BlackBerry Classic was introduced as BlackBerry Q20, successor of the BlackBerry Q10 at the MWC last year. Later it was unveiled as the BlackBerry Classic in December and it was launched in India last week for Rs. 31,990. The BlackBerry Classic has bigger screen and a trackpad along with navigation keys compared to BlackBerry Q10, targeting business segment once again. Is it worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.
Sony has announced its new Digital TV (DTV) Tuner Module (SMT-EW100) for mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, automotive infotainment systems, navigation systems and PCs. It boasts the world’s smallest size and superior reception as well as extremely low power consumption, making it an optimal candidate for inclusion into mobile devices, says the company. Continue reading “Sony introduces Digital TV Tuner module for mobile devices”
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G went on sale in India last month for Rs. 9.999. We brought you the battery test results of the smartphone recently, here are the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8228) processor clocked at 1.59 GHz per core and has Adreno 305 GPU, similar to the Redmi 1S. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, 2GB RAM and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with MIUI v5 on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
Motorola has announced that it has started rolling out Android 5.0.2 Lollipop update for the first and second generation Moto G smartphones in India. It is also rolling out Lollipop update for the Moto G (2nd Gen) in the US and for both the Moto G variants in Brazil. The Lollipop update brings all-new material design, better touch screen interactions, quick notifications on the lock screen and more. Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) got the Lollipop update in India last month. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G (1st and 2nd Gen) Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”
OnePlus has launched its OnePlus One smartphone in Indonesia. It has partnered with Lazada to sell the smartphone in the country. This is the first market that OnePlus has entered in Southeast Asia, said the company. It was launched in India last month, and is still in huge demand. Continue reading “OnePlus One launches in Indonesia”
Vodafone India today announced that Sunil Sood will replace Marten Pieters as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. Current CEO Marten Pieters will step down as Managing Director and Chief Executive of Vodafone India from 1st April 2015, however he will continue to remain on the Board of Vodafone India in a non-executive capacity, said the company. Continue reading “Sunil Sood to replace Marten Pieters as Vodafone India CEO”
HTC is all set to launch Desire 626, a new smartphone in the Desire 600 series. Press images and complete specifications of the smartphone have been leaked by @upleaks. According to the leak, the smartphone would come with a 5-inch HD display and would run on Android 4.4 Kitkat with HTC Sense UI on top. It would get Android 5.0 update later, says the leakster. It would come with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC Desire 626 press images, specifications leaked”
Micromax’s YU has announced that it sold 15,000 units of Yureka smartphones in just 4 seconds in its second flash sale on Amazon.in. In the first sale 10,000 units sold out in 3 seconds. The website did not crash after the sale opened, like the first sale. Some managed to order the smartphone, but most users couldn’t get the smartphone and were added to the waitlist, which didn’t open up. Continue reading “15,000 YU YUREKA smartphones sold out in 4 seconds, next sale on Jan 29”
YotaPhone with dual displays was launched in India on Flipkart back in October at a price tag of Rs. 23,499. It has got a huge price cut to Rs. 17,999 in one month after the release. Now the smartphone has received price cut of Rs. 5,000 and is available for Rs. 12,999 from Flipkart. The YotaPhone has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) LCD multi-touch main screen and a 4.3-inch (360×640 pixels) E-Ink rear screen. The phone also has special YotaPhone gestures and Put2Back applications for the back screen. Continue reading “YotaPhone gets another price cut in India, now available for Rs. 12999”
LG unveiled the G Flex 2 smartphone, the second phone in the G Flex series at the CES earlier this month. It went on pre-order in Germany last week, today LG has announced that the G Flex 2 would launch in Korea on January 30th. The G Flex 2 has a 5.5-inch 1080p curved P-OLED display that can bend ranging from a radius of 400mm to 700mm across the front, back, sides and top-to-bottom edges. Continue reading “LG G Flex 2 launching in Korea on Jan 30th, price revealed”
LibreOffice, a community-driven software that is available for desktop is now available in the form of LibreOffice Viewer Beta for Android. Created by Collabora engineers, this is a Open Source app for smartphones and tablets that lets you view documents, spreadsheets, and basic presentations in Open Document and Microsoft Office formats. Complex presentation support and additional features would be available in the future, says the creators. Continue reading “LibreOffice Viewer Beta for Android released”
Micromax’s YU plans to sell 15,000 units of YUREKA smartphones on its second flash sale today, January 22nd at 2PM on Amazon.in The company received over three lakh registrations for the first sale, and it sold 10,000 units in just 3 seconds. It did not reveal the number of people registered for the second sale. In the second round of YUREKA sale today, the consumers who had registered to buy YUREKA before 13th January, will remain pre-registered and can take part in the sale just the same as last time, said the company. Continue reading “15,000 YU YUREKA units to be available in second round of sale today”
Oppo has announced Oppo U3, the latest smartphone in the U series. It has a 5.9-inch 1080p display with 75% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6752 64-bit processor and runs on Color OS 2.0.1 based on Android 4.4. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Super Zoom mode to capture 50MP images by combining four shots into a high resolution image. Continue reading “Oppo U3 with 5.9-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core 64-bit SoC, 4G LTE announced”
BlackBerry introduced the BlackBerry Passport smartphone in Black color last year. Later it launched White and Limited Edition Red color variants of the smartphone in the US. Now the Limited Edition Black and Gold variant of Passport is available in the US and Canada. Continue reading “Limited Edition Black and Gold BlackBerry Passport launched”
Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus (GT-9060I) is now available in India, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom . It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, compared to VGA front-facing camera in last year’s Grand Neo. It also comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Plus now available in India for Rs. 11700”
