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Karbonn Titanium X with 5-inch full-HD display launched at Rs. 18,490

Karbonn has unveiled its latest smartphone in India, the Titanium X priced at Rs, 18,490. Previously, in early November, the domestic handset maker had posted a teaser image of the Titanium X on its official website without pricing.The Karbonn Titanium X runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box. Notably, the smartphone is a single SIM device with support for a micro-SIM.
The Titanium X features a 5-inch full-HD (1080x1920) IPS display, and is powered by a quad-core 1.5GHz processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. The smartphone sports a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with dual-LED flash, and also houses a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It includes 16GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable up to 32GB via microSD card.
On the connectivity front, the smartphone includes NFC support, which will make the Titanium X the first 'affordable' smartphone from an Indian brand to sport this feature. The smartphone is backed by a 2300mAh battery, which is rated to deliver up to 6 hours of talktime, and up to 240 hours of standby time. The Karbonn Titanium X includes a host of sensors that include proximity sensor, G sensor, magnetic sensor, gyro sensor, and light sensor.
Commenting on the launch, Shashin Devsare, Executive Director, Karbonn Mobiles said "With the Karbonn Titanium X we are taking the Indian smartphone market to a different level altogether - the level X. Our endeavour is to set a benchmark in the Indian smartphone market, and establish Karbonn Titanium X at the pinnacle of research innovation. Unlike any other smartphone in the market, the Karbonn Titanium X enables the Generation X to live life in the fast lane and discover more into their social interactions."

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Karbonn Titanium X key specifications
  • 5-inch full-HD IPS display
  • 1.5GHz quad-core processor
  • 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with dual LED flash
  • 5-megapixel front-facing camera
  • Single SIM (micro-SIM)
  • Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
  • NFC support
  • 2300mAh battery

Nokia Lumia 101 Smartwatch is a Nice Little, Elegant Bracelet

Nokia Lumia 101 Smartwatch is a Nice Little, Elegant Bracelet
It’s got an OLED 1080 x 110 pixel touch and flex screen, solar charging and Gorilla Glass 2 protection. There’s also Bluetooth 4.0 on board, LTE and the watch is water resistant, as well as dirt and shock resistant. We’ve got ID calling abilities here, player control, handsfree call answer features and email reading abilities.
Nokia Lumia 101 is shown in a variety of colors, like blue, yellow and red and its display is so subtle, you may not even notice it. It’s also flexible , so there’s no danger of damaging it easily. It’s also a fashionable bracelet to be wearing around, especially if it lights up at concerts.

Meet the 8-core processor that may power your next phone

Intex, an Indian phone company will soon start selling a smartphone powered by an 8-core processor. This new processor is made by MediaTek, a Taiwanese company. Unlike the 8-core processor made by Samsung, which uses only four cores at a time in Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy S4, the processor made by MediaTek can use all of its cores simultaneously.

The processor is called MT6592 and it can run at a speed of up to 2GHz. But in the phone that Intex will launch, the processor will run at the speed of up to 1.7GHz.

For now Intex is the only Indian company that has announced its intention to launch a phone powered by this 8-core processor but if past is any indication, MT6592 should soon come in other phones sold by local companies like Micromax and Spice. Currently most of the top-end phones sold by local players are powered by MT 6589, a quad-core processor made by MediaTek.

There are two key questions:

* How fast is an 8-core processor? Can it match or beat the high-end quad-core processors used by Samsung and Qualcomm?

* Does it help consumers get better experience from the phone? Do you need 8-cores in a processor?

Before we talk about MT6592, let's take a look at its specifications:
* MT6592 has 8 cores based on A7 architecture by ARM. A7 is a low-performance, low-power use architecture compared to technology used by Qualcomm and Samsung in their high-end processors.

* The processor has four cores of Mali 450 graphics chip

* MT6592 supports playback of 4K videos

* It supports new video codecs such as H.265 and VP9

* The chip supports up to 16 mega-pixel cameras

To check theoretical performance of MT6592, we ran some benchmarking apps on the Intex phone that will launch in January. The device is in prototype stage as the software running on it is not yet final. So performance figures we obtained through benchmarks are only indicative of the final performance, which is likely to be slightly better.

We used GeekBench 3, Vellamo HTML and Vellamo Metal, BrowserMark and Sunspider to find out the general computing performance.

To get an indication of gaming performance of MT6592, 3D Mark, GLBenchmark 2.7 and BaseMark X were run on the phone.

Apple charges Indians the most for iPhone 5S: Study

According to data compiled by technology website Mobiles Unlocked, the iPhone 5S costs the Indians the most globally when compared with their purchasing power. In fact, buyers here have to shell out 22.3% of the national gross domestic product per capita (GDP PPP). The GDP PPP is a means of measuring how much each person earns in a country.

This means that Indian buyers shell out over 22.3% of their disposable incomes if they purchase the iPhone 5S.

China, another emerging country and Apple's fastest-growing market, stands fifth in the list and there it acosts buyers less than 10% of their purchasing power.

The study details the countries where the iPhone 5S is most and least expensive across 47 countries. It only included the basic 16GB model of the iPhone 5S and took the pricing via official channels, not grey market.

While iPhone 5S is the most expensive for Indians, it costs the least to citizens of Qatar, who only pay 0.76% of their disposable incomes for the device. The US, home market of Apple, stands fourth-last in the list; buyers only have to pay 1.36% of their incomes for the model, as per the data.

Despite the high price, Apple has enjoyed its best-ever sales for the iPhone 5S in India. The model has been out of stock ever since it was launched in the country and retailers are still struggling to meet the demand.

WhatsApp finally updated for iOS 7, adds ‘broadcast to list’ feature and more


whatsapp 520x375 WhatsApp finally updated for iOS 7, adds broadcast to list feature and more
WhatsApp, the popular messaging service with over 350 million monthly users, has finally been redesigned for iOS 7 after getting an update that adds a number of other new features and tweaks.
Aside from the new layout, the app lets users send broadcast messages to specific lists — allowing them to reach specific work colleagues, friends, other people with a single status update message.
Changes to the app also include new notification sounds, larger thumbnail images, the option to crop images before sharing them, and more.
➤ WhatsApp for iOS

Low-cost smartphones hurting feature phones in India: Report

Driven by lower-priced models from domestic handset makers, smartphone sales in India has grown over three-fold to touch 12.8 million units in third quarter of 2013 cannibalising the feature phone market, research firm IDC says.

According to IDC, the India smartphone market grew by 229% year-on-year to 12.8 million smartphones in third quarter of 2013 compared to 3.8 million units in Q3 of 2012.

Smartphone sales grew 28% in Q3 of 2013 compared to April-June 2013 (10.02 million), it added.

A smartphone is a mobile device built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced capabilities and connectivity than a feature phone.

IDC said 53.9 million feature phones numbers were sold in Q3 of 2013 compared to 55.7 million in Q3 of 2012.

The share of feature phones slipped to 81% (from 84%) of the total market in Q3 2013, it added.

This is despite feature phone sales growing three per cent quarter-on-quarter in the July-September 2013.

"The change agents for this rapid shift of consumer preference towards Smartphones have been the narrowing price gap between feature phones and smartphones," IDC India Research Manager Kiran Kumar said.

The smartphone market is expected to maintain these elevated levels of growth in the near future, Kumar added.

The overall mobile phone market (feature phones and smartphones) registered 12% year-on-year growth and 7% sequential growth.

The share of feature phones slipped to 81% of the total market in Q3 2013, even as the segment grew 3% quarter-on-quarter in the July-September 2013.

South Korean firm Samsung led the handset market with 15.3% share, followed by Nokia (14.7%), Micromax (10.1%) and Karbonn (9.1%). Other smaller players accounted for a cumulative share of 50.8%.

"The growth in the smartphone market continues to drive the overall growth numbers for the phone market - given that there's still a huge potential for smartphone penetration in India, this trend is expected to continue in the coming quarters," IDC India Senior Market Analyst Manasi Yadav said.

In the smartphone segment, Samsung held the leadership spot with 32.9 per cent share, while Micromax secured the second spot with 17.1% market share in Q3 of 2013. Karbonn had 11.2% share, followed by Nokia 5% and Lava at 4.7%.
Google has let us know the latest breakdown of its Android mobile operating system statistics, and for the first time, Android 4.4 KitKat has appeared on the radar. In this month’s pie chart, the Android 4.4 KitKat market share makes its debut, but needless to say, it remain extremely small in nature – measuring all of just 1.1%. That is not surprising since Android 4.4 KitKat happens to be made available to an extremely limited number of handsets, including the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, the Google Play edition phones and the Moto X. As for the largest distribution of the Android version on the pie, it would be Android 4.1 to Android 4.3. Jelly Bean, where their combined total managed to touch a market share of 54.5%. This marks an increase of 2.4% in comparison to the previous month, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich saw a decline of 1.2% to touch 18.6% this month. Android 3.2 Honeycomb remained pretty much the same at just 0.1%, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread makes haste on its downward spiral, dropping to just 24.1% with no sign of it making a comeback – which is a good thing, of course, since it would signal that more and more folks have jumped onto newer versions of the Android operating system. When do you think Android 4.4 KitKat will be the dominant version? KitKat has been ported over before to older handsets, too.: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/12/kitkat-now-part-of-android-distribution-stats/
Google has let us know the latest breakdown of its Android mobile operating system statistics, and for the first time, Android 4.4 KitKat has appeared on the radar. In this month’s pie chart, the Android 4.4 KitKat market share makes its debut, but needless to say, it remain extremely small in nature – measuring all of just 1.1%. That is not surprising since Android 4.4 KitKat happens to be made available to an extremely limited number of handsets, including the Nexus 4, Nexus 5, Nexus 7, the Google Play edition phones and the Moto X. As for the largest distribution of the Android version on the pie, it would be Android 4.1 to Android 4.3. Jelly Bean, where their combined total managed to touch a market share of 54.5%. This marks an increase of 2.4% in comparison to the previous month, while Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich saw a decline of 1.2% to touch 18.6% this month. Android 3.2 Honeycomb remained pretty much the same at just 0.1%, while Android 2.3 Gingerbread makes haste on its downward spiral, dropping to just 24.1% with no sign of it making a comeback – which is a good thing, of course, since it would signal that more and more folks have jumped onto newer versions of the Android operating system. When do you think Android 4.4 KitKat will be the dominant version? KitKat has been ported over before to older handsets, too.: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/12/kitkat-now-part-of-android-distribution-stats/

Apple buys firm co-founded by two Indian-Americans

A social media analytics firm, co-founded by two Indian-American entrepreneurs, has been acquired by Apple for over USD 200 million.
A San Francisco-based startup, Topsy Labs was co-founded by Vipul Ved Prakash and Rishab Aiyer Ghosh.
The company tracks trending topics on microblogging site Twitter and other social media networks.
Topsy has analysed all tweets since 2006 and recently announced a free search engine for tweets.
While neither company gave details of the deal's cost, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple dished out over USD 200 million for Topsy.
Among the features that made Topsy attractive to Apple is that it tracks what users are saying on Twitter as it happens, it also tracks how often terms are being tweeted.
While Apple confirmed to WSJ the acquisition, it did not say why it was interested in Topsy.
"Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans," said Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet.
She did not disclose financial details of the deal.
According to Topsy's website, chief technology officer Prakash is a pioneer in the field of collaborative filtering.
In 2001, Prakash co-founded Cloudmark to create an internet scale version of his open-source spam filter, Vipul's Razor. Cloudmark crossed one billion subscribers in 2009 and is the leading worldwide platform for messaging security.
Prior to Cloudmark, Prakash was an engineer at Napster and was named one of the Top 100 Young Innovators in the world by MIT Technology Review.
Ghosh, chief scientist at Topsy, started "First Monday", the most widely read peer-reviewed journal of the Internet, in 1995.
For its part, Topsy calls itself "the only full-scale index of the public social web," noting that it has analysed all tweets since 2006, and says it can "instantly analyse any topic, term or hashtag across years of conversations on millions of web sites".

LG Optimus L7 II Dual

LG Optimus L7 II Dual

General  
Alternate names P715
Release date March 2013
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 122.20 x 66.60 x 9.70
Weight (g) 115.50
Battery capacity (mAh) 2460
Removable battery Yes
SAR value NA
Display  
Screen size (inches) 4.30
Touchscreen Yes
Touchscreen type Capacitive
Resolution 480x800 pixels
Colours 16M
Hardware  
Processor 1GHz  dual-core
Processor make Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon
RAM 768MB
Internal storage 4GB
Expandable storage Yes
Expandable storage type microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB) 32
Camera  
Rear camera 8-megapixel
Flash Yes
Front camera 0.3-megapixel
Software  
Operating System Android 4.1
Java support No
Browser supports Flash No
Connectivity  
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 a/ b/ g/ n
GPS Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v 3.00
NFC No
Infrared No
DLNA Yes
Wi-Fi Direct No
MHL Out No
HDMI No
Headphones 3.5mm
FM Yes
USB Micro-USB
Charging via Micro-USB Yes
Proprietary charging connector No
Proprietary data connector No
Number of SIMs 2
SIM 1  
SIM Type Regular
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
3G Yes
3G frequencies supported 900, 1900, 2100
SIM 2  
SIM Type Regular
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
3G No
3G frequencies supported NA
Sensors  
Compass/ Magnetometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Gyroscope No
Barometer No
Temperature sensor No

LG Optimus L9 II

LG Optimus L9 II


General  
Release date August 2013
Form factor Bar
Dimensions (mm) 128.40 x 66.50 x 9.40
Weight (g) 120.00
Battery capacity (mAh) 2150
Removable battery No
Colours White
SAR value NA
Display  
Screen size (inches) 4.70
Touchscreen Yes
Touchscreen type Capacitive
Resolution 720x1280 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI) 312
Hardware  
Processor 1.4GHz  dual-core
Processor make Qualcomm 8230 Snapdragon 400
RAM 1GB
Internal storage 8GB
Expandable storage Yes
Expandable storage type microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB) 32
Camera  
Rear camera 8-megapixel
Flash Yes
Front camera 1.3-megapixel
Software  
Operating System Android 4.1
Java support No
Browser supports Flash No
Connectivity  
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 b/ g/ n
GPS Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v 4.00
NFC Yes
Infrared No
DLNA Yes
Wi-Fi Direct Yes
MHL Out No
HDMI No
Headphones 3.5mm
FM Yes
USB Micro-USB
Charging via Micro-USB Yes
Proprietary charging connector No
Proprietary data connector No
Number of SIMs 1
SIM Type Micro-SIM
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
3G Yes
3G frequencies supported 900, 2100
Sensors  
Compass/ Magnetometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor No
Gyroscope No
Barometer No
Temperature sensor No

Micromax Canvas Lite

Micromax Canvas Lite

General  
Alternate names A 92
Release date June 2013
Form factor Bar
Dimensions (mm) 147.00 x 77.00 x 10.80
Battery capacity (mAh) 2000
Removable battery Yes
Colours White
SAR value NA
Display  
Screen size (inches) 5.00
Touchscreen Yes
Touchscreen type Capacitive
Resolution 480x800 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI) 196
Colours 16.7
Hardware  
Processor 1GHz  dual-core
Processor make Mediatek 6577
RAM 512MB
Internal storage 4GB
Expandable storage Yes
Expandable storage type microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB) 32
Camera  
Rear camera 5-megapixel
Flash Yes
Front camera 0.3-megapixel
Software  
Operating System Android 4.1
Java support No
Browser HTML
Browser supports Flash No
Connectivity  
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 b/ g/ n
GPS Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v 4.00
NFC No
Infrared No
DLNA No
Wi-Fi Direct No
MHL Out No
HDMI No
Headphones 3.5mm
FM Yes
USB Micro-USB
Charging via Micro-USB Yes
Proprietary charging connector No
Proprietary data connector No
Number of SIMs 2
SIM 1  
SIM Type Regular
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 900/ 1800
3G Yes
3G frequencies supported 2100
SIM 2  
SIM Type Regular
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 900/ 1800
3G No
3G frequencies supported NA
Sensors  
Compass/ Magnetometer No
Proximity sensor Yes
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Gyroscope No
Barometer No
Temperature sensor No

Micromax Canvas HD A116i

Micromax Canvas HD A116i



General  
Release date November 2013
Form factor Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm) 144.00 x 74.00 x 10.70
Weight (g) 156.00
Removable battery Yes
Colours White
SAR value NA
Display  
Screen size (inches) 5.00
Touchscreen Yes
Touchscreen type Capacitive
Resolution 720x1280 pixels
Pixels per inch (PPI) 294
Colours 16M
Hardware  
Processor 1.2GHz  quad-core
Processor make MediaTek
RAM 1GB
Internal storage 4GB
Expandable storage Yes
Expandable storage type microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB) 32
Camera  
Rear camera 8-megapixel
Flash Yes
Front camera 2-megapixel
Software  
Operating System Android 4.1
Java support Yes
Browser supports Flash Yes
Connectivity  
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported NA
GPS Yes
Bluetooth Yes
NFC No
Infrared No
DLNA No
Wi-Fi Direct No
MHL Out No
HDMI No
Headphones 3.5mm
FM Yes
USB Micro-USB
Charging via Micro-USB Yes
Proprietary charging connector No
Proprietary data connector No
Number of SIMs 2
SIM 1  
SIM Type Regular
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 900/ 1800
3G Yes
3G frequencies supported 2100
SIM 2  
SIM Type Regular
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 900/ 1800
3G Yes
3G frequencies supported 2100
Sensors  
Compass/ Magnetometer No
Proximity sensor Yes
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor No
Gyroscope No
Barometer No
Temperature sensor No

Micromax Canvas Ego A113

Micromax Canvas Ego A113



General  
Release date September 2013
Form factor Bar
Dimensions (mm) 143.40 x 72.40 x 8.95
Battery capacity (mAh) 2000
Removable battery Yes
SAR value NA
Display  
Screen size (inches) 4.70
Touchscreen Yes
Touchscreen type Capacitive
Resolution 540x960 pixels
Colours 16.7M
Hardware  
Processor 1.2GHz  quad-core
RAM 1GB
Internal storage 4GB
Expandable storage Yes
Expandable storage type microSD
Expandable storage up to (GB) 32
Camera  
Rear camera 8-megapixel
Flash Yes
Front camera 2-megapixel
Software  
Operating System Android 4.1
Java support No
Browser supports Flash No
Connectivity  
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi standards supported 802.11 b/ g/ n
GPS Yes
Bluetooth Yes, v 3.00
NFC No
Infrared No
DLNA No
Wi-Fi Direct No
MHL Out No
HDMI No
Headphones 3.5mm
FM Yes
USB Micro-USB
Charging via Micro-USB Yes
Proprietary charging connector No
Proprietary data connector No
Number of SIMs 2
SIM 1  
SIM Type Regular
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
3G Yes
3G frequencies supported 2100
SIM 2  
SIM Type Regular
GSM/ CDMA GSM
2G frequencies supported GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
3G No
3G frequencies supported NA
Sensors  
Compass/ Magnetometer No
Proximity sensor Yes
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor No
Gyroscope No
Barometer No
Temperature sensor No
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