Samsung Galaxy S III launched in India for Rs. 43,180

Samsung has launched the Galaxy S III in India. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S III earlier this month at an Event in London and the pre-booking started in India on Samsung eStore couple of weeks back. The Galaxy S III packs in 4.8 inch (720 x 1280 pixels) Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Quad-Core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash and 1.9MP front facing camera with HD recording at 30fps and face recognition. 

It has some unique features including S Voice, S Beam, AllShare Play, All Share Cast, Pop up play, Best photo and more. The My Movies app enables the users access to hundreds of Indian movies, trailers and film songs. The My Music lets you Download English and Bollywood song. The My Reader app offers Indian newspapers, magazines and over 3 million books including audio books. The My Station app lets users to watch live concerts, performance and videos in real time.

Other features include, 1GB RAM,16GB Internal memory, up to 64GB expandable memory with microSD. The connectivity features include, 3G (HSPA＋ 21Mbps), Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, NFC, and GPS. It has 2,100 mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy S III comes in Marble White color and is priced at an MRP of Rs. 43,180.It comes with 3GB of free data for 2 months for Vodafone customers valid till 31st August. The Pebble Blue color would be available from next week.

Nokia India teases 808 PureView launch with countdown

Nokia India seems to be ramping up the activities leading up to the launch of its much awaited camera phone , the 808 PureView . In addition to the pre-order page , the company has also today introduced a countdown. We suspect that the countdown might lead to the announcement of availability of the phone but as of now that is just speculation.

The Nokia 808 PureView has perhaps the most  amazing camera we’ve seen on a phone and we definitely can’t wait to get our hands on the phone.The proprietary oversampling technology leads to some incredible results.

N.O.V.A. 3 now available for Android

Gameloft has launched N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for Android. After years of exile, humanity will finally return to Earth! You can  fight in 10 immersive levels across the galaxy, from a war-torn Earth to a frozen Volterite city.  It was launched for iPhone and iPad earlier this month.

Features in N.O.V.A. 3  - Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for Android

• Multiple weapons and powers: Run, shoot, drive vehicles, and pilot a mech to defeat hordes of enemies.
• Join 12-player battles in 6 multiplayer modes (Capture the Point, Free-for-All, Capture the Flag, etc.) on 6 different maps.
• Multiple allies can jump inside the same vehicle and spread destruction on the battlefield.
• Discover the new FPS benchmark for graphics and gameplay (real-time shadow & lights, particle system, ragdoll physics, etc.)

Download N.O.V.A. 3 for Android from Google Play Store for $6.99.

Rocky Raccoon 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak Updated For iPhone 4 New Firmware

Rocky Raccoon 5.1.1 Untethered Jailbreak has been recently updated to jailbreak 5.1.1 untethered for the devices already having 5.1.1 tethered jailbreak. The new version also support jailbreak iPhone 4 5.1.1 with new ios 5.1.1 firmware build.

If you have already installed tethered jailbreak 5.1.1 and now you want to get the untethered 5.1.1 jailbreak, you do not need to install Absinthe 5.1.1 jailbreak or RedSn0w instead you can go to Cydia and search for Rocky Raccoon 5.1.1 Untethered and just install the package.

HTC One X hammer video

A while back we posted some video footage of the Nokia Lumia 900 being nailed on camera, where some guy decided to find out how tough the display is by hammering nails onto the screen, and then using the Nokia Lumia 900 as a hammer, and now it seem this practice has taken off, as we have another video for your viewing pleasure below, this time of the HTC One X being used as a hammer.

The Using HTC One X Display Screen as a Hammer video comes our way courtesy of the guys over at Ubergizmo and by way of Droid Dog and YouTube user ched2468, which shows some guy using the HTC One X as a hammer to whack a nail into a piece of wood for some reason.

The guy in the video, apparently an HTC engineer takes some time to drive that nail into the wood with the display of theAndroid Ice Cream Sandwich handset, something that personally if I owned the device wouldn’t attempt even though the HTC One X has Gorilla Glass.

According to the Ubergizmo guys, the video footage was taken down shortly after being posted, but not before someone else grabbed it, and word is HTC were not that happy about this particular HTC One X display stress test video, which word has it could lead to the sacking of the engineer.

Anyway, I’ll leave it right there and simply let you head on down to hit that play button to check out the guys beating a nail with the One X…would you use your HTC One X as a hammer?

Samsung Galaxy S3 Packs Gorilla Glass 2, Now It’s Official

Samsung Galaxy S3 was launched internationally a couple of days ago, and the smartphone enthusiasts have formed lines in front of UK stores in an attempt to get their hands on the Android Ice Cream Sandwichflagship before it runs out of stock.
As you probably know the smartphone packs a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display with HD resolution of 1,280 x 720 pixels and until know we didn’t knew for sure whether it’s protected by Gorilla Glass or not. A day ago Samsung have released an official press statement confirming that the display of the Galaxy S3 is protected by the latest generation Gorilla Glass 2 coating.

The first details about the Corning Gorilla Glass 2 display were unveiled at Consumer Electronics Show 2012 event in Las Vegas and the new layer is supposed to come with improved protection and to be 20% thinner than the previous generation.

Absinthe 2.0.4 Download Jailbreak iPad 2,4 iOS 5.1.1 Untethered

After release of Absinthe 5.1.1 Jailbreak on 25-May the jailbreak tool has been updated many times and the latest Absinthe 2.0.4 Download is now available. The very first release Absinth 2.0 was not supporting iPad 2 ,4 jailbreak 5.1.1 and iPhone 4 GSM on ios 5.1.1 build 9B208. As tweeted by Chronic Dev Team the Absinthe 2.0.4 download now supports  iPad 2,4 jailbreak 5.1.1 and iPhone 4 GSM 5.1.1 jailbreak @ 9B208.

Absinthe 2.0.4 Download Jailbreak 5.1.1 Untethered

Future Nokia Lumia and PureView handsets will be waterproof

At the Lumia 610 launch event in London last week, Conor Pierce, Vice President of Nokia Western Europe unveiled that the company is working on a “Superhydrophopic” technology that will be implemented into all future Lumia and PureView devices.

“What happens when a drop of water lands on a lotus leaf… has baffled scientists for generations… but our team in Cambridge found a solution,” said Pierce.
“Nano technology lets us do it. Superhydrophobic technology makes water bounce, it stops it, rolls it off the device, that’s the magic, that’s what we’re going to bring to the party.”

No firm date was given when this technology will be implemented in Nokia’s handsets. There are already some waterproof smartphones on the market like Motorola Defy and PanasonicEluga and I hope that Nokia will join the party soon.

Who doesn’t want a waterproof handset?

HTC One S launching in India on 8th June @ Rs 33,000 or $600

The HTC One S which is the younger sibling of the HTC One X will be launching in India early next month. 
The Qualcomm powered Android phone has got priced at Rs.33000 on TheMobileStore. 

I personally prefer the One S over the One X and I would call the One S the iPhone of the Android world. The handset has got a release date of 8th June on the retailer’s website.

Rs.33000 seems a bit steep for the One S. Ideally I would like to see it priced at around Rs.30000 considering the international pricing but then the high dollar is to blame. 

Key features

*Stunningly thin at 7.8mm, ceramic or anodized aluminum finish
*Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
*4.3" 16M-color capacitive Super AMOLED touchscreen of qHD resolution (540 x 960 pixels); Gorilla glass
*Android OS v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with HTC Sense 4.0
*1.5 GHz dual core Krait CPU, Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260A chipset
*1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage
*Beats audio enhancement
*8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash; face detection, geotagging and continuous shooting
*1080p video recording @ 30fps; Snapping photos while recording video
*Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
*GPS with A-GPS
*Stereo FM radio with RDS
*Accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity and ambient light sensors
*Front facing camera with video calls
*Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
*microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v4.0
*MHL TV-out (requires a MHL-to-HDMI adapter)
*Smart dialing, voice dialing
*DivX/XviD video support
*HTC Locations app
*HTCSense.com integration
*HTC Portable Hotspot
*Splendid audio quality
*Office document editor
*1650mAh battery
*25GB of free Dropbox storage for the first two years

Samsung launches Music Hub Mobile Music service

Samsung has launched Music Hub, integrated, all-in-one mobile music service. The Music Hub offers your music in one integrated mobile and web service. You can upload your music collection to the cloud and can also enjoy personal and genre radio and discover new music everyday with customized recommendations from 19 million songs. It would compete with Spotify that offers music streaming,Google Music that lets you upload music to the cloud and Apple iTunes Match.

Features of Samsung Music Hub

• Scan and Match Cloud Locker that decreases upload time and ensure high-quality playback. You get 100 GB of storage for all unmatched songs and it stays automatically updated across all authorized devices.
• Catalog of millions of songs which you can stream or purchase, with unlimited plays and no advertisements. You can also share songs with friends, and view lyrics and album information.
• It has personal radio and programmed stations based on songs and artists you love, or browse genre stations recommended and tailor-crafted by the Music Hub team.
• Discover great new music all the time with customized recommendations for songs, artists, albums and radio stations. The more you listen, the better recommendations you’ll get.
• It is Optimized for Mobile, specifically for Samsung device that offers advanced streaming and downloading options that let you save storage space, play music when offline, and cut down on cellular data usage.
• Users can also access their music library and the Music Hub catalog/store online.

The Samsung Music Hub is initially available on Galaxy S3 that is now on sale in select countries. You can create and account from the Music Hub icon on the phone. Samsung plans to expand the services to more devices in different countries soon.

It is available for free that lets you buy songs and albums and offers 30-second previews of all songs and the paid version at €/£9.99 per month offers unlimited streaming.

Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India

Samsung has finally started rolling out the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update in India. Samsung announced the list of devices that would receive the Android 4.0 update last December and started rolling out ICS update for Galaxy S2 in Europe earlier this March. The Samsung Galaxy Note started receiving ICS update last week in India. They started shipping Galaxy S2 with ICS in India earlier this month.

We didn’t get OTA update notification, so we updated it via Kies. The update is about 220 MB and is available OTA (Over the Air) and via Samsung Kies.

Did you update your Galaxy S2 to Android 4.0?

Tata Docomo launches TwittCom, Just tweet to recharge and activate VAS

Tata Docomo has launched a new initiative called TwittCom that would let GSM Pre-paid customers to recharge and activate a Value added service/ application through Twitter just by mentions and hashtags. This has been developed indigenously by the team at Tata Teleservices Limited.

For registering their numbers customers go to @tatadocomo, type in #reg <Mobile Number> and they will receive a pin code for verification through SMS. Once the verification code is received, customers need to go to the twitter handle again, key in #code <Pincode> and they will get a tweet confirming registration.

For activating value added services the process is simple, a customer just needs to go to the handle (@tatadocomo) and key in #act# <Service><value>. They will get a tweet back confirming activation of the service.

This service can be used to activate GPRS packs, 3G packs and Value Added Services (VAS). Just go to Tata Docomo TwittCom help page to see the complete list of codes to activate these services.