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Budget 2013: Cellphones To Get More Expensive

February 28, 2013 0 Rahul S

If you plan to get a brand new mobile phone that is worth more than Rs. 2000 in the months to come, make sure you get one real quick. Why?  Because in the just announced Union Budget, our finance minister, Mr. P.…

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Samsung Introduces REX Series Of Affordable Feature Phones In India

February 15, 2013 0 Rahul S

While the Samsung smartphone juggernaut moves on, there might be some of us who might be thinking it is not really concentrating on the low end segment. Well Samsung seems to be in a mood to prove them all wrong.…

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Lava Iris 351 Smartphone Launched; Runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread

February 6, 2013 0 Rahul S

In yet another phone launch aimed at the masses, manufacturer of affordable handsets – Lava has announced the launch of its latest Android powered smartphone. Known as the Iris 351, this one is a dual SIM device running Android 2.3.5…

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Idea Introduces 3G Speed Booster Plans For Postpaid Subscribers

February 4, 2013 0 Rahul S

Idea Cellular has announced the launch of its new 3G ‘Speed Booster’ packs that would allow its postpaid 3G subscribers access to high speed 3G Internet access – all through their billing cycle – without having to worry about reaching the data cap. This will…

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Maxx Mobiles Launches Touch Screen Phone Maestro MT255

December 29, 2011 0 Krishnan

As the number fo keypad models getting introduced goes down by each passing day, its the touch screen that seems to be the in thing not only on the latest smartphones but also the feature phones. And I must admit…

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Fujifilm Launches F500 EXR and F600 EXR Models In India

August 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

Fujifilm has announced the launch of two new compact digital cameras in India. The models that are having been launched include the F500 EXR and the slightly higher end F600 EXR. Both the models were originally announced back in April…

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Samsung GALAXY Tab 10.1 / 8.9 Come To India As Tab 750 & 730

August 10, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has gone official with its latest Honeycomb tablets in India. The Samsung GALAXY Tab 750 (internationally known as Tab 10.1 or 7500) and GALAXY Tab 730 (internationally known as Tab 8.9 or 7300) would go on sale by the…

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Quick Review: Wynncom OGO O78 Touch

August 3, 2011 0 Tassavur

After a long hiatus another Wyncomm phone has finally landed in our office and its called the Wyncomm OGO. The last time we encountered a Wyncomm handset was exactly a year back and it was their one of the highest…

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G’Five Launches Four New Multimedia Centric Handsets

July 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

G’Five has announced the launch of three new handsets under its “Movie King” label in India. The handsets in question are the E680, E650 and E620. As the name suggests, these devices are being targeted at the movie going crowd…

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Toshiba Looks To Expand Base In India; Plans R&D Unit

July 22, 2011 0 Rahul S

Toshiba has been India for quite a few years but to say that the company has mostly played an extraordinarily passive role in the Indian consumer electronics arena would be an understatement. The company was here since the early 90’s…

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Samsung Launches N100 Netbook

July 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

Samsung today launched the N100 netbook, a successor of the Samsung N150 launched last year. Samsung is banking on the success of the N150 and have designed the N100 on similar lines. The N100 has a dual core Intel Atom…

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Tata DOCOMO Brings Endless Music @ Rs 2 Per Day

July 6, 2011 0 Annkur

The era of unlimited music hasn’t ended with Nokia’s Ovi Unlimited, apparently Tata DoCoMo has launched a new scheme that gives its subscirbers ‘unlimited’ music at a jaw dropping Rs 2 a day. The service auto-renews every day and you…

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Nokia X7, E6 Officially Go On Sale In India

June 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Almost two weeks after going for preorder, Nokia has officially announced the launch of its newest E-Series handset, the E6 in India. Along with the E6, the much awaited X7 too makes its India debut. Both these devices are based…

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LG’s Optimus Black Comes To India

June 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

LG has officially launched the much awaited Optimus Black handset here in India. The phone, an Android 2.2 based device will join the likes of the iPhone 3GS, Google Nexus S and the Galaxy S i9003 in the fight for…

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iPhone 3GS 8GB Launched In India; Priced Under Rs.20,000

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in May, we had reported that Apple would be launching the iPhone 3GS here in India at a super low price. Today, friends from over at BGR India have just confirmed the news. The product has been launched in India…

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Google StreetView Hits Roadblock in Bangalore

June 20, 2011 0 Rahul S

Google’s much controversial StreetView service is not yet available in India. However, as a part of its campaign to collect India centric data, a bunch of Google owned cars were on the prowl across various cities in the country so…

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Airtel Broadband Gets Better, Now Offers Minimum 2Mbps Speed

June 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

A lot of hi-tech gadgets including the latest smartphones and tablet have been hitting the Indian shores of lately. These gadgets will not only provide better experience to the Indian consumers in terms of technology but also facilitate the consumption…

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MAXX Announces Launch of Vista MS502 in India

June 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

From gaming phones to Phones with long battery life, MAXX are trying their best to capture the low end market with various attractive offerings. Now, they are out to attract the Mademoiselles and give them something to cherish something about.…

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Lost Route or Unable to Find a Direction? ‘Route Finder is Here To your Rescue’

June 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

Going on a trip or some place of which you have no knowledge about? One would simply log on to the internet on your phone to seek out directions. But, what if you don’t have a smartphone and face a…

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25 Year Old Dies After Being Electrocuted By Chinese Handset

June 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Back in 2008, there was a big hue and cry over the arrival of unbranded Chinese handset in India. These phones, most of which did not have valid IMEI numbers were banned by the government. However, like most “bans”, in…

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Nokia E6 Goes For Preorder in India; Priced At Rs. 17,999

June 15, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia India has announced that it will start pre-orders for its newest E Series smartphone, the E6 starting today. The E6 happens to be Nokia’s first touch and type monoblock smartphone complete with a full QWERTY keyboard and would also…

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Sony Launches NWZ E363 Walkman in India

June 14, 2011 0 Rahul S

Sony has announced the launch of its latest Walkman MP3player, the NWZ-E363 in India . The new Walkman boasts of features like Clear Bass and Clear Stereo enhancement technologies by Sony. Lets now take a closer look at the feature set on this…

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Nokia Launches Pink N8 Variant In India

June 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced the launch of a new pink variant of its flagship camera smartphone, the N8 in India. The device, obviously targeted at the fairer sex has gone on sale in various cities (18 to be precise) across India…

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MEElectronics SP51 In-Ear Headphone (Review)

June 11, 2011 0 Tassavur

We had a pretty good experience with the MEElectronics M9P in-ear headphones. After a long hiatus we have got another interesting headphone from MEElectronics i.e. the SP51 in-ear headphone. We have seen a lot of earphones but this one promises…

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BlackBerry PlayBook Goes International, India Launch In Weeks

June 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

It’s been quite some time since RIM launched the BlackBerry PlayBook in the US and Canada and looks like RIM is now ready to bring the tablet to a bunch of new countries in the next few weeks.  Thats right,…

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[India] HTC Salsa Coming Up For Rs 20,500

June 9, 2011 0 Annkur

The Wildfire S as we pointed is out on sale and HTC is now bringing its Facebook phone ‘Salsa’ to India. Announced at MWC and rumored to be hitting UK later this month, HTC ChaCha and Salsa are termed Facebook…

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Buffalo launches the AirStation High Power N150 Wireless Router in India

June 7, 2011 0 Krishnan

Have a dead zone in a corner of your office where you simply can’t get access to the Internet (Wi-Fi); your search might as-well end here. Buffalo (not the animal, obviously..!) recently made available The AirStation High Power N150 Wireless…

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MAXX Unveils Hexa (MX155), Rave (MX182) & Buzz (MX188) with Great Battery Life

June 6, 2011 0 Krishnan

MAXX earlier came out with a dedicated gaming phone in GLO MX388. Now, they have launched three new mobile phones with greater battery life at an absolute bargain. The handsets have been named by MAXX as Hexa (MX155), MAXX Rave…

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Marathi Channels Now Free on Tata Sky Across Maharashtra

June 6, 2011 0 Krishnan

The DTH Industry in India is growing rapidly and we had earlier covered about Airtel HD TV service and about our experience with Tata Sky + HD. As the fight for the best DTH service goes on, Tata Sky has…

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3G Micro SIM by TATA DOCOMO

June 3, 2011 0 Tassavur

Well with the iPhone officially making its way to India along with the Samsung Galaxy SII for company; the smartphone market is spiraling its way upwards. Not only the competition in the smart phone market will be getting intense but the 3G…

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Lenovo ThinkPad T410s Wins Fastest Selling Laptop Award

May 24, 2011 0 Krishnan

Lenovo is well known for producing quality laptops at reasonable prices. But the Lenovo ThinkPad T410 is an interesting and quite expensive departure from the norm I must admit. At the first ever FIEO Telecom Technology Awards 2011 organized by…

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[Exclusive] HTC Wildfire S Is In India, Priced Rs 14,000

May 24, 2011 3 Annkur

Yes we misfired last time when we said that the Wildfire S is coming to India in a week, but a little late than never. HTC will start to rollout Wildfire S across retail stores in India from tomorrow and…

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Airtel Enables Upscaling Of SD TV To HD

May 23, 2011 0 Krishnan

Airtel Digital TV today announced that it has enabled all High Definition (HD) and HD Recorder Set Top Boxes (STB’s) in order to upgrade its current Standard Definition (SD) channels to HD (Res:1080 i.e 2 Million Pixels and 16:9 wide…

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MAXX Launches Dedicated Gaming Phone- GLO MX388

May 23, 2011 0 Krishnan

You want to buy a phone especially dedicated for gaming; but your pocket doesn’t really house Rs. 30,000/- to afford a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play? Well MAXX is here with a poor man’s gaming phone. Mobile Phones and Mobile gaming…

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[India] Creative Launches Wireless Modular Speakers & More

May 20, 2011 0 Krishnan

Gone are the days when fixed wired speakers were connected to our devices. Wireless technology has been in great demand due to  flexibility and convenience. Creative unveils a wide range of products to enhance our wireless media experience. The launch…

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Dell Announces Vostro 3000 Series Laptops In India

May 18, 2011 0 Krishnan

With businesses booming all over the world, the need for technology comes up and every second becomes very precious. The use of devices has been very useful in meeting everyday business requirements that cannot afford to compromise on any stage…

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NVIDIA Launches GeForce GTX 560 in India; Updated Drivers for GeForce R275

May 18, 2011 0 Krishnan

NVIDIA announces the GeForce GTX 560 GPU to its family of GPU’s. The GTX 560 GPU bridges the gap between GTX 560 Ti GPU and 550 Ti GPU. It also supports features such as NVIDIA PhysX, 3D Vision, SLI and…

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Intex Launches Two New Mini Home HD Cinema Devices

May 18, 2011 0 Krishnan

Intex yesterday announced the launch of a Mini Home Cinema Device bringing a new era in disk free portable entertainment. In an age where people now store a considerable amount of their memories in digital format; these devices deliver high…

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Airtel Launches Facebook by Fonetwish via USSD in India

May 17, 2011 0 Krishnan

How many times do we wish that if we had internet/gprs on our phones, but cannot due to our cost conscious nature? Or are Text Messaging proves costly for you to update your status? Well, Airtel is here to the…

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Wynncom Launches W-102 Low Cost Phone, Low Cost but Loaded

May 13, 2011 0 Krishnan

Ever heard of the name Wynncom? Well if not, you’d surely hear about them very soon. An upcoming handset manufacturer SAR group has launched the W-102 Mobile. The company surely aims to unite the Urban and Rural users with this…