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Beetel Magiq Glide Android Tablet launched in India for Rs. 11999

Beetel has launched their new Android Tablet, Magiq Glide in India. This 3G Tablet runs on Android 2.2 Froyo and has 7 inch TFT capacitive touchscreen display and powered by a 1 GHz processor. There is no major change in this tablet other than the capacitive touch screen display compared to the Beetel Magiq tablet that was launched in August. This would compete with the Reliance 3G Tab which has similar features.

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Micromax A75 Dual SIM Android phone launched in India for Rs. 8999

Micromax has launched A75, another phone in the Superfone range after their high-end phone Micromax A85 that was launched last month. The Micromax A75 Superfone Lite is a Dual SIM phone that is powered by 650 MHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Micromax A75 Dual SIM Android phone launched in India for Rs. 8999”

Aircel iPhone 4S Zero Rental Plans

Aircel now offers zero rental plans for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB iPhone 4S. This would offer Rs 18,000 worth free usage on 3G and Rs 15,000 worth free usage on 2G for 1 year. The free usage include, free voice calling, 3G / 2G data , Wi-Fi data and SMS. They announced the price for the iPhone 4S on 18th November and it went on sale on 25th November. They also offer 0% EMI for ICICI and HDFC bank credit card holders. Continue reading “Aircel iPhone 4S Zero Rental Plans”

Bharti Airtel awarded for best delivery of network services with customer focus in 2011

Bharti Airtel has been awarded with Telecom Centre of Excellence (TCOE) Award for delivery of network services with customer focus for the year 2011. This award is based on Network Quality of service KPIs, Network Coverage, Product Innovation and Network Bench-marking processes based on network parameters and customer voice. Airtel offers 2G services in 23 circles and 3G services in 13 circles across India. Continue reading “Bharti Airtel awarded for best delivery of network services with customer focus in 2011”

What’s on my Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone ?

I have been using Windows Phone for roughly 6 months now and yes, I really like it. WP, although not perfect, has some features that really got me. There is room for improvement, and I’m perfectly happy in going that route, watching it grow and evolute. After the rather mediocre HTC Trophy I’m now using the Nokia Lumia 800, which simply is the best Windows Phone out there, period.

One of the discussion points I have always faced, has been “but there are no apps on Windows Phone”. Well, i call it nonsense here. The Windows Phone Marketplace is constantly growing, and is getting filled with not only apps from the known brands, but also quality 3rd party applications, with some really cool ideas. Since people are still learning and are getting into Windows Phone since Nokia has joined the party, I thought it’d be a nice idea to put all my currently installed apps together, and wrap them up into a nice post. Ready? Here we go:

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Panasonic to launch ultra-slim, waterproof and dustproof Android phone with 4.3 inch OLED display in March 2012

Panasonic has grand plans with it’s smartphone which is expected to hit Europe by March 2012. The company has released few details along with some pictures of the Panasonic prototype Android phone. The device uses a 4.3 inch qHD OLED display with a really slim bezel.The design will be ultra-slim and sport a D-shape.The front shows off the Panasonic branding along with the Menu , home and Back keys. Since waterproof phones are pretty common in Japan , Panasonic is bringing its expertise to the table and claims that it’s first smartphone will be waterproof and dustproof. Continue reading “Panasonic to launch ultra-slim, waterproof and dustproof Android phone with 4.3 inch OLED display in March 2012”

Asus Transformer Prime now up for pre-order in UK, shipping in January

Asus Transformer Prime is now available for pre-order from UK’s online retail store, Clove UK. There are two variants, one with 32GB internal storage and a keyboard included, and one with 64GB memory and no keyboard included. Asus announced the tablet last month and it got rooted earlier this month after few days it was made available in the US. Continue reading “Asus Transformer Prime now up for pre-order in UK, shipping in January”

Plantronics launches Marque M155 and Voyager PRO HD headsets in India

Plantronics , makers of bluetooth headsets , launched two new headsets in India yesterday. The Marque M155 is the smallest offering from the popular manufacturer while the Voyager PRO is its new flagship headset.

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Qualcomm unveils 2 new Dual-core 1 GHz Snapdragon S4 chipsets

Qualcomm has announced 2 new Dual-core 1 GHz chipsets in the Snapdragon S4 family. They announced 8 new Snapdragon S4 chips last month in addition to 3 chips that were announced previously. The new Qualcomm MSM8625 and the MSM8225 chips would come with Qualcomm’s Adreno 203 GPU and an integrated 3G modem. These are compatible with MSM7x27A and MSM7x25A family of chipsets that would let existing Snapdragon S1-based designs seamlessly migrate to S4 dual core-based designs. Continue reading “Qualcomm unveils 2 new Dual-core 1 GHz Snapdragon S4 chipsets”

Idea launches new voice calling vouchers for prepaid subscribers in Assam and North East

Idea Cellular has launched new voice calling vouchers for prepaid subscribers in Assam and North East. This would offer free local on-net (Idea to Idea) minutes and also off-net minutes for both existing and new customers. They launched similar offer for Kolkata and West Bengal subscribers last month. Continue reading “Idea launches new voice calling vouchers for prepaid subscribers in Assam and North East”

Vodafone launches ‘START STOP’ service for easier VAS management

Vodafone has launched new ‘START STOP’ service for making VAS (Value Added Services) management easy. This would let customers subscribe to popular VAS products just by messaging START, and STOP for deactivating the service from collection of Value Added Services including, Astro & Devotional, Music & Movies, Entertainment, Info & Utilities and Sports. Continue reading “Vodafone launches ‘START STOP’ service for easier VAS management”

Hands on with new Twitter for iPhone

As part of a massive redesign effort , Twitter today unveiled new apps for iOS , Android alongside an improved web interface. The version 4.0 update for the iPhone is a huge change with a slick design, soothing graphics, more features and a whole lot of performance improvements. It has its own pros and cons. We’ll be doing a complete walk through the new app whilst comparing it with the previous (version 3.3.5) release. Unless mentioned , all images on the right are from Twitter for iOS version 4 and those on the left are from the older release.

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OnLive comes to Android and iOS

Cloud gaming solution , OnLive , has finally made its way to Android and iOS. The applications for the two mobile operating systems will allow users to play their favorite console or PC game on their smartphones.

Initial reports indicate that the image quality is superior on the iOS version of the application. OnLive works by compressing and streaming the video component of the game by performing all the heavy crunching on a server in the cloud. This allows average users to play all the latest games without worrying about hardware updates. The mobile apps let users access the same games on the move and play them.

Nokia Lumia 800 software update brings performance and usability enhancements

Nokia has started rolling out new software update v1600.2479.7740.11451 for the Nokia Lumia 800 that brings performance and usability enhancements for the battery, voicemail notification and more. Nokia announced the Lumia 800 at the Nokia World this October, and this is the first update since its launch. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800 software update brings performance and usability enhancements”

Airtel announces top customer download preferences in 2011, Kolaveri Di tops

Airtel has released its annual survey of customer preferences for this year, Airtel Mobitude 2011. It shows in-depth study of data capturing all content downloaded round the year by over 170 million plus Airtel subscribers in the country. It includes various categories including top cine stars and sports icons, most downloaded songs, various sports, music downloads etc. Talk2me and Live Concert made it easier for the customers to interact with the movie stars, favorite singers & cricketers. Continue reading “Airtel announces top customer download preferences in 2011, Kolaveri Di tops”