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Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices

Opera Mini 100 Devices India

Opera has announced that they have partnered with 7 Indian OEMs including Micromax, Videocon, Spice, MoMagic Technologies, Wynncom, Lemon Mobiles and iBall to pre-install the Opera mini browser on their Android devices. Opera has also added 2 more OEMs, Symphony Mobile in Bangladesh and Colors Mobile in Nepal in South Asia region. Opera partnered with 7 Indian OEMs Celkon, Karbonn, Lava. Intex, Fly, Zen and HCL back in May 2013. Continue reading “Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices”

Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display and T11 with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 16364 and Rs. 9520

Panasonic P11

Panasonic P11 and T11, two new Android smartphones appeared on Flipkart back in July, but those appeared suddenly. Now these phones are available from online retailer Snapdeal. The Panasonic P11 has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display and the Panasonic T11 in the new T Series comes with a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display. Both these phones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display and T11 with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 16364 and Rs. 9520”

Micromax to preload BBM on all its Canvas Smartphones

BlackBerry messenger, one of the most popular instant messaging services, had announced its arrival on iOS and Android platforms earlier, but it looks like manufacturers are already warming up to the concept of pre-loading it on their devices. Micromax is the one of the first manufacturers to announce that it will pre-load BBM on all of its Canvas Smartphones starting from the first week of October. But of course existing users too, can download the BBM app through the play store, irrespective of the device they own.

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Angry Birds Star Wars II for Android, Windows Phone 8, iPhone and iPad now available for Download

Rovio, the creators of Angry birds has released Angry Birds Star Wars II for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 devices as they promised back in July. This follows the story of the three prequel Star Wars movies and would also bring new Angry Birds Star Wars characters including versions of young Anakin, Mace Windu, Darth Maul and more. For the first time ever you can Join the Pork Side and play as the fearsome Darth Maul, Emperor Palpatine and many other favorites! Continue reading “Angry Birds Star Wars II for Android, Windows Phone 8, iPhone and iPad now available for Download”

Dead Trigger 2 for Android, iPhone and iPad coming on October 23rd

Dead Trigger 2

Madfinger Games, the creators of the popular games such as Shadowgun and Dead Trigger has just announced that the Dead Trigger 2 would be released on the 23rd of October 2013 at the Tokyo Game Show 2013. The Dead Trigger 2 is a first person zombie shooter similar to the first game that was released in 2012. The first game was launched as a paid game and went free later, but this once would launch for free on both the Android and iOS devices. Continue reading “Dead Trigger 2 for Android, iPhone and iPad coming on October 23rd”

NVIDIA Tegra Note unveiled with 7-inch HD display and Tegra 4 CPU, Xolo announced as a partner

NVIDIA Tegra Note

NVIDIA has announced the Tegra Note, the company’s latest tablet that is designed by NVIDIA. It is manufactured by a contract partner and would be sold thorough several partners across the world including India. The Tegra Note has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display with support for NVIDIA DirectStylus technology that bring stylus support to low-cost tablets. It is powered by a 1.8GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 4 CPU and runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with OTA updates directly from NVIDIA. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “NVIDIA Tegra Note unveiled with 7-inch HD display and Tegra 4 CPU, Xolo announced as a partner”

Micromax Canvas Tab P650 with 8-inch display, 3G voice calling launched for Rs. 16500

Micromax Canvas Tab

Micromax has launched the Canvas Tab P650, the company’s first tablet in the Canvas series. It has a 8-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) multi-touch display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 720p HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G support via a SIM card slot and has voice calling capabilities.

It comes pre-loaded with Opera mini browser, Spuul to watch free movies online, Music Hub to get access to songs online and M! Live to download HD/premium games. The M! Security app lets you Back-Up the phone Tracke the tab remotely and Anti-Virus features. It also comes with Look away to pause, Video pinning, pop-up browser and OTA update support similar to the latest Canvas smartphones. This tab would compete with the recently launched Xolo Tab.

Micromax Canvas Tab P650 specifications

8-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) multi-touch display
1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8389 processor
Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean)
5MP auto focus rear camera
2MP front-facing camera
1080p Full HD video playback
1GB DDR3 RAM, 16GB internal memory (11.07GB for intenal SD and 1.73GB for apps), expandable up to 32 GB
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS / aGPS
3.5 mm audio jack
4800 mAh battery with up to 5 hours of usage, up to 10 hours of talk time and up to 400 hours standby

The Micromax Canvas Tab P650 comes in white and blue colors and is priced at Rs. 16,500. It would be available from retail stores across India starting from today.

Infinity Blade III for iPhone and iPad released

Infinity Blade III

ChAIR Entertainment has finally released the Infinity Blade III, the latest game in the Infinity Blade franchise. It is a sword-fighting action game based on the thrilling story line of love, betrayal, and redemption. It also has epic battle against the Dragon, a recurring enemy who appears throughout the Infinity Blade III adventure. The Hideout is your new home base where you’ll launch quests, brew potions, fuse gems, and re-forge mastered items. Continue reading “Infinity Blade III for iPhone and iPad released”

MTS launches Lava L661 affordable CDMA phone for Rs. 1199

Lava L661

MTS has partnered with Lava Mobiles to launch the Lava L661, one of the most affordable CDMA phone in India. It has a 1.8-inch TFT screen, keypad supports single thumb usage and a micro SD card slot with expandable memory of up-to 4GB. It comes with MTS unlimited talk plans. It supports speaker phone and has a lot of utility features including Alarm, Calculator, Calendar, Predictive text T9, Vcard, Group SMS, Scheduler and MTS info. Continue reading “MTS launches Lava L661 affordable CDMA phone for Rs. 1199”

BlackBerry Z30 with 5 inch Super AMOLED display, 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro CPU announced

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BlackBerry has finally unveiled their first large screen BlackBerry 10 smartphone the BlackBerry Z30. The main highlight of the Z30 is the 5 inch SuperAMOLED display and it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro dual core CPU. It also runs on the latest version of the BlackBerry 10.2 and it features the largest battery ever in a Blackberry device rated at 2880mAh which could deliver over 25 hours of usage.

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Sony DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 Camera Lenses launched in India for Rs. 12990 and Rs. 24990

Sony announced two new camera lenses for the smartphones, Cyber-shot DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 at the IFA 2013 earlier this month. Sony has officially launched these lenses in India today. These connect to Android devices and the iPhone via Wi-Fi and uses the Sony’s PlayMemories Mobile application to capture images. The DSC-QX10 has 18.2 effective megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor with Sony G Lens and has 10x optical zoom and the DSC-QX100 has 20.2 effective megapixels Exmor R CMOS sensor with Sony G Lens and has 3.6x optical zoom. These have has Built-in Optical SteadyShot that combats camera shake and lets you captures blur-free videos even in low-light conditions. Continue reading “Sony DSC QX10 and DSC QX100 Camera Lenses launched in India for Rs. 12990 and Rs. 24990”

Sony SmartWatch 2 launched in India for Rs. 14990

Sony-SmartWatch-2

Sony has launched the SmartWatch 2 (SW2), successor of the first SmartWatch in India. The SmartWatch 2 was announced at the Mobile Asia Expo back in June and comes with a 1.6-inch (220 x 176 pixels) Transflective LCD display and is made of aluminium (body) with wristband made of silicon or stainless steel. It has Bluetooth 3.0 and NFC to connect to Android smartphones running on Android 4.0 (ICS) and later. It weighs 122.5 grams and has IP57 ratings for water resistance. Continue reading “Sony SmartWatch 2 launched in India for Rs. 14990”

Sony Xperia Z1 launched in India for Rs. 44990

Sony has finally launched the Xperia Z1, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India as they promised. It was announced at the IFA earlier this month has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens with a 27mm wide angle f/2.0 aperture custom 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, BIONZ image processing engine, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera.

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Nokia wants to reinvent innovation, teases an event on October 22nd

Nokia has released the above picture on its social media channels, signaling an event in the middle east(likely Dubai or Abu Dhabi) on October 22nd, presumably for the Lumia 1520 Phablet and the Nokia Sirius Windows RT tablet launch. This news comes after rumours that Nokia might delay or cancel some of its products after the Microsoft deal, which makes some sense as some products may overlap within the same company, but if the teaser is to be believed, we will definitely see the Lumia 1520 at least, with the Sirius launch now a big question mark.

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Windows Phone retains the position as India’s second largest smartphone OS with 5.4% marketshare

It’s been almost an year since Windows Phone 8 launched, but the growth has seen a spike only recently, with the Nokia Lumia 520 becoming the most popular Windows Phone, not just in India, but the world. India has definitely been a tough market to crack for anything other than Android. Even with the huge marketing and retail push by Nokia, the most trusted brand in India for quite a number of years, Windows Phone is just at 5.4% of the whole Smartphone market. With iOS and BlackBerry contributed even lesser, Android rules the market with more than 84% marketshare at least.

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