Gameloft’s popular game, N.O.V.A. 3 just went on sale on the Windows Phone platform as a Lumia exclusive. The game that clocks in at 1017 MB requires you to have close to 4GB of storage available before you can install it. Available on iOS and Android as well, it is a typical space themed 3D shooter that allows you to run, shoot, drive vehicles amongst other things. Continue reading “N.O.V.A. 3 available on Windows Phone 8 as Nokia Lumia exclusive”
If rumors are to be believed then HTC is all set to introduce a smaller and cheaper variant of its popular flagship, the HTC One. The Taiwanese company posted its highest sales in almost an year owing to strong demand for the HTC One. To compete with the likes of Samsung, HTC plans to introduce a more affordable mid range variant of its handset. While the design is believed to be very similar to the One, the One Mini will pack a smaller 4.3″ screen and is expected to include a less powerful processor. That said, it is believed that the handset will have the same Ultrapixel camera that has been highly praised in most reviews for its low light capabilities. HTC’s front facing BoomSound speakers too are expected to make a comeback. We’ve previously reviewed the HTC One and found it to be an excellent high end device. The Android running smartphone should prove to be quite popular in its mid range avatar.
[Via – Bloomberg]
At the World Web Developers Conference, Apple just announced the long rumored iTunes Radio service. To be a part of the music player application, it will provide users access to about 200 curated stations. The service will also allow users to create custom radio stations based on music in their iTunes library. The service will learn based on your usage and will offer increasingly personalized music playlists. In addition, iTunes Radio will also let users listen to tracks from popular artists ahead of launch and will integrate with Siri. Interestingly, it will also be possible to tag and buy anything you hear which should put it in direct competition with the likes of Soundhound. Continue reading “Apple announces iTunes Radio with customized music streams, to be available later this year”
AdDuplex chief Alan Medelevich today tweeted that the Nokia Lumia 520 has doubled its worldwide marked share over the course of a month. While the handset had a 4.44% share of the Windows Phone installed base, it means that the handset is about to touch almost 9% share. This would indicate sales to the tune of a million units. Medelevich also suggested that WP8 has finally overtaken the number of Windows Phone 7 devices out there.
Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 520 doubles worldwide market share according to AdDuplex”
Android tablets are a dime and a dozen with few if any differentiating factors. In this exceedingly crowded space, Sony enters with a high end proposition that aims at taking the iPad head on. With very appealing design aesthetics and a lot of features packed under the hood, the Xperia Tablet Z offers a lot of bang for the buck but is this enough to tempt the consumer ? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Tablet Z Review”
Otterbox cases offer what is possibly the best protection possible for your phone. We’ve been fans of their products for many years now and Otterbox cases have always lived up to their reputation. We got a chance to check out an Otterbox case for the Blackberry Z10 and here’s our review. Continue reading “Otterbox case for Blackberry Z10 review”
Jeremiah Wong, a Reddit user, has posted a series of screenshots that are said to be from a Lumia 920 running on pre release software. The handset that was purchased via eBay is running on a software version that identifies itself as 12084.WPMAIN(wpbldlab).20130509-1407. This particular build was compiled on 5th May and has a number of additions that Windows Phone users have been clamoring for.
Continue reading “Windows Phone 8.1 update with notification center, additional features spotted”
Users craving high end devices with Google’s stock Android interface have yet another reason to be happy. If various sources and rumors are to be believed we could have an Xperia Z Google Edition joining the Galaxy S4 and HTC One Google Edition handsets very soon.
Continue reading “Rumor: Sony Xperia Z Google Edition on its way”
Samsung has previously announced that it’ll hold an event in London to launch a range of new products. Of these, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active has already been revealed. The second product, the S 4 Zoom, has just shown up in a range of leaked press images
Continue reading “Galaxy S 4 Zoom press images surface ahead of launch event”
Investment research firm, Canaccord Genuity, has surveyed retail stores of all the four major US carriers and has come to the conclusion that Samsung’s trio of Galaxy S3, S4 and the Note II outsold Apple’s handset in May.
Continue reading “Samsung beats Apple’s US Smartphone marketshare says Canaccord Genuity”
Lenovo today introduced its flagship smartphone, the Intel CloverTrail+ powered Lenovo K900, in India. Show off earlier at CES, the phone has a mammoth 5.5inch Full HD display that is covered by a Gorilla Glass 2 panel. Under the hood is a 2Ghz dual core Intel Atom Z2580 processor. During our brief time with the phone we felt that this processor was more than capable of keeping everything running smooth. The processor is also equipped with Hyper Threading that boosts performance when needed. The operating system of choice is Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. Continue reading “Lenovo K900 Photo Gallery”
Indian smartphone manufacturers have improved their game significantly over the past few months. On the forefront alongside its contemporaries is Gionee that has been introducing some truly compelling hardware. We were quite pleasantly surprised by the Gionee Dream D1 that we reviewed some time back and were hence quite excited when the company passed us the Elife E3 to check out. What do we think about the handset ? Read on to find out more. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E3 Review”
HTC has revealed its monthly revenues for May 2013 and it might be considered the first sign of recovery for the ailing smartphone manufacturer. The company posted sales worth $970 million which is just 3% lower than what it last reported in May 2012.
Continue reading “HTC sales touch $970 million, its best month since June 2012”
Intel revealed its first prototype smartphone built on its next Atom smartphone chip codenamed Merrifield. The processor chip is slated to provide a 50 percent performance boost over current chips and will have much improved battery life as well.
Shown off by Tom Kilroy during the keynote session at Computex, the chip will ship to carriers and device makers early next year. Kilroy also stated that we should expect to see the first phones running on the Merrifield chip at MWC 2014. Continue reading “Intel shows off Merrifield prototype at Computex, First phones at MWC 2014”
As we had reported previously, The Foxconn Technology Group today announced a partnership with Mozilla to collaborate and create devices based on the Firefox OS. Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. as it is officially known has announced that is working on more than five devices ranging from smartphones to televisions based on the Firefox OS.
The alliance with Mozilla comes at a time when the company is trying to grow beyond its original design manufacturing roots to a combination of software and hardware offerings. The partnership with Mozilla will let it carry out its own integration of hardware and open source software, content and services. Continue reading “Foxconn to develop Firefox devices”
