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LG Launches World’s First 84 inch Ultra HD 3D TV in India

November 2, 2012 0 Tassavur

LG has been the leading home entertainment brand in the Indian market, but it drove the point home with the launch of the world’s first 84 inch Ultra HD 3D TV yesterday. It boasts of a very impressive resolution of…

Apps

Apple Launches the MacBook Pro with 13 inch Retina Display Starting Rs. 1,14,900 in India

October 24, 2012 0 Tassavur

After other lines of Apple’s notebook were renewed a few months back, it was a matter of time before the MacBook Pro received an upgrade. And upgraded it was, in style with the stunning Retina display, all fast flash storage…

Apple

Pocket Sized 7th Generation iPod Nano Launched for Rs. 12,500 in India

September 12, 2012 0 Tassavur

On a day when the launches of the iPhone 5 and the iPod Touch almost overshadowed the iPod nano. This 7th generation iPod nano is no ordinary device either and just like the others is easily way better and improved…

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Sony Launches the Xperia Ion for Rs. 36,999 in India

August 23, 2012 0 Tassavur

Sony Mobiles launched its latest flagship device called the Xperia Ion, also dubbed as the “HD Powerhouse” was launched in India on Tuesday for Rs. 36,999. The Sony Xperia ion boasts of some impressive specs which includes the beautiful 4.55”…

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Samsung Launches Omnia M S7530 with Windows Phone 7.5

July 30, 2012 0 Tassavur

Samsung today launched its latest handset in the Windows Phone platform, dubbed as the Omnia M S7530. It is a successor to the Omnia W device which had been Samsung’s only Windows Phone offering in India for a long time.…

Android

Motorola Launches the Razr Maxx & Razr V in India

June 20, 2012 0 Tassavur

The stunning Motorola Droid Razr launched late last year revived the legacy of the style quotient associated with Motorola’s Razr brand. Though, the Droid Razr failed to set the market ablaze unlike its predecessor. Motorola has launched an upgraded version…

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ZTE Launches Grand X LTE (T82), World’s First Single Chip LTE Smartphone

June 19, 2012 0 Tassavur

China’s ZTE has launched the Grand X LTE (T82) for the European and the Asia Pacific market and will be available in the third quarter of 2012. The Grand X LTE uses Qualcomm Snapdragon’s latest MSM8960 chip, which is based…

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The Innovative Duo From HP – Officejet 150 (Mobile AiO) & the One Wire Thin Client [Video]

May 16, 2012 0 Annkur

Here at the HP Global Influencer Summit 2012, we are seeing over 80 new products launch and while the sleek and sexy award goes to the Envy SpectreXT, a couple of innovative ones caught our attention. Lets take a look…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

HP Announces Envy SpectreXT, Ultrabooks & Sleekbooks Line-up

May 9, 2012 0 Annkur

China is the biggest computer & printers market in the world and we are here in the beautiful city of Shanghai with over 500 fellow technology journalists from across the globe to witness the launch of over 80 new products…

Apple

New iPad (3rd Gen) with Retina Display coming to India on April 27th starts Rs 30,500

April 16, 2012 0 Aditya DK

29th April 2011, India welcomed iPad 2 and the resellers had welcomed queue of people in all the major India metros in an unique manner. The newest  edition of the iPad, dubbed as the New iPad would be made available…

Android

Micromax Launches Their First Tablet Called ‘Micromax Funbook’ in India, Targets Education System

April 4, 2012 0 Monis

Unlike other low price tablets, who are competing on specs, Micromax has instead decided to differentiate themselves by targeting the educational system and launched their first tablet called ‘Micromax funbook’ in India. The main emphasis has been given to provide…

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iBall announces Android based Dual-SIM Andi 2

March 28, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

With a plethora of low-end Android smartphones coming in to the fray, the smartphone market is fragmented like never before. Well some companies don’t see it as an almost saturated market and are willing to risk it all, for a…

Dell

Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook Now Available For Indian Consumers

March 21, 2012 0 Hakimuddin

On Monday, Dell officially launched their eagerly anticipated XPS 13 Ultrabook in India. The device has been constantly in news around the globe for its performance & design. Dell had showcased the XPS 13 Ultrabook, earlier at the CES 2012…

Apple

Apple TV Refreshed, 1080p, Same Price, A5 Processor? Launches 16th March

March 7, 2012 0 Aditya DK

The much rumored Apple TV refresh is here and it is nothing like a real TV screen from Apple with Siri or Kinect like gestures. It is the same old black box with a new ‘streamlined’ interface. Apple has taken…

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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…

Android

Aakash Tablet goes on Sale: Upgraded version Available for Preorder

December 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

The much awaited $35 tablet (which is actually nearer to the $47 mark now)  has finally been launched. The Aakash which was officially announced back in October is actually made by a Canadian company called DataWind.

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Vodafone Launches new 3G Android phone “Vodafone Smart”

December 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

Vodafone seems to be quite upbeat about its 3G prospects in India. in what is seen as a move to attract more youngsters to adopt 3G, the company has announced the launch of a new entry level 3G capable smartphone…

Android

HTC Rhyme comes to India, Costs 27,499

December 5, 2011 0 Rahul S

HTC has just announced the launch of its newest Android powered handset, the HTC Rhyme in India. The Rhyme, which was announced back in September this year features a Unibody design like most HTC handsets of today. It is slightly…

Android

Idea Android Phones Launched To Push 3G Adoption

November 23, 2011 0 Annkur

Idea cellular has went official with two low cost Android phones in order to boost adoption of its 3G services. Idea MD Mr. Himanshu Kapania made it clear that they would remain service providers and don’t intend to compete with handset manufacturers. The…

Android

Acer Launches Iconia Smart S300 In India, 4.8″ Screen, Android 2.3

October 20, 2011 0 Annkur

A while back we had seen the Acer Iconia Smart A300 smartphone + tablet. This was alongside the release of the A500 honeycomb tablet in India. It seems that the much delayed A300 smartphone (for convenience purpose lets call it…

Android

Motorola Announces the Droid RAZR

October 19, 2011 0 Rahul S

Motorola a few hours ago took covers off its newest Android powered handset, the Droid RAZR at a press event. It’s been quite some time since Motorola has marketed a device using the RAZR brand. The last device that the…

Android

Lenovo Introduces the IdeaPad A1, K1 and ThinkPad Range of Tablets in India

October 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what has to be one of the most extravagant product launches I have witnessed in India (for an electronics brand), Lenovo recently announced a comprehensive range of tablets in India. Straddling almost every price point, Lenovo aims to be a…

BlackBerry

RIM Debuts the Blackberry Curve 9360 in India

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

In the latest addition to its line up here in India, RIM has launched its newest member from the Curve family -the BlackBerry Curve 9360. The new handset runs BlackBerry OS 7 and packs in a sufficiently large 2.4 inch…

BlackBerry

Hands-on Blackberry 9860 Torch

September 21, 2011 0 Annkur

Blackberry is going on sale with the Torch 9860 in India today, and we had a quick hands-on a couple of days back. The 9860 is a full touch screen with no physical keyboard. The screen is 3.7″ with four…

Android

LG Outs Optimus Hub (E510F) In Italy, Runs Android 2.3

September 13, 2011 0 Annkur

LG has announced an October release for its new mid-segment Android smartphone, the Optimus Hub. The Hub is powered by a 800MHz processor and was previously referred as the Univa. The Hub has a decent spec sheet for the price…

Android

MTS Brings Sub 5K Android Handsets to India

August 31, 2011 0 Rahul S

Just to add to the flurry of Android launches happing of late, telecom operator MTS, a subsidiary of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (SSTL) has announced the launch of two new Android powered smartphones in India today. The devices, made by MTS’ partners…

Android

Motorola Announced Defy+, Launches Next Month

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

Leaked already, Motorola has now gone official with the Defy+. Motorola Defy Plus is a successor to the original Defy that did pretty well being the only rugged Android device on the market (dust and water resistant – IP67). Defy+…

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India: MAXX Outs SCOPE MT150 Touch Screen Phone For Rs 3272

August 1, 2011 0 Annkur

We aren’t sure why MAXX prices are as odd as Rs 3272 (numerology?), but that’s a 2.8-inch touch screen phone hitting the market. And it doesn’t run Android! As we had pointed before, MAXX is strategically targeting a gap between…

Apple

Apple Updates MacBook Air, Discontinues Plastic MacBook (India Price)

July 20, 2011 0 Annkur

As expected (and widely rumored), Apple has refreshed the MacBook Air lineup in less than a year since its last update. The MacBook Air with a 2nd gen Intel Core i5/i7 processor and backlit keyboards can now be considered a…

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KHAMOSHHH – MAXX MQ601 & MX401 Noise Suppression Phones Launched

July 20, 2011 0 Annkur

India: MAXX Mobile has outed a couple of low cost phones powered by SAM noise suppression technology. While the MAXX MX401 is a bar phone, the MXQ601 is QWERTY. Branded as Khamoshhh, these phones aim to make it easy for…

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[India] Lenovo Launches IdeaCentre A320 AIO, Starts Rs 50,990

July 6, 2011 0 Annkur

Announced back in CES 2011, Lenovo has launched the IdeaCentre A320 worlds thinnest All-In-One PC in India. A320’s thickness is measured at just 18.5mm only adding to the stunning looks of this desktop. While, we await to see the different…

eReaders & Tablets

HP’s webOS Powered TouchPad Going On Sale From July 1, Starts $499

June 9, 2011 0 Annkur

After demoing it early and making the market wait for a fair bit of time, HP (Palm) has finally confirmed that its 9.7″ tablet ‘TouchPad’ would go on sale from 1st July in US. TouchPad runs webOS which was developed…

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Dell XPS 15z Official In India, Starts Rs 69,900

June 8, 2011 0 Tassavur

Lately, Dell has been on the offensive and been launching some cool laptops to heat up the Indian markets. They have just made the Dell XPS 15z official in India. The 15z has been in the news in the global…

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Dell Launches Inspiron R Line With Interchangeable Lids

June 4, 2011 0 Annkur

We recently saw the the sleek and sexy DELL XPS 15z. Well it seems like Dell isn’t done just yet and its constantly upping the ante by taking the style quotient of its new Inspiron R series to the next level as…

iPhone

Airtel Launches Apple iPhone 4 in India Starting Today!

May 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

So finally the launch of Apple’s iPhone 4 has dawned upon India. Airtel has launched the iPhone 4 at the same price point as Aircel at Rs. 34,500 for 16GB and Rs. 40,900 for 32 GB models. Both the black…

Apple

Aircel To Launch iPhone 4 In India On 27th May

May 25, 2011 0 Tassavur

Speculations were rife about the launching date, after Aircel and Airtel confirmed the launch of iPhone4 in India. But as it turns out our prediction about the launch date being 27th May has come true though the prices are not…

eReaders & Tablets

Acer’s Iconia Range In India, Price & Availability

May 4, 2011 0 Annkur

Acer just gave India its first Honeycomb tablet. The Iconia tab A500 that is powered by NVIDIA Tegra 2 and sports a 10.1″ screen (1280×800). With 16GB of internal memory, microSD expansion and HDMI out, this is pretty much a…

Apple

New Apple iMacs With Thunderbolt, Intel Core 2nd Gen, Indian Price

May 3, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple has updated its iMacs lineup with the all new Thunderbolt I/O and Intel’s Core Processors (2nd generation / Sandy Bridge). The upgrade was rumored ever since the MacBook Pro’s got refreshed back in March. Just as the MacBook Pros,…

Apple

Did Vijay Sales Jump The Gun On iPad 2 Announcement? (Yes)

April 27, 2011 1 Annkur

It seems that Vijay Sales (a leading retail chain in India) has affirmed our reports of iPad 2 India launch. We saw VijaySales tweeting yesterday about the iPad 2 availability. It began with a small teaser and went on to…

Android

Acer Iconia: Cheapest Honeycomb Tablet Goes On Sale For $450, Does It Matter?

April 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Google has rolled out Honeycomb as an answer to iOSes dominance (with the iPad) in the tablet space. 9 months and 15 million iPads alter we saw the first Honeycomb device, the Motorola Xoom at CES 2011 and it sure looked promising.…