Sony Xperia L that went on pre-order in India is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. The Xperia L was announced back in March along with the Xperia SP and packs a 4.3-inch (854 x 480 pixels) Scratch-resistant capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8230 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS sensor, 720p HD video recording and a VGA front-facing camera. It also has a dedicated camera key and comes with a LED notification light below the display.
Sony Xperia L Specifications
4.3-inch (854 x 480 pixels) Scratch-resistant capacitive touch screen display
1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8230 processor
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
8MP rear camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS sensor, 720p video recording
VGA (0.3MP) front-facing camera
9.7mm thick and weighs 137 grams
3G (HSPA+ 21 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, aGPS, NFC
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
1750 mAh battery
The Sony Xperia L comes in Black and White colors and available for online for Rs. 18,990.
Source: Snapdeal
Sony Xperia L that went on pre-order in India is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. The Xperia L was announced back in March along with the Xperia SP and packs a 4.3-inch (854 x 480 pixels) Scratch-resistant capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8230 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS sensor, 720p HD video recording and a VGA front-facing camera. It also has a dedicated camera key and comes with a LED notification light below the display.
Sony Xperia L Specifications
4.3-inch (854 x 480 pixels) Scratch-resistant capacitive touch screen display
1 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8230 processor
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
8MP rear camera with LED Flash, Exmor RS sensor, 720p video recording
VGA (0.3MP) front-facing camera
9.7mm thick and weighs 137 grams
3G (HSPA+ 21 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, aGPS, NFC
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
1750 mAh battery
The Sony Xperia L comes in Black and White colors and available for online for Rs. 18,990.
Source: Snapdeal
Karbonn A25, the company's latest Android smartphone is now on sale from online retailers Infibeam and Saholic. It has a 5-inch (480 x 800 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS. It comes with 2G (EDGE) support, has a 5-megapixel auto camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.
Micromax was the first company to launch the A72 Canvas Viva, a budget Android smartphone with a 5-inch display. The Karbonn A25 has similar specifications as the Spice Smart Flo Pace 2 Mi-502 that was launched last week, but this phone is cheaper than the Mi-502.
Karbonn A25 specifications
5-inch (480 x 800 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1 GHz dual-core processor
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
5MP auto focus camera with LED flash
0.3 MP (VGA) front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack
2G (EDGE), Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11, micro USB
512MB RAM, 512 MB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with microSD
2000 mAh battery
The Karbonn A25 comes in both Black and White colors and is available at a market price of Rs. 6,590.
Souce: Infibeam, Saholic
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Core, a new mid-range Android smartphone in the Galaxy series. This has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) LCD capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash and a 0.3MP (VGA)front-facing camera. It has Smart Stay, Smart Alert and S Voice assistant. This looks like a budget version of the Galaxy S2 Plus that went on sale in India back in March. It would also come in dual SIM variant with Smart dual SIM option, similar to the Galaxy Win that went on sale in India earlier this month.
Samsung Galaxy Core
4.3-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) LCD capacitive touch screen display
1.2 GHz dual-core processor
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS
Dual SIM (Optional)
8.95 mm thick and weighs 124 grams
5MP Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash
0.3MP (VGA)front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with RDS
1GB RAM, 8 GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v 3.0, GPS
1800 mAh battery
The Samsung Galaxy Core Dual SIM variant will be available from May, followed by the Single SIM variant in July. No word about the yet.
Karbonn is all set to launch the S2 Titanium, the company's new Android smartphone in their Titanium range. The S1 Titanium which was launched earlier this year had a 4.5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) display and the S5 Titanium went on sale back in March had a larger 5-inch display with the same qHD resolution. The Karbonn S2 Titanium would come with a similar 5-inch display, but this would come with a FWVGA screen (854×480 pixels). It would be powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and run on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) similar to the other smartphones in the Titanium range.
It comes with a 8-megpixel auto-focus camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera similar to the S5 Titanium. It also has dual SIM support with dual standby. No details about the RAM or the internal memory yet.
Karbonn S2 Titanium specifications
5-inch (854×480 pixels) multi-touch capacitive touch screen display
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS
1.2 GHz quad-core processor
8MP Auto Focus Camera with LED flash
2MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth with A2DP and GPS
Expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD
2100 mAh battery
The Karbonn S2 Titanium is priced at Rs. 10,790 and is available for pre-order from ...
Byond Tech has launched B67, a new Android Smartphone in the B-Series. It come with a 5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive multi-touch Touch display with scratch resistant glass, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Byond B66 that was launched back in February had similar features but it came with a single-core processor. It has a 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and comes with anti-noise feature that improves the call quality.
Byond B67 Specifications
5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive multi-touch Touch display
1.2 GHz dual-core processor
Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP auto focus camera with LED flash
1.3MP front-facing camera
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, up to 8GB expandable memory with microSD
3.5mm Audio Jack
2000 mAh battery
The Byond B67 comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 10, 999. It would be available from online retailers and retail stores across India
A lot of you have been asking us if they White S4 is better than the Black one and vice versa ,so we managed to get both the colours of the Galaxy S4 in India for a quick photo shoot. Here are some photos comparing the two variants side by side. Samsung calls the Black version - Black Mist although it is a lot closer to blue in reality. The white is called White Frost and is actually white.
Both the colours have a small pattern on the back which is very evident on the Black one.
The Black is more reflective as you can see below compared to the white one. It is easier to spot finger pints and smudges on the black unit than on the white one which seems to hide it quite well.
The Black version does a neat job of hiding those sensors and front facing camera in the phone while it looks very ugly on the White version.
Even when you look at both these phones at a close distance , the sensors are more visible on the white unit than on the black unit.
Both have backlit keys and pretty much on the same level in terms of ...
Xolo teased an upcoming smartphone on their official Facebook page few hours back, now the phone has appeared on online retail site Flipkart. Xolo launched the Q800, the company's first phone with a quad-core processor back in March. The Xolo Q700 would be next phone in the Q-Core series. It has a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color capacitive touch screen IPS display based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology that would reduce the phone's thickness. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589W-M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor and 720p HD video recording and a 0.3 (MP) VGA front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Xolo smartphones. It packs a 2400 mAh battery, larger than the Q800.
It would come with Xolo Switch app that would let users create multiple profiles and switch between profiles easily, Xolo Secure app that would let them lock the phone and track it remotely if it's lost and the Xolo Power app that optimizes the phone's battery usage.
Xolo Q700 Specifications
4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color capacitive touch screen IPS display at 245 ppi
1.2 GHz quad-core ...
Intel today announced the next step of its mobile strategy. The Silvermont architecture is a complete departure from the Clover Trail and Clover Trail+ chips that Intel has been pushing since 2008. With a switch to yearly update cycles, the company hopes to be much more competitive in the extremely hot mobile chipset segment.
Based on the 22nm architecture, expect to see the first handsets based on Silvermont early next year while the first tablets running on the new architecture should be here by the end of the year. Silvertrail in specific is the CPU core and is a part of the Baytrail SoC for tablets, Merrifield SoC for smartphones. Without getting too technical, the platform aims to attain three times the performance of current gen Atom chips while consuming up to 5 times less power. Key enhancements include power sharing between GPUs and the SoC IP. The chip can also manage burst frequencies based on thermal, electric and power delivery constraints. Intel plans to follow up Silvermont with Airmont based on the 14nm architecture later in 2014.
[Via - ZDNet]
Jonathan Rubinstein more popularly known as Jon Rubinstein is a pretty famous name in the tech industry and famous for heading the iPod project at Apple. He later left Apple to join Palm and was later appointed as CEO. He subsequently joined HP after HP's much criticized acquisition of Palm. Rubinstein was the person behind webOS which ran on handsets like the Palm Pre and HP Veer and even the TouchPad tablet. He quit HP in January 2012.
Jon seems to be a good addition to Qualcomm considering he's been in the technology industry for over 30 years although it is not likely he will be actively involved in the day to day affairs of the company. Wallstreet might like the move though.
Here is what Qualcomm had to say about the appointment.
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Jon as a member of Qualcomm's Board of Directors," said Dr. Paul E. Jacobs , chairman and chief executive officer of Qualcomm. "His experience in creating revolutionary consumer electronics and mobile products will provide added insight to Qualcomm's board as we continue to expand the scope and impact of wireless products and technology, improving and enhancing people's lives around the world."
Interestingly Rubinstein was appointed ...
PopCap games announced back in August 2012 that a Plants vs. Zombies sequel would be released in Spring 2013. But there was no sign of it. Now PopCap has officially announced a sequel Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time would launch in July 2013. The first Plants vs. Zombies game was one of the popular games in various platforms including iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and more.
We still don't know how the game would be or how much it would cost, but would obviously have a similar gaming mechanism as the first game. The company has released a YouTube video that shows frustrated people questioning why it's taken so long for PopCap to release a sequel to the first game.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qyItbOQ1rg
Plants vs. Zombies is one of my favorite game, and I'm excited for the new game. Hope they will launch the game on leading mobile platforms at the launch.
Source: Plants Versus Zombies (FB)
You might have seen Airtel's Re. 1 Mobile Video commercial on TV during the IPL. The company has officially launched the Re. 1 mobile video downloads. This new VAS service would let you download videos across 8 genres including movies, lifestyle, music, comedy and more from a vast collection of 30,000+ videos. This service is aimed at introducing more Airtel customers to the mobile internet experience.
There are 3 options to download videos.
Option 1: Call toll-free IVR 52010, you will receive a WAP link of Re 1 Video Store in your SMS inbox. Upon clicking on this link, you will be taken to the Re 1 Video portal to follow the simple download process
Option 2: Dial *121*33#, you will receive a WAP link of Re 1 Video Store in your SMS inbox. Upon clicking on this link, you will be taken to the Re 1 Video portal to follow the simple download process
Option 3: Simply type http://v.airtellive.com in your phone’s web browser and follow the process to download
This is compatible with mobile phone with GPRS/2G/3G and also works with over 500 mobile devices, including feature phones. Browsing the portal is free, and all videos are available at Re 1. Airtel has launched ...
Vodafone India launched the Superfan contest for their customers last month, that runs till May 20, 2013. Now the company has launched the Superfan Junior contest that would let 22 young boys and girls aged 6-12 years across India a chance to walk hand-in-hand on field with 22 of the world’s finest cricketing heroes competing at the Grand Finale of IPL 2013, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on 26th May 2013. Vodafone Superfan Junior will be selected basis the entry by Eligible Subscribers who need to be the parents or guardians of the children.
To enter, the participants must send an image to the Organizers either as an email or directly transfer on the website - vodafone.in/superfanjunior. After uploading the image on the website, the participants will be asked to gather vote on their images. The image with the most votes will be chosen as the Superfan Junior. 22 such Superfans will be selected by an independent panel of experts.
Vodafone has collaborated with Talenthouse for a creative cricket kit design that will be worn by the 22 Vodafone Superfan Junior winners as they take center stage at the IPL finals. The Vodafone Superfan Junior contest is available for Post-paid and Pre-paid Vodafone customers, but it is not applicable for customers in ...
Samsung Galaxy Star Duos (GT-S5282), an entry-level Android smartphone has been spotted on Samsung India website. It was announced last month along with the Galaxy Pocket Neo. The Galaxy Star Duos has a 3-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and comes with 2G (EDGE) support. It has Dual SIM support with Always On feature that would forward calls to the other SIM.
The Samsung Galaxy Y Plus and the Galaxy Young went on sale in India last month. The Samsung Galaxy Win Duos and Galaxy Fame Duos went on sale earlier this month. The company launched the Galaxy Tab 510 last week.
Samsung Galaxy Star Duos (GT-S5282)
3.0-inch ( 320 × 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1 GHz processor
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
2MP camera
11.90mm thick and wighs 100.5 grams
2G (EDGE), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, micro USB
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with RDS and Recording
512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32 GB with micro SD
1200 mAh battery
The Galaxy Star Duos comes in Black and White colors. Still no details about the availability or the pricing yet.
Source: Samsung India
Over at the Global Mobile Internet Conference, UCWeb has announced a new partnership with global internet security expert, Trend Micro. Under the agreement, both companies will work to provide mobile web safety assessments in the browser. The aim is provide a comprehensive safety net for users of the product via cloud based security scans in the browser and also for Android apps downloaded via the UC Web browser.
Trend Micro analyzes as much as 4.46TB of data every day and has identified 350,000 high risk Android applications. This number is further expected to grow by 400% to 1.4 million in 2013.
UC Web with a global userbase in excess of 400 million and with 200 million daily registered clicks aims to provide comprehensive cloud based security for its users through its partnership with Trend Micro. The technology in question is Trend Micro's Application Reputation Service (MARS) that works with both websites and Android applications. The service has analyzed close to 3 million Android apps to date with about 560,000 of them being flagged as malicious. UC Web has added the feature to version 7.4 of its browser making it the world's first 'secure mobile browser'.Considering the browser's popularity in developing markets, the ...
Bharti Softbank (BSB), a joint-venture between Bharti Enterprises and SoftBank Corp have announced that they have partnered with Nokia to pre-load its Hike cross-platform messaging app app on its phones, according to a report. The Hike app is available for Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and for Nokia S40 devices from the respective app stores. It launched talk-time rewards for customers earlier this year, and released a Beta version of the application for BlackBerry last month.
Hike is one of the popular and fast growing mobile app which crossed 5 million users in just four months after its launch on 12th December 2012. It recently acquired a $7 million investment from BSB.
Nokia is always keen on adding social networking features in their phones that are easily accessible. Nokia released the Asha 205, a QWERTY phone with a dedicated button to access Facebook last year, and unveiled the Asha 210 with a dedicated WhatsApp button last month. Even though the Hike app is already available for select Asha devices based on Series 40 OS and the Lumia devices based on Windows Phone, pre-loading the app on these device would increase the user base since most people might not have heard about the app.
Hike app would come pre-loaded on the Nokia Lumia 510, Lumia 720 and all the full ...
The HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 are 2 high-end smartphones with some very impressive specs.The HTC One has a very premium feel to it and is made of metal and packs a 4.7 inch Super LCD 1080p HD display. The Galaxy S4 on the other hand is fully made of plastic and is extremely thin and light and packs a 5 inch SuperAMOLED 1080p HD display. Both phones are priced relatively the same worldwide. Let us see which one looks better in front of the camera in this photo gallery.
Here we have the Silver HTC One and the Whit Galaxy S4. The dual stereo speakers on the One do add some amount of spice to the design without making the phone look odd like these sensors on the top of the S4.
The display on the Galaxy S4 looks gorgeous being a AMOLED display but the One is not too bad either.
Bot the HTC One and the Galaxy S4 seem to fend off fingerprints quite well but the HTC One does a better job of it and the curved back makes it great and easy to grip. Samsung had a curved design in the Galaxy S3 but has gone with ...
Nokia Lumia 928, the company's upcoming smartphone for Verizon has confirmed on the official Nokia US website. The phone has also been advertised on Vanity Fair magazine and recently spotted on a bill board in the US. Both these ads confirms the PureView camera, optical image stabilization (OIS) and th Carl Zeiss lens in the phone.New press render for the Lumia 928 surfaced last month.
There is no mention of the Xenon flash in the ad, but according to the earlier rumors the phone would come with a 4.5-inch PureMotion HD+ display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor, Windows Phone 8 OS and a 8.7 megapixel rear camera with 1080p HD video recording, Xenon and a LED Flash.
The teaser just says stay tuned for the updates without a launch date.The Nokia Lumia 928 is expected to release exclusively for Verizon in the U.S. later this month. Nokia has scheduled an event on 14th May in London, where they are expected to announce the device codenamed Catwalk which was leaked recently.
Source: Nokia | Via: Engadget
Google Nexus 7 16GB version went on sale in India from the Google Play Store back in March at a price tag of Rs. 15,999, and the 32GB version went on sale from the Google Play last month at Rs. 18,999. Asus launched the 32GB WiFi and 32GB 3G versions of the tablet in India last month. The 3G version went on sale only from select retail shops such as Reliance, but it didn't show up on Google Play. Now online retailer Snapdeal has started selling the Nexus 7 32GB WiFi + 3G version along with the 32 GB WiFi version.
Google unveiled the Nexus 7 last June, and the 3G version with 32GB storage was announced at the Google I/O in October last year. The 3G version has a SIM card slot for data connectivity, but you can't make calls on the tablet like the Galaxy Tab 2 310 or the Asus Fonepad. Other features remain the same including a 7-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, 1.2MP front-facing camera. It comes with 1 GB RAM, NFC, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and a 4325 mAh battery.
Are you planning to get the 3G version of the Nexus 7 or wait for the Google I/O next week, where Google might announce the successor of ...
The ASUS Fonepad and the Samsung Galaxy Note 510(also called the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0) are one of a kind tablets. Both launched at MWC, with similar functionality, but with different markets in mind. Carrying the Note brand, the Galaxy Note 8.0 or the Note 510 as it is called in India, has stylus features and all the Samsung goodness associated with all its Note products, while the Fonepad is ASUS' first entry into the calling tablet market with it squarely aimed at the Tab 2 310's price range while offering more performance per rupee ratio. By design and looks, it is clearly a Nexus 7 in another form. Between these two tablets, we are going to see which one is better and which one might suit you the best in case you are in confusion. Before diving into the in-depth text comparison, here is our video of the same -
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zakkZyn-LBg
Lets talk about the design then. The ASUS Fonepad is through and through a Nexus 7 clone in terms of design. It look exactly like it and the dimensions are exactly the same too. The Galaxy Note 510 on the other hand is what you would expect from Samsung since ...
Swipe Telecom has launched the Swipe 9X, the company's latest Android smartphone. It has a 4.7-inch FWVGA (854 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive multi-touch Touch display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandiwich) OS. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby similar to the Swipe Fablet F3 and Fablet F2 Android smartphones that were launched back in February.
Swipe 9X Specifications
4.7-inch (854 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive multi-touch Touch display
1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandiwich) OS
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP auto focus camera with LED flash
2MP front-facing camera
9.3mm thick and weighs 149 grams
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS
512MB RAM,4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
3.5mm Audio Jack, FM Radio
2000 mAh battery
The Swipe 9X is priced at Rs. 8,999. It comes with a three stylish free Back Shells (Black, White and Trendy Blue) and a free Business Navigator (flap cover).
