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Micromax Canvas A111 Dual Sim leaks online

2013-04-21T00:19:00.001-07:00

Micromax, the Indian brand best known for its cheap, but powerful A116 Canvas HD smartphone, has just had its latest mid-range Canvas A111 handset leaked.
In a series of tweets, Twitter user MMXNewscaster has showcased the Canvas A111 from the front and back, while also sharing some of its key specifications.

Apparently, the A111 is built around a 5.3" display of qHD resolution (960 x 540 pixels). The leak suggests that the touchscreen is going to be usable even with gloves on, like many high-end Android smartphone out there.
At the back, there's an 8MP camera capable of shooting full HD video and is backed up by dual-LEDs; a 1.2MP camera is at the front. According to the leak, the Canvas A111 profile is just under 10mm (9.9mm to be precise) and packs a 2100mAh battery. Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is at the driver's seat as well.

As you can tell by the photo above, the Canvas A111 is a dual-SIM phone and has support for microSD cards to expand its internal memory, which for now remains unknown. Pricing and availability are still anyone's guess, but the smartphone is said to hit India in the coming weeks.

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HTC First, the first Facebook Home phone, coming April 12

2013-04-04T23:33:00.001-07:00

At the launch of its mobile interface layer called Facebook Home, Facebook along with HTC announced the launch of the HTC First, the first smartphone built to feature Home out of the box.

The HTC First features a 4.3-inch touch screen display that has a resolution of 720x1280 pixels. The phone is powered by a 1.4GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930AA) processor and has 1GB of RAM. It's got a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.6-megapixel front camera. The rear camera is capable of recording 1080p video. The phone features 16GB of internal storage but does not have a memory card slot for expanding storage capacity. It has a 2,000mAh non-removable battery. The phone runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with Facebook Home. The HTC First will be available in four colors: black, white, red and pale blue.

"HTC has a track record of providing beautiful hardware design, and of being first-to-market with smartphone innovations," said Peter Chou, CEO, HTC Corporation. "The HTC First continues that track record, providing AT&T customers with a unique home experience that puts a user's friends and family at the center of their mobile experience."

In further continuation of the Facebook theme, HTC First will be the first phone to come pre-installed with Facebook's Instagram, the popular image-sharing app/ social network.

"Home is a completely new experience for your phone," said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's Founder and CEO. "With Home available right out of the box, you're getting the best quality experience for connecting with your friends."

The HTC First is available for pre-order for $99.99 with a two-year contract with AT&T in the US and will be available starting April 12. AT&T's website lists the HTC First's regular price as $449.99 (without contract). The phone will be launched exclusively with Orange in France and EE in the UK. The exact dates of the Europe launch have not been announced. There are no details on the phone's availability in India.

HTC First Specifications:

4.3-inch display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels
1.4GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8930AA) processor
1GB of RAM
16GB of internal memory
5-megapixel rear camera
1.6-megapixel front camera
WLAN 802.11 a / b / g / n and Bluetooth 4.0/ LTE
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

Samsung Chat On

2013-04-03T23:45:00.000-07:00

With Samsung Chat On it is possible to interact with friends and family regardless of whether your device is a smartphone, feature phone, tablet or notebook computer.

Samsung has introduced a new BlackBerry Messenger-like feature called Chat On. The service, part of Samsung's global mobile communication, will work across all major smartphone and feature phone platforms.

With Samsung Chat On users can interact with friends and family regardless of whether the device they're using is a smartphone, feature phone, tablet or notebook computer. Users can instantly share text, images, hand-written notes and video through it. They can chat in groups as well, while a web client will allow easy sharing of content and conversations between mobiles and PCs.
"With Chat On, Samsung has vastly simplified mobile communication by allowing users to connect to our upcoming feature phones and all major smartphones in the market," said Ho Soo Lee, head of the media solution center at Samsung Electronics. "Users around the world can now enjoy easier and richer interactivity with whoever they want, in the format they want—this is mobile communication reinvented and democratised."
Chat On is available in more than 120 countries and supports up to 62 languages. It allows feature phone users to share text, pictures, calendar events, contacts and emoticons through an easy-to-access client .smartphoneusers can see how often they communicate with their buddies using the Interaction Rank feature of Chat On, and can post comments on buddies' profile pages. Users can also create an Animation message, which allows them to create their own content by scribbling texts, adding audio and choosing background pictures.
Samsung Chat On has been officially announced and will gradually be rolled out across all Samsung smartphones, feature phones, tablet and notebook computers — new and old. This functionality will also be added to all upcoming devices including those showcased at the IFA in Berlin.

WhatsApp for Windows Phone Users

2012-11-24T00:41:00.000-08:00

Popular instant messaging application - WhatsApp, played a disappearing act with the Windows Phone based devices. Several Windows Phone 7.5 users are finding it difficult to locate the WhatsApp app in the Windows Phone Store. However, on lot of scouting the WhatsApp does show up but actually is hidden.

The disappearing act of the app however led many to wonder if its developers have done so to introduce its paid version. However, a website - WPCentral claimed that the WhatsApp app is still available in the Windows Phone Store (Windows Phone Marketplace).

WhatsApp is undoubtedly the most popular instant messaging outside the world of BlackBerry Messenger. Windows Phone 7.5 has couple of limitations that stops the app from running in background and providing notifications seamlessly.
As of now, WhatsApp has not been made available on the Windows Phone 8 platform. We believe that the developers are still figuring out the Windows Phone 8 platform and working on delivering better experience with the new features.

Nokia Asha 309 Latest Price Rs 6,349

2012-11-02T05:24:00.000-07:00

Nokia has announced the availability of its new Asha 309 smart feature phone in India for Rs 6,349. The Asha 309 phone comes with a full touchscreen experience on the Asha operating system which is based on Nokia S40 operating system and has been specially developed for better performance and features than other Asha series devices.

The Asha 309 comes with a 2 megapixel fixed focus digital camera with zoom and video capture capability at 10 FPS in Qicf resolution, There's a video player, music player, and FM radio as well on the device to keep the users entertainer while on the move.
The Finnish handset maker had launched serveral phones under its Asha series including the Asha 200, Asha 302, Asha 305, Asha 309, Asha 308, and Asha 311.
Nokia had last month launched its Asha 308 and Asha 309 handsets out of which the dual SIM variant, the Nokia Asha 308 was released in the market earlier this month.

Nokia Lumia 510 Price Rs 9,999

2012-11-02T05:21:00.002-07:00

Nokia has been aggressive about introducing the Windows Phone experience in the budget segment in India. The new Nokia Lumia 510 smartphone is quietly listed for Rs 9,999 at the online retail site Flipkart while the official Nokia Online Store is yet to put a price tag on the device. The new Nokia Lumia 510 smartphone comes with an 800 MHz mobile processor and runs Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh. This smartphone is intended to be Nokia's most affordable Windows Phone device for the masses.

Lumia 510 include FM radio, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, micro USB port, accelerometer, ambient light sensor and 3.5 mm audio port. Another surprise for Indian consumers is that the Lumia 510 uses a micro SIM card. Nokia has packed a mere 1300 mAh battery that is said to offer talk time of 6.2 hours over GSM networks and 8.4 hours over WCDMA networks. We believe, however, that this might be a typographical error and that the respective talk times are the other way around-8.4 hours on 2G and 6.2 hours on 3G.
Nokia Lumia 510 is aimed at the budget segment in India and will be available for about Rs 10,000 at online as well as offline shopping destinations.

Micromax A90S Superfone -Latest Phone of Micromax

2012-11-02T05:15:00.002-07:00

Micromax has officially launched Android Ice-Cream Sandwich based A90S Superfone Pixel smartphone in India for Rs 12,990.

The A90S is a dual SIM Android smart phone equipped with a 4.3 inch Amoled touch screen with resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The A90S comes with a 1.0 GHz dual core processor and is power packed with a 1600mAh battery that the company claims that it provides a talk time of up to 5 hours and a standby time up to 174 hours.
The phone sports an 8.0 megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3 megapixel front camera which will facilitate video chatting. The phone's external memory is expandable up to 32 GB and is available in two colours black and White.

Tata DOCOMO launche unlimited local calls for GSM & CDMA prepay

2012-08-23T03:57:00.003-07:00

Tata DOCOMO offers unlimited local calls on any mobile or fixed-line network across Karnataka with a validity of 30 days

Micromax pixel A90 - Latest Micromax Mobile

2012-08-23T03:42:00.004-07:00

The budget smartphone range has always been looked upon as low price-low quality. While many device makers have now been trying to falsify this statement by offering higher quality and feature rich devices at low prices, displays still remain on the lower side of the quality curve.

Bharti Airtel 60-days-60-deals offer

2012-08-14T02:58:00.000-07:00

Bharti Airtel has introduced the 60-days-60-deals offer for new prepaid customers who join in August.
As per the conditions of the scheme, new users can avail of 60 free offers for 60 days after joining the Airtel network. These include offers on messaging, data, STD calls, talktime minutes and value added services.

Apple Mobile launch iPhone 5 on September

2012-08-10T22:06:00.001-07:00

If rumours are to be believed Apple may launch much talked about iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini on September 12.Apple will unveil the new iPhone also also a new iPod Nano on September and the products will be available for purchase from September 21, according to reports

Airtel launched 4G LTE services in Bangalore with 30GB in Rs 2,999

2012-08-10T02:50:00.002-07:00

Airtel has also commence ‘Smartbytes’ for 4G – thus permit users to purchase these add-on packs and use 4G Services even after exhausting their monthly data confines.A successor to the 3G and 2G families, 4G is predictable to be five times faster than 3G services. It would suggest services such as high-definition mobile TV and video conferencing.

HTC Desire VC Price & Specification in India

2012-08-10T02:44:00.001-07:00

HTC, has officially launched Desire VC smartphone at a price of Rs 21,999 in India. With the dual SIM attribute, it enables convenient switching between CDMA and GSM Networks. The HTC Desire VC has an official MRP of Rs. 23,300 which the company has revealed that customers can grab it for a best buy price of Rs. 21,999.

Karbonn A9 Android phone with Price

2012-08-10T02:37:00.001-07:00

Karbonn has launched its latest Android smartphone in India. However, the Indian mobile phone manufacturer has not officially announced the launch of the new Karbonn A9, which is currently available through a bunch of online retail websites for Rs 9000.

Nokia Asha 303 Review,Nokia Asha Review in India

2012-08-10T02:29:00.001-07:00

Nokia Asha 303 is a cheapest mobile phone that comes with a touchscreen and a Qwerty mobile. This Nokia Asha is currently available in the retail market at various Nokia store, third party resellers and online retailers. Here's our comprehensive account of the Nokia Asha 303:

Top 10 3G Mobile phones in India with Price List

2012-03-27T05:23:00.003-07:00

Survey Says Users prefer 4-to-4.5-Inch Screen Size Smartphone, Pick your Android phone from the above list. More than 450,000 apps are available on Google Play, which is generating more than 1 billion App downloads every month.

Reliance Tab in India

2012-03-23T03:24:00.001-07:00

Reliance Communications telecommunications service provider, today unveiling the first CDMA Tablet in India as ‘Reliance CDMA Tab’, a fully loaded Android tablet. The stylish Reliance CDMA Tab comes with a 7-inch capacitive touch screen with Android 2.3 OS. Loaded with 512 MB RAM and a micro SD external storage. The light weight (397g) Reliance CDMA Tab comes with a 2.0 MP rear camera and a front camera, among other key features.

Micromax enters into Brazilian market

2011-08-28T23:57:00.000-07:00

Micromax, one of the popular Indian handset manufacturer has announced that they would start selling their mobile phones in Brazil. They plans to invest around $12.5 million and they have launched 3 new phones that has features like dual SIM , multimedia and marathon battery for youth market.

Tata DOCOMO launches SMS based VAS service

2011-08-28T23:55:00.001-07:00

Tata DOCOMO has launched new Value Added Service (VAS service) called Video News Alert in partnership with business channel group Network 18. This would let the users to know the latest news around the world in the form of video clip that could be streamed and also downloaded by both 2G & 3G subscribers. The customers can also search and view news stories, like it, participate in polls and also share their opinion.

Nokia Cuts Smartphone Prices

2011-07-13T02:17:00.000-07:00

Nokia has cut the prices of its smartphones in Europe, two industry sources told Reuters on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a more intensive price war in the mobile phone market.
Nokia's smartphones are rapidly losing market share to phones running on Google's Android operating platform, and the Finnish company is expected to report losses for the second and third quarters this year.
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Apple iPhone 4 CDMA

2011-07-13T02:12:00.000-07:00

The hugely successful Apple iPhone 4 is available on lots of carriers around the world, but one major market has remained untouched by Apple.. and that one is in its own backyard. So far, the US Verizon Wireless network – the largest carrier in the US – has not had a version of the iPhone to run on its CDMA network.. but that is about to change.

Using the same “retina” display, 5 megapixel camera with HD video recording and powerful A4 processor, this version of the iPhone looks almost identical to the GSM/UMTS version used worldwide.
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Latest BlackBerry Handsets Coming to India

2011-07-13T02:07:00.000-07:00

Research In motion will soon be unveiling seven different BlackBerry smartphones in the months to come, co-CEOs of RIM, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis announced this during its annual meeting in Waterloo, Canada.

All these smartphones will be based on the upcoming BlackBerry OS 7, which was announced only a few weeks back in the international market.
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Best Smartphones for Video Entertainment

2011-07-11T05:31:00.000-07:00

Today, smartphones have gone beyond their usual role of mere office tools to become powerful all-in-one gadgets. Besides the ability to read and compose emails or edit documents, smartphone makers have started adding more processing muscle to new devices. Most users love to play games on their large screen smartphones and many seek a theatre like movie experience.

Vodafone Announces New 3G Pricing for Kolkata Users

2011-07-08T04:03:00.001-07:00

Vodafone Essar has announced an all new pricing of the 3G services for its postpaid customers in Kolkata.
Mobile Internet plans start from Rs 100 for postpaid subscribers and offers 100 MB of free data usage. The mobile broadband plans ranges from Rs 650 to Rs 1,250 where customers can get data usage of 1GB and 5GB respectively.
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