News

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 Lands In India For Rs.10,990

December 6, 2013 0 Rahul S

Samsung seems to be on a roll these days – busy launching successors to a bunch of mid-range handsets it released last year. They started off with the Galaxy Grand 2 and a little over a week later have come…

News

Karbonn Titanium X Android Smartphone Launched For Rs.18,490

December 5, 2013 0 Team OG

Karbonn Mobiles has in a press release announced the launch of its newest Android powered flagship smartphone, the Karbonn X. The handset was unveiled by Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal earlier today. The Karbonn Titanium…

Internet

Internet Subscribers In India Inch Towards 200 Million Mark

December 5, 2013 0 Rahul S

Internet usage in India is on a perennial upward swing, it seems. A few days after IAMAI released data pertaining to surging Internet usage in the largest cities in India, we now have official data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority…

Apple

Apple iPhone 5S More Expensive In India Than Other Markets

December 4, 2013 0 Rahul S

We all knew that the iPhone is a premium product here in India. But how does the Indian pricing of the iPhone compare to other markets across the globe? Are we Indians just complaining for the sake of it or…

Apps

Hike Messenger Launches Version For Older BlackBerry Devices

December 3, 2013 0 Harshit

India based messenger service Hike has just announced that they have launched a version of their app for BlackBerry devices running the older version of BlackBerry OS. The app launched back in December 2012 managed to rake in 5M users…

Apple

Apple iPad Air, iPad Mini With Retina Display Ready For December 7 India Debut

December 3, 2013 0 Rahul S

Apple will start selling its fifth generation iPad – the iPad Air in India starting December 7, 2013. In a press release issued by the company’s distribution partner Ingram Micro they have also confirmed that the same day will also…

News

Meanwhile In Kerala, Inmates Upload Photos To Facebook From Jail!

December 2, 2013 0 Rahul S

This might be a classic case of people landing in a fix thanks to the lack of knowledge of technology – and more importantly, Facebook’s privacy options. In the southern Indian state of Kerala, a bunch of jail inmates who…

Micromax

Mysterious Micromax Canvas A116i Appears Online: Is Identical to The Canvas HD

November 26, 2013 0 Rahul S

Folks from over at AndroidOS.in have spotted a strange little handset listed on a few e-commerce websites out there. The handset goes by the name of the Micromax Canvas A116i and is supposedly a “successor” to the Canvas HD –…

News

Futuremark Delists HTC, Samsung Devices Over “Cheating” Benchmark Scores

November 26, 2013 0 Rahul S

While there might be people who believe that a prospective buyer does not base their product purchases just over benchmark score results, there is no doubt about the fact they are at some point important to an end user. For…

Apps

Cross Platform Messaging Client Line Hits 300 Million Users Worldwide

November 26, 2013 0 Harshit

Messaging application Line earlier today issued a press release claiming that the service has gone past 300 million users. Now that surely is an impressive number any way you look at it. Line, along with WeChat and WhatsApp are amongst…

Android

Samsung Galaxy Grand vs Samsung Galaxy Grand 2!

November 25, 2013 0 Rahul S

Samsung Mobiles earlier today announced a successor to its mid-range phablet – the GLAXY Grand. The Galaxy Grand 2 as the device has been christened gets added features and much better specs compared to the original. It would be launched…

Android

Concept Video Predicts Samsung Galaxy S5 Features

November 25, 2013 0 Rahul S

Samsung’s Galaxy S4, the latest flagship smartphone from the Korean giant has been around for quite some time now. In fact, it is been for enough time already for many to think about its possible successor – the now mythical…

Android

Five Reasons You Should Buy The Google Nexus 5!

November 23, 2013 0 Rahul S

Google recently launched its reference Android handset – the Nexus 5 in India and in countries across the world. The phone, manufactured by LG is available via the Google Play Store, a host of online retailers as well as brick…

Android

HTC One Max Launched In India For 56,490

November 22, 2013 0 Rahul S

HTC’s large screened phablet – the HTC One Max has finally reached our desi shores. The phone saw a global launch sometime last month and HTC thought it was time we the people of India got a taste of their…

News

There are 1.22 Billion Mobile Phone Users In China Now

November 22, 2013 0 Harshit

Chinese press agency Xinhua has released a statement saying that the number of people using mobile phones in the country has crossed 1.22 billion  by the end of October 2013. The country of 1.36 billion is fast approaching 100 %…

News

Winamp: It’s Time To Say Goodbye

November 21, 2013 0 Rahul S

One of the most popular media players of all-time, Winamp is all-set to shut shop. Winamp has put up a small but prominent notice on its website stating that the program won’t be available for download starting December 21, 2013.…

Apple

Apple’s Partner Foxconn Will Stop Making iPhone 5C’s at Zhengzhou Factory

November 21, 2013 0 Krishnan

Taiwanese publication Digitimes is reporting that Apple’s iPhone manufacturing partner FoxConn is stopping the production of the iPhone 5C completely at its Zhengzhou facility in northern China. The factory will instead be used to make iPhone 5S’ which are outselling…

Hardware

Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 Debuts; A Faster, Meaner Successor To The Snapdragon 800

November 20, 2013 0 Rahul S

Qualcomm has announced a successor to the current performance king – the Snapdragon 800 in the form of a new chip. Called the Snapdragon 805, this chip betters the performance from the older 800’s by a fair margin. The main…

Reviews

The Lumia 625 Review

November 20, 2013 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s Lumia 625 is a peculiar handset. Technically a successor to the colourful Lumia 620 that was launched back in December 2012, specifications and size wise, it is more closer to the Lumia 720 than it is to its so called predecessor.…

Internet

Is Volvo’s New Viral Ad Inspired From An Indian Movie Scene?

November 19, 2013 0 Rahul S

Looks like I am watching a lot of viral videos these days. I had just written about the LG MiniBeam campaign earlier today and a few hours later I come across this! This is a recent video by Volvo who…

LG

LG’s MiniBeam Projector Video Goes Viral

November 19, 2013 0 Rahul S

LG’s recently launched portable projector – the PG60G – also known as the “MiniBeam” is the star of a online video campaign from LG Electronics. The video – uploaded on October 28, 2013 has already been viewed by over 3.9…

News

Intex To Launch Android Smartphone With An Octa Core MT 6592 Processor

November 18, 2013 0 Rahul S

Homegrown Android smartphones maker Intex has announced its plans to announce its next flagship Android powered device here in India. The yet to be officially named device will sport the new Mediatek MT 6592 chipset that houses an Octa Core…

Motorola

Motorola Is Coming Back To India With The Moto G

November 14, 2013 0 Rahul S

So, I woke up today hearing about the just announced Motorola Moto G. Yet another mid range phone from Motorola I thought. I quickly lost interest because I “knew” this one wasn’t coming home to India. Yawn. Then for some…

Reviews

Review: Coast by Opera for iPad

November 13, 2013 0 Krishnan

Opera has been in the browser business since time immemorial now. While its much respected Opera Browser for them PC’s never quite took off, there are those dedicated Opera fans who would rather stop browsing the Internet than use another…

Android

Gionee GPad G3 5.5 inch Phablet Lands For Rs.9999

November 13, 2013 0 Rahul S

After launching its much talked about and  now much advertised Gionee Elife E6, Chinese OEM smartphone maker Gionee has set its eyes on the lucrative mid range phablets market in the country. In its bid to increase its foothold in…

Apple

Apple iPhone To Get Bigger Displays In 2014?

November 11, 2013 0 Rahul S

Apple has been of late under pressure from its fans, investors and industry insiders alike to bring more innovative feature additions to its iPhone. The iPhone design and features have more or less remained the same since the past few…

News

Xolo Q2000 Phablet Appears On Official Website; Price – 14,999/-

November 8, 2013 0 Rahul S

Indian smartphones manufacturer Xolo seems to be on a roll. The company which had a string of recent launches has listed its newest device on its official website. The handset happens to be a large screened phablet going by the…

Internet

Mumbai Has 12 Million Active Internet Users; Tops List

November 7, 2013 0 Rahul S

While the commercial capital of the country has been fast losing out to other cities in terms of development and infrastructure, one area where Mumbai still reigns supreme is the amount of Internet users it boasts of. According to a…

Android

Google Nexus 7 (2013) & Nexus 10 (2012) In India Soon!

November 6, 2013 0 Rahul S

A week or so after it became clear that the new Google Nexus 5 smartphone is making its way in to India officially via the Google Play Store, we now have two other Nexus class products treading the same path.…

Entertainment

China based NationalChip launches new range of Set Top Box Chips in India

November 1, 2013 0 Harshit

NationalChip, an IC manufacturer based in Hangzhou, China, has launched a new range of chips for use in Set Top Boxes in the Indian market. The company has some lofty goals, and aim to reach around 130 million customers in…

Android

Everything You Wanted To Know About the Google Nexus 5 India Launch

November 1, 2013 0 Rahul S

Google along with Android 4.4 KitKat also announced the much awaited Nexus 5 Android reference handset at an event held a few hours ago at San Francisco. While this was much expected and came in hardly as a surprise, what…

Lenovo

Lenovo Yoga 10 and Yoga 8 Android Tablets Announced

October 31, 2013 0 Rahul S

Lenovo a few hours ago unveiled its new range of “Yoga” branded tablets. The new devices which come in two screen sizes seem to be directed straight at the mid range buyers who are on the lookout for a decently…

Reviews

The BlackBerry 9720: Review

October 30, 2013 0 Krishnan

The year 2013 didn’t begin well for BlackBerry with tumbling sales and consumers switching over to iPhone and varieties of Android devices that flooded the market. BlackBerry then announced the BlackBerry OS 10; a jump from the BlackBerry OS 7…

News

Xolo Q900 launched in India for Rs. 12,999/-

October 30, 2013 0 Krishnan

Xolo today has launched the XOLO Q900, expanding its range in the quad-core smartphone arena. Xolo has been trying its best to gain popularity in the Android smartphone ecosystem with devices like Xolo Play, Q1000S and A500S. The Xolo Q900…

LG

LG G Flex Debuts In Korea With Curved Display

October 28, 2013 0 Rahul S

Weeks after Samsung came up with its version of a smartphone with a curved display – the Galaxy Round, it’s time for some competition. Samsung’s home-grown arch-rival LG has just officially took covers of its G Flex – the company’s…

LG

LG G Pro Lite Lands In India Before Official Launch

October 25, 2013 0 Rahul S

Looks like LG is in a hurry to launch its poor man’s phablet in India. The much talked about “lite” version of the Optimus G Pro is already on sale in the country on a certain E-commerce store. The LG…

Micromax

Micromax Canvas Turbo launched For Rs.19,990/-

October 24, 2013 0 Krishnan

Micromax caused a lot of stir in the media when they got hold of Hugh Jackman as their brand ambassador to launch their new flagship phone. Today, the Indian Mobile Manufacturer has finally launched the Canvas Turbo smartphone, its newest…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry Z30 launched in India; Priced At Rs. 39,990/-

October 24, 2013 0 Krishnan

BlackBerry has announced the launch of their new flagship phone in India, the Z30. We had earlier stated that the BlackBerry Z30 was due to release in India October 24th. The BlackBerry Z30 smartphone is  claimed to be the biggest,…

Nokia

Nokia Lumia 2520 Windows 8 RT Tablet Arrives

October 23, 2013 0 Rahul S

Along with the Lumia 1520 and the 1320, Nokia also took the opportunity to announce its first ever Windows based tablet at Nokia World, yesterday, The Nokia 2520 as it is known can be termed a distant successor to the…

Nokia

Nokia Lumia 1320: The Poor Man’s Windows Phone Phablet

October 23, 2013 0 Rahul S

Along with the Lumia 1520, Nokia also announced the official existence of yet another 6 inch phablet at Nokia World yesterday. We are talking about the Lumia 1320 – which is basically a stripped down version of the 1520 for…