Airtel and Aircel have begun Pre orders for the iPhone 4S. The device which both companies claim is going to be the most selling iPhone ever is the fastest iPhone to be launched in India.
The device is also expected to hit Retail store Factory Unlocked starting December.
Hit the Link Below to check it out
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All reports point to plus , iGyaan reported back on october 25 that the iPhone 4s would come to India in November. Today we have confirmed reports that India will get the iPhone 4S on Nov 25 with preorders beginning 18th october on network resellers like Aircel and Airtel. What we need to see is whether the iPhone will be factory unlocked or tied to the networks.
A fully Carrier independent version of the device will be available at Reliance iStores beginning December. A company spokesperson said that the stocks have already arrived in India and logistics and deliveries are being worked out.
“We are very excited about the iPhone 4S in India, we expect to move out large numbers especially hinting towards the Holiday season and New Year”
–Rahul Pradhan (iStore’s North India Marketing)
If you missed it the Original report can be found here along with our very own unboxing of the device here. Stay tuned for the Full review
A new twist of development has taken place in porting Siri to other Apple devices. A new exploit found would allow users that already own a iPhone 4S to enjoy the exploits of Siri on other iDevices. Sure a unique identifier could be formed but Apple would easily find it and ban it for abuse.
The best thing here is that this may actually hold possibility for Siri to be ported over to Android and other platforms. But the situation will always remain same. You will need an identified for the software to work with Apple’s servers.
So, its time to really see if the friend with an iPhone 4S is actually a true friend.
Apple has finally started selling unlocked iPhone 4S in the US, this is also the first ever officially Unlocked iPhone to be ever made available in the US. The prices 16GB model going for $649 (34,000 INR), a 32GB model for $749 (37,500 INR) and a 64GB variant for $849. (42,500 INR).
The Unlocked phones work worldwide and support all GSM carriers, are are essentially like the ones Bharat Unboxed for you lovely people.
Google’s Eric Schmidttold a Senate subcommittee recently that he believes Apple’s Siri technology poses a threat to Google in the search market.
As I noted this past June, my statement last September was clearly wrong. The Internet is dynamic and has changed significantly. The importance of social networking to consumers’ online experience has changed remarkably-even over the past year. Consumers are looking for answers when they conduct searches online, and social search has become a serious competitor in helping people find those answers online. Similarly, Apple’s Siri is a significant development-a voice-activated means of accessing answers through iPhones that demonstrates the innovations in search. The tech industry is one of the most competitive and dynamic spaces in the entire economy, with small companies as well as larger companies competing hardagainst each other in lots of areas. Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate
the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information. We compete against a broader arrayof companies than most people realize, including general search engines.-Eric Schmidt
Eric Schmidt was answering questions posed in the Antitrust hearing, acknowledging that fact that Siri is a hugely viable competitor as a search engine.
Samsung plans to depose a couple of Apple employees including Jonathan Ive, Shin Nishibori, Christopher Stringer and Douglas Satzger to name a few. This is part of the ongoing legal battle between Apple and Samsung. Sammy was looking for a sit down for deposition before November 1st, although each one was unavailable for various reasons.
Samsung and Apple wars rage on as this time around the South Korean Giant is looking to get revenge in Aussie-Land. Samsung has requested the source code for iOS 5 firmware including Siri, and has also asked for details on Apple’s subsidy agreements with Australian carriers Vodafone, Optus and Telstra. This is a part of the ongoing Apple Vs Samsung Lawsuit that caused a denial of sales of the Galaxy Tab in Australia. Apple believes Samsung has no need to access the information, but the lawyers from Samsung argued that there are fewer subsidies available for Samsung’s products if subsidies are given for the iPhone 4S, and hence the information was critically important. The South Korean also said that the source code is important to ensure that Apple ins not infringing on patents.
“Based on the accompanying firmware, [an expert] can tell how the chips are working in the phones, To form a final view on whether patent 621 is infringed, [an expert] needs to see the documents that set out the source code for that firmware.”
-Samsung counsel Cynthia Cochrane
Apple had sued Samsung earlier this year in several parts of the world claiming that Samsung had produces copycat devices that infringed a multiple of Apple device design and software patents. Due to which Apple was successful in lowering and banning sales of various Samsung devices in countries like Netharlands, Germany and Australia.
The new PlugBug by Twelve South is an amazing space saving, Macbook power adapter add-on. It lets you utilize your existing Macbook power adapter to charge your iDevices or any other device that charges via a USB port – Tablets and Mobiles alike. The design fits onto the Power adapters plug connector and adds a US type plug, which could be inconvenient for some (including those in India) But that is only a little disadvantage to deal with if you have just one powerpoint. Now the big deal over here is that most people in India would rather buy a 100 Rs. (2 Dollar) Multiplug that would give you not two but three outlets from the same outlet. Especially considering that this badboy costs a pretty steep US $34.99 or about Indian Rs. 1800.
You Decide!
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Meet PlugBug, the iPad/iPhone travel charger that snaps onto your MacBook Power Adapter
Charleston, SC, November 1, 2011 – Twelve South is pleased to unveil PlugBug, an iPad/iPhone wall charger that piggybacks onto a MacBook Power Adapter, allowing you to charge a MacBook and an iPad/iPhone simultaneously from one power outlet. Made to fit all MacBook Power Adapters, PlugBug is available now at twelvesouth.com for $34.99.The ingenious PlugBug connects to all MacBook Power Adapters. Simply snap PlugBug onto a MacBook Power Adapter, in place of the adapter’s AC plug, and you now have one handy device that charges MacBook and iPad or iPhone at the same time, using only one wall outlet. This can be a real lifesaver when you need to charge both before a meeting or – even more stressful – between connecting flights with only one outlet available.
Along with a beautiful design, PlugBug packs 10 powerful watts, charging iPad as fast as technically possible. In fact, many public USB charging stations, like those found in airports, lack the power to charge an iPad. Not only will PlugBug provide the proper charge, it will charge your iPad up to twice as fast as many competing chargers. Now you can carry just one compact PlugBug to charge your iPad or iPhone and leave the other chargers at home, reducing the clutter in your computer bag. Forget about worrying whether or not you remembered your iPad charger – with PlugBug it’s always connected to your MacBook charger. For those times when you only need an iPad charger, you can disconnect PlugBug from your MacBook Power Adapter and still use it as a stand alone device.
Andrew Green, Creative Director at Twelve South, said, “PlugBug is a dream product for us. It improves on MacBook’s own Power Adapter, adds a completely new idea to iPad/iPhone chargers, and it simplifies the lives of die-hard Apple fans – like me – who carry multiple Apple devices wherever they go.”So why is PlugBug red? Noted author and original Mac Evangelist Guy Kawasaki gets credit for the color. When shown an early prototype, Kawasaki insisted PlugBug should carry a show-stopping hue viewable from across the room – or airport. The “Kawasaki Red” PlugBug was born.Those outside the U.S. and Canada can use PlugBug as the perfect U.S. adapter and iPad/iPhone charger. Not only does PlugBug convert any non-U.S. MacBook Power Adapter into a North American-compatible adapter, it also serves as a bonus USB charger for iPad and
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This is one of those moments where some of you go like “whatever” and some are like “awesome”. The popular Apple official GarageBand app for the iPad has been converted to fit the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app enables users to record and mix up to eight tracks and then share the finished product with friends or send it to your Mac to keep working on it in GarageBand for Mac or other softwares like Logic Pro.
The App costs $4.99 and costs nothing if you already bought it for the iPad.
Get it Here
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GarageBand Now Available for iPhone and iPod touch Users
CUPERTINO, California-November 1, 2011-Apple® today announced that GarageBand®, its breakthrough music creation app, is now available for iPhone® and iPod touch® users. Introduced earlier this year on iPad®, GarageBand uses Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ interface to make it easy for anyone to create and record their own songs, even if they’ve never played an instrument before.
“GarageBand on iPad has been a big hit and we think customers will love using it on their iPhone or iPod touch,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “The innovative Multi-Touch interface combined with Smart Instruments makes it easy to create great sounding music, even if you’ve never studied music or played an instrument before.”
GarageBand features a collection of fun Touch Instruments that sound great and make it easy for beginners or experienced musicians to play and record keyboards, guitars, drums and basses in a wide variety of styles. Smart Instruments now allow you to choose from an extensive new library of custom chords so you can play and strum along with your favorite songs.
You can plug your electric guitar into iPad, iPhone or iPod touch to play and record through classic amps and stompbox effects, or record your voice or any acoustic sound using the built-in microphone. GarageBand allows you to record and mix up to eight tracks and then share your finished song with friends or send it to your Mac® to keep working on it in GarageBand or Logic® Pro.
Pricing & Availability
GarageBand 1.1 for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is available on the App Store™ for $4.99 (US) to new users, or as a free update for existing GarageBand for iPad customers. GarageBand is a universal app that runs on iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPod touch (3rd & 4th generation).
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Do you use a popular messaging service? services like WhatsApp have taken inter device connectivity by storm. The company is reporting that their users send and receive over 1 billion messages over a number of platforms including Android, iOS and Blackberry.
The mobile messaging market is moving, choices around platforms and their pricing and how they provide an amazing customer experience are the hot topics at hand. As a leader in the messaging space and with our network now handling over one billion messages a day, we see that the power is with the consumer.
WhatsApp is currently available for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and Symbian devices.
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Troughton-Smith has been able to successfully port Siri to the iPhone 4 along with a full connection to Apple Servers. The video below not only shows the Siri functionality on an iPhone 4, but is in depth and shows a side-to-side comparison against its newer, faster sibling, the iPhone 4S. The port proves that the software can easily be enabled on the older device and hence points a finger at Apple for not doing so.
Smith did use a jailbroken iPhone 4s to port the necessary files to the older iPhone 4 which was also jailbroken. When asked if he would seed Siri as a package on Cydia he replied
No, I could not be a part of that. I have no doubts that others will package this up and distribute it quasi-illegally, or try and sell it to people. I am only interested in the technology and making it work; proving that it works and works well on the iPhone 4 and other devices.
So despite the fact it can be done, Smith will not be the one to enable it on your device. Apple has to man up to the truth and enable it for the users, until some Jailbreak dev who is not afraid of Apple Law-Suits does it anyway.
Already reports of the Steve Jobs’s vision of changing the television industry, and him talking about it in his interviews with biographer Walter Isaacson have stirred up quite a fever. Apple stands a chance to cash in about 100 Billion US $ revenues from foraying into what is unchartered territory for Apple.
“I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use, It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud. It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it.”
– Jobs said according to biographer Walter Isaacson
It makes sense now for apple to foray into this, to have a complete home solution dominance. Apple already is the market leader in Smartphone and Tablet sales (sheer numbers), A Television that connects to these devices to stream content and show pictures and connect to the iCloud, would be an added advantage for iDevice owners. Of course when Apple does come out with a television, (if it does) expect this device to sell on pure aesthetics and high value ownership clout. The ecosystem that Apple will create will give it a seamless dominance over other brands, still annoying those who hate restrictions.
After all what all can you do with a Television? That is similar what everyone said before Apple Announced the iPhone back in 2007 ( What all can you do with a Phone?).
As is the case with every Apple device, we wont know till we know.
Although no timelines have been identified by Apple themselves, the distributers have stopped supplying stores with stocks of iPhone 4 and they seem to be running short. Several iPhone distributers have confirmed that a new model of the iPhone will launch in November and have told stores to pass on the information to the customer. Now if this is the new 4s or the cheaper iPhone 4 remains to be seen, although if a cheaper iPhone 4 is launched it should be backed by a higher price iPhone 4s.
Seeing the tremendous response from sale of iPhone 4 and iPad 2 it may not be wrong information, Apple may have learnt that Indian market is great if the devices are made available in a proper time frame.
We have no other means to confirm this, and we are still trying to contact Apple for more information. No telecom operator seems to have this news, and spokespersons from Reliance have “no comment”.
Stay tuned while we try and figure this one out!
In the mean time check out our Unboxing of the 4s here and a quick comparison of Specs here.
Despite several phones available in the market in the 20000 price bracket, Vodafone has confirmed that the Apple iPhone remains the most activated device in the past 3 months. This is highly surprising in a country where people have been up talking Blackberries and Android devices, so difficult to believe that we got Rajiv Thakkar, Senior Exec on Vodafone’s panel to talk to us about this .
” In the last three month we have had more activations of the iPhones than any other device in that price segment, with the iPhone 3GS topping in the 20,000 price mark. We have also activated the maximum number of iPhone Data plans, in the last 6 months, since the launch of the iPhone in India.”
– Rajiv Thakkar
Nowwhether or not this information is true or a marketing move from Apple, it seems that people still prefer iPhones to other devices. What do you think?
Before the journey, Here are the major and upcoming smartphones of India in a spec by spec battle.
Sure there are others and we will continue to add them.
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| Price | TBD | TBD | INR : 28500 | TBD | |
| Processor | Dual-core Apple A5 | 1.2GHz dual-core | 1.2GHz dual-core Samsung Exyno | Dual core, Qualcomm 8260, 1500 MHz | |
| Display | 3.5 inches, 960 x 640 IPS LCD |
4.65-inch curved glass HD Super AMOLED 1280 x 720 |
4.3 inch , 800 x 480 Super AMOLED Plus | 4.3 Inch, 540 x 960 SLCD | |
| Primary Camera | 8 megapixel AF, f2.4 lens, BSI sensor, LED flash | 5 megapixel with zero shutter lag |
8 megapixel AF, LED flash | 8 megapixel AF, LED flash | |
| Front Camera | VGA | 1.3 megapixel | 2 megapixel | VGA | |
| Cellular | Quadband GSM, quadband HSPA+ 14.4, CDMA / EDVO Rev. A | LTE or HSPA+, GSM | Quadband GSM, quadband HSPA+ 21 / 42 | Quadband GSM, quadband HSPA+ 21 / 42 | |
| Wifi | 802.11b/g/n | 802.11 a/b/g/n | 802.11a/b/g/n | 802.11a/b/g/n | |
| NFC | N/A | Yes | NO | NO | |
| Memory | Unknown (likely 512MB) | 1GB RAM | 1GB RAM | 768 MB | |
| Storage | 16GB / 32GB / 64GB internal | 16GB / 32GB internal storage |
16GB / 32GB internal, microSDHC expansion | 1GB inbulit, microSDHC expansion | |
| OS | iOS 5 | Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich |
Android 2.3.4 with TouchWiz 4.0 | Android 2.3.4 with Sense | |
| Battery | 1420+mAh, embedded | 1,750mAh | 1650mAh, removable | 1730 mAh, Removable | |
| Quoted Batt life | Talk 8 hours on 3G, 14 hours on 2G 40 hours audio, 10 hours video |
TBD | 7-8.7 hours on 3G, 5 hours video | 7.16 hours on 3g, 6 Hours video | |
| Weight | 140 grams / 4.9 oz. | 135g / 4.76oz | 116 grams / 4.1 oz | 151 grams / 5.33 oz | |
| Dimensions | 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3mm | 135.5 x 67.94 x 8.94 mm | 125.3 mm x 66.1 mm x 8.49 mm | 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm |