Monday, March 12, 2012

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Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 update now rolling out for European countries and Korea

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 06:42 PM PDT


After lot of rumors about the ICS update, Samsung has officially announced that the Samsung Galaxy S2 Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update is rolling out in European countries including Poland, Hungary, Sweden, as well as Korea starting today and will gradually roll out to other markets. Samsung announced the list of devices that would receive the Android 4.0 update last December. The device that are not eligible for the Android 4.0 update such as GALAXY S, GALAXY Tab 7, GALAXY S Plus, GALAXY S SCL(Super Clear LCD), and GALAXY W would receive Android 2.3 Gingerbread firmware upgrades from end of March that would bring new features such as Face Unlock, Snapshot, Photo Editor and more. Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for GALAXY Note, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Tab 8.9 and 10.1 will follow soon. Read

Rumor: Nokia Windows 8 tablet with dual-core processor expected in Q4 2012

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 05:00 AM PDT


Nokia is expected to launch their first tablet that runs on Windows 8 platform around the end of 2012, according to DigiTimes. There were several rumors about Nokia launching Windows 8 tablet in mid-2012 but now more details have emerged. This tablet is expected to feature a 10-inch display and would be powered by Qualcomm's dual-core processor. This might feature Qualcomm's new S4 chipset that was unveiled last December which has been introduced in the HTC One S smartphone that was unveiled at MWC last month.  The table is said to be manufactured by Taiwanese ODM Compal Electronics with 200,000 units expected to be shipped in the first batch. If this is true we can expect the tablet at this year's Nokia World scheduled for September. The about image is a Nokia Concept Windows 8 tablet. Source: DigiTimes

Nokia to shut down mobile money business

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 03:30 AM PDT


Nokia to shut down their Mobile Money business including the Nokia Money, according to a report by The Hindu. Nokia announced the Nokia Money in 2009 and launched it in partnership with YES Bank in 2010. Later they launched it with Union Bank in 2011. They launched the Nokia Money service across India in December 2011 which is said to have 2 lakh subscribers in total with 1.2 million subscribers across all 3 platforms. There are no exact deadline but according to The Hindu, Nokia will continue the service for 3 to 4 months for the customers to use the money and will also refund the registration fee collected from the subscribers. The YES Bank and Union Bank services would not be affected due to this and the banks might take over the platform.

Reliance CDMA Android Tablet launched for Rs. 12999

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 02:42 AM PDT


Reliance Communications (Rcom) has launched Reliance CDMA Tab, their new Android tablet for their CDMA customers in India. They launched their Reliance 3G Tab last year. This tablet has 7 inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen and runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has 512 MB RAM and a micro SD card support for external storage and comes with free 4GB SD card. The Reliance 3G tab comes with 2.0MP camera and a VGA secondary camera, 800 MHz processor. Other features include Mobile TV, voice calling, GPS and video recording. It comes with 1 year free subscription on McAfee Mobile Security, 2 months free subscription on BigFlix+, and Rs. 250 worth of calling on Reliance Global Call, all together valued at Rs. 2,100. It comes with user-friendly email experience with push email capability and is bundled with 'Documents To Go' that supports Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF formats. The Reliance CDMA tab works on Reliance's CDMA network across 22 circles in over 1000 towns in the country and comes with attractive monthly and annual data plans. Postpaid Super Value Combo Offer (Annual) Free Data Usage /  Month 1GB 2GB 5GB Reliance CDMA Tab Price (Rs.) 12999 12999 12999 Regular Annual Advance Rental (Rs.) 6201 7401 11589 Discounted Annual Advance Rental (Rs.) 4500 5500 7000 Combo Price for a Year (Rs.) 17499 18499 19999 You Save (Rs.) 1701 1901 4589 Postpaid Super Value Combo Offer (Monthly) ...

MTNL to use common APN for both 3G and GSM networks

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 12:31 AM PDT


Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has announced that they would use common Access Point Name (APN) for its GSM post paid and prepaid customers across Delhi and Mumbai. The Access Point Name is a configurable network identifier used by a mobile device when connecting to WAP/Web services, MMS or Internet services on GSM/3G networks. They were using separate APNs for Delhi and Mumbai customers which was also separate for post paid and prepaid subscribers. Now the entire customer base will be converged on a common APN of mtnl.net. The existing customers can use their current APN without any problem but is always preferable to change to the new APN. Customers can dial 1503 to get new APN settings. You can also visit MTNLmumbai site to get the settings.
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