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Jolla phone goes on sale in Europe, priced at €399

The Finnish upstart, Jolla, has just hit another milestone and is now available for purchase in Europe. Running on the Sailfish operating system, the phone has a very interesting user interface derived from the remains of the erstwhile MeeGo project. The phone is already on sale in Finland and has been shipping to users for a few days now.

Jolla’s self named phone has fairly mid range specifications but that doesn’t hold it back as the hardware and software are very well optimized for each other. The screen is a 4.5 inch display with a resolution of 540×960 pixels. Powering it is a 1.4Ghz dual core Snapdragon 400 processor paired with 1GB of RAM. The camera module is 8MP alongside a 2MP front facing unit. Users get 16GB of built in storage. Continue reading “Jolla phone goes on sale in Europe, priced at €399”

Nokia Lumia Black update roll out begins

Nokia has started pushing out the Lumia Black update in a staged roll out across the globe. The first devices to get the update include AT&T Lumia 1020s. The update is a combination of enhancements brought by the Windows Phone 8 Update 3 and Nokia’s customizations. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia Black update roll out begins”

Nokia Lumia 1320 India launch scheduled for mid January 2014

While Nokia announced the Lumia 1520 in India earlier this week, all eyes are set on its lower priced sibling ie the Lumia 1320. The handset couples a 6 inch display with more mid range specifications and aims to compete at a price point dominated by Android phablets.

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Pebble SmartWatch App Store heading your way early 2014

The Pebble Smartwatch has proven to be quite popular and has amassed a fair amount of developer support. Due to the lack of a consolidated place to get hold of these applications and watchfaces, users have to hunt through third party apps and websites to download them. Pebble aims to solve this problem with the launch of their app store early 2014.

The new App Store will be a part of an updated application for both iOS and Android and will have subdivisions in seven categories. Continue reading “Pebble SmartWatch App Store heading your way early 2014”

Notion Ink Adam 2 goes on sale in India , priced at Rs.16499 for WiFi version

Remember Notion Ink with their innovative but quirky Android tablet that incorporated a Pixel Qi display? Roughly 3 years later they’re back in action with the Notion Ink Adam II. The tablet is running an almost AOSP build of Android 4.2.2. Internal specifications include a 1.5Ghz Dual Core Cortex A9 processor and it has 1GB of DDR3 RAM. Storage is a bit limited at 8GB but it can be expanded via the microSD card slot. Continue reading “Notion Ink Adam 2 goes on sale in India , priced at Rs.16499 for WiFi version”

Windows Phone 8.1 leak suggests incoming on-screen controls

Rumors have been going around for a while that Microsoft might drop the hardware buttons requirement for their mobile operating system. This first leak by the infamous Evleaks seems to reaffirm this. Continue reading “Windows Phone 8.1 leak suggests incoming on-screen controls”

Google Maps Navigation expands reach to 25 more countries

Google today announced that their Maps Navigation beta will now cover 25 more countries including a healthy spread between Africa, Europe, Central America and Asia. This brings the total tally up to 99 countries. Continue reading “Google Maps Navigation expands reach to 25 more countries”

Steve Mollenkopf to be the next Qualcomm CEO

Qualcomm today announced that Steve Mollenkopf will be the next CEO of Qualcomm. Mollenkopf is currently employed as the Chief Operating Officer at the company. The announcement comes at an interesting time when Microsoft is said to have been pursuing Mollenkopf as a potential successor to Steve Ballmer. He would have joined an interesting line up of potential successors to the Microsoft throne including Ford CEO Alan Mulally, VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger and Microsoft’s own Head of Business Development, Satya Nadella. The timing of the announcement hence doesn’t seem like a coincidence. Continue reading “Steve Mollenkopf to be the next Qualcomm CEO”

NFN Labs debut Demonstrate, makes creating app demos easier

Are you a designer, product manager or app developer? Do you need to quickly create and share application demos? Then this new application might be right up your alley. Chennai based developer team NFN labs has launched its new iOS application that lets you create application demos with native transitions and lets you import designs, link screens. All this can be done without writing a single line of code.

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Samsung merges Digital Imaging and Mobile Communications businesses

In a bid to reaffirm their focus on smartphone optics and to create ‘synergies’ between cameras and smartphones, Samsung has integrated its Digital Imaging Business Division with the Wireless Business Division. The Korean company aims to have the largest share of global mirrorless camera market by 2015. Continue reading “Samsung merges Digital Imaging and Mobile Communications businesses”

Nokia Lumia 1520, 1320 to launch in India on 16th December

Nokia is all set to unveil the next chapter of its Lumia story in India. The Finnish smartphone manufacturer today sent out invites for a press conference to be held in Delhi on 16th December.

If it wasn’t obvious already then the focus on BIG in the invitation makes it clear that the handsets to be launched will include the Lumia 1520 and 1320. The two phones are the first phablets to be launched by Nokia. Packing 6 inch displays, the differences lie in the resolution and internal capabilities. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1520, 1320 to launch in India on 16th December”

Gmail 4.7 update brings zip file downloading, vacation responder and more

Android users have long lamented the absence of the ability to download zip files. In the new Gmail 4.7 update, Google has finally brought in the ability alongside additional features that should be appreciated by most users.

First up is the all new Vacation Responder. What this allows you to do is to set start and end dates along with a subject and text following which you can use the toggle to send your vacation response only to contacts. The vacation responder can also be completely disabled using a toggle.

The next major feature is essentially something that is built into Android 4.4 KitKat. The Gmail 4.7 application gets the ability to print email messages via cloud printing. You can select a single message or all messages in a thread.

The third and most important feature is the ability to download archive formats including zip, gzip, bzip2 and tar amongst others. This has been a long requested feature and it is good to see Google finally implement it. The update should roll out to your phone over the next few days.

[Via – Engadget]

HTC Desire 501 Hands On

HTC showed off its new range of mid range handsets at an event in Delhi and we got a chance to spend some time with the new phones. The cheapest of the bunch, we found the Desire 501 to be quite an interesting product. Read on for our hands on report of this affordable new handset. Continue reading “HTC Desire 501 Hands On”

Twitter for iPhone updated to version 6, brings design changes in tow

Twitter just pushed a major update to its iOS and Android application. The update brings with it a brand new and refreshed look. Activity and Discover tabs can now be accessed by swiping and there is a fresh focus on getting access to DMs. Continue reading “Twitter for iPhone updated to version 6, brings design changes in tow”

White Nexus 7 launched for $269, available in US, UK & Japan

Alongside a suite of Google Play Edition devices, Google has today also revealed a brand new variant of the Nexus 7 tablet. The white version of the popular Android tablet will only be sold in the 32GB version. The white color extends only to the back of the tablet with the front remaining black. This leads to a dual tone color finish.

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