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In 2011, Nielsen's Survey titled Mobile Youth Around the World pointed out that 97% of the Indian youth use prepaid mobile connections. Assuming that the numbers haven’t changed drastically, the recent announcement by mobile giant Vodafone…

What do you call an Android based mobile phone with at least the latest Android v2.3 OS, touchscreen, a decent camera and most other smartphone features that you can buy in India for less than Rs. 8,000? We call it a Budget Android Phone.…

One of the biggest reasons why 3G has not really taken off in India even after close to 2 years is because of sky-high prices. 3G prices are currently atleast 5 times higher than normal 2g connections. From Telecom Operator’s point of view,…

Datawind wants to cash in big time on exposure it has received with Aakash tablets. All the controversies & issues with Aakash tablets aside, they have announced launch of 2 commercial upgraded versions of Aakash tablet – Ubislate7+ and…

Sony Ericsson has been a silent force in the battle for Android dominance. While Samsung have made a slew of super smart and super powerful phones, Sony Ericsson has consistently made unique and powerful devices with great display and a…

Unless you have a fat pocket and you don't mind spending a bomb on expensive android tablets or even the much awaited Apple iPad 3, you will love the hot picks that we've featured here. Please note that we are not talking about hordes of…

Unlike iPad 1 & iPad 2, the 3rd generation iPad will not have Indian consumers waiting for too long (atleast officially). According to a press release put out by Apple, the new 3rd generation iPad will arrive in India on April 27th…

Smartphone sales have hit an all time high and is growing at an increasing rate. If you are a smartphone user and a premium one at that you wouldn't be surprised at the sheer amount of functionality that your phones have. But have you…

This is something which Vodafone should be really proud about – They have set a Guinness World Record for an uninterrupted call of 25 hours 11 minutes & 40 second. That’s an entire day and some more… The uninterrupted telephone…

Micromax has finally launched its much awaited tablet and it does not disappoint. Micromax Funbook has decent specifications and is competitively priced tablet that would surely appeal to younger crowd, especially students. Looks like…

The rise of Android phones in India has been phenomenal with over 600% YOY growth in the year 2011.Today they hold a comfortable 34% of the Indian smartphone market behind only the (now aging) Symbian OS. Even as analysts and experts have…

TRAI has taken a serious note of Telecom Operators presenting convoluted ways of  presenting the Tariff advertisements, which essentially are not understood clearly by a average mobile user and hence gets fleeced by the mobile…

Doomsayers and critics have made sweeping statements about how Samsung have caused the decline of Nokia and are on their way to beat Nokia’s supremacy in the mobile phone industry. However, latest press releases from PTI have declared Nokia…

Mobile devices are being increasingly used by consumers to carry out financial transactions globally and in India it is witnessing accelerated growth given the size of Indian mobile market. It is expected that m-commerce transactions will…

One of the better things about taking a new mobile connection in India (apart from cheap tariffs) is relative the ease with which you can get started. Just hop on to the nearest shop, ask for a new mobile connection (now-a-days every 2nd…

Ever since I have started using my blackberry my mobile bill seems have to dropped significantly. It is down by more than 40%. When I analyzed this month’s bill I suddenly realized that I had much fewer calls and the number of SMS’s has…

HTC has been pioneers in the smartphone industry for over a decade now, bringing in the first touch screen smartphone, the first 3G capable phone, the world's first android smartphone (HTC Dream) in 2008 and the first Windows Phone( HTC…

The mobile media consumption has grown to a proportion where now it has surpassed the amount of time spent by consumers watching TV. InMobi’s first Mobile Media Consumption report states that consumers spend 27% of their media time on…

Samsung is one of the largest mobile manufacturers for the Android OS and the Windows OS. Both these OSes have strong ecosystems which sustain and enhance their growth. Samsung however is still going ahead with its Bada OS, and has recently…

The 2nd largest private bank in India today announced the launch of its mobile payment service that allows its customers to make payments through their mobile phones using their debit / credit card registered with the bank.  Movida,…