Top News This Week : Microsoft Buys Nokia; Galaxy Note, Gear Announced; Android 4.4 Named Kit Kat And More!

We understand that it is a busy week and it's really hard to keep track of everything that goes on in the tech world. So here’s a handy recap of the top news stories this week.

Microsoft buys Nokia's devices and services unit for $7.2 billion :
In what is the biggest story of the year so far, Microsoft has purchased substantially all of Nokia’s devices and services business, and license and use of the company’s patents and mapping services. The deal is expected to close in the Q1 of 2014 and is subject to approval by Nokia’s shareholders, regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft will pay 3.79 billion euros to purchase the Finnish company’s devices and services business, and 1.65 billion euros to license Nokia’s patents, for a total transaction price of 5.44 billion euro (approx $7.2 billion) in cash. 

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 officially announced :
The much-awaited Galaxy Note 3 is finally official.The design of the phablet has been tweaked a bit, with the smartphone coming with a leather back panel. The Galaxy Note 3 also seems to sport stiched accents. The Galaxy Note 3 comes with a 5.7-inch full HD Super AMOLED display with a pixel resolution of 1920 x 1080, giving it a pixel density of 386ppi. Samsung has come up with two variants of the phone, each coming with a different processor under the hood. The first variant comes with an improved version of the company’s Exynos 5 Octa chip clocked at 1.9GHz, which packs an ARM Cortex-A15 chip with a more power-friendly Cortex-A7. The second version comes with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 800 SoC, with four cores clocked at 2.3GHz. The latter is aimed at LTE markets.

Stephen Elop to head Microsoft's Devices team :
According to a company-wide email sent by Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer, Stephen Elop will be heading an expanded Devices team, which includes the company's current Devices and Studios teams. Currently handling the Xbox side of things is Julie Larson-Green, but she will be working directly under Elop once the Nokia acquisition by Microsoft is complete. According to Ballmer's email, "Julie Larson-Green will continue to run the Devices and Studios team, and will be focused on the big launches this fall including Xbox One and our Surface enhancements. Julie will be joining Stephen’s team once the acquisition closes, and will work with him to shape the new organization."

LG G2 slated for a late September launch in India :
According to our sources from LG, the G2 is likely to pave its way into the Indian market by the end of September or early October, right in time for the Diwali shopping season. It will be competing with the Galaxy S4 and the HTC One. The smartphone is sleek at 8.9mm and runs on Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2. It features a large 5.2-inch full HD display and employs Graphic (GRAM) technology that reduces the display’s energy use by up to 26 percent on a still frame. Under the hood, it is powered by a 2.26GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 SoC featuring four Krait CPUs along with 2GB of RAM. The G2 also gets a 3000mAh battery. The smartphone had also grabbed eyeballs for its design that doesn’t feature any buttons on the edges as the volume and power buttons are placed at the back. The LG G2 smartphone will be available in black and white.

Qualcomm announces the Toq smartwatch featuring Mirasol display and wireless charging :
At its annual Uplinq Developer Conference, Qualcomm announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Connected Experiences will release a Qualcomm branded smartwatch towards the end of the year. The Qualcomm smartwatch dubbed Toq was showcased at the event by Paul Jacobs, Chairman and CEO of Qualcomm. The Toq is expected to be a second display for your Android smartphone which will connect via Bluetooth (compatible with Android 4.0.3 and above). Support for iOS expected in the future.  

Samsung unveils Galaxy Gear smartwatch; only compatible with Galaxy smartphones :
Samsung has finally shown its first steps into the wearable computer space. The company unveiled the Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which, sadly enough, will only work with Samsung’s current crop of high-end smartphones. At launch, it will only work with the Galaxy Note 3, but the Galaxy S4, S3 and Note 2 will be getting software updates for Galaxy Gear support.The Galaxy Gear is capable of showing users notifications that could otherwise only be seen on the phone. These notifications include incoming messages, calls, texts, emails and alerts. It shows a preview of these notifications and lets users accept or dismiss them right from the Gear. It also has the Smart Relay feature, which opens the content of the notification on the smartphone as soon as it is pulled out of the pocket. The Gear is primarily used by either using the swipe-based interface or Samsung’s S Voice feature. 

Indian engineer receives $12,500 in bounty for exposing image-deleting Facebook bug :
21-year old Indian Electronics and Communications Engineer, Arul Kumar received $12,500 bounty after reporting a Facebook bug that allowed one to delete an image on a page without any interaction from the user. Researcher Arul Kumar posted a blog about how easy it was to exploit the Facebook Support Dashboard and delete any image from any page, including verified ones. Kumar detailed the bug, deemed critical, and sent across a video to Facebook’s security team.

Bharti Airtel in talks to acquire Loop Mobile :
Mumbai-based Loop Mobile, whose owners want to quit the telecom sector, is in talks with Bharti Airtel for an acquisition. Bharti Airtel is the leading bidder in the race. The final deal will depend upon the clarity on guidelines set by the government for mergers and acquisitions. It would also depend upon the renewal fee as Loop’s license is set top expire in September next year.

Sony Xperia Z1 with 20.7-megapixel camera and Snapdragon 800 is official :
Sony unveiled its imaging-centric smartphone, the Xperia Z1. Once again built around the same OmniBalance design principles first seen in the Xperia Z, the Z1 has an aluminium frame to lend it a bit more sturdiness. Like most of the recent Sony launches, this one will be water and dustproof. The Z1 has a 5-inch full HD Triluminos LCD with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The display also gets Sony's OptiContrast and X-Reality Engine technologies. Internally, the smartphone comes with Qualcomm’s latest quad-core Snapdragon 800 SoC clocked at 2.2GHz and 2GB of RAM. The phone also comes with 16GB of internal flash memory which can be expanded up to 64GB via a microSD slot. The highlight of the Xperia Z1 is the 20.7 megapixel primary camera which comes with the company's G Lens. The camera will sport a 27mm wide angle, a f2.0 aperture as well as a 1/2.3-type CMOS image sensor Exmor RS for mobile as well as BIONZ mobile image processing engine. 

Apple sends out invites for September 10 iPhone event :
Apple has sent out invites for a September 10 event, where the company will most likely unveil the new iPhone. The event will take place at 10 AM PT (10:30 PM IST) at the Apple Campus in Cupertino. It is touted to be one of the most exciting Apple events, so far. The event will witness the the successor to its iPhone 5, possibly called the iPhone 5S, and also a cheaper iPhone 5C.

Forget Key Lime Pie, Android 4.4 to be called KitKat :
Google has announced that the next version of Android will be called Kit Kat. Android version 4.4 was being called Key Lime Pie internall, but Google decided to talk to Nestle over a possible branding opportunity. According to Google, Key Lime Pie was ditched because it didn't have a wide appeal around the world. Google told BBC that there is no money attached to naming it KitKat. "This is not a money-changing-hands kind of deal," John Lagerling, Director of Android Global Partnerships said. 

4.7-inch Micromax Canvas Ego A113 up for pre-order at Rs 12,999 :
Micromax has now added a new mid-range smartphone to its existing line-up, titled the Canvas Ego A113. The new smartphone is now up for pre-order for Rs 12,999. From the specifications seen, the smartphone sports a 4.7-inch display. The Ego A113 comes with a 1.2GHz quad-core processor under the hood along with 1GB of RAM. Additionally, there is 4GB of internal memory, expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card. 

Google may have accidentally revealed the Nexus 5 :
In a video announcing the arrival of Android 4.4 Kit Kat, Google accidentally revealed a next-gen Nexus device, purported to be made by LG.

Intex launches the quad-core Aqua i7 for Rs 21,900 :
Intex has launched its latest smartphone flagship, the Intex Aqua i7, for Rs 21,900. The dual-SIM smartphone comes with a form thickness of 7.88mm and packs a 5-inch full HD display with a pixel resolution of 1920x1080. The display has One Glass Solution (OGS) as well as Corning Gorilla Glass for protection. The Aqua i7 will come with a 1.5GHz quad-core processor as well as 2GB of RAM. Keeping up with most of the competition, the Aqua i7 will come with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean running the show. Additionally, the smartphone will support 32GB of internal memory. In terms of photography, the smartphone comes with a 13-megapixel primary camera as well as a 5-megapixel front shooter. 

Amazon announces an updated Kindle Paperwhite :
Amazon has listed an update to its much-loved Kindle Paperwhite e-reader. The newest iteration of Kindle Paperwhite will sport the same physical features as the one released last year with no visible changes to its looks. It will sport a higher contrast e-ink display, a 25 percent faster processor and an improved page turning and book opening experience. Most importantly, Amazon has redesigned the built-in light in the Paperwhite for a better reading experience, negating any strain on the eyes.

Posted by Unknown Monday, September 09, 2013

Web News : HTC Unveils The 4.3-Inch Desire L

HTC has revealed a new cellphone in Taiwan. Surprisingly, however, the cellphone doesn't follow the current identifying pattern that the organization has implemented. Instead of the "One" marketing, the device goes oldschool HTC with the name Wish L.

The device sports low-end specifications and seems to be targeted towards the price range market. It comes prepared with a 4.3-inch SLCD 2 display with a WVGA quality of 800 x 480 p. It's powered by a 1GHz processer. For picture, it's prepared with a 5 mega-pixel back photographic camera, but it does not have a front-facing photographic camera. It also has the Surpasses Sound motorists that HTC includes in its cell phones.

The cellphone seems to be available in three colors – black, white and light red. Looking at the images, it seems to be operating either Feeling 4 or Feeling 4+. It is unidentified whether the cellphone will get the Feeling 5 upgrade. 

While the cellphone has been declared on the HTC Taiwan website, there seems to be no word from the organization regarding a possible worldwide edition of the smartphone.

HTC had revealed another cellphone in its price range promotions returning in Jan. Known as the Wish U, it seems to feature a look that informs one of the traditional Wish devices that were once HTC's flagships.

The cellphone functions a 4-inch display with a quality of 800 x 480 p. On the interior, it operates on a 1 GHz processer and has 512MB of RAM. It also has 4GB of internal storage, which is extended up to 32GB via microSD. For digital cameras, the cellphone functions a 5mp photographic camera with WVGA quality videos. Other functions consist of Surpasses Sound and a 1650 mAh battery. It also functions all of the connection gadgets, such as Wi-Fi, 3G and Wireless 4.0.

Back in Nov, HTC had revealed its dual-SIM smartphone – the Wish SV – at an event in Singapore. The outlined functions of the smartphone consist of a dual-core processer, an 8 mega-pixel photographic camera, a 4.3-inch display and Surpasses Sound.

HTC statements that a 1GHz dual-core processer helps with web surfing around, watching video clips, operating applications and installing accessories. This smartphone comes with 768MB of RAM and functions a 4.3-inch super LCD 2 display that HTC statements will make images, video clips, e-mails and demonstrations look a lot more stunning. This dual-SIM smartphone comes packed with efficiency tools such as Office Package, Microsof company Exchange push mail and schedule support.

As far as the software goes, the HTC Wish SV comes packed with Android operating system v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with the HTC Feeling UI. This device can be improved to Android operating system v4.1 (Jelly Bean) once HTC produces it for the device.

Posted by Unknown Monday, April 22, 2013

Report : Samsung Galaxy Note In India Finally Getting 4.1 Jelly Bean Update

Galaxy Note customers in Native indian, rejoice! New samsung has created the Android operating system 4.1.2 Jelly bean upgrade to Galaxy Note gadgets in Native indian as we kind. But don't be amazed if you don't see the upgrade instantly - it has created in a line system according to customer feedback across the Internet.

Some customers are saying the upgrade is available for obtain via the New samsung Kies app, but not everyone has been fortunate. You can simply link your New samsung Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) gadgets to your PCs and get began as this is expected to be a extensive rollout. You can also get the upgrade via SamMobile, although you should use this technique only if you are acquainted with blinking ROMs. The upgrade is also available as an OTA upgrade for most people although some customers are still not seeing it outflow through to their Notes.

While we don't have an comprehensive changelog to demonstrate you at this time, we know that the upgrade will carry performance developments and better balance thanks to Venture Butter and of course, Search engines Now.

The baseband edition of the Native indian upgrade to New samsung Galaxy Note is N7000DDLS6 and the develop number is N7000DDLSC. New samsung had began to move out the Jelly bean upgrade in Feb all over the world. The Native indian upgrade is likely to carry with it the same functions.The develop was JZO54K and some of the developments the upgrade introduced along with it were:

• Smooth performance and great stability thanks to Project Butter
• Google Now
• Multi-View multitasking mode, which can also be disabled
• Page Buddy
• A brand new notification drawer with expandable alerts
• Customisable toggles
• Continuous input like Swype or Android 4.2 keyboard
• S-Cloud service
• Features like Direct Call, Smart Stay, Smart Rotation and Pop-up Play
• New Samsung widgets
• Two homescreen modes – Normal and Easy

Galaxy Note was Samsung’s first phablet system and was released with Ice Cream Sandwich. Regarded to be a game-changer of types it’s still a powerful system in the experience of quad-core, complete HD competitors and still loves a extensive users list. This upgrade will carry it up to rate with the Galaxy Note 2. It inhales a new life into the Galaxy Note and changes the ageing New samsung TouchWiz UI with the more contemporary Characteristics UX User interface, same as the one being used in the Galaxy S3. It also delivers a ton of functions from the Galaxy Note 2.

Here are some key specifications of the Galaxy Note:

• 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED display with a 1280 x 800 pixel resolution
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi
• GPS with A-GPS support and Google Maps
• Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, USB 2.0 HS
• 8 megapixel camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Memory expandable up to 32 GB via microSD card

 The phone is powered by a dual-core Exynos processor clocked at 1.4GHz and a Mali-400MP GPU. It was the first phone to be launched with Samsung’s unique S-Pen stylus.

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Champion Computers Launches 7-Inch Wtab 705 Talk

Champ Computer systems Pvt Ltd has released its latest product, the Wtab 705 Discuss. The product operates on Android operating system 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and comes with a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen display screen that has a quality of 480 x 800 p. It is 320gm, which the company statements makes the product one of the least heavy in its category.

The Wtab 705 Discuss is operated by a Cortex A8 processer which is 1.5GHz and has 512 MB of RAM. It gives you 4GB of storage space space for applications and press, and facilitates extended storage space up to 32GB via microSD cards. The product has two cameras: one on the top side and one on the back.

The Wtab 705 Discuss has a SIM card port and will let you make speech calls; it has built-in assistance for 2G systems, but if you want to use your 3G relationship, you'll have to link a 3G USB dongle. The Wtab 705 Discuss product is costing Rs 6,300.  

Tablets are increasing to be an important section in the PC industry and MAIT reports the product industry to develop to 7.3 million designs by 2015 to 2016. Kapil Wadhwa, MD, Champ Computer systems, said, “Tablets are coming into their own at a amazing speed and are increasing as the recommended system for enjoyment and content intake. With small displays and affordable costs becoming industry facts, tablets are discovering more recent clients by the day. Many academic institutions too are preparing to present tablets in their program. This means that not all may want to opt for the costly choices.” 

“Our technique is not only to provide competitively-priced items but also to keep providing improved items that help clients technically as well. Our present product is one such example. At Rs 6,300, you will not get a better product,” he included.

Champion Computer systems also has the Wtab 7.2 and Wtab 7.3 (Wi-Fi only  Models), Wtab 7.4  (3G Model) and Wtab 971 in the 9.7-inch dimension section. The Wtab 705 Discuss is available at suppliers across the nation and also on online retail store sites.

Posted by Unknown Thursday, February 07, 2013

Gingerbread Still Rules Android As Jelly Bean Adoption Grows Slowly

The variety of Android operating system gadgets operating Jelly Bean is growing continuously, while Ice Cream Sandwich seems to have actually peaked, as its overall discuss dropped a little bit since last 30 days, according to Google monthly upgrade of the Android operating system Foundation Editions page.

The latest Android operating system versions, 4.1 and 4.2, have seen a strong development of nearly 3.4 % since Jan, from 10.2 to 13.6 in Feb.  Edition 4.1 of Jelly Bean alone saw a jump of a huge 3.2 % since last 30 days, when its discuss was only 9 %. Jelly Bean 4.2 too has seen a small-but-sure development of 0.2 % from 1.2 to 1.4, showing promise for system before the next form of Android operating system comes in. 

However, Gingerbread still seems to be lording over a huge slice of the gadgets operating the OS, with a huge 45.6 % of gadgets still operating version 5.3 of the OS. Note that Gingerbread is quite old at this point of your energy and energy and effort and such a lot of gadgets operating an obsolete form of the OS means that cyber-criminals have a lot of gadgets with older software to manipulate. 

Ice Cream Sandwich has carried the impact of inappropriate phasing, with the development of version 4.0 of Android operating system being slower at 29 %. Effectively, dropping numbers suggest that ICS might never hit the 30 % indicate. Unfortunately enough, Google shows that 8 % of Android operating system gadgets are operating Froyo.

However, with the way Jelly Bean adopting has taken off, it will not be long before it takes the second place from ICS. For initially now, we’ve seen ICS actually shed a few points, directing to the fact that maybe it has actually peaked. Whether or not this is correct, we’ll know within a few months’ time.

Last 30 days saw some really important changes in the Android operating system business. While Jellybean surpassed the 10 % discuss of the android pie, Gingerbread dropped below the 50 % indicate, and Froyo silently fallen below the 10 % indicate.

The latest form of Android operating system is seeing rapid development thanks to more recent mobile phones like Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X and the Nexus pills. High-end mobile phones being given as gifts during Christmas and the christmas season too has been recognized as a primary reason for the rapid development in the variety of gadgets operating Jelly Bean. Besides new gadgets, Jelly Bean being combined out to gadgets operating ICS is the standard with most device producers today.

An interesting scene has been set for the release of Android operating system version 5.0,  stated to be called Key Lime Pie, which is stated to hit the industry in spring 2013. The release of the latest Android operating system version is bound to cause an difficulty in system landscape yet again.

Posted by Unknown Thursday, February 07, 2013

Karbonn Smart A111 Available Online Before Launch

In an unusual turn of events, Karbonn’s next phone, the Intelligent A111, is currently available to buy online. This is unusual because the organization is yet to even declare the phone, let alone launch it. Flipkart states that the phone is available now for Rs 10,290, and a distribution duration of 7-8 days is given.

Much like other Native indian mobile mobile phones, the Intelligent A111 has dual-SIM capability. It is operated by a dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion processer and has 512MB of RAM. It operates on Android operating system 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich out of the box. The receptors on the phone consist of an normal light indicator, a G-sensor and a vicinity indicator. The phone is prepared with a massive 2100mAh power supply. It also features another front-facing photographic camera.

Here are the highlighted features of the Karbonn Smart A111:

• 5-inch touch screen.
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi.
• GPS.
• Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP.
• 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, burst mode and face detection.
• 4GB of internal memory expandable via microSD up to 32GB.

The phone comes with Skype, Facebook or myspace, Google, NexGTv, PayTM and WhatsApp pre-installed, along with the standard Google Applications, such as the Play Store and Google Discuss. 

Back in Jan, Karbonn stated that the S1 Titanium would be selling at Rs 10,990, which makes it one of the most affordable quad-core mobile mobile phones in Indian. The S1 Titanium's costs gives it a significant benefits against its rival's offering, the Micromax A116. While the A116 has a little bit better specifications, there is a significant difference between their prices, which gives the benefits to Karbonn's system.

Sporting a 4.5-inch capacitive touchscreen display with a quality of 540 x 960 p, the S1 Titanium is a dual-SIM smart phone. It has a 5 mega-pixel auto-focus photographic camera with LED Display. On the storage front side, it has 4GB of storage space and facilitates microSD cards up to 32GB in size. From what we've seen of it, the product looks good and quite useful, calculating 66 x 134.6 x 9.25 mm. It provides a 1600mAh power supply that the organization statements will provide 200 time of stand by some time to up to four time of talk-time. The connection options consist of support for Wi-Fi and Wireless.

The recently released 3G-enabled Micromax A116, which may well grab the magic of Samsung’s Galaxy Grand, is operated by a MediaTek MT6589 1.2GHz quad-core processer, with 1GB RAM. It also operates on Android operating system Jelly Bean 4.1 and comes prepared with a 2100mAh power supply. It has a bigger 5-inch IPS display and an 8 mega-pixel back photographic camera with LED flash and several photographic camera configurations such as night method and 4X zoom capability. With Native indian phone creators preparing to bring affordable mobile mobile phones with superior mobile phones, customers in a price delicate market like ours are in a win-win situation.

Posted by Unknown Thursday, February 07, 2013

Samsung To Launch New 5.8-Inch Galaxy Smartphone

New samsung seems to be set to flourish its Galaxy line-up. According to SamMobile, the Japanese organization is going to release a smart phone depending on its Galaxy Gamer 5.8. Known as the Galaxy Fonblet 5.8, it will presumably be a dual-SIM system and will game the same 5.8-inch display as the Galaxy Gamer 5.8.

The Galaxy Fonblet 5.8 will come in genuine white-colored color only and is not set to have color choices at release. The product will be operating either Android operating system 4.1.2 or Android operating system 4.2.1 out of the box. If the specifications of the Galaxy Gamer 5.8 are anything to go by, the Fonblet will have a TFT display with a qHD quality show, a 3 mega-pixel photographic camera and Wireless 4.0. The Galaxy Gamer was declared returning in Aug 2012. The press player operates on Android operating system 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with Samsung’s TouchWiz customer interface on top.

Rumours about Samsung's next leading phone are growing like crazy flame. According to a latest review, standards have jumped up on the AnTuTu data source that seem to be of the Galaxy S IV. If these standards are anything to go by, the Galaxy S IV is set to have the same specifications as specultaed by the rumour work. 

The greatest verification comes for the processer. The phone seems to be operating on a 1.8GHz processer, which is presumably the eight-core Exynos 5 Octa that the organization had revealed recently during CES. It also seems to be operating Android operating system 4.2.1 Jam Vegetable out of the box. Going by speculation, the phone will be seeing the mild of day in the first 50 percent of the season. If Samsung's programs are anything like last season, the Galaxy S IV will probably not be presented during the future MWC.

The greatest modify in comparison to past mobile phones in the Galaxy S line-up would be the display. With all OEMs releasing 5-inch, 1080p show mobile phones, be confident that the S IV will also function a 5-inch, complete HD show of the Extremely AMOLED wide range. Samsung's 4.99-inch complete HD show with 440ppi is planned for a Q1 release and in all probability, will create its way to the Galaxy S IV. There are speculation about the S IV having an ‘unbreakable screen’. This could either be a referrals to Corning’s new Gorilla Cup 3 or New samsung might be creating something in-house.

We can also anticipate an improved photographic camera. 8MP receptors just do not cut it any longer (unless it’s anything like the one on the Lumia 920), which is why a 12MP or 13MP photographic camera appears to be about right and will contend perfectly with the Sony models Xperia Z/ZL. We’ve also observed speaks about the S IV releasing with S Pen, the signature equipment of the Galaxy Observe. While this could diminish the originality of the phablet, we would not concept it out as a probability given the predicted monitor dimension the S IV.

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Spice Unveils Stellar Virtuoso Mi-495 And Stellar Pad Mi-1010

S Flexibility Limited today revealed the latest inclusions in its Outstanding range—the dual-SIM Ice Cream Sandwich-based Outstanding Virtuoso and the Outstanding Pad product.

Dilip Modi, Co-Founder & Team COO, Liven Team said, “The release shows our belief in constant advancement and client pleasure. Having created the fast changing section of dual-SIM phones in the nation, we are glad to offer these technically advanced and stylish mobile phones to our clients, thereby growing our 3G gadgets profile.”
The Outstanding Virtuoso Mi-495 comes with a 9.44mm thin body and is loaded with a 1.0GHz dual-core processer and 11.43 cm qHD display. This smart phone provides an 8.0 mega-pixel auto-focus photographic camera with flash and a front-facing 1.3 mega-pixel photographic camera. It also provides video-calling facility and supports extended storage up to 32GB. The 1,700mAh power supply guarantees 6 duration of talk-time and stand by duration of 200 time. The Virtuoso comes with a no cost set protect and a display secure, value Rs 1,000. 

With this release, the company is designed to strengthen its grip in the smart phone industry in Indian. Liven currently holds five percent of the handset business, as per a press communique. Modi added, “We believe the potential need of fully-loaded 3G mobile phones at an competitive cost will now fuel the ambitions of the evolved clients. Since need of data solutions ‘on-the-go’ is rising faster than ever, we see an opportunity to seal our popularity in this section.”

T M Ramakrishnan, CEO – Devices, S Flexibility, said, “We have priced our devices reasonably to ensure rapid usage by both - 2G clients desperate to update to 3G, and existing 3G clients – especially in the cities which are traditional strongholds of Liven. The aim is to control the key markets across the nation with higher transmission in the semi-urban areas. We are offering the best technology at a cost which will be a pleasure to the client. We have released these mobile phones to acknowledge to the need of the using the next generation 3G solutions. Our concentrate on buyer experience has been obsessive and keeping in line with the same, we have brought in the dual-core processer with quad-core design in the product section and the smart and smooth Virtuoso smart phone.” 

The Liven Outstanding Pad Mi-1010 comes with a 25.65 cm display and Jam Vegetable 4.1 OS. It is armed with a 1.5GHz dual-core processer with a quad-core GPU. It also has a 7,600 mAh Lithium ion plastic power supply that provides videos clip playing duration of 6 some time to a stand by of 15 days. It's loaded with 16GB of storage space and comes with a set protect value Rs 2,000 and a USB ‘on-the-go’ cable, totally no cost.

The Outstanding Virtuoso Mi-495 is available for Rs 10,499 and the Outstanding Pad Mi-1010 is available for Rs 12,999.

Posted by Unknown Friday, January 04, 2013

Videocon A20, A30 Dual-SIM Smartphones Launched In India

Videocon  Mobile phones has declared the release of its new variety of mobile phones – Videocon A20 and Videocon A30. In its declaration, the organization statements that it is an combination of dual-SIM extremely smartphone functions in a smooth curved body with all the additional functions and technological innovation. As per the organization, the mobile phones are an answer to all budget smartphone needs of the nation's changing customer platform.

The Videocon A20 is operated by a 1Ghz Qualcomm Processer and is driven by a 1350 mAh power supply. It comes with functions like dual-SIM, dual-standby abilities and operates on Android operating system 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS.  

Here’s a quick look at the specifications of the Videocon A20:

• 3.5-inch HVGA capacitive touchscreen display.
• 3G, GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA, Wi-Fi capabilities.
• GPS and A-GPS support.
• Bluetooth.
• 3MP rear + front VGA camera.
• FM radio.
• Memory expandable up to 16GB.

The Videocon A20 smartphone comes pre-loaded with programs like Facebook or myspace, TOI, ET, Record Eraser, Action Look for and Look for engines programs and is available at a cost of Rs 4,999.

Next up, the Videocon A30  is operated by a 1Ghz Double Primary Qualcomm processor. It operates the Android operating system 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS. The Videocon A30 is driven by a 1500 mAh power supply. The Videocon A30 actions 10.8mm in width. It comes pre-loaded with programs like Facebook or myspace, TOI, ET, Record Eraser, Action Look for, Gameloft Crome- ‘Where’s Wally’, Look for engines programs. The Videocon A30 is available at a cost variety of Rs 7,299.  

Here’s a quick look at the specs of Videocon A30:

• 4-inch, WVGA capacitive touchscreen display.
• 3G, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi capabilities.
• GPS with A-GPS support.
• Bluetooth.
• 5MP camera, front VGA camera.
• FM radio.
• Memory expandable up to 32GB.

Mr. Khalid Zamir, Head - Item Planning & Growth, Videocon  Mobile phones, said, “The world is becoming intelligent and being intelligent is the way to go for the future. It is thus our effort to encourage our customer platform, wherein we aim to address their needs by releasing the Videocon Smartphone variety with extremely phone functions, and making it available within their arrive at. By intelligently costs the item promotions we effort to create an essential product demand in the market and thus help in changing the needs of the smartphone customers in the country. Our smartphone variety is targeted to the future smartphone customers who search for the best of technological innovation at the most affordable cost supports.”

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, December 26, 2012

LG Optimus 2X Finally Starts Receiving Ice Cream Sandwich Update

LG Optimus 2X users will be excited to know that the Ice Cream Sandwich update has started to roll out for their handsets. According to a post on XDA, the Ice Cream Sandwich firmware V30a is the official version for the European users of LG’s former flagship smartphone and this indicates that LG is broadening the reach of Android 4.0.

With this update, users should now witness improved performance along with a range of the latest Google apps to the smartphone as well. These applications include the likes of Google Chrome, Gmail and Google Calendar.

For those in the dark, LG had announced the Optimus 2X last year and it even earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records as the World’s First Dual Core Smartphone to officially make it to the shelves for general public. Since then, owners of the smartphone have been left in the dark whether their devices will be treated with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or not. The last bit of information prior to this was in August when LG tweeted stating Korean users of the LG Optimus 2X would start receiving the Ice Cream Sandwich update. 

According to an earlier report by GSMArena, “LG Optimus 2X users must be getting sea sick of all the back and forth - LG committed to upgrading its former flagship to Android 4.0 ICS nearly a year ago, then there was a delay and then LG Canada tweeted that the update just won't happen.” It goes on to state that it could be just the Canadian users of the smartphone who would not receive the update. With this tweet by LG, we know that at least in Korea, the Optimus 2X users will receive an upgrade to Android 4.0.

The report goes on to state, “The ICS update for the Optimus 2X was targeted at some time in Q3, so LG still has a month and a half. It seems that the LG Optimus 3D P920 will also be getting in on the ICS update action, but we couldn’t find a reference to the Optimus Black (which was also denied an update by LG Canada).”

The Optimus 2X, earlier known as the Star, has a bunch of other cool features as mentioned below:

• 1GHz dual-core NVIDIA Tegra 2 CPU.
• 512MB RAM.
• 4-inch capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800 x 480.
• Google Android 2.2 Froyo, upgradeable to 2.3 Gingerbread (and ICS as per the latest update).
• 8 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash.
• FullHD video camera, 080p videos at 24fps and 720p videos at 30fps.
• 1.3 megapixel front-facing camera.
• GPS with A-GPS support.
• HDMI-out port.
• 8GB internal storage, expandable up to 32GB via microSD.
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA support, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP.
• HSDPA 10.2Mbps.

The LG Optimus 2X is currently discontinued in India and if one is really desperate to get it, they can try purchasing it online for a price of Rs. 19,990.

Posted by Unknown Sunday, December 09, 2012

FTC : Motorola Mobility Cannot Seek iPhone, iPad Ban

In a surprising turn of events, the US Government Trade Commission has decided that New samsung Flexibility cannot ask a assess to stop revenue of Apple organization iPhone and iPad, stating infringment of a certain important to wi-fi technological advancement. According to newest reviews, when Judge Rich Posner ignored the cases registered by Google-owned New samsung Flexibility and Apple organization in Chi town back in /june, both the organizations had become a huge hit.

Interestingly, Posner prohibited New samsung Flexibility from attractive to stop iPhone revenue, since it involved a conventional important certain. Purportedly, the now the Google-owned organization had offered the certain on FRAND terms to other organizations to have their technological advancement implemented as a wi-fi industry conventional. "Standard important patents, or SEPs, are treated in a different way because they are critical to guaranteeing that gadgets made by different organizations work together," the report notices.  

The FTC confirmed in its assess verdict that Posner had decided correctly in its reaction to Google appeal. In fact, the FTC is known for its position against legal courts prohibiting items because they infringe important patents, and this was obvious again in its most recent verdict.

"Patent hold-up threats damaging competition, advancement, and customers because it allows a patentee to be compensated not depending on the competitive value of its technological advancement, but depending on the infringer's costs to switch to a non-infringing alternative when an injunction is released," the FTC mentioned.

Earlier this year, a assess for ITC had decided that Apple organization had infringed on a New samsung Flexibility certain in making its popular iPhones, iPads and other items. In a initial verdict, ITC Judge Johnson Pender said that Apple organization infringed on a certain for removing disturbance and other disturbance during voice and data signals.

Motorola Flexibility has been one of the other smart phone makers that Apple organization has closed horns with. Its historical fight with New samsung is no secret either. A Nederlander assess lately decided that the South Japanese giant's Galaxy mobile phones and tablets infringe an Apple organization certain. New samsung has been requested to pay loss to Apple organization – the amount will be decided after evaluating the profit the organization accumulated from the revenue.

The Nederlander assess went on to add that the certain fight concerns the Android operating system OS editions 2.2.1 and 3.0 used on the organization's Galaxy line of tablets and mobile phones. The Nederlander assess verdict is the newest to come in the traditional certain fight between the two technological advancement leaders.

Apple desired the addition of the New samsung Galaxy Note II to the record of gadgets too, which allegedly intrudes on Apple's patents, the Modern australia Morning Usher in revealed lately. This development marks the extension of the efforts of the warring organizations to get revenue prohibits applied on each other person's items. As per the filings at the San Jose federal assess in Florida, not only does Apple organization want Samsung’s Jelly Bean-running gadgets included in the record, but also those operating the Ice Cream Sandwich edition.

Posted by Unknown Thursday, December 06, 2012

WickedLeak Announces Wammy Sensation Smartphone

An formal declaration verifies that Wickedleak Inc. has extended its smart phone profile and will be soon presenting a new smart phone in the marketplace. The release consists of a 4.7- inches smart phone called Wammy Feeling. The organization has cost it at Rs 16,000. The Wammy Feeling operates on Google’s Android operating system 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS.

The smart phone is operated by a dual-core 1.2GHz processer, has dual-SIM abilities (2G and 3G), 12MP back photographic camera that will allow for a spectacular taken up to 260 levels and is driven by a 2,000 mAh power supply.

Those looking to pre-order the smart phone can do so, as it is currently available for pre-booking at WickedLeak's website www.wickedleak.org and their distribution is scheduled to start from Dec 15, 2012. 

Here’s a fast look at the requirements of the Wammy Feeling smartphone:

• 4.7-inch IPS display with a capacitive touchscreen display, quality of 1280x720 pixels.
• Wi-Fi.
• GPS and A-GPS with Attractive Receptors and integrated compass for innovative routing,
• Bluetooth+EDR .
• 3MP front side photographic camera for video contacting, 12MP back photographic camera.
• 4GB built-in storage (expandable up to to 32GB).

Additional functions of the Wammy Feeling smart phone, include - Schedule, Alert, Finance calculator, MMS, 3D Songs, Advanced App Fantastic, Aldiko eBook, Web browser, Google, Courier, Calibrator, Camera, Car Home, Connections, Table Time, eBuddy, Email, File Traveler, Face Book, Collection, Googlemail, Permission, Charts, Industry Place, Texting , MSN Discuss, Songs Player, Navigation, Phone, Places, Robo Defense, Sound Recording unit, Gtalk, Weather, ThinkFree Mobile, Tweets, Speech Mail, Speech Dialing software, WikiMobile, Wi-fi Key pad, YouTube, Facebook or myspace, MSN. Some of the above described applications may not come pre-installed. Customers can obtain applications from the Android operating system Play Store.)

But hey, if you found the Feeling similar to Samsung's committed smart phone, the Universe S III, rest confident you're not the only one. The New samsung marketing, obviously is missing on the Wammy Feeling. If we were to go back by a few months, we had a similar thing to say about the organization's Wammy Observe, which seemed similar to Samsung's Universe Observe.

In addition to this, according to the formal declaration, the Wammy Wish has been re-launched with an enhanced quality design. The new design will have a quality display enhanced from 800x480 p display quality to 1024x600 p display quality for enhanced consumer experience for viewing films, eBook studying and 2D / 3D abilities for game playing.

Wammy Wish with 800x480 pixel quality and Wammy Wish with 1024x600 pixel quality have been costing Rs 6,499 and Rs 6,999, respectively.

It goes on to add that the Wammy Observe is now enhanced to be prepared with a dual-core processer, which it statements makes it twice as fast in speed. The Wammy Observe, it contributes, is costing Rs 12,000.

Here's a fast look at the other requirements of the Wammy Note:

• 5-inch capacitive Super HD touchscreen display with a 800x480 pixel resolution.
• 3G, Wi-Fi .
• GPS with A-GPS support and voice navigation.
• Wi-fi bluetooth, USB port.
• 8MP photographic camera with display and auto-focus, 1.3MP front-facing camera.
• FM radio.

The device actions 144 x 89 x 12mm. The Wammy Observe is operated by a 1GHz processer, and is driven by a 2,500mAh power supply. Customers have up to 8 duration of talk-time and 260 duration of stand by time. Wammy Observe is available in grayscale. The organization further contributes that the Wammy Observe functions an 8MP photographic camera with Rush, which can breeze 16 images in 5 a few moments. The Wammy Observe comes with 512MB RAM and 4GB ROM. The storage space is extended up to 16GB via TF card.

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Aakash 2 Launched, Available To Students For Rs 1,130

Right on cue, on the event of Nationwide Knowledge Day last night, Chief executive Pranab Mukherjee and the Individual Sources and Growth (HRD) reverend, MM Pallam Raju, released the Aakash 2 product at Vigyan Bhawan, placing an end to a few several weeks of rumours around the release of the product. The improved product will be created available to learners in Indian at a subsidised cost of Rs 1,130. According to reviews, Aakash 2 will be created available to technological innovation scholars and institutions and universities firstly, and will be therefore allocated to others.

The Aakash 2 product has been developed, developed, and produced by DataWind Ltd for provide to IIT Bombay under the Individual Sources and Growth ministry’s Nationwide Objective on Knowledge through Details and Interaction Technological innovation (NME-ICT). The release was part of a two-day course performed by IIT Bombay for staff in technological innovation institutions using distant exercising programs developed at IIT Bombay’s Start Resource Growth Lab.  Over previous times many a few several weeks, IIT Bombay has developed exclusive and powerful programs for technological innovation learners on the Aakash2 foundation, such as 3D-modelling, C++ development, distant and collaborative exercising programs, automatic management, and remain evaluation resources. IIT Bombay has joined with the Middle for Growth of Innovative Processing (C-DAC), to help with the components examining and strategies.

The Subrao Nilekani Seat Lecturer at IIT Bombay, Dr Deepak B Phatak, leads the venture at IIT Bombay with the assistance of C-DAC. Lecturer Phatak was estimated as saying, “I'm not only assured, but sure that Aakash 2.0 is here to remain.” In the first stage, DataWind is to provide 100,000 models of Aakash 2 to IIT Bombay, which plans to spread them to Engineering School and Higher education learners. NME-ICT Home, N K Sinha said, “We imagine all 220 thousand learners across Indian to be allowed by low cost Aakash gadgets in in the future.” 

 
The Aakash 2 is a considerable update over the exclusive Aakash product. The preliminary edition of the product had a 7-inch resistive touchscreen display screen, which fought to reply to contact. It ran Android managing system v2.2 on a 366MHz processer, depending on an mature ARM structure. The Aakash 2 product is likely to be changed by a heir, which will have a dual-core Cortex - A9 processer.

Speaking on the release of Aakash 2, DataWind CEO, Suneet Singh Tuli said, “We wish to use technology to battle hardship with a interest. Entry to computer systems and internet will help provide a better excellent education and stage the stage for all Indians”.

The Aakash 2 requires ahead the country's dreams of making excellent education cost-effective to the have-nots in the nation. Over previous times 30 days, even as ratings of learners in the nation anticipated the release and option the Aakash 2 product, several models were sent across to all ministers as well as condition primary ministers for their reviews.

As per reviews, approximately 22 crore learners across Indian will get the product in the next five to six decades. Reports recommend that by Thursday alone, 20,000 gadgets are required to arrive at learners.

HRD Ministry authorities distributed that the product can not only run on Linux system os, it can also do Aadhar verification and management a software from a range.

In the later 50 percent of Sept this season, Datawind began providing models of Aakash 2 to IIT Bombay. Actually in an previously declaration, the organization exposed that an Oct release of the product was likely. Datawind CEO Suneet Singh Tuli informed PTI, “Supplies are on to IIT Bombay. In the next few several weeks, it should be released. I do not have the actual time frame, but HRD Minister (Kapil Sibal) has said he wants to release on the birthday time frame which is Oct 5”. However, Tuli included that the release would rely on Sibal’s routine. 

Recently, two models of the improved edition of the Aakash product were provided to the Gujarat CM Narendra Modi by Kapil Sibal. The ministry's shift of delivering models of the Aakash 2 to all condition primary ministers for reviews was particularly unusual considering the product was yet to make its way to several of its pre-designated places. India’s effort at low-cost computing has mainly been one to make sure excellent education is created available to those who previously discovered it beyond their indicates. Despite complaint, there still is a lot of positive outlook around the low-cost product.

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Archos Announces 80 Cobalt 8-Inch Android Tablet PC

Summary: Expect a budget price point for this slate, which runs Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 and comes with 8GB of storage.

While the iPad Small, Surface RT, and Google Nexus 10 are maintaining customer product costs over $300, other producers have a opportunity to pounce in and catch those looking for pills at deal costs. The new Archos 80 Cobalt looks like one of those applicants.

This new Android operating system product will not generate any specifications covet, as it comes with just 8GB of storage space and a simple 2-megapixel rear-facing photographic camera and operates Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, not the new edition 4.2 like the Nexus 10 does. However, its 8-inch type aspect is a little bit bigger than 7-inch slates, and its screen's 1,024x768 quality is the same as the iPad Mini's. It also contains an unspecified 1.6GHz dual-core processer, microSDHC port, and 1GB of RAM.

Unfortunately, Archos hasn't offered costs and accessibility information, though evaluating from the specifications offered, the nearer Archos costs the 80 Cobalt to $150, the better its possibilities. How inexpensive would the 80 Cobalt have to be to be able for you to consider purchasing it? Let us know in the Talkback area below.

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, October 31, 2012