CyanogenMod finally announced CM14.1 based on Android 7.1 Nougat last week. It released CM14.1 nightly builds for Moto G 1st and 2nd gen devices, Xiaomi Mi 4, OnePlus 3 and more in the first wave. Now it is available for Moto G (3rd Gen), Google Nexus 6, Nexus 7 2013 4G, range of old Sony Xperia smartphones and more. Continue reading “CyanogenMod 14.1 nightly builds now available for OnePlus One, OnePlus 2, Moto G (3rd Gen) and more”
Aircel at the Blog Up in Chennai said that the company recorded 74 percent growth in 3G data revenue and 76 percent increase in data consumption this year. Continue reading “Aircel records 74% 3G data revenue growth, 76% 3G data consumption growth in 2016”
Samsung launched the Galaxy J3 (2016) earlier this year, and even introduced the Galaxy J3 Pro few months back. Now it is all set to release the Galaxy J3 (2017) that has the model number SM-J327P. Today @evleaks posted first press image of the smartphone, which shows a similar design with a home button and the usual set of capacitive touch buttons on either sides. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J3 (2017) with Snapdragon 430 press image surfaces”
ZUK Z2151 received TENAA certification in China recently, now the smartphone has surfaced in a live image that shows its curved display with narrow bezels. This also shows Snapdragon 821 processor mentioned in the about page of the smartphone along with the phone’s name. Continue reading “ZUK Edge with Snapdragon 821 surfaces in live images, shows narrow bezels”
Xiaomi introduced Mi MIX with 6.4-full HD bezel-less display with whopping 91.3% screen-to-body ratio in China last month. Now a smaller variant of the smartphone code-named Mi MIX Nano has surfaced in live images in China.
Qualcomm Technologies today announced its vulnerability rewards program designed to expand collaboration with invited white hat hackers who improve the security of the Qualcomm Snapdragon family of processors, LTE modems and related technologies. The program will be administered in collaboration with vulnerability coordination platform HackerOne, offering rewards of up to US$ 15,000 per vulnerability. Continue reading “Qualcomm launches bug bounty program, to offer rewards up to $15000”
Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India today announced that it has tied up with Google Cloud to offer G Suite – a set of intelligent productivity, communication and collaboration applications to Indian enterprises. Under this tie-up, Vodafone enterprise customers can conveniently and securely access G Suite in a pay-per-use, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Continue reading “Vodafone India ties up with Google Cloud to offer G Suite to enterprise customers”
Samsung launched the Galaxy On Nxt with similar specifications as the Galaxy J7 Prime in India last month exclusively on Flipkart for Rs. 18,490. It has a full metal unibody design, has 32GB of on-board storage and is powered by Exynos 7 Octa 7870 14nm processor. Specifications look good on paper, is the smartphone worth the price? Let us find out in the review.
Barnes & Noble has introduced a new NOOK Tablet 7″, its cheapest tablet with dual-band WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n) support in the U.S. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) 171 ppi display, runs Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and has a soft-touch back. Continue reading “Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet 7″ with WiFi, Android 6.0 announced for $49.99”
Alcatel has launched Move Time, childrens’ smartwatch, which is equipped with GPS tracking, call and message functionality. This helps parents stay connected with their kids. It was introduced as CareTime at the CES earlier this year. Continue reading “Alcatel Move Time Kids watch with call, message and location tracking launched for Rs. 4799”
OnePlus introduced OnePlus 3T, upgraded version of its flagship OnePlus 3 earlier this week. After the launch the OnePlus 3 went out of stock in the official US, UK and European stores. Even though OnePlus support confirmed that the OnePlus 3 will be back in stock soon, without giving any details about the availability, Android Authority has confirmed from the company that it will not be selling the phone anymore in the US and Europe, in favor of the new OnePlus 3T. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 discontinued in the US and Europe, still in stock in India”
OKWU, a new start-up in India has launched Pi, its first smartphone along with an accessory U-Tag. The OKWU Pi has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6735 64-bit processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash along with a secondary 2-megapixel camera for capturing sharp images. It has a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and also has a fingerprint sensor on the back to unlock the phone in 0.2 seconds and can store up to 10 fingerprints. Continue reading “OKWU Pi with 5-inch HD display, Android 6.0, dual rear cameras, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5999”
Vivo has announced Xplay6, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Xplay series in China, along with the X9 and X9 Plus smartphones. It has a 5.46-inch Quad HD curved display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Funtouch OS 3.0. It has 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX362 sensor, 1.4μm pixel size, f/1.7 aperture, 4-axis OIS, PDAF for fast focus 0.03 seconds and a secondary 5-megapixel camera for capturing depth information. Continue reading “Vivo Xplay6 with 5.46-inch Quad HD curved display, Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM, dual rear cameras announced”
Vivo just announced X9 and X9 Plus, the company’s flagship smartphones in the ‘X series’ in China. Both the phones have a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with 1/2.8″ Sony IMX376 sensor and f/2.0 aperture along with a 8-megapixel camera for capuring depth information when shooting selfies. These phones also have a 16-megapixel rear camera with 1/2.8″ sensor. Continue reading “Vivo X9 and X9 Plus with 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras, Snapdragon 625 and 653 SoCs announced”
Xiaomi today introduced Mi Box 3c and 3s smart TV box with support for 4K video playback. The main highlight of the new devices are the AI-based PatchWall interface, making it the first set-top box system with AI in the world. The Mi box 3s also has HDR (High Dynamic Range) support. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi Box 3c and Mi Box 3s smart 4K TV box with AI-based PatchWall interface announced”
