Top 4 Pocket Budget Android Powered Dual Core Smartphones in India

Android powered handset features decent internal hardware. More and more handsets running on Android platform now have top notch build quality and hell number of features. Gone are the days when an Android powered phone starts at a price point of Rs.10,000. Now the situation is completly changed. The massification of connected devices played a key role in popularization of smartphones in India.

 

Karbonn A99-Karbonn A99 packs a 4-inch WVGA display having resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The phone is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor coupled with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of ROM (expandable up to 32GB via a microSD card slot). The makers have added a 1400mAh Li Ion battery. Android 4.2 Jelly Bean comes out of the box. There's a 5-mega pixel camera on the rear and a 0.3-mega pixel front facing camera. Other connectivity options include: 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Dual SIM, FM Radio, 3.5mm headphone jack, among others. Karbonn A99 is the brand new entrant in our countdown. The phone is available at a price of Rs. 6190. 

10.1 Inch Jelly Bean $200 Tablet Launched by Videocon

Videocon has launched its first Android tablet, the VT10, which is up for sale in India for the sum of 11,200 Indian Rupees (INR).indows 8 or Windows RT-loaded slates sell for even more than that, some at over $1,000 / 1,000 Euro.Sure, Videocon compromised and used less powerful hardware, but the components are still good enough to run the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system smoothly.First off we should mention the dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, with a clock speed of 1.5 GHz. 1 GB of RAM backs the chip up (random access memory).The integrated storage capacity is of only 8 GB. Flash storage is greatly responsible for the high price of tablets in general, and smartphones too for that matter, so it makes sense that a budget tablet wouldn't use 16 GB or 32 GB, or more.Naturally, a microSD memory card will allow for extra capacity to be added (a maximum of 32 GB).As for everything else, Videocon decided on a 2 megapixel rear camera, an identical camera on the front, Wi-Fi, 3G dongle support and a 6,800 mAh battery.Finally, the 10.1-inch IPS capacitive touchscreen display has a native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels. Orders can be placed through Snapdeal and Homeshop18. The product ships with a charging adaptor, headset, battery, HDMI cable, OTG cable, the user manual and a warranty card.

Teracom and MTNL Launches Android Tablets

The Teracom, telecom equipment manufacturer has partnered with MTNL, a state-run operator and launched three Android tablets on Friday. These are entry level tablets launched under the name “Lofty”.Commenting on the launch of these tablets, Mukesh Arora, Teracom Chairman and Managing Director told “In partnership with MTNL, we are launching three models of ‘Lofty’ tablet with high-end model priced at Rs. 10,999 and entry level model is for Rs. 3,999.”MTNL will provide a complementary data bundle of 10GB 3G data for two months – both local and roaming with these tablets. Lofty TZ330 sports a 7 inch resistive touchscreen display with 800 480 pixel resolution. Further, it is equipped with a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage. The tablet comes with a 0.3MP front facing camera for video calling. It can support data through the USB data dongles.Being a mid-range Android tablet, Lofty TZ200 has a 7 inch multi-touch capacitive touchscreen display with 800 480 pixel resolution. It is equipped with a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex A9 processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage. The tablet supports 3G via USB port.Further, it is also an Android 4.0 Ice-Cream Sandwich based tablet with a 0.3MP front camera.TZ100 houses a 7 inch capacitive display with 1024 x 600 pixel resolution. The tablet has a 1GHz Cortex A9 processor, 512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory and a micro SD card slot supporting up to 32GB.Further, TZ100 has a 3MP rear camera, 0.3MP front camera for video calling and a SIM slot for voice and data support.

Toshiba's four new Regza Android ICS tablets

Toshiba is coming up with four new Regza branded tablets in Japan.The basic specs of these four devices are some what same. But Toshiba has claimed that the four models will have differences in processor, display and resolution. They all are running on the latest Android 4.0 ICS operating system. The four tablets feature a 5 megapixel rear shooter and a 2 megapixel secondary camera having video chatting option. It is decent and good enough to capture images with clarity. These new tablets range in size from 7 inch to 13 inch. The four new tablets are named as Regza AT830, Regza AT570, Regza AT500 and Regza AT700 respectively.

Toshiba’s business strategy seems interesting. Though, launching 4 models with differences mainly in display and processing efficiency seemed quite confusing, but the company has a clear plan behind this. They plan to give customers flexible options to choose one as per their needs and budget. Tablet market is quite hot and competition is getting intense with Toshiba too joining the fray quite aggressively along with Samsung and Apple.

Android dispatch 33 M elegant hand set to usher World

Google's Android operating system turn out to be the world's top smart phone display place, accounting for 33.3 million of the 101.2 million smart phones shipped worldwide in the fourth quarter 2010.Canalys, which crunched smart phone shipments across North America, Asia Pacific, EMEA and Latin America, said Android edged the struggling Nokia, which sold 31 million units for the quarter.Android's market share closed slashed to its

shipment total, at 32.9 percent, while Nokia was at 30.6 percent share through Q4. No. 5 smart phone provider Microsoft's unit shipments and market share were 3.1 million and 3.1 percent, respectively for Q4.Android partly prompted by the first major marketing push of Verizon's Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris in the 2009 holiday season."Verizon will move its focus away from the Droid range, but the overall market impact will mean less carrier-exclusive deals, while increasing the AT&T opportunity for Android vendors, such as HTC, Motorola and Samsung," Shepherd added.Most market analyst expects iPhone to easily outshine Android in the United States, nailing 10 million to 20 million unit sales via Verizon alone.

Karbonn Smart Tab 2: An Android ICS Tablet

Karbonn’s recent offering, Smart Tab 2 will run on the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich OS, and is upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The tablet will sport a 7 inch capacitive with 5 point multitouch display. It will be equipped with a 1.2 GHz Xburst processor and 4 GB internal memory, which can be expanded to 32 GB with a micro SD card slot.

The Smart Tab 2 will have a 2 MP camera and will come preloaded with apps like Karbonn Smart games and browser. The tablet will be powered by a 3700 mAh battery and have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G (through dongle) connectivity features.

whts next in Android?

Many customers are still stuck waiting for a promised upgrade to Android 4.0 from Android 2.3. The release of Android 4.1 only serves to underline how bad the situation is for some owners. In some cases the promised upgrades have been cancelled, in most cases they are taking a lot longer than originally anticipated. In our view, the only reliable way to get a handset running Android 4.1 will be to buy a handset running Android 4.1 out of the box.
The radically different approach to Windows Phone may also present a problem to manufacturers who will have to go off and redesign their handsets from scratch. In the long term this move is likely to give Microsoft a significant strategic advantage, but Microsoft's partners are likely to be unhappy about having to start again with their smartphone designs. However, several manufacturers have shown commitment to this, and Microsoft have a reasonable chance of some success.

Casio launch 10 inch rugged Android ICS tablets

Casio launch 10 inch rugged Android ICS tablets.The company is entering the market with a couple of rugged Android tablets. The tablets dubbed Casio V-T500-GE and VT-500-E are rugged than usual.

The V-T500-GE and VT-500-E tablets have an IPR 54 rating indicating that they won’t break even if you drop them from a height of three feet. These tablets will not stop functioning even if they are splashed with water or used in dusty environments.

Casio V-T500-GE and Casio VT-500-E run on the Android 4.0 ICS operating system. The tablets sport a 10 inch scratch proof display. Both the devices are equipped with a 1.5 GHz dual core TI OMAP4460 processor and have NFC chips.

Zync launches Z-909 Plus Android tablet

Z-909 Plus Android tablet: It has a 7 inch resistive touchscreen display with 800 x 480 pixel resolution. It is equipped with a 1 GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and 4 GB internal memory that can be expanded to 16 GB.Zync Z-909 Plus has a 0.3 MP front facing camera for video calling. It runs on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system. The device is powered by a 3,000 mAh battery. It has USB support that enables connecting external dongles and keyboard. The Android tablet comes with connectivity features like Wi-Fi.The new sub Rs 4,000 tablet is preloaded with apps like BigFlix, Ibibo and Angry Birds. It can open, create or edit documents like Word, Excel and PDF files with the help of third party apps.Zync Z-999 tablet that was launched earlier is available for a price in India of Rs 11,990. The tablet runs on the Android 4.0 ICS operating system.

Interested in buying the Z-909 tablet? You can pick one from popular online shopping sites or from the retailer stores. Like other tablets, Zync Z-909 Plus also includes a one year manufacturer warranty.

Fujitsu Stylistic M532: An Android ICS tablet

New Fujitsu Stylistic M532 measures 262.6 x 175.4 x 8.6 mm and weighs 560 g giving a standard tablet design. The tablet features a WXGA display of 10.1-inch with 1280 x 800 pixel resolution. Fujitsu tablet has all the standard multimedia features built-in.

It includes a rear shooter of 8.0 megapixels resolution with features like autofocus and flash functionality.The front facing camera of 2.0 megapixels is a good for video chatting and calling sessions. The standard tablet battery offers an impressive operating time including video playback of 8.4 h.There are two stereo built-in speakers and also a digital microphone to give you enough audio power and efficiency.it ha salso other features are 10.1-inch multi-touch capacitive touchscreen,Android 4.0 ICS OS,A Quad-Core ARM Cortex A9 processor running at a speed of 1.4 GHz powers,1 GB DDR3 RAM,8 MP with flash rear camera,Mini USB port, HDMI out port also available.

LG Optimus L5

LG Optimus L5:LG Optimus L5 are a relatively large but fairly low-resolution 4.0" 320 x 480 pixel display, a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash on the back, 4GB of internal flash storage plus a microSD slot and an 800 MHz processor. The Optimus L5 is a smart looking and quite slim device measuring 118 x 67 x 9.5mm. The Optimus L5 runs Android 4.0 out of the box, so you'll get the latest version of the Android OS.

                  Also some other features are WiFi, 3.5G and Bluetooth connectivity, GPS with turn-by-turn navigation plus access to a massive range of downloadable applications.There are two variations of the Optimus L5, a dual-SIM version for Asia, Central and South America, the CIS and Middle East and a NFC-equipped single-SIM version for North America and the rest of Europe.also 5 megapixel camera,and loook like very stylish.

Samsung Galaxy Chat

Samsung Galaxy Chat:-Its an Android 4.0 ICS smartphone with an unusual feature: a physical keyboard, which makes it the only QWERTY-equipped Android 4.0 device from a major manufacturer that we know of.The Samsung Galaxy Chat is a useful choice for a particular market segment, although we would prefer to see an Android 4.0 device with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard as another choiceThe BlackBerry-style keyboard means that the screen on the Galaxy Chat is a relatively small 3" 240 x 320 pixel touchscreen panel. On the back is a 2 megapixel camera, and inside is an 850MHz processor plus 4GB of flash storage.It's hardly a high-end device, the Galaxy Chat seems to be targeting consumers who may be moving from a BlackBerry Curve.All other features are GPS, WiFi, 3.5G support, Bluetooth and USB connectivity, plus the Galaxy Chat has an FM radio, microSD slot and also supports the GLONASS positioning system.

Micromax Funbook (Android Tablet)

                        With the latest android platform introduced in the Micromax Funbook, the Tab is very sturdy and sleek to carry.Micromax Funbook is powered by 1.2ghz processor and runs on the latest Android OS – the Ice cream Sandwich (the only one of the lot) and also has a decent 512 mb RAM to go with it. What differentiates Funbook from others is that it has loads of content pre-installed on it that will appeal to younger as well as not-so-young consumers.

                     Other specification are,0.3 MP Primary Camera,Wi-Fi Enabled,Expandable Storage Capacity of 32 GB,This Funbook is packed with music player which allows you to store, play and groove to your favourite music. The audio player supports various formats like MP3, WMA, FLAC and WAV.  The enhanced Funbook also sports a video player that helps you play HD videos with crystal clear music clarity. The high definition of the tablet gives your movies an extra edge. The Micromax Tab supports formats like MPEG2, MPEG4, AVI, WMV, 3GP, MOV, MKV, RM and RMVB.

Best Android Tablet in Market

Samsung galaxy tab: It has 7-inch Android tablet is a serious contender to the Apple iPad, boasting two cameras, Flash compatibility, more convenient size. The Tab behaves more like a supersize Android phone than a Netbook alternative. The Android OS and its apps aren't yet optimized for the larger screen. Depending on your plan, The Galaxy Tab is a beautiful product with features that will make iPad owners envious, but its in-between size and possible carrier commitments hold it back from broad appeal.

 

Google nexus:It has a 7inch screen as is therefore a small tablet. The Nexus 7 is respectably thin at 10.9mm and very light at 336g.It's designed to be held in portrait mode predominantly and we found it very comfortable in one hand, in either orientation. You can easily reach right round the tablet with one hand, like you would with a Smartphone. The pint-sized dimensions of 120 x 199 mm mean you can also put the tablet in the back pocket of your jeans or the inside pocket of a jacket.its a great think.

Acer Iconia Tab A510: It is very glossy,a tendency to struggle with glare under bright lights.On the top edges there’s a reassuringly sturdy volume rocker and lock switch, which are well positioned for right thumb operation in portrait mode. On the bottom you’ll find a Micro-USB port and a hard-reset button.The A510 also boasts a 3.5mm headphone jack, a Micro HDMI port, space for a SIM card (on the 3G version) and a microSD card. It has 5MP camera that is also capable of shooting HD videos.

Toshiba AT200: It is an ultra-thin tablet that is just 7.7mm thin and features a beautiful brushed metal design. With a brilliant 10.1" touchscreen, hd video playback & Flash player for internet videos, the AT200 is a great entertainment machine.The Toshiba AT200 tablet is an elegant and powerful tablet. 1.2GHz processor and 1GB RAM mean apps, videos and the internet run super smoothly, even when you've got them open at the same time. It has a host of connections to share your media in just a seconds.

 Huawei MediaPad: It almost no ingredient in a bid to challenge the best 7" tablets out there. it would have been great to have Android ICS out of the box,but the screen has WXGA resolution and 216ppi pixel density - almost as high as the 10.1" Asus Transformer Prime TF700T and its 224ppi 1920x1200 screen.Huawei have been flexing their mobile manufacturing muscle lately and one of their latest creations.10.5mm slim aluminum unibody.also has GPS with A-GPS support; digital compass.

Sony Tablet S: It's a very decent and refined tablet, and has the unique feature of having access to original PlayStation games.+its operating platform is Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v 4.x,and Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9,TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors,The Sony Tablet S is a curvaceous,The book-like design makes it easy to grip with one hand, making it perfect for browsing the webdge-shaped tablet, which looks as if it has been folded out of a single piece of textured black plastic.

what is Android Jelly Bean?

                          Its a next version of Android operating system today, version 4.1, and as expected, it’s called Jelly Bean.
                          Jelly Bean is a lot more smooth than any previous Android version, and with the potentially market-defining Nexus 7 being one of the first devices to release with the new firmware as standard, Google has timed it to perfection. Smooth is one thing, of course, but as well as packing in plenty of new goodies, it’s also a great deal safer than any iteration before it.Google had an initiative called Project Butter that was used to make Android more responsive, including optimizing touches on the display. You can immediately tell everything seems just a bit smoother when you use Jelly Bean.

what is Ice Cream Sandwich?

                      Ice Cream Sandwich is the dessert-themed Android codename for an upcoming version 4.0 update of the open source Android mobile operating system. Ice Cream is expected to debut by the end of 2011 as Google’s “everywhere” operating system for smartphones, tablets.

                      With Ice Cream Sandwich Google is expected to unify the v2.x/v3.x forks of Android development while also adapting the Android framework and adding new APIs to help put an end to the issue of Android fragmentation.

                      Ice Cream Sandwich is also expected to bring many of the tablet-centric Honeycomb's features to smartphones, including video chat support based on Google Talk protocols, a new System Bar for global status and notifications and an Action Bar for application control, tabbed Web browsing support, an optimized soft keyboard and a new email interface.

Best Android Phones in Market

Samsung Galaxy Note: 
                                      Samsung Galaxy Note mobile is equipped with a 5.3″ HD Super AMOLED WXGA screen with different sensors like Light sensor, proximity sensor, accelerometer & Barometer. The mobile runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system with a 1.4GHz dual core processor & 1GB RAM powering it from the back end.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S: bumps up the processing power in the Arc S to 1.4GHz, from 1GHz in the original, and  some impressive performance.It has a micro-HDMI port on the top of the handset, and a cable in the box to plug the phone directly into your TV.other features are,8 MP camera, autofocus, LED flash,Touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization,HDMI port,MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player,MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player,Google Search, Maps, Gmail,YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk,and also microSD card slot, up to 32GB, 8 GB included.

Galaxy S2 : its a  great combination of solid quality, elegant design and rocking performance. With Gingerbread 2.3 operating system and a dual core processor, Samsung has made the mobile to deliver high performance. There are two cameras (one for capturing and the other for video calling).It comes with a huge 4.3" Super AMOLED touch screen, 8MP camera with auto-focus and LED Flash. Front camera has 2MP for video calling. Weights about 116 g with the battery. The other features are common which are found in other Samsung Android mobiles.

HTC Sensation: It's a android smartphone from HTC which offers speed, performance and awesome multimedia experience. It has 1.2 GHz Dual Core CPU and 4.3" qHD (540 x 960) high resolution widescreen. It comes with 1GB internal memory (8GB micro SD included) and can be expandable up to 32GB. An 8MP camera with auto focus and dual LED flash allows it to take 1080p video recording @ 30fps. It also has a front cam (VGA) for video calling. HTC sensation runs on Android v2.3 Gingerbread operating system and also equipped with HTC sense v3.0 UI. Connectivity options include wifi, 3G, micro USB, GPS, Bluetooth. It has 1520 mAh Li-Ion battery which gives you talktime of upto 8hrs 20 min (2G)/6hrs 40min (3G).

Dell Venue:
                   It's an android mobile with 4.1" AMOLED touch screen (800 x 480px) resolution which is made from scratch resistant Gorilla glass. The camera is of 8MP with auto-focus and 4x Zoom. Supports all the popular music formats. Internal memory is 1GB and can be expanded with 32GB microSD card. Dell Venue runs on Android 2.2 with a Snapdragon 1GHz processor.

Motorola Droid Razr : RAZR MAXX, its a same phone as the Droid RAZR but with a 3300 mAh battery. This Android smartphone has a 4.3" qHD Super AMOLED display and a 1.2GHz dual core CPU. The MAXX is 0.35" thick, and it has an 8 megapixel rear camera that can shoot 1080p video, LTE 4G, a front video chat camera and 16 gigs of internal storage

Samsung Galaxy S 3 : 2012 edition of Samsung's top of the line Android smartphone features a 4.8" Super AMOLED 720p display, a very fast 1.5GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 CPU, 2 gigs of RAM and 16 gigs of storage. It has an excellent rear 8MP camera, clear voice and LTE on the Sprint.

LG Nitro :LG Nitro HD is definitely a phone worth getting exciting about. It has a 720p IPS display, and LG makes some impressive mobile displays. It runs on the same dual core 1.5GHz Snapdragon CPU as the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket and the slightly lower clocked HTC Vivid, and it has an excellent 8 megapixel rear camera.

HTC EVO 4G LTE : It has the right combo of good looks, high quality materials and top off the line features that makes for a true flagship smartphone. As you can guess from the name, this 4.7" Android ICS smartphone has LTE 4G,You'll get WiFi and 3G to fall back on until LTE hits your area, and the phone has NFC with Google Wallet that works now. The EVO 4G LTE runs on an extremely fast yet power frugal Snapdragon S4 1.5GHz CPU that benchmarks near the top of our tests. It has 16 gigs of storage and a microSD card slot for expansion. it has HTC's excellent 8MP camera with BSI sensor.

LG Revolution it has a 1GHz single core Snapdragon CPU, a 4.3" capacitive touch screen and 16 gigs of internal storage. It runs on Android OS 2.2 Froyo with software customizations by LG that we like overall. This is one of the few Android phones to ship with Netflix pre-installed and combined with 4G, it's a portable movie lover's dream. Like the Droid Charge and HTC Thunderbolt, this is a large phone and battery life is LTE-challenged. The Revolution has a front 1.3MP video chat camera and rear 5MP main camera along with the usual WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS.




  

LG Viper 4G LTE :LG Viper is Sprint's most affordable LTE smartphone, the Viper is a mid-tier phone, but it has a few nice perks like NFC with Google Wallet and a 700 nit brightness IPS display that looks very sharp and colorful. The phone has a 4", 800 x 480 display and it runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread.








HTC Vivid: HTC Vivid is a beautiful high end phone with enticing specs and true 4G LTE.HTC Vivid it has a 1.2GHz dual core CPU, a lovely 4.5" qHD display and HTC's high end 8 megapixel camera with 1080p video recording. It runs Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread with HTC Sense 3.0 software.YouTube, Google Talk, Picasa integration,MP3/AAC+/WAV/WMA player,MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player.

 Motorola Photon 4G:  Motorola Photon 4G has a sharp 4.3" HD display, an 8 megapixel camera, HDMI-out and 16 gigs of internal storage. This is both with a GSM for roaming and a WiMAX 4G smartphone. It runs Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread on a 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 CPU.other great feature are Geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization,HDMI port, Active noise cancellation with dedicatedmic,MP3/WAV/WMA/AAC+ player,MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player,Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot.

Android Tablet

                A tablet computer or slate is a touch screen enabled, keyboard free computer.   As you may know the i Pad was the first mainstream tablet that was unveiled in March of 2010.   As usual, Apple has created an amazing, eye-catching product that wowed consumers and continues to impress all with its usefulness, beauty, and functionality.  Now there are many competitors to the original tablet.  Most of the competition is based on the Android Operating System.

               Android Tablet Computers share the Google Android operating system, and perhaps more importantly share the Android Market for apps.
                
                Just as with desktop, laptop, notebook and netbook computers, users select the best that fits their needs according to price, design, operating system, and ease of use.

               Although some Android tablets are built with 3G or 4G connectivity.  Most are constructed to operate on conventional wi-fi networks.

Android Market

            According to a report by analysis firm Convergence Catalyst, the Indian smartphone market is expected to grow by 100 percent with 18 to 20 million devices being sold in the year in comparison to 9.5 million units sold in 2011. The report states that smartphones will encompass for 12 to 14 percent of the total handset sales and Samsung is expected to be the dominant player in the market.

            

             As of now Nokia’s Symbian platform holds about 46 percent in market share while Android holds 28.3 percent of the market, however this will supposedly change. The report states that Android will cross the 50 percent mark in market share while Symbian will drop to 23.3 percent.
             
             Notably the report also states that Windows Phone will see gains, but in the scheme of things it appears to be pretty minimalistic as Windows Phone controlled 1.2 percent of the market in 2011 and is expected to grow to only about 3.6 percent in market share. Clearly this does not bode well for Nokia, but the report states that Nokia will continue to be relevant in the country.

what is android?

Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google.Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of the devices. Developers write primarily in a customized version of Java. Apps can be downloaded from third-party sites or through online stores such as Google Play (formerly Android Market), the app store run by Google. In June 2012, there were more than 600,000 apps available for Android, and the estimated number of applications downloaded from Google Play was 20 billion.