Micromax A91 Ninja with 4.5-inch display, 1 GHz dual-core processor now available for Rs. 8499

The Micromax A91 Ninja, a new dual SIM Android smartphone is now on sale from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 5MP auto focus rear camera and a 0.3 MP (VGA) front-facing camera. This has a TFT LCD display instead of Super AMOLED display in the A90S that was launched last year, but the display resolution and that battery are slightly better. Most of the features are similar to the Karbonn A12 that was launched earlier this year.

Micromax A91 Ninja specifications

• 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) Capacitive touch screen display
• 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS
• Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
• 5MP auto focus rear camera, 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
• 3G ( HSDPA: 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS
• 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, up to 32GB expandable memory with microSD
• 3.5mm Audio Jack, FM Radio
• 1800 mAh battery

The Micromax A91 Ninja is available from Saholic for Rs. 8,499.

Micromax A115 Canvas 3D images leak

Micromax unveiled the A116 Canvas HD, the company’s latest flagship back in January. It was originallypriced at Rs. 13990, but they increased the price of the device to Rs. 14,499 few weeks back. We even saw the phone in a new packing, and a matt finish rather than the glossy finish. According to some alleged shots from a Twitter user MMXNewscaster, Micromax is working on the A115 Canvas 3D, which is in the final stage of development. This doesn’t come with a stereoscopic 3D display, but renders images in 3D form, as you can see in the image above.

Facebook Home Android launcher coming to select HTC and Samsung phones on April 12

Facebook just announced their Facebook Home Android product and only select HTC and Samsung devices will be getting it initially. The Samsung Galaxy S3 , Galaxy Note 2 and HTC OneX+ are existing devices which are supported.The HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 are new devices which will be compatible with the app. Facebook  put rumors about a Facebook phone or an forked Android OS with the launch of this app.

Facebook home would be launched as launcher on the Google Play Store. The app should go live on April 12. HTC also announced the HTC First which comes with Facebook Home pre-installed and the phone is exclusive to AT&T. There is no word about regional availability of the app and if the roll out would be restricted to US only.

One of the most popular Android phones the Google Nexus 4 made my LG seems left out of the initial launch party.

The app is a pretty interesting approach taken by Facebook but will users be willing to trade off their familiar Android skins for something designed by Facebook ? Would you use such a launcher ?

PhotoCal with Event app for iPhone and iPad lets you arrange and view photos in a calendar view

PhotoCal with Event, is a new application for iPhone and iPad that arrange and view your photos more efficiently, while keeping you up to date on your events. It lets you arrange your images in chronological order and displays them on your monthly calendar view along with all of your upcoming appointments and errands. This app would be much useful to view photos based on a date, since it arranges the images according to the date they were taken and displays them on your monthly calendar view, instead of searching for a picture in the default camera roll.

Features of PhotoCal with Event for iPhone and iPad

• Arrange and display images by date taken
• Displays photos and events simultaneously in monthly calendar view
• Keeps track of your tasks and events
• Create or modify appointment
• Apply recurring rule to appointment
• Take a photo on certain date
• Dot style monthly event view
• Elegant Photo album calendar
• Esthetic day view with photos and events
• Display birthdays
• Move previous/next month by swipe gesture
• works with all iPhone supported calendars(MobileMe, iCloud, Google Calendar, Exchange, CalDAV)
• Multiple calendars and photo groups control

Download PhotoCal with Event from the Apple iTunes Store for $0.99 / Rs.55.

Nokia Music arrives for Windows RT/8, brings Metro mix radio goodness

Nokia Music is Nokia’s own music service which has been there for a long time, previously under the Ovi Music moniker. The music service was re-launched at the same time as the first Lumias launched, bringing Mix radio, a Pandora-like discovery engine that let you create your own mix radios, by adding a maximum of three artists per mix.