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Flipkart Launches Android Based Tablet in India
Mega online retailer Flipkart has launched an Android tablet in India. Launched under the Flipkart owned Digiflip Pro brand, the XT712 tablet, priced at INR 9,999 comes in two colors – black & white and offers comparable specs to tablets fro HP, Lenovo & Samsung. Here is a quick list of the tablet’s configuration: 1.3…
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Flipkart Launches eBooks in India
Flipkart.com, one of India’s biggest online retailer has launched an eBook store under its flyte digital store strategy. Though a bit late than planned, the eBook store from flipkart offers around 64,000 eBooks at the time of launch. The eBook store app is currently only available for Android based devices, however, flipkart is working…
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Letsbuy.com Shuts Down Operations Following Acquisition by Flipkart
Following acquisition by Flipkart.com in February, online retailer letsbuy.com has shut down its operations in India. Users landing on the home page are being shown a message stating that letsbuy has merged its operations with flipkart – the largest player in the category. All the links in the header now point to corresponding categories…
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Flipkart’s flyte MP3 App is Now Available for Android
As part of their long term digital store strategy, Flipkart has launched their flyte MP3 app for android phones. Users can now buy & download music from flyte directly on their android devices without the need of a computer. The one click (tap?) purchase process will leverage Flipkart wallet to make quick payments and also…
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Flipkart Launches “Flyte” Digital Store
As reported by us a few days ago, Flipkart has launched their “Flyte” Digital Store today in India. The store currently offers legal MP3 downloads at extremely reasonable prices. This move is a potential game changer in the way Indians buy music. Indian consumers have been waiting for such a service since quite some time.…
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Flipkart’s Digital Media Store Might Be Called “Flyte”
We have reasons to believe that Flipkart’s digital media store in India will be called “Flyte” and might launch shortly. Earlier today, between 730pm & 8pm IST, when I opened flipkart.com, I was able to see a new category titled “Flyte Digital Store”. It looks like someone opened the flood gates a little too early, but…
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Flipkart acquires Letsbuy
PluggdIn is reporting that India’s leading ecommerce site flipkart.com has acquired letsbuy.com. Letsbuy was Flipkart’s biggest competitor in the consumer electronics space. Flipkart has seen tremendous growth in online sales of books & media sales. However, letsbuy has enjoyed a much better place in online sales of consumer electronics with a much larger catalog and…
