Archive for September, 2011

G’Five G66i and G99 feature phones launched in India

Friday, September 30th, 2011

G’Five G66i and G99 feature phones that combine interesting features and an affordable price range are launched in India. While the G99 is a touch and type phone, it is the G66i that sports a 2.8-inch WQVGA screen offering a full-touch experience at a reasonable price. The G99 mobile phone comes dipped in brown with [...]

Scosche Realm over-ear and in-ear headphones arrive for music lovers

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Scosche launches its Realm range encompassing RH1056md, RH1056m over-ear headphones and IEM856md, IEM856m in-ear monitors. This array of headphones, along with being iPhone certified, incorporate Scosche’s tapLINE III control surface and mic. So, users can directly attend to calls, tweak volume and skip tracks without having to turn to their handsets. The RH1056md and RH1056m [...]

Q&A site Quora discloses app for iPhone

Friday, September 30th, 2011

The question and answer social site, Quora, has announced the release of its new app for the iPhone. The Quora app possesses almost all the functionalities of its parent website and allows users to read their feed and search for questions. They are enabled to add questions, answers and posts as well as check notifications. [...]

Sprint Direct Connect push-to-talk service and Kyocera DuraMax debuting on October 2

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Sprint has declared that its latest push-to-talk service, Direct Connect, will start operating from October 2. Along with this service, the Kyocera DuraMax mobile phone is also set to begin retailing on the same date. The 3G CDMA-based Sprint Direct Connect equips broadband data capabilities, push-to-talk features, and a wide coverage map. Users can connect [...]

Zune Music Pass prices dropped in the U.S., spreads out in Canada

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Windows Phone users in Canada will soon have access to the Zune Music Marketplace and Zune Music Pass as the service is expanding to Canada. Along with this, it has also dropped the prices for the Zune Pass in the United States. The Zune Pass in the United States was previously priced at $14.99 per [...]

HTC Explorer soon to be available as affordable smartphone in India

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Sporting a stylishly curvy and compact design, the HTC Explorer is making its way in India as the most affordable smartphone from the company. It was recently unveiled globally and is expected to be available in the country by the last quarter of 2011. Primarily, the handset is dressed in colors like Metallic Black, Active [...]

Plantronics Marque M155 Bluetooth headset for smartphones

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

With no dearth of Bluetooth headset options to choose from, Plantronics launches the Marque M155 that incorporates some interesting specs to aid smartphone users. At a mere 7 grams, it proffers voice-guided pairing for iPhone as well as Android users. The headset’s A2DP standard stereo Bluetooth allows users to listen to music, e-mails or GPS [...]

Android Ice Cream Sandwich video shows up, Samsung-Google event on October 11

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

A video of the yet to be released Ice Cream Sandwich mobile OS from Android functioning on the Samsung Google Nexus S has been flashed, reports Engadget. Reportedly, a consumer purchased a new Samsung Google Nexus S from eBay and on delivery, found it to be rather different than expected. On examining it further, it [...]

Nokia 700, 701 and 600 running on Symbian Belle arrive in India

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Close on the heels of their worldwide launch, the three new Belle handsets from Nokia’s stable, 700, 701 and 600 made an entry into India through an event held in Mumbai yesterday. The latest devices run on the recently launched Symbian Belle operating system. The handsets integrate the ‘Just Tap’ with NFC feature. Nokia has [...]

Flickr app introduced for Android along with Photo Session feature

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

The popular photo-sharing application, Flickr, has finally debuted on the Android platform. Besides announcing the arrival of their application on Android, the official Flickr blog has also disclosed a new Photo Session feature. Allowing users to capture photos, the new Flickr for Android improvises on them with filters and quickly sends the pictures to Facebook, [...]