Gadgets

Acer Aspire Z Series PCs Launched In India

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

One of the leading computing giants globally, Acer, perceives India as one of their most important markets and it is evident from the fact that the company launched their budget tablet, the Iconica B1 in the country at the same time as the global launch and ahead of many other nations. But today we are not going to talk about the tablets, but a segment which we usually tend to overlook. The All-In-One PC segment which is gaining popularity with each passing day.

Acer has introduced their Aspire Z Series in the country which marks the company’s entry in the All-In-One segment in the country and the personal computers shall start retailing at the company’s authorized stores at a price starting at Rs.29,990. The Aspire Z series of computers will come Windows 8 and will have 21.5-inch full-HD widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16:9 and the screen’s display resolution standing at 1920×1080 pixels.

Spice Smart Flo Mi-351 Launched For Rs.3,699

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

It is the era of the quad-cores and the octa-cores but the segment which brings in the maximum amount of volumes is the budget smartphone segment. Spice Mobility, the company which started out as a telecom service provider in the country is now very well on route of competing with the Indian electronics manufacturers. The company has been constantly launching more and more budget smartphones in the Indian market and the latest one to join the ranks is the Spice Smart Flo Mi-351 and comes with a price tag of Rs 3,699.

The budget device comes with a 3.5 inch capacitive display and has a dual-sim support like every budget offering out there in the market. It will run on a slightly older version of Android, Android 2.3 Gingerbread and will derive the processing power from a 1 GHz single core processor which would be complemented by a 256 MB RAM and 512 MB of internal storage. The device offers some pretty decent specs for the price it asks.

Aakash 2 Tablet At Rs. 1500 For Students

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

The Indian government might just increase the subsidized price of the country’s cheapest tablet, the Aakash 2 from the current Rs.1,130 to Rs.1,500. The country’s President, Mr.Pranab Mukherjee had launched the Aakash 2 back in November at a price of Rs.1,130 for the students at a subsidized price whereas the commercial version of the tablet started selling as the UbiSlate 7Ci at a price of Rs.4,499. The country’s Telecom and IT minister, Mr.Kapil Sibal has been the one to make this announcement.

A couple of days ago, Mr.Kapil Sibal stated to the reporters that, “I asked Rajat Moona (director general, C-DAC) to help us in Aakash. Let us take that Aakash to the people of this country for a sum of Rs 1,500. Each student must have a Aakash in his/her hand so that they can see the world with it,” Now what we infer from this is that either the government intends on increasing the subsidised price of the slate or Rs.1,500 would be the price tag of the next generation of tablet.

Swipe MTV Volt 6 Inch Dual SIM Phablet Video Review And Details

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Swipe, the California based electronics manufacturer ventured into India in July 2013 with three Android tablets and then went on to launch smartphones in the market as well. And now, they’ve entered into a partnership with one of the most popular youth centric channels in the country, MTV and has launched the first smartphone under the new branding, the Swipe MTV Volt which is a 6 inch Android based phablet and will retail at a price of Rs.11,999.

Swipe MTV Volt Video Review

Nokia Asha 310 Dual SIM Launched

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Nokia might be having a tough time in the top end smartphone segment, but their entry level, so-called smartphones in the Asha range have managed to garner a huge chunk of the entry level smartphone segment and are the reason for the company’s volumes. And in a bid to further enhance their grip in the segment, they have just launched the latest family member of the Asha range of devices, the Asha 310 which is the first device in the series to feature dual-SIM coupled with wi-fi.

The Nokia Asha 310 is a dual-SIM smartphone and runs on the S40 operating system and offers easy-swap ability for changing the sim cards. The device comes with a 3 inch capacitve display screen which is scratch resistant and the display resolution stands at 400×240 pixels. It comes with 20 MB of internal storage and the memory can be expanded upto 32 GB with the help of a microSD card. Nokia is expected to bundle in a 4 GB memory card with the device.

Apple iPad 4 with 128 GB announced for Rs.49,900

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Many people shunned away the iPad as a computer replacement because it did not have adequate memory to compete with a laptop or an ultrabook. But Apple was resillient and hell bent on expanding their target audience. And catering to precisely these needs, have launched the iPad 4 in a 128 GB avatar. There were speculations of the iPad coming in a 128 GB version and Apple has silenced them all by indeed launching the iPad.

The most interesting part is that the Indians get the iPad at the same time as the global release and at a price at which it would sell in the global markets. The latest version of the slate will retail for Rs.49,900 for the Wi-Fi version which will be sold for $799 in global markets and Rs.56,900 for the Cellular and Wi-Fi version which would retail for $929 in the foreign lands. It will be sold through the Apple retail stores and authorised re-sellers.

The price is inclusive of all the taxes you can think of and will start shipping in the first week of February and the date will be February 5 to be precise. The latest version of the tablet will come with the latest vesion of Apple’s propreitary OS. It will ship with iOS 6.1 and has support for LTE but that is pretty much a waste in our country since even the 3G has not found many takers, let alone 4G. So Apple could make do with removing the LTE support for the Indian iteration and make it a tad bit cheaper.

Micromax A65 Smarty Launched- Features and Price

by Ritij Khurana • February 18, 2013

Micromax has been the face of the budget mobile phones for a while and now have become a face of the smartphones on a budget. Staying true to their tagline, Nothing like anything, Micromax has just launched their Spreadtrum’s processor based Micromax A65 Smarty which is the latest member of the Smarty family of smartphones from Micromax. The device is launched right after the launch of the A54 and has been priced quite competitively. Micromax A65 will retail for Rs.4,999.

A 4.3 inch capacitive display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels will adorn the front of the smartphone and such a big screen at this price point is something we have not seen yet from other Indian smatphone makers and Miccromax might just get the first mover advantage once more in this aspect. It has a dual sim support and 1GHz Spreadtrum processor based on Cortex A5 architecture which would offer decent performance since the device would ship with 512 MB of RAM.