Samsung I9300 leaked specs emerge

PocketDroid has uncovered some more dirt on this I9300 that we keep seeing every other day, and the one we're pretty sure by now is not the Galaxy S III.

The latest bit of information talks about some of the specs of the device. For starters, the phone is said to have a 4-inch, 1280 x 720 resolution, AMOLED display. No mention of the sub-pixel arrangement has been made but we are willing to bet it's PenTile RGBG. Not that it would matter, because with a pixel density of a mind-boggling 367 PPI, you're not going to notice any difference at all.
The processor is said to be one of Samsung's Exynos SoC, with a dual-core 1.4GHz CPU and Mali-400 MP GPU. There will be 1GB of RAM and the phone will be running on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich.
That's all there is to know right now. We're sure more info will surface soon as we near the expected launch in May.

Vriti-e-Learning App launched at Google Play Store

The Vriti app came to limelight with Micromax's Funbook tablet that was launched just days ago.

The Vriti e-learning app, which made its debut with Micromax's Funbook and was hailed a lot, is now available for all Android smartphones and can be downloaded from Google Play Store.

The app, known as VLearnSmart, is a smart education platform that brings authors, distributors and students together to find, create and sell courses. The platform has been launched on Android, with multi OEM support.
VLearnSmart allows students to access more than 500 smart courses ranging from Class 1 to Degree courses for CBSE, ICSE, Maharashtra State Board and West Bengal State Board. It even provides preparatory material for Medical, Engineering and MBA exams.

Currently, the Vriti e-learning app has content from leading content brands like Pearson, Everonn, Toppers Tutorials, Career Point, MBD Alchemie, Topchalks, CyberLearning, Future Vista, Learning Mantraa, Children Book Choice, GK Publishers, Scholars' Hub, Vidyalankar, Universal Tutorials, CAPS Education, Zion Tutorials and many more making it India's largest education exchange.

"VLearnSmart allows democratisation of content delivery, which puts the discovery of relevant learning material in the hands of the consumer. Our distribution network extends to over 1000+ education institutes, which is a great advantage that we offer to any content partner," said Swapnil Shrivastav, chief executive officer and founder of Vriti.

Like a personal tutor, the platform is wrapped in an intelligent lesson plan with quality study material, videos, multimedia, tests, and assessment from leading content brands. Smart course brings deep personalisation and hand holding for students.

Students will though have to pay for the content they download using the platform and price varies between few rupees to few thousand rupees.

Getit launches Search App for Mobile

The application is available for all mobile platforms such as BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, iOS and Java.

Getit, which provides local search and free classifieds services in India, has announced the launch of Getit Local Search Mobile app for the Indian users. The app is available in Mobango app store, which is one of the largest independent app stores in the world with 6 million registered users.

The Getit Mobile app offers a simple and easy to use solution for searching local information and local businesses and service providers by making use of the comprehensive India business listings that Getit has gathered over years.

Along with simple keyword based search, the Getit application using the GPS functionality of mobiles, enables users to search for restaurants, hotels, real estate, Taxi/Cab services, repair works, and many more services within the vicinity of their location. The app auto detects users' current location using GPS, provides quick links to top/popular categories, refines users search based on attributes and location, shows interactive map with directions, provides click to call feature, and shares business contacts via email and SMS as well.


Consumers can access instant information anytime and anywhere on their phones as the application is available for all mobile platforms such as BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, iOS and Java.


Badri Sanjeevi, chief operating officer at Mobango, said, "Getit's mobile app provides the benefit of local search and listing services to its users. Combining GPS capabilities, users of this app get relevant local services available to them. We are very pleased to help GETIT distribute this innovative app amongst Mobango's user community"


Interested users can download the Getit search application on their mobile phone through the Mobango app store or can also follow the link for easier access.

SwiftKey keyboard for Android Beta 3 Released

SwiftKey keyboard for Android has been updated to version 3 Beta that brings new features including smart space,  larger spacebar with improved typing UI, new themes including  ICS-inspired Holo themes and more.

New features in SwiftKey 3 Beta

• Smart Space – SwiftKey’s new language engine now auto corrects missed or mistyped spaces.
• New Cobalt theme and ICS-inspired theme called Holo.
• A larger spacebar with improved typing UI
• Just slide left off the period to quickly access common punctuation.
• SwiftKey 3 now supports the Android Backup Service that backs up learned language data in Google if it is enabled on your device
• Smart, language-specific punctuation
• Support for 7 new languages, including Korean, Persian (Farsi), Estonian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian and Serbian

Download SwiftKey 3 Beta apk for Android phones from here and for the tablets here.

Samsung Galaxy S3 Might be launched on 22 May in UK

A new image of the Samsung Galaxy S3 seems to have leaked online on a Korean website. The image looks like a press invite for the Samsung Galaxy S3 launch in London on May 22nd. The invite bears the words Fast, Vivid, Slim which point to a faster processor , better display and slimmer design.While we are unable to verify the authenticity of the image , will Samsung really launch the Galaxy S3 in UK next month or is this another photoshopped imaged ?

Airtel to offer 4G Services in Kolkatta next Month

Bharti Airtel is all set to launch 4G services in India later this month in Kolkata. Bharti Airtel’s CEO Sanjay Kapoor confirmed it in GSMA event in New Delhi. It would also be the first operator in the country to launch 4G services. It is based on 4G LTE-TDD technology that would offer speeds up to 100 Mbps.


The company had won 20 Mhz TDD of Broadband Wireless Access spectrum (BWA) in the 2.3 GHz frequency band in 4 telecom circles including, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Punjab and Karnataka in 2010.



Airtel has appointed China’s ZTE Corporation to plan, design, supply and deploy its 4G network in Kolkata. It appointed Nokia Siemens Networks for building and operating 4G services in the Maharashtra circle last month. It also plans to launch 4G services in Pune in Maharashtra, Chandigarh in Punjab and Bangalore in Karnataka soon.


Other telecom companies who won BWA spectrum in 2010 in the broadband auction are Qualcomm, Tikona, Aircel and Augere. Indian Government also plans to hold 4G spectrum auction for 700 Mhz spectrum later this year.

Instagram for Android available Now!!

The massively popular filter based photo editing app , Instagram , has long been teasing an Android app. The application has finally gone live at Google Play. The service was previously exclusive to the iPhone.

The app looks more or less identical to the iOS version but lacks Tilt Shift / Blur, Share from Feed, Live Preview and Share to Flickr in its current release. These features are set to be introduced in an upcoming update. Instagram says that it has made efforts to make sure that there are no differences in the filters used on the two platforms so that any quality difference is purely down to camera hardware. You can download the app at the link below.