Samsung Galaxy Note 2 to hit Online Store on September 27 in India

Samsung is gearing up to launch the upgraded version of the immensely popular Galaxy Note – Galaxy Note 2 in India later this week.  Samsung had opened pre-bookings for the device and consumers could reserve a Galaxy Note 2 by paying Rs.5000 as an advance.In an email to customers who had pre-booked the phone on the company’s eStore , it is mentioned that the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 will be launched on the 27th on the eStore.The Note 2 has some interesting specs including a 5.5 inch display and a 3100 mAh battery and a Quad-core CPU.

It will be the first Samsung device to launch with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean officially in India.The news of the Note 2 launching here is not surprising considering the original Note has got a price cut recently. Pricing of the Note 2 is still not available but we expect it to be priced very similar to the Galaxy S3. It would be interesting to see how Samsung prices the Note 2 in India.

India is one of the first countries getting the Galaxy Note 2 and the company is dominating the smartphone market here with a wide range of Android phones at every price point.

The company is holding an event in Hyderabad on the same day 

Are you getting the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 ?

Samsung Galaxy S III TouchWiz remote wipe hack patched with OTA update

There was mighty uproar yesterday about a dirty USSD hack that enabled links with a simple USSD code wipe the entire phone back to factory reset. It was widely reported to have affected all the major Samsung devices that were running the company’s custom skin called TouchWiz. But the good news is, the exploit has been immediately patched by Samsung, with an OTA update for its recently released, and massively successful Galaxy S3.

Pink Galaxy S3 launched by Samsung in Korea

Samsung has launched the Martian Pink Galaxy S3 in Korea. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S3 in range of colors including Amber Brown, Garnet Red, Sapphire Black and Titanium Grey last month. This 32GB variant of the Galaxy S3 in Martian Pink color would be sold in limited numbers. It is aimed at women and younger generation. Samsung launched the Pink Galaxy Note in Korea earlier this April.

Other features are similar to the original Galaxy S3 including a 4.8 inch Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz Quad-Core, 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash, 1.9MP front camera and 2100 mAh battery. It would go on sale in Korea later this week through 3 major Korean operators SKT, KT and LG U+.

Samsung updates Android 4.1 Jelly Bean upgrade list

One of the biggest criticisms of the Android platform is the continued fragmentation of it, with many devices that are not too old still sitting old older versions of the operating system. It does seem though in some cases the upgrading to the most recent Android release is happening a little quicker, and Samsung now updates its Jelly Bean 4.1 upgrade list.

Only yesterday the company started to push out the Android 4.1 upgrade to the Galaxy S3 in certain regions, and now Samsung has listed another fifteen devices that are down for the upgrade, and according to the Android Community it is leaving out some of its older hardware.

Nokia Asha 308 Dual SIM and Asha 309 affordable Touch Screen phones announced

Nokia has announced 2 new phones, the Asha 308 and Asha 309 in the Asha range. These are thesuccessors of the Asha 305 and 306 that was introduced in June. Both these phones come with a 3.0-inch (240 x 400 pixels), scratch-resistant capacitive touch display and a 2MP camera. It runs on Nokia Asha OS with Swipe Interface.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out

Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Galaxy S3, earlier than expected. Samsung announced earlier this month that the Android Jelly Bean update would be available for the Galaxy S3 in October and for the Galaxy S2 in November.

This update would bring  faster performance, Reorganized settings menu, 2 Homescreen modes, S Note,  Google Now service, contextual search, Better notifications, Resizable Pop-up play screen and more new features.

The update is about 774MB and is now available for Galaxy S3 users in Poland via Kies. It would be gradually rolled out for other countries soon. It took 2 months for Samsung to roll out the ICS update for the S2 in India after the official roll out in Korea. Hope Samsung rolls out the Jelly Bean update for the S3 users in India soon.

Asus Transformer Pad TF300TG launched in India for Rs. 43999

Asus has launched the Transformer Pad TF300TG, their new Tablet in India. It can Transform into a notebook with a mobile dock that has full QWERTY keyboard and a Multi-touch track pad. It has a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) LED Backlight IPS display and is powered by a 1.2GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP auto-focus camera at the back and 1.2MP front-facing camera.

Asus Transformer Pad TF300T specifications

• 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) LED Backlight IPS display
• 1.2 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 8MP auto-focus camera, 1.2MP front-facing camera
• 1GB RAM, 32GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with microSD
• 3G, Wi-Fi 802..11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR, aGPS
• 2-in-1 Audio Jack (Headphone / Mic-in), micro HDMI port, SD Card reader and USB Port (dock)
• 22Wh Li-polymer Battery that offers 10 hours runtime and 16.5Wh battery with mobile dock

The Asus Transformer Pad TF300T is priced at Rs. 43,999 and comes with a keyboard dock that has Multi-touch pad, SD Card reader and a USB port.

Google Nexus 7 launching in India in November

Asus India today confirmed at the PadFone and Transformer Pad launch event that the Google Nexus 7 is expected to launch in India in November according from reports for CIOL. It might come with a different name and few changes in the specification says Ausus, the hardware partner. Google announced the Nexus 7, their first Android tablet to come with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) in June at Google I/O for $199. There are rumors floating around for the Nexus 7 tablet with 3G support which is expected mid-October.

It has 7-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and a 12 core GPU. It has a 1.2MP front-facing camera and has 1 GB RAM, 8 / 16GB of internal memory, NFC, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth and 4325 mAh.

The price of the Nexus tablet would be announced in October.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Pre-Booking starts in India

Samsung has just started Pre-Booking for the much awaited Galaxy Note 2 on it’s India eStore. The device which is the successor to the original Note was unveiled last month at IFA Berlin along with the Galaxy Camera. The phone has a 5.5 inch display and runs Android JellyBean out of the box. Samsung is asking for Rs.5000 as an advance payment for the pre-booking which will be adjusted when the device goes on sale later this month.

Samsung is throwing in a free Desktop Dock worth Rs. 2399 for pre-order customers.

The Note 2 has some pretty interesting specs.  It packs a quad core processor and a 3100mAh battery.The Note 2 also comes with S-Pen stylus much like the previous the Note.

From what we have been hearing the Note 2 is expected to hit stores in India by Sep 24-28th. Just read the fine print and it says that “A pre-booking order cannot be cancelled once placed.”

Samsung launched the Galaxy S3 recently at Rs.42500 few months back. How much would you pay for the improved version of the Galaxy Note ?

How To Jailbreak iOS 6 iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS iPod Touch 4G

iOS 6 is out for download and here comes our first iOS 6 jailbreak tutorial that talks about how tojailbreak 6 / 6.0 on iPhone 4/3gs and iPod Touch 4g. The current iOS 6 jailbreak is available which is tethered and compatible with iPhone 4/3g and itouch 4g only. If you want to jailbreak 6 / 6.0 on iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPad 2 or iPad 3 you must wait until the new jailbreak is released for A5/A6 devices to jailbreak 6.0.

Jailbreak iOS 6 Important Note

If you are a jailbreaker and your device is already jailbroken remember your previous jailbreak shall be removed once you upgrade to iOS 6. Therefore think again and decide carefully whether you should upgrade to iOS 6 or not. If you are having iphone5, iPhone 4s, iPad 2 and iPad 3 don’t upgrade to iOS because still there is no hope that we shall get iOS 6 jailbreak for these A5 & A6 devices.

Panorama mode confirmed for the iPhone 4S

It turns out the built-in Panorama capture feature won’t be exclusive to the iPhone 5. The iPhone 4S will have a taste of that 28MP goodness, too, once the iOS 6 update arrives on Sept 19.

The iPhone 4, however, won’t have such luck. Not that this is such a a big loss – every iPhone 4 owner, who’s interested in snapping panoramas, most probably already has a nice Panorama shooting app from the AppStore. My favorite is 360 Panorama. Yours?

Sexy Nokia Lumia 820 interchangeable shell cases

There are many smartphone owners who like to customize their device so it is more unique compared to versions owned by other users. Nokia recently announced its new line of Lumia handsets that will come running the upcoming Windows Phone 8 operating system, and the Nokia Lumia 820 has some sexy interchangeable shell cases available.

Many of you may be old enough to remember the classic Nokia 3210 that could be personalized by changing the shell of the handset to a variety of different designs. Now an article over at Conversations by Nokia is looking at the interchangeable shells that play a bigger part than just looking good on the handset.

iOS 6 download, public worldwide times

Everyone is asking the same thing, so we would like to give you the iOS 6 download public worldwide times, historically this new operating system is available from 10.00am PST (6PM UK time), so tomorrow September 19th will probably be the same. Please check out the two screenshots below showing all times.

The full iOS 6 download worldwide times can be shown via our table we created via Time and Date, we would like to bring it to your attention on what devices and models are compatible with iOS 6 releasing to the public tomorrow.

ASUS PadFone and Transformer Pad TF300T launching in India next week

Samsung Galaxy S3 price drops to Rs. 34900

Samsung Galaxy S3 has got a price cut in India, and is available for Rs. 34900 from select online retailers in India. The Galaxy S3 was launched in India in May for a MRP of Rs. 43,180, and the Garnet Red version went on sale last week for a MOP of Rs. 37,500. The Galaxy S3 price is now on-par with the HTC One X, that is now available for . This price cut might also be due to the launch the upcoming launch of Galaxy Note 2 in India.

The Galaxy S III packs in a 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  1GB RAM, 16GB of internal memory and comes with a  2,100 mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy S3 is now available for Rs. 34,900 from online retailers Saholic and Flipkart in India.

Samsung Galaxy Chat now available in India for Rs. 8499

Samsung Galaxy Chat (B5330) is now available in India from online retailer Saholic. It was announced in July and packs in a 3.0-inch (240×320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and has a full QWERTY keyboard. It is powered by a 850 MHz processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 2MP camera at the back and also lets you launch the camera and directly from the lock screen. It weighs 112g and is just 11.7mm thick.

It has a dedicated key to launch the Samsung’s ChatON messenger. Other features include 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD. The connectivity features include, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 WiFi 802.11 b/g/n. It has 3.5mm Ear Jack, FM Radio with RDS and comes with 1200 mAh battery.

The Samsung Galaxy Chat comes in Black and White colors and is available for Rs. 8,499 from Saholic. It is expected to ship within 6 Business Days.

Nokia Lumia 900 now available in India for Rs. 32999

Nokia Lumia 900 finally goes on sale in India as they promised. The Nokia Lumia 900 with LTE support was originally launched exclusively for AT&T in the U.S. and it was announced for the global markets at MWC earlier this year.  The Lumia 900 packs in a 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display and is powered by 1.4GHz single-core processor. It runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango).

Samsung Running an Anti-iPhone 5 Ad in Newspapers on Sunday

CNet and Businessinsider report that Samsung has prepared an anti-iPhone 5 ad which will be published in newspapers on Sunday. The ad lists Apple’s iPhone 5 directly against the Samsung Galaxy S III. Samsung’s ad is titled “It doesn’t take a genius.”, which takes a diss against Apple Retail’s genius bars.

Airtel launches Smartdrive mobile app with real time traffic information and Voice-based Navigation

Airtel is on a spree of launching mobile apps. They launched the my airtel app to pay bills and manage services. Now, they have launched Smartdrive app that offers real-time traffic information and voice based turn by turn navigation upon subscription. Other than these the app also lets you search Maps for POI (Points of Interests) like restaurants, theaters, shopping malls etc.

Motorola Atrix 2 Android 4.0 update starts rolling out in India

Motorola has started rolling out Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for the Motorola Atrix 2 owners in India. It was launched in India back in March, and we reviewed it in July. Razr and Razr Maxx were the first Motorola phones to receive the ICS update back in July.

The Android 4.0 update for the Atrix 2 brings improved web browsing, new People app with integrated contacts, unified calendar and Face Unlock. New Lock screen lets you make a call, send a text or open the camera easily.

This update is about 257 MB and is available OTA (Over the Air), so better charge your phone fully and use WiFi if possible. You can check for the update manually from the Settings, About phone, System updates. Have you updated your phone yet?