Both Airtel and Idea cellular have reduced 3G prices by up to 70 per cent. Now it’s turn of RCom who are planning to revise its 3G prices. It has been reported that Reliance Communication is thinking of reducing its 3G tariff in line with the industry trend. But till now no decision has been taken.  Even the Vodafone is thinking of to reduce its prices and follow the same trend. Due to reduction of 3G prices by top four operators Tata DoCoMo and Aircel will also have to reduce the prices shortly. This might also force CDMA operators RCom, Tata DoCoMo and MTS to reduce their high speed data tariffs soon. Last week Airtel reduced its 3G data tariffs by as much as 70 per cent with new packs starting at just Rs 10. Yesterday Idea also announced price cut. /May be this weekend Vodafone and RCom announce price cuts.

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Samsung has finally unveiled the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for its Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Smartphone’s in India. This is the good news for Galaxy Note users. Another feature TouchWiz layer is also added with Android 4.0 ICS updation. Earlier this month it was reported that Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich will rolled out for the USA and Europe based Samsung Galaxy Note owners. Now it is available for Indian Galaxy Note GT-N7000 owners through Samsung Kies software. This new update brings a new series of S Pen supporting widgets which are clubbed together to form a Premium Suite.  The users who haven’t received notification over-the-air can update it through Samsung Kies desktop software. Lets hope that in coming weeks Galaxy S II users will start receiving the Android 4.0 ICS update.

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Samsung has finally unveiled Galaxy S III at a special press event in London. This Smartphone will be launched next week in India.  The phone which will be launched in India carries a quad-core 1.4 GHz Exynos 4 mobile processor. This phone will be 8.6 mm thick and 0.35 mm slimmer. There is another feature AllShare Cast that allows users to wirelessly connect their device to the DLNA compatible TV for sharing multimedia content. Smart Stay is another interesting feature of this phone that tracks the human eye using the front camera and shows the notification icon on the top of the screen.

Device Specifications:

• Voice control 
• Eye tracking
• Quad-core 1.4 GHz Exynos 4 mobile processor
• 4.8-inch HD Super Amoled display 
• 1280x720 pixel resolution
• 8 megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash at the back
• 1.9 megapixel camera at front that is capable of recording 720p HD videos
• Bluetooth 4.0 (LE) module
• Near Field Communication technology with the WiFi Direct feature
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• TouchWiz user interface
• 2100 mAh battery
• S-Voice feature.

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Nvidia, leading tablet and mobile chip maker has developed a new platform called Kai that will enable manufacturers bring tablets for as low as $200 (Rs 10,000 approximately). Their main strategy is to enable quad-core tablets running Android Ice Cream Sandwich to be developed and brought out to market at the $199 price point. For this they have developed the platform known as Kai. Nvidia's Tegra 3 mobile processor will be featured in this tablet. It will be provided in through two different mobile operating system platforms - Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Windows RT (Windows on ARM).  These tablets will utilize low power consuming display and other internal components. Nvidia Kai tablets will have competition with the Kindle Fire, Nook Reader and may be upcoming Google Nexus tablet. Mostly there are costly tablets in the market so there is requirement of affordable tablets costing $200 (Rs 11,200 approximately).

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According to the recent survey done by TCS young generation prefers Facebook and mobiles for entertainment over the traditional television. It covered 12,300 high school students across 12 cities in India. The report stated that television is the least favorite mode of entertainment for the young generation with less than one per cent of respondents voting for it. On the flip side 28 per cent choose mobile phones as their preferred mode of entertainment. It has been reported that 98.77 per cent of high school students own mobiles, and 59 per cent of them access the Internet through their phones in Mumbai. Even the Tablet penetration is maximum in metros with 15 per cent listing it as the device of choice for Internet access, while it stands at 7 per cent in mini-metros. It also said that people are now turning their head towards text and chat.
The key findings of survey:

• 50 per cent of people in metros said that they used SMS the most to communicate 
• 45 per cent used IM (Instant Messenger) 
• 38 per cent used Facebook or Twitter

Facebook, social network is the most preferred among students to connect with their peers with 88 per cent of respondents from the six metros having a presence on this social platform. One-third of all respondents said that it was their preferred other platforms like Orkut and India-based networks like Apnacircle, iBibo and Hi5 are more popular in mini-metros compared to metros.

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