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by Hans Gogia • May 1, 2013

Android 5.0 which has been read number of times on the forums dubbed by the name Key Lime Pie is still not ready for release at this Google I/O 2013. Android Police reported that they have found some server logs which indicate that Google is working on Jelly Bean again.

Jelly Bean was announced by Google last summer at the Google I/O 2012 with Nexus 7 and Nexus Q and with the Nexus 4 they announced another update to Jelly Bean with a version upgrade to 4.2.2. As per these server logs, this time it will be Jelly Bean Android 4.3 for both smartphone as well as tablet. There has been traces within the logs, indicating various devices running Android 4.3 build JWR23B including Nexus 4 and Nexus 7. Furthermore, the IP addresses of these devices were tracked back to the Google Campus.

HTC One Goes On Sale In India At Rs. 42,900- Quick Review And Details

by Hans Gogia • April 19, 2013

HTC officially announced their latest flagship smartphone – the HTC One in India on April 8 2013. HTC One is the all metal powerful android device we all have been waiting for. Crafted with a distinct zero-gap aluminium unibody, the new HTC One introduces HTC Blink Feed, HTC Zoe, and HTC Boom Sound, key new HTC Sense innovations that reinvent the mobile experience and set a new standard for smartphones.

Lava Iris 455 With 4.5 inch Display, 1 Ghz Processor and Android Jelly Bean

by Hans Gogia • April 10, 2013

Lava has announced their latest addition to their Android smart phone line up – the Iris 455. Lava made this announcement on the blockbuster phone day when a lot of other participants had something of their own. Prior to this Lava had launched Iris 454 for Rs. 8,499 which is a lot similar to this. The only significant difference between the two is of the operating system, that is Iris 454 runs on Android 4.0 Ice cream Sandwich where the new Iris 455 runs on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Yahoo Mail Integrated WIth Dropbox For Large Attachments

by Hans Gogia • April 8, 2013

Yahoo mail once being the most popular mailing service now stands at the ground when it comes to comparing with features and services. To be honest Gmail and Outlook are far ahead. We have seen few improvements at Yahoo Inc. after Marissa Mayer joined the company as CEO. Last year Yahoo! mail got a fresh new look along with improved Android and iOS applications and even the homepage was revamped. If you guys know that before 2nd April 2013 Yahoo! mail was not providing any cloud servies alike Gmail’s Drive or Outlook’s SkyDrive. They don’t have any cloud service of their own till date. Now this year recently they have partnered with Dropbox to provide cloud services to their patrons around the globe who still survive on Yahoo!

Dropbox is a very popular cloud service that has been and is partnership with popular agents like Samsung to provide cloud storage to their customers. Earlier if anyone noticed yahoo mail or any mail service per se can only support mail attachments upto 25 megabytes. This has been the standard and is the standard till date. If anyone wants to attach anything of size beyond 25 megabytes then he needs to use cloud storage. The cloud storage not necessarily needs to be of the same provider that of mailing service. You can share the link of the file in the mail and send but it is always better if the mailing service provides this facility itself as an accessbility feature for those who don’t know about what and how to do this stuff. I am sure most of us will be familiar with Dropbox, if not just hit http://dropbox.com and register for a new account. Both the new and the old customers need to authorize their accounts with Yahoo to use this service.

So now if you have mail attachments more than 25 megabytes Yahoo Mail can serve as an option if you rely on them. This also means that the mails having attachments can be viewed online the same way as on Gmail and Outlook with the only difference that they use the attachments get redirected to their cloud services and here it will be redirected to Dropbox. This also means that this will be free up some hard disk space on our machines that were earlier occupied with small documents and no files will be hosted on Yahoo servers but you always have the option to save it to your drive in case anyone wants to. The integration with Dropbox is available globally starting 2nd April 2013 in Yahoo! Mail for Web in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. This surely is a positive step for Yahoo to stay alive. Let’s see what all things they bring in future.

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Nimbuzz For Windows Phone 8 Launched In Partnership With Nokia

by Hans Gogia • April 4, 2013

The famous universal IM client for mobiles, Nimbuzz launched its Windows Phone 8 Mobile app in the Windows Pone Marketplace globally. Nimbuzz is a cross-platform mobile messaging and entertainment app which allows users to message, video, call, meet, and share data with family and friends on any mobile device. With more than 150 million users in more than 200 countries, and more than 210,000 new registrations daily, Nimbuzz has now become the ultimate mobile communications tool.

Nimbuzz on Windows Phone 8 now supports resizable Live Tiles which users can choose as per their display on the device’s home screen. A larger Live Tile can also visually alert the user to the number of unread messages. Additionally, The Live Tile, regardless of size, will periodically flip over to show a segment of the content so a user can decide to immediately to respond, to join a chat group or to view later. The new Windows Phone 8 release of the Nimbuzz app also supports locked screen notifications. New communication alerts, whether they are chats, group chats, file shares or other notifications, can be viewed directly when the screen is locked, alerting the user of pending activity within the Nimbuzz app. The new version also delivers increased app performance and responsiveness. Nimbuzz was and is available for the Windows Phone 7.5 but it lacks the enhancements of WP8.

Windows Phone Is Second Most Preferred Mobile OS In India

by Hans Gogia • April 1, 2013

Microsoft company representative at the TechEd Conference held in Pune few days ago gave out this information that Windows Phone now owns the second position in the mobile operating system leader-board in India.

Microsoft claimed that Windows Phone shipments increased all of a sudden by 38% in Q4 2012 here and is still on the rise. This surge was expected after the aggressive marketing strategies by Microsoft and its smart phone partners especially Nokia. Nokia’s dominant sales and marketshare in the second most populus country in the world justifies its contribution to this rise. Android being the leader is still way ahead of what Windows Phone has achieved but Windows Phone still have managed to drag iOS behind. With few more Lumia phones lined up for shipments, we can makes sense out of these statements.

Nokia Lumia 820 Review– Benchmarks, Video Review, Camera Review And Performance

by Hans Gogia • March 30, 2013

Nokia Lumia 820 the mid-range Windows Phone 8 handset in the WP8 lineup along with Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 610 was announced in India on 10th January 2013. We had posted about the launch with pricing and details which can be viewed here. If you are planning for a Windows Phone 8 handset give a look here at our detailed review of the Lumia 820 below.