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Huawei Ascend Y210D Dual SIM Android Smartphone now available for Rs. 4999

Huawei Ascend Y210D, the new Android smartphone with Dual SIM support is now available from online retailer Snapdeal in India. It has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Cortex A5 processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has a 2MP camera at the back and packs a 1700 mAh battery. Huawei officially launched the Ascend G600 and the Ascend G330 in India last month. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend Y210D Dual SIM Android Smartphone now available for Rs. 4999”

Ubuntu Developer Preview for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 coming on February 21


Canonical has announced that the Touch Developer Preview of Ubuntu for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 smartphones would be available from 21st February. Canonical announced Ubuntu OS for smartphones last month, and we brought you a demo of the Ubuntu OS running on the Galaxy Nexus from the International CES 2013. At CES Canonical said to us that they are in talks with several OEMs to launch a Ubuntu smartphone. Earlier this month Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth announced that the Ubunutu would be available devices as early as October 2013. Continue reading “Ubuntu Developer Preview for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 4 coming on February 21”

Micromax A116 Canvas HD sales top 9000 units in first 24 hours


Micromax has announced that they have sold 9000 units of the A116 Canvas HD in the first 24 hours after it went on sale at midnight of 14 February 2013. The company is currently taking pre-bookings for the device at the rate of 25 units per minute. Micromax unveiled the A116 Canvas HD with a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display and a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor last month. They announced that it would go on sale on February 14th and revealed the price one day before it went on sale. Continue reading “Micromax A116 Canvas HD sales top 9000 units in first 24 hours”

GSMA unveils the Mobile World Centre in Barcelona

GSMA awarded the prestigious “Mobile World Capital” title to the city of Barcelona in July 2011 and then started the idea of a Mobile World Centre which, according to the GSMA “offers a year-round, state-of-the-art exhibition showroom where citizens can learn about and experience first-hand how mobile is enhancing people’s lives.” Barcelona being the city that hosts the Mobile World Congress with much fanfare, kind of deserves the Mobile World Centre too, making the go to place for the Mobile World Centre.

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FoneArena at CES 2013 a recap

I have been dreaming to go to CES for several years after watching all the madness sitting here in India. CES or the Consumer Electronics Show is the biggest tech conference in the world  attended by a record number of tech companies and journalists.Here is a recap of all what we saw at CES 2013. Sit back and enjoy the video below

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Xolo A1000 Photo Gallery

Xolo launched the A1000, the company’s first device in the Xolo series to feature a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display earlier today. We brought you exclusive images of the device earlier this week. Here we have the entire photo gallery of the device. Xolo launched the X500 last month, which is powered by a 1.2 GHz Intel Atom Z2420 processor, and we reviewed the X500 today. Continue reading “Xolo A1000 Photo Gallery”

Opera acquires competing mobile browser, Skyfire for $150 million

Opera is well known for its mobile browsers that promise to compress data using the cloud. The company has acquired its chief competitor, Skyfire, for $150 million in a bid to gain access to key technologies around mobile video compression. California based Skyfire is well known for its Rocket Optimizer Software that helps optimize video and other multimedia content for delivery over congested cell towers.

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Xolo A1000 Android Smartphone with 5-inch HD display launched for Rs. 13999

Xolo A1000 that went on sale yesterday has been officially launched in India. We reported about the Xolo A1000 launch earlier this week. It packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display . The display One Glass Solution (OGS) Technology that makes the device slimmer. It also offers vivid and sharp visuals as it integrates the touch sensor, display and cover glass into one thus reducing the air gap between all the three. It is just 70.8mm wide and 8.8mm thick, making it easier for single handed operation. Continue reading “Xolo A1000 Android Smartphone with 5-inch HD display launched for Rs. 13999”

LG Optimus L Series smartphone sales surpass 15 million units globally

LG has announced that they have sold over 15 million L Series smartphones, the LG Optimus L3, Optimus L5, Optimus L7 and the Optimus L9. The sales of the L Series smartphones crossed 10 million units back in December, and they have sold over 5 million units in just 2 months. LG announced the Optimus L3, L5 and L7 at the MWC 2012. LG sells these phones in more than 50 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. Continue reading “LG Optimus L Series smartphone sales surpass 15 million units globally”

Xolo X500 Review

The budget feature phone category is perhaps one of the hottest yet most saturated markets right now with multiple entries from most smartphone manufacturers. With similar specifications across the board, how do you differentiate from the crowd ? Xolo has placed its bet on Intel’s mobile chipset to set its latest device apart. Is it something that the average user should care about ? Read on the full review to find out. Continue reading “Xolo X500 Review”

Samsung REX 90 Unboxing


Samsung recently announced its latest line of Java based feature phones under the REX branding. We’ve got our hands on the top end model called the REX 90 and here’s a quick unboxing while we work on readying a review of the handset. The phone has an interface very similar to the TouchWiz UI seen on Samsung’s higher end devices. Continue reading “Samsung REX 90 Unboxing”

Xolo A1000 with 5-inch HD IPS display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 13999


We reported earlier this week about the upcoming Android Smartphone Xolo A1000. Now the phone is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display One Glass Solution (OGS) Technology that makes the device slimmer. This technology was used in the Spice Stellar Virtuoso Mi-495 that was launched last month.  It is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Mediatek MT 6577 processor withPowerVR SGX 531 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has 8MP rear camera with LED Flash and a BSI sensor for low-light imaging. It also has a 1.2 MP front-facing camera with BSI sensor. Continue reading “Xolo A1000 with 5-inch HD IPS display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 13999”

Micromax A35 Bolt with 1 GHz processor, Flash Transfer launched for Rs. 4250

Micromax has launched the A35 Bolt, the first Android smartphone in the new Bolt series. It has a 4.0-inch (480 x 800 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display. It is powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It comes with a new Flash Transfer app to swipe ‘n’ share images, videos, songs, files and applications with just a swipe. Users can drag content across the screen or simply shake and share seamlessly between Android devices over WiFi. The Micromax A27 Ninja that went on sale earlier this week also comes with this feature. Continue reading “Micromax A35 Bolt with 1 GHz processor, Flash Transfer launched for Rs. 4250”

Samsung REX 90 Photo Gallery

Samsung launched the REX series of Smart feature phones in India today. We got some hands-on time with the REX 90 at the launch event.The REX 90 is priced at Rs. 6490 and it is the feature rich phone in this series. The Java-based phone that has a Touchwiz interface with 7 customizable home screens. Continue reading “Samsung REX 90 Photo Gallery”