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Airtel Announces Roll Out Of 4G Trials In Delhi NCR

by Deepali Sharma • June 18, 2015

Updated on 18th June 2015

Bharti Airtel has announced the roll-out of 4G trials in Delhi NCR. The company is also offering complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G to its customers at same price as the Airtel 3G. To avail this upgrade, Airtel customers with 4G devices can go to nearest Airtel stores and get Airtel 4G SIM.

Select Samsung retail stores across the country will also provide Airtel 4G SIM swap for customers buying 4G enabled smartphones in the coming days. Furthermore, Samsung 4G handsets will come bundled with Airtel 4G SIM’s. For the users of Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Galaxy A7 and Galaxy A5, Airtel is is now offering double data offers.

BlackBerry Reportedly Working On Android Based Smartphone

by Deepali Sharma • June 12, 2015

BlackBerry is said to be working on an Android based smartphone. If a report by Reuters is to believed, it will be the first phone from BlackBerry powered by Google Inc.’s Android operating system. According to two Reuters sources, BlackBerry’s upcoming handset could be a slider device. It might also feature touch screen along with physical QWERTY keyboard.

To recall, a BlackBerry slider smartphone was unveiled at Mobile World Congress this year and we could expect the same handset to arrive with Android operating system. As of now, there is no word on whether the company will use Android OS on all its upcoming devices ditching the BB10 operating system or it will launch just one Android powered smartphone.

Windows 10 Mobile Tipped To Launch In September

by Deepali Sharma • June 11, 2015

Updated on 11th June 2015

While Microsoft Windows 10 is set to launch by the end of July 2015, new report from Neowin has revealed that the Windows 10 Mobile will be released in September. With a difference of nearly two months, mobile users will have to wait download Windows 10 Mobile on their devices.

According to the leaked slide, both versions of Windows 10 Mobile- consumer and entreprise will be available “late next quarter”, which hints that the Windows 10 Mobile could arrive by the end of September. Microsoft has already released technical preview of Windows 10 for phones. Read on to find features and simple steps to download Microsoft Windows 10 Technical Preview on your phone.

Apple Announces iOS 9, Apple Music & More At WWDC 2015

by Deepali Sharma • June 9, 2015

At the annual developers conference, WWDC 2015, Apple has made a host of announcements including iOS 9, Apple Music, Watch OS 2.0, OS X EL Captain, Car apps and more.

Starting with iOS 9, the new OS comes with upgraded Siri with Proactive suggestions. This move is essentially to take on Google Now. Users will now be able to search wider range of topics using Siri which now comes with wider range of answers. The new OS also comes with a News app on the Home screen which will collect top news, stories along with image galleries, videos and animations based on the topics of users interest. Apple has partnered with The New York Times for 33 articles a day on its News app. The News app will be available first in the US, UK and Australia.

Microsoft Notifies About Free Upgrade To Windows 10, Release Date & Pricing Tipped

by Deepali Sharma • June 1, 2015

While Microsoft announced its plans to launch Windows 10 this summer, AMD’s President and CEO Lisa Su revealed that Windows 10 will debut at the end of July 2015. In line with the previous news, Microsoft has started notifying new or existing Windows 7, Windows 8.1 users about free upgrade to Windows 10 which the users will be able to download when available.

Furthermore, an online retailer Newegg.com has revealed the release date of Windows 10 as 31st August 2015. The computer hardware and software is also taking pre-orders for Microsoft Windows 10 Professional and Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM packages for $149.99 (roughly Rs. 9,500) and $109.99 (roughly Rs. 7,000) respectively.

Xolo To Launch Online-Only Brand Black In June

by Deepali Sharma • May 28, 2015

Following the footprints of OnePlus, Xiaomi and Huawei’s Honor brand, now domestic handset maker Xolo is all set to launch its online-only brand Black in India. Xolo itself is a sub-brand under Lava International. Xolo Black will not follow flash sale model unlike Yu and Xiaomi, however the devices will be sold exclusively by an e-commerce portal. The company has also tied up with a telecom operator and e-commerce retailer for its online-only brand Black.

While the focus will be on camera, design, battery life and audio quality of the smartphones, Xolo Black will launch five to six smartphone in a year. The company says that it will launch one phone every quarter which will be made available for next nine months.

Microsoft Announces Cortana For Android and iOS

by Deepali Sharma • May 27, 2015

Microsoft has announced Cortana for Android and iOS alongside Phone Companion app for Windows 10. With Cortana virtual personal assistant, users will be able to perform various tasks through voice commands. Phone Companion app will let users set up and sync data from OneDrive, Musicapp, OneNote and more on their devices.

Cortana for Android will be available at the end of June through Google Play and Cortana for iOS will be available later this year through App store. The Phone Companion app will be available in new Windows 10 Insider Preview build in the coming weeks.