The most exciting Asha device from Nokia

Nokia Asha 501 smartphone, which was unveiled in May, has now been made available for pre-booking and is priced at Rs 5,199. The Nokia Asha 501 is expected to start shipping from July. The Nokia Asha 501 comes with an all new Asha operating platform that brings new feature called Fastlane which allows users to access applications you use the most, the latest images you've captured or your social network updates with a simple swipe. Along with that applications can be accessed as usual as the older devices. 

The Nokia Asha Software Platform 1.0 in this phone has been designed with the swipe gesture to navigate through the menu on the home screen and other functions. The Asha 501 comes with Xpress Now browser which allows data compression and reduces data usage while accessing the Internet.

The Nokia Asha 501 has a 3 inch display with 320 x 240 pixels resolution with capacitive touch and a toughened glass based scratch resistant screen. The Asha 501 comes with EDGE cellular data connectivity along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for wire free connectivity as well. There's also a 3 megapixel camera at the back and it also allows users to record videos at 15 frames per second.

Nokia has preinstalled Facebook, Twitter, instant messaging and Weather Channel apps, together with premium games from Gameloft, such as Big Little City and Real Football 2013. Along with that the Nokia Asha 501 users will be able to access Facebook on it for free. Nokia also claims that Asha 501 has an incredible battery life of 48 days in standby and 17 hours of talk time.

The Huawei's new MediaPad 7 Vogue

Huawei has formally announced a new 7-inch tablet, called MediaPad 7 Vogue, with voice calling facility. This new tablet features a 7-inch display and is powered by a quad-core 1.2 GHz mobile processor. This tablet will arrive with micro USB port compatible with range of accessories such as an external hard disk, mouse and USB flash drive.

The Huawei's new MediaPad 7 Vogue has a 7-inch display with 1024x600 pixel resolution but is capable of playing full 1080p HD videos. The tablet is powered by a quad-core 1.2 GHz unspecified mobile processor, 1 GB RAM and 8GB on-board storage space. Of course, there is memory card slot and a 3 megapixel camera at the back.

Huawei has layered the Emotion user interface on the top of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The tablet will be offered in Wi-Fi only and WiFi+3G options where in the latter model will bear the voice calling capability.

MediaPad 7 Vogue falls along the likes of Asus Nexus 7, Asus MeMO Pad 7, Acer Iconia B1 tablet and many others in the budget price range.