MediaTek’s LTE phones coming to India in March?

Back in October, MediaTek, the Taiwanese chipmaker that practically ruled India’s low- and mid- range smartphone market, announced that by December, India would see several smartphones powered by its first LTE chip MT6595. December’s over. January’s also over, and February is almost over. Yet, India is yet to see the flood of LTE handsets powered […]

Qualcomm, Airtel launch Rs 3300 Android phone for Africa

Qualcomm Inc and Bharti Airtel Africa have launched a cheap 3G smartphone meant for Africa costing just $53 (Rs 3,275) before taxes. “The device will start selling from $53 subject to various governments levies and will be available at local retail outlets,” Airtel said. The 3G new enabled phone has a memory of 4GB ROM […]

Banned in India, Bangladesh goes virtual with Google Street View

It may be banned in India, but that has not prevented India’s neighbour Bangladesh from going online in a big way with Google’s Street View. The service allows users to virtually walk along any street using their computer or mobile phone using the Google Maps app. Globally, 65 countries are on Google Street View. Google […]

With Snapdragon 810, Qualcomm beats Intel, AMD in mobile/tablet space

Intel has always been held up as the maker of the most powerful processors, but with yesterday’s announcement that nearly 60 phones with the Snapdragon 810 processor are in the works, the Chipzilla has lost the status in the mobile world. According to a statement from Qualcomm yesterday, Motorola, Oppo, Sony, Nokia, LG and Xiaomi […]

Xiaomi Mi4 lists on Flipkart: But where are the reviews?

One of the interesting things about online purchases is the ease of exchanging information and opinion about a product from customers, and Flipkart is no exception. User reviews play a crucial part in deciding whether or not someone buys a product or not. However, there is no facility for commenting on the phone on Flipkart’s product page for Mi4, despite […]