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Gameloft, popular mobile game developer has partnered to Idea Cellular, one of the popular telecom operators in India, to offer games to Idea subscribers through Gameloft Game store. Gameloft games are also available to Idea subscribers through Gameloft Club, a weekly subscription service. These games are available for both Java and Android devices. Continue reading “Gameloft ties up with Idea Cellular to offer Java and Android games to Idea subscribers”
Sony has introduced Xperia Themes, a new feature to skin your Xperia smartphones and tablets as a part of Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update. New theme changes Homescreen indicators, Volume bars, Navigation bars, Switches and also changes the wallpaper for the home screen and lock screen. The Xperia Themes work on top of Sony’s skin in Xperia devices, and offers over hundreds of graphical elements. Continue reading “Sony introduces Xperia Themes as a part of Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update”
Idea Cellular has launched Idea Ultra II, the company’s first 5.5-inch phablet and an entry-level Android smartphone, Idea !d 1000. The Idea Ultra II with 5.5-inch qHD display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The company launched the Idea Ultra smartphone back in October last year. Continue reading “Idea Ultra II with 5.5-inch qHD display and Idea !d 1000 with 3.5-inch display launched for Rs. 12500 and Rs. 5400”
Milagrow has launched TabTop M8 Pro 3G, the company’s first Android tablet with a quad-core processor, in partnership with Snapdeal. It has 9.4-inch (1280 × 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display with Corning Gorilla glass protection, powered by 1.6 GHz quad-core Rockchip 3188 ARM Cortex-A9 processor with quad-core Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS. It is 10 mm thick and weighs 510 grams. Continue reading “Milagrow M8 Pro 3G with 9.4-inch HD display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 19999”
Last month BitTorrent for Android got a major update, that brought UI refresh and new features, today uTorrent app for Android has been updated to version 2.03, that brings a new user interface, similar to the BitTorrent. Now you can select files to download, inside a torrent, choose download location and also delete the torrent alone or delete the files too, along with the torrent. Continue reading “uTorrent for Android gets a major update, brings UI refresh and new features”
Apple has released iOS 7.1 update for iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone. This update brings several new features such as CarPlay support, that lets you connect your phone to supported cars, new improvements to Siri, new features in iTunes Radio, Calendar, Accessibility, option to automatically enable HDR for iPhone 5s and more. It also has new user interface enhancements, that brings more rounded icons, more polished control center and notification center. It also brings performance improvements to iPhone 4.
Continue reading “Apple iOS 7.1 update released, brings CarPlay, Siri improvements and more”
Gionee unveiled the Elife S5.5, the world’s slimmest smartphone last month. Gionee India has just sent us an invite for the India launch on March 30th. The Elife S5.5 has a 5.5mm thin magnesium alloy frame, 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED touch screen display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.2 with Amigo 2.0 UI on top. Continue reading “Gionee Elife S5.5 launching in India on March 30th”
Pantech Vega Iron 2, upcoming smartphone from the Korean manufacturer would be the first smartphone to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, according to a report from a Korean website Techorz. The smartphone recently appeared on red dot design website with the model number IM-A910 S,K,L along with an image. This indicates that the phone would launch on all three Korean carriers S (SKT), K (KT) and L (LG U +). Continue reading “Pantech Vega Iron 2 rumored to be the first Snapdragon 805 powered smartphone”
Samsung Galaxy Gifts, exclusive gifts for the Samsung Galaxy S5 appeared on the official website last week. Today, Samsung has detailed these offers with their new partners, that would come bundled with the smartphone. Total value of these pre-paid and discounted subscriptions are worth $600. These include popular apps like Dropbox, Box and Evernote. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 to come with exclusive app subscriptions worth over $600”
Samsung announced the Galaxy S3 mini, back in October 2012. The Galaxy S3 mini did not launch in India through, but the company has launched a variant of the smartphone, the Galaxy S3 mini Value edition in Netherlands and Italy. Only the processor has been upgraded, and the phone runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) out of the box. Other features are similar, including a 4.0-inch (480×800 pixels ) Super AMOLED display, 5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, 720p video recording and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini Value Edition launched in Netherlands”
LG has launched the 4G LTE variant of the LG G2 in India, as it promised last month. The 3G variant of the LG G2 was launched in India back in September last year starting at Rs. 41,500. The 4G variant would also have similar features as the 3G version, including a 5.2-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display at 423 ppi, 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Android Jelly Bean OS. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), 1080p video recording and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG G2 4G LTE version launched in India starting at Rs. 46000”
UCWeb has updated UC Browser HD for Android to version 3.0, a major update, that brings gesture control on tablets and large screen phones. The new update also adds intelligent text zoom for easier reading, page preloader, cloud sync and more. Continue reading “UC Browser HD 3.0 for Android brings built-in video player, gesture controls and more”
Snapdeal.com, one of the popular online retailer in India, has partnered with Aircel, one of India’s leading telecom operators, to offer free data to customers buying data enabled phones. These customers can get up to 3GB of free 2G or 3G data valid for 3 months. Micromax partnered with Aircel last year for bundled offers on smartphones and 3G Dongles. Continue reading “Snapdeal ties up with Aircel for bundled data offers on phones sold on the website”
Today, at the Nokia X launch event in India, Nokia has announced that both the Nokia X+ and the Nokia XL, dual SIM Android smartphones would be available in India within the next 60 days. Both these phones were announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 at Barcelona last month, along with the Nokia X, and are based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP). The Nokia X+ is similar to the Nokia X, but this packs 768MB of RAM, instead of 512 MB on the Nokia X. Continue reading “Nokia X+ and Nokia XL Android smartphones coming to India within 60 days”
Nokia has launched the Nokia X, the company’s first Android smartphone based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP). It was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 at Barcelona, last month and packs a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 play (MSM8225) processor and runs on Nokia X software platform 1.0 based on AOSP Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has dual SIM support and a 3-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “Nokia X Dual SIM Android smartphone launched in India for Rs. 8599”
