Samsung GALAXY Ace Plus launched in India

Smsung has officially launched the amsung Galaxy Ace Plus in India. The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus has 3.65-inch (320 x 480 pixels) TFT display and is powered by 1 GHz Processor. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and has 5MP  Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash. It was announced this January, went on pre-order last month and went on sale mid-March.

Other features include, 3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, 3GB Internal Memory, 512MB RAM, 2GB internal memory and 32GB expandable memory with microSD. The connectivity features include, 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v 3.0, USB 2.0, aGPS and comes with 1,300 mAh battery.

It comes with Tinkfree document editor that lets you edit Office documents, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDFs, while on the move, Samsung’s Social Hub and ChatON IM services.

The Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus is priced Rs. 18,150 (MRP). As a limited period offer it comes with Free Samsung Bluetooth Headset (model BHM1000) priced at Rs. 1,299. You can also get the phone online from Flipkart or Letsbuy for as low as Rs. 15,500.

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Twitter for BlackBerry v3.0 update brings BBM integration

Twitter for BlackBerry has been updated to version 3.0.0.20 that brings new features such as integrated BlackBerry Messenger that makes sharing with you friends and contacts easy. It also has Twitter (pic.twitter.com) photo upload, auto URL shortening and more. The beta version was launched in February.

New Features in Twitter for BlackBerry v3.0

• BBM integration lets you share your latest Tweet as your BBM Personal Message
• Access Twitter accounts right from your BBM profiles.
• You can now upload your photos to Twitter’s (pic.twitter.com) photo sharing service
• Automatic link shortening service feature automatically shortens when you enter a web URL

 

Download Twitter for BlackBerry v3.0 from the BlackBerry App World for free.

 

 

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HCL launches New Tablet running Android 4.0 for Rs.7,999

HCL has launched HCL ME U1 tablet that runs on Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and has a 1GHz processor. It has 0.3MP front facing camera, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB. They have also launched MyEduTab, educational tablets for students in schools and colleges with similar features.

HCL ME U1 specifications

• 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
• Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
• 1GHz processor
• 0.3 MP Front Camera
• 512MB DDR3 RAM, 4GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD
• 3G via USB Dongle (WCDMA & EVDO), Wi-Fi
• 3600 mAh battery

The HCL ME U1 has 17 Pre Loaded Applications covering jobs, games, social networking, music and more apps on the ME App Store and Goodies worth Rs. 3,000 including offers on Hungama (free unlimited downloads for three months), Cleartrip.com (Discounts on Air Tickets), and Think Free Office.

The MyEduTab will enable students, teachers & parents to connect, collaborate and share information as well as content over the Cloud.The MyEduTab – Higher Education(HE) comes with multimedia content on technical and professional skills, assessments and Apps.

The HCL ME U1 tablet is priced at Rs. 7,999. The MyEduTab– K12 version is priced at Rs. 11,499 and comes with memory card, free educational applications and NCERT books. The MyEduTab – Higher Education(HE) version priced at Rs. 9, 999.

Both the tablets will be available in stores and for educational institutes in Delhi and across the country from April 2012.

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IPL Apps for iPhone and iPad

With just 1 day remaining for the Indian Premier League (IPL) Season 5 to start, here are some IPL apps for your iPhone and iPad. These apps lets you follow IPL scores, fixtures and commentaries on the move.

IPL Apps for iPhone and iPad

• IPL5 – It shows you the schedule of the upcoming IPL 2012 T20 tournament matches, even when you are offline. It provides you all the information about the IPL matches. You can also view schedule by filtering your favorite team. You can also try the ad-free premium version at $0.99.
• IPL 2012 – It provides you all the info about the IPL events and matches. You can get the latest updates on your device during the time of events. Push Notification feature is added with the app to know the updates consequently in next update.
• IPL Cricket – This app offers IPL wallpapers, schedule much more.
• IPL Dugout – live score updates, schedule of all matches, results of all previous IPL cricket tournaments, latest IPL news and leader boards. It also lets you view venues of matches happening near you and also will give you a list of popular places in your own city which would be showing the match.
• IPL T20 – It is the official IPLt20 app brings to you all the exclusive content from DLF IPL 2012, including News, Features, Interviews, Virtual Replay, Live Scores, Fixtures, Team and player information and all the statistics from the tournament.
• IPL Mania for iPad – It offers reminders for your favorite IPL team’s matches right on your mobile. It also offers all the information you need about the participating teams, IPL’s Twitter feed and full Schedule of tournament.

All these apps are free of cost. Download them and enjoy the IPL right from your phone.

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Vodafone offers bonus talk-time for prepaid

Vodafone India now offers increased talk time on select talk time recharge packs for Tamil Nadu customers. The increased talk time is worth 9% to 22% are available for top-ups on MRP (Rs) 10, 20, 30, 50 and 100 respectively.

Vodafone top-up recharge with bonus talk time

MRP (Rs.)	New Talk-Time	% increase in Talk-Time
10	6.9	15%
20	15.8	22%
30	24.7	18%
50	42.5	12%
100	87	9%

The bonus talk-time offer is valid from April 1, 2012 on-wards.

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Micromax Funbook 7-inch Tablet launched in India for Rs. 6,499

Micromax has launched Funbook, their first Android tablet running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 7-inch capacitive touch screen display and is powered by 1.2ghz processor. It has 0.3MP VGA front facing camera, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD. This offers interactive study materials for students from class 1 to 12. It also has entertainment features such as Apps, Games, Live TV, Movies, Songs and much more.

Micromax Funbook specifications

• 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) 16:9 capacitive touch screen display
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
• 1.2ghz Cortex A8 processor with Dual Mali 2D/3D Graphics processor.
• 0.3MP VGA front facing camera
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD
• HD video playback (MPEG2/4, AVI, WMV, MOV)
• 3G (via USB Dongle), WiFi b/g, USB 2.0, HDMI out
• 2800 mAh battery that offers up to 5h browsing time

It has entertainment apps with a collection 6000 songs, 4000 videos and M clips that is powered by Bollwood Hungama and Big Flix app to watch movies. You can also play games and watch Live TV with Zega TV app. It also comes with Document reader apps, text editor, Adobe Flash, PDF, Youtube and more.

The Micromax Funbook comes in Midnight Black and Slate Grey colors and is available from nCarry for Rs. 6,499. It is expected to ship in 4 business days. You can also pay the amount in 3 EMIs or pay cash on delivery. You can also purchase exclusive Interactive Study Materials separately that is available on MicroSD cards.

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Huawei Honor Coming soon on Flipkart for Rs.19,990

The Huawei Honor was announced over at MWC in Barcelona as a mid range Android handset. We were fairly impressed by the build quality of the handset but not too much by the UI layer used by Huawei on top of the Android Gingerbread build.

Online retailer Flipkart has now listed it on its website from which we can presume that it should be available in retail shortly.

Priced at Rs. 19,990 , the phone packs mid range specs which include

• Android 2.3 Gingerbread (Update to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 will be released in April)
• 4″ Touchscreen with FWVGA Resolution
• 8 Megapixel Camera
• 1.4GHz Processor
• Wi-Fi, GPS
• 1900 mAH Battery

Specifications of Huawei Honor U8860

General Features
In Sales Package:	Handset, Battery, Charger, Headset, Data Cable, User Guide
Form:	Bar
SIM:	Single SIM, GSM
Touch Screen:	Yes, Capacitive
Business Features:	Document Viewer
Call Features:	Loudspeaker

Display
Size:	4 Inches
Resolution:	FWVGA, 854 x 480 Pixels
Colors:	16 M

Camera
Primary Camera:	Yes, 8 Megapixel
Secondary Camera:	Yes, 0.3 Megapixel
Flash:	LED
Video Recording:	Yes, 1280 x 720, 30 fps
HD Recording:	HD
Other Camera Features:	Auto Focus, Geo-tagging, Image Editor

Dimensions
Size:	61.5 x 122 x 10.9 mm
Weight:	135 g

Battery
Type:	1900 mAh

Memory and Storage
Internal:	1 GB
Expandable Memory Slot:	microSD, upto 32 GB

Internet & Connectivity
Internet Features:	Email
GPRS:	Yes, Class 10, 48 kbps
Edge:	Yes, Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G:	Yes, 14 Mbps HSDPA; 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
Wifi:	Yes, 802.11 b/g/n
USB connectivity:	Yes, micro USB, v2
Tethering:	Wi-fi Hotspot
GPS Support:	Yes, A-GPS with Google Maps
Bluetooth:	Yes, v2.1, Supported Profiles (A2DP)
Audio Jack:	3.5 mm
DLNA:	Yes

Multimedia
Music Player:	Yes, Supports MP3, eAAC+, WAV
Video Player:	Yes, Supports MP4, H.263, H.264, HD Video Playback
FM:	Yes
Sound Enhancements:	SRS WOW HD
Ringtone:	MP3

Platform
Operating Freq:	GSM - 900, 1800
OS:	Android v2.3 (Gingerbread)
Java:	Yes
Processor:	1.4 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion
Graphics:	Adreno 205

Other Features
Call Memory:	Yes
SMS Memory:	Yes
Phonebook Memory:	Yes
Sensors:	Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Digital Compass, Ambient Light Sensor, Gyro Sensor
Additional Features:	MMS Enabled, Voice Input

Warranty
	1 year manufacturer warranty for Phone and 6 months warranty for in the box accessories

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TRAI Website Gets A New Look

Change is good and we all love to see and feel the change.Telecom watchdog of India, our beloved TRAI has finally risen and welcomes a change. Well I am actually talking about a revamped TRAI website.

Yeah TRAI website has got a refreshing look after a long haul of quite a few years and it looks more elegant and stylish in all sorts. A way more colorful and with new fonts and layout the new website seems very promising with everything well sorted to its best.

A quick look into TRAI’s website you will find every topic under sub heads and tabs with clear cut explanations unlike the old website where everything seemed all messy. See for yourself and compare it with the decade old website (if only you have visited before) and now you can even get in touch with the officials.

The new website has put in all the contact numbers and the email ids of the concerned person and concerned departments.

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MTS MiFi Pocket Router – Postpaid and Prepaid Plan Details

MTS comes up with official details of the pocket router, now available in all circles where MTS operates. MTS also announced prepaid and postpaid high speed data tariff plans for MiFi or MBlaze Mobile Wi-Fi Router.

As we told the MTS MiFi Pocket router is actually ZTE AC30 without GSM support. ZTE AC30 is powered by Qualcomm chipset MSM7625, the maximum speed it can offer is upto 3.1Mbps downlink and upto 1.8Mbps uplink.

The router is RUIM based, and supported with WiFi Standard 802.11b/g. The pocket router can offer internet connectivity upto 5 devices. The network connection provided by the router is very secure as it supports RX Diversity and Wi-Fi Security: WEP/WPA/WPA2.

The device comes with USB 2.0 high speed connectivity when connected to a PC or laptop. Supported Operating systems are Windows 7, Windows Vista(32bit or 64bit), Windows XP (SP3 or later), Mac OS(10.4 or later). There is not microSD card slot. There are 4 LED indicators – Battery; signal strength; WiFi indication; network indication.

The pocket router comes in a very handy dimension of 98.5mm × 54mm × 13.9mm and weight is just 80gm. The pocket router comes with a inside battery to offer wireless internet on the go. The battery capacity is 1500 mAh and power adapter ( 5V/700mA). Working time: About 4 hours and Standby time: About 100 hours.

Details of the MTS Mi-Fi Prepaid and Postpaid Plans:

Postpaid Plans		Prepaid Plans
Montly Rental	Plan Details	Recharge voucher	Plan Details
Rs. 350	Pay as you go at 15p/MB	FRC 1150	6GB usage for 30 days, extra usage Re1/MB Base tariff Rs. 2/MB* Validity lifetime
Rs. 950	6GB/month Extra usage 40p/MB	Rs. 1150	6 GB for 30days
Rs. 1150	12GB/month Extra usage 40p/MB	Rs. 1350	12 GB for 30days
Rs. 1950	24GB/month Extra usage 40p/MB	Rs. 2250	24 GB for 30days
* ST as applicable * Postpaid plans not available in Bihar and Haryana		* You can topup and use at Rs. 2/MB without any MiFi recharges.	-

MTS MiFi postpaid offerings starts with just Rs. 350, and you can enjoy internet as ‘Pay as you go’ at as low as 15paisa per MB for a month. With monthly rental of Rs. 1950 you can enjoy 24 GB for a month.

Prepaid plans are also attractive; FRC 1150 is to allow you 6 GB data usage, base validity of lifetime. There are 3 recharge vouchers, though you can top up and access internet at Rs. 2 per MB.

For any assistance please visit nearest MTS Store or contact on 955 toll free from any MTS Mobile.

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