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Galaxy Note series is a successful series no doubt. Infact, Samsung created yet another flagship brand with note alongside Samsung’s own Galaxy. The first Note was a gamble - It made two things quite successful which had actually failed…

Mobile Apps are hot… Smartphones would probably cease to exist without them. If you are smartphone owner, think for a second, what would you do with that phone without some of your favorite apps and games on it. And for all those awesome…

You must have read the recent announcement from Micromax. They will launch a quad-core phone this February in the price bracket of 15K. You can read more details on the Micromax A116 canvas mobile, we published earlier. I am not going to…

Multi Screen Media (MSM) today announced launch of its online digital entertainment destination – Sony LIV. Sony LIV is a online and mobile based video-on-demand service that brings all the favorite TV shows like Comedy Circus, Taarak…

IIT Bombay has recently launched an app development competition in a bid to create a developer community around Aakash Tablets. This developer contest aims at developing useful Open Source applications and content on Android / Linux for use…

We are going through a period when devices are into a metamorphosis. During the last era, new technologies came into being. These technologies were camera, Television, VCR, Digital Watches, Walkman and everything in between. Then came…

TRAI’s latest November 2012 telecom report is out and the number of Indian mobile subscribers continue to fall further, atleast in numbers. The ground reality is that the system clean-up is going on for past few months. Most of the telecom…

The mobile market in India is expanding quickly and some of the major drivers have been the rise in affordable feature phones and dual sim phones as well as the rapid conversion of users from feature phones to smartphones. MySmartprice…

Internet and Mobile Association of India yesterday released interesting statistics on Mobile Internet usage in India. According to their I-Cube Mobile internet survey conducted in 35 cities, out of about 900 odd mobile users in India 78.7…

Motorola left India for good and now is no close to coming back than Samsung leaving India. In other news, Lenovo has reached India with its own set of mobiles in practically all the ranges. Lenovo is no unknown brand in India albeit for a…

Every year numerous gadgets, from makers both big and small, hit the stage, some to strike gold, while the rest to be lost in the deluge. The gadget freaks however never seem to get the enough of them. In our wrap-up series of 2012, here…

Now, this is something new and interesting from Airtel – They have announced what is called the “Data Share Plan”, a first of its kind, where an Airtel user will be able to share his or her data connection with 2 other users or 3 of his own…

In 2007, iPhone was launched. It was beginning of an epic change in the way mobile impacted our life and more importantly, it paved way for a new generation of programmers. Ecosystems changed and so did the way money was earned. Prior to…

We are now at the fag end of 2012, and like every year will be carrying articles that will recap 2012 in some of the key categories. We have already published the 10 most popular online videos watched by Indians. Here is another 2012 recap…

Samsung has taken the smartphone market by storm in the past 3 years. With the rise in Android phones and the fall of Nokia, Samsung has not only capitalized on latest hardware trends but has also aggressively marketed its products creating…

Although, we are seeing new expensive smartphones (Rs. 15k and above) being launched at increasing frequency , very few actually buy them, even in the large Indian cities. According to a recent report, only 4 percent Indians or about 44…

In recent news, if anyone of you heard, Australian Police has declared Apple Maps life threatening. This happened after more than one motorist got stuck in a situation like this due to using Apple Maps. Apparently, instead of taking him to…

Mobile Wallpaper download has become one of the most popular activity that Indians carry out on their mobile phones. Wallpaper downloads on mobile witnessed 300 percent rise and reach 75 million downloads in 2012.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has laid down stringent quality guidelines for Wireless Data Services that Telecom Operators will have to abide by. This is going to come as much relief to Mobile and Internet users in India who have…

The contribution of Mobile Value Added Services (MVAS) in India to total revenues of telecom operators is 10%, according to a report. As a percentage, the revenues from value added services for operators in India are lower than most other…