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Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom up for pre-order on official eStore for Rs. 29390

Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 Zoom (SM-C1010) along with the Galaxy S4 mini (GT-I9192) in India earlier this month. The S4 mini went on pre-order from the official Samsung India eStore last week. Now the Galaxy S4 Zoom is now available for pre-order. It has a 16-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor with 10x optical zoom, Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) and Xenon Flash, 4.3 inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD Super AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom up for pre-order on official eStore for Rs. 29390”

Despicable Me: Minion Rush clocks 50 million downloads, v1.1 update for Android and iOS brings new features

Despicable Me: Minion Rush 50 million

Gameloft released the official Despicable Me: Minion Rush game for Android, iPhone and iPad last month. Now the company has announced that the game has crossed 50 million downloads in just over a month after its release. The game has also received its first update to version 1.1 in both the platforms that brings new environment: El Macho’s Lair, new costumes and new challenges with over 150 missions. Continue reading “Despicable Me: Minion Rush clocks 50 million downloads, v1.1 update for Android and iOS brings new features”

Karbonn A29 with 4.7-inch qHD IPS display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 8990

Karbonn A29

Karbonn A29, a new Android smartphone is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4.7-inch (960 × 540 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It packs a 2000 mAh battery, but no details about the RAM yet. It has 3G data connectivity and Dual SIM support with dual standby. Wish it had a quad-core processor since most of the competitors offer a quad-core processor in this price range. Continue reading “Karbonn A29 with 4.7-inch qHD IPS display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 8990”

M.WIZ app for iOS lets you build your own mobile website

M.WIZ for iPhone

M.WIZ is a mobile website building toolkit for iPhone and iPad. This , where all you create build your own mobile webpages and HTML file of the page. All need to do is drag and drop things from the list of elements such as header, footer, buttons and more. It also offers live previews that would let you make the changes easily and store templates for multiple websites. Continue reading “M.WIZ app for iOS lets you build your own mobile website”

Sony offers Rs. 5000 discount on Xperia Z or ZL in exchange for old smartphones

Xperia Xchange offer

Sony Mobile India has started their big Xperia Xchange offer assured Rs. 5000 discount on the Xperia Z or ZL in  exchange your old smartphones. Samsung launched a similar Smart upgrade offer for the Galaxy Note 2 and the Galaxy S4. Sony launched the Xperia Z and the ZL in India earlier this year. Both these phones have a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Reality display, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8064 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). The Xperia Z comes with  IP55 and IP57 ratings for dust and water resistance and the Xperia ZL lacks the feature. Continue reading “Sony offers Rs. 5000 discount on Xperia Z or ZL in exchange for old smartphones”

Motorola Moto X event scheduled for August 1st, press shots and specs leak

Moto X August 1st Invite

Motorola has started sending out invites to the media in the U.S. for the Moto X press event scheduled on August 1st in New York City . The company officially teased the phone earlier this month as the first smartphone that you can design yourself. It also said that Designed by you . Assembled in the USA. Earlier this week Motorola posted a photo of the phone being  assembled in the USA, so the phone may go on sale in the U.S soon after the launch. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X event scheduled for August 1st, press shots and specs leak”

Micromax Canvas 4 Review

Micromax Canvas 4-1

Micromax launched its first device in the Canvas back in August 2012 , calling it the Superfone Canvas A100. The Micromax A110 Superfone Canvas 2 launched 3 months later in November. Micromax lost the Superfone tag soon after the second canvas device. The A116 Canvas HD, the company’s first smartphone with a HD display made a debut earlier this year. Micromax launched fourth device in the Canvas series is aptly named the Canvas 4 with a model number A210. One thing that is common in all the Canvas devices is the 5-inch display. Is the phone worthy at a price of Rs. 17,999? Let’s dive into the review to find it out. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 4 Review”

Rovio Account now available on iOS and Android

Angry Birds has long been a staple game on most smartphones, and with increasing number of people using it on different device, the necessity of game save transfers were clear. Rovio acknowledged this need, and announced that they are releasing their own cloud service called Rovio account, which can save your game progress with a sign-in, and roam the saves through various devices you use. This has finally launched today, on iOS and Android. Initially supporting only the original Angry Birds and The Croods(which had it already), Rovio promises to work on adding it to all its other games real soon.

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Aircel launches Fuccha Pack with discounted Voice Calls, SMS and Data benefits in Delhi


Aircel launched STD calling pack in Delhi last month. Now they have launched a new packs called Fuccha Pack in  in Delhi, aimed at college students. This offers discounted voice calls, data and text services. This pack is available at First Recharge of Rs. 149. It offer 333 local & STD calls, Aircel to Aircel (Local) at 10p/min, Aircel to Other (Local and STD calls) at 50p/min, free 1500 local and national SMS, 1GB of 2G data. It also offers full talk time in the next recharge of Rs. 51 and above. Continue reading “Aircel launches Fuccha Pack with discounted Voice Calls, SMS and Data benefits in Delhi”

Reliance cuts 3G data rates, offers 1GB of 3G data at Rs. 123

Reliance 3G 1 GB at Rs. 123

Reliance Communications (RCom) has reduced the 3G rates by half for both the pre-paid and post-paid customers. Now 1GB of 3G data costs Rs. 123. The 2GB and 4GB 3G packs now cost Rs 246 and Rs 492 respectively. All these come with 30 days validity. The new rates are applicable in all the 13 circles across India. Recently Vodafone, Airtel, Idea and Videocon reduced 2G data rates. Continue reading “Reliance cuts 3G data rates, offers 1GB of 3G data at Rs. 123”

ZTE Grand X Quad Lite with 5 inch qHD display launched in India for Rs. 14,999

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Apart from five low to mid range smartphones that ZTE launched today, in India, the Chinese manufacturer has also revealed its flagship device. The flagship device, although falling in the similar mid range price bracket, has matching specs with the current crop of 5 inch devices that are doing the rounds in the market. Equipped with a 5 inch qHD screen and a quad core processor, ZTE hopes to peg this as the phone to get from its portfolio for the Indian consumers. That said, ZTE seems to really acknowledge the fact that in India, the volume is in mid range. Let us take a look at the specifications of the device then.

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ZTE launches a range of low to mid end smartphones in India

ZTE India launch event

ZTE has announced its arrival to the Indian market at an event in Mumbai today with an onslaught of a total of six devices and four 3G data cards. With these new devices, the Chinese mobile giant aims to capture some marketshare and mind share in the world’s second fastest growing smartphone market. While data has proven that the smartphone market is just a miniscule part of the whole mobile phone market in India, it is indeed growing faster than any other. This lucrative opportunity has provided us, the consumers with a lot of choices and that includes various Chinese companies like Gionee, Huawei, Lenovo and now ZTE. The company has launched four mid range devices in the Blade range as a part of their complete portfolio roll out.

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Videocon A55HD Review

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With the rapid proliferation of budget Android devices, everybody is trying to get a slice of the pie. Not to be left behind, Videocon too has launched its latest product called the A55HD. Can the erstwhile leader of consumer electronics in India make a dent in the smartphone segment with the A55HD ? Read on to find out our impressions of the smartphone.  Continue reading “Videocon A55HD Review”

Halfbrick debuts Colossatron: Massive World Threat game trailer

halfbrick-colossatron

From the makers of Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja, we have a new game which wants you to destroy the world. The upcoming game, titled “Colossatron: Massive World Threat”, is a mass destruction game helped by the concept of an Alien robot.

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Motorola posts picture of Moto X being assembled in the USA

Moto-X-ad-teaser

If you remember the first teaser of the Moto X, a picture with two people jumping into the water, it boasted of two things – “Designed by you. Assembled in the USA.”. While the terms designed by you is still open for interpretation, Motorola has practically sealed the case for the next one by posting a tweet with a picture of the Moto X being manufactured at a Motorola plant in the USA.

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