Last month, we had tipped you about Micromax's unannounced tablet making its way to an online store. Finally, the manufacturer has officially entered the tablet market by launching the funbook. According to the company, this tablet will offer both education and entertainment content in an affordable package. Android fans will be pleased to know that the device runs the latest Android 4.0 (ICS) out of the box. Despite being affordable, the slate has decent specs. It packs in a 1.2 GHz CPU, and has 512 MB of RAM. It feature a 7" capacitive screen with pixel dimensions of 800x480. Other than that it comes with Wi-Fi, front VGA camera, HDMI port, 4 GB internal storage, microSD card slot, USB-OTG, and a 2800 mAh battery. Additionally, it comes bundled with a TATA PHOTON 3G dongle to keep you connected on the go. Micromax claims that it's the first tablet which has been developed and made in India.

To justify the device's tagline that says, "Pass hoga, timepass bhi hoga", Micromax has on offer, more than 500 smart courses for student ranging from primary school to degree sections. It also gives access to hundreds of movies along with live TV. The funbook is priced at Rs 6500 and can be ordered online from company's official website. However, the educational material costs Rs 800 extra for each class. The company is also offering cash on delivery option and a one year warranty.

Source : Techtree

Facebook has just announced an update to its official app for the iPhone and iPad. With the latest version of 4.1.1, Facebook has made the app compatible with hi-fi Retina Display of the new iPad. Also included in the update are options o go offline in the Facebook Chat and addition of 8 more languages. Also Facebook has fixed loads and loads of issues that existed in the previous version. Complete change log after the break.

Facebook for iPhone and iPad official change log:

• You can go offline in chat
• The right profile picture appears for everyone
• Your list of friends always includes all your friends
• In sets of photos, your name is displayed correctly
• Photos of people who like Facebook Pages load correctly
• Your friend-request notification only lights up if you have a request
• You can change your language to Czech, Danish, Greek, Indonesian, Malaysian, Norwegian (Bokmal), Portuguese (Portugal) or Thai
• If you've got a new Retina iPad, you'll see a crisp, high resolution interface

Source : Mobigyaan

Twitter for BlackBerry and Facebook for BlackBerry have both received a minor yet worthy update in the BlackBerry Beta Zone. With this update the version of the Twitter for BlackBerry reaches v3.0.0.20, Whereas Facebook for BlackBerry, now stays at version 3.0.014. There are a number of bugs fixes and a few new features that have been released for both the apps. Complete change log and download link after the break.

Source : Mobigyaan

Sony Mobile has announced the roll out of Android Ice Cream Sandwich beta for developers and advanced users of Xperia Play smartphone users. But it is not limited just to those users, as anyone with an unlocked Xperia Play smartphone can download and install this beta software on your device and can later upgrade to ICS when the final update is rolled out in late May or early June this year.

However, the beta update has a few important things missing. For example, Google mobile services such as Google Maps, Gmail etc aren't included in this upgrade. And the worst by far is the removal of WiFi connectivity though there is cellular data and internet connectivity. Other than that, most services in the device will work, especially those related to gaming and controls. The main idea behind the update is to test the device and its gaming capabilities before the roll out of the final update for devices worldwide. Users will have to unlock their boot loader in order to access and install the new upgrade.

Source : Themobileindian

Samsung's cross-platform Instant Messaging service - ChatON is now available on RIM's BlackBerry platform as well. At this moment, the Samsung ChatON works only on the RIM BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone. The device owners need to feed this URL- www.chaton.com/download.html, in their mobile web browsers to download the Samsung ChatON. Samsung's instant messaging service, ChatON has been available for all major mobile operating systems except Windows Mobile platform. Samsung ChatON service allows sharing images, files long with regular text exchange between registered users. The app requires access to the smartphone's phonebook app to check if any users are already using the service. If not then the owner gets to send those contacts an invite to use ChatON.

The customizable ChatON service allows sharing multimedia and gives one tap access to all the multimedia received through a Trunk shaped icon. Do note that the Samsung ChatON service is free but you do get charged for the mobile data connection. This app is already available for Google Android, Samsung Bada and Apple iOS platforms. Now with its availability for the RIM BlackBerry platform, the company expects more users to join in. At this moment, the ChatON for BlackBerry works only for BlackBerry Torch 9800 device model. Samsung has promised to expand the portfolio of supported devices. Just like ChatON, there are several other free cross-platform messengers for smartphones. You can check our list of best free cross-platform messengers.

Source : Themobileindian