Android is operating system for mobile devices owned by Google. And, according to Google’s Andy Rubin almost 700,000 Android mobiles are being activated everyday(on a good-business day). And, the number of iPhones being sold is believed to be lesser than this number.

What makes the 700,000 people opt for Android everyday over others?

There are a wide range of phones that support Android OS. And this gives the customer the power to choose which isn’t the case with other operating systems.

The ability to add widgets on the homescreen is a remarkable feature. This allows you to check all your updates and news feed without having to switch between different apps. And, the seamless integration of Google owned services makes Android stand out among Mobile OSs.

Having said that Android has a large variety of phones, we bring to you the best 10 which are priced under Rs. 10,000 to make your life even easier (not in any particular order).

Samsung Galaxy Y (Rs. 6999 onwards)

The Galaxy Y boasts an excellent touchscreen sensitivity along with smart looks. The browser with pinch zooming and multiple tabs are a big plus too. The Galaxy Y is considered to be one of the best and cheap phone which comes with Android Gingerbread. The fast processor and the battery life also help the Galaxy Y to score the brownie points.

However, the 2MP camera is a strong drawback for this smartphone. Also, not having a flash adds up to the woes of the camera quality. The display quality which is just average is also a concern.

LG Optimus Net P690 (Rs. 9449 onwards)

The smooth and lag-free Android interface of the Optimus Net makes other Android phones envious. The web browser and the loud speaker score good points on their fronts. And for the music lovers – the Optimus Net has got a pretty decent audio/video playback.

Now the drawback – the 3MP camera doesn’t give you the best of pictures and has mediocre quality. No secondary camera means no video calling. Also, the call quality in the Optimus Net is just average. And yeah, the battery life isn’t great too.

Samsung Galaxy Pro B7510 (Rs. 8899 onwards)

Smart and sturdy is what Galaxy Pro seems to be at the first glance and it lives up to that on keen observation as well. The slim and lightweight smartphone has got good touchscreen responsiveness and also an excellent Qwerty keyboard. The Galaxy Pro also has got good loudspeaker, good audio quality and a pretty decent 3MP camera.

There’s no front camera for video calling and no flash either. Also, another drawback is that this Pro hasn’t got a LED indicator to notify you regarding the missed calls and messages.

Motorola Fire XT (Rs. 8200 onwards)

The lightweight Motorola Fire XT has got a pretty decent 2.8 inch screen and also a good battery life. Also the 3MP camera does gives you decent pictures.

The performance of the Motorola Fire XT doesn’t live up to it’s name. It’s sluggish and has got a laggy performance. The cramped keyboard is one more thing which could have been better.

Spice Mi350n (Rs. 7595 onwards)

Before you judge by the brand name, let me tell you – this has got a lot of pro’s than con’s. Yes, this spice model has got a simple android interface, good web browser, good loud speaker, good audio quality and a decent camera (3.2MP) too. The screen size of 3.5 inches too is a turn-on.

However, the poor batter life of this model is a concern. Also the touchscreen at times is not responsive.

Micromax Superfone A75 (Rs. 8495 onwards)

This Superfone has got a very good customized Android interface. The call quality is also good which saves you the frustration of call-drops. This Superfone with good web browser also had got great build quality. The 3.75 inch wide screen also makes this phone a Superfone.

The 3MP camera somehow doesn’t give you a great camera experience, it’s just mediocre. Also, the apps tend to lag a little in this Superfone.

Micromax A70 (Rs. 6990 onwards)

A list of good qualities include: Great design and build quality; Very good display quality; Nice responsive touchscreen; good battery life and call quality; good picture quality; good on-screen keyboard. Yeah, this list certainly impresses me.

And the not so long list of bad ones:
This phone has got the WiFi issues owing to its weak antenna and the screen orientation also under-performs.

LG Optimus Pro C660 (Rs. 8698 onwards)

The 2.8 inch touchscreen makes this Pro easier to operate. The Qwerty keyboard with the Chiclets style keys and good key difference is really impressive. The loudspeaker and audio quality are also damn good. The Pro has got decent battery life and touchscreen responsiveness.

However, the frame of this LG is thicker than the usual phones. The low quality camera and the display resolution are a small turn-off.

Dell XCD35 (Rs. 8850 onwards)

Ohh, here’s one smartphone which has got really smart looks. Excellent high resolution screen makes this Dell even more desirable. Great music quality and excellent loudspeaker compels us to give it to Dell when it comes to the audio
feature.

The average camera (3.2MP) slightly is a worry. The overall performance of the phone however is also slightly sluggish.

Huawei Ideos X3 (Rs. 9999 onwards)

Here’s a smartphone from Huawei which comes with Android gingerbread. This slim and lightweight smartphone has a good responsive touchscreen. The 3.2MP camera gives you decent pictures and the X3 also has a front camera for video calling. And the best thing of this phone being it comes with a cloud+ app which enables the users to store 8GB free of cost on the cloud.

The downfall comes due to the camera not having the flash, which makes it difficult to click pictures in low-light conditions. Also, the small screen size doesn’t help you in precise typing.

Having listed the Top 10 Android smartphones in the below Rs 10000 category, you should buy the phone which is more in line with your interests. For example, if having a great camera is your priority, choose the smartphone which scores good in that sector.

And if you are a music lover and listens to music non-stop 24/7 you should go for the phone which gives you a great music experience.

Incase if you are buying a new phone, do remember to give your old phone a new life (either by re-using or recycling) instead of adding a +1 to the eWaste!

This article is written by Srikanth from PriceShred.com – An online marketplace to sell or buy used mobiles and second hand mobiles in India.

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Finally we have got the green signal from the RB team and here we present to you the winners of each of the week along with the grand prize winner!

1. In the week 1 we played Cut the Mustard and the winner is Kasturi.
2. The week 2 was the time we played the Splat Attack and the winner was Kasturi yet again.
3. Face Invaders which we played in the week 3 didn’t go well with everyone, so there is no winner for the third week.
4. Week 4 was the time we played Down the Pan and Krunal was a clear winner there.
5. Week 5 was the time when the competition rose to a completely new level. Kitchen Chaos resulted in a tough fight between a lot of participants but finally Dharmesh Kalwani nailed it!

Now, the Big prize which was supposed to go to the most active player in the contest!! Yes, we are talking about the Sony PlayStation 2…

The Grand Prize goes to Kasturi for taking part in most of the games and even leading the charts in the first two weeks.

Our heartiest Congratulations to all the winners!! We will be Emailing you soon regarding the prizes..

We would finally like to thank the Reckitt Benckiser (RB) team, for approaching us to host such an amazing contest on our blog. We are delighted by the experience and hope to continue our great relationship in future too..

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Also, you would notice that a majority of Antivirus softwares present in the Start-Up list increase your booting time, but thats not really the case with NIS 2012. It loads faster and is smoother to work with than its older versions.

A better and easy to use Interface
It is noted that the interface of the NIS 2012 has changed quite a bit to reduce the clutter and the menus make our life easier. You may observe that, the screen gets divided into two horizontal sections which give us details of how well we are secured on the basis of various upcoming virus threats.

Protection Features
The SONAR 4.0 technology used, helps find suspicious process based on a behavioral “profile”. SONAR 4.0 also introduces protection against Non Process Threats (NPTs). That means, the processes which are not exactly running but can infect other running processes are also been taken care of.

The Norton Power Eraser runs in Windows Pre-Install Environment (WinPE) and will be accessible when running the Norton Bootable Recovery Tool. Thus, it can scan the system from the OSs and other partitions where the Malware or suspicious softwares are not working; for better and uninterrupted scanning.

Norton Safe Search bar in Google Chrome lets users know SafeWeb site safety ratings for Web sites and search results; so as to stop the users from visiting sites with malicious content. Identity Safe provided in the browsers is the industry-leading phishing protection offered by NIS 2012.

The Identity Safe 2012 feature allows you to store sensitive data on secured Norton Cloud servers. You can save your Passwords, Credit card details, etc on Norton servers. You can use it on various computers as it creates your online profile in the Norton account.

The Download Insights feature tells you which application will crash your PC. A “Reliable” rating means that the chances of this program crashing are minimal; on the other end, “Very unstable” means that the chances of this program crashing are high.

The Bandwidth Metering of Norton is a very important feature for people who connect to different Internet devices regularly. You may not want Norton to use up a lot of bandwidth on a few of your devices, but its okay on some. You can put such bandwidth restrictions on the Norton software using these feature.

The In-Product Support feature helps you scan for any installation or configuration errors in the Norton software and also allows you to AutoFix all those issues. So, you are at the peace of your mind!

Price and Verdict
Norton Internet Security 2012 is not only an Antivirus software but also has an inbuilt Firewall too. Considering the increase in Internet crime, it is not advised to run your Computer without an Antivirus software. Also, the MRP of Rs. 1220 for a single PC license for a year is pretty affordable.

Now the question arises, Is NIS 2012 worth it? I would give it a 4/5 for the security features it offers at this price. I hope, it answers all your questions!

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We would like to clearly differentiate between the Lumia 800 and the 900 on the basis of prominent “features” that MATTER. Read along..

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SIZE
Lumia 800 Dimensions: 116.5mm x 61.2mm x 12.1mm
Lumia 900 Dimensions: 127.8mm x 68.5mm x 11.5mm
This allows a Bigger 4.3″ display to fit easily in the Lumia 900, compared to the 37″ display on the Lumia 800.

WEIGHT
Lumia 800: 142 Grams
Lumia 900: 160 Grams
Even though the Lumia 900 is 18 grams heavier than the 800, it will not create a big difference for carrying it around.

DISPLAY
Lumia 800: A 16 bit, 3.7″ Curved Screen with Pentile Matrix sub-pixel layout.
Lumia 900: A 24 bit, 4.3″ Flat Screen with RGB sub-pixel arrangement.
The RGB sub-pixel arrangement in the Lumia 900 will ensure crisp images and avoid subtle color-fringing(cannot be noticed easily) that the Lumia 800 exhibits on high-contrast edges.

FRONT CAMERA
Lumia 800: No Front Camera
Lumia 900: A 1MP (according to Official Nokia Site, but said to be 1.3MP) with F/2.4
The addition of Secondary camera in the Lumia 900 has silenced a lot of Lumia 800 critics.

WiFi HOTSPOT
Lumia 800: Cannot create WiFi Hotspot.
Lumia 900: Can create WiFi Hotspot for Internet sharing. Upto 5 WiFi enabled devices can connect simultaneously to the Hotspot.
This was one more features missed dearly in the Lumia 800, which Nokia has included in the Lumia 900.

GYROSCOPE
Lumia 800: No Gyroscope
Lumia 900: Gyroscope present
Gyroscope is expected to help the Lumia 900 for better orientation while using interactive Apps.

LTE SUPPORT
Lumia 800: No LTE Support
Lumia 900: 4G LTE Support (LTE Cat3 Downlink 50 Mbps; LTE Cat3 Uplink 25 Mbps)

BATTERY
Lumia 800: 1450 mAh
Lumia 900: 1830 mAh
A better Battery is what every customer wants, and Nokia has delivered is perfectly!

We know that the location of the LED Flash light besides the Rear Camera and the Top part of the Lumia 900 is different that the Lumia 800, but we are sure that it would not affect a normal user that much! We expect, the Biggest difference between the Lumia 800 and the Lumia 900 to be in the prices. But, as the price of the Lumia 900 is not yet announced, we can’t give our comments on that..

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It has launched a new WiFi enabled Live Streaming Media Player in India, which will be called the WD TV Live Streaming Media Player.

This media player will connect to Internet wirelessly (802.11n) or through an Ethernet connection to give a continuous supply of latest hit movies, TV shows, music along with the best content from companies like Vimeo, Playjam, Deezer, TuneIn, SnagFlims, Comedy Time, etc. It will also enable you to watch videos shared on Youtube and Facebook directly to your TV in Full-HD 1080p resolution.

This device will also allow you to enjoy your own Multimedia content such a music, videos and photos from your PC/Mac or USB drive on your TV screen. You can also stream content from Digital cameras, Camcorders, any Networked drives or Cloud storage solutions.

Western Digital TV Live Streaming Media Player is available at all leading Electronic retailers in India with 1-year limited on-site warranty for Rs. 7900.

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The Jet Airways Aircraft sports a “tile interface” on the windows, similar to the Windows Phone UI. To be more clear, each window of the Aircraft appears like a Tile on the Windows Phone Home screen. Also, Lumia branding is also done on the back of every seat inside the Aircraft!

The Aircraft also sports the names of various employees who were responsible for taking this giant marketing initiative a grand success.

Apart from showing away the Lumia branded aircraft a small announcement regarding the Lumia Sky Party was also done! Firstly, you would wonder what is a Sky Party..

Sky Party will be arranged by Nokia India on 20th January 2012 on-board the Lumia Branded Jet Airways aircraft, and it will be a 2 hours flight in the Skies with amazing events happening on-board. The flight will take-off from Mumbai and will land back after the party is over! I am sure, this will create a lot of buzz among the consumers.

Now the big question, How can you be the part of the Lumia Sky Party?
Its actually very simple! You need to participate in “Spot the Lumia” contest on Nokia India’s official Facebook page by uploading an image of Nokia Lumia phone or Lumia branding. The 50 most innovative pictures will win!

Have a look at our Nokia Lumia branded Jet Airways Aircraft Photo Gallery:

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