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BlackBerry partners with Foxconn to produce affordable BlackBerry 10 devices

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 03:43 AM PST

As sales plunge, BlackBerry has announced a new partnership with Foxconn to produce BlackBerry 10 devices. The five year partnership aims to launch the first device by March or April. The BlackBerry 10 based device will be introduced first in Indonesia. The company has also earmarked six or seven additional markets for the device. The device will be 3G enabled and should make its way to India as well given that the subcontinent remains a fairly major market for BlackBerry products. Shifting to Foxconn will allow BlackBerry to cutdown investments while possibly producing better hardware. All intellectual property will be owned by BlackBerry. Foxconn's responsibilities will be limited to manufacturing and working on the hardware of the devices. The cost of manufacturing will be paid to Foxconn directly by BlackBerry once production starts and costs are finalized. A clause is in place which says that Foxconn will take a portion of revenues once they exceed a certain amount. The new phone is expected to be produced at Foxconn's facilities in Mexico and Indonesia. Commenting on the deal, BlackBerry CEO John Chen had this to say, "For the foreseeable future, in North America, our designers will focus on enterprise handsets only…Most of all I'm ...

Windows Phone users to get 20 GB of free SkyDrive storage for an year thanks to Microsoft

Posted: 21 Dec 2013 01:47 AM PST

Windows Phone users have something to be extra happy about this Christmas. Microsoft is spreading around some festive cheer in the form of 20GB of free SkyDrive storage. Microsoft says that the free storage is valid for 1 year after which we presume you'll have to pay for it.  All Windows Phone users can claim their free storage till the end of January via the link that is being mailed to your primary ID attached to the phone. SkyDrive is an integral part of the extended Windows ecosystem and 20GB of free storage is nothing to sneeze at. Microsoft already gives 200GB of free storage for two years to users of the Surface 2 or Surface Pro 2 tablets. Including Windows Phone users into the mix is a good way to drive adoption for their cloud storage service. SkyDrive is also the backend for synchronizing settings across Windows devices and works surprisingly well. SkyDrive clients exist for Android, iOS and of course Windows Phone. The service can also be used on Windows PCs as well as the Mac. [Via - The Verge]

Simmtronics Xpad Turbo 7-inch Dual SIM Tablet with voice calling now available for Rs. 8056

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 10:43 PM PST

Simmtronics Xpad Turbo, a new 7-inch tablet with dual SIM support is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 7-inch ( 1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel pixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has 3G data connectivity and voice calling through dual SIM card slots and packs a 2800 mAh battery. Simmtronics Xpad Turbo specifications 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display 1.2 GHz dual-core processor with Mali-400MP GPU Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS Dual SIM (2G + 3G) with dual standby 8.5mm thick and weighs 273 grams 2MP rear camera 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera 512MB DDR3 RAM, 4 GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD 3G (via SIM card slot,) WiFi, Blutooth with A2DP, aGPS 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, Built-in Speaker 2800 mAh battery with 140 hours standby, 4 hours of web browsing and around 3 hours of video playback. Simmtronics Xpad Turbo is priced at Rs. 8056 and is available online.
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