inoXapps is a start-up by IIT Delhi Alumni and some of their apps include Live Wallpaper, Finger Print Scanner, Ghost screens and few adult etc.

As per Xyologic’s December 2011 data, Rovio witnessed 4.6 Mn downloads while Inox had about 9.0 Mn (little more than Outfit7 which had 8.1 Mn). While Xyologic data has been questioned earlier, founder of inoxApps, Nikunj Jain did confirm that the number of app downloads they received was pretty much in line with Xyologic report.

Links:

http://xyologic.com/search/Android/ANY?q=dev%3a125056

http://xyologic.com/search/Android/ANY?q=dev%3a124666

http://xyologic.com/search/Android/ANY?q=dev%3a137082

Via: Appnomy.

About 54% of 166 million mobile devices sold in India in the first 11 months of 2011 were multi-SIM devices, out of which 10 million devices were smartphones [as per a study by Cybermedia].

Given that those who bought Micromax devices 2 years back are now looking for a replacement, Nokia’s brand value does score higher than the other homegrown brands. And as a brand, Micromax has been more about the tangible marketing (i.e. advertisements/sponsorships) and less about the intangibles (trust/customer support etc) and it’d be interesting to see Micromax’s 2012 strategy to compete with Nokia and Samsung(s ) of the world.

Aside, Micromax recently announced new CEO and key leadership change that will help the company in sailing through the smartphone market.

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Google has the #1 app in terms of reach for 5 out of top 7 genres, while Facebook dominates social networking

Google properties occupy the top spot in five of the top seven genres, by reach. Facebook and Nimbuzz lead the social networking and chat genres respectively.

Time spent with the top app categories
94% of time spent on streaming video goes to YouTube, while 86% of time spent on GPS is with Google. However, when it comes to social networking and chat applications, Google struggles to obtain more than a few percentage points of time spent. [Via: Neilsen report]

The Hide it Pro app is completely free and importantly one of the few app in android market having full 5 stars rating with 1,000,000 downloads.

The app is cleverly disguised as “Audio Manager” in the App Drawer and can be used to turn the volumes up and down. But if you Long press on the Audio Manager title the actual Hide It Pro app will launch!

You can hide Images/Videos/Audio Recordings etc. from the Phone’s stock gallery by selecting all the pics that you want to hide and selecting SHARE. Applications can be hidden from within the Hide it Pro app.

Features :

1.) Super clean and smooth UI.
2.) Proper segregation of videos/pictures audio with dashboard
3.) Categorize media into folders of your choice
4.) Batch(Multi-Select) support for hiding and unhiding files
5.) Unhide entire folders, or select multiple files to unhide at once
6.) Move files between folders
7.) Sort files by date/size/name and sort folders by count/name
8.) Thumbnails for pictures and videos on all devices
9.) Gallery features Pinch to Zoom , Double tap to zoom , One finger hold and move zoom
10.) Slideshow with Fade and Zoom effects
11.) Send/Share pictures , Get picture details and other miscellaneous options
12.) Image for seamless browsing
13.) Special optimization for low end phones. (uncheck the low memory mod from settings to get crisper pics back)
14.) Video player features play/pause/forward/rewind/next video/prev video support
15.) Ability to choose and save custom video player
16.) Disappears from recent apps list
17.) Two lock screen options viz Pin and Password
18.) Escape pin/password for times when you get caught
19.) Has built in full featured file manager with ability to hide/move/share/delete multiple files
20.) Built in encryption tool(with military standard 256-bit AES encryption) to secure your most important files
21.) Special support for Incognito Browser(vBrowser) with hidden bookmarks ,and special ability like downloading from 14+ video streaming websites
22.) Full Support for Locking apps from within the app. etc.
There are a lot more features like custom slideshow durations/slideshow order/effects , custom folder thumbnails etc.

Hide it Pro: App Details

Operating System(s): Android
Pricing Free
Supported Phone: phones with android version 1.6 and above
App Download Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.smartanuj.hideitpro&hl=en

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Designed specifically for best Power Performance and Multi-tasking Experience, Adam II will be based on Google’s IceCream Sandwich Operating System.

Adam II will release the world’s first Modular Based Software Architecture which will further expand the scope of application development and use nearly every single hardware feature in a “user customizable” application. Drag and drop features will enable easy application modification and Open Source Module will further expand the use cases and tablet deployment. Node operations like in Blender, and “Application Authoring Tools” are primarily aimed at non-programmers for composing applications, games and use-case flows in a drag-and-drop fashion, utilizing visual editors and behavior-based logic system.[blog]

Essentially, you will be able to use the tablet as a logic analyzer, medical imaging device, signal acquisition and processing, 3D modeling and multi-media.

Is this a hardware release or a software release? If it’s a hardware release, be assured that the novelty will die down in 2-3 months and given Notion Ink’s earlier history of delayed launches, do you think Notion Ink V1 users will find V2 exciting enough to buy?

Existing customers Vs. New Customers – Where should Notion Ink focus on?

You could use Enyte Note wherever you go – a meeting, learning session, a vacation and you can utilize it as a notebook of your thoughts. You can create notebooks including – sketches, lists, snippets of information. You can add images and text clippings that you consider relevant, from online sources and store it all in a notebook that has a comfortable feel to it.

The app is currently free(so grab it now) , but will be charged $1.99 later.

Download link: http://itunes.apple.com/in/app/enlytenote/id484924324?mt=8

Pricing: Free.

Available in App Store: iPhone App Store

Supported Phone: iPad

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The following are the main measures laid down by government:

• Web sites  of all  Government Departments  and Agencies shall be made mobile-compliant, using the “One Web” approach.
• Open  standards  shall be adopted  for  mobile applications for  ensuring the interoperability of applications across various operating systems and devices as per the Government Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance.
• Uniform/ single pre-designated numbers (long and short codes) shall be used for mobile-based services to ensure convenience.

All Government Departments and Agencies shall develop and deploy mobile applications for providing all their public services through mobile devices to the extent feasible on the mobile platform. They shall also specify the service levels for such services.

To ensure the  adoption and implementation of the  framework in a time-bound manner, the government will develop Mobile Services Delivery Gateway (MSDG), i.e. the the core infrastructure for enabling the availability of public services through mobile devices. This will be developed and maintained by an appropriate agency within DIT. MSDG is proposed to be used as a shared infrastructure by  the  Central and State Government Departments and Agencies at nominal costs for delivering public services through mobile devices

To ensure successful implementation of the  platform with requisite levels of  security and redundancy, following actions will be taken:

a) End User Interface: End-user devices include landline phones, mobile phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), tablets, and laptops with wireless infrastructure.  Mobile applications developed shall take into consideration appropriately the  wireless-device interface issues,  such as bandwidth limitations, micro-browser and micro-screen restrictions, memory and storage capacities, usability, etc.

b)  Content for Mobile Services:  Due to lower-bandwidth and smaller-screen characteristics of mobile  devices, successful development  and deployment  of mGovernance will require development of separate mobile-ready content. Similarly, to meet the needs of all the potential users, the applications will need to be developed Framework for Mobile Governance in the relevant local languages for the various channels of delivery. Open standards  and open source  software, to the extent possible,  will be used  to ensure  interoperability and affordability of the content and applications developed.

c) Mobile Applications (Apps) Store: A mobile applications (m-apps) store will be created to facilitate the process of  development  and deployment  of suitable applications for delivery of public services through mobile devices. The m-apps store shall be integrated with the MSDG and  it  shall use the MSDG infrastructure for deployment of such applications. It is proposed that the store will be based upon service oriented architecture and cloud based technologies using open standards as far as practicable. The open platform will be developed and deployed in conjunction with the MSDG for making the additional value added services available to the users irrespective of the device or network operator used by them.

d) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for Value-Added  Services (VAS) providers: MSDG shall offer suitable APIs to VAS providers with appropriate terms and  conditions to ensure interoperability and compliance with standards for development of applications for delivery of public services.

e) Mobile-Based Electronic Authentication of Users:  For electronic authentication of users for mobile-based public services,  MSDG shall incorporate suitable mechanisms including Aadhaar-based authentication. This will also help in ensuring appropriate privacy and confidentiality of data and transactions.

f) Payment Gateway:   MSDG shall also incorporate an integrated mobile payment gateway to enable users to pay for the public services electronically.

g) Participation of Departments:  The  Government Departments and  Agencies both at the Central and State levels will be encouraged to offer their mobile-based public services through the MSDG to avoid duplication of infrastructure.

Link (pdf)

Quillpad Touch Features
- Keyboard Features:
• Compact & Natural Keyboard Layout
• Either Vowel or Matras displayed depending on the context
• Next keys are highlighted to make locating them easy
- Typing Features:
• Each key needs to be pressed only once for every letter. The correct letter is selected as the word is written
• Predicted words are displayed with most probable word highlighted
• Auto-completion words are suggested
- Handwriting Recognition:
• Handwritten gesture recognition supported for matras, bindus and halanth
- Manual Correction Features:
• Any particular letter from a key can be chosen by pressing and sliding the finger
• Two consonants can be combined together by pinching anywhere on the screen
- Content Actions:
• Send as email
• Post tweets
• Search the web
• Copy to clipboard and paste in any application

Quillpad Touch provides an easy way of writing in Hindi. While you can use the intelligent keyboard to write quickly, handwritten gesture recognition makes it fun and exciting. - App Download link

- Operating System(s): iOS (iPhone OS)

- Pricing Free

- Available in App Store: iPhone App Store

- Supported Device: iPad (Requires iOS 5.0 or later).

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Suneet Singh Tuli, President & CEO of DataWind Writes:

“While industry analysts were forecasting only 250,000 tablet computers for the Indian market in 2012, our pre-booking rate is now averaging over 100,000 individual enduser sales each day and have cumulatively exceeded over two million.  With tens of thousands of calls daily to our call-centre, we are unable to adequately respond to all the queries we are receiving”

Very recently, DataWind announced an app contest for students inviting app developers to build apps on Android 2.2 version the the top five applications submitted will be awarded a prize money of Rs. 1 lakh each.

Recommended Read: [Overhyped] Indians on Tablet Spree. 14Lakh Aakash Tablets Pre-booked, RIM Sells 12000 Playbooks

In general, Voice services are limited by the fact that they do not get enough information about the caller. All we get to know is the caller id and there is very limited information that we can extract from that. But in a mobile app we can get much more information about the caller including their location(with their permission, of course).

When the user dials the weather app (on KooKoo app exchange), the service will playback the current weather based on the user location. The data channel is not used at call. So location based services can be enabled for voice services. This innovative use opens up the door for a whole host of location based voice services.

Most importantly, the service provides discovery to Kookoo’s 1500 registered developers who have added value to Kookoo’s cloud telephony service over the last few years.

As far as monetization is concerned, all apps on the App exchange are free. But in the future Kookoo plans to enable paid apps as well. Developers can charge per minute credits to access their content (Users can buy pre paid credits from the KooKoo website and use the credits on the paid content apps).

KooKoo Voice App Directory: App Details

Operating System(s): Android
Pricing : Free
Available in App Store: Android App Store

Supported Phone: Android 2.1 and above

Download Link.

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If you are interested in having your phone number listed here please send an email to support@kookoo.in.

In our native Holland, during this cold time of year, we’re anxiously waiting for what we call Skirts Day: the very first beautiful spring day on which Dutch women decide to wear Skirts to celebrate that spring has finally come. [Wikibros, developer of the app]

Skirt Alert makes sure you or your friends know when the Skirts will be pulled out of the closet. The app takes your current location and  Skirt Alert’s answer is always clear: Yes or No (Of course, detailed information on temperature, wind and precipitation is available, too).

Tell the app what’s a convenient time to receive a notification and you’ll find out if it’s time to get those Skirts ready. The interesting part about the app is that it’s not just another weather app, but a great piece of product packaging.

More details

- App Download Link

- Operating System(s): Android, iOS (iPhone OS),

- Pricing: Free

- Available in App Store: iPhone App Store

- Supported Phone: iPhone.

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The contest (App ki App) is inviting app developers to build apps on Android 2.2 version the the top five applications submitted will be awarded a prize money of Rs. 1 lakh each. These five applications will be pre-installed on the device and advertising revenue from these applications will be shared with the app developers. The last date for submitting entries is February 20th 2012 and for submitting apps is Feb 29th.

Akash : Cheapest Tablet? Who Pays the Price?

Future of DataWind

Even though the future of Aakash tablet remains uncertain, government has today announced that they are floating fresh tenders to to meet the demand for Aakash tablets and while so far government has placed the order for only 100,000 – they need 220 million tablets (case of extrapolated numbers?).

The HRD ministry had initially placed an order for one lakh units with DataWind. It received 30,000 Aakash tabs as part of the pilot run. But it proved a disaster after poor the feedback received concerning these tabs. DataWind had reportedly refused to upgrade the second tranche of 70,000 Aakash tablets with improved specifications, for which it sought more funds. However, it will supply the second tranche of improved Aakash tablets at the original price of Rs.2,250.[source]

Even our review of Aakash tablet can be summed up in few words – it just isn’t useful.

Akash : Cheapest Tablet? Who Pays the Price?

Future of Aakash Tablet

Even though these reports are not yet confirmed and DataWind expects to get a Letter of Credit before January 30th (the deadline), we remain cynical and unsure of this initiative (where are the broadband pipes to get your tablet up and running with data?)

So who wins in the end? DataWind – they have built a great brand just in few months and have got enough orders for their premium product, Ubislate. Also, they could be partnering with Mukesh Ambani’s ambitious’ 4G project that plans to sell tablets at less than INR 3,500 price.

Guess who is the loser here? Hint: It’s not the government.

As per a report by Arieso (England based company that advises mobile operators), users of the iPhone 4S demand three times as much data as iPhone 3G users and twice as much as iPhone 4 users, who were identified as the most demanding in company’s 2010 study.

Smartphones & Tablets Eating Bandwidth

Insights from the Arieso study

- 1% of subscribers now consuming HALF of all downloaded data.

- Google Nexus One users make twice as many data calls as iPhone 3G users.

- iPhone 4S users download 2.76 times as much data as users of the iPhone 3G.

- HTC Desire S users typically uploading 3.23 times as much data as iPhone 3G users, the iPhone 4S falls just behind in this category with a typical 3.20 times as much data uploaded.

- 64 percent of extreme users were using a laptop, a third were using a smartphone and 3 percent had an iPad.

- iPhone 4S downloaded 276 percent more data from an operator’s network than did people with the Apple 3G (Galaxy S stood at 199%) [study link]

Is Apple Siri playing a big role here?

Recommended List : Top 10 Tablets of 2011.

If you are a person who fancies tech and gadgets then I am pretty sure that you would be wanting a tablet for yourself by now. As always, the market is full of a wide variety of tablets that are begging in the stores to take them with you. In order to rescue you from the difficulty of choosing yourself a right tablet, I have compiled a list of top 10 tablets in the market.

1. Apple iPad 2 – Rs. 27,000 (16GB Wi-Fi) onwards.

Love – iOS 5, Specially made iPad Apps, Great Screen, Fluid Web Browsing, Extremely fast, Amazing battery life and Solid built quality.  And Apple, ofcourse.

Hate – Poor Fixed Focus Cameras, iTunes Still required, Comparatively low screen resolution.

Conclusion – Although priced higher, it is obvious that there is still no match to this tablet. Not only it is extremely fast and pleasing to use, its solid built quality and thin body makes it comfortable to carry around. It has the longest battery life till date so you can charge it once and forget the charger for the rest of the week if you use tablet casually.

2. Amazon Kindle Fire – Rs. 13,500 On Ebay.

Love – Extremely Affordable yet fast (Courtesy: Dual-Core processor), Good screen, Good Browser, Amazon media services are second only to Apple iTunes, Exclusive Apps.

Hate – Only 8GB non-expandable storage, No Extras (Cameras, Microphone, GPS and 3G), Some UI quirks.

Conclusion – It is the best and most usable affordable tablet to date. If you are geek enough then you can install Android 4.0 ICS on it in the near future.

3. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1/ Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 – Rs. 30,990 onwards

Love – Very good screen, lighter and slimmer than iPad 2, Fast, Android 4.0 Upcoming, Usable cameras, Good on-screen mini apps and good battery life.

Hate – Very limited set of tablet apps, No memory expansion option.

Conclusion – It is by far the best Android 10 inch tablet with all the latest features built into its thin and light body. It is also officially announced to get Android 4.0 ICS.

4. Sony Tablet S – Rs. 29,990

Love – New, fresh and easy to handle paperback-like design, PlayStation Mobile Gaming certified, Integrated Universal Remote, Android 4.0 Upcoming.

Hate – Low screen brightness, Proprietary and heavy charger, Average Battery Life.

Conclusion – It looks and feels different from all the other slim slab looking tablets out there. With ‘PlayStation’ certified games for mobile and an integrated all-in-one remote, it is a good tablet to be in your living room.

5. Asus Transformer – Rs. 29,990

Love – Keyboard and Touchpad Dock is really useful who happen to type a lot, Full sized USB port and card slot, HDMI out will be good add-on for media enthusiasts.

Hate – Low quality cameras, average build quality.

Conclusion – Sure it is a yesteryear’s tablet but with some great add-on in the form with a keyboard dock that doubles up as a secondary battery built-in. The HDMI port, full sized card slot and touchpad makes it look like a netbook replacement with an added advantage of touchscreen.

6. Motorola Xoom – Rs. 19,900

Love – Android 3.2 (Upgradeable to Android 4.0 ICS), HDMI, Low priced, 3G connectivity standard in all models, All the connectivity options and sensors present.

Hate – Heavier and fatter than other tablets, Dull looking design.

Conclusion – Although with a heavier body, it is the most affordable Android 3.2 tablet with powerful hardware and connectivity features.

7. Apple iPad (64GB, Wi-Fi) – Rs. 27,000

Love – Good screen, Huge storage option, Excellent apps and games, Great for reading books, Wide range of accessories, Awesome battery life.

Hate – No 3G connectivity, no cameras and limited 256MB of RAM.

Conclusion – It may be nearly 2 years old but it is still better than a lot of tablets out there. With a huge collection of apps and games specially made for iPad, it may never disappoint you with all the entertainment options. Excellent battery life makes it the cherry on the cake.

8. HTC Flyer (Wi-Fi + 3G) – Rs. 22,000

Love – Affordable, Good looking and great build quality; All-round connectivity, Android 3.2 Honeycomb, Speedy single core processor, Digital pen for jotting down notes and scribbling, HTC Sense.

Hate – Single core processor may not be able to run all high end games, You can buy dual core tablets and cheaper price, thicker than others.

Conclusion – With super sexy aluminum unibody, great 7 inch screen with HTC sense UI, it is the best and most affordable 7-inch tablet with Android 3.2 and a 3G connectivity option.

9. Samsung Galaxy Tab (7-inch, 16GB, Wi-Fi) – Rs. 15,000 on EBay India

Love – Faster processor than others, Good gaming performance and web browsing. Android 2.3 with Samsung TouchWiz 3.0 UI and good tablet specific apps from Samsung (Email, Calendar, Music Player, etc); Good screen quality.

Hate – No upgrade to Android 3.0 or 4.0 and average battery life.

Conclusion – This tablet is definitely the best Android 2.3 tablet with all the Google services. It has a good screen, it is light and easy to carry around; build quality is good too.

10. Akash Tablet/Ubislate 7+ – Rs. 2,500 onwards

Love – Super affordable making it the cheapest tablet in the world. Can play HD videos, Expandable storage, Android 2.2(Akash)/2.3(Ubislate 7+), Full sized USB port, Made in India.

Hate – None at this price. (Could have been excellent if they managed to fit a capacitive touchscreen though)

Conclusion – Finally we are proud of Indian government who launched the worlds cheapest tablet for Indian students and even subsidized the price.

What tablet did you buy in 2011? What do you look forward to? iPad, once again?

[Guest article contributed by Shaik Asif Iqbal of Techhunger.]

Features

The navigation device boasts of large touch screen (Between 15.7cm to 17.8cm), DVD player, iPod connectivity, USB and SD card support for movies and music, Aux-in and AV-in for connecting other audio and video sources, Bluetooth for hands-free calling, AV-in for reverse camera support, Steering Wheel Controls, AV-out to connect to rear-seat or roof-mounted monitors and built in FM radio player. The navigation devices will be powered by the latest MapmyIndia Maps v7.0 including Premium Content which offers unprecedented map details covering all 5,76,000 towns and villages at national level, 4000+ cities at street level, 36 cities with house-level details, 20 cities in full 3D, and 6.3 million points of interest.

The price of MapmyIndia’s in-dash navigation and entertainment systems range from Rs. 26,990/- to Rs. 39,990/.

An interesting packaging of Android tablet, though the pricing limits the product to a very niche audience. What’s your take on the pricing vis-a-vis feature set? Aren’t they competing with other Android based tablets or navigation apps on your mobile/smartphone device?

Recent Updates from Navigation Industry

• TomTom Buys-out Joint Venture Partner in India, To Focus on In-car Navigation Services
• MapmyIndia launches ShowNearby, a free location-based places app for Blackberry, Android and iPhone
• Tata DOCOMO Launches Route Finder, Driving Directions Delivered Via SMS

Over the holiday “power week,” Flurry estimates that over 20 million iOS and Android devices were activated, and 1.2 billion applications were downloaded.  Compared to the worldwide total active installed base of 246 million, this was 41%.  China, the world’s second largest app market, which has roughly one-third of the U.S. installed base saw only one-fifth of the relative downloads.  It’s important to note that the celebration of Christmas as a holiday impacted download performance.  While the United States widely celebrates Christmas,  China is largely non-religious, with over 60% of the population considering themselves agnostic or atheist.  [Flurry/Via]

Western countries (US accounted for 42% share) dominated the list (but obvious), but China being #2 comes as a huge surprise.

What’s your take on the report (our first impression: extrapolated)? Convinced about the 10 million download numbers?

Aside, it’s important to note that 26% Downloaded Apps Are Used Only Once, that is – you still need to find a mojo for your app.]

* We have asked Flurry for more insights on India data and will update the post once we hear from them.

The number which might look like a Mumbai number on the first look, given the 022 STD code, actually is an 11 digit international number and resonates with the African country Guinea that has calling code of +224 and the country follows a 8 digit standard phone number.

At this moment there is no certainty as to what this number is and if this is true or rumor. In case you get a call and you have no relatives in that little African country, avoid answering it.

A random search revealed some forum discussing this number for past couple of months but no case of balance deduction was reported.

[Naman is a startup enthusiast and has worked with couple of Indian startups as Product Manager. He writes at The Inspire Blog]

• 16 GB – Rs.13,490
• 32 GB – Rs. 15,990
• 64 GB – Rs.24,490

Blackberry’s Playbook hasn’t really taken off in a big way and RIM shipped only 200,000 units in Q2, 2011 (and only 150,000 in Q3). Due to low market demand, Blackberry reduced the price of Playbook tablet in US to $199 (from $300).

Blackberry Playbook in India

Given its current discounted pricing, the Playbook tablet could be a better bet than others like Reliance’s 3G Tab, though there is already a fear of Blackberry shutting down this unit, as it has failed to live up to company’s expectation (parent company RIM wrote off $485 million to offer discounts).

Game for Playbook?

Mobile banking in India is set to generate fee-based income of Rs 20,250 crore over the next five years, mainly driven by lower transaction cost, favourable regulatory environment. By 2015, $350 billion in payment and banking transactions could flow through mobile phones, compared with about $235 billion of total credit- and debit-card transactions today [Report: Mobile Banking & India].

Mobile Banking & India

Also see: Nokia Money goes live pan-India

Report by Flurry suggests that emerging economies, i.e. China, India and Brazil will make up three of the top five market opportunities.

From Flurry blog –

First we used the “adult” population counts from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which IMF defines as 15 to 64 years of age.  Next, we adjusted our numbers based on the size of the middle class in each country, primarily using a study by Miller-McCune.  We finally estimated the size of the upper class per country, who by extension can also afford a smart device.  After making adjustments, we are left with adult consumers who have the financial means to afford a smartphone device per country.

Many of the world’s largest countries have largely un-penetrated markets, primarily due to standards of living (emerging markets) or increased competition for consumers’ disposable income (developed markets).  In either case, the TAM is there, but the adoption hasn’t yet occurred.  So, many of these markets are future bets with the time of maturity somewhat variable and unknown.

Also see:  Bravo! India Among The Top 3 Countries For Android App Ideas [Bangalore #4 Globally]

The app has been developed by Pradeepta Dash (the CEO of pdashes.com and most recently was the lead engineer behind the Flickr app for iPhone.)

Pradeepta shares following stats regarding Deykho App:

1. Within 24 hours of launch, Deykho has breached the top 200 all time free apps on the Indian AppStore.
2. #23 on the Entertainment category in India.

Deykho Bollywood App Details:

Operating System(s): iOS
Pricing Free
Available in App Store: iPhone App Store
Supported Phone: iPad, iPhone, ipod

App Download Link

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Pluggd.in's HTML5 Site

We decided to skip the app route, as taking a seamless/integrated approach to mobile devices (including tablet) is more logical and long-term. The HTML5 site and mobile site are neatly integrated (powered by Mobstac) and depending on the device you use to visit Pluggd.in, the corresponding site will be rendered accordingly.

Pluggd.in's HTML5 Site

That is, when you visit Pluggd.in from your iPad, the magic should happen automatically and the site is rendered as per iPad’s form factor. And the iPad experience has to be different from a smartphone experience and that’s where the beauty of Mobstac platform lies.

Currently, the HTML5 site is in beta and carries a few known bugs (like auto-redirection doesn’t happen/works only with iPad), but all major bugs will be sorted out by first week of January, 2012.

Meanwhile, do give our HTML5 site (hop to http://m.pluggd.in) a spin and share your feedback (either in the comment section or email to: b@mobstac.com)

Recommended Read: HTML5 Vs. Native App Debate – Here Is What You Need To Know

Tools: The Best 4 Tools For Creating a Mobile App

Enabled with multiple operator functionality wherein users can insert any SIM card of their choice and use the device for high speed internet access, the 3G Data Card offers features like Voice Call through GUI, Phonebook and SMS support, Social Networking and much more.

Operating on HSPA/UMTS 2100MHz frequency with support for EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, the ‘Salora Zapper 3G Data Card’ comes with an Auto Install Software and supports APN auto management which offers support for Microsoft Windows TM Vista, XP SP2+ and Mac OSX (10.4.X Intel based CPU).  The device offers a high speed USB 2.0 support along with an external memory slot via Micro SD of 32 GB capacity.
The price of Salora’s 3G data card is Rs. 1,999.

The ‘Salora Zapper 3G Data Card’ comes with an internal antenna for ease-of-use and puts in an inbuilt multi color LED status indicator for clear display.

A reminder application at heart, it stands out among multitude of similar products on accounts of its unique combination of features and ease of use. With Voice reminder app you just have to record your Voice and select a Date and Time when you want it to be played. It is an ideal app for you if find typing alert messages on mobile devices too inconvenient or time taking.

Besides being an alert application, its intuitive and easy to use design also makes it very useful for taking audio notes and making recordings.

App Details

Operating System(s): Android
Pricing : Free
Available in App Store: Android App Store
Supported Phone: All android devices

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DataWind, the makers of Aakash Tablet is now suggesting users to prebook UbiSlate, which is the premium version of Aakash tablet (the Ubislate price is Rs, 2,999).

The craze for cheapest tablet can be gauged from the fact that the keyword ‘aakash tablet’ has been among Google India’s top searched query for the last 3 days (shows up on website’s traffic  as well)

As per a report by Hindu, DataWind can churn out 1,000 tablets/day and while they haven’t yet shared the registration numbers, it seems that the company will not accept booking of Aakash tablet and will instead force users to prebook the upgraded version, i.e. UbiSlate7.

UbiSlate Specification

• Android 2.3 operating system,
• WiFi & GPRS (SIM & Phone functionality)
• Cortex A8 – 700 Mhz

The processor speed is 700 MHz which makes it three times that of the original tablet. It has a battery of 3200 maH, and lasts for up to 5 hours. It comes with a headphone/mic plus integrated speaker. Ubislate7 is scheduled to launch in the month of January, 2012.

An interesting development – do you think Aakash tablet’s supply is controlled so that the company can sell the premium version, i.e. UbiSlate?

AnalyzeME is a mobile device testing application (developed by Pune based MobileMe) to verify the readiness status of your Android device for various types of connected mobile applications. It provides you complete information regarding the resources and networks on your device.

The application can be used to get complete status of your Device resources, Network connectivity settings and the status of sensors. Users can also test some of the features of their phone at runtime.
Users can then send the status report of the device via eMail or SMS to a support engineer or organization, enabling application providers to support users on the working of their applications.

Features of AnalyzeMe App
- Runtime Refresh- Any resource changes while running the application are reflected immediately.
- Network Test – Users can check whether Wifi and Mobile Data networks are working by using the test buttons provided.
- Send Report – User can send report by Email / SMS.

Operating System(s): Android
Pricing : Free
Available in App Store: Android App Store

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Sparsh is a Touch-Screen Keyboard for Indian languages developed for Android devices. 

The app offers following features:

- Its simple, efficient and allows inputting any Indian language character with a single slide motion.
- Has a base keyboard layout with a popup keyboard for characters based on fundamental characters.
- Select a base letter, slide across the popup keyboard to select and input the desired character.

For this solution to work, the device must support Indian language font rendering. Languages supported in this first release are Hindi, Tamil and Kannada.

Sparsh: App Details

Operating System(s): Android
Pricing : Free
Available in App Store: Android App Store
Supported Phone: All Android Phones
App Download Link: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sparsh.inputmethod

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