Kogan Launches 8″ & 10″ Android 2.3 Tablets at $193 & $152

Kogan Technologies manufacturer of consumer electronic devices announces the launch of their tablets on their premier portal kogan.com. Kogan debuts by launching 7 inches Kogan Agora a month back and by launching two tablets one is of 8 inches model and other one of 10 inches display screen size will add to the list. Kogan think that people are looking out for more choices and we are up with different version of tablets so that people have more options available to think which one they need and also budget consumers have options too.

Keeping the budget low on 10 inches and 8 inches version, follow the trend of Kogan Agora 7 inches tablet. This tablet will be only available in Australia with free shipping. All the three tablets are available for purchase at Kogan online web store and full details along with specifications is listed below -

Kogan Agora 10

The Kogan Agora 10 is the perfect tablet PC for anyone who is looking to experience on big and responsive screen. The 10 is the identification for the screen size of it and it has capacitive touchscreen display with a maximum resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels. This tablet with 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor will provide a faster response time. The tablet is ideal for accessing Internet, Facebook, YouTube and email wherever you go.

Not all the tablets are Honeycomb powered and Agora 10 tablet runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. Among the internet connectivity options includes a Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g. With includes video player you can play 720p HD videos and among the various connectivity options it includes HDMI video out port, one miniUSB port and one microSD card slot expandable up to 32 GB in memory.

This tablet includes a front facing camera of 2 mega pixel range and there is no back camera. The idea behind that is to provide video chatting and video calling feature. The 5500 mAh battery would be sufficient enough to power this phone for at least 8 hours of battery life.

The Agora 10 is priced at $ 193 and it’s available for purchase on the official web store at kogan.com.au. With a range of output and input connectivity options and access to Android Market makes this tablet a great deal for entertainment and productive device.

This tablet will be available for sale from November 4, 2011 but as of now it’s available only for pre sales order.

Kogan Agora 8

For those who feel 10 inches is big enough for them and the already available 7 inches too small, and they can go with 8 inches version which is also packed with good features. This is also power packed with Cortex A8 1 Ghz processor along with 200 Mhz GPU acceleration. Along with that 512 MB of RAM provides powerful browsing.

It has 8 inches capacitive touchscreen display with SVGA display with a maximum resolution of 800 x 600 pixel resolution. It includes 4 GB of internal flash memory and a microSD card slot expandable up to 32 GB. It includes 2 mega pixel front facing camera for video chat and video calls.

Its power packed with current trending Android operating system 2.3 Gingerbread versions and it weighs 725 grams. It includes option of Wi-Fi connectivity with 802.11 b/g supports and a G-Sensor. It includes 1 HDMI video out port and one miniUSB port.

This tablet is available for purchase at $ 152.34 at the Kogan web store online.

This tablet will be available for sale from November 4, 2011 but as of now it’s available only for pre sales order.

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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V Mobile available in India at Rs 17500

While everyone still awaits the Sony Xperia Ray smartphone, the Sony Xperia Neo V mobile phone is now available for purchase at the leading online sites and retail store from October 12,2011 in India and with that it the handset launch in India. The official website of Sony Ericsson promotes the Xperia Neo V mobile phone as an Android camera phone for HD video and 3D pictures. This mobile phone comes with 1 Ghz single core processor with 3.7 inches touchscreen display. With Google Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread OS and amazing 5 megapixel camera with VGA front camera for video chat. You can call Xperia Neo V as the little lighter version of Xperia Neo.

Just a month back it was available for pre-order at online store Letsbuy at a price of Rs 17,999. Interestingly, it’s now available at Flipkart and Letsbuy for a price of Rs 17500. This mobile phone can also be grabbed at the same price at your nearest mobile phone retailer.

As a promotional debut they are offering this handset with free Bluetooth headset which makes the deal even better. Check out Deal category on our blog for further more deal on other mobile phones like Galaxy S2, LG Revolution and others.

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Samsung Galaxy S3 to get 16MP Camera & S5K2P1 CMOS Sensor

There are many rumors around the web claiming that the new Samsung Galaxy S3 phone would get a 16 Megapixels Camera, which would just make this phone directly call a Camera Phone rather than a smart phone. But these cannot be true unless Samsung officially confirms the same. Generally companies upgrade their devices to 12Mp of camera if the prior device have had 8Mp but lets wait and watch what Sammy is going to offer us.

The current specifications are rumored that the phone would get around 1.5 or 2Gb of RAM and a 2Ghz of dual-core processor and a 32Gb of inbuilt memory. The expected launch would be around the first quarter of 2012 before which we can expect Sammy to already sell around 25 Million units because the first 10 Million units were sold within first 4 months and now since its available almost world wide the number of sales would be bound to touch the sky.

All of this information clearly shows that Apple is seriously getting a huge competition from Samsung, and its not just limited to their Mobile Phones but also in the Smart TV & Laptops sector. Samsung is on a launching spree and is announcing something Awesome every other day with the product being either at par with the other products in the industry or more advanced than them. We will keep you updated on this Galaxy S III phone and update you with more information whenever available.

Note : If you have already bought a Galaxy S2, then check out the Best Samsung Galaxy S2 Cases & Covers, Galaxy S2 I9100 Screen Protectors & Galaxy S2 I9100 Extended Battery Cases

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Galaxy S Plus Launched in India at Rs 22500, Will you Buy One?

The Samsung Galaxy S Plus, Galaxy Y, Y Pro and Galaxy Note were the devices which were announced by Samsung during the Samsung Mobile UnPacked event. Exactly one month after that event The Samsung Galaxy S Plus mobile is now available on pre order at Flipkart for the Indian users.

The Samsung Galaxy S Plus is the advanced version of Galaxy S with several upgrades provided on the same. The new Galaxy S Plus comes with 1.4 Ghz Qualcomm processor and amazing 4 inches Super AMOLED display with 480 x 800 pixel resolution. That’s not all the it comes with impressive 5 mega pixel camera on the rear side. You would be happy to see VGA camera on the front added to be used for video calls and video chat. The connectivity options would include Wi-Fi, 3G and Bluetooth.

With 512 MB of RAM added to power this mobile and the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system makes it an advanced device than the former Galaxy S GT I9000 phone. The 1650 mAh battery would mean that it would be able to provide talk time of 6 hours on your phone and standby time extending a day usage. It comes with microSD card slot of 32 GB memory and users would be happy to have that.

Also with the rumors of Galaxy R in India soon, the users who are looking to purchase Samsung based Android mobile phone, will have a lot of choices between 15,000 to Rs 30,000. There is no date announced by Samsung when this mobile phone would be launched in India. With this news on stands, the price of Galaxy S phone would be dropped.

FlipKart will be taking the pre order for the Galaxy S Plus in India, the device would be available in the 2^nd week of October.

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Asus Tough 7 inches Honeycomb Tablet Announced

The Asus Transformer is still among the top 5 Android Honeycomb tablets and the new Asus Tough is ready to eat more comeptition. The Asus Tough makes the news beacuse it a water proof and dust resistant tablet.

Asus Tough is a 7 inches Android tablet running on the Android 3.2 Honeycomb version. Its powered by a dual core 1 Ghz Tegra 2 processor with a maximum display resolution of 1280 x 800. The ASUS THOUGH would be shipped with 16 GB of internal memory and comes with impressive 5 mega pixel camera.

The Asus has released this tablet in Japan and it would tie up with KDDI the Japan mobile network. The tablet comes with EVDO Rev A and WiMax support along with wireless networking possible through Bluetooth or Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n. Its provided with realtime GPS sensors which can be used for navigation purpose and the miniUSB, microSD card slot provides expandable memory.

To power up this mobile, a 7500 mAh battery is added and this tablet weights 620 grams. There is no pricing information available to us but it would be interesting to see how this tablet performs. And this tablet would be directly competing with Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0.

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LG Optimus EX SU880 Launched in South Korea with Tegra 2 Processor

LG Electronics the South Korean company has officially launched the Optimus EX in South Korea. The LG Optimus EX is the successor of Optimus 2X. And as expect the Optimus EX will be Google Android powered operating system and SK Telecom would be the carrier in South Korea.
The Optimus EX would be powered with dual core 1.2 GHz nVIDIA Tegra 2 processor and consists of amazing 4 inches IPS Nova capacitive touchscreen display. Coming to IPS Nova it hasn’t got that start as Samsung’s Super AMOLED screen has got. The brightness provides by it would be 700 nits which is equivalent to 700 candles and that would work better in high and low light conditions. Added to hardware specifications is 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of onboard memory.

The Optimus EX would run on Android 2.3 operating system powered by Google and the device would be able to support Wi-Fi, DLNA for sharing rich media with DLNA enabled devices, Bluetooth and HDMI out port. A capable and good enough 5 mega pixel camera present on the rear side can record HD videos at 720p and front facing VGA camera can be used for video calls. The memory on phone can be added to include extra storage using the 32 GB of add-on card using the microSD card slot provided in the mobile. The handset is 9.65 mm thick and weights 127 grams.

Here are few pictures of LG Optimus EX

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App to Watch Free Live TV Channels & Movies on Galaxy Tab

Live TV on mobile phone has become reality since a long time and with 3G you get faster streaming of data which provides uninterrupted service.
The Mimobi is a TV application for mobiles to enjoy watching live TV on your phone. Phone? then why not on tablet? Since tablets are mobile devices with larger screen, its possible to watch live TV on Galaxy Tab tablets. We just come out here to show you how it works on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Since watching of live TV using the Mimobi.TV app is possible on 10.1 inches screen it is also possible to watch on 8.9 inches version and 7 inches version too. Not sure whether it works for other Honeycomb tablets!
The Mimobi app comes pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy Tab with other apps. This application supports HD TV playback but not sure whether HD TV channels like Discovery HD, Star Cricket HD, Star Plus HD, ESPN HD, etc., are available by Mimobi app.
Procedure to Watch Live TV on Galaxy TAB
There is not much long procedure for accessing Mimobi app on your Galaxy Tab, here are few steps procedure -

• Tap on “Apps” from any home screen on your tablet.

• Now among the various pre-installed apps tap on Mimobi or Mobile TV and once you tap on it, it will launch quickly within no time.
• If you are using it for the first time then you would require service activation, which is done by sending SMS on your Galaxy Tab. So you should have a 3G SIM inserted on your Galaxy Tab.

• Then check back the SMS that you have received. It will be received in no time.

• You would be then taken to the homepage of Mobile TV app on your Galaxy Tab and this is how it looks

• It has three tabs – Home, Live TV and Shows. Click on ‘Live TV‘ and you would get the list of channels along with categories on the left side.

• There are many channels to watch out for and you can choose categories to view more channel specific listings.

• There are different categories in which you can organise and one good thing I liked about this app is that, it will list all of your favorite channels in “Subscribed” category.
• This is how I watch live TV on tablet. You have the option of choosing the resolution to HD or normal playback along with various other settings.

Importantly accessing live TV on your tablet would require the need of any data connection, if you have Wi-Fi available then its easy to connect but if you have 3G then you would be charged accordingly to your data plans.

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