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I want an Android with Physical Slider keyboard. Have narrowed down to Droid 4 and (soon going to launch, on 19th Aug) Photon Q. Which one would be better? Droid 4 has higher battery life among the two (of the data in hand at present), but ICS hasn't come yet, Jelly Bean would be light years away. Photon Q will launch with ICS, so have a chance for Jelly Bean. But battery life doesn't look promising (reviews after the launch will give exact idea). Please advice on the technical side. Thanks! Photon Q http://www.motorola....d=mobile-phones Droid 4 http://www.motorola....9,en_US,pd.html

Sony Xperia U Official Product page - here Key Specs - 3.5 inch screen with 480 x 854 pixel resolution, 512 MB RAM, 1GHz Dual-Core processor coupled with Mali-400MP GPU. 6GB internal memory 5MP primary / VGA front facing camera Launching with Android 2.3 GB but Sony promises an update to ICS. 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery Cons - Lacks Micro SD card slot for storage expansion so you will be stuck with 6GB internal memory (of that 2GB is allocated for apps and so effectively only a measly 4GB is available for storing music, photos and videos). Price : Rs.16,499 @ Flipkart Status : Available - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sony Xperia Sola Official Product page - here Key Specs - 3.7 inch screen with 480 x 854 pixel resolution, 512 MB RAM, 1GHz Dual-Core processor and Mali-400 GPU. 5GB user accessible Internal memory with 32GB Micro SD support. Floating Touch Display 5MP primary camera Launching with Android 2.3 GB (promised update to ICS.) 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery Cons - No secondary cam Non-removable battery! Price : Rs.19,999 @ Flipkart Status : Available - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Samsung galaxy Ace 2 Key Specs - 3.8 inch display with 480 x 800 pixels resolution 768 MB RAM 800MHz Dual-core processor with Mali-400MP GPU. 4GB Internal memory with 32GB Micro SD support. 5MP primary / VGA front facing camera Launching with Android 2.3 GB (rumored update to ICS.) 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery Cons- Price : Not disclosed. But expect it to be around Rs.20,000 Status : Expected this Quarter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Micromax A85 Official Product page - here Key Specs - 3.8 inch display with 480 x 800 pixels resolution 512MB RAM 1GHz Dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor with ULP GeForce GPU 8GB internal storage with Micro SD support up to 32GB. 5MP primary / VGA front facing camera Android 2.2 Froyo 1500 mAh Li-Ion battery Cons - Runs stale Froyo and not even GB. Updates? Forget it. Price : Rs.11,990 @ ncarry Status : Available - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sony Xperia P Official Product page - here Key Specs - 4.0 inch screen with 540x960 pixel (qHD) resolution 1GB RAM 1GHz Dual-Core processor coupled with Mali-400MP GPU. 13GB user accessible internal memory 8MP primary / VGA front facing camera Launching with Android 2.3 GB but Sony promises an update to ICS. 1305 mAh Li-Ion battery Cons - Lacks Micro SD card slot for storage expansion so you will be stuck with 13GB internal memory. Non-removable battery! Susceptible battery life Price : Rs.24,499 @ Flipkart Status : Expected on 30/05/2012 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Motorola Atrix 2 Official Product page - here Key Specs - 4.3 inch screen with 540x960 pixel (qHD) resolution 1GB RAM 1GHz TI OMAP 4430 Dual-Core processor and PowerVR SGX540 GPU 8GB internal storage with Micro SD support up to 32GB. 8MP primary / VGA front facing camera Android 2.3 GB but promised update to ICS. 1785 mAh Li-Ion battery Price : Rs.21,990 @ Flipkart (after instant cashback of Rs.1000) Status : Available

GSM phones in India can be hacked Mobile phones on the GSM network in India are not very secure, according to a demonstration by security company, Matrix Shell. Business Line reports that the four founding members of Matrix Shell claim that they were able to hack into GSM phones and use the International Mobile Subscriber Identity, which is a unique number assigned to the SIM card. They were able to make phone calls, intercept phone calls, inflate the bill of a postpaid subscriber and deplete the balance of a prepaid subscriber. Service providers will not raise a security concern from any of these activities, because they appear as though they were made by the person whose account it is. They used firmware called Osmocom, and using software they wrote on it, they were able to hack into a GSM phone. They explained their ease of hacking into a GSM phone here with the level of encryption Indian GSM networks use. Akib Sayyed, one of the founders of Matrix Shell explained that standard encryption on a GSM network should be 5/1, but in India, most providers use 5/0, which essentially is no encryption. He did not specify, however, which Indian networks in particular provide the lower encryption. Operators tend to avoid heavier encryption as this would mean the time taken to connect the mobile to the Base Transceiver Station would be greater. Networks want to avoid that as there is a lot of traffic on the GSM networks. More encryption would also mean more hardware upgrades. Those using the correct encryption frequently shut it off. Courtesy : Tech2 Thanks to Padmini Harchandrai Image Credit : Getty Images via Tech2

Hey Guys !!! I don't know if its ok to ask such buying dilemma q's here . but I needed to so some quick and needed advice from experts so here it goes. I have been fishing from last couple of days to get a i9100 in mint condition fro GSM use. Unfortunately I lost some sweet deals in the way, but at this time I've 3 deals that I'm considering. 1. I have a dealer selling i9100 model in Rs 22500/- with 6 months dealer warranty in mint condition with all accessories + back panel cover 2. There is another deal from ebay which is for i9100G for Rs 21500/-, in which I have 2 yrs liquid/physical damage warranty from Samsung pan-india till Dec 2013. All accesories included here too. 3. I have a deal for iphone 4 -32 gb with NEO SGP hybrid case , all original accessories , 2-3 months used and Gevey unlocked. This one is also for 21500/- . I have never used an iPhone, so was itching to use one. Not sure if it will sooth me though. I have till midnight tomorrow to finalise any one of this deal as all three of these are from eBay and I have 10% off coupon whose time limit ends today. The prices I mentioned are after applying that discount.Please advice fast. If anyone of you have better offers, please let me know. Thanks

I have samsung galaxy SL android phone, its my first 3g phone which i bought few weeks back. Whenever I am trying to make a video call it says out of 3g network, can anyone tell me how do i activage 3g network/video calling on my phone? I heard that on airtel you can simply activate it by sending an SMS, but I don't know how to do it on reliance GSM.

My brother had a reliance gsm sim which he was not using so i took it from him. when i called reliance cc because i wanted to find out the 3g plans .... this is what i hear ( a recorded message) " You are listening to the default VoiceXML application. Congratulations, If you can hear this message your system is configured correctly" It's in an American female's voice and sometimes i hear this recorded message "This facility is not available on your reliance india prepaid. Please contact reliance customer care" (what!! i'm trying to call the cc itself. very confusing!) What is the problem ? has anyone faced this before? What is the solution? Are there any other reliance cc numbers? i tried 198, but it always says this route is busy.