FirstLook: Lumia 920, 820 Windows Phones, Nokia Hopes For A Comeback
This month’s all about technology launches.. Windows Phone 8, Windows 8, Nokia’s Lumia Phones, Samsung ATIV WP8 Phones, iPhone 5, Amazon Kindle Fire 2, Apple iPhone 5, Apple iPad Mini (still rumored), iOS6.
Nokia announced it’s much awaited flagship Windows Phone 8 phones – the Lumia 920 and 820. Just like the Apple iPhone 4S, Nokia wishes to sell it’s new Camera capabilities (PureView) in these new phones.
The phone comes with a great dual core processor, 1GB RAM, wireless charging, PureView camera and a few other Nokia software.
Aircel Offers the iPhone 3GS for INR 9,999 in India
Aircel is offering the iPhone 3GS in India for INR 9,999. This is the lowest price we have seen for the device in India. People planning to buy the phone should rejoice. However, lets take a look at all the bells and whistles the operator is claiming to offer.
The above mentioned low price is for Aircel’s postpaid customers. If you are a prepaid customer, yo have to pay INR 19,999. This is probably the first time an operator is giving an advantage to the postpaid customers over prepaid ones in India. Customers also have to pay INR 3000 which goes towards unlimited data if they are in a 3G circle, or free minutes and message if they are in a 2G circle.
Micromax X259 Affordable Solar Phone
Micromax has launched the X259 Solar Phone in India at a price tag of INR 2499. The phone has a solar back panel which charges the phone when exposed to sunlight. Notable features of the phone include a 2.4 inches QVGA display with 320×240 pixels, dual sim support, & bluetooth.
Sounds like a good deal at a truly affordable price point, however, we hope the phone has a good heat sink to keep it under operating temperatures during charging.
[via BGR India]
Awesome Video Explaining How an Accelerometer Works
Check out this amazing video explaining how an accelerometer helps a smartphone know up from down:
Samsung Opens Pre Orders for Galaxy S III in India
Samsung has opened pre booking for its latest Galaxy phone, the S III in India via its online store samsungindiaestore.com. One has to pay INR 2000 to book a Galaxy S III. Samsung will send a coupon of the same amount to the customer which can be redeemed against the full payment of the phone when its launched for sale (the rumored date is 31-May-2012). Furthermore, users buying the phone within 3 days of the launch will also get a bluetooth headset worth INR 2900 free with the phone.
To book one for yourself, head over to samsungindiaestore.com now.
[via BGR.in]
Samsung ties up with BigFlix to offer streaming on demand movies on its Galaxy products
Samsung has partnered with BigFlix to offer on demand streaming movies to their Galaxy line of products. They have launched an app on the Samsung App Store called My Movies which users of their Galaxy devices can download to watch instant on demand movies from BigFlix.com. Currently BigFlix has about 1000 movies to offer and Samsung is offering the first 2000 hours of streaming to its customers for free, post which it will cost them a subscription fee.
Google and Samsung announce the Galaxy Nexus
With probably the lamest concatenated name ever, Google and Samsung have announced the (duh) Galaxy Nexus, the next pure Google phone from Samsung. With Google’s latest Android version 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, the Galaxy Nexus features a lot of cool features and an improved UI. Check out the video:
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You can check out the phone on the official Google site here. Here is how the phone looks like:
This Is How Complex Smartphone Patents Legal Issues Are [Infographic]
Everyone who follows tech news knows that smartphone manufactures are neck deep in legal issues related to patents. It seems like everyone is suing everyone for one reason or the other. In fact recently, Google bought Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billions and according to pundits the primary reason is the vast amount of patents the latter have in their kitty.
This infographic by Reuters tries explaining who is suing whom for patent issues.
Train late but woke up early? PYKA Solves Your Travel Woes
Whenever I travel by train I often rely on my phone alarm to wake me up at the scheduled arrival time. If you know one thing about the Indian Railways, it’s never on time. There are a probably gazillion reasons for a train to be late despite having no real "traffic jams", but hey – it still happens. Ever woke up early even though the train was a couple of hours late? And all we do is curse the railways and wait.
Planning to buy a budget Android? Get HTC Desire for just 15,000!
I’ll keep it as simple as possible. If you are planning to get an Android phone and your budget is 15k, put this HTC Desire from Saholic.com on the top of your wish list. You won’t find that combination of screen, processor, camera and build quality for that price.
Hurry!
[via AndroidOS.in]
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