Nokia leads the smartphone shipments in India followed by Samsung. As per data released by IDC, Nokia holds a strong 45.8% market share in smartphone shipments, followed by Samsung’s 21%. Research in Motion, the maker of Blackberry phones has a 15% market share. The top 3 manufacturers together, have a 81.9% market share, leaving a […] Read more
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Mobile app store is a big business. So much so that a company like BSNL has just entered it. Apps in general make money either through paid downloads, advertising or in-app purchases. Together the revenues for 2011 is expected to touch $3.8 billion and continue its stellar growth to become a $8.3 billion in 2014. […] Read more
Micromax A85 is Micromax’s ticket to the big league. Though everybody’s making Micromax A85 a super phone, that term itself is obsolete with a shelf life of month as we are already talking about quad-core phones. There’s no denying the fact that Micromax A85 is a top-class phone with great specifications. Now it got some […] Read more
Remember Meizu which brought Meizu M9 to China? Yeah the company which has a cult like following in China. Now it is back with a world’s first. Meizu MX is the world’s first smartphone with a quad core processor. LG brought us the dual-core smartphone in December 2010. Now it is time for a quad […] Read more
Remember the flexible smartphone from Samsung which you can squeeze in whichever way you want? That phone is called Samsung Skin and should be out in Q2 2012. That’s pretty fast production for a phone which is ahead of the time and which is so sci-fi. Samsung Skin bends it better than Beckham Samsung Skin […] Read more
What is a QR code? If you are pondering over that question then let me tell you that QR code will be on your face before you even realize it. QR stands for Quick Response and quite rightly so. Though you should not be fooled by the quick response moniker as the response depends on […] Read more
Airtel has it. Aircel has it. What’s stopping from BSNL from launching one? BSNL which has its own worries to ponder on has taken the cue from the private telcos and launched its own mobile app store. BSNL also wants to leverage its existing customer base and use operator billing to charge for app downloads. […] Read more
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Text messaging is the most popular activity on a smartphone. As much as 92% of the smartphones are being used for text messaging. Any phone in the world is capable of text messaging. It is surprising that the most simplest and oldest form of communication on a mobile phone is still very popular on the […] Read more
Huawei, the Chinese telecom equipment maker, is planning to launch a media tablet and a cloud phone in the next two months. Huawei Vision, is Huawei’s cloud phone where the services are tightly integrated with other cloud services. Huawei claims it to be first such phone. I’m not sure about that because iPhone 5 is […] Read more
Samsung has launched three 3G phones in India. Samsung Champ is a touch screen phone, Samsung Chat 527 is a QWERTY phone and Samsung Primo is regular phone equipped with 3G and 5 Megapixel camera. The three phones are priced between Rs. 5500 to Rs. 6500 and looks like they are targeted for different sections. […] Read more
Coolpad, the little known Chinese brand, is launching a 3G Dual SIM phone with a 5 inch touch screen called Coolpad 9930. The Dual SIM is actually a dual mode which will work with both CDMA and GSM networks. Coolpad 9930 phone would be priced at Rs. 25000, which translates to 5000 rupees for 1 […] Read more
We have seen mobiles for the visually impaired, for senior citizens and for devotees. Now the segmentation has gone further. i-Tel (never heard of it before) has released an exclusive mobile phone called iTel i786 for Muslims. The phone will cost Rs. 2999 and will contain content helpful for Muslims. i-Tel i786 will come loaded […] Read more
Nokia is looking for redemption. While it is still a strong brand in India, many local brands are chipping away its dominance in the low-end segment. To counter this, Nokia has announced Nokia 100, Nokia 101 – Nokia’s cheapest ever phones. Now these phones are available in India. Nokia 100 costs Rs. 1399 and Nokia […] Read more
LG Optimus Pro and Motorola Fire are two Android 2.3 powered phones released in the last two days. The phones share similar launch dates and whole lot of other things too. Both the phones have the same form factor of touch+ type with a 2.8 inch touch screen and a full QWERTY keypad, both are […] Read more
Motorola Fire XT is a full touch screen phone which is priced at Rs. 12990. Motorola Fire XT is a Android 2.3 powered phone which runs on a 800 MHz processor, has a Adreno 200 GPU, 5 megapixel camera and a 0.3 megapixel rear camera. Motorola Fire XT shares the same family name as Motorola […] Read more
Motorola Fire, Android 2.3 powered phone, is now in India for the price of Rs. 8999. Flipkart has listed the launch price as Rs. 9200 and now it is showing up as Rs. 8999. Motorola Fire is a touch screen and QWERTY phone and is a perfect competitor for the recently released LG Optimus Pro. […] Read more
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