Sony Mobile is planning to unveil the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean for its Xperia 2012 family of devices. February onwards, company is planning to start roll out of the update. The Sony is working on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with its Timescape user interface. As stated by the Sony," The first in the line for Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update will be Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V Smartphone’s. These three Xperia phones will get the update between February 2013 and March 2013".
The Xperia P, Xperia J and Xperia go will start receiving the update, at the end of March 2013. Following that will be the turn of the Xperia S, Xperia SL, Xperia Ion and Xperia Acro S.
Sony plans to incorporate the features of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with the Timescape user interface and add more value to the update.
Majority of the devices will not be getting the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update and Xperia U, Xperia Miro, Xperia Tipo, and Xperia Sola are the handsets included in the list. All these devices won't get any update beyond the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. To receive the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update the Sony Xperia Smartphone users will have to wait till February and March end onwards. This update will be pushed out in a phase-wise manner and the availability dates will differ from region to region.

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Samsung is ready to present a new entry level Smartphone running Google Android which is called as Galaxy Pocket Plus. This new Samsung Galaxy Pocket Plus GT-S5301 Smartphone will come with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. No information has been disclosed about the about its price or availability. This GT-S5301 model is like an improved version of the current Galaxy Pocket Smartphone running Android 2.3.6 Gingerbread.
Device Specification:
• Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 2.8-inch touchscreen TN LCD display
• 240x320 pixel resolution
• Measuring 12mm
• 832 MHz mobile processor
• Bluetooth 3.0
• 3G network support
As per the report, "The Galaxy Pocket Plus Smartphone will come with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. This means that there is a possibility of the Galaxy Pocket to get the Android 4.0 ICS update". Normally, Samsung puts little bit of extra in the new "Plus" branded models which are like the variant successor of the existing models.

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India-based company that makes every conceivable consumer electronic product for entertainment, Mitashi . Mitashi has introduced its new lineup of Android based tablets under the brand name Play.
Device Specification:
• 9 inch touchscreen display
• 1 GHz low-power mobile processor
• 800 x 480 pixel natively
• 16:9 aspect ratio display
• low-power single core 1 GHz Boxchip Cortex-A8 architecture
• Mali-400 graphics chip
• 512 MB DDR3 RAM
• GB NAND flash
• Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 3.5 mm audio port
• 0.3 megapixel camera
• 32 GB in memory card
• Gtalk video support
• Supports  HD videos
• 3500 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery
• Support  3G USB dongle
 
The inexpensive tablets have low-power components that are relatively under-clocked and may not provide a good experience. The necessary recipe lies in selecting the right mix of components and then including a perfectly optimized Android version to it. Any trade-off in the hardware results in a cascading effect in daily usage.

Design and display
The Play BE200 tablet has a decent design but feels a bit heavy, and its glossy back cover and touchscreen are fingerprint magnets.
The body quality of the tablet is average with glossy outer shell, and a bit of extra weight might become cumbersome for young users.

Hardware
One surprising thing that we noted with the hardware was that when back cover was pressed a bit harder, distortion comes on the touch screen. Clearly, the quality of  body is not that great.

Applications and user interface
By default, this new device arrives with some pre-loaded applications, of which two are popular games. The Play BE200 offers Angry Birds and the Fruit Ninja game for free. It also arrives with Document on Go for word processing, and the Super-HD Play app for HD quality videos.
The micro USB port also supports USB on the Go and allows the user plug a 3G USB dongle to connect the tablet to the web. At present, Mitashi claims that only selected dongle models from Airtel, Reliance, MTS and Tata Photo+ are supported on the tablet.

Multimedia
The front-facing camera clicks grainy images and that's all that can be expected from a 0.3 megapixel camera. Users can also use third party applications like Skype or Tango.
The built-in software is decent enough to play 720p MP4 files reasonably well, but as soon as you try to interact with the interface, it stutters.  Users can also watch videos and movies while staying disconnected from data networks. Since the screen quality is not that great, images and videos do appear a bit washed out.

Battery
Mitashi has packed a 3500 mAh Lithium-Polymer battery to offer battery life of at least 8 hours while using the tablet normally.  Exhaustive Wi-Fi use by streaming videos consumed battery really fast. When not connected to WiFi, the tablet tends to last longer.

Wrapping up
Choose tablets like one from Micromax, Zync and iBerry offer much better hardware at a price bump of a grand or two. The tablet packs a low-power processor, graphics and less than basic RAM to make the user interface just usable. If users continue to add more applications, the tablet will continue to lag because of limited on-board storage. Thankfully, micro SD cards are relatively less expensive now.
The Mitashi Play BE200 can put up good enough competition to tablets with same configuration .Users can buy this tablets at Rs 7,990 from the Mitashi website.

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Successor of Canvas A100, Micromax Superfone Canvas A110 is now available at Rs 9,999. Three factors - screen, camera and processor of the phone makes it better than the outgoing model. Presently Micromax Superfone Canvas A110 is available on Saholic for Rs 9,999 and is likely to be offered by other online and retail stores in a day or two.
Device Specifications:
• 5 inch screen
• 800x480 pixels resolution
• 'IPS panel' offering better viewing angle
• 8 megapixel rear camera with dual flash
• 1 Ghz processor
• 2000 mAH battery
• 3G
• GPS
• WiFi
• Bluetooth
• Android 4.0.4
• Gravity and proximity sensor
• 32 GB expandable memory
• Dual SIM functionality

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An Indian IT, mobile and tablet brand, iBall has unveiled a new Android 4.0 tablet called the iBall Slide i9702. This is the first tablet in the budget range that features IPS panel display. IPS panel screens provide wider viewing angles as compared to normal screens.
Device Specifications:
• Android 4.0
• 9.7 inch IPS screen
• Dual core 1.5 GHz processor coupled with a quad core G400 Mali graphic processor
• 1 GB DDR3 RAM
• 2 megapixel camera both at front and at the back
• 8000 mAh battery with backup time of over 7 hours
• 8 GB built-in memory
• Expandable up to 32 GB
• Micro SD slot
• HDMI port for connectivity to projectors or TVs
• Wi-Fi
• 3G connectivity through USB
The price of tablet is Rs 14,999 and if performance matches the spec sheet then this is not very expensive and is well worth the money in terms of features.

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