After announcing the partnership between Reliance Communication (RCOM) and Lenovo to launch a range of smartphones yesterday, further details about the phones have been revealed according to a report by AndroidOS.in. The report states that the companies will be launching 4-5 smartphones in the next six months all priced below Rs 8,000. (more…)Google+

Reliance Communications (RCOM) today announced its partnership with Lenovo to launch a range of smartphones exclusively for customers using its network. (more…)Google+

When Microsoft showed off Smart Glass earlier in the year at E3, it hinted at a future where the gaming console was getting transformed into the entertainment hub of the living room. Today, Microsoft has announced that it is updating the Xbox Music app on Windows 8 with full Smart Glass support. This also means that a variety of apps and services will work seamlessly across three screens – the PC, the smartphone and the TV.  The Smart Glass app will be built in the ‘Games’ section of Windows 8 and Wind...

Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director at Bharti Airtel, has urged carriers present at the MWC to float a tender for 100 million smartphones in lieu of bringing the average price of smartphones below $50 (approximately Rs 2,500). Though the handset vendors are making smartphones much more affordable but the average costs are still about $150 depriving large sections of the world’s population, especially in emerging markets. Mittal said that GSMA, which represents over 800 mobile phone opera...

The term “entry-level” immediately reduces the appeal of smartphones in markets like the U.S. these days, as flagship phones are typically far more exciting and innovative. Still, it’s notable when a manufacturer goes to some length to differentiate an entry-level line of smartphones, and LG has done just that with its new L series. The L3, L5 and L7 are a new family of devices targeted at budget-conscious consumers that still want a solid Android experience. The L3 has a tiny 3.2-inch scree...

You would think that, given the impressive specs of its new CloudMobile smartphone, Acer would want to place this thing front and center at Mobile World Congress. Think again. For some reason, the company decided to hide its new flagship model within the Google booth. Location aside, the handset’s specs are nothing to scoff at. A 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon chip powers this monster, which sports a 4.3-inch 1,280 x 800-pixel HD screen with a truly incredible range viewing angles, and a really well-engine...

Hey folks. Following Nokia’s early morning press conference here in Barcelona, we got a litttttle bit of hands-on time with the freshly dropped Pureview 808. The software isn’t quite finished yet, but we did get some time to play with the audio recording and camera apps. Really cool stuff, and we can definitely see other manufacturers forced to follow suit. The handset features the flagship 41 megapixel camera, a 4″ screen, 512 mb of RAM with 16GB of onboard storage,  a 1.3 Ghz single core ...

We’re here in sunny Barcelona, Spain on day 0 of the annual Mobile World Congress trade show — yes, several companies couldn’t even wait for day 1 to hold their press conferences — and Sony’s media event has just wrapped up. In case you missed it, Sony unveiled two devices at this year’s show, one of which was the sleek new Xperia P smartphone that will launch in the second quarter. The handset’s design is reminiscent of earlier Xperia handsets, but like the other members of ...

Mozilla is opening an online marketplace for applications based on web technologies like HTML5, CSS and JavaScript. Mozilla is in the process of opening submissions for developers to submit their applications. Since these applications will be based on web technologies, Mozilla claims the marketplace will act like a device independent operating system providing a multitude of apps running Mozilla approved APIs. (more…)Google+

The “Apple is worth more than” meme has gotten plenty of play over the past year, but a new measure of Apple’s success emerged on Monday that is as simple as it is monumental: a single share of Apple stock now costs more than an iPad. As of the open of the market on Monday, Apple’s stock rose just above $499 — the entry-level price of Apple’s iPad 2 — undoubtedly on its way to $500 and beyond. The Cupertino-based firm that once teetered on the brink of bankruptcy and was sav...

Samsung on Friday reported record earnings for the fourth quarter last year. In line with the company’s estimates as reported earlier this month, Samsung recorded an operating profit of 5.3 trillion won, or approximately $4.72 billion USD, on sales of 47 trillion won, or approximately $42 billion USD. Samsung had never reported a profit of more than 5 trillion won in a single quarter and its 5.3 trillion won profit represents a 76% increase over the holiday quarter in 2010. Samsung’s mobile busine...

Samsung will soon be merging its Bada OS with Intel’s Tizen platform. Prior to Tizen, Intel has first worked on the MeeGo platform with Nokia. As a result of this collaboration, the Finnish vendor had also launched the world’s only MeeGo powered smartphone – the Nokia N9. But later, the handset vendor bailed on the MeeGo OS in favor of Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. Later, Intel too announced that it will ditch MeeGo due to lack of enthusiasm for the platform by the users. Now wit...