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Google Installing More Servers In Asia, Will Speed Up YouTube, Gmail And Other Google

by Ritij Khurana • January 4, 2013

If you’ve hated the fact that the YouTube videos took a lot of time to load and the buffering is something you’ve despised, all that is set to change. Now you do not need to buy higher speed plans from your ISPs and can instead suffice very well with your current broadband plan. Google is all set to increase the speed of its services in India by 30 percent which comes as a result of the company’s data-centers in Asia going operational this year.

What this means to you is that YouTube videos will load faster than before and you shall have Google return your queries at a much faster rate. “Internet connectivity speed in India is not very high. These data centers will be crucial to this market due to its proximity,” said Lalitesh Katragadda, country head, India Products at Google. Google has been working on its data centers in Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong with the Singapore facility expected to start portioning in early 2013.

Lava ETAB Z7H+ Tablet Launched At Rs. 5499– Details

by Ritij Khurana • January 4, 2013

The Indian mobile and tablet makers seem to be on a roll for quite some time now and with the new year just starting up, they’ve just started launching new products as well. Lava first came on the mobile scenario at a global level when they announced their partnership with Intel to produce Intel powered Android smartphones and the Xolo branded flagship has proven its worth. Lava seems to be in the news once more.

Lava has just soft-launched the successor of their eTab and the newer version has been dubbed as e7H+. They’ve introduced the tablet with Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Indian market is crowded with budget tablets and it shall have a hard time making an impact in the budget tablet market. According to us, it is nothing more than just another tablet and instead it features a processor less capable than the outgoing version. It comes with 1 GHz single core processor whereas the outgoing model featured a 1.2 GHz processor.

Acer Budget Android Tablet In India Under Rs. 8000 Coming In January 2013

by Ritij Khurana • January 4, 2013

Acer has been around in India for quite some time but has never really managed to bring a product to the Indian shores which could set the sales charts on fire. But all that is about to change with Acer well on track of launching a new tablet in India with Android Jelly Bean and that too at a price that will give most of the tablets from the Indian manufacturers a run for their money. It will be named as Acer Iconica B instead of the rumored name B1 and will hit the shelves by the 20th of January 2013. This news comes from a reseller of Acer who has shared this information.

This will be the tablet that will be sold all over the world at a price tag of $99 and is expected to be launched at the CES 2013 which kicks off on the 7th of January. The tablet being launched at a price of Rs.7,999 when it will be sold world over at a dollar less than 100, comes as a welcome news for all the people who were disappointed with the steep price of the Nexus, even though it had a lower price tag all over the world. The Acer India website has listed the device with the name of Iconica B l and as per the listing, it shall be powered by a 1.2 GHz processor and will have a 7 inch screen. And the package shall weigh 320 grams.

Nokia Lumia 920 Launch In India In January 2013– Details

by Ritij Khurana • January 2, 2013

Nokia has given their current flagship, Lumia 920 everything that they have by packing in features almost difficult to find fault with. It features one of the best smartphone camera modules as they’ve used their much touted Pureview technology for it. The screen size is just the perfect for viewing and it is not too big either. The phone got off to great start in US and Europe with the Out-of-Stock appearing every now and then on retailer’s websites.

India is considered to be Nokia’s one of the most important markets as they’ve managed to make the Indians trust Nokia so much that they would buy a Nokia over any other similarly specced mobile phone available even at a slightly lower point. The success of the Asha series in the age of cheap droids pretty much points towards it and they look to replicate the success in the premium smartphone market as well and look all geared up for that too.

Aakash 3 Low Cost Tablet With SIM Support Launch in February 2013

by Ritij Khurana • January 2, 2013

The Aakash tablet when announced seemed to be a game-changer of sorts but then in India how many times have we really got what was claimed. Datawind currently has a huge backload of orders and even though they are giving their best shot at coping up with the demand, their best does not seem even good enough for the Indian market. But then again, since they’ve managed to provide such a VFM product, we can grant them a little delay in keeping up with the demand.

Aakash had a lot of flaws when it was first launched and some of those flaws were taken care of by the next generation of the India’s budget offering in the tablet market when the Aakash 2 was launched recently. But even the Aakash 2 had its share of drawbacks and Datawind plans to launch a further improved version of the Aakash 2 by bringing in Aakash 3 which will feature a SIM card slot as its USP for improving the connectivity to a large extent.

Micromax A101– 5 Inch Android Phone With Dual Core Processor And 512 MB RAM

by Ritij Khurana • January 2, 2013

Micromax seems to be taking the phablet market by storm with every passing day. Micromax launched the A100 Canvas with a 5 inch screen and then brought out a vastly improved version of A100 in the form of A110 Canvas 2. They brought Super AMOLED display at a budget when they brought the A90 and then bettered the A90 by introducing the A90s with better processing power. And yes, they even put in 8MP units in their A90s and A110.

Micromax A101 came online a while ago when it was listed on HomeShop18.com but was listed as out of stock which meant it could not reach our hands. When the company was contacted, they said that it was an exclusive launch for the website but refused t comment any further. It has resurfaced and this time it has been made available by flipkart.com and much to the relief, is available for ordering and is in stock. The 5 inch phablet has been listed for Rs.9,999.