Following the release of the Q700 earlier this week, another device from Lava’s sub-brand Xolo has been spotted online. The folks at FoneArena are reporting the Xolo X910 has been listed on e-commerce sites under a ‘Coming Soon’ badge. (more…)Google+

Google made some major announcements during Google I/O a couple of days ago, but notably it chose not to announce a new version of Android, nor did it announce a Nexus branded device. In the lead up to Google I/O a number of white Nexus 4s were leaked, but even this was not announced.  The device however has been spotted at Google I/O according to AndroidAndMe, who also claim that the phone will be up on the Play Store on June 10 and will be exactly like its black variant. However, the interesting point is t...

After launching the Stellar Pinnacle Pro, Smart Flo Pace 2 Mi-502 and the Smart Ivory Flo Mi 450, Spice Mobile is back with another new device called the Stellar Horizon Pro Mi 505. The successor to the Stellar Horizon Mi 500 which launched last year, this new device is available for Rs 8,499. (more…)Google+

Research firm IDC has posted its quarterly report on the smartphone market which suggests that Windows Phone devices have finally overtaken BlackBerry smartphones in terms of shipments. This also means that devices running Microsoft’s OS take third spot in terms of smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013.  According to the report, Windows Phone devices accounted for 3.2 percent of total shipments while BlackBerry devices fell to 2.9 percent from 3.2 percent in the previous quarter. (more...

A couple weeks back when Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 in India, we pointed out that the 16GB version of the smartphone only has 8.82GB of user available storage in our hands-on post. This reminded us of the Microsoft Surface Pro controversy, but Samsung maintained that users could solve the issue by installing a memory card as the OS consumed all that space. Today, it seems like Samsung is backtracking on its stance and according to a CNET report. (more…)Google+

Today, Panasonic unveiled its re-entry to the Indian smartphone market with the launch of the P51 smartphone. The device is big deal for the Japanese company as it has outsourced the manufacturing of the device, in a bid to build a more localized product specific to the market. If this move works in India, then it plans on replicating it in other emerging markets. (more…)Google+

Google has updated its Play Books and introduced a cloud feature which allows you to save the books on the Google Cloud and then access them from any device. Both the iOS and Android versions of the app have been updated and for now and users can store up to 1,000 files on the cloud as long as they are under 50MB. (more…)Google+

A day after the device was up on Flipkart for pre-orders; the Nexus 4 has been officially launched in India by LG. The device is available for Rs 25,990 at LG exclusive stores, multi-brand outlets and major retail stores across India. (more…)Google+

Back in April, we were the first ones to report that Panasonic was planning to re-enter the smartphone market in India and launch its first smartphone in about a month. Last week, Panasonic started sending out media invites and right on cue, it has launched the P51, a 5-inch Android Jelly Bean running smartphone which will be available for Rs 26,900. (more…)Google+

The rumor mill was buzzing in the lead up to Google I/O about Google unifying its all its messaging services and today the company has exactly done that. Google has announced Hangouts, a cross platform service that combines all of Google’s various messaging services, which works across devices running Android, iOS and also the desktop. This service will eventually replace Google Talk, the Google+ messenger and the Hangout video chat service. (more…)Google+

Samsung has always made power packed hardware, but it’s TouchWiz user interface  has often bogged down the user experience. For long it seemed like a pipe dream to imagine a Samsung flagship phone running stock Android. That was till today. As we reported in the morning Google has announced a custom version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 that will run stock Android, without the TouchWiz skin. (more…)Google+

Google I/O is about to begin in an hour, but it appears that Google has jumped the gun and confirmed Android 4.3 on a search listing on its developer page. TheVerge was the first to spot this. (more…)Google+