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Airtel Rising Stars launched to hunt the best under-16 soccer players across India

Airtel has launched, Airtel Rising Stars, a new under-16 soccer talent hunt that would choose 12 talented footballers who will get the chance-to attend a week long training camp with Manchester United in Old Trafford, England. Starting mid-July 2012, this 3-months long talent hunt will be conducted in 16 cities (including Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Calicut, Chandigarh and Jaipur) with the support of the respective State Football Associations. Continue reading “Airtel Rising Stars launched to hunt the best under-16 soccer players across India”

BlackBerry 10 based devices detailed, Touchscreen only L series and QWERTY enabled N series coming

N4BB has managed to get hold of RIM’s plans with its upcoming BlackBerry 10 based devices. On announcing the OS, rumors spread wide that the famed enterprise focused device manufacturer was about to ditch its much lauded QWERTY keypad. This rumor has now been debunked as N4BB has obtained details of a keypad packing N-Series device. Continue reading “BlackBerry 10 based devices detailed, Touchscreen only L series and QWERTY enabled N series coming”

HTC Desire C officially launched in India for Rs. 14,999

HTC has officially launched the Desire C, their new Android smartphone with Beats Audio and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0. It was announced last month and went on sale in India from online retailer earlier this month. It comes with 3.5-inch (320 x480 pixels) display and is powered by 600 MHz processor. It has 5MP camera and is just 12.25 mm thick. It has durable metal frame and has hyper-viewing angle display and metal camera bezel.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 launched in Korea, LTE version with quad-core processor coming in July

Samsung has launched the Galaxy S3 in Korea. It would have similar specs including a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED Display (1280×720), 1.4GHz Exynos quad-core processor, 8MP Rear-facing camera and 1.9MP Front-facing camera and 2,100 mAh battery. Samsung has confirmed to the Verge that the LTE version would also similar specs with a separate LTE modem chip. The LTE variants in the US, Canada and Japan came with 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 launched in Korea, LTE version with quad-core processor coming in July”

LG Optimus L3 E405 Dual SIM smartphone announced

LG has announced the Optimus L3 Dual E405, Dual SIM version of the Optimus L3. LG showcased the Optimus L3 and other L-Style series of smartphones at MWC 2012 earlier this February and the Optimus L3 went on sale in India last month. LG announced earlier this week that Optimus L5 would come with Dual SIM capabilities in select markets. Continue reading “LG Optimus L3 E405 Dual SIM smartphone announced”

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 to power Windows Phone 8 devices

Qualcomm has officially announced that the upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices would be powered by their Snapdragon S4 processors. Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 8 yesterday and have partnered with Nokia, Samsung, HTC and Huawei to bring Windows Phone 8-enabled devices starting later this year. The Windows Phone 7 devices came with Snapdragon S1 or S2 processors. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 to power Windows Phone 8 devices”

HTC Desire V Dual SIM Smartphone now available in India for Rs. 21,999

HTC Desire V that was announced earlier this month is now available in India from online retailer Flipkart. The HTC Desire V is a Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) phone with Dual Standby but not Dual Active like the recently launched Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos. It pack in a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1GHZ single-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with HTC Sense 4.0 UI. It is 9.32 mm thick and weighs 114 g. Continue reading “HTC Desire V Dual SIM Smartphone now available in India for Rs. 21,999”

LG Optimus 4X HD Unboxing

Here we have the first quad core phone from LG and it is the LG Optimus 4X HD which is powered by a 1.5 GHz Quadcore NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor and packs an 4.7 inch IPS display. The phone has been launched in some countries in Europe . We have managed to get our hands on the White edition.The first thing you notice once your power on the phone is the awesome IPS screen which produces crisp images.

Check out the unboxing video below.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3eWzqq2lVo

Sony Xperia S Android 4.0 update starts rolling out, brings new apps

Sony has officially announced on their blog they have started rolling out Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for Xperia S phones as promised. This update would bring new lock screen with improved functionality, Resizable widgets and more new features. It would also bring new WALKMAN app that replaces Music Player app that also lets you share music and has Facebook integration. The new Album app with new UI would let you view, comment and share photos on Facebook other online albums. The Movies app has intelligent database that gets you movie posters and information about the movies. Continue reading “Sony Xperia S Android 4.0 update starts rolling out, brings new apps”

LG Optimus Vu Unboxing Video

Here is a quick unboxing and quick look at the LG Optimus Vu which has been launched in South Korea by LG and SKT. It’s a 5 inch Android phone powered by a Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU running on Android 2.3.6 and getting an update to ICS soon. Watch the unboxing video below for a glimpse at a rather nice retail package from LG

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM4OKDHv-SE

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HTC One S officially launched in India for Rs. 33,590

HTC has officially launched the One S in India. It was announced the One S at MWC 2012 and it went on sale in India from online retailers earlier this week. It has 4.3-inch (540×960 pixels) AMOLED display, 1.7 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 processor, 8MP auto focus camera with flash, 1080p HD video recording and VGA front-facing. It runs on Android 4.0 ICS with HTC Sense 4 UI. It is 7.9 mm thick, has Beats Audio integration similar to other One series of phones and comes with 25GB free Dropbox space Continue reading “HTC One S officially launched in India for Rs. 33,590”

HTC to launch Windows Phone 8-enabled smartphones later this year

HTC has announced that their partnership with Microsoft to launch new devices Windows Phone 8 devices. These new phones would be powered by Qualcomm chips and would probably come with a dual-core processors and have high-resolution displays. HTC launched its first Windows-based smartphone in 2002 and launched their Windows Phone 7 devices in 2010. Continue reading “HTC to launch Windows Phone 8-enabled smartphones later this year”

New Nokia apps Camera Extras, Counters, Draw Something and more coming to Lumia Smartphones

Nokia has announced new Nokia apps would be available for Nokia Lumia smartphones that would add new features and improvements. Nokia has also announced their partnership with Zynga to bring Words With Friends and Draw Something to Nokia Lumia Smartphones. Continue reading “New Nokia apps Camera Extras, Counters, Draw Something and more coming to Lumia Smartphones”

Nokia Lumia devices to get SW update on June 27th, Finally getting WiFi tethering

Nokia had announced its intentions to bring support for features like WiFi tethering to its Lumia series of phones a few months back but we haven’t heard anything about it since then. Now the company has finally gone on record and has announced that the update is expected to roll out on 27th June. We’re still not sure if this is the long rumored Tango update.

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Microsoft announces Windows Phone 8, Details 8 major features

Microsoft just unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system. Called Windows Phone 8, it brings sweeping changes to the OS leaving current users out of the party for the most part. We’ll be detailing the features coming to existing phones in a separate post but for now lets take a look at the features to be a part of the next gen OS.

Do note that this is not a complete list and Microsoft is still holding back some cards for closer to the launch. Continue reading “Microsoft announces Windows Phone 8, Details 8 major features”