Android Phones
HTC Rhyme to be priced at INR 24,800 in India, coming soon
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Are you waiting for HTC to launch its first smartphone for ladies ‘Rhyme’ in India? Well, we have the pricing for you. HTC is expected to price the smartphone around INR 24,800 and it is expected to be launched soon.
Samsung confirms Galaxy Nexus UK launch date
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Samsung has officially announced that Galaxy Nexus will be available in UK starting November 17. This is the first official confirmation coming from any country about Galaxy Nexus availability.
India to get first smartphone with Beats Audio ‘HTC Sensation XE’ next week (Update – Now Available)
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Waiting to get your hands on Beats Audio Android smartphones from HTC, well it won’t take long. HTC Sensation XE is already on pre-order in India for INR 32,400 and is likely to be made available next week.
HTC launches US’ first Beats Audio Android phone ‘Rezound’
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HTC USA has finally announced country’s first Beats Audio smartphone “Rezound”. It will be available beginning November 14 at Verizon Wireless and at Best Buy stores for $299.99 with a new two-year contract.
Samsung Galaxy Note Root instructions, CWM recovery available [How to do it]
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Within days of Galaxy Note release in some countries, enthusiastic developers have gained root access and posted instructions for not-so-techie souls like us. There are currently many ways to root Note, but I will be describing the ODIN method in this post.
Root Galaxy Nexus [How to][Guide][Skill Level – Easy]
Want to root your Galaxy Nexus, here is a quick tutorial that will help you in achieving the root access on your Android 4.0 powered Galaxy Nexus. You will not need any ADB ninza skills for this guide, so even if you are a noob but know your way around a computer, you should be just fine.
Galaxy Nexus Root Guide:
STEP 1: First download this file (r3-galaxynexus-superboot.zip)
STEP 2: Download PdaNet and install, it installs the required drivers to work with the following steps.
STEP 3: Extract the download zip to a folder using Winzip, WinRAR, 7Zip or any compressing application of your choice.
STEP 4: Turn off your Galaxy Nexus
STEP 5: Turn on your Galaxy Nexus in Bootloader mode [How to do that – Press 'volume up' and 'volume down' and ‘power button’ at the same time] [See the image below]
Important: If you haven’t unlocked the bootloader of your Galaxy Nexus till now then go to this link and complete the steps 6 and 7, else if you are sure that the bootloader of your Galaxy Nexus is unlocked then you don’t have to worry and follow the next steps.
STEP 6: Now if you are on Windows PC, then run ‘install-superboot-windows.bat’ file in the folder that you extracted in the step 3.
That is all for you. Your Galaxy Nexus is now rooted.
STEP 7: But, if you are using Mac or Linux based PC then open a terminal window to the directory containing the extracted files, and type ‘chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh’ and then ‘./install-superboot-mac.sh’ [FOR MAC], and type ‘chmod +x install-superboot-linux.sh’ followed by ‘./install-superboot-linux.sh’ [FOR LINUX].
You are done, enjoy. If you were able to root your Galaxy Nexus, spread the word by sharing the post with others.
If you faced any issues, report the problems at the original forum thread.
Droid RAZR launching on Verizon on November 11
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Verizon has confirmed the release date of much anticipated Motorola smartphone Droid RAZR via a video commercial. According to the commercial, Droid RAZR will be available on November 11 at 11 AM, which is 11 AM, 11:11:11…nice.
LG built T-Mobile myTouch and myTouch Q launching today
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T-Mobile will start selling its latest LG manufactured entrants to myTouch line-up starting today at official website and in stores from November 9. Dubbed as T-Mobile myTouch and myTouch Q, these smartphones will be sold each for $80 after a $50 mail-in rebate and with a new two-year contract.
Dell India drops Venue price to INR 18,500
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If any of you still remember Dell Venue, here is a quick update about smartphone’s pricing in India. Dell India has slashed the price of Venue to just INR 18500 in the country. I don’t recall the last pricing of Venue, but it was somewhere in the vicinity of INR 22K, so it is a considerable drop.
Samsung Galaxy Note debuts in India, priced at INR35K
Read the rest of this entry »Samsung India has launched its smartphone/tablet hybrid Galaxy Note at a press event today. This large-screen smartphone, which can double up as your mini tablet, has been priced at INR 34,990 (MRP) and will be available in stores soon.
