About the author: Computer science engineer turned technology blogger. Following consumer electronics industry closely from 2006, he can now predict pretty much where the market is heading. He has a dream to own Android, Windows Phone and iOS smartphones all at the same time.

May 15th, 2014 3:36 PM 3 COMMENTS

HTC One Mini 2 becomes official, comes with 4.5 inch screen and 13MP camera

After announcing its flagship smartphone, the One M8 in March this year, HTC has announced the mini version of it today. The HTC One Mini 2 is a mid-range Android smartphone that comes with a 4.5 inch HD screen, quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 13MP camera and a 2100 mAh battery. It misses the Duo Camera setup which is found on the One M8 but shares the same metal build with a... Read More

May 15th, 2014 11:39 AM 38 COMMENTS

Xolo Q700S, Q1010i, Q1010 and Q3000 to get Android 4.4.2 KitKat update by June 2014

Looks like Indian smartphone brands have finally woke up to the call of providing software updates to their devices. Micromax's Android 4.4 KitKat plan was leaked a while ago. Recently, Xolo has updated the Xolo Q1000 Opus to Android 4.4 KitKat. Now, the company has announced that it plans to push the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update to Xolo Q700S, Xolo Q1010, Xolo Q1010i and Xolo Q3000 by June 2014. [caption id="attachment_113372" align="aligncenter"... Read More

May 14th, 2014 9:18 PM 1 COMMENTS

More than 8.8 million Sony Xperia smartphones were sold in Q1, 2014

Sony has announced its sales numbers for fiscal year 2013 (April 2013 to March 2014) today. Sony has reported sales of $75.4 billion with an operating income of $257 million, thanks to strong sales of PlayStation 4 and Xperia line-up of Android smartphones. Sony stated 8.8 million smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2014, which is higher than smartphone sales in the same quarter last year. ... Read More

May 14th, 2014 8:10 PM 5 COMMENTS

Microsoft plans to collaborate with telecom operators for selling Windows Phone apps and games

Microsoft is striving hard to make its smartphone platform successful. It has already announced the Windows Phone 8.1 update recently, which takes it on par with iOS and Android in terms of features. Now, they are in talks with major telecom operators in India for operator billing feature in Windows Phone. Right now, Microsoft has over 4,15,000 applications for sale but only a limited amount of Indian consumers use debit... Read More

May 14th, 2014 2:39 AM 56 COMMENTS

Idea Night Packs Details about unlimited calling and data at Rs 7

Just after Airtel came up with Night Packs for calls, SMS and data, even Idea Cellular has announced special night plans for calls, SMS, Internet usage and Facebook. Consumers can avail these offers by simply dialling 1219 or *121*9# to recharge with any of the Night Pack options. All the offers from the Idea Night Packs can be used only between 12 midnight to 6AM. Idea... Read More

May 13th, 2014 9:43 AM 5 COMMENTS

Karbonn Titanium Hexa launches exclusively on Amazon India for Rs 16,990

Karbonn has launched their first hexa-core processor equipped Android smartphone in India. Karbonn Titanium Hexa has been launched exclusively on Amazon India and will go on sale from May 20th at a price of Rs 16,990. It comes with a 5.5 inch LTPS full HD display, hexa-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 13MP camera, Android 4.4 KitKat, dual SIM card slots and a 2050 mAh battery. Karbonn... Read More

May 13th, 2014 8:43 AM 131 COMMENTS

Airtel finally launches dedicated WhatsApp data plans starting at Rs 36 for 200MB per month

So instead of fighting over bandwidth issues with IM apps, it looks like Airtel has done what we've suggested last month. Airtel has finally launched dedicated WhatsApp data plans for its 2G and 3G users. Airtel is offering 200 MB of WhatsApp usage for one month starting from Rs 36 which varies according to circles. WhatsApp data plan can be activated by messaging 'WhatsApp' to 121. The WhatsApp plan is priced... Read More

May 12th, 2014 12:54 AM 11 COMMENTS

Windows Phone 8.1 Update to start rolling out from June 24th

Microsoft has announced on its website that it will start rolling out Windows Phone 8.1 update from June 24th for compatible devices. The recently announced Lumia 930, Lumia 630, Lumia 630 Dual SIM and Lumia 635 will come with Windows Phone 8.1 pre-installed. Microsoft is supposed to announce some of these devices on May 12th, that is, today. Microsoft will make updates available for the Operating System, including security updates,... Read More

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