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ZTE To Launch 4G Handsets In India; Targets Rs 4800 Crore Revenue
If you are still considering whether 3G would be good for your mobile or not, then please stand aside and give some room for others; 4G has almost arrived and it is soon going to change the telecommunication industry, globally.
ZTE…
BSNL Launches ‘Bharat Phone’ Range: Low Cost Smart Devices With Free 3G Data
In an inauguration ceremony in Delhi today, BSNL announced launch of range of ‘Bharat Phones’. The range includes a feature phone, a 5” smartphone, 6.5” phablet and 7” Voice-Calling tablet.
Bharat phones are not only priced quite…
ISRO’s Bhuvan Goes Google Maps Way; Crowdsources Local Data Mapping With New Android App!
You remember the controversial Google Mapathon contest, where Google had asked users to help build location point of interest data. Google had got into trouble with it, as security agencies were of the opinion that it may be a threat to…
India May Soon Have 911 Type Single Emergency Number
If you have watched any Hollywood movie, I am sure you will know about 911 emergency number. If not, read more about it here.
Now, similar to US, a single national emergency calling number may soon become a reality in India. An An…
OfficeChat: The New Private Messenger Mobile App For Your Business!
Mixing work and pleasure can prove to be disastrous sometimes, as I discovered last month. I had asked my boss for a leave in the middle of a week, as my ‘aunt was not well and needed immediate medical attention’. Things were going on fine,…
Android 4.4 KitKat: Best Android OS, And Lots Happening Behind The Scenes
Android started as a very meek OS to be honest. Compared to the first iteration of iOS, Android was to use the right word, half baked. It was akin to what Apple maps were at the launch. However, it was under Google, a company known for…
Mobile Payments Company Fortumo Opens India Office!
Fortumo, Estonia / US based mobile payments company has announced opening up of their office in India. In September of this year, Fortumo became one of the first mobile payments company to offer direct billing support for in-app purchases…
Tata Docomo’s Free Mins For Viewing Mobile Ads: A Game Changer?
Advertising is probably the biggest source of revenue in the world. One of the largest internet companies in the world, Google is, what it is, only on their advertising revenues. Besides that, we have the whole television industry that is…
Feature Phone Sales Drop For The First Time In India!
Lo and Behold! It has finally happened. Feature phones, which have been on the rise since the start of mobile revolution in India have for the first time seen a drop in their sale.
According to CMR report, in the last quarter,…
Nexus 4 Finally Getting Android 4.4 Kit Kat Update
Google has finally released update for Google Nexus 4. Along with Nexus 4, another phone that is getting the update is Moto X!
Google Nexus 5 & Nexus 7 Now Available For Purchase On Play Store
The wait is finally over – The much awaited Google Nexus 5 smartphone and Nexus 7 tablet is now available in India on Google Play store.
While many expected that only Nexus 5 will come only in 16GB version in India, that is not the case.…
Viber Instant Messenger Comes To Desktop!
Seamlessness is the need of the hour. Whether it is completing one level of Candy Crush on your mobile and continuing from the next level on your desktop, our expectations are raised by such innovative methods which make us seek the same…
India’s First Octa-Core Smartphone All Set To Be Launched By Intex
When Samsung launched its Galaxy S4 series smart phone with octa-core processor early this year, Indian mobile manufacturers were stunned by this technological advanced unit. We were still playing around with single core and dual core…
Why Smart Watches Will Never Succeed In India!
The rise of smartphones is phenomenal. I don’t think there has been any product that has created such a rampage in the over such short period of time. Mind you, I am not talking about mobile phones here. Just smartphones!
While mobile…
Mobile App Insights: India 2nd Largest Mobile Apps Downloader After US
Ever wondered who pays for the awesome game you just downloaded from the Google Play store for free? Or how does the mobile game developer get his costs back and manages to stay alive while you are playing for weeks and months without…
Lenovo Beats LG To Become 3rd Largest Smartphone Vendor, Android Has 82% Market Share!
For the first time in the history of smartphone sales, Lenovo has become world’s third largest smartphone vendor, as it surpassed LG Electronics and sold 12.8 million units in the third quarter of 2013.
Android remains world’s most…
Motorola Coming Back To India With Moto G & Moto X!
It was soon after Motorola was bought by Google that they uprooted themselves from India completely, breaking a lot of hearts in the process. According to them, they wanted to streamline the company and the way the company was struggling,…
CyanogenMod Installer Launched On Google Play, Time To Move From Stock Android!
This BIG news for Android users…
For those unfamiliar, CyanogenMod is a different version of Android maintained by a team- CyanogenMod. Upon its initial launch it was just a developer’s way of sharing his version of Android with others.…
Mobile Data Tariff Wars: Idea Reacts To Vodafone, Slashes 2G Data Charges By 90%
We just covered Vodafone’s half yearly financial results for 2013, and reported that revenues from data usage have exploded like never before. Vodafone had earlier slashed their charges upto 80% and this had resulted in huge increase in…
Micromax To Assembles Phones In India, Looking At Billion Dollar Revenue By Year End
Micromax is going global and local at the same time. While there are plans in place for the company to launch in Russia in the near future, company is also planning to start the assembling of the phones in India.
According to Micromax…