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Huawei aims to sell 1 mn smartphones in India this year

Huawei aims to sell 1 mn smartphones in India this year Chinese telecom firm Huawei today said it aims to sell 1 million smartphones in  India  this year as the company charts out a new retail strategy with launch of Honor series, which will be its online only brand.  The company launched four devices under Honor series, which will be available exclusively on Flipkart and there will be no offline retail.  "We are aiming to sell 1 million smartphones in 2014 and are on track to achieve our target," Huawei Telecommunications India CEO Cai Liqun said here.  The company said as part of the strategy, it will sell Ascend series handsets through offline retail and Honor series through online medium with Flipkart.  "Honor series will be our online brand. The Ascend series phones will be available on retail stores and we will continue to strengthen our distributor network," Huawei India President (Consumer business group) Allen Wang said.  "At the onset of the f

Micromax Canvas 4 Plus now up for grabs at Rs 16,750

Micromax Canvas 4 Plus now up for grabs at Rs 16,750 Micromax  will launch a new smartphone called the  Canvas 4 Plus , which is currently available online via e-commerce retailers for Rs 16,750. The official launch of the same is however yet to be announced. The Android 4.4 KitKat OS powered Canvas 4 Plus will feature a 5-inch HD AMOLED display with a screen resolution of 720x1280 pixels. The device gets is power from a 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek (MT6592) processor with 1GB of RAM and a Mali 450 GPU. On the camera front, the company offers a 13-megapixel camera on the rear that comes with LED flash and is also equipped with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Storage options offered is 16GB in-built storage which can be further expanded to 32GB via the microSD card slot. The device is backed by a 2000mAh battery, but the talk time and standby time details are still unknown. To stay connected, the phone includes connectivity features such as 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPRS/EDGE, G

"May The force be with you " says Modi

"May The force be with you " says Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi calls for world peace while addressing a rock concert in New York's Central Park Prime Minster Narendra Modi and actor Hugh Jackman on stage during the Global Citizen Festival concert in Central Park in New York  Using the unusual platform of a rock concert, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday invoked the "can do" attitude of youth to change India and the world while addressing a thousands-strong crowd which gathered for the third annual Global Citizen Festival in Central Park in New York. After a seven-minute speech in English, Modi also read out a Sanskrit scripture calling for "peace in the world" and greeted the largely American crowd with a " Namaste " amid cheers and claps. Amid performances by various singers, Modi was introduced to the crowd by actor Hugh Jackman as someone who started off as a "tea salesman" and went on to