Review: Creative MUVO 20

Creative MUVO 20
Price: Rs 4500 (Amazon.in)

Portable Bluetooth wireless speakers are the in thing in this age of mobile phones and tablets, and Creative has got a whole range to suit your needs. For those of you who want something louder than the usual stuff, Creative has the MUVO 20, which aim to give you really loud performance and not cost an arm and a leg. The MUVO 20 supports Bluetooth 4.0 with A2DP, thus can pair with just about any Bluetooth device. Additionally, it works as a handsfree speaker. I got my hands on one of these and tested it out. We’ll take a look at what lies in store with the Creative MUVO 20.

Review: Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G

Price: Rs 10,000 (Flipkart.com)
Xiaomi has for long had a policy of selling only one handset at a time in India, probably to prevent cannibalisation within its own camp. The company has discontinued the Redmi Note a week ago, but is now selling its replacement – Redmi Note 4G, along with the smaller and previously discontinued Redmi 1S, probably because it seems to have realised that these are two completely different devices at different price points for different demographics and will not hinder the sale of one another. The phablet Redmi Note 4G may look the same as the Redmi Note, but the internals are different. While the older model was a dual SIM handset with a MediaTek octo-core CPU, the newer model has a single SIM but with 4G capability, and features a quad-core Snapdragon CPU. At a price point of Rs 10,000, which is a thousand rupees more than the previous version, let’s find out if the Redmi Note 4G is really worth the extra premium. Please note that this review may appear like a copy-paste of the Redmi Note review, because it is partially true, where the two devices have the same features.

Tata Sky Launches First 4K STB In India For Rs 6400

 

Tata Sky has upped the ante in the Indian DTH scene by launching its first 4K set top box. The company had announced and demoed its 4K STB with live 4K stream of France vs Germany World Cup 2014 quarter final match in July last year. The company has finally launched it this year and is advertising it as just in time for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, although it has nowhere been announced that the shooting will use 4K cameras during this sporting extravaganza.

Lenovo A6000 Coming Very Soon To India For Rs 8000 (Photos and Video)

Lenovo has just showcased its A6000 smartphone at CES and it is already slated to be launched in India within a week from now. This is a budget handset with powerful specs, going along the lines of Xiaomi and the recent Yu Yureka. This dual SIM handset sports a 5” display and is just 7.99 mm thick, making it easy to handle or carry in your pocket. It is also quite lightweight for its size at just 128 grams.

Review: Creative Woof

Creative Woof
Price: Rs 1975 (Amazon.in)

We have all been in situations when we had to listen to music over mobile phone speaker, such as when we live in hostels or go out camping. However, the audio quality of mobile speakerphone leaves you wanting for something more, but you cannot carry a speaker with you everywhere. This is where the Creative Woof comes in. This is a Bluetooth speaker with handsfree functionality, and it is tiny enough to fit on the palm of your hand. Let’s see if this is really a viable option for portable speaker requirements.

Review: Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9” 32 GB, Wi-Fi (2013 edition)

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 8.9” 32 GB, Wi-Fi (2013 edition)

 

MRP: Rs 36,000 (eBay.in)

Amazon is known for its humungous e-books store and also for its amazing Kindle brand of e-book readers. With the advent of Android tablets, the company also felt the pressure to introduce an Android-based Kindle tablet known as the Kindle Fire, which broke away from the traditional concept of e-ink screen. It did well and that's why the company later introduced the Kindle Fire HD and HDX in two screen sizes having more pixels for crisper text and images. Until now, the Kindle Fire HDX was not available in India, and Amazon has still not officially launched it here. But thanks to eBay.in, it is now possible for us to buy in local currency without having to worry about customs hassles. Let's take a look at whether this is really worth the extra bucks.

 

Review: Nokia Lumia 930

Nokia Lumia 930
Price: Rs 37,900

The Nokia Lumia 930, which is the current flagship Windows Phone handset from Nokia and the first one with Windows Phone 8.1, has been packed to the gills with features expected of a flagship product. This Windows Phone 8.1 handset features a Snapdragon quad-core CPU, Full HD AMOLED display, 20 mp PureView main camera with Zeiss optics, 32 GB of RAM, and 4G capability (useful when 4G will become available). In this review, I will try to give you a fair idea of my usage experience of this handset.