To help 2G customers who have to buy a new phone to upgrade to 4G, the company had earlier introduced 4G feature phones, to make it affordable for them to make the switch.
The Aspire offers the best of performance and efficiency, something which is unheard of in this segment. It is neither outdated nor unreliable and no other car in its segment can come close to the Aspire's VFM proposition.
After the launch of PlayBook and Flyer this month, Motorola Mobility India has entered the burgeoning "tablet" space in India with the introduction of its "Xoom" device, priced at Rs 32,990 onward.
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Leading microchip providers Qualcomm and Intel say the chip shortage might last anything between four months to a year, perhaps even two years, depending on the various product categories - mobile devices, ICE, electric vehicles, appliances, data centres. Prakash Mallya, MD, Intel India and vice president, sales and marketing and communications group, said the spike in demand was huge, and cut across segments from PCs, phones, appliances and auto leading to the shortage.
Silicon-Valley based serial techpreneur and Hotmail co-founder Sabeer Bhatia has launched a purpose-driven social video messaging platform, ShowReel, that aims to enable employment and upskilling opportunities for job seekers globally.
With an impressive Super AMOLED screen and power-packed features, this device is one of the best Android tablets one can buy
Feature phones options that provide good quality for reasonable cost.
The potted history of the browser wars indicates how much the online space has altered in the last 25 years. Chrome's dominance, says Devangshu Datta, is unlikely to last forever.
The Zync Z999 plus is a significant improvement over its predecessor and stands tall among the competition. If you are in the market to buy a tablet in the price range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000, you can consider this device.
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Alphabet Inc's Google has paid Rs 33,737 crore for a 7.73 per cent stake in Reliance Industries Ltd's (RIL) digital subsidiary, Jio Platforms Ltd, joining the list of global investors such as Facebook, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's firm said. The transaction also marks the US technology giant's biggest-ever investment in an Indian company. With this, Jio Platforms has raised a total of Rs 1.52 lakh crore by selling nearly 33 per cent stake to 13 financial and strategic investors in just 11 weeks.
A new tablet PC enters into the fray, iPhone 4S becomes the costliest smartphone in India and Motorola RAZR makes its debut in India. All this and more news from the world of gadgets and gaming.
Ola Electric is moving the delivery for the first batch of its electric scooters to between December 15 to the end of the month, a two- to four-week delay from its earlier schedule, due to a shortage of chipsets and electronic parts. The first batch of deliveries were scheduled for November 30 but the company decided to delay them after a meeting between its factory team and the global supply chain on Saturday. It became clear that the late delivery of chips and electronic parts was only 'getting worse', sources told Business Standard. Ola has apologised to customers for the delay and said it is "ramping up production as fast as we can so that you can get your Ola S1 at the earliest". It has stopped taking any new bookings until the chip shortage has eased, say sources.
The US-based company, in collaboration with partners like Wistron and Foxconn, had recently started assembling iPhone 11 in India.
If Android One succeeds, it will only cement Pichai's so-called position as the most powerful man in the mobile world.
iPhone will have to break Android's domination to make India the next China for Apple
Google had indicated that many more firsts could come from India in the days to come.
Political controversies aside, Twitter's business in India is expanding, and creating opportunities for Indians, reports Neha Alawadhi.
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The low-cost smartphone option is very limited if you intend to buy anything other than Android, but we have tried to give the widest choice here in terms of best smartphone for less than Rs 10,000.
Photo-messaging app Snapchat on Wednesday said its monthly user base has reached 100 million in the country, and the company will continue to anchor its efforts towards growing and providing more resources to its community of Indian creators. Snap Inc, the parent company of Snapchat, virtually hosted the second edition of 'Snap in India'. At the event, Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel announced the milestone of reaching 100 million Snapchatters monthly in India.
The newest tablets offer a 1 GHz dual core processor and Android ICS onboard with a wholesome 10-inch display.
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Google is expected to launch its much-awaited sub-$100 (around Rs 6,000) smartphones in India this month, which will further intensify competition in the booming multi-billion dollar smart devices market in India.
The SE is up against some sweet deals from China and South Korea, not to mention Apple's own XR.
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Shining new features that have been introduced into the latest OS by BlackBerry.
Gartner expects manufacturers like Samsung to launch a whole range of budget devices that will drive Android into mass market segments.
The trends, the report says, are unmistakable. Apple's iPhone is losing primary support, while the iPad surges and the Android remains among the most important platforms.
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It also sports 128MB RAM, 256MB memory (expandable up to 32GB), 2MP camera and 1350 mAh battery.
These companies are aggressively launching cheaper devices giving a tough time to the existing players.
The phone offers very good performance, display and comes with a great price and promise of always having the latest Android version.
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India's first home-grown mapping company MapMyIndia is looking to list in the public market by raising around Rs 1,200 crore at a Rs 6,000-crore valuation. Sources said the company is ready with its draft red herring prospectus documents and is likely to file as early as next week. While the money will be used for business expansion, it will also give MapMyIndia's early investors, including Qualcomm, PhonePe, and Japanese mapmaker Zenrin Co., a chance to exit. The Verma family, which founded the company, will continue to remain promoters.
Nokia was looking at how Microsoft's Surface tablet went in the market before launching its own.
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