INDIAN TECH NEWS

IPL Cricket Fever 2013 game launched for Android

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:40:00 +0530

Disney UTV’s Indiagames has launched IPL Cricket Fever 2013, the official IPL season 6 mobile game for Android. This game has all the official 9 teams – Mumbai Indians, Chennai Superkings, Hyderabad Sunrisers, Delhi Daredevils, King XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore and Pune Warriors. You can play your favourite cricketers including Sachin Tendulkar, Michael Hussey, M.S.Dhoni, Gautam Gambhir, Virendra Sehwag, Adam Gilchrist, Brett Lee, Yusuf Pathan, Kevin Pollard, Lasith Malinga, Dale Steyn and many more.

Top play the game, you have to select a friend and create a challenge with other gamers playing the game or accepting a challenge posed to you. The objective of the game is to hit maximum runs in one, three or five overs and set a challenge for an opponent to beat or while responding to an opponent’s challenge. IPL leaderboard for gamers to check the ranks of their selected teams. You have to win as many challenges as possible to stay on top of the leaderboard and to move to new skill levels. It has a special Daily Bonus element where user will get bonus in soft currency for that particular day if their team that is on the TOP of leaderboard.

Features of IPL Cricket Fever 2013 for Android

Play the complete IPL season 6 tournaments with your favourite IPL team and stars!
Watch the cheerleaders dance to your shots and wickets
IPL leaderboard for gamers that lets you check the ranks your selected teams
Play with 3/5 over packs.
Score more & Win more with Power ups
Tutorial section included teaching step by step controls of the game.

Download the IPL Cricket Fever 2013 for Android from the Google Play Store. You can also get the IPL Cricket Fever Lite 2013 for iPhone from the Apple iTunes Store for free, IPL Cricket Fever – Deluxe 2013 for the iPhone and the iPad at $2.99 / Rs. 170 and $4.99 / Rs. 270 respectively.

Facebook Messenger for Android updated

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:35:00 +0530

Facebook announced the Facebook Home last week that comes pre-installed with the HTC First. It brings several features including Chat Heads feature. We brought you the hands-on hands-on impressions of the Facebook Home last week, but it didn’t have the chat heads feature, since it was a pre-release version. The Facebook Messenger for Android has received an update to version 2.4.2 today that brings Chat Heads.

Chat Heads lets you get notifications along with the unread message count on a chat head bubble, even when you’re using other apps. You can just tap the chat head to reply, drag down to close. This takes you to the to a separate page that lists the current people you are chatting with. You can continue the conversation in Messenger by tapping the messenger icon next to the chat head during the conversation.

If you can’t see Chat heads after the the update, you can enable it from the Facebook Messenger settings. The Facebook app for Android has also received an update that takes the app to version 3.1 from version 2.3. The change log says new permissions for Facebook Home has been added, but no sign of Facebook Home yet, which is expected today for the HTC One X, One X+, One and also on the Samsung Galaxy S3, S4 and Note 2 initially. The latest update also brings bug fixes to both these apps.

Download the Facebook Messenger for Android from Google Play, if you don’t have it yet.

BlackBerry P’9981 Smartphone Launched in India For Rs. 1,39,990

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:29:00 +0530

BlackBerry Smartphone maker Research In Motion and Porsche Design today launched the elite new Porsche Design P’9981 premium smartphone in India Rs. 1,39,990.

Instantly identifiable as a Porsche Design product, the exclusive material choices for this unique smartphone include a forged stainless steel frame, hand-wrapped leather back cover, sculpted QWERTY keyboard, and crystal clear touch display.

The customized Porsche Design P’9981 comes with an exclusive Porsche Design UI and a bespoke Wikitude World Browser augmented reality app experience. The smartphone also includes a premium, exclusive PIN that easily identifies the user as holder of a Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry.

The Porsche Design P’9981 is built on a performance driven platform that features a 1.2 GHz processor and Liquid Graphics technology, which enables a highly responsive touch experience with incredibly fast and smooth graphics.

It also features HD video recording, 24-bit high resolution graphics, advanced sensors enabling new augmented reality applications, and built-in support for NFC (Near Field Communications). It comes with 8 GB of on-board memory, expandable to up to 40 GB with a microSD card.

Kabir Bedi and Sunil Dutt MD RIM India at the exclusive Launch of Porsche Design BlackBerry P’9981

The new Porsche Design P’9981 also comes with the latest BlackBerry OS that delivers a highly refined and integrated suite of phone, email, messaging and social apps. It includes a next generation BlackBerry browser, which provides a fast, fluid web browsing experience that is among the best in the industry, and comes with a number of pre-loaded applications that keep users connected and productive throughout the day.

The Porsche Design P’9981 smartphone from BlackBerry will be available at select BlackBerry Premium and BlackBerry Exclusive stores in India.

Microsoft announced Windows Phone 8, What is New..?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 10:10:00 +0530

Microsoft just unveiled the latest version of its mobile operating system. Called Window Phone 8, it brings sweeping changes to the OS leaving current users out of the party for the most part. We’ll be detailing the features coming to existing phones in a separate post but for now lets take a look at the features to be a part of the next gen OS.

Do note that this is not a complete list and Microsoft is still holding back some cards for closer to the launch.

1. Shared Core

The biggest change and most likely the one single reason why current phones can’t get the entire OS update. Windows Phone 8 shares its core with Windows 8. What this means is that developers can very easily develop apps for both computers and smartphones simultaneously.

It also allows the OS to scale both in the upper and lower end. Windows Phone now supports dual core processors and more.

2. More screen resolutions support

The OS can now support screens with up to 720p resolution. In fact it supports three different resolutions which should facilitate lower end devices as well.

1280×768 and 1280×720 alongside the current 800×480 resolution panels should allow some manner of flexibility in terms of form factors.

3. Memory Card support

Windows Phone 7 initially supported micro SD cards for expansion but the implementation was subject a lot of restrictions. This resulted in OEMs dropping support and going in for NAND storage instead. This is set to change as devices can now include consumer replaceable micro SD cards for storage expansion. It will be possible to store music, videos and images on external storage. Users can also install apps on external storage.

4. NFC

Near Field Communications will play a major role in Windows Phone 8. From simple use cases like tapping cards to obtain information and tapping magazines to get digital versions to sharing photos. Simply tap another NFC enabled device to share.

5. Internet Explorer 10

Now this one might not look like a major plus point the face of it but believe me, Internet Explorer 10 is plenty fast. Sharing the rendering engine will bring the same technology to the phone.

Included will be advanced anti-phishing features like SmartScreen Filter to block dangerous websites and malware.

6. Wallet

Microsoft’s digital wallet app keeps track of debit and credit cards, coupons, boarding passes, and other important info which when paired with a secure SIM from a carrier, can be used to pay for things just by tapping.

7.Nokia Maps

Nokia’s mapping technology will be powering maps in Windows Phone 8. All phones will come with offline maps and turn by turn navigation in built.

This is huge as Navteq’s maps have some of the best POI database out there with coverage across the world. A definite win for customers here.

8. A new start screen

Windows Phone 8 will revamp the start screen. Yes, it will still have tiles but it’ll be possible to resize them to three different sizes.

Small, Medium and Large will ensure that users can fit in as much or as less information as they want on a screen.

The ultimate list of new iPhone - iOS 6 features

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:03:00 +0530

As expected, Apple took the wraps off the latest iteration of its mobile operating system last week. And although it may not be quite the upgrade that its predecessor was, iOS 6 still includes a ton of new features and other enhancements.

We’ve covered a number of these additions here on iDB already, but it’s hard to keep up with each and every new discovery. So, we’ve decided to put together a census of all of the new changes. Here’s iDB’s ultimate list of new iOS 6 features…

Note: Some of them are device-specific, so make sure to check out our feature compatibility guide for more information.

Phone

The Phone app gets a slight upgrade in iOS 6 with a new look, and at least one significant enhancement:

Decline options – now when declining phone calls, users have the option to respond with a preset or custom text message or set a callback reminder.

Facebook

iOS 6 includes deep, system-level Facebook integration:

Photo uploads - users can now post pictures to the social networking site directly from the Photos app.
Tap to Post - users can now update their Facebook statuses (and tweet) from the Notification Center.
Like content - the Facebook option to ‘Like’ something is now available in the App, iBooks and iTunes stores.

FaceTime

The video calling app gets two welcome new features in iOS 6:

FaceTime over cellular – users can now make FaceTime calls over a cellular connection, instead of being forced to find a Wi-Fi network.
Number/ID unification – users can now make FaceTime calls from their iPads and other devices using either their Apple IDs or their phone numbers.

Siri

Siri receives quite the upgrade in iOS 6, with the ability to answer a number of new questions, and perform new tasks:

Restaurants - Siri can now search for restaurants based on price and outdoor seating availability, in addition to location and cuisine. It can also now pull up photos, Yelp reviews, and make reservations via OpenTable.
Movies – in iOS 6, Siri can lookup showtimes, movie facts, and play trailers. It can also bring up movie ratings and reviews from Rotten Tomatoes.
Sports – the digital assistant can now look up sport scores for current and past games, as well as schedules and team rosters for baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer.
Launch apps – Users can now launch applications — both stock and third party — by telling Siri to “launch (insert app name here).”
Siri for iPad - the once iPhone 4S-exclusive feature is now available on Apple’s latest tablet.

Maps

The Maps app has been completely redesigned from the ground up in iOS 6. And not only does it look different, but it also has a handful of new features:

3D Flyover view – thanks to the 3D technology from recently-acquired C3 Technologies, Maps now features gorgeous 3D models of buildings, landmarks, and monuments.
Turn-by-turn – Maps can now give users audible turn-by-turn directions to help them get to their destinations.
Traffic – Maps now uses real-time traffic conditions to calculate ETAs. It can also offer details about incidents and alternate routes to speed up travel times.

Clock

The Clock app in iOS 6 gets a minor new feature, and a fresh coat of paint for Apple’s tablet:

MP3 Alarm tones - users can now set songs as Alarm tones in iOS 6
New iPad app - iOS 6 brings the stock Clock app to the iPad. It doesn’t look exactly like its iPhone counterpart, but it performs all of the same functions.

Safari

Safari didn’t get quite the makeover that other apps did, but it did receive a couple of nice enhancements:

iCloud tabs – open a website in a new Safari tab on your desktop, and it automatically populates in mobile Safari on your iOS 6 device.
Offline Reading List – now Safari’s Reading List feature can save entire articles — not just links — for later viewing on any iOS device.
Media uploads – users can now upload photos and videos to websites from within Safari.
Full-screen – iPhones and iPod touches can now view web pages in full-screen when in landscape-mode.

Photos

There aren’t many new features in the Photos app in iOS 6, but there are a few notable changes:

New share menu – There’s a new sharing menu in iOS 6 that allows users to upload photos and videos to Facebook, Twitter, and other services.
Shared Photo Streams – users can now easily share media from their Photo Streams with their friends and family, either via the Photos app, iPhotos, or even the web.

Passbook

Passbook is a brand new application in iOS 6 that organizes all of a user’s digital gift cards, event tickets and boarding passes. Cards are location-aware, so if a user approaches a building connected with one of the cards in their Passbook app, they receive a push notification.

Mail

The new Mail application in iOS 6 is exactly like the old one, but with the addition of a few handy features:

VIP Lists – a list of the contacts that you’d like to receive notifications from upon every email.
Pull-to-refresh – users can now use the popular pull-to-refresh gesture to refresh their inbox.
In-app attachements – users can now attach photos and videos to emails without ever leaving the Mail application.

App Store

After nearly four years without any major changes, the App Store gets a significant redesign in iOS 6, as do the iBook and iTunes stores. They look different, act different, and make browsing through content more enjoyable. Oh, and you don’t get kicked out of the app when you start a download anymore.

Settings

Apple made a few changes to the Settings app in iOS 6 in order to keep up with the other new features.

Do Not Disturb - a new option for users to turn off all push notifications and alerts with a single toggle. You can also choose contacts and apps to not be muted by this feature.
Relocated Bluetooth – the Bluetooth toggle has been moved to the main Settings pane in iOS 6, making it easier for users to access the option.
Government alerts - users can enable native Government Alerts in iOS 6, but this will undoubtedly be region and carrier-specific.
Privacy settings - users can now see what data each app is accessing — Calendar, Contacts, etc. — and have the ability to disable them.

Miscellaneous

Other than the above-mentioned features and enhancements, there are a few other changes in iOS 6 worth pointing out:

Color-matching status bar
Separate Podcast app
New Emoji icons
‘New’ app ribbons
Stream or download songs in iTunes Match
Retina-friendly shutdown spinner
Custom dictionary in the cloud
New UI in Music app

We plan to continue to add to this list as more new features come to light. But if you feel like we’ve missed something, be sure to let us know about it in the comments below and we’ll add it.

So, what do you think of iOS 6 so far?

Tks :iBlog

Microsoft Announces Surface Tablets

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 10:14:00 +0530

Microsoft today unveiled Tablet PCs – Surface for Windows RT and Surface for Windows 8 Pro built to be the ultimate stage for Windows OS.

Surface tablet for Windows 8 RT running on NVidia’s ARM processor, and surface for Windows 8 Pro, running on Intel’s Ivy Bridge (using the i5 core) weighs 676 grams and is 9.3 mm thick..

Using a 10.6-inch ClearType HD display, Microsoft tablets includes USB 2.0, Micro HD, and microSD options for connectivity. It comes with 2×2 MIMO antennas which gives the strongest WiFi capability.Both Tablets has a multitouch keyboard and a trackpad and will come with either 64 gigabytes or 128 GB of storage.

Microsoft Surface is designed to seamlessly transition between consumption and creation, without compromise. It delivers the power of amazing software with Windows and the feel of premium hardware in one exciting experience. Surface Tablet has edges angled at 22 degrees, a natural position for the PC at rest or in active use, letting the hardware fade into the background and the software stand out.

The 3 mm Touch Cover of Surface Tablets represents a step forward in human-computer interface. Using a unique pressure-sensitive technology, Touch Cover senses keystrokes as gestures, enabling you to touch type significantly faster than with an on-screen keyboard. It will be available in a selection of vibrant colors.

Surface for Windows RT :

•OS: Windows RT

•Light(1): 676 g

•Thin(2): 9.3 mm

•Clear: 10.6” ClearType HD Display

•Energized: 31.5 W-h

•Connected: microSD, USB 2.0, Micro HD Video, 2×2 MIMO antennae

•Productive: Office ‘15’ Apps, Touch Cover, Type Cover

•Practical: VaporMg Case & Stand

•Configurable: 32 GB, 64 GB

Surface for Windows 8 Pro :

•OS: Windows 8 Pro

•Light(1): 903 g

•Thin(2): 13.5 mm

•Clear: 10.6” ClearType Full HD Display

•Energized: 42 W-h

•Connected: microSDXC, USB 3.0, Mini DisplayPort Video, 2×2 MIMO antennae

•Productive: Touch Cover, Type Cover, Pen with Palm Block

•Practical: VaporMg Case & Stand

•Configurable: 64 GB, 128 GB

The retail pricing of bothe Tablets will be announced closer to availability and is expected to be competitive with a comparable ARM tablet or Intel Ultrabook-class PC. OEMs will have cost and feature parity on Windows 8 and Windows RT.

Micromax launched A45 Superfone Punk for Rs. 5,499

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:55:00 +0530

Micromax has launched A45, Music Phone in the Superfone range. It has 3.5-inch (480 x 320 Pixels) Capacitive touch screen display and is powered by 650 MHz processor. pre-loaded AISHA, a Voice recognition app which made its debut with A50 Ninja. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

Micromax A45 Superfone Punk specifications

3.5-inch (480 x 320 Pixels) Capacitive touch screen display
650 MHz processor
Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread)
2MP camera
32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
2G, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, GPS, Micro USB
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
1300 mAh battery

It comes with pre-loaded apps such as Mibuddy, Facebook, Mstore, What’s app and more and would come with ringtone of the hit single – We found love from Rihanna’s latest album, Talk that Talk.

The Micromax A45 Superfone Punk is priced at Rs 5,499. It comes in white and black colors and come with funky looking headphones. It would be avaialble across all leading retail outlets in India.

National Telecom Policy 2012 : " No Roaming Charges and Pan India MNP One Nation – One Mobile Number "

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 May 2012 18:00:00 +0530

The Govt of India today approved a National Telecom Policy 2012, which will replace more than a 12 years old telecom regulations and now mobile service users will be able to avail FREE Roaming and keep their Phone Numbers even if they switch service providers anywhere in the country with the Nation Wide Intra Circle MNP, proposed in the new Telecom Policy.

The cabinet has approved the new National Telecom Policy with some changes from what was proposed earlier, The New Telecom Policy recommends one Nation, one license policy across services and service areas to abolish Roaming charges. The distinction between local and STD calls would vanish, as the policy aims at a ‘one-nation-one-licence’ regime.

With the implementation of new National Telecom Policy, Now Telecom operators/Mobile Service providers would not require any separate licences for operations in various parts of the country and a single licence would suffice.

Under the new telecom policy, telecom ministry also provisions for inter-circle Mobile Number Portability (MNP) i.e. Full MNP, which involves changing an operator while retaining the same phone number in different telecom circles.

Highlights : New National Telecom Policy 2012 :

One Nation-One License to mean removal of Roaming charges on Mobile phone service.
Full Mobile Number Portability and work towards One Nation – Free Roaming.
Efforts Towards ‘Right to Broadband’
Affordable and reliable Broadband on demand by 2015 and to achieve 175 million broadband connections by the year 2017 and 600 million by the year 2020 at minimum 2 Mbps download speed and making available higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps on demand.
To revise the existing broadband download speed of 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps by end of 2012 and subsequently to 2 Mbps by 2015 and higher speeds of atleast 100 Mbps thereafter.
Mission is to have special coverage of Remote, Rural areas across India.
Protect consumer interest by promoting informed consent, transparency and accountability in quality of service, tariff, usage etc.
Optimize transmission of services to consumers irrespective of their devices or locations by Fixed-Mobile Convergence thus making available valuable spectrum for other wireless services.
Convergence of services will cover voice, data, video, Internet, VAS
Cloud Computing, Next Generation Network including IPV6
De-link licenses issuances & spectrum allocations
Spectrum to be made available at market valuations
Seek TRAI recommendation on license framework
Will allow trading, sharing, pooling of spectrum
Will enact a separate spectrum act

Samsung Galaxy S III Launched in India For Rs. 43180

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:45:00 +0530

Samsung today launched Samsaung Galaxy S III in India for Rs. 43180 , as the company announced the next gen flagship Android smartphone in an event in Delhi.

The most powerful and awaited Android 4.0 smartphone Samsung Galaxy S III is super-hyped as there were continuous fakes, outright leaks and even event re-scheduling – all prove the crazy levels of interest behind the device. It is expected this smartphone will cement Samsung’s lead over its rivals like Nokia, Apple and HTC.

The GS3 (GT-I9300) improves a lot on the predecessor SGS2, which is a big hit. Galaxy S3 is powered by Samsung’s own Exynos 4 Quad core 1.4GHz processor and runs latest Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, though capacitative touch experience will be given by Samsung’s latest TouchWiz Nature UX, 4.8” HD Super AMOLED display, 8MP rear camera, 1.9MP front camera, 1GB RAM, 2100mAh battery and so many added inovetive features!

Samsung’s exclusive features on Galaxy S III:

S Beam, S Health, Buddy photo share (automatically sends photos to friends and family for you), Share shot, AllShare Play, AllShare Cast, Smart stay, Social tag, Group tag, Face zoom, Face slide show, Direct call, Smart alert, Tap to top, Camera quick access, Pop up play, Direct Call, S Voice (a Siri-like voice command module), SmartStay (which cleverly keeps the display from timing out by using the front-facing camera to detect when you’re looking at the screen) Burst shot (can take 2 continuous snaps) & Best photo, Recording snapshot, HDR and improved zero lag shutter, a Music Hub (gives access over 17 million tracks and Scan & Match feature), exclusive version of Flipboard, Wireless charging.

Samsung Galaxy S III Quick Specs:

Scratch-resistant Gorilla Glass 2 coated 4.8 inch Super AMOLED (1280 x 720) display, 306 PPI

Quad Core 1.4 Ghz Cortex A9 processor/1GB RAM/Mali-400MP GPU/ Exynos 4212 Quad Chipset

Android v 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Network: 2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE): 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz; 3G (HSPA+ 21Mbps): 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz; 4G (Dependent on market)

16/ 32GB User memory (64GB coming soon) + microSD slot (up to 64GB)

8 Megapixel Auto Focus camera with Flash, 1080p HD recording @30fps; 1.9 MP front-facing camera

Micro SIM support

GPS/GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, USB 2.0 via MicroUSB port for charging and data sync, Accelerometer, RGB light, Digital compass, Proximity, Gyroscope, Barometer, Stereo FM radio with RDS

Removable Li-ion 2100 mAh battery

Dimension – 136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm; Weight 133 grams

Samsung Galaxy S III – Vodafone Free 3G Data Offer :

Samsung has tie-up with Vodafone India wherein Vodafone customers can enjoy high speed internet on their Samsung Galaxy S III with 3 GB of 3G data for 2 months absolutely FREE.

BSNL Cuts 3G Tariffs; 1 GB 3G Data Plans Now Starts at Rs. 151

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:30:00 +0530

Finally here is a great news for BSNL 3G customers , India’s first 3G Mobile Service provider BSNL is all set to slash its 3G tariff starting 01.06.2012.

Starting from Tomorrow BSNL will offer new 3G Plan which is competitive BSNL new 3G plans are as below.

1GB will now be available in Rs. 151 which will have validity for 7 days, 1.25 GB in 250 and 2.5 GB in 450 for 30 days.

The revised and new plans will be available for all prepaid and postpaid customers from 1st June, 2012 and can be used while National Roaming in all circles across India without any extra data charge.

The existing STV of Rs. 10 and Rs. 200 will be withdrawn starting Just 1st along with that the additional usage charged beyond free data usage list for 2G and 3G prepaid data plan STV data usage charges for prepaid voice plans has been revised from 04p/10k to 02p/10kb.

Gurdeep Singh, former Aircel COO joins Reliance Communications as CEO

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:22:00 +0530

Reliance Communications today announced the appointment of former Aircel COO Gurdeep Singh as President & CEO of its Wireless Business.

Prior to joining Reliance Group, Gurdeep was the Chief Operating Officer, India, with Aircel. He has also worked in Hutch (Now Vodafone) as Director – Operations, North, for about 5 years.

Speaking on the development, Gurdeep Singh said, “I am delighted to be a part of the Reliance Group and look forward to an exciting journey in taking Reliance Communications Wireless Business to greater heights”.

Gurdeep Singh, an alumnus of BITS Pilani, is an experienced, motivated and highly result oriented business leader with a rich experience of 29 years and has worked in sectors like Telecom, Home Appliances and Consumer Electronics.

BlackBerry Curve 9320 3G Smartphone Launched in India For Rs. 15990

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 31 May 2012 17:09:00 +0530

BlackBerry smratphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) today launched the BlackBerry Curve 9320 in India, the 3G variant of the recently launched BlackBerry Curve 9220 for Rs. 15990.

The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 smartphone comes with 2.44-inch (320×240 pixels) TFT display with Full QWERTY keyboard, BlackBerry OS 7 and a 3.2 Mega Pixel camera. Other features include, dedicated BBM key for faster, better communication, 512 MB of RAM, 2G / 3G (GPRS/EDGE/ HSPA+), FM Radio, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1, 3.5 mm audio jack. It comes preloaded with range of Social Apps & has Parental Control feature to restrict the use by children.

The device will be available in 5 colors – Black, Blue, Fuchsia Pink, Pure White and Teal Blue. RIM claims that BlackBerry Curve 9320 is further enhanced with a long lasting 1450 mAh removable/rechargeable lithium-ion battery, designed to allow both 3G HSPA 7.2 Mbps connectivity and long battery life, customers can get up to 7 hours of talk time or up to 28 to 30 hours of FM radio listening or music playback with headphones.

With BlackBerry Curve 9320 one can easily interact with their social network in real time, using preloaded apps for Facebook and Twitter. The new Social Feeds 2.0 app is also preloaded, allowing users to post updates to multiple social networks simultaneously and capture updates from news sources (RSS), social apps and instant messaging apps all in one consolidated view.

The new BlackBerry Curve 9320 has integrated camera includes a flash and supports video recording, and pictures can be tagged with their location thanks to the smartphone’s built-in GPS.

Airtel Launches Per-Sec Roaming Tariffs – All calls at 1.5p/second

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:24:00 +0530

Airtel has finally awoken to the upcoming tariff-war on Roaming-Calls, and launched Per-second tariffs for Roaming Calls.

While Roaming tariffs have been slashed over the last few years, it has been only Tata Docomo and BSNL who have been bold enough to offer PER SECOND / INCOMING FREE call charges, while roaming across India.With Tata Docomo’s RC46 one can avail free incoming calls on Roaming for 60 days, while BSNL has a similar offering with RC150 that includes some freebies as well.

Now Airtel India’s prepaid mobile customers can roam over the country at just 1.5 paisa per second. Airtel introduces a new STV for that purpose, which varies slightly from circle to circle. For eg. Kolkata Airtel customers can recharge with RC25 and roam at 1.5p/sec. Similar STV is available in West Bengal for RC37, while Orissa users pay just Rs28 for getting this benefit on roaming. The offer is a on-going offer.

Finer details of Airtel’s 1.5p/sec Roaming plans:

1. This is available on LAPU Recharge only

2. Applicable for all Prepaid Customers of WBO Only ( Except FWP, CCB, Turbo & Channel)

3. Tariff Validity 6 months

4. Recharge Convenience:

Online PV will be available via SMS (Customer to send SMS to “Roam” to 121) and IVR (Call 12131 to opt online) or available at Retail.

As a special offer, Default Roaming Tariffs at 1.5p/sec (OG/IC) has been given to customers.Validity of Tariff is 3 months for customer base who has been given the benefit by default.

Reliance Slashes 3G Tariffs, Launches 1 GB 3G Plan for Rs. 98

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:14:00 +0530

Reliance Communications (RCOM), India’s fully integrated telecommunications service provider, today introduces some exciting and affordable 3G Data Packs starting from just Rs. 98 offering 1 GB 3G Data usage for subscribers in all 3G circles across India.

According to our exclusive sources, with the new price reduction, Reliance Mobile’s new 1 GB 3G Data plans will be available for Rs. 98 – 2 Days, Rs. 153- 7 days and Rs. 255 for 30 Days from the date of activation. The new 3G Data plans will be available from 23 May 2012.

Now Reliance 2 GB monthly 3G Data plan will cost Rs. 449 and 3 GB monthly plan comes for Rs. 650. Reliance also offering Unlimited 3G plan with FUP on speed for Rs. 800, Rs. 1099 and Rs. 1300 offering 5GB, 10GB and 15 GB respectively with speed 28 Mbps and then Unlimited usage with speed of 64Kbps.

Reliance (Rcom) New 3G Data Plans – Prepaid (Mobile+ Dongle )
Rs. 98	1 GB	2 Days
Rs. 153	1 GB	7 Days
Rs. 255	1 GB	30 Days
Rs. 449	2 GB	30 Days
Rs. 650	3 GB	30 Days
Unlimited 3G Plan for Prepaid Customers with FUP
Rs.800*	3G Speed up to 5 GB	30 Days
Rs.1099*	3G Speed up to 10 GB	30 Days
Rs.1300*	3G Speed up to 15 GB	30 Days
Longer Validity Plans for Prepaid Customers
Rs. 1500	6 GB	90 Days
Rs. 3000	18 GB	180 Days
3G FRC for new customers :
Rs. 303	3 GB	30 Days
Rs. 600	6 GB	90 Days
Reliance (Rcom) New 3G Data Plans – Postpaid (Mobile+ Dongle )
Rs.250*	1 GB	30 Days
Note : * With Postpaid Plan-250, After 1 GB Consumption customer will be charged 20p/MB till next 5GB then speed will be throttled@ 64kbps till Unlimited Usage. **In Prepaid Unlimited Plan of Rs. 800/Rs.1099/Rs.1300, Post Consumption of defined Usage Speed will be throttled @ 64kbps till Unlimited Usage.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 310 officially launched in India

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:03:00 +0530

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Tab 2 310 in India, after the price was revealed earlier this week. Samsung announced the tab in February and it was unveiled in Asia in March. It comes with 3GB free data for Tata DOCOMO customers over a 3 month period.

It is powered by 1GHz dual-core processor and runs Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 7-inch (1024×600) PLS TFT LCD Display and has 3MP fixed focus rear-facing camera and VGA camera on the front. It weighs just 345 grams and is fully equipped with mobile voice call feature.

Samsung’s Readers Hub gives users access to more than 2 million e-books, 3,500 magazines in 25 languages and more than 2,000 newspapers in 51 languages, the Game Hub instantly connects users to the latest game titles and My Movies gives consumers access movies and music videos .

You can also access content from the cloud via AllShare Play, which allows content to be transferred between the tablet and other devices. It has ChatON cross- platform communication service.

The connectivity features include, 3G HSPA+ support,Voice calling support, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, A-GPS. It has 16 GB internal memory and is expandable up to 32GB with micro SD. It has 4,000mAh battery.

The Samsung GALAXY Tab 2 310 is priced at Rs 23,250.

Reliance to roll out 4G network in India

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:13:00 +0530

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) plans to roll out 4G network in India in partnership with Himachal Futuristic Communications Ltd (HFCL) according to Economic Times. Reliance Industries bought 95% stake in Infotel Broadband in June 2010 which is is the only firm to win Broadband spectrum in all 22 circles in India.

Reliance-owned Infotel Broadband will focus on key aspects and monitor the roll-out and HFCL would concentrate on execution and management. Reliance is also looking to set up 1,00,000 towers for its 4G venture.

Bharti Airtel is the only operator in the country to launch 4G services. They launched 4G services in Kolkata in April, Bengaluru earlier this month and plans to launch 4G services in Pune in Maharashtra and Chandigarh in Punjab soon.

Other companies who owns 4G licenses are Aircel, Tikona, Qualcomm , MTNL and Augere.

Airtel 3G Old vs New Tariffs Compared

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 May 2012 12:03:00 +0530

A comparison between the old and new Airtel 3G Plans.

Pre-paid	Old	New	Validity
Pay as you go	10p/10kb	3p/10kb	N/A
Data Plans
10 MB	Rs. 8	N/A	1 Day
150 MB	N/A	Rs. 45	7 Days
200 MB	Rs 100	N/A	30 Days
300 MB	N/A	Rs 100	30 Days
500 MB	Rs. 200	N/A	30 Days
1GB	N/A	Rs. 250	30 Days
1200 MB	Rs. 450	N/A	30 Days
2 GB	N/A	Rs. 450	30 Days
4 GB	Rs. 750	Rs. 750	30 Days
10 GB	Rs. 1250	Rs. 1500	30 Days

The Pay as you go plan has Rs.1000 Bill Shield on post-paid plans. The post-paid plans are pretty much the same as the pre-paid plans and the Bill Shield value is same as the old plan.

The recharge amount for the plans differ based on the region, head on to Airtel 3G Tariff Page to check the details for your circle.

What do you think ? Are the new 3G plans affordable?

Samsung Galaxy S3 pre-orders started in India

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:49:00 +0530

Samsung has started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S3 on their eStore. The pre-order price is Rs. 2000 and they promise you a free gift with every booking, but there are no details about the launch date or the price yet.

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S3 earlier this month at an Event in London and there were reports that the global Pre-orders crossed 9 million units globally.

The Galaxy S3 packs in 4.8 inch Super Amoled display, 1.4GHz Quad-Core and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash, Zero Shutter and 1.9MP front camera with HD recording at 30fps.

You can pre-book your Galaxy S3 on Samsung India eStore. An electronic coupon will be issued after your payment, you can use it to adjust from the final price while buying it from the estore. You can read the full Terms and Conditions here.

Also Samsung has revealed their free gift. They will offer a free Mono Bluetooth HM-1700 worth Rs. 2299 along with the Galaxy S III, but you need to pay the balance amount within 3 days of launch. Customers who doesn't redeem their coupon within specified time, will not get the free Bluetooth.

10 Awesome Themes for Chrome

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:24:00 +0530

Ever since the release of Google Chrome, its popularity has been on the rise. Google Chrome is one of the best and fastest web browsers available for Windows today. Similar to Firefox, it also features lots of extensions and themes to customize it. There are hundreds of themes available in the Chrome web store and we have picked 10 awesome themes worth trying on your Chrome Browser.

1. Raindrops:

Raindrops theme as the name indicates, bring the beauty of rain drops to Chrome. The theme has an aero and non aero (lite) version as well.

2. Kate Spade:

Kate spade is known the world over for their bold and stylish designer clothing, designer shoes, women fashion accessories and more. This theme is created Kate Spade bringing a graceful, exuberant approach to style and living.

3. Angry Birds:

Angry Birds is one of the most talked-about games in recent history and needs no mention. This theme brings Angry birds to Chrome and it is set for a screen resolutions of 1680×1050.

4. Caroline Gardener:

Caroline Gardner is one of the most respected independent greeting card and stationery designers in the United Kingdom. This chrome theme is based on their work.

5. Mac OSX Theme:

If you love the looks of Apple’s Mac OSX, then probably you should try this chrome theme, it is a minimalistic theme based on the OS.

6. Google Theme:

7. Ice Cream Sandwich theme:

A theme created using an Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) official wallpaper which was featured on Galaxy Nexus.

8. Ocean Pacific:

Founded in 1972, Op was the first brand to successfully translate the surfing lifestyle into a comprehensive fashion brand and this theme is inspired from their work.

9. Spring Theme:

This theme will give your browser a wonderful makeover to compliment the Spring season. This theme works on resolutions up to and including 1600×900.

10. Diablo 3:

This theme, as the name indicates, is based on the latest version of Diablo.

There are thousands of themes available for Google Chrome and you can check out the themes gallery to select other themes. In case you want to create your own theme, you can try out My Chrome Theme.

Bharti Airtel Launches ‘Airtel Money Super Account’ Powered by Axis Bank

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:04:00 +0530

Airtel and Axis Bank today announced a partnership for extending banking and payment services to India’s unbanked millions through the ubiquitous mobile platform.

With the partnership announced today no-frills savings account of Axis Bank will be opened for customers on the Airtel Money platform called ‘airtel money Super Account powered by Axis Bank’ offering customers banking transactions including cash deposit, money transfer and withdrawal.

These accounts will provide convenient, safe and secure savings avenue to Financial Inclusion customers’ paying them savings account interest and also enabling them to make remittances.

To begin with, savings and remittance solutions will be provided in the top four remittance corridors involving Delhi and Mumbai on the sending side and Bihar and East UP on the receiving side. Thereafter these services may be extended to other remittance corridors in the country.

Gradually other banking products and services like micro Recurring Deposits, micro Fixed Deposits, small loans and micro-insurance products will also be provided through this platform.

Mobile customers can visit nearest authorised ‘airtel money – Axis Bank outlets’ and open ‘airtel money Super Account powered by Axis Bank’ on their mobile phones by submitting the prescribed application form and KYC documents.

Get your 12th standard exam results on Vodafone in Tamil Nadu

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:57:00 +0530

Vodafone has introduced a VAS service that enables all its customers in Tamil Nadu to access class 12 exam results on SMS for customers in Tamil Nadu. State board class 12 results are scheduled to release on May 22.

Customers can pre-register before the results are announced, by simply dialing 5558835 (Cost Rs. 6/min). By registering their roll numbers, they will be notified about their result through an SMS once the results are declared.

You can also SMS <TN12> <Roll Number> to 58888 at INR 3/SMS to receive the result update. Customers would not be charged anything extra for the message they receive. This offer is valid for all Prepaid & Postpaid customers.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance up for pre-order in India for Rs. 23,749

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:52:00 +0530

Samsung Galaxy S Advance (GT-I9070) is now available for pre-order in India from online retailers Letsbuy and Flipkart. It was announced this January and was unveiled in India last month. It comes with 4.0-inch WVGA (480×800) Super AMOLED display and is powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor.

It has 5MP Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, 1.3MP secondary camera and runs on Android 2.3(Gingerbread) with Samsung TouchWiz UI.It has 768MB RAM, 8GB User memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD and has 1,500mAh battery. Other features include, 3.5mm audio Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 3.0 and aGPS.

The Galaxy S Advance is now available for pre-order from Letsbuy for Rs. 23, 749 and from Flipkart for a slightly higher price, who also offers you a free Samsung Bluetooth headset. It is expected to available from the 4th Week of May.

Airtel Brings new affordable 3G plans

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:47:00 +0530

Airtel has launched new 3G plans for pre-paid and post-paid customers, They have also introduced Smartbytes additional data usage packs for its postpaid Airtel mobile customers on 3G. Now the plans start at 10MB that would offer 30 minutes of 3G access valid for 1 day.

Now Rs. 100 pack offers 300MB free data, Rs. 250 3G pack would offer 1GB of free data, Rs. 450 pack would offer 2GB of free data and Rs 1500 pack would offer 10GB free data that are valid for 30 days.

New Airtel 3G plans for pre-paid and post-paid customers

Airte Smartbytes packs for postpaid customers

Now the volume based browsing charges are down from 10p/10kb to just 3p/10kb. These plans are available for both pre-paid and post-paid customers across all 3G circles as well as dongles. The smartbytes plan is available for post-paid customers.

Vodafone launches Customer Experience Center for business customers

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 18 May 2012 11:35:00 +0530

Vodafone India has launched first-of-its-kind Customer Experience Center (CEC) for business customers. It is an engagement facility designed to enable business customers to explore a world of innovative communication solutions.

Vodafone CEC is located at the corporate office of Vodafone Business Services in Mumbai that covers an area of 2,500 sq.ft. It offers an ambience resembling a futuristic zone totally different from the usual meeting environment, reinforcing Vodafone’s innovative approach to the market.

At the CEC, invited customers are taken through a journey comprising of interactive presentations, innovative live demos and discussions, to identify their communication requirements and offer customised solutions for their business needs. Vodafone CEC Manager recommends communication solutions best suited to their business.

The live interaction with the Vodafone Network Operating Center (NOC) housed in Pune. Through a big screen the customers can talk with the NOC team and understand what keeps their network running. It is followed by an overview to the Solutions Zone where customers can experience a live demo of Vodafone Business Services that includes Enterprise Mobility, Wireline Solutions, Machine to Machine Solutions and more.

Towards the end of the journey, they are guided to a futuristic Multi-Touch Desk where they can explore all that they have seen on an interactive screen. This touch screen table top actually helps customers in bringing alive the experience.

Vodafone CEC will be opened for its business customers from June 2012. Vodafone plans to expand by developing the CEC in other cities thus catering to a larger pool of business customers.

Airtel Launching 4G services in Bangalore on May 7

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 6 May 2012 20:25:00 +0530

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile service operator is set to roll out its 4G - High Speed Wireless Broadband Service on May 7th 2012 in Bangalore (Karnataka). After Kolkata, Bangalore will be the 2nd city to get 4G service in India.

According to our exclusive sources close to the operator, Airtel 4G network is ready in Bangalore and commercial service network will be live from May 7, 2012 followed by official launch event.

Presently only Airtel is providing 4G services in India and it has selected Huawei to deploy its 4G TD LTE network in Karnataka besides offering rich data content to the customers in Bangalore – Karnataka circle.

Airtel will offer 4G – LTE services over a wide range of devices including airtel 4G – LTE USB modem (Huawei E392) and airtel 4G LTE Indoor Wireless Gateway (Huawei B593). Airtel officials at the launch event clarified that it requires a 4G enabled 128kB USIM (priced at Rs. 49) to use on the dongle. The airtel 4G LTE data card and WiFi CPE will be network locked. The price of the dongle and WiFi CPE are Rs. 7999 and Rs. 7750 respectively.

So with Airtel 4G-LTE you can use mobile Broadband with bandwidth up to 40Mbps ! as its tag-line says Don’t surf, just fly!

Airtel 4G LTE deployed on Huawei TD LTE technology, will allow subscribers to experience high speed wireless Internet access that can support bandwidth intensive applications, support video streaming and high-definition video conferencing. Under this agreement, Huawei will deliver the LTE solution comprising of network infrastructure and devices.

In 2010, Airtel had successfully bid for 4G BWA license spectrum in Kolkata, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) circles. Currently Airtel 4G Service is available in Kolkata circle.