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Gadgets

Dell Streak Tablet in India, Price Rs 24,399

Dell announced the launch of the Dell Streak Tablets in India, in association with Qualcomm and Tata DOCOMO. The Dell Streak, priced at Rs. 33,249, is a 5-inch Android-based tablet combining the most popular features of a smartphone and a tablet. It is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8250 mobile processor, has 5-inch screen, built-in 3G HSUPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. […]

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Mobile Apps

BookMyShow.com Launches BlackBerry App – Book Your Movie Tickets

www.Bookmyshow.com, the entertainment ticketing website, launched its ticket booking application for BlackBerry smartphones, the first of its kind in India. BlackBerry subscribers will be able to download the free app by visiting www.Bookmyshow.com. The customer can enter his mobile number in the text box and receive a link to download app via SMS. It can also be downloaded from BlackBerry App World. […]

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Mobile News

Communication Shutdown – Go Without Facebook or Twitter on Nov 1

“Communication Shutdown” is a global initiative extended across 40 countries to create awareness and raise funds for charity for Autism. On Nov 1, 2010, people around the world have been challenged to go without Facebook or Twitter, for one day. Communication Shutdown is a simple effort to make people feel what autistic individuals go through in their everyday lives. […]

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Mobile News

Idea “Language Helpline” Numbers for Conversational Support

Idea Cellular’s “Language Helpline” offers real-time assistance on day-to-day conversations to those who need to communicate with local people in their preferred language. This is India’s first ‘Language Helpline’ which offers conversational support to callers, in as many as 16 languages. A nominal charge of 50 paisa per minute will be applicable for calling the Language Helpline. […]

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Mobile News

Multi SIM Mobile Phones 38.5% of Total Handset Sales in India

According to IDC’s India Quarterly Mobile Handsets Tracker for 2Q 2010, Dual- and Triple-SIM card slot phones have grown to 38.5% of the total India Mobile Handset sales, from less than 1 per cent in 2Q 2009 (April-June 2009 quarter). Mobile handset sales in India grew by 6.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter (2Q 2010 over 1Q 2010), touching 38.63 million units in a single quarter. […]

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Mobile News

Charge Your Cell Phone Using Wireless Power – “Qi” System

Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has demonstrated a cell phone prototype that charges without wires! The prototype is based on a new wireless power standard called “Qi”. The Qi system, pronounced “chee”, transfers power by induction. (“Chee” means ‘vital energy’, an intangible flow of power, in Asian philosophy.) Electricity flows when a wire coil in a gadget, in this case a cell phone, is aligned with an energized coil in a charging pad. Charging time is about the same as a standard wired charger. […]

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Internet

How to Delete, Deactivate or Hide Your Facebook Account?

Facebook gives users the options to deactivate and to permanently delete your account. When you “deactivate”, all your personal data, including photos, interests, friends etc will still be saved indefinitely. If you want, you will be able to reactivate the account later. When you delete the account permanently, you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added. […]

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General

LG GT540 Optimus Mobile phone – Touch, Android, 32GB, Wi-Fi

LG GT540 Optimus supports 3.0″ 262K Color, 320*480 Pixel display, 3.0 MP Camera with Autofocus, support for HSDPA Downloads upto 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA Uploads upto 2 Mbps and microSD Expandable Memory upto 32 GB. It also supports FM Radio and 3.5 MM Audio Socket and GT540 runs on Android 1.6 Operating System. GT540 Optimus has WiFi and GPS Connectivity. LG GT540 supports access to sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo through the “SNS Manager” which handles social networking services. LG GT540 Optimus’ messaging system, which includes SMS, MMS, and E-Mails/G-Mail, is very much up to par. The virtual keyboard can be tapped for composing messages, which comes in two options – phone dial pad/Keypad, and the landscape QWERTY Keyword, which is the default. The phone also has an accelerometer for Screen Auto-Rotate. The Media Player accommodates the music and video files. It supports DivX, XviD, and mp3 formats. The music file browser allows users to sort them by playlists, songs, artists, albums. The FM radio with RDS offers a simple UI, which allows saving approximately 50 stations. The slight concave curve on the top and bottom of the phone makes it look like it has shoulder pads, and the side of the handset has a pleasingly curved shape too. The finish has an unusual ruffled effect, and there are four colours to choose from of White, Pink, Grey and Black. This phone is available in India at a price tag of Rs. 12990/- approximately. […]