Inbox by Gmail for Android gets easier trip sharing, better attachments and more

Inbox by Gmail v1.16

Google has update its Inbox by Gmail app to version 1.16 that now lets you share Trip Bundles with friends and family with one tap, so that they can get all the important info about your trip. “You can also add emails to a trip (a top feature request!) using the Move to… menu, and view trips offline,” said Google. Continue reading “Inbox by Gmail for Android gets easier trip sharing, better attachments and more”

Samsung Galaxy A9 with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 620, 4000mAh battery surfaces

Samsung Galaxy A9 2016

Samsung introduced 2016 edition of the Galaxy A series smartphones – Galaxy A7, Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 earlier this month. Now Samsung has teased the upcoming Galaxy A9 (SM-A9000) on weibo (Via). This reveals that the smartphone will pack a 6-inch 1080p Super AMOLED display, powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 620 processor, run Android 5.1 (Lollipop), come with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A9 with 6-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 620, 4000mAh battery surfaces”

Asus ZenPad C 7.0 with 7-inch display, 3G goes on sale in India starting from Rs. 7999

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Asus launched the ZenPad 8.0 and ZenPad 7.0 at the Zenfestival in India back in August. The ZenPad 7.0 went on sale in the country for Rs. 11,999 back in October, and the ZenPad 8.0 went on sale last month for Rs. 14,999 . Now the ZenPad C 7.0 variants are available from Flipkart and Snapdeal. These have a 7-inch display with 71% screen-to-body ratio, AGC Glass with 20nm Anti-Finger Coating, 10 finger multi-touch, upto 170 degree viewing angle, powered by a quad-core 64-bit Intel Atom x3-C3230 / MediaTek MT8382 processor and run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI. These have dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Asus ZenPad C 7.0 with 7-inch display, 3G goes on sale in India starting from Rs. 7999”

Facebook is testing real-time comments to tell you when a friend is typing

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Facebook has announced that it is testing real-time comments that will let you know when a friend is writing a comment, in real time on the web and in Facebook app for iOS. This feature is already available in several messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Google Hangouts and more. Continue reading “Facebook is testing real-time comments to tell you when a friend is typing”

InFocus M680 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 13MP front camera, 4G launched for Rs. 10999

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InFocus has launched M680, the company’s latest smartphone in India. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), which upgradable to Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) in future. It has a 13-megapixel auto focus front and rear cameras, has a 7.2 mm slim metal body and weighs 158 grams. Continue reading “InFocus M680 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 13MP front camera, 4G launched for Rs. 10999”

Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8499

Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime

Xiaomi has launched Redmi Note Prime, the company’s latest smartphone in the Redmi Note series in India, when everyone expected the Redmi Note 2 Prime. It packs a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor with Mali 450 GPU and runs on MIUI v7. Xiaomi said that it is the second Mi phone to be manufactured in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh, in partnership with Foxconn Technology Group. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi Note Prime with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8499”

OUKITEL K10000 smartphone has a 10,000mAh battery, promises 10-day battery life

OUKITEL K10000

Recently DOOGEE introduced T6, a smartphone with a 6250mAh battery. Now OUKITEL has introduced K10000  smartphone with a 10,000mAh battery, which is the largest battery capacity in a smartphone. This promises 10 to 15 days of battery life with normal use, has intelligent power consumption management and lets you charge other devices easily with OTG. It even has flash charge that can charge the 10,000mAh battery in just 3.5 hours with the bundled 9V/2A flash charger. Continue reading “OUKITEL K10000 smartphone has a 10,000mAh battery, promises 10-day battery life”

Lenovo Vibe S1 Battery Life Test

Lenovo Vibe S1 FA One Charge Rating

We brought you the review of Lenovo’s latest Vibe S1 with dual selfie cameras, here we have the battery life test results of the smartphone. The smartphone packs a 2500mAh built-in battery (Typical) / 2420mAh (Minimum). It has a 5-inch 1080p screen, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6752 processor, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Here are the test results.

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iBall Andi 5.5H Weber with 5.5-inch HD display, Android 5.1 now available for Rs. 6299

iBall Andi 5.5H Weber

iBall Andi 5.5H Weber, the company’s latest smartphone is now available from offline retailers, according to Mahesh Telecom. It packs a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash that is enhanced to 8-megapixel using software and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other iBall Andi smartphones. It has 21 Indian language support. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5.5H Weber with 5.5-inch HD display, Android 5.1 now available for Rs. 6299”

Huawei Honor 7 enhanced version with Android 6.0, 32GB storage announced

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Huawei introduced the Honor 7 smartphone in China back in July and launched it in India in October. Today at the honor event the company introduced an enhanced version of the smartphone that has a smart key to give quick shortcuts. You can give voice commands to facilitate navigation, go running and more. It can only remind you if you have friends within your vicinity. Huawei has partnered with Baidu and will bring Siri-like features. Smart key will bring that up in the future. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 7 enhanced version with Android 6.0, 32GB storage announced”

Huawei HiLink SDK, Lite OS for Smart home platforms coming in Q2 2016

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At the honor event in Shenzhen, China, Huawei announced that it is will release its HiLink SDK in Q2 2016. The HiLink protocol will unify your smart home IOT devices using a unified language. It works via Zigbee, WiFi and Bluetooth. Huawei Honor president George Zhao said that the company will also release Huawei Lite OS with very light kernel and ultra fast startup time of 700ms in Q2 2016. This will have minimal battery consumption and it is making the operating system open source. Continue reading “Huawei HiLink SDK, Lite OS for Smart home platforms coming in Q2 2016”

Microsoft now lets you retain 15GB OneDrive storage and 15GB camera roll bonus

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Last month Microsoft announced that it will be downgrading free OneDrive storage from 15 GB to 5 GB for all users and discontinue 15 GB camera roll storage bonus in early 2016. After backlash from users, Microsoft has decided to offer its legacy customers to retain 15GB of storage. It also announced that users can also retain their 15GB of camera roll storage bonus that can be claimed until the end of January. Continue reading “Microsoft now lets you retain 15GB OneDrive storage and 15GB camera roll bonus”

Gionee M5 Plus to be announced on Dec 21 – 6-inch 1080p display, fingerprint sensor, 5020mAh battery

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Gionee recently announced that it will introduced its new ‘M series’ smartphone, the M5 Plus on December 21st. This is expected to be the GN8001 that got certified by TENAA last month. According to earlier listing the smartphone will come with a 6-inch Full HD AMOLED display, pack 3GB of RAM and a 5020mAh battery. Now a new report from China has revealed that the smartphone will come with a fingerprint sensor embedded in the home button.

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Lenovo Vibe S1 Review

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Lenovo introduced Vibe S1, its first selfie-focused smartphone with dual front-facing cameras at the IFA back in September. It was launched in India exclusively on Amazon.in last month for Rs. 15999. Even though the main highlight of the smartphone is selfie, it has powerful internals and comes with premium build. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let us find out in the review.

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