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 […]
HP India has refreshed its budget HP 110 and 120 Desktop PC range in India with new models powered by Haswell processors. “Powered by the 4th generationIntel® Core™ processor and pre-installed with Windows® 8.1, the stylish yet affordable, HP 120 Desktop PC is designed to enhance the overall computing experience for home and SOHO users […]
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 […]
Amazon India is offering discounts under its ‘lighting’ schemes that are just too good to pass by. Among those on offer are Nokia Lumia 638 LTE phone at just Rs 5,999, which makes it the cheapest LTE 4G phone in India, and a Rs 8,000 discount on the BlackBerry Passport that has brought down the […]
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 […]
Fans waiting eagerly for the launch of Xiaomi Mi4 were left totally disappointed after the Chinese brand launched a phone with no 4G and at a price that is about 25% higher than what most people expected. The Xiaomi Mi4 launched in India is the same 3G-only version available in the Chinese market for the […]
India is likely to see the launch of an updated version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 before the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S6, according to sources. The S6 is supposed to be unveiled in the Mobile World Congress in March, and to hit markets like India in late April or early May. One of […]
When it rains, it pours. A week after Lenovo introduced India’s cheapest 4G phone, the A6000, priced at just Rs 6,999, Chinese competitor Huawei is all set to unveil a very similar LTE model – the Huawei Honor 4X, priced in the Rs 8,000 range, according to distributors, which has been announced at a price […]
With Xiaomi confirming that the Mi4 will be launched in India on Jan 28, there is a lot of speculation about the price, with a leading daily claiming the price will be around Rs 20,000. While the phone is not exactly a bad buy even at Rs 20,000, here’s why the Xiaomi Mi4’s price will […]
Members of the Malayalam rationalist group Freethinkers were pleasantly surprised today as world renowned physicist and campaigner for spreading scientific education, Lawrence M Krauss, lent his voice to those opposing the shut down of their group. The Freethinkers Facebook group has been shut down several times by Facebook, reportedly because religious people were offended by […]
Samsung Galaxy A7, arguably the most value-for-money high-end handset from the Korean player, will launch in India next month at a price of around Rs 35,000, according to sources, and will face off against the HTC Desire 826. Despite being practically identical to the A7, the HTC Desire 826 will be priced around the Rs […]
Samsung Galaxy A3 and Samsung Galaxy A5, which is expected to help the Korean company take on Xiaomi Mi4, are now available in India for sale on the the company’s website. The phones, released last week, have been priced Rs 20,500 for A3 and Rs 25,500 for the A5 on www.samsungindiaestore.com. Of course, the Galaxy […]
The BlackBerry Classic, arguably the best handset in the world for typing-intensive purposes like managing email and text messages, will be launched in India at a price of Rs 31,999 or thereabouts by mid January, according to a distributor. The phone will replace the BlackBerry Q10, which is both smaller and cheaper. Unlike all other […]
There is strong buzz in the market that Lenovo will launch the cheapest LTE phone in India next week at a price of Rs 6,000-6,500, eclipsing the Xiaomi RedMi 1S, Nokia Lumia 638 and Huawei Holly Honor in value for money. UPDATE: The Company has officially launched the A6000, priced at Rs 6,999, and to […]
The HTC Desire 820s, the MediaTek version of its mid-range Desire 820 phone, will be priced below Rs 20,000 when it is launched in a couple of weeks, industry sources indicated. UPDATE: The phone is priced around Rs 20,000 HTC has been on an upswing in India, and has launched a large number of models […]
Nokia is planning to launch a large, 6-inch phone in February, and the phone could be named Lumia 1530, 1030 or even 1025, according to market sources. The price of the Lumia 1530 or 1030, would be in the range of Rs 45,000-50,000. There has been much speculation about the impending launch of a Lumia […]
Finally, Samsung is releasing a phone that has the potential to take on cheap, and often LTE-enabled phones like the Xiaomi Mi4, Huawei Honor 6, HTC 620g and HTC 820. UPDATE: The Samsung Galaxy A5 is available on eBay without company warranty at Rs 27,000, while the A3 is available for prebooking for Rs 21,000 […]
Micromax YU has closed pre-registrations for its first model, the Yu Yureka, a day ahead of schedule due to what the company called heavy rush. The preorder period, what the company calls registration period, opened last Friday and were supposed to end tomorrow. Instead, Yu has already closed registrations on Amazon.in. “YUREKA received a phenomenal […]
Google Nexus 6, arguably the most sought after high-end phone in India right now, will start shipping in the next two days from Flipkart in India, according to a source in the e-commerce firm. The online retailer had opened the Google Nexus 6 for preorder on Nov 18, more than a month ago, but had […]
Popular open source Android-based operating system maker Cyanogen Inc officials said the mobile ecosystem has fallen into a slump as far as innovation was concerned, and promised to introduce a new paradigm in the market by 2016. Howard Harte, director of engineering at the company, and chief technology officer Steve Kondik were speaking at the […]
