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DataWind launches UbiSlate 7Cx, 3G7 and 9Ci Android tablets starting from Rs. 3999

DataWind 7Cx

Datawind, the company behind the low-cost Aakash tablets has launched three new tablets, UbiSlate 7Cx, UbiSlate 3G7 and the UbiSlate 9Ci. The UbiSlate 7Cx is the cheapest among these, which comes with a 7-inch capactive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (ICS). It also comes with 2G (EDGE) connectivity. The UbiSlate 3G7 also has a 7-inch capactive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (ICS). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also has 3G data connectivity, WiFi and Bluetooth support. Continue reading “DataWind launches UbiSlate 7Cx, 3G7 and 9Ci Android tablets starting from Rs. 3999”

HTC Desire 500 officially launched in India for Rs. 21490

HTC Desire 500 Dual SIM

HTC has officially launched the Desire 500, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Desire series. It went on sale in India online earlier this week and packs a 4.3-inch (480 × 800 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with Sense 5. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and BSI sensor and a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera with BSI sensor. It has BlinkFeed and Video Highlight features and has dual SIM support. Continue reading “HTC Desire 500 officially launched in India for Rs. 21490”

MediaTek licenses ARM Cortex-A50 Series CPUs and new Mali GPUs

MediaTek has announced that they have acquired a broad license to Cortex-A50 Series processor cores and the next generation of ARM Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) solutions. MediaTek already uses ARM Coretex A7, Cortex A9 and Cortex A15 CPUs for their quad-core and dual-core chips. The company recently announced a True Octa-Core chip solution and also revealed MT8135 quad-core chip based on ARM big.LITTLE and with PowerVR Series6 GPU. Continue reading “MediaTek licenses ARM Cortex-A50 Series CPUs and new Mali GPUs”

Samsung SM-G910S Curved Display phone gets leaked

Prolific leaker of upcoming devices ie Evleaks just tweeted out two images of Samsung’s new curved display handset. The SM-G910S which will most definitely be given a more consumer friendly name by launch is expected to be a variant of the Galaxy Note 3. Continue reading “Samsung SM-G910S Curved Display phone gets leaked”

Twitter for Windows Phone updated with Dark Theme option and Lock Screen highlights

It’s been a while since the official Twitter for Windows Phone app got its updates. It had unsurprisingly missed the conversation thread update iOS and Android received. While that feature has still evaded the platform, we have news of an update for the app. The app now arguably brings more choices and interesting changes to the Twitter experience on your Windows Phone. Most notable of the new additions are the new dark theme option and lock screen highlights. Users can now choose between a light and dark theme and have Twitter set as the lock screen picture(using Windows Phone 8’s unique feature) to show recent highlights from your feed.

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Spice Smart Flo Pace 3 Mi-502n with 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor launched for Rs. 7499

Spice Smart Flo Pace 3 Mi-502n

S Mobility has launched the Smart Flo Pace 3 Mi-502n, the company’s latest smartphone in the Smart Flo series. The Spice Smart Flo Pace 2 Mi-502 was launched back in April, and this has a similar 5-inch (480 x 800 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display. This is 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 flah and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Spice Smart Flo Pace 3 Mi-502n with 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor launched for Rs. 7499”

Vodafone plans to increase its stake in the Indian unit

Vodafone in planning to buy out minority shareholders in its Indian arm for about US$2 billion, according to a recent report from the Financial Times. Vodafone owns about 64% of Vodafone India. Piramal Healthcare run by Billionaire industrialist Ajay Piramal has 11% stake and the remaining 25% stake is controlled by undisclosed minority shareholders. Continue reading “Vodafone plans to increase its stake in the Indian unit”

HTC One Gold limited edition unveiled for 2,750 GBP

HTC One Gold

Apple introduced the iPhone 5s gold edition recently, BlackBerry launched the Q10 Gold Edition and even Samsung joined the party with the Galaxy S4 Gold edition in Gold Brown and Gold Pink colors. Now HTC has unveiled the Gold HTC One. Unlike the other gold colored phones, this one is made of 18 carat gold and costs 2,750 GBP ( Rs. 2.72 lakhs approx.). This is the expensive HTC phone ever created and only 5 such phones would be created, says HTC. Continue reading “HTC One Gold limited edition unveiled for 2,750 GBP”

LG Chem begins mass production of curved batteries for flexible smartphones

LG Chem, the leading battery manufacturer and an arm of LG Electronics has announced that they have started mass producing curved batteries for their upcoming smartphone with a flexible display. Yesterday LG Display announced that they have started mass producing flexible displays. A recent report revealed that LG is working on the G Flex smartphone with a curved OLED display. Continue reading “LG Chem begins mass production of curved batteries for flexible smartphones”

Celkon Campus A15 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 3999

Celkon Campus A15

Celkon has launched Campus A15, a new smartphone in the Campus series. The company launched the Campus A10 recently with 3G support. The Campus A15 has an entry-level smartphone with 2G support, which is also the cheapest smartphone from Celkon. It has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) similar to the Campus A10. It is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and has dual SIM support with dual standby. It comes pre-loaded with Interactive games and Zapya sharing app that lets you shake to trasfer data. Continue reading “Celkon Campus A15 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 3999”

HTC One Max to finally launch on October 16th, comes with a fingerprint scanner

The HTC One Max might be one of the most leaked devices ever, with virtually everything known before its launch. It was rumoured to have launched at IFA, but the company seems to have finally fixed on a date for the official reveal. According to a Taiwanese invite, the One Max is all set to launch on October 18th, in Taiwan, and the existence of a finger print scanner has been subtly hinted on the invite. The invite reads –

One finger opens up a big view

You are invited to immerse in the sound with us

Update: Two days before the Taiwan event, HTC seems to have scheduled another event on the 16th for the same, in Hong Kong.

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Samsung Galaxy J with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 800 processor and 3GB RAM leaked

Samsung Galaxy J leak

NTT Docomo is all set to announce their winter product line-up on the 10 October. Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F) / Honami mini , a mid-range phone surfaced recently, which is also expected to be headed to NTT Docomo in Japan. Now the Samsung Galaxy J (SC-02F) , a high-end smartphone has leaked by a Korean blog. Samsung released the Galaxy S4 LTE-A for Korea back in June with a Snapdragon 800 chip, the Galaxy J is also rumored to come with a similar chip. It had 2GB of RAM, but this one would pack 3GB of RAM similar to the Galaxy Note 3. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 800 processor and 3GB RAM leaked”

BlackBerry announces Cloud-based mobility management solution for Android, iOS and BlackBerry devices

BlackBerry Cloud management

BlackBerry has announced multi-platform cloud-based enterprise mobility management (EMM) solution to manage users and apps on Android, iOS and BlackBerry. Announced at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2013, this is aimed at both business and end user needs. This doesn’t require any IT experience, servers, or software, says BlackBerry. The company already launched BlackBerry Mobile Fusion, multi-platform Mobile Device Management (MDM) for BlackBerry , Android and iOS devices, and recently released BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Version 10.1 for Business users. Continue reading “BlackBerry announces Cloud-based mobility management solution for Android, iOS and BlackBerry devices”

Xolo Q700i with 4.5-inch display, 8MP camera coming soon for Rs. 11999

Xolo Q700i

Xolo launched the Q700, the company’s second smartphone in the Q CORE series back in May. We reviewed it in June, now the Q700i, an upgraded version of the Q700 has been listed on Flipkart. The Q700i has almost similar features including a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color capacitive touch screen IPS display based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 2400 mAh battery. Only the front and rear cameras have been updated. Continue reading “Xolo Q700i with 4.5-inch display, 8MP camera coming soon for Rs. 11999”

Samsung Galaxy Golden Photo Gallery

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After all the hype surrounding the golden iPhone , we are always on the look out for golden phones.If you have been following us closely , you must have read about the Samsung Galaxy Golden which was launched in South Korea back in August. It is an interesting flip phone running Android and features dual 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED displays , one on the inside and one on the outside. The phone goes by the model number SHV-E400S in case you are planning to get your hands on one. Sadly no video but we have plenty of photos of the phone and the retail box for your viewing pleasure.

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