Angry Birds Fight! for Android, iPhone and iPad launching globally this Spring

Angry Birds Fight

Rovio has officially announced Angry Birds Fight!, the first cultural mash-up game from the company after it was soft launched in Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is a match-3 frenzy where you take on other players in real-time battles of strategic, bird swapping agility.You need to race against the clock to match as many panels as possible to power up your bird for the fight. Continue reading “Angry Birds Fight! for Android, iPhone and iPad launching globally this Spring”

30,000 Lenovo A7000 units sold out in 4 seconds, next sale on April 22

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Lenovo has announced that it sold 30,000 units of Lenovo A7000 smartphones in its first flash sale in India on Flipkart today at 2PM. The smartphone was launched in India at an event earlier this month at a price tag of Rs. 8,999. It has a created lot of stir in the smartphone market and has received overwhelming response from the consumers, said the company. Continue reading “30,000 Lenovo A7000 units sold out in 4 seconds, next sale on April 22”

LG Volt with 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced

LG Volt

LG has announced Volt, a variant of LG Spirit that was announced ahead of MWC in February. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It packs an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3000mm radius curve offering sleeker, more attractive profile. It also comes with 4G LTE-A support. Continue reading “LG Volt with 4.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced”

Xiaomi Redmi 1S gets global MIUI 6 beta ROM

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Xiaomi has released a global beta build of its MIUI 6 ROM for the Redmi 1S smartphone. The company introduced MIUI 6, a major upgrade to MIUI ROM last year, but only few Mi devices such as Mi 4, Mi 3, Redmi Note, Redmi 2 and MiPad run on the stable MIUI 6 ROM. Developer ROMs are available for Mi devices in China, but this is the first time the company is releasing beta version of its ROM for global markets. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S gets global MIUI 6 beta ROM”

Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM with 5-inch HD display announced for $149

Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM

Microsoft has announced Lumia 540 Dual SIM, the latest Lumia smartphone and the successor of last year’s Lumia 535 Dual SIM. It has a  5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and run on Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with wide angle lens. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM with 5-inch HD display announced for $149”

Lenovo A6000 Plus with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE, 2GB RAM announced for India

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Lenovo has announced A6000 Plus at the Flipkart office in Bangalore during the live flash sale of its A7000 smartphone. The Lenovo A6000 Plus has a 5-inch HD display, 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI on top, similar to the Lenovo A6000 that was launched in India earlier this year, but the has RAM and internal storage have been upped to 2GB and 16GB, respectively compared to 1GB and 8GB on the A6000. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 Plus with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE, 2GB RAM announced for India”

Asus Zenfone 2 Benchmarks – ZE551ML with 4GB RAM and quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor

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Asus introduced the Zenfone 2 smartphone at CES earlier this year, which will be launched in India in three variant on April 23rd. We brought you the unboxing and photo gallery of the Zenfone 2 ZE551ML recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 clocked at 2.33 GHz with PowerVR G6430 GPU and has 4GB RAM. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Apple schedules WWDC 2015 for June 8

Apple WWDC 2015

Apple just announced that it’s 26th annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) for this year has been scheduled for June 8 till June 12 at San Francisco’s Moscone West. The company would reveal about the future of iOS and OS X at the event. It introduced Swift, a new programming language for OS X and iOS apps last year, this year it is expected introduce new features for Swift. Apple is also rumored to introduce new Apple TV and new streaming music service at this year’s event. This year’s invite says The epicenter of change. Continue reading “Apple schedules WWDC 2015 for June 8”

Airtel Zero is not a tariff proposition, says the company after Flipkart backs out

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Soon after Flipkart announced that it is backing out from joining Airtel Zero platform stating that the company is fully committed to the cause of net neutrality, Airtel has issues a statement that Airtel Zero is not a tariff proposition. The statement made by Flipkart regarding their decision not to offer toll free data service to their customers is consistent with our stand that Airtel Zero is not a tariff proposition, said the company. It says that it is merely an open platform for content providers to provide toll free data services on a completely non discriminatory basis. Continue reading “Airtel Zero is not a tariff proposition, says the company after Flipkart backs out”

LeTV Le 1Pro and Le Max with Quad HD displays, Snapdragon 810 SoC, 4GB RAM and Le 1 announced

LeTV Le 1, Le 1Pro and Le Max

LeTV, one of the popular video network operators in China today introduced three new smartphones – Le 1, Le 1Pro and  Le Max in the country. The Le 1 has a 5.5-inch 1080p display from Sharp with 1.2mm slim bezel, aluminum frame and is powered by a 2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 processor and comes with 3GB RAM, the Le 1Pro has a 5.5-inch Quad HD display from Sharp, full metal body and the Le Max has a 6.33-inch Quad HD screen from Sharp with 80.3 screen-to-body ratio and 1.6mm slim bezel. Both the Le 1Pro and Le Max smartphones are powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 SoC and have 4GB RAM. All these runs on Android-based EUI. Continue reading “LeTV Le 1Pro and Le Max with Quad HD displays, Snapdragon 810 SoC, 4GB RAM and Le 1 announced”

HTC Desire 326G dual sim with 4.5-inch display announced in India, coming May-end

HTC Desire 326G dual sim

HTC has introduced its new Desire 326G dual sim in India at the launch of its One M9+ and One E9+ smartphones. The Desire 326G dual sim has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Spreadtrum SC7731G processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense UI on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera with BSI sensor. Continue reading “HTC Desire 326G dual sim with 4.5-inch display announced in India, coming May-end”

HTC One E9+ announced in India, available May-end

HTC One E9 Plus

HTC has announced the One E9+ for India. It went official last month and comes with a 5.5-inch Quad HD display, is powered by a 2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Sense UI on top. It has a 20-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an ultrapixel front-facing camera, similar to the One M9+ that was also launched in India earlier today at an event. Continue reading “HTC One E9+ announced in India, available May-end”

HTC One M9+ launched in India for Rs. 52500

HTC One M9 Plus

HTC has launched the One M9+ in India when we expected the One M9. It was announced in China earlier this month and packs a 5.2-inch Quad HD screen, is powered by a 2.2GHz Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 (MT6795T) Octa-Core 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top. It has a fingerprint sensor below the display for secure lock and payments. It has multi-directional touch-based sensors that lets you place your finger on the sensor in any direction to unlock your phone. Continue reading “HTC One M9+ launched in India for Rs. 52500”

WhatsApp for Android finally gets Material Design update

WhatsApp Material Design

WhatsApp Messenger has finally be updated with the most expected Material Design language in the latest update (v2.12.38). There are no new features in this update, but the Material Design refresh brings bold, colorful UI throughout the app along with new animations, icons and more. If you are using Android Lollipop, you will also see new heads up notifications on the top for messages when you are using other apps. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android finally gets Material Design update”

OnePlus One Cyanogen OS 12 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out

OnePlus One Cyanogen OS 12 Android 5.0

OnePlus One has finally received the Cyanogen OS 12 update few days after it got approved by Google. This is based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) with material design elements.CM12 brings App Themer that lets you apply themes on a per application level. Apart from free themes that are already available, CM12 introduces paid themes using the Theme app. Themes can be purchased using your Google Play account. Continue reading “OnePlus One Cyanogen OS 12 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out”