Mali 400 GPU. The HCL ME V1 comes with a similar 7-inch display, powered by a 1 GHz cortex A8 CPU with GC430 GPU and has 2G voice calling support. The HCL ME Y3 has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A9 processor. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “HCL launches ME U2, ME V1 and ME Y3 Android tablets priced between Rs. 5999 and Rs. 11999”

Idea launches 3G Speed Booster plans for postpaid customers

Idea Cellular has launched new 3G speed booster plans for post-paid customers that would let them enjoy high-speed data throughout their billing cycle. These plans are aimed at high-end data users with unlimited and bill secure plans, so that they need not wait till the next billing cycle to get their original speed back, rather than being throttled to 128 Kbps after the data cap based on the plan. Idea Cellular offers 3G speeds of up to 21.1 Mbps till the respective volume of usage.
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Airtel launches Apna Chaupal IVR-based VAS portal aimed at rural customers

Airtel has launched Apna Chaupal, a new IVR-based Value Added Service (VAS) management solution aimed at customers in rural and semi-urban market. It is first-of-its kind voice based one stop solution portal for value added services. The new service would let Airtel mobile customers easily browse and subscribe from range of value added services with just a simple voice call. Continue reading “Airtel launches Apna Chaupal IVR-based VAS portal aimed at rural customers”

Micromax A89 Ninja with 1 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 6190

Micromax A89 Ninja, a new Android smartphone in the Ninja series is now on sale in India from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 3.97-inch (480 x 800 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It is powered by a dual-core 1 GHz Mediatek MT6577 processor similar to the Micromax A110 and the A90S, that were launched last year . It has a 3 Megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “Micromax A89 Ninja with 1 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 6190”