Robosoft, an Udipi based mobile app development company has partnered with WIWO Mobiles to launch the Wiwos Super phone for Rs 5,499. First spotted by Medianama, the main USP of this dual-SIM Android Froyo phone is the fact that it supports a few vernacular Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu along with Hindi and English. Users will also get those pre-loaded Indic language keyboards which will make typing in these languages much easier. (more…)Google+

Indian carrier Idea Cellular has launched two Android smartphones – the Idea Blade and the Idea ID 280. The operator is not manufacturing these devices itself as the former model is a re-branded ZTE Blade and the latter is a Huawei Ideos X1. Both the models are based on the Android 2.2 OS aka Froyo and are priced decently at Rs 5,850 and Rs 7,992, respectively. While the Idea Blade features a 3.5-inch capacitive touch display and runs on a 600MHz processor, the Idea ID 280 has a relatively smaller scree...

Huawei is all set to launch 4 new Android smartphones by November this year. While the Vision was announced earlier, the other three devices in question are the – Sonic, Boulder and Gaga. The Huawei Vision (3.7-inch capacitive display) and the Sonic (3.5-inch LCD display) would be based on Gingerbread and the Boulder (2.6-inch LCD display) and the Gaga (2.8-inch HVGA display) would be based on Froyo.ReadGoogle+

Some two weeks ago, we had spotted the 1GHz nVIDIA Tegra 2 based Micromax A85 in the wild. But today, it seems that KnowYourMobile have accessed its official press shots. While we had given you the spec-sheet earlier only but here’s a small gist of it in case you have missed out on the details earlier. It sports a 3.8-inch WVGA display, a front facing VGA camera, a 5.0MP camera at the rear and 8GB of internal memory. Well the two major downers about this phone are the absence of a flash and the software...

Are you reminded of the Google Nexus One smartphone after looking at this picture? No guys, it ain’t Google or HTC’s baby as this one belongs to our very own Indian handset brand, Micromax. This Android 2.2 based Micromax A70 smartphone features a 3.2-inch capacitive display, a 5.0 megapixel camera at the back, a front facing VGA camera for video calling (3G ready), runs on a 600 MHz processor, has an internal memory of 160MB which of course is expandable up to 32GB and also offers Wi-Fi connectiv...

Here’s some good news for those who weren’t happy enough with the official Twitter app for Android devices. Twitter for Android has been updated and has incorporated some of the most ‘requested’ features like the push notifications and multiple account support. Team Twitter has also promised that they have updated the appearance of home screen widgets, have added a bunch of other improvements and have also fixed some bugs. To get push notifications, go to your account settings, select ...

In May BBC launched its official BBC News Android application, but unfortunately it was only available in the UK after its debut. Now Android users worldwide can download and install the application from the Android Market. We typically used to install third-party BBC News apps, but the official one blows those out of the water. Top stories are side-scrollable with beautiful headline thumbnails, and you can easily quickly listen to the World News Bulletin, the Live BBC World Service, or view a quick 1-minute ...

Huawei has launched its IDEOS range of Android smartphones in India – IDEOS X5, IDEOS X2 and IDEOS Chat. The IDEOS X5 (at the top) features a 3.8-inch capacitive touchscreen display and runs on Android 2.2 aka Froyo. Other specs include a 5.0 MP camera with LED flash, 720p high-def video recording at 30fps, Wi-Fi connectivity, HSDPA and 4GB of in-built memory which can be expandable up to 32GB. The phone is priced at Rs 14,999.Hit the break to check out the other two devices. (more…)Google+

It made news, and heck, the Guinness Book of World Records, as the world’s first smartphone with a dual core processor. And it is also LG’s boldest step into the high-end smartphone segment in recent times, with respectable hardware built around aforementioned chip, leading many to predict that it would emerge as a contender (to quote Brando, Marlon) among the many high-profile devices – the Galaxy S2 and the iPhone 4, to mention just two – that are expected in the Indian market in the com...

During Google I/O today, the company announced that it’s working with its partners – including AT&T, HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless — on getting new Android updates to users faster and on curtailing Android fragmentation. As part of the same effort, if your hardware supports it, Google and its partners will guarantee that your phone gets the latest Android iteration for at least 18 months after the device hits the market. That should mean that e...

Google just took the wraps off of its new movie rental service for Android devices. Movies rentals will start at $1.99 and users can download their favorite films directly from Android Market. There’s a 30-day rental period and you’ll have 24 hours to complete watching your movie once you’ve started playing it. Google will release separate movie applications for phones and for tablets, and both apps allow users to stream live from the cloud to a device. Movies can also be stored locally for ...

The “is Android open?” question is one that constantly fades in and out of focus on blogs and in the tech media. The latest snippet that will undoubtedly reinvigorate the argument was revealed this past weekend, and this time it’s not a pretty one for Google. As part of Skyhook Wireless’ lawsuit against Google, which alleges that the company interfered with a contract that placed its services on Android phones sold by Motorola, several internal emails have been made public by a Massa...