Airtel introduces USA roaming Voice packs for postpaid customers

Airtel has launched international roaming plans for post-paid customers who are visiting the United States, offering up to five hours of free incoming calls and back home calls at a discount of up to 87 percent.

“… the launch of three new international roaming packs for post-paid mobile customers travelling to United States of America. Customers can get up to 5 hours of free incoming calls while travelling in the US and also make outgoing calls to local USA numbers as well as outgoing calls back to India at just Rs. 20/min,” the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Samsung eyes 50% share in Indian phone market

KOLKATA: Korean electronics major Samsung is targeting to garner 50 per cent in the overall mobile market in the country.

"We are gaining 10 per cent of the mobile phone market each year. Presently, the market share is 40 per cent. Our aim is to touch 50 per cent next year," Vice-President (Mobile), Samsung Electronics India, Asim Warsi said.

Opening the city's first Samsung branded store here today, Warsi said growth in the mobile phone market in the country was being propelled by smartphones.

UN endorses India’s Aakash outreach

WASHINGTON: India's push to digitally empower millions of its poor students with lowcost , government-subsidized , internet-enabled tablets won UN endorsement on Wednesday despite raging controversy and misgivings on the provenance and pricing of the device.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon personally approved the Indian effort at the UN Headquarters where dozens of envoys from across the world gathered for a peek at the Aakash II device that its makers (British-Canadian-Indian company Datawind) and chief patron (Government of India) say will revolutionize education and commerce.

iPhone 5 goes on sale in the US

The US market was one of the first to get the iPhone 5 on launch day. However, the only devices available until now were locked to carriers and available on contract.

Well, if you stay in the US, you don't have to look at other countries to get your unlocked iPhone 5 anymore. These devices have just hit both the online as well as the Apple brick and mortar stores in the US. The prices for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB iPhone 5 models is $649, $749 and $849 respectively, same as the iPhone 4S before.

These devices will only work on GSM networks, such as AT&T and T-Mobile in the US and will require a nano-SIM. If you order it now the phone will be shipped in one week. You can only order two units per person.

Amazing HTC One X+ Review

Its been a little over 6 months since HTC launched its high end flagship device, the One X and today a spec bumped successor available.

The One X+ keeps all the best features from the One X and brings a modest spec bump to one of our current favorite Android devices. Read on to find out    how the smartphone compares with the competition.  

Samsung Galaxy S Advance to get Jelly Bean in January

Samsung Germany used its Facebook page, to share some valuable info, regarding the Galaxy S Advance Jelly Bean update. The device will receive Android 4.1.2 in January. The update will be supplied both through the Kies software and over the air.

Previously the update was rumored for November. Samsung announced that the Galaxy S Advance will skip ICS altogether and move straight to Jelly Bean instead. The company has also committed to delivering Jelly Bean to a long list of devices in the "coming months".

It seems Samsung is really keen on keeping its customers happy and bringing the latest software to them. And given that after the update the S Advance will probably cannibalize some of the S III mini sales, the company deserves some recognition for this.