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Samsung T3 portable SSD with USB Type-C, support for Android devices announced

Samsung T3 SSD

Samsung today introduced T3, it’s latest palm-sized, external solid state drive (SSD) with USB 3.1 Type C support. It is compatible with a range of USB supported devices, including the latest Android smartphones and tablets, and computers with Windows or Mac OS. It comes in 250GB, 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities, offers sequential read and write speeds of up to 450MB/s with a USB 3.1 interface and weighs just 51 grams. Continue reading “Samsung T3 portable SSD with USB Type-C, support for Android devices announced”

NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 AI supercomputer for self-driving cars announced

NVIDIA Drive PX 2

NVIDIA today at its CES 2016 event, introduced DRIVE PX 2, world’s first in-car Artificial Intelligence (AI) supercomputer. It utilizes deep learning on NVIDIA’s GPUs for 360-degree situational awareness around the car, to determine precisely where the car is and to compute a safe, comfortable trajectory. It has two next-gen Tegra processors or 12 CPUs cores, capable of 8 teraflops of processing power and 24 teraflops of deep processing operations, two next-gen discrete GPUs, based on the Pascal architecture that deliver up to 24 trillion deep learning operations per second. It also supports liquid cooling. Continue reading “NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2 AI supercomputer for self-driving cars announced”

OnePlus India puts up spare parts pricing for its smartphones

Xolo started it back in 2014, now OnePlus India has shared the list of spare parts prices for their devices on their official website. This includes all the supplementary components for all the three OnePlus smartphones and also their accessories. This also includes the labor fee for fixing the part.

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Acer Liquid Jade Primo with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Windows 10, 3GB RAM and Snapdragon 808 to roll out starting Feb

Acer Liquid Jade Primo

Acer teased the Liquid Jade Primo, the company’s flagship smartphone running Windows 10 Mobile at the IFA last year. Today the company has officially detailed all the features of the smartphone and has also revealed its pricing ahead of CES 2016. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass protection, is powered by an Hexa-Core Snapdragon 808 processor, has 21-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, 4K video recording and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with up to 84-degree wide-angle lens. Continue reading “Acer Liquid Jade Primo with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Windows 10, 3GB RAM and Snapdragon 808 to roll out starting Feb”

Acer Iconia One 8 B1-850 with 8-inch HD display, Android 5.1 announced for $99.99

Acer Iconia One 8 B1-850

Acer has introduced Iconia One 8 B1-850, the company’s latest Android tablet and the successor of last year’s Iconia One 8 B1-830 tablet ahead of CES 2016. It has a 8-inch HD display, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and has a 5-megapixel rear camera similar to its predecessor, but this is powered by a quad-core MediaTek processor and a better 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Acer Iconia One 8 B1-850 with 8-inch HD display, Android 5.1 announced for $99.99”

iBall Cuddle 4G with 6.95-inch display, 2GB RAM and voice calling launched for Rs. 9999

iBall Cuddle 4G

iBall has launched Cuddle 4G, the company’s latest 4G tablet in the Slide series. It has a 6.95-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, is powered by a Quad-Core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support, 4G connectivity and voice calling capabilities. It has in-built multi-languages keyboard to read and write in 21 regional languages. Continue reading “iBall Cuddle 4G with 6.95-inch display, 2GB RAM and voice calling launched for Rs. 9999”

Alcatel OneTouch PIXI 3 8-inch Windows 10 tablet and PIXI 4 series announced

Alcatel OneTouch PIXI 3 Windows 10

Alcatel OneTouch has introduced a 8-inch Windows 10 tablet in the PIXI 3 series, several PIXI 4 smartphones and a tablet as the successor to last year’s PIXI 3 series. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch PIXI 3 8-inch Windows 10 tablet and PIXI 4 series announced”

LG to show off flexible, rollable and paper-thin OLED displays at the CES

LG 18-inch flexible OLED display

LG Display introduced its 18-inch flexible OLED panel that is rollable, along with 18-inch transparent OLED panel back in 2014. At that time it said that it will develop an Ultra HD flexible and transparent OLED panels of more than 60 inches by 2017. Today the company has announced that it will showcase the world’s first 18-inch rollable display along with other latest OLED and LCD products at the CES later this week. Continue reading “LG to show off flexible, rollable and paper-thin OLED displays at the CES”

Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite with 5-inch 1080p display, 8MP front camera with LED flash announced

Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite

Lenovo has announced Vibe S1 Lite, its new selfie-focus smartphone ahead of CES 2016. The company introduced Vibe S1 with dual selfie cameras back in IFA 2015 in September, which was launched in India in November. The Vibe S1 Lite doesn’t have dual selfie cameras, but it has an 8-megapixel camera on the front with Sony sensor and a soft LED flash for capturing better images even in low lighting conditions. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe S1 Lite with 5-inch 1080p display, 8MP front camera with LED flash announced”

Lenovo introduces ThinkPad X1 Yoga with OLED display, new ThinkPad X1 Carbon, ThinkVision display and more

Along with the ThinkPad X1 modular tablet, Lenovo also introduced ThinkPad X1 Yoga that has world’s first OLED display, ThinkVision X1 display with a USB type C port, new ThinkPad X1 Carbon with Intel’s Skylake processors, thinner and lighter designand several accessories ahead of CES 2016. Continue reading “Lenovo introduces ThinkPad X1 Yoga with OLED display, new ThinkPad X1 Carbon, ThinkVision display and more”

Asus Zenfone Max with 5.5-inch display, 5000mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 9999

Asus Zenfone Max

Asus announced Zenfone Max with a 5000mAh battery at the ZenFestival in India back in August last year, finally it has launched the smartphone in the country. It has a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 410 SoC and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with real-tone LED flash, Laser auto focus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with 4G connectivity on both.

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Motorola Moto 360 (2nd Gen) men’s collection now available on Amazon in India

moto_360_2015_2

Motorola launched the Moto 360 (2nd Gen.) Android Wear Smartwatch in India last month starting at Rs. 19,999 on Flipkart. Today the company said that Moto 360 (2nd Gen) men’s collection – Cognac leather, Black leather and Black metal variants are now available for purchase on Amazon.in. It has also introduced 46mm Cognac Leather variant for the first time in India, which is exclusively available on Amazon.in. Continue reading “Motorola Moto 360 (2nd Gen) men’s collection now available on Amazon in India”

Samsung introduces new Soundbar with Dolby Atmos

Samsung HW-K950 Soundba with Dolby Atoms

Samsung has announced HW-K950, the company’s first Soundbar with Dolby Atmos technology. “This is the industry’s first soundbar package to include two Dolby Atmos-enabled wireless rear speakers,” said Samsung. It delivers 5.1.4-channel sound, is just 2.1” high, and has a slim and sleek design. Continue reading “Samsung introduces new Soundbar with Dolby Atmos”

OPPO F1 camera-centric smartphone launching this January

OPPO F series

OPPO today announced that it will launch camera-centric ‘F series’ smartphones this year. F1 will be the first phone in the series, which will launch later this January. “The F series is rooted in a growing global demand for premium-quality mobile photography experiences, and in research that has indicated a strong consumer recognition that OPPO shoots great photos. The F series will be a core product series for OPPO in 2016,” said the company. Continue reading “OPPO F1 camera-centric smartphone launching this January”

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 modular tablet announced, lets you add projector, 3D camera and more

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 tablet

Lenovo has announced ThinkPad X1, a modular tablet at the CES. This tablet lets you add a presenter module that includes a pico projector and HDMI port, ThinkPad keyboard, including trackpoint, which can snap onto the tablet, additional battery and even a 3D imaging module with its rear-facing Intel RealSense camera. The tablet packs a 12-inch (2160×1440 pixels) display, Intel Core m7 Processor and even has optional 4G LTE-A support. It also has a built-in kick stand like the Microsoft Surface tablets. Continue reading “Lenovo ThinkPad X1 modular tablet announced, lets you add projector, 3D camera and more”