BlackBerry Messenger v6.1 (Beta) brings animated avatars, new emoticons and more

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for the BlackBerry smartphones has been updated to version 6.1 in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. This version brings news features like animated avatars, fun new emoticons, customized colored chat bubbles, increased character count for personal messages and display picture integration. The BBM v6.0 was launched in July that had more social features, connected apps, BlackBerry app share and lots more. It comes pre-installed in the BB OS 7 handsets.

Gmail app for iPhone and iPad now available, this time without bugs

Google launched their Gmail app for iPhone earlier this month, but removed it soon since it had notification bug that displayed an error message. Now they have updated the app to version 1.0.2 in the App Store. This Gmail app has some unique features such as labels, reporting spam, threads and lots more that the native iOS app does not have.

Amazon may bring its own Smartphone in 2012

We all know how Amazon has been giving tough competition to the iPads and other handheld tablets in the price segment thanks to the Kindle Fire, and it should not come as a surprise if it comes out with its own smartphone anytime soon.

To take this a step further, Citigroup’s research team predicts that Amazon will put the Smartphone in market in Q4 of 2012.

Airtel is now offering the iPhone 4S on Pre-Order, starts at Rs. 44,500

We just bumped into Airtel’s website and found out that the recently launched Apple iPhone 4S is now available in pre-order. While this might be good news for some, but its a huge disappointment to many as the price of the handset is a bit too steep.

From the image you can see that the iPhone 4S 16GB version is for Rs, 44,500 and the 32GB version is for Rs. 50,900. The 64GB version is nowhere to be seen and we can only imagine how high the price for that might be (Rs. 55,000 maybe?).

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