Best QWERTY Android Phones in India – July 2012 Price List

You have phone available for every type you need. There are trip SIM phones as well available in the market and there are phone with the combination of touch, type, dual SIM in the market. The QWERTY layout keypad smart phone are best suited for quick typing speed and since Android is mostly related touchscreen, manufacturers have designed QWERTY along with touchscreen support as well. Two years ago it was common trend to include QWERTY layout keypad in all the smartphone which are powered with Android and slowly the trend is of full touchscreen now. Even though the user interest is drifted to full touchscreen, there exists few smart phone which comes with QWERTY keypad as well.

Here in this article we will list down those few smart phone –

Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos

Samsung hasn’t left anything and after innovative Android smart phones, it targets the QWERTY layout Android smart phone market as well. Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos is the company’s top selling QWERTY keypad phone when it comes to Android phone choice. The smart phone is integrated with most of the features and still maintains the unique style and functionalities for professional as well as the personal use. This is the upgraded version of Samsung Galaxy Y and very good for QWERTY keypad support.

Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos has the following specifications and features –

• 2.6 inches Capacitive touchscreen display
• QWERTY full keypad layout
• Dual SIM GSM + GSM support
• 3 mega pixel rear camera
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
• 0.3 mega pixel secondary camera
• 832 Mhz single core processor
• 160 Mb internal memory
• 32 GB via micro SD card
• 1350 mAh battery

Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos is priced at Rs 9300 and it’s available at various retailers around Indian cities and towns. This is an ideal smart phone from the users who needs QWERTY keypad for the fast typing and at the same time touch can also work out. Additional Y Pro Duos extends its ability to dual SIM as well so something users have most of the features in their phone with this one.

HTC Chacha

HTC Chacha is among those beautiful designed QWERTY keypad phones with touchscreen display powered with Android operating system. The dedicated Facebook button means the quick launch to Facebook account.

HTC Chacha has the following sets of specifications –

• 2.6 inches touchscreen display
• 5 mega pixel camera
• 0.3 mega pixel secondary camera
• 800 Mhz processor
• 512 MB RAM
• A GPS support
• 1250 mAh battery
• 32 GB micro Sd card support
• Wi Fi
• Wi Fi tether

HTC Chacha is priced at Rs 12,499 and its quite an outdate phone from HTC.

Micromax A78

Micromax A78 is the Indian manufactured QWERTY keypad layout phone and it also comes with dual SIM capabilities as well. This is certainly priced better than Galaxy Y Pro Duos and in comparison Micromax A78 has bigger screen, good processor.

Micromax A78 has the following features –

• 3.5 inches capacitive touchscreen display
• 650 Mhz processor
• Wi Fi
• Wi Fi tether
• 150 Mb internal, 32 Gb external via SD card
• 3 mega pixel camera
• VGA front facing camera
• Dual SIM GSM + GSM
• 1300 mAh battery

Micromax A78 is priced at 7800 in India.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is a high end smart phone which comes with bigger screen display and it features slide out QWERTY keypad. This phone is ideal for business need and personal requirements as well.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro has the following features and specifications –

• 3.7 inches TFT touchscreen display
• 8.1 mega pixel camera
• Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
• 1 GHz Scorpion processor
• 512 MB RAM
• QWERTY layout support
• Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA
• Front facing VGA camera
• 1500 mAh battery

Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro is priced at Rs 19000 in India.

So which phone did you find it worth? Do let us know via comments below.

How to Root Samsung Galaxy ACE S5830 on Gingerbread 2.3.6 DDKQ8 Firmware

Samsung Galaxy ACE S5830 won’t get the Jellybean 4.1 update officially due to hardware limitations, but one can always root their devices so that users can experience custom ROM firmwares and other apps which require the root access. In the coming days, we will be coming up with the custom ROM firmwares which will rope in the goodness of Jellybean and ICS for your Galaxy ACE S5830 smartphone. All thanks to the developers who constantly work harder for developing new sort of custom ROM firmwares. In the due course of this article we will be checking out on how you can root your Galaxy ACE S5830.

To check on which firmware your Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830in on, you can check from the path Settings > About Phone > Firmware Version where you will find the version of Android OS where it will show DDKQ8 2.3.6 firmware. Just in case if you are new to rooting and want to know on what exactly the rooting is, then rooting gives the access to the system files which is a must for installing the custom ROM firmwares and the apps which need the rooting access.

• Notes – Backup in the mail so that you can then restore manuallyIt’s recommended to back up all the files and data present in your device with the help of below mentioned steps. Once it’s done, and you have backed up all the data, place all the backup target files in your computer so that the same can be restored if any is lost.

Text messages – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,

Phone Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,

Call Log - Call Log and Restore

Pictures, Music, Videos, Files etc.– Copy to internal / External SD Card,

Internet & MMS Settings – Backup all the settings from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”

• The USB debugging in your Galaxy ACE S5830 can be enabled from the path Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging. Also, you need to ensure that the device is left with the minimum of 60% so as to make sure that it doesn’t get turned Off in the process of firmware update. Close all tools in your computer like the Antivirus tools, KIES PC Suite and also the firewalls as these tools tend to interrupt the rooting process.

Note: Once the device is rooted, the warranty will get void. The only way with which the warranty can be restored is by re applying the Official firmware update of DDKQ8 from the respective link.

So assuming that you have followed all the instructions, you can now proceed to the next page where we will be checking out on what are the instructions with which you can root the device.

Procedure to Root Samsung Galaxy ACE S5830 on DDKQ8 Gingerbread 2.3.6 Firmware:

• Download the DDKQ8 Gingerbread 2.3.6 Rooting Package from here to your computer. Once downloaded, connect your device to the computer with the help of original USB Cable and place the zip file in the SD Card or in internal memory.

• Once placed, disconnect the device and turn off the device so that it can be entered in the recovery mode. The recovery mode in your Galaxy ACE S5830 can be entered by pressing  Volume Up Key + OK button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button. You can refer the below mentioned video on how you can enter into the recovery mode.

• In recovery mode, you need to choose “install zip from sd card” and select the zip file which you have placed in your device. Once it’s done, it will take around 4 – 5 minutes for applying the same.

• Once it’s rooted, you can check the same whether the phone is rooted or not by downloading the app called “Root Checker” which can be downloaded from the Google PLAY Store. Open the root checker app and check the same, if it’s rooted then it will show as rooted.

Note: if the device gets in the boot loop sequence or say gets stuck on the Samsung Logo, you need to long press the power button to turn off and then restart the process of applying this rooting process.

So, in this way you have successfully learnt on how you can easily root your Samsung Galaxy Ace. Do let us know just in case if you face any issues as we will try our level best to sort out the same.

Reverve Phone Number Lookup on Android with Caller ID & SMS Blocking

Your phone includes the option of basic caller ID but that data isn’t enough for us to understand who the actual caller. You might receive not many but few mystery calls and you might like to trace them out then how would you do it? Thanks to WhoAreYou Android application you can easily do it.

WhoAreYou is an application available for Android powered smart phone which provides free visual providing caller ID identification and also works as call blocker and text blocker. Using this application on your mobile phone you can exactly know who is calling you or sending you the text messages even though those contacts aren’t stored in your address book. This is a complete free to use Android application. This application is only limited for the use in United States and Canada only.

Using this application you can have the following features added –

• See the name, picture, city and state of who has called you or text you.
• Call Filter and Call Blocker effectively blocks all calls from telemarketers and spammers
• You can easily block text from certain person and get rid of unwanted, annoying text messages
• You can check out for any number in United States or Canada
• 411 is real time, automatic and totally free to use

 

WhoAreYou claims that they have the database collection of 200 million numbers and this count is ever increasing. The good thing about this application is that it will freely create a YouMail account for you and it will automatically backup your blocked call and SMS list and this data can be seen via youmail.com. Users can also upgrade the voicemail to YouMail Visual Voicemail Plus which has tons of cool and customized features.

WhoAreYou is an Android application which is available for free download at Google Play Store. The big thing is that it’s only limited for installations in United States and Canada only since the database is of those countries.

Sprint Galaxy S II Epic 4G Gets Android 4.0 OTA Update

Sprint is now seriously back of quickly updating the existing Android devices apart from top end devices updates. Yesterday we saw updates available for Samsung Epic 4G Touch and today the same updates have been delivered to Galaxy S II Epic 4G device.

Galaxy S II Epic 4G users now can check on their device the availability of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update as this is available via over the air update starting from today, July 14. This update will be available to all the users until next month. Many of the users might receive the update notification on your mobile phone directly.

Sprint was available to provide the list of improvements and enhancements included the upgrade and we have listed some of them here –

• User interface is simple, beautiful and useful
• Face Unlock feature is introduced using the state of art facial recognition technology
• Redesigned camera introducing the panorama mode picture capture
• Powerful photo editor
• Sync Google Chrome bookmarks
• Google + integration
• Improved keyboard functionalities with spell checker and improved copy and paste support
• New Calender app
• Redesigned Gmail app

Also apart from that we have news that Sprint will offer limited time period offer of “Buy one get one free” deal on Epic 4G Touch device which yesterday got the ICS update.

Motorola Xoom Wi Fi Edition – Tutorial to install Jellybean 4.1.1 Firmware

Unofficial Jellybean 4.1.1 release has arrived for the Motorola Xoom Wi Fi edition, as of now there is no ETA on by when there will be an Official update for the Motorola Xoom but it’s expected that very soon there will be an Official release but as in when there will be a new release, we will come up with the same. Over a period of last few months we saw on how you can root, install custom recovery images and custom ROM firmwares in your Motorola Xoom and we will continue to come up with more firmwares, custom ROM firmwares for your Motorola Xoom.

Very soon Jellybean 4.1 too will be coming for the other Motorola Xoom variant and also for Motorola Xyboard device. The best part of this update is its 4.1.1 Jellybean release which addresses all the bugs of 4.1 version.

Disclaimer: We should not be held responsible for any damage to your Motorola Xoom which is very unlikely if you follow all the instructions. Just in case if you face any issues we will try our level best to fix them up.

With the help of below steps, you need to create a back up of all the data in your Motorola Xoom WI-FI/Xoom 4G variant so that just in case if the data gets corrupted or deleted, the same can be restored with the help of below steps. Ensure that all the target files are copied in your desktop.

SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,

Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,

Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,

APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”

Note: Please note that this update is only applicable to the Motorola Xoom WI-FI/Xoom 4G US variants and not for any other device variants. If this is applied to any other variant then it will completely brick the device.

Disable all the security suites installed in your computer and uninstall all antivirus tools in your computer so as to ensure that the firmware update is not interrupted in the middle of the process. Apart from this, you also need to make sure that the battery charge left in your device is not less than 50% or else the device will be turned Off in the middle of firmware application which may even brick your device.

So assuming that you have followed all the above mentioned instructions, you can now proceed to the next page where we have mentioned a detailed guide on how to apply Jellybean 4.1 release in your Motorola Xoom.

Procedure to Update Motorola Xoom Wi Fi with Jellybean 4.1.1 Firmware:

• Download the Jellybean 4.1 firmware package and Google Apps Package from here to your computer and then connect your Motorola Xoom with computer using the Original USB cable and place the downloaded zip file in Xoom Wi Fi edition.

• Once the file is copied, you now need to turn off the device and disconnect so that it can be entered in the recovery mode.

• The recovery mode in Motorola Xoom can be entered by Holding the Volume Down button when the Motorola Logo is shown when the device is booted normally. Just in case if the device boots up in the normal mode then you will have to again try entering the tablet in the recovery mode.

• In recovery mode, you need to select the option of “Flash Zip from SD Card”. Select “Choose Zip from sd card” to select the Jellybean 4.1.1 zip file and then the Google Apps package which you have placed in your Motorola Xoom tablet. Once the file is selected, it will take around 5 – 10 minutes for applying this update. It may even take longer time than expected.

• Up next in the recovery mode you will have to select Wipe data/factory reset and select Wipe Cache partition and then reboot your device by selecting reboot system now. Once the device boots up, you can check the same from the path “Settings > About Tablet” where it will show the current firmware as Jellybean 4.1.1 firmware.

Note: If the upgrade process of Motorola Xoom Wi Fi gets stuck in the middle or say if the device gets in the boot loop mode then you need to long press the power button to turn off and start the process from the start. Also, additionally, don’t forget to restore the backup which you did in your device.

Congratulations, you have successfully applied the latest Jellybean upgrade in your Motorola Xoom Wi Fi edition. Do let us know in the comments section just in case if you face any issues in the process of applying this firmware.

Download Google Wallet NFC Payment App from Play Store or APK

Google’s selection of NFC for the payment solution project kicked Off almost an year back which was aimed to transform all the payment related transactions but unfortunately this is yet to become a start of the revolution as many of the projects still are in small scale. Over a period of time we have replaced many things with the smartphones and the time has now come to replace your Wallet so as to make it much more smarted than ever. With the help of Google Wallet Payment app for Android, you can transact in a much more better and safer way than the conventional means.

As of now it aims to replace your hard credit cards and loyalty cards and almost everything which is there in your regular wallet. In future, you will see that it will even replace your paper based boarding passes, transit cards, tickets etc. Google is working hard with Citibank and Mastercard to further upscale the reach wherein more NFC (Near Field Communication) based solutions are introduced across the Globe and in the coming years we will be able to see more innovative apps making use of the same. You can add a virtual credit card details in your Google Wallet. The only thing you require to make use of this app is an NFC laden smartphone like Galaxy Nexus etc. All you need to do is to just tap to finish all the transactions while you are on the go.

To make things simple on to know on what exactly Google Wallet does is it,

* makes paying fast with Citi MasterCard or the Google Prepaid Card

* makes saving simple by automatically syncing your Google Offers to your phone

* turns your wallet smarter as you can lock, which keeps you data safe and secure

    

Google Wallet is much more safer than your regular wallet as it will authenticate only with the help of the secured PIN and this is just a beginning of a new revolution. So, if you are in a country where the Google Wallet technology is adopted, then you can download the Google Wallet app from the below mentioned link. Do share with us in the comments section just in case if you face any issues.

Jelly Bean 4.1 Source Code Released by Google to Developers

The day Google Nexus 7 tablet was launched, it debut the birth of Android 4.1 popularly known as JellyBean according to Google terminology of naming Android versions. We expected a debut of Jelly Bean but not so soon. The Google Nexus 7 tablet was launch just two weeks ago and now the Google releases the Jelly Bean source code for developers to Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Finally the wait for the developers is over as Jelly Beam source code is available.

The Android 4.1 Jean-Baptiste Queru developer team announced this big news to Google Groups on July 9. The Jelly Bean 4.1 source code availability means that manufacturers like Samsung, Motorola, HTC can work upon those and customize it accordingly to their needs. This source code is also helpful for the various team and individual developers like CyanogenMod team, MIUI team to prepare the next iteration in the firmware’s. They can jump over and soon come out with custom ROMs to take the lead. CyanogenMod team has already expressed their interest in coming out with a ROM based on Jelly Bean and introduced CM10.

So soon we would see various Jelly Bean 4.1 customized ROM from various developers and we would be the one posting the complete guide and tutorials to apply this updates to your phone whether it’s Samsung Galaxy S III or Motorola Razr or HTC One X or Galaxy Nexus. So for which handset do you want to have the AOSP based firmware’s based on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean? Do let us know your answers via comments below.

How to Root SONY Xperia ION Android Phone – Tutorial

SONY Xperia Ion smartphone can now be rooted with the help of a simple to follow tutorial. For all those who have recently purchased the SONY Xperia Ion smartphone can now further upscale the Android experience by installing the custom ROM firmwares and with the apps which need the root access. Over a period of coming days, we will be coming up with many custom ROM firmwares along with the apps which need the rooting access. Once the device is rooted, the warranty will be lost. The only way with which the warranty can be reclaimed is by re applying the official firmware which we will try to come up with the same.

SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,Though there is no way that the data will be lost, but its highly recommended to back up all the data with the help of below mentioned steps or with the PC Companion tool. Just in case if the data gets corrupted or erased, the same can be restored easily.

Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,

Call Log -Call Log and Restore

Images, Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,

APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”

Procedure to Root SONY Xperia ION:

• First up before proceeding, you need to unlock the boot loader. Once the boot loader is unlocked, download any of the insecure kernel depending upon the firmware which you have and then boot the device from the mentioned below options.

6.0.F.0.72

6.0.F.0.111

• Now, ensure that from Settings > Developer Options you will have to enable the USB Debugging Mode. After enabling, connect your device with the computer and download the Xperia Ion Rooting Package from here to your computer and unzip the same to get the below mentioned files.

• Click on “rootme” executable file in your computer and connect your device to the computer with the help of original USB cable. Ensure that you have full Read / Write access rights and admin rights in your computer.

• Once the process is over, the Xperia Ion will be rebooted automatically. Once the device is booted, disconnect the device connected from computer and download “Superuser” application and update the binaries.

• If at any point of time, if the superuser asks you for the permission, then tap on “Accept” option. To check on whether the device has been rooted or not, you need to download the “Root Checker” app from the Google PLAY Store and check the same. If the device is rooted, then it will mention the same.

Note: If your SONY Xperia ION device doesn’t shown up the country selector or say gets stuck on the SONY logo then you need to re follow all the instructions mentioned in this article for rooting your device.

Do let us know if you face any issues in the process of firmware update as we are committed to address the same at the earliest. Congratulations, you have now successfully rooted your SONY Xperia ION device, very soon we will come with custom ROM firmwares and apps which need root access.