Samsung would launch the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 on August 10th. Galaxy Tab 750 is the new brand name for Galaxy Tab 10 in India, which was announced early this year.

Lunch is happening in Bangalore in a Samsung bloggers meet-up on August 10th 2011. And the big news is Samsung would give away 20 Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 to bloggers who are participating in this event and do a live web-cast of this new Samsung Galaxy Tab 750 on their blog.

Check out this link of indiblogger.in link http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=127&tab=4 for more information and participate… may be you would win a new Galaxy Tab.

We @ TechGearz would post more update on this event and hope to post a review on this device soon

Vodafone super week continues, this week it is free emails i.e. you can access yahoo mail and gmail for free from your mobile phones. SMS SUPER to 111 from your mobile phone and activate the plan.

Terms and condition for using the Emails free Super week plan.

1. The mobile websites mentioned in the communication are free when accessed from
your mobile phone.
2. Charges could be incurred at your usual tariffs if you visit other websites or due to
other issues beyond our control, eg:
a. clicking through from the free site to other websites/applications;
b. sites fetching ads/sponsored urls from other sources/websites;
c. browsing through certain mobile browsers (like Opera mini);
d. accessing non-mobile versions of the sites;
e. accessing the email applications through downloaded applications rather than browsing to the websites.
f. accessing a newsletters/direct mailers received in the mail where the images are downloaded from the external site
3. Campaign is only valid for one week from 00:00:00 hours Saturday 30th April to
11:59:59 PM Friday 6th May 2011.
4. Vodafone has made sites free on the basis of the information provided by the site
owners which Vodafone has acted upon in good faith.

Vodafone continue with the super-week and this week it would be Downloading free games using your Vodafone mobile. SMS SUPER to 111 from your vodafone mobile phone to activate this new IPL scheme.

Offer is valid only for customers in India, from 23 April to 29 April 2011. Any change in the scheme would be update on TechGearz.

Terms and Conditions – Updated.

1. Campaign is only valid for one week from 00:00:00 hours  Saturday 23 rd April to 11:59:59 PM Friday 29 nd April 2011.

2. The offer is not valid for game downloads from any external site. To access the offer, you need to access the “free game zone ” available on Vodafone live, or pull the url by      sending “SUPER” to 111.

3. Offer valid for up to 5 game downloads per day during the campaign period.

4. For games in the free page zone, you will not be charged for the game or the data access required to download the game.

5. We have tried to provide games on best effort basis but all handsets may not support the games offered as a part of the free offer. Click here to get the PDF file

Check out the TV promo for this new supper week offer, this will start appearing on TV screens from tomorrow.

Eee Pad Transformer is 12.98mm thick in a frame that weighs only 680g, it is powered by the NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 dual-core processor and latest version of Google Android-3 Honeycomb OS with ASUS Waveshare UI. It support Flash Player 10.2 and Polaris Office for mobile device.

Best part is the battery life, it has around 9 hrs of battery life in the touch pad which can be extended upto 16 hrs with the help of keyboard docking station. The keyboard docking station has QWERTY keys along with android shortcut keys.

The Transformer browses the web at blazing speeds, providing a snappier response time and better performance when multi-tasking. Sporting a HDMI 1.3a port, the Transformer can connect to a HDTV and 5.1 surround sound system, delivering an enhanced multimedia experience.

It has a 5MP rear- and 1.2MP front-facing camera can shoot and record HD video, which can be played back in stunning 1080p. You can output the HD video using the HDMI port within it.

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Check out the Specifications. (via Asus.com)

Post in your comments and review…

Disclaimer: Images and specification are refereed from Asus.com

Blackberry’s new tablet PlayBook is a hot topic on internet all for good reasons. This 4G powered tablet is now added to the list of most popular blackberry portable devices. It has a 7′ LCD display and the device is powered by new Blackberry OS specialy designed for tablets.

The device is not yet officially available in India, PlayBook is powered by 1 Gz dual core processor and 1GB ram which is the best configuration so far compared to many other tablet devices in market.

This device is specially designed for internet user and 4G . It has a 3 MP front-facing camera and a 5 MP rear-facing camera . Not to mention PlayBook is also ported with Flash Player 10.1 to access all those millions of online videos, AIR applications and flash sites already available on web (not possible with iPad). Blackberry browser is supporting HTML 5, web 2.0 and cloud based applications.

Since it is a Blackberry device, they have given special attention towards office and professional application such as push mail functionality which you can avail in the current blackberry devices. Blackberry has also come up with a special App Store loaded with application supported for PlayBook, users can download thousands of application from app-store.

It would cost you around RS 25,000/- once it is launched. You can pre-order it on blackberry’s site. So people who are thinking for a cheap and good iPad alternative you have one more options to think about.

Specification of BlackBerry PlayBook :-

* 7-inch capacitive display with 1024×600 WSVGA resolution
* BlackBerry Tablet OS
* 1 GHz dual-core processor
* 1 GB RAM memory
* MP3, AAC and WMA audio playback
* Dual cameras
* 5MP at rear
* 3MP at front for video calling
* Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n) connectivity
* 3G & 4G compatible
* Bluetooth 2.1+EDR support
* HDMI out
* Internal storage – 16, 32 and 64 GB models

Android 2.x powered tablets where in news for past few month, with Samsung Galaxy Tab and few other Chinese models already hit the Market. How can Motorola keep it away from this segment, but as Motorola’s CEO said “we where waiting for right time”.

Yes, And the right time was CES 2011 (Consumer Electronics Show) where Motorola Announced their first Android powered Tablet and also its the first Google Android (probably 3.0) Honeycomb powered tablet in market.

Google Android Honeycomb is a Tablet version of android, the hardware specification for Honeycomb is higher compared to other Android versions and hence its only for tablets PCs.

Motorola XOOM release was expected for long time, it has a 5 MP camera with LED flash. It also has HD capabiltiy with 1080p output via HDMI.

This 10 inch tablet is 4G enabled, 1 GB RAM and dual core processor and as i said its the first tablet to be powered by Google’s first tablet version of Android Honeycomb. It comes with the Google Map and other thousands of Android Apps and access to 70,000+ Android apps in Android Market.

Price for this tablet is not yet announced. This product is expected in market soon and TechGearz would be posting more update and review on this product. Post your comments on the first look of Motorola XOOM

Winamp one of the most popular windows music player has launched its android version. Winamp for Andorid is availble for android 2.1 and above, its powered with the features of winamp 5.6 media player currently available. Click here to download.

Android version also allow you to synchronize your phone with musics on your PC or import your  iTune music library. It also steams over 40,000 internet radio stations with the integrated SHOUTcast Radio directory (Android 2.2 & above).

Check out the features of Winamp for Android.

Wireless Desktop Sync
No need to tie your Android phone down. Enable Wi-Fi sync and leave your cable behind. Now your playlists are also synced wirelessly.

SHOUTcast Radio
Extend your listening experience beyond your own library. Search, Favorite and play over 40,000 internet radio stations.

Android Widget Players & Shortcuts
Now in addition to the standard widget there is a new smaller (4×1) widget. You can also add your favorite playlists to your Android home screen, as well as enable playback control from the lock-screen.

Now Playing
Displays song info, album art and more. Press and hold on the song info to interact with other apps like Pandora, YouTube and the Amazon MP3 Store (requires that these additional apps are installed on your device). Get Artist information like bios, pictures, and more by clicking on the info icon.

Persistent Player Controls
Intuitive interface with player controls that are always available. Quickly pause, change tracks, manage your play queue, see what’s playing and access the Winamp Home screen.

Play Queue Management
The play queue is a temporary track listing that allows you to easily see what’s playing next, jump ahead or change the order of tracks in your queue. And if you like, save it as a playlist.

Scrobbling
Supports scrobbling with the Last.fm app installed (on your Android device). Capture all of your mobile listening history in real time.

Language Support
Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, German, Japanese, Polish, Romanian, & Russian. More to come.

Micromax today launched new Andro A60, an android 2.1 (eclair) powered mobile phone in a Delhi bloggers meet. A60 would be launched in market in next 3 days and TV promos would also be expected soon.

Andro A60 would be available at Rs 8000/- or less. Micromax is planning to launch more android phones in the coming months and expected to be under Rs 10,000/-. Micromax is also the second Indian mobile company to launch its andorid handset, Videocon is the first one. They are also planning to launch an android powered Tabloid soon.

Check out the specification of A60 Andro.

Micromax A60 Andro Features:

• 2.8” Resistive Touchscreen
• Expandable Memory
• 600 MHz Processor
• 256MB RAM/512MB ROM
• GPS with Navigation Maps

Micromax A60 Android Mobile Technical Specifications:

• Android v2.1 Operating System
• GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800/1900 MHz
• HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps
• HSUPA up to 5.76 Mbps
• 2.8” inch (320×240 pixels) Resistive Touchscreen Display
• 3.2 Megapixels Camera with Video Recording and Autofocus
• Micro SD Card slot for Storage Expansion
• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
• GPS with Google Maps
• Bluetooth + A2DP
• Stereo FM Radio
• 3.5mm Standard Audio Jack
• 1280 mAh Li-Ion Battery
• 4 Hours of Talktime

It is expected that soon many other Indian mobile brand would be coming with cheap android powered phones.

Their was some rumors on internet Sony may soon come with a PlayStation phone.  AOL’s technology blog Engadget say PlayStation phone is ready in SonyEricson lab and they have some cool pics of this phone.

According to Engadget, PlayStation Phone  very much look like a Xperia and codenamed “Zeus”. It would be powered by Android 3.0 and 521 RAM, with 8 GB micro SD card slot. Its expected that this phone would have aleast 1  Gb of internal memory.

Users can download many application from Android Market.  Sony may also come up with a Android market for games specific to this PlayStation Phone.

PSP is a very famous brand from Sony and hope this phone would start a new market for PlayStation. More updates on this Phone will be available on techgearz soon.

You can check out some more Photos of PlayStation Phone here…

Tata Docomo is all set to launch 3G in India this Diwali. It is expected to launch 3G on 6th Nov.

Though DOCOMO has not cleared about their tariff rates for the 3G service, but it is expected to be economic. DOCOMO website has also designed a 3G speed tester (Click Here), this would give you an idea about how fast 3G is compared to 2G (GPRS) network. You could also check if you mobile is 3G compatible (Click Here).

If you are a DOCOMO customer or you want to try DOCOMO 3G, register on DOCOMO website. Its not just DOCOMO, Airtel is also ready with its 3G set up. BSNL and MTNL are already 3G enabled services in India, but getting a BSNL or MTNL connection is really hard job. This Diwali we can expect many such surprises from private mobile companies and a new generation of mobile computing.

We would be updating more on 3G and DOCOMO plans soon on techgearz.