Tablets are slowly taking away a share of the pie in personal computing market from PCs. The revolution has been driven primarily by Apple and Samsung. The reports for the Q1 2014 tablet shipments have come out and they do not seem as promising as we would have wanted them to be. The shipments have increased slightly on year on year basis but when it comes to quarter on quarter,... Read More
Looks like Vodafone India wants to take the first mover advantage, as per the update in the official portal in Kerala, Karnataka circle which is a non 3G licenced circle the note reads " As per the TDSAT ruling on 29.4.2014, Vodafone can offer 3G services through Intra-circle roaming. All new and existing customers can now subscribe to 3G packs and services offered through intra-circle roaming". It looks like Vodafone will... Read More
While 4G is yet to go mainstream, let’s talk about 3G, more specifically existing mobile broadband in the country. 3G was first launched in India by MTNL in 2008. 3G market in India saw a change after private operators entered the market in 2010. The initial response was very poor for 3G (= mobile broadband) compared to the success story of voice market. However operators’ efforts including expansion of 3G... Read More
Airtel customers would be aware of talk time loan feature where a user with a balance of less than Rs. 5 could request for a credit of Rs. 10 either by IVR or USSD. Now Airtel has upgraded this to enable auto credit every time a user's balance goes below Rs. 5. Note that this is an opt-in feature and a user will have opt for the service through USSD... Read More
Probably, many of you already know about the Airtel Call Manager which we reported about, way back in July 2009. This VAS was very useful in letting users block unwanted calls. Now, Airtel has planned to launch Airtel Call Manager app for Android as well as iOS so that consumers can access the service right from their smartphones as a regular app. To use this app, you need to pay... Read More
Airtel today announced the launch of 4G on mobile in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula with the roll out of Airtel 4G services, customers can experience an all new ‘electrifying’ internet browsing experience anytime, anywhere. Customers using Apple iPhone 5s or 5c have to just upgrade their existing SIM to a 4G SIM and select from any 4G plan or pack to start... Read More
Acer has been steadily launching Windows tablets in the country and has just launched a new 8 inch tablet based on Windows 8.1 for Rs 29,999. It comes as a successor to the Wi-Fi only Acer Iconica W3 which was launched back in December 2013 and has garnered decent sales and popularity for itself. Other than 3G support, all the specifications are similar to the Wi-Fi variant of the tablet. [caption... Read More
Alright folks, the official news is here. LG has just made an announcement that it will officially be launching the LG G3 on May 27. The invites have started going out and the launch event will take place in different parts of the world on May 27 and 28. The invitation reads save the date and says “To be simple is to be Great” which is probably a hint towards the... Read More
Oppo mobiles, often known as the Apple of China began its operations in full swing in India when it launched the Oppo N1. Since then, it has been expanding its portfolio in the Indian market. Now it has just launched the Oppo R1 in India at a price of Rs 26,990. The device comes with a modest set of specifications for its price and it seems a bit overpriced. [caption... Read More
After trying for more than a couple of years, Google finally made their Nexus line-up of smartphones a success. Nexus 4 and Nexus 5 have been one of the best-selling smartphones in India and so was the case with the Nexus 7 (2012) tablet when its priced dropped last festive season. But now, according to a report from Android Police, Google is planning to retire the Nexus line-up of smartphones... Read More
We recently reported about Airtel's drastic tariff changes in terms of validity for 2G data packs and rate cutter benefits in North Zone. As expected this change has spread to South Zone. We had compared Delhi NCR and South's Tamil Nadu then. The current revisions which took effect yesterday are similar to the reductions made in Delhi NCR. However the usage limit is higher in South Circle (Tamil Nadu) when... Read More
HTC One M8 is one of the best smartphones in the market right now but it is very expensive as well. The devices like OnePlus One, Gionee Elife E7 and Oppo Find 7 undercut the HTC One M8 in terms of pricing. HTC doesn't want to leave any price segment without any offering by launching the HTC One M8 Ace. Earlier, it was supposed to be a successor to the... Read More
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