Samsung has actually reigned supreme in the year 2011, and looks like the year 2012 will be in their hands too. The Omnia W is a representation of what a company like Samsung is capable of. The device is considerably cheaper than its competition but has excellent specs and usability. Here is our review on the Samsung Omnia W ( Wonder).

 

Build Quality 

The Omnia W is well built, not the best build you would find in this price range, but definitely well built. The construction is all plastic and appears flimsy, but is actually quite good. The back panel has some shell/metal elements [...]

 

Continuing on with our Tradition of Holiday Guides today we bring the best phones under the 20,000 Rupees mark (15,000 – 20,000), Of course you can check out our under 15,000 guide and Under 10,000 Guide if they better suits your purpose.

(In order of preference)  Android Phones  

 Samsung Galaxy R (Rs. 20,000) : Have 20k to spend? This is our pick for smartphone under the 20 thousand mark. The dual core smartphone is available at online retailers for prices well below 19k including deals, searching will get you a good deal. The phone [...]

So many questions, so little time. Its the time for holiday cheer and we are literally getting bombarded with hundreds of emails asking us what phones to buy. So here is our guide for the best options in the Rs. 15000 price.

(In order of preference)  Android Phones  

1. Micromax A85 SuperFone : (Rs. 15290) The price drop has already been announced, and at this price it is the best spec’d phone. A dual core Nvidia Tegra 2, 3.8 inch touchscreen, 5 MP camera and gesture control make this the best bet at the price. But sadly it ships with Android 2.2.

 

 

There is a lot of buzz about the launch of Nokia Lumia Windows phones, and its possible that Nokia will announce them today at a secret even in the capital. 

The Lumia 710’s Specs include

3.7-inch ClearBlack display  Colors :”stealthy black” and “crisp white”  Replaceable back covers €270, or $375 (INR 18000) possible price Windows Phone Mango Nokia Drive, Nokia Music and ESPN Sports Hub inbuilt into the OS.  #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption [...]

Nokia has also announced a Lumia 710 alongside the Lumia 800. It has the same 1.4GHz CPU found in the Lumia 800,

Specs include

3.7-inch ClearBlack display  Colors :”stealthy black” and “crisp white”  Replaceable back covers €270, or $375 (INR 18000) Windows Phone Mango Nokia Drive, Nokia Music and ESPN Sports Hub inbuilt into the OS. 

Lumia 710 will be available in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK in November and then Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan by the end of the year, with additional markets in the first part of 2012.

 

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Nokia has finally unveiled its first Windows Phone to the world, dubbed the Lumia 800 the device is the only relief to millions of Nokia lovers worldwide.

Powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 CPU  12.1mm (0.48-inch) thick polycarbonate plastic ClearBlack AMOLED (800 x 480) display Carl Zeiss optics-enhanced Camera  16GB of internal storage 512MB of RAM 25GB of free SkyDrive space Nokia Drive, Nokia Music and ESPN Sports Hub inbuilt into the OS.  Windows Phone Mango Camera has an f/2.2 aperture Quad-band GSM support, with HSDPA up to 14.4Mbps Priced at €420, or about $585 (INR 28,500)

The device has gone up for pre-order now, and is all set to ship  out across France, [...]

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.

 

 

       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 640IPS LCD  4.65-inch curved glassHD Super AMOLED1280 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 zeroshutter lag  8 megapixel AF, LED flash  8 megapixel AF, LED flash    Front [...]

Nokia had already declared the release of its new lot of Windows Phone 7 devices by the end of the year and looks like it might just hold true to its word. The device also know as the Nokia Sun has been spotted in ad campaign materials by Pocketnow and are now floating all over the internet. Stating “Take, tag, sort and share. All in a flash.” it shows that the devices will be targeted at the socially active youth.

 

[PocketNow]

Microsoft has already started seeding the Mango 7.5 builds of Windows phone to existing device holders.  The company’s eager to do a much more efficient job , considering they wern’t able to do it properly during the NoDo update.

As far as supported devices go, According to MS almost all phones are covered in their update schedule. The new update brings over 500 new features and additionally allows users to install apps from third party developers without the need of sideloading them. Microsoft confirmed that Internet Sharing — the long-awaited mobile hotspot functionality — will not be available [...]

According to Microsoft’s official Windows Phone Blog, the Windows Phone 7 Mango Update should be available to all existing WP7 devices within another week or two. The Windows Team indicates it won’t be pushed to your phone OTA when the time comes, so you’ll need updated versions of the Zune for PC or Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac installed on your computer.

Looks like this time around the Update may come out the same day, unlike with No-Do when it was over several weeks.

 

The final version of Mango has leaked and is available for download today. Known as build 7720, and it requires the post-NoDo update dubbed 7392.

Follow the link below to Xda-Developers where you will get instructions , warnings and files to update your device to the latest build.

A good experiment for the long Freedom weekend.

[xda-developers]

Microsoft confirmed on its Windows Team Blog on Monday that it has released the RTM build of Windows Phone “Mango” to manufacturing partners.

This marks the point in the development process where we hand code to our handset and mobile operator partners to optimize Mango for their specific phone and network configurations,” explained Microsoft’s Windows Phone corporate vice president Terry Myerson.

 Microsoft has said Mango will deliver more than 500 new features to the Windows Phone platform, including Internet Explorer 9 and deeper social network integration. Mango is also set to release sometime in August to all existing devices. 

Microsoft also plans to [...]