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  Sony promised to launch the 3G variant of its first Android tablet in a few weeks after the launch of its Wi-Fi-only variant and it seems they’ve delivered on that front. The 3G variant of its Tablet S is now available in the Indian market for around Rs. 34,000. The launch of the 3G [...]

  Nokia and Samsung today announced to launch their respective flagship devices in white hue. Nokia will start selling the Lumia 800 in white from later this month whereas the first Android 4.0 phone – Galaxy Nexus will be available from February 13 in UK. Going by both the devices, I think Lumia 800 takes [...]

  AT&T has set the release date of Samsung’s Galaxy Note for American consumers. The smartphone / tablet combo will be available in USA from February 19 in carbon blue or ceramic white. Priced at $299.99 on contract, Galaxy Note is a different device that takes advantage of the S Pen stylus input. Other than [...]

  It was hours before we got the first glimpse of Galaxy S Advance but Samsung has decided to make it official. The Korean mobile manufacturer has officially announced the upgraded version of Galaxy S aka Galaxy S Advance. Running the latest version of Android Gingerbread OS, Galaxy S Advance is powered by a 1GHz [...]

  A rumor from yesterday suggested that Samsung will not show its Galaxy S III device at upcoming Mobile World Congress. Now an official statement during an earnings call says that they’re “reviewing” launch options for the flagship device. This does not mean Samsung won’t show the device at next month’s mobile expo but considering [...]

  Android had a pretty good Christmas going by the numbers put forth by Andy Rubin. According to the Google executive, 3.7 million unit Android devices were activated on the 24th and 25th of December. Although this number might not be enough to beat iOS activations yet, it is assuring that Android is picking up [...]

  Going by Samsung’s previous record, the news of Samsung not releasing Ice Cream Sandwich OS update for Galaxy S and the original Galaxy Tab is not really surprising. Samsung produces one of the best hardware in the industry but struggles when it comes to do the same on software. Samsung has blamed the limited [...]

  HTC has announced Explorer, an entry-level Android smartphone for the Indian market. Explorer’s claim to fame is the inclusion of full support for Hindi and Tamil languages which allows users to read and write both Indian languages. HTC reckons India as “one of the fastest growing global smartphone markets with a rich culture and [...]

  The iPhone-Dev team released a new version of its unlocking tool – Ultrasn0w in the Cydia App Store. This update supports the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G/3GS and is notably important because it supports iOS 5.0.1. As is the procedure, ultrasn0w requires a compatible baseband, so you might want to double check your modem [...]

  The green robot’s penetration in the mobile devices market is increasing day by day. After Google confirmed about 550,000 device activations everyday back in July, Andy Rubin on Google’s social network, Google+ confirmed that the Android OS is seeing activation of over 700,000 units. Of course, it is still less than Apple’s iOS but [...]

  Sony launched the PlayStation Vita in Japan this weekend and it seems they sold pretty well. According to the numbers from research firm, Enterbrain, Sony managed to sell 321,400 units in the first two days of its launch. This although, is less than Nintendo 3DS’ 371,000 units for the same period, Reuters says Sony [...]

  Own a Vodafone number that hasn’t been used for months? Well, if you want to preserve the number you better start using it because Vodafone is clamping down on inactive numbers. Vodafone in accordance with DoT’s guidelines will terminate the service of prepaid users who have not used their number to make or receive [...]

  Google over the weekend pushed over the much awaited Ice Cream Sandwich update for Nexus S smartphone. Its an OTA update, which means users can wait for a notification from Google or just download this 128MB zip file to manually flash their I9020 or I9023 model. The 4.0.3 update is said to be an [...]

  New images of Sony Ericsson Arc HD aka Nozomi has been published by GSMArena. The phone adopts a clean rectangular look but does not go for a slender design opposed to the recent handset trend. Arc HD will apparently be the first device from Sony Ericsson to sport an HD resolution (1280×720 pixels) and [...]

  It’s not a common occurrence in the mobile world where manufacturers gleefully hand over the code for their devices so it’s a bit surprising when Chinese phone maker, Huawei released the “Demo” code for their phone. Huawei released the demo code for their Honor phone which the developers can download the odd 150MB code [...]