Buy a Nokia Lumia phone, get a free headset this Diwali in India

Nokia has started Diwali offers with its new promotion Celebrate Holi this Diwali with Nokia. With this new offer you get a headset free when you buy a Nokia Lumia phone. You get a Nokia J Bluetooth Headset free with purchase of Lumia 900, Nokia Purity stereo headsets by Monster free with purchase of Lumia 800, Bluetooth Stereo headset BH-111 free with purchase of Lumia 710 and Philips Headset free with purchase of Lumia 610.

Nokia has partnered with Yatra.com to offer free travel vouchers with select Nokia Asha phones. You get Yatra.com travel vouchers worth of Rs. 4500 with purchase of Nokia Asha 305, 308 and 311 Smartphone. Looks like the Nokia Asha 308 that was announced in September would launch by Diwali. The voucher consists of 4 domestic air ticket vouchers of Rs. 750 each and one Rs. 1500 hotel booking voucher.

This offer is valid till November 20th 2012 only. Hurry!

Byond Mi-book Mi1 7-inch Tablet running Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 4300

Byond Tech has launched Mi-book Mi1 their new Android tablet. This has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It is powered by a 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor and has a VGA front-facing camera for video calling. It has 3D video and gaming support and comes with free 3D goggles in the box.

Byond Mi-book Mi1 specifications

• 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display
• Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
• 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor
• VGA front-facing camera
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 3G (via Dongle), WiFi, USB 2.0
• 512MB DDR3 RAM, 4GB internal memory , 32GB expandable memory with microSD
• 3000 mAh battery

It also comes pre-loaded with regional language apps and MS office suite. Byond Tech would also launch 9-inch and 10-inch tablets and tablets with built-in SIM card slots in the Mi-book series that are priced up to Rs. 11,000 and Laplet series of tablets with poratable key pad attachment.

The Byond Mi-book Mi1 comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 4,300.

LG to roll out Android 4.1 update for select high-end Optimus devices starting from November

LG has announced the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update schedule for high-end devices including Optimus LTE 2, Optimus G, Optimus Vu and Vu 2 in Korea. The LG Optimus LTE 2 would be the first device to get the Jelly Bean update, which would start in November. LG’s latest quad-core Smartphone, Optimus G would get the update in December, while the Optimus Vu and its successor Vu 2 would get the update in Q1 2012. Sadly their first quad-core Smartphone, the Optimus 4X HD is not in the list.The Jelly Bean update would bring new features including, Q Slide feature that would offer spit-screen view for multitasking, better browser, Google Now and several UI enhancements. This update schedule is for Korean market only, the global update schedule would vary based on the country and carriers. The rumored LG Nexus device that is expected to launch later this month would come with Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean).

Facebook for Android v1.9.11 update brings Faster photo tagging and Album selection for photo uploads

Facebook for Android has been updated to version 1.9.11 that brings Faster photo tagging which lets you tag a photo just by tapping on it and option to choose an album when you are uploading a photo by clicking the album icon. Unlike the previous update that brought several messaging features, this is just a minor update that has just 2 new features and bug fixes.

This update also includes some bug fixes for errors in photo uploads for people using certain languages. Download Facebook for Android from the Google Play Store for free.

Evernote for Android updated with improved Note Editor toolbar, Redesigned Action Bars for Tablets and more

Evernote for Android has been updated to version 4.3 that brings new features including an improved toolbar in the Note Editor, option to Multi-select notebooks to download for offline access for premium users, redesigned Action Bars for Android tablets and more.

New features in Evernote for Android v4.3

• Simplified note editor toolbar with option to add bullets, lists and checkboxes quickly
• Multi-select notebooks to download for offline access (Premium users only)
• Redesigned action bar in the Android tablets changes depending on which panel is currently open
• Just tap and hold to resize to fit any screen size with the new Evernote Grid Widget
• Jump directly to notes created in Skitch

Download Evernote for Android from the Google Play Store for free. You can download the Evernote Widgetapp separately.

Details of Google October 29 event leaked, include 10-inch tablet

Last month we saw a number of different events being held to showcase new hardware among other things, and now October is looking to be a busy month as well with the likes of Google, Microsoft, and T-Mobile staging events. Now we have some details of Google’s October 29th event being leaked that include a 10-inch tablet.


It is being reported by The Next Webthat Google are set to reveal some software improvements alongside a bunch of new hardware at its upcoming event, which falls on the same day as Microsoft are set to hold their own event.