Cheapest Android phone in India has arrived. Spice Mi270 costs Rs. 5700 on arrival beating the arrival cost price of Micromax A60 (Rs.6900). At Rs. 5700, Mi270 is also the cheapest Android phone in India. If the price isn’t satisfying then here’s a lagniappe : It’s a dual SIM phone. Spice Mi270 has a 2.8 […] Read more
When it comes to revenues for the fiscal period 2010-11, Nokia still rules in India. For all the talk about Nokia’s share slipping away, it has held its own. There isn’t a drastic rise in Nokia’s revenues from the year before but there isn’t significant dip either. At best, Nokia’s India growth has hit a […] Read more
![Pimp it : Making your phone standout [infographic]](https://thegadgetfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/8-million-dollar-iPhone4-thumb-550xauto-49364.jpg)
$8 million for an iPhone, $100,000 for a iPhone case and $13000 for an iPhone app – sounds crazy? Phone pimping is a million dollar industry. A whopping $497 million is spent on phone accessories just in the US in the last 9 months. When people buy phone they just don’t buy a phone. They […] Read more
HTC Bliss the purported phone for women from HTC is now called as HTC Glamor. This could still be a code name. Why does everyone think that this is a phone for women? The color scheme of course. The leaked picture has three colors – pink, yellow and blue. The specs are not leaked yet. […] Read more
Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray is the latest Android phone from the Sony Ericsson stable sporting 3.3 inch screen, Reality Display with Mobile Bravia engine, Android 2.3 operating system, 8.1 megapixel camera with Exmor R and HD video functionality. Xperia Ray’s camera and screen are the two distinct features which make it stand apart. Xperia Ray […] Read more
Stephen Elop has leaked Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7. Yes he did. Elop was careful to not let the cameras shoot his presentation but someone did and leaked it to the blogosphere. Elop’s worst fear. Anyways, the phone codenamed Sea Ray is presumed to be Nokia’s first Windows Phone 7 with 8 megapixel camera and […] Read more
Sony Ericsson Xperia Active : Water resistant, dust proof Android 2.3 phone. Maria Sharapova uses it
Which feature of Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, got you excited? It’s water resistant, it’s dust proof and it’s a phone Maria Sharapova uses. Alright fine, the last one isn’t exactly a feature but Maria Sharapova actually uses Sony Ericsson Xperia Active, an Android 2.3 powered phone. Sharapova also drops the phone in to a glass […] Read more
Nokia N9 is a beast of a phone. There’s no question about it. Critics haven’t fully appreciated Nokia N9 as it runs a dead-end operating system of Meego. That shouldn’t take anything away from N9’s amazing photo capturing capabilities and the fastest way it captures images. Nokia N9’s latency is 2.6 seconds which beats the […] Read more
Call it the Android affect or Apple being vigilant, a cheaper iPhone is definitely on the cards. iPhone 5 which is due for September of 2011 might have a poorer cousin, iPhone Mini. It might cost $300. Emerging markets and especially Asia is a hotbed for smarphone market. Android has almost swept away the emerging […] Read more
Maxx mobiles, which became famous for their strategic timeouts in the IPL, now launched a strategic phone. Maxx Vista (MS502), a ladies phone. The reason why Maxx Vista is ‘a ladies phone’ and not ‘the ladies phone’ is because we have quite a few ladies phones. Two to be precise. Both launched by Micromax. HTC […] Read more
For people who are looking for some Micromax love, we got just the thing for you. Micromax has launched world’s first mobile with dockable Bluetooth headset. Micromax Van Gogh X450 is mobile which comes with its own Bluetooth headset and a place holder for it. Micromax Van Gogh X450 costs Rs. 3500. Van Gogh is […] Read more
Dell Aero, Dell’s first Android phone, has arrived in India and we are looking for dhoopsticks and camphor to welcome it. No seriously. We just want to add Dell Aero to our Android phone memorabilia. It was so nice of Dell to complete their flop portfolio of Android phones. There was Dell Streak – the […] Read more
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Nokia has just launched a spectacular piece of hardware with Nokia N9 and critics have hardly registered it. The phone’s good but as per many, it’s a niche product. Nokia N9 runs Meego, and not Mango which is a No-Go for quite a few. The Meego part might be true and Nokia losing its smartphone […] Read more
Nokia just announced Nokia N9 and it looks super awesome. Nokia might be in shambles but it sure can make great hardware. Nokia N9 now boasts of several firsts in the smartphone world. N9 is a pure touch screen interface. No button pressing nonsense. Going to the home menu or moving to a different app […] Read more
Update : Nokia N9 is indeed a smartphone with 3.9 inch AMOLED display, and as per Nokia this is world’s first pure touch smartphone – no buttons. N0kia N9 is designed not just for calls for everything that a smartphone does. For N9, all it takes is a swipe. Take that Steve Jobs. Your iPhone […] Read more
Froyo is good, Gingerbread is better. That’s how software upgrades typically work. Google is trying to tackle the fragmentation problem by collaborating with manufacturers and bringing in a 18-month window to roll out upgrades. Two years down the line the number of Android versions available would significantly come down. Until then we might need to […] Read more
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