LG and Nokia enter smartphone patent licensing agreement

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Nokia Technologies has announced that LG Electronics has entered into a smartphone patent licensing agreement with them to pay royalties for smartphones LG sells. LG becomes the major smartphone manufacturer to join the licensing program since Nokia’s devices and services business were sold to Microsoft in April 2014. Continue reading “LG and Nokia enter smartphone patent licensing agreement”

Coolpad Dazen 1 price drops to Rs. 5999 in India

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Coolpad Dazen launched the Dazen 1, a budget smartphone in India last month for Rs. 6,999. It went on sale exclusively on Snapdeal in the first flash sale on June 9th at the same price, now the company has cut the price of the smartphone to Rs. 5,999 in today’s flash sale to take on Xiaomi Redmi 2 and Yu YuphoriaContinue reading “Coolpad Dazen 1 price drops to Rs. 5999 in India”

Opera Max data-savings app for Android launched in India and Bangladesh

Opera Max Android

Opera introduced Opera Max, data savings app in the U.S. and Europe back in February last year. Today, Opera has launched the Android app in India and Bangladesh. Opera Max compresses cellular data across all contents such as videos, photos, media, almost all apps and websites. It is already available in all CIS countries, all Latin and South American countries. Continue reading “Opera Max data-savings app for Android launched in India and Bangladesh”

Google Play Gift cards finally launched in India

Google Play Gift cards India

Google has finally launched Google Play Gift cards in India. It was first introduced in the US back in 2012 and was launched in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden back in December last year. India becomes 29th country to get Google Play Gift cards. Continue reading “Google Play Gift cards finally launched in India”

Huawei Honor Bee Review

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Huawei Honor launched the Honor Bee, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Honor series last month. It directly competes with Micromax Canvas Spark and Infocus M2 smartphones that lie in the same price range. Is this is a good budget smartphone? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab E with 9.6-inch display, quad-core processor announced

Samsung Galaxy Tab E

Samsung has officially announced Galaxy Tab E in the new E series, after several leaks. It has a 9.6-inch WXGA display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera without flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Samsung has announced only the WiFi version of the tablet now, but the 3G variant is expected soon. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab E with 9.6-inch display, quad-core processor announced”

Wickedleak Wammy Note 4 with Octa-Core 64-bit SoC, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 14990

Wickedleak Wammy Note 4

Wickedleak has launched Wammy Note 4, the company’s latest smartphone and the successor of last year’s Wammy Note 3. It has a 5.5-inch full HD display with 74% screen-to-body ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection, is powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6752 64-bit processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Wickedleak Wammy Note 4 with Octa-Core 64-bit SoC, 3GB RAM, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 14990”

HDFC Bank launches PayZapp 1-click mobile payment solution

HDFC PayZapp

HDFC Bank has launched PayZapp, a SmartBuy portal and payment solution for HDFC Bank’s customers. The bank has partnered with leading e-commerce portals to offer additional discounts and exclusive deals on using the HDFC Bank payment options. It also provides easy payment solution and can be used as a mobile wallet as well. The company says that it is India’s first 1-Click payment solution. It is currently available for Android and will soon be available for iOS.
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Xiaomi Mi LED Portable USB Light launched in India for Rs. 199

Xiaomi Mi LED USB

Xiaomi has launched its Mi LED, a portable USB light in India. You can power the light by just plugging it into a USB of a laptop, a charger or even a power bank. This will be useful for those who have laptops with a keyboard that’s not backlit so they can work even in the dark. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi LED Portable USB Light launched in India for Rs. 199”

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Emerald Green officially launched in India

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Samsung has officially launched the Emerald Green color variant of the Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone in India, months after launching the White Pearl, Black Sapphire and Gold Platinum versions. It went on sale through official online store is priced at Rs. 58,900 earlier this month. The Galaxy S6 Edge packs a 5.1-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) 577 PPI Super AMOLED display that is curved on both the sides, is powered by a Octa-Core ( Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5GHz) Exynos processor, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Emerald Green officially launched in India”

Oppo Neo 5 with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 9990

Oppo Neo 5

Oppo has launched Neo 5, the company’s latest smartphone in the Neo series. It is a new version of the Neo 5 that was introduced last week. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and Android 4.4 (KitKat) based on ColorOS 2.0.1. It has a 8-megapixel camera with BSI sensor, LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a glass back. Continue reading “Oppo Neo 5 with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 9990”

iBall mSLR Cobalt4 smartphone with detachable lenses launched for Rs. 8499

iBall mSLR Cobalt4

iBall has launched mSLR Cobalt4, the company’s latest smartphone in the Cobalt series. It has a 5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera with soft LED flash. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “iBall mSLR Cobalt4 smartphone with detachable lenses launched for Rs. 8499”

Infocus M350 launching in India on June 18 for Rs. 7999

Infocus M350

Infocus started teasing the launch of M350 smartphone in India last week. Today the company has sent out press invites for the launch event on June 18th, Thursday. Infocus already said that registrations for the sale will begin June 17th and it will exclusively be available from Snapdeal. Now the smartphone has been listed on Snapdeal for Rs. 7999, which is definitely a competitive price tag for a 4G smartphone. Continue reading “Infocus M350 launching in India on June 18 for Rs. 7999”

Fallout Shelter free strategy game released for iPhone and iPad

Fallout Shelter for iPhone and iPad

Bethesda Softworks, popular for its Fallout series has released Fallout Shelter, a strategy game for iPhone and iPad. In this game you need to build a Vault using the tools given to you, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland. The company says it’s not a timed exclusive for iOS and plans to launch the Android version soon. Continue reading “Fallout Shelter free strategy game released for iPhone and iPad”

Coolpad Dazen 1 Benchmarks

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Coolpad launched Dazen 1 smartphone in India last month at Rs. 6999. We brought you the hands-on impressions and photo gallery of the smartphone from the launch event and the unboxing recently, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.21GHz per core. It has Adreno 306 GPU clocked at 400 MHz.  It has a 2GB RAM, 5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Cool UI 6. Let’s find out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Coolpad Dazen 1 Benchmarks”