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There is a flood of low-cost tablet in India and now users can own a tablet for just Rs. 5965, giving credit to Videocon, which stepped in with its Android OS based tablet called Videocon VT75C. Special features of this tablet PC have already grabbed the press attention as the mobile gadget comes with 3G (via USB dongle) and voice calling support. It is enabled with a 7-inch capacitive touchscreen with 800 x 480p of picture resolution and holds a whooping power with the 1GHz processor. This tablet when looked closely, seems to be a merger of Videocon VT-10 and Videocon VT-717.

Blackberry is already bear hugged new technology with its BlackBerry 10 operating system. And now the company is soon going to add a new product to their clan, a 10-inch tablet which would be working on this new operating system by Blackberry. This news is doing its round with a leaked image of BlackBerry's device roadmap. It appeared online on Friday in a tweet by @BB10Leak with news of BlackBerry’s forthcoming devices. It states that the 10 inch tablet in Q3 (July-Sept) and another touch phone BlackBerry Q10 with larger display in 4th quarter (Sept-Dec) would be launched by Blackberry.

Recently, Huawei has attracted many folks from the news arena by introducing two entry level smartphones in the Indian market. A month back, these smartphones were flashed at the MWC 2013 and, now, they are available for pre-order on some online portals. Dubbed as Ascend G510 and Ascend Y300, both these smartphones have virtuous specifications and are priced roughly at around Rs. 11,000 and Rs. 8,000 respectively. Appended to the Ascend series of Huawei, both of the novelties pack features similar to their siblings Ascend G600, G330, and G300.

After the launch of Optimus G, it was believed that LG will soon start working on the new handset or a successor of Optimus G. Rumoured as Optimus G2, this new smartphone has just appeared on a benchmarking site, which also revealed some of its specifications. Well, this is just a leak and it has left new gossips around the smartphone arena. Notably, LG Optimus G sports a 4.7-inch IPS HD capacitive touchscreen, Android Jelly Bean OS and comes powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon united with 2GB of RAM.

After launching a series of mid-range smartphones such as Xperia E, Xperia L and Xperia SP, the Japanese vendor, Sony, is reported to be planning another launch of a budget friendly smartphone, which will be an entry-level phone of the company. Well, there is no confirmation right now but according to news from the trusted sources, it is found that Sony has ordered MediaTek quad-core processors which might be used in upcoming entry level models. 

Datawind, the Aakash tablet makers, are again in the news for their latest Tablet launch. Dubbed as Datawind Ubislate 7C+ Edge, this newly launched tablet is a part of company’s Ubislate portfolio, which also includes UbiSlate 7Ri, UbiSlate 7R+, UbiSlate 7Ci and UbiSlate 7C+ launched last year. By now, the tablet has been spotted on few online retailers with a price tag of INR 5,999 and it is expected that the tablet will soon be available at major offline stores or retail shops. 

HTC Desire P and Desire Q photos and specifications have just emerged online, pointing out that HTC has a pair of mid-range smartphones that might hit the market any time. According to the reports, HTC Desire P shows a resemblance to HTC Desire SV, having a 4.3 WVGA display, 8MP rear camera, dual-core 1GHz processor, a front facing camera, microSD card slot along with Beats Audio technology, onboard.

The much awaited, entry-level Xperia series smartphones, Sony Xperia E and Xperia E dual are finally up for sale via online retailers in India. Both the smartphones were announced back in December and users have to spend INR 9,990 for Xperia E and INR 10,990 for Xperia E Dual smartphone. Both the handsets pack similar spec-sheet, except the fact that Xperia E Dual has Dual SIM feature that allows user to use two different GSM connections.

Nexus 7, the Google Tablet, is now officially available on Google Play Store in India. Few months back, Asus had brought the same tablet in India and sold limited pieces at quite a higher price of 20k via major stores. Dawned in June 2012, Google Nexus 7 was available as an 8GB Wi-Fi version initially. By now, it has been replaced by a 16GB Wi-Fi version and is available at 15,999 INR on Google Play India store. Once the order is placed by paying online via a credit or debit card, the tablet will be shipped within a week.

It is completely true that Android operating system is ruling the mobile segment but it is only a broad view, as the internal story is stating some different story. For the past two years, Google's Android is grabbing a good share in the market and is continuously stepping up the stair of success. But this is not the complete story, according to the latest survey it has been revealed that out of the seven versions of Android, only Jelly Bean is on rise while the rest are facing the declining phase. Forget about Gingerbread or the previous versions, but its not been so long when Android Ice Cream Sandwich hit the ground still it falls in the declining period. The reason could be the early release of Android Jelly Bean platform but it is true. In fact recently many of the smartphones running on Android ICS platform has been upgraded to Jelly Bean operating system.

The new Union Budget 2013 did not prove too helpful for the mobile phone segment, as the government has increased the excise duty on handsets from 1 to 6 percent. As a result of this sudden increment in duty, most of the mobile manufacturing companies have planned to increase the prices of their high demanding phones. Samsung was the first one to initiate the hike and following it, Micromax and LG also increased the prices of their selected smartphones. The price of Micromax A116 Canvas HD has registered a price hike of Rs. 14,499, which was earlier available for Rs. 13,990. On the other side, LG Optimus G is now up for Rs. 32,990, a sudden increase of nearly Rs. 2,000. Before this, the phone could be purchased for Rs. 30,999, though the increased price is still less than what the company is offering, that is, INR 34,500.

More than 70 per cent of the market is captured by smartphones running on Android operating system. And every dawn, this OS gets blessed with either a new feature or some new application. Currently, the latest version of Android, that is, version 4.2 Jelly Bean provides access to more than 7,50,000 applications and games that are available at the Google Play Store. Increasing this number, one more application has been added to the Android OS that will update your knowledge with the latest happenings all over the world. All India Radio has recently released a news application for the Android operating system that users can download from the Google Play Store for free. 

Indian handset designer, Karbonn Mobiles, has just added another big-display smartphone to its Titanium portfolio under the name of Karbonn Titanium S5. Karbonn’s strategy of crafting giant-sized smartphones at competitive price point is worth to be appreciated. In this intensely competitive smartphone market, Karbonn grabbed its unique position, especially in low-mid end segment. Earlier, just few months back, the company released Titanium S1 with 4.5 inch IPS qHD multi-touch capacitive display, Jelly Bean OS and a quad-core processor. Now, following the footsteps of S1, Karbonn has come up with Titanium S5 that shares same processor and operating system, but with some up scaled hardware configurations.

Finally Samsung Galaxy S4 is out now GLOBALLY last night after the never-ending-wait. The South Korean giant, Samsung, at last launched their highly anticipated flagship smartphone at an unpacked event held in Manhattan's iconic Radio City Music Hall in the New York City. Spreading smiles on everyone's face, the new Galaxy S4 comes alive with completely new and jaw-dropping software and features that will blow your senses away. At this grand event, Samsung, for the first time, made the official appearance of the handset that is being launched with a tagline, “Life Companion”. The handset will be up for sale from the month of April 2013, however, the company did not spill out a single word on the pricing of this about-to-be-the-best smartphone of the year 2013. But the trusted sources are hinting its price to be above Rs. 40,000, as the rivals like HTC Butterfly, HTC One, Sony Xperia Z and BlackBerry Z10 also fall in the same price bracket. Samsung Galaxy S IV is bestowed upon with various unique features that will for sure mark its name in the golden words in the history of smartphones. The company has provided no hint on the availability of this supee-phone in India, but it is assumed to touch the ground in Q2 2013.

Hold your breath, the countdown has finally began. Yes, true, we are talking about none other than the next smartphone in the Galaxy S series. After living in rumors for more than a quarter, the device is getting live today at an event in New York City. It would be too early to comment whether the next Galaxy flagship, Samsung Galaxy S IV, will experience the taste of more success than its predecessor, Galaxy S III, or it is just overhyped. No doubt that Samsung Galaxy S III is the best smartphone of the year 2012 globally, but whether history will repeat itself or not is a big and unanswered question. In the past few days, the company has released teaser videos for this upcoming droid where they have invited to COME AND MEET THE NEXT GALAXY on the 14th of March 2013, that is, today. Most probably the company will also reveal the details about the pricing and availability of their next flagship smartphone, Galaxy S IV.