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The Karbonn Titanium X that briefly showed up on the Karbonn website is priced at Rs. 18,500. The handset does come with full HD screen and the specification are now mentioned on the official website.

When the Titanium X was first mentioned there was confusion regarding the screen resolution, now it is confirmed that the 5 inch OGS IPS screen is with 1920x1080p (full HD) resolution. The specifications still does not clearly indicate the chipset or the processor, but the image on the X page does mention a 1.5GHz quad core that points to MediaTek MT6589T chipset with SGX 544MP GPU, however if you look at the Karbonn Titanium S7 specifications it is the same as X, this could mean that the X may come with some other chipset probably Snapdragon, better wait and watch..

The Karbonn Titanium X dual SIM handset is 9.9mm thick and weight is around 143 grams. It sails on android 4.2 with 1GB RAM and 16GB storage, plus 32GB external SD card support. There is 13MP rear auto focus camera with dual LED flash and front camera of 5MP resolution. Full HD video recording / playback is supported.

Other features are 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth. Not sure if the handset supports NFC cause the graphics does show NFC support but the same is not mentioned in the specifications. The removable battery is 2300 mAh capacity with talk-time of up to 6 hours and can be fully charged in about 3 hours.

The Karbonn Titanium X will hit the stores within few days for a price of Rs. 18,490.

The YotaPhone that was unveiled at the MWC event a few months back has finally been launched. Yota, a Russian company specialized in Modem development has now entered into the Smartphone domain. The YotaPhone is their first smartphone with a unique touch!

The YotaPhone comes with dual touchscreen. There is a main 4.3 inch LCD screen with 1280×720 pixels resolution and another 4.3 inch on the rear with 640×360 pixels resolution. The rear side is with E-Ink display that consumes minimal power.

The rear e-ink display can be used to view information without waking up the phone. The YotaPhone also comes with gesture options and a put2Back app that can be used to assign apps to run on the e-ink display for example you can assign social networking apps like Twitter to show up on the rear display – you can view the tweets without having to wake up the phone, what’s more the E-ink or electronic paper display is always on.

The E-ink display is 50% thinner, lighter and easily blends with the back side without taking up much space and is always on. The YotaPhone rear screen supports black and white colors.

This handset runs on Android 4.2.2 with 2GB RAM and 32GB on board storage. YotaPhone is powered by 1.7GHz MSM8960 Qualcomm Snapdragon dual core processor. The weight is 146 grams and thickness is 9.9mm. There is 13MP rear camera (AF) with flash and full HD video recording support and front camera of 1MP resolution.

Other features are 4G, 3G, Bluetooth 4, GOS with GLONASS/A-GPS and Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n). The battery is 1800 mAh capacity. The handset is available in Russia for approx Rs. 45K. Not sure if this handset will make its way into the Indian markets.

HTC has launched 3 new Desire models HTC Desire 709d, HTC Desire 7060 and HTC Desire 7088 in China. These handsets are powered by quad core processor and the pricing details are not yet disclosed. We are not sure if these handsets will be rolled out in other countries.

As mentioned these handsets are powered by quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor clocked at 1.2GHz coupled with Adreno 203 GPU. All of these 3 handsets sports a 5 inch Super LCD 2 screen with qHD resolution, 8MP rear auto focus camera and 2.1MP front camera. These handsets come with dual SIM slot and HTC BOOM Sound speakers.

The HTC Desire 709d, HTC Desire 7060 and HTC Desire 7088 runs in Jelly Bean OS with Sense 5 user interface. Internal storage is 8GB and RAM could be 1GB (not confirmed). It seems that all these 3 desire handset come with the same hardware but in different design and layout.

Let’s wait and see if the new HTC Desire handsets are made available in India.

The world first real Octa Core processor Mediatek MT6592 benchmark scores are out. A prototype model with Octa core chipset ran the AntuTu benchmark app and scored 25,496 points.

The AntuTu score is too less as compared with other high end handsets like Galaxy Note 3 (31K), Xperia Z Ultra (29K) and HTC One (26K) to name a few. However this prototype handset with the MT6592 chipset was clocked at 1.7GHz that was the lowest frequency. The GPU was Mali 450 with 1GB RAM and 720p HD display.

According to MediaTek the MT6592 chipset can be clocked up to 2GHz that could probably boost the scores to somewhere around 30K. So what is your take on this?

LG Fireweb (LG D300) LG’s first smartphone running on the Firefox OS has be launched in Brazil. The 1GHz powered smartphone is priced at $207. No word as to when this handset will be available in other countries.

ZTE Open is another handset that recently went on sale in Spain, this smartphone also runs on the new Firefox OS. On the hardware front the LG Fireweb comes powered by 1GHz QUALCOMM processor. The handset comes with 2GB storage and probably with 256MB RAM.

The Fireweb sports a 4 inch screen with 480×320 pixels resolution (16M colors) and also houses a 5 megapixel camera on the rear with auto focus and LED flash support. Handset runs on Firefox 1.1 OS. The device weighs about 122 grams and could be around 9mm thick.

XOLO mobiles are gearing up to launch a 4G LTE supported handset – the first 4G handset in the XOLO family within few weeks. The handset will be powered by snapdragon S4 dual core processor and will run on the Jelly bean 4.2.2 OS.

The XOLO LT900 is not officially confirmed yet. The handset could come powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual core processor clocked at 1.5GHz with probably Adreno 225GPU. Android 4.2.2 will run on 1GB RAM and 8GB storage. There will be micro SD card slot.

The handset will sport a 4.3 inch OGS screen with 1280×720 pixels resolution. There will be 8MP rear auto focus camera with BSI sensors and a front camera too. There are very few networks providing 4G services in India, and for now there are not many users who have actually subscribed to 4G services.

The Sony CP-V3 a portable USB charger is now available for Rs. 1,232. This USB charger can be used to re-charge your mobile devices – also available in 6 different colors.

For minimal to moderate users the smartphones will easily last for a day, but for heavy users they need to re-charge their handset. This is where portable USB chargers can come handy. If you travel a lot and at times do not get a chance to re-charge your handset, you should really think of buying such a portable device.

The Sony USB CP-V3 weighs 84 grams and is of dimension 38.8×99.0×19.0mm. This portable device comes with 2800 mAh rechargeable battery that gives a supply time of approx 60 minutes (1.5A). The device can be fully charged in about 3 .5 hours using the AC adapter and in approx 6 hours via USB port. There is a single USB port.

The Sony CP-V3 portable charge is listed on many online stores but on Snapdeal you can get it for as low as Rs. 1,232 (black color).

There are series of Dell Inspiron Touch Laptops available with a price tag starting from Rs. 31,190. These laptops are a combination of touchscreen and full fledged laptop experience.

Inspiron 15

This touch laptop is powered by 1.9GHz Intel Pentium processor (2137U) running on the Windows 8 OS. The Touch display is 15.6 inches with 1366×768 pixel resolution. It’s with 4GB RAM and 500 GB STA HDD. Priced at Rs. 31,190.

Inspiron 14R

It is powered by 3rd Gen Intel i5 3337U processor clocked at 2.7GHz. The 14R touch runs on windows 8 OS with a 14 inch LED back-lit touchscreen with 1366×768 pixel resolution. This laptop comes with 4GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GT730M video card and 500 GB SATA HDD. Price is Rs. 50,790.

Inspiron 15z (Ultra Book)

The 15z is powered by 3rd Gen Intel i7-3537U processor clocked at 3.1GHz. The touchscreen is 15.6 inches with 1366×768 pixel resolution. This touch laptop comes with 8GB RAM and 500 GB SATA Hard drive. Price is Rs. 79,990.

Inspiron 15 (W560320IN9)

With Intel core i3-3227U processor running Windows 8 with 500 GB SATA HDD for Rs. 40,990.

Inspiron 15 (W560136IN9)

With Intel core i5-3337U processor running Windows 8 with 500 GB SATA HDD for Rs. 44,690.

Inspiron 15R (W560108IN8)

With i5-3337U processor running Windows 8 with 1TB HDD and 8GB RAM for Rs. 49,690.

You might have seen many pendrives in the market, but here is a new hybrid version from iBall called the iBall Hybrid dual pendrive. This external storage device is priced starting from Rs. 599 onward.

The iBall Hybrid pendrive comes with a USB 2.0 connector it is the standard one that you see on the pendrives, you can connect it to the PC or any other supported devices, and there is another micro USB connector for connecting to micro USB supported devices such as Tablet and Smartphones.

Not all of the smartphones supports OTG and if it does, usually users buy an OTG cable to convert the USB 2.0 to micro USB. Now here is the iBall Hybrid dual Pendrive that can directly connect to the smartphone or tablet without the need of an OTG cable (provided OTG is supported on the handset).

Google Chromebooks, the Acer C720 model for Rs. 22,999 and HP 14-Q001TU Chromebook for Rs. 26,990 are now available. These laptops are currently listed on Flipkart.

Acer Chromebook C720

C720 is powered by 4th generation Intel Celeron dual core processor (HM86) clocked at 1.4GHz with 2MB Cache with Intel HD graphics processor. This Chromebook runs on 64 bit Chrome OS with 2GB DDR3 RAM (expandable up to 8GB) and 16GB SSD HDD.

The TFT LED back-lit LCD screen is 11.6 inches supporting 1366×768 pixels. Other features are HD webcam, standard keyboard with touch-pad, stereo speakers, mic, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI port, 1xUSB 2.0 and 1xUSB 3.0 ports, SD card slot and Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n).

The Acer C720 Chromebook weighs 1.25Kg and gets power from 3 cell battery that gives a backup of up to 8.5 hours. C720 Chromebook is available on Flipkart for Rs. 22,999.

HP Chromebook 14-Q001TU

This laptop is powered by 1.4GHz HM86 4th gen Intel Celeron dual core processor coupled with Intel HD graphics processor. The screen is 14 inches (LED Backlit display) with 1366×768 pixels resolution. This Chromebook runs on Chrome OS 64 bit OS with 4GB RAM (DDR3) (expandable up to 8GB). There is 16GB SSD HDD storage.

Other features are HD webcam, keyboard with touchpad with multi gesture, dual speakers, built in mic, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n), 1xUSB 2.0 and 2xUSB 3.0 ports, HDMI ports and multi card slot. This laptop weighs 1.9Kg and gets power from 4 cell battery.

HP 14-Q001TU Chromebook is priced at Rs. 26,990.