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XOLO Q800 officially launched for Rs. 12,499

XOLO Q800

XOLO has launched the Q800, the company’s first quad-core smartphone officially. It went on sale from online retailer Flipkart yesterday. It packs a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor, 720p HD video recording and a 1MP front-facing camera. It has a YAMAHA 168 PA music system for enhanced audio experience. It has several music player options such as Shake to change the song and Auto filter in music settings to filter the songs based on their size. Continue reading “XOLO Q800 officially launched for Rs. 12,499”

Xolo to launch Intel Clover Trail+ powered Smartphone next week ?

Xolo new Intel Smartphone launch Invite

Xolo has started teasing their upcoming X series smartphone on their Facebook page. This is the company’s upcoming flagship device in the X Series. Xolo launched the X900 last year powered by a single-core Medfield Atom processor. The upcoming Xolo smartphone might be powered by a Clover Trail+ platform featuring a dual-core CPU and dual-core PowerVR SGX 544MP2 GPU. Xolo launched A series smartphones last year, and the Xolo Q800, powered by a quad-core processor went on sale yesterday. Continue reading “Xolo to launch Intel Clover Trail+ powered Smartphone next week ?”

Lava E-Tab Connect with 7-inch display, 3G and Voice Calling launched for Rs. 9499

Lava E-Tab Connect

Lava has launched E-Tab Connect, the company’s first tablet with 3G support and voice calling as they promised. It comes with a 7.0-inch (800 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A ARM Cortex A5 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 2MP rear camera, apart from the 0.3MP front-facing camera. It has a SIM card slot that offers 3G connectivity and voice calling support. Continue reading “Lava E-Tab Connect with 7-inch display, 3G and Voice Calling launched for Rs. 9499”

XOLO Q800 now available for Rs. 12499

XOLO Q800 that surfaced earlier today is now on sale from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor and a 1.2MP front-facing camera. This is the company’s first quad-core smartphone. Xolo plans to launch 4 quad-core devices in Q series in the next two months. Continue reading “XOLO Q800 now available for Rs. 12499”

Micromax A110 Canvas 2 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update coming next week

Micromax A110 Canvas 2 would get the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update next week, according to reports from Tech2. Micromax launched the A110 Canvas 2 last year, and we reviewed it earlier this year. The company’s latest Smartphone the A116 Canvas HD comes with Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) out of the box, and they already said that it would get the Android 4.2 update eventually. Continue reading “Micromax A110 Canvas 2 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update coming next week”

Karbonn A27 Retina with 4.3-inch qHD IPS display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 9090

Karbonn A27 Retina

Karbonn A27 Retina, the company’s new Android smartphone in the Duple Series is now available from online retailer Saholic. It comes with a 4.3-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8MP auto focus camera at the back with LED flash and a 2MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn A27 Retina with 4.3-inch qHD IPS display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 9090”

Xolo Q800 specs detailed, 4.5-inch qHD IPS display and 1.2 GHz quad-core processor

Xolo Q800

Xolo is all set to launch the Q800, the company’s first Smartphone powered by a quad-core processor next week. We already told you earlier this week that the Xolo Q800 is coming this month. The phone showed up on Flipkart with complete specifications, and there is a count down for the phone’s launch on Xolo website, which shows 6 days remaining. It has a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It might be the MediaTek MT6589 SoC similar to the Micromax A116 Canvas HD since this has a PowerVR SGX544 GPU. Continue reading “Xolo Q800 specs detailed, 4.5-inch qHD IPS display and 1.2 GHz quad-core processor”

Sports Car Challenge for iPhone and iPad gets a new race track and gameplay features

Sports Car Challenge

Fishlabs Entertainment and Volkswagen Group China released their free content updates for 3D racing simulation Sports Car Challenge for iOS. This update includes new race track called Singapore by Night, as well as 2 new gameplay features. Sports Car Challenge features an exclusive selection of high-end sports cars by Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Volkswagen. The new Singapore by Night race tracks has neon-lit streets, re-modeled sights and landmarks set in Southeast Asian city-state and the new gameplay features include Racing Line and Brake Assistant. Continue reading “Sports Car Challenge for iPhone and iPad gets a new race track and gameplay features”

Vineet Taneja to head Samsung India’s Mobile and Digital imaging business

Vineet Taneja

Samsung India has announced that they have appointed Vineet Taneja as the Country Head for its Mobile & Digital Imaging Business, replacing Ranjit Yadav. Vineet Taneja previously served as Operations Director, South India and Sri Lanka at Bharti Airtel. Prior joining Airtel, he served as Chief Marketing Officer for Nokia India between January 2008 to April 2010. He has over 25 years of experience and has worked in sectors like Sales, Marketing, Multimedia, Operations in companies including Hindustan Lever Ltd., Nokia India and Bharti Airtel. Continue reading “Vineet Taneja to head Samsung India’s Mobile and Digital imaging business”

Lava to launch 7-inch Tablet with 3G, Voice calling soon

Lava

Lava Mobiles has announced that it would launch their first tablet with 3G and Voice calling support soon. Lava launched the E-Tab XTRON, the company’s first Android tablet running Android 4.1 last month, but it lacked a SIM card slot and voice calling capabilities. The upcoming E-Tab would come with both these features, but it would run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) instead of Jelly Bean. It would come with a 2MP rear camera, apart from the 0.3MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava to launch 7-inch Tablet with 3G, Voice calling soon”

MTS launches Women MPowered Plan

MTS has launched new Women MPowered Plan, just in time for the International Women’s Day that is celebrated on March 8th. This plan would provide a sense of safety to women customers and offers special calling and SMS rates, calling at negative balance, safety tips and lots more for both new and old women customers. Continue reading “MTS launches Women MPowered Plan”

Samsung Galaxy S4 new screenshots surface, confirms 5-inch 1080p display and 13MP camera

Galaxy S4 Leaked screenshot
Even though earlier rumors revealed the specifications of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S4, new screenshots from the U.S variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 has confirmed that the phone would indeed come with a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels). These also reveal that it would be powered by a 1.8 GHz quad-core processor and come with 4G LTE support. It shows the new home screen with a slightly better Touchwiz UI and the smart screen settings confirms the Smart scroll and Smart pause features. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 new screenshots surface, confirms 5-inch 1080p display and 13MP camera”

LG Optimus F7 launched as Optimus LTE 3 in Korea

LG Optimus LTE 3 Korea

LG has launched the Optimus LTE 3, the successor of the Optimus LTE 2 in Korea. The Optimus LTE 3 is just the Optimus F7 that was unveiled at the MWC last month. It packs a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) True HD IPS Display and is powered by 1.5GHz dual-core processor. It runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It is 9.6 mm thick and weighs 134 grams. It has Q shopping, a NFC-based shopping app for Korean users.
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Airtel launches new roaming pack for prepaid customers in Delhi

Airtel has launched a new roaming pack for their prepaid mobile customers in Delhi that would let them enjoy free incoming calls while roaming in Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand and West Bengal (except Kolkata). This pack costs Rs. 21, and offers free incoming calls for 30 days while roaming in any of these states. National roaming usually costs Re 1 per minute, this pack eliminates such charges, at least in these states when the pack is activated. Continue reading “Airtel launches new roaming pack for prepaid customers in Delhi”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Features Walkthrough – Video

snapdragon 800

At MWC 2013 in Barcelona, we were able to get some videos demonstrating the features and power of the newly announced Snapdragon 800 series processors from Qualcomm.

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