Angry Birds Space now available for BlackBerry PlayBook

Angry Birds Space is finally available for the Blackberry PlayBook. It features 60 interstellar levels on planets and in zero gravity. This has regular free updates brand new birds, brand new superpowers. It is cheaper by $2 compared to previous Angry Birds games for PlayBook.

Features of Angry Birds Space for BlackBerry PlayBook

• 60 interstellar levels
• Regular free updates
• Brand new birds
• Brand new superpowers
• Zero-gravity space adventures
• Trick shots using planets’ gravity
• Hidden bonus levels
• Beautifully detailed backgrounds

Download Angry Birds Space HD for BlackBerry PlayBook from the BlackBerry App World for $2.99.

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Apple Products Sales Report in Q2 2012

Apple has reported 94% increase in Net profit Year-over-Year in their earnings for Q2 2012 that ended March 31, 2012. The company has reported a revenue of $39.2 billion with a net profit od $11.6 billion. The international sales in this quarter is 64% of the quarter’s revenue. They sold 35.1 million iPhones, 11.8 million iPads, 7.7 million iPods and 4 million Macs during the quarter.

The iPhone has seen 88% unit growth over the year-ago quarter. The launch of the New iPad boosted the sales that increased the unit sales to 151% compared to over the year-ago quarter, while the iPod Sales has seen 15% unit decline Year-over-Year.

Press Release

CUPERTINO, California—April 24, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $39.2 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $24.7 billion and net profit of $6.0 billion, or $6.40 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 47.4 percent compared to 41.4 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 64 percent of the quarter’s revenue.

The Company sold 35.1 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 88 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 11.8 million iPads during the quarter, a 151 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4 million Macs during the quarter, a 7 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 7.7 million iPods, a 15 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.

“We’re thrilled with sales of over 35 million iPhones and almost 12 million iPads in the March quarter,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “The new iPad is off to a great start, and across the year you’re going to see a lot more of the kind of innovation that only Apple can deliver.”

“Our record March quarter results drove $14 billion in cash flow from operations,” said Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO. “Looking ahead to the third fiscal quarter, we expect revenue of about $34 billion and diluted earnings per share of about $8.68.”

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Airtel Rebrands its B2B Business, Comes up with New Name and Strategy

Airtel today refreshed its B2B business as airtel business. With this new identity, airtel business the company claims that its commitment of delivering innovative business solutions and a superior brand experience to all its large & small enterprises, government and carrier customers across the globe.

Airtel buisness also offers digital media services, a centralized online media management and distribution platform akin to a media exchange linking all the content owners, production facilities and screens enabling them to store , forward, share & trade multi versions of produced content to multiple platforms across the globe.

With a global network of 225,000 Rkms covering 50 countries across 5 continents, airtel business has established itself as one of the leading players in the B2B segment.Over the last 4-5 years, the company has invested over $500mn in next generation cable systems. It‘s globe spanning submarine cable assets offer the necessary diversity, increased redundancy and network resilience to the customers.

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New iPad coming to India on April 27th, starts at Rs.30,500

Apple has just announced that the New iPad would be available in India on 27th April 2012. The New iPad would be available in South Korea incuding Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela on Friday, April 20. It will be available in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand on beginning on Friday, April 27.

The base 16GB WiFi model of the New iPad will be available for Rs.30,500 including taxes and the base 16GB WiFi+4G Model will be available for Rs.38,900.

Prices for the new iPad

Wi-Fi Only : 16GB Rs. 30500, 32GB Rs. 36500, 64GB Rs. 42500.

Wi-Fi +4G : 16GB Rs. 38900, 32GB Rs. 44900, 64GB Rs. 50900.

Press Release

CUPERTINO, California―April 16, 2012―Apple® today announced the new iPad®, the third generation of its category defining mobile device, will arrive in South Korea and 11 additional countries on Friday, April 20. The new  iPad features a stunning new Retina™ display, Apple’s new A5X chip with quad-coregraphics and a 5 megapixel iSight® camera with advanced optics for capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. The new iPad still delivers the same all-day 10 hour battery life* while remaining amazingly thin and light.

In addition to South Korea, the new iPad also will be available beginning on Friday, April 20 in Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela. Beginning on Friday, April 27, the new iPad will be available in Colombia, Estonia, India, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, South Africa and Thailand.

The new iPad Wi-Fi models will be available in black or white for a suggested retail price of $499 (US) for the 16GB model, $599 (US) for the 32GB model and $699 (US) for the 64 GB Model. The iPad Wi-Fi + 4G models will be available for a suggested retail price of $629 (US) for the 16GB model, $729 (US) for the 32GB model and $829 (US) for the 64GB model.** The new iPad will be sold through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com) and select Apple Authorized Resellers. Additionally, iPad 2 is available at a more affordable price starting at just $399.

*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.

**4G LTE is supported only on AT&T and Verizon networks in the U.S. and on Bell, Rogers and Telus networks in Canada. Data plans sold separately.

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Samsung Galaxy S Advance and Galaxy Pocket launched in India

Samsung has launched GALAXY S Advance (GT-I9070) and GALAXY Pocket (GT-S5300) in India. The Galaxy S Advance is a mid-range device that was announced this January. It comes with 4.0-inch WVGA (480×800) Super AMOLED display and is powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor. It with 5MP Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash and 1.3MP secondary camera. The Galaxy pocket was announced last month and has a 2.8-inch touch screen display and id powered by 832MHz processor. It has 2MP fixed focus camera.

Both the phones run on Android 2.3(Gingerbread) with Samsung TouchWiz UI. Other features include, 3.5mm audio Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 3.0 and aGPS.

The Samsung Galaxy S Advance has 768MB RAM, 8GB User memory that is expandable up to 32GB with Micro SD and has 1,500mAh battery. The Galaxy Pocket has 3GB user memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with MicroSD and comes with 1200 mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy S Advance is priced at Rs. 26,900. The Samsung Galaxy Pocket comes at a price of Rs. 8,150.

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Huawei Honor and Ideos X5 Pro officially launched in India

Huawei has officially launched the Honor and Ideos X5 Pro in India. The Honor went on sale earlier this month online and packs in 4-inch ( 854 x 480 pixels) LCD capacitive touchscreen display, 1.4GHz processor, 8 MP AF camera with 720p HD video recording at 30 fps, 0.3MP front facing camera. The Ideos X5 Pro (also called new Ideos X5) is the successor of Ideos X5 that was launched last June. It has 3.8-inch (800×480 pixels) TFT LCD capacitive touchscreen display and is powered by 1GHz processor. It has 5mp camera with Flash and 720p HD Video recording. Both phone run on on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread).

Other features include, 512MB RAM, 4GB eMMC, 1.5GB User Memory and expandable memory up to 32GB with Micro SD. The connectivity features include, 3G 14 Mbps HSDPA; 5.76 Mbps HSUPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, Micro USB 2.0 and aGPS.

The Ideos X5 Pro has SRS WOW HD Audio Effect. It comes with 16GB Cloud space to store images, music, books etc and 1500mAh Battery. The Huawei Honor is upgradable to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and comes with 1900mAh battery.

The Huawei Honor and the Ideos X5 Pro are priced at an MRP of Rs. 22,999 and Rs. 15,499 respectively, while the MOP (Best Buy) will be Rs. 19,990 and Rs. 13,800.

These phones would be available from India’s leading retailers like Reliance Digital, Croma, online channels including Flipkart, Tradus, Letsbuy and in multi brand outlets across India.

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Sony Xperia S Smartphone Now in India Priced at Rs. 32549

Sony Mobile Communications today introduced the Xperia NXT series including the Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U as well as the Xperia Sola to the Indian market.The Sony Xperia S is priced at Rs. 32549.

Xperia smartphones combine stand-out design and superior entertainment technology with the powerful performance. The Xperia NXT series also provides access to Sony Entertainment Network, a portal for consumers to access premium entertainment such as music, movies, TV shows and more, all from one convenient account.

Sony Xperia Sola

·Dimensions /weight: Size: 116 x 59 x 9.9 mm

·Display: 3.7” Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine, 854 x 480 pixels, 16,000,000 colour TFT, Scratch-resistant glass Camera: 5 megapixel, auto focus, 720p HD video recording, front-facing VGA camera, 2D and 3D Sweep Panorama™, LED flash

·Multimedia: 3D Album, Accelerated Adobe Flash Video, Media browser, Motion gaming, Radio (FM radio with RDS), Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited, Video streaming, YouTube™

·Platform /performance: Google Android™ 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

·Memory: 8 GB internal storage (up to 5 GB user-accessible memory), microSD™ memory card slot (supporting up to 32GB)

·Connectivity : 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA), aGPS, Bluetooth™ wireless technology, DLNA Certified®, Micro USB support, Media Go™, Media Transfer Protocol support, Modem, Native USB tethering, NFC, PC Companion, Synchronisation via Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®, USB High speed 2.0 support, USB Host

·Colour Available: Black, White, Red

Sony Xperia S

12.1 megapixel camera with auto focus

4.3 inch scratch-resistant TFT touchscreen

1.5 GHz Qualcomm Dual Core processor

16x digital zoom, LED flash

Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) (Upgrade to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich, planned in Quarter 2 2012)

16 million colours, 1280 x 720 pixels

Screen size 128.0 x 64.0 x 10.6 mm , 5.0 x 2.5 x 0.4 inches

Colour’s available in India : White, Black

Sony Xperia P

·Dimensions /weight: 122 x 59.5 x 10.5 mm / 120 g

·Display: 4.0” Reality Display with Sony’s WhiteMagic™ technology, Mobile BRAVIA® Engine, 960 x 540 pixels (qHD), 16 million colours, scratch-resistant mineral glass

·Camera: 8 megapixel, auto focus, full 1080p HD video recording, Exmor R™ for mobile. Image sensor, front camera (VGA), 2D and 3D Sweep Panorama, LED flash

·Multimedia: Video Unlimited, Music Unlimited, clear audio, xLoud™, 3D surround, Sound, Music player, Video player, Photo Gallery, FM radio, TrackID™

·Platform /performance: Google Android™ 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), dual core 1 GHz processor, fast charging

·Memory: 16 GB (up to 13 GB user-accessible memory)

·Connectivity: 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA), aGPS, Bluetooth™, HDMI, DLNA Certified®, NFC, Wi-Fi®, USB Host

·Colour Available: Black, Silver & Red

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Toshiba announced New Android Tablets

Toshiba has announced Excite 10, Excite 13 and Excite 7.7 tablets running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). These tables come in 10.1-inch, 13.3-inch, and 7.7-inch display sizes with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass protection and is powered by quad-core NVIDIA Tegre 3 processor with GeForce graphics and 1GB of RAM.

These tablets also come with 5MP back camera, 2MP front-facing camera, stereo speakers with exclusive sound enhancements by Toshiba and SRS Labs, as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity.

The Excite 10 has 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) diagonal AutoBrite LED Backlit display with 10-finger multi- touch support. It is just 8.89mm thick and weighs 598g. It has Micro USB, Micro HDMI and SD card slot.

 

The Excite 13 has 13.3-inch (1600 x 900 pixels) diagonal AutoBrite LED Backlit display with 16:9 aspect ratio and 10-finger multi-touch support. It is 10.16mm thick and weighs 998g. It has four-speaker sound system with exclusive sound enhancements by Toshiba and SRS Labs. It has up to 13 hours of battery life with 7 days stand-by. It has Micro USB, Micro HDMI and SD card slot.

The Excite 7.7 has 7.7-inch AMOLED display, Micro USB port and a Micro SD card slot Micro SD card slot.

These tablets would come with Google Apps including Google Play, Toshiba software and third-party applications including TOSHIBA Book Place, TOSHIBA Media Player that supports content sharing, TOSHIBA File Manager, as well as Netflix and Zinio apps.

The Excite 10 tablet would come in 16, 32GB and 64GB variants that would be available for purchase at the beginning of May 2012 in the U.S. at a MSRP of $449.99, $529.99 and $649.99 respectively.

The Excite 7.7 tablet would come in 16 and 32GB variants that would be available for purchase at the beginning of June 2012 in the U.S. at a MSRP of $499.99 and $579.99, respectively.

The Excite 13.3 would be available for $649.99 MSRP and $749.99 MSRP for the 32GB and the 64GB variants that would be available for purchase at the beginning of June 2012 in the U.S

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Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Kolkata

Airtel has launched India’s first 4G service in Kolkata. It is based on TD-LTE. The Airtel 4G website went live yesterday and the 4G plans starts from Rs. 999. It would allow superfast access to High Definition (HD) video streaming, multiple chatting, instant uploading of photos and much more.

Airtel 4G LTE plans

Plan name	Rental (Rs.)	Free usage quota (GB)	Charge after quota (INR)	Speed after quota completion (kbps)
Break free	999	6	Nil	128
Break free max	1399	9	Nil	128
Break free Ultra	1999	18	Nil	128

These plans are available in Prepaid and Postpaid. On the Rs.999 postpaid plan , customer will get a money-back for a value equivalent of one month’s rent, spread over first 6 bill cycles. Customers will get a bill discount of Rs.167/ bill for 6 bills.

On the Rs.1399 and Rs.1999 postpaid plans , customer will get a money-back for a value equivalent of two month’s rent, spread over first 6 bill cycles. Customers will get a bill discount of Rs.466/ bill for 6 bills in case of Rs.1399 plan , and Rs.666 / bill for 6 bills in case of Rs.1999 plan.

Smartbyes packs would be available soon.

Device Pricing

Device	MRP (In Rs)
Indoor CPE with wi-fi	7750
4G Multi Mode Dongle	7999

Airtel won BWA license spectrum in Kolkata, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra (excluding Mumbai) circles in 2010. It plans to launch 4G services in other circles in India. You can visit your nearest Airtel Relationship Center (ARC) or call 1800-103-0405 (toll-free) to get more info.

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