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Intex Partners With Jolla For Sailfish OS 2.0 Licensing

by Deepali Sharma • July 16, 2015

Domestic handset manufacturer, Intex has partnered with Finland based company Jolla (developer of Sailfish OS), for Sailfish OS 2.0 licensing. With this tie-up, Intex Technologies has become first licensing associate in the world to use Sailfish OS 2.0 in its devices. While the partnership has already been announced, Intex devices based on Sailfish operating system are likely to be launched in fourth quarter of 2015 (i.e. Oct-Nov-Dec 2015).

To remind you, Sailfish OS 2.0 offers new features and improved performance, better Android application compatibility, enhanced UI, better multi-tasking and much more.

Xiaomi Mi 4i Now Available In India On Open Sale Across More Channels

by Deepali Sharma • July 14, 2015

Xiaomi has announced that its Xiaomi Mi 4i smartphone which was launched earlier this year, in April 2015, will now be available on open sale in India across more channels. At the time of launch, the handset was exclusively available to buy from Flipkart.com via flash sales, however Xiaomi had announced that device will also be available on Snapdeal, Amazon and mi.com in the coming days.

Priced at Rs. 12,999, the phone can now be grabbed from company’s official website- Mi.com; online retailers- Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal; and offline stores- The Mobile Store and Airtel Stores. Read on to find out features and specifications of the Mi 4i smartphone. You can also check out hands on video at the end of this post.

Airtel Announces Roll Out Of 4G Trials In Delhi NCR

by Deepali Sharma • June 18, 2015

Updated on 18th June 2015

Bharti Airtel has announced the roll-out of 4G trials in Delhi NCR. The company is also offering complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G to its customers at same price as the Airtel 3G. To avail this upgrade, Airtel customers with 4G devices can go to nearest Airtel stores and get Airtel 4G SIM.

Select Samsung retail stores across the country will also provide Airtel 4G SIM swap for customers buying 4G enabled smartphones in the coming days. Furthermore, Samsung 4G handsets will come bundled with Airtel 4G SIM’s. For the users of Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Galaxy A7 and Galaxy A5, Airtel is is now offering double data offers.

BlackBerry Reportedly Working On Android Based Smartphone

by Deepali Sharma • June 12, 2015

BlackBerry is said to be working on an Android based smartphone. If a report by Reuters is to believed, it will be the first phone from BlackBerry powered by Google Inc.’s Android operating system. According to two Reuters sources, BlackBerry’s upcoming handset could be a slider device. It might also feature touch screen along with physical QWERTY keyboard.

To recall, a BlackBerry slider smartphone was unveiled at Mobile World Congress this year and we could expect the same handset to arrive with Android operating system. As of now, there is no word on whether the company will use Android OS on all its upcoming devices ditching the BB10 operating system or it will launch just one Android powered smartphone.

Apple Announces iOS 9, Apple Music & More At WWDC 2015

by Deepali Sharma • June 9, 2015

At the annual developers conference, WWDC 2015, Apple has made a host of announcements including iOS 9, Apple Music, Watch OS 2.0, OS X EL Captain, Car apps and more.

Starting with iOS 9, the new OS comes with upgraded Siri with Proactive suggestions. This move is essentially to take on Google Now. Users will now be able to search wider range of topics using Siri which now comes with wider range of answers. The new OS also comes with a News app on the Home screen which will collect top news, stories along with image galleries, videos and animations based on the topics of users interest. Apple has partnered with The New York Times for 33 articles a day on its News app. The News app will be available first in the US, UK and Australia.

Microsoft Notifies About Free Upgrade To Windows 10, Release Date & Pricing Tipped

by Deepali Sharma • June 1, 2015

While Microsoft announced its plans to launch Windows 10 this summer, AMD’s President and CEO Lisa Su revealed that Windows 10 will debut at the end of July 2015. In line with the previous news, Microsoft has started notifying new or existing Windows 7, Windows 8.1 users about free upgrade to Windows 10 which the users will be able to download when available.

Furthermore, an online retailer Newegg.com has revealed the release date of Windows 10 as 31st August 2015. The computer hardware and software is also taking pre-orders for Microsoft Windows 10 Professional and Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM packages for $149.99 (roughly Rs. 9,500) and $109.99 (roughly Rs. 7,000) respectively.

Coolpad To Enter India With Dazen Brand Of Smartphones On May 28

by Deepali Sharma • May 25, 2015

Updated on 25th May 2015

Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad is all set to make its foray into the Indian market. The company has started sending out invites for an event scheduled on 28th May in New Delhi where it is likely to launch its first smartphone for India. Though there is no information on which handset is Coolpad going to launch, rumors suggest that it could be Tiptop Pro phone with bezel-less design which was recently launched in China. Furthermore, the company is likely to come up with smartphones with prices ranging between Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 20,000 to compete with other players in the market like Meizu, Asus, Xiaomi and upcoming Phicomm brand.