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Xolo LT900 with 4.3-inch HD display, 4G LTE listed online

Xolo LT900

Xolo LT900, the company’s first smartphone with 4G TDD-LTE support has been listed on Flipkart. This would launch on Airtel’s 4G network in India and comes with Airtel Mobile TV. It has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) IPS Display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor with Adreno 225 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo LT900 with 4.3-inch HD display, 4G LTE listed online”

Xolo Q3000 with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and 4000 mAh battery listed online

Xolo Q3000

Xolo launched the Q2000 with a 5.5-inch HD screen, now the Q3000 with a 5.7-inch Full HD screen has been spotted on Flipkart. It has a 5.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash, BSI 2 sensor, 1080p video recording  and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a BSI sensor similar to the Q1000S. This is the first Xolo to come with 2GB RAM and 4000 mAh battery. Continue reading “Xolo Q3000 with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and 4000 mAh battery listed online”

Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503 launched in India, priced between Rs. 4499 and Rs. 6799

Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503 India launch

Nokia Asha 502 Dual SIM went on sale in India silently earlier this week. Today, Nokia has launched the Asha 500, Asha 502 and the Asha 503 in India. All these phones have a new crystal-clear look fusion of ice-like transparency and bold inner color. The Nokia Asha 500 comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) and is based on the latest Nokia Asha software platform with Swipe UI. It has a 2 MP rear camera, 2G, WiFi, Bluetooth and FM Radio. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503 launched in India, priced between Rs. 4499 and Rs. 6799”

Nokia Lumia 525 announced in India, goes on sale in the first week of January 2014


Nokia has just announced the Lumia 525 in India at the 6th Annual Strategy Sharing Summit in Goa. The Lumia 525 is the successor of the most popular Lumia 520, which is the cheapest Lumia smartphone. Main upgrade is the RAM, which has been upgraded from 512MB to 1GB. It was unveiled last month and has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) IPS display at 235 ppi, super sensitive touch for finger nail and glove use and is powered by a 1 GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 processor. It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with 720p HD video recording, packs 1430 mAh battery. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 525 announced in India, goes on sale in the first week of January 2014”

Lava Iris 402+ with 4-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor up for pre-order at Rs. 5678

Lava Iris 402 Plus

Lava launched the Iris 402 back in August along with the Iris 356, an affordable 3G smartphone. Now the Iris 402+ has appeared on the official website. Most of the specifications are similar to the Iris 402, but the Iris 402+ packs a faster 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, comes with 4GB of internal memory and has 512MB of RAM. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 3G support, Dual SIM with dual standby, 3MP rear camera and VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava Iris 402+ with 4-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor up for pre-order at Rs. 5678”

Motorola Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update

motog-hands-on

Motorola has started rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Moto G earlier than expected. Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 update directly, skipping the Android 4.4.1 update. The new update brings Android KitKat features such as restyled status and navigation bars, full-screen mode, color emoji, smarter power use and more. In our Moto G review we felt the camera was too plain and lacked some important features. This update finally brings new camera features, including the most expected manual focus and exposure control. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update”

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas now available for Android

GTA San Andreas

Rockstar Games released the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for iOS devices earlier this month, as they promised. The game is now available for Android smartphones and tablets.It is available only for select Android devices at the moment, since it might not be optimized for your device yet. The game is likely to get an update soon to support more devices. As usual it supports select Bluetooth controllers and USB gamepads. Continue reading “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas now available for Android”

Nokia Moneypenny rumored to launch as Lumia 630 or Lumia 635

Last month evleaks revealed codenames of upcoming Nokia phones – Goldfinger, Moneypenny, Normandy, Phantom and Spinel. We had already heard that Goldfinger would be one of the first Windows Phone Blue devices with 3D Touch features. Now @evleaks has revealed that Nokia Moneypenny would be launched in two variants, Lumia 630 or Lumia 635, based on the configuration. Continue reading “Nokia Moneypenny rumored to launch as Lumia 630 or Lumia 635”

Camera+ 5 for iPhone brings The Lab with photo editing features and a new UI

Camera Plus 5 for iPhone

Camera+ has received a huge update to version 5.0 that brings a lot of new features including The Lab with world-class photo editing features, Shooting refinements, iPhone wallpaper crops, New icons and more. This update also brings a Slick, intuitive user interface to match iOS 7’s new design.

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Dolphin Zero privacy-focused browser launched for Android

Dolphin Zero for Android

Dolphin Browser has launched Dolphin Zero, a new private browser that automatically deletes your data including browsing history, cache, passwords and cookies to make your browsing experience completely private. The browser has aggressive shredder to make sure to automatically delete any traces from your browsing, so no data is stored, says the company. Continue reading “Dolphin Zero privacy-focused browser launched for Android”

Simmtronics enters into Smartphone market with new XPAD phones

Simmtronics XPAD FUNDROID Q2

Simmtronics, popular for its XPAD tablets has entered into smartphone segment with its new FUNDROID, AMAZOID and SMARTDROID series in the XPAD range. The XPAD FUNDROID series include, XPAD FUNDROID Q1, XPAD FUNDROID Q2, XPAD FUNDROID Q4 and the XPAD FUNDROID Q5. The AMAZOID series has the XPAD AMAZOID M1. The company plans to launch phones in the SMARTDROID series soon. Continue reading “Simmtronics enters into Smartphone market with new XPAD phones”

Cut the Rope 2 released for iPhone and iPad, coming to Android early 2014

Cut the Rope 2

ZeptoLab, the creators of popular Cut the Rope games has released Cut the Rope 2, a new game in the Cut the Rope franchise, as the company promised back in September. In this new game, Om Nom breaks out of his box and travels through lush forests, busy cities, junkyards and underground tunnels forCandy. The game also features little green monsters, that acts as candy collecting helpers. Continue reading “Cut the Rope 2 released for iPhone and iPad, coming to Android early 2014”

Acer Iconia W4 8-inch tablet running Windows 8.1 launched in India starting at Rs. 24999

 

Acer-Iconia-W4

Acer announced the Iconia W4, successor of the Iconia W3 back in October. Today, the company launched the tablet in India. The Iconia W4 has a 8-inch (800 x 1280 pixels) multi-touch IPS display, powered by a 1.8 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Bay Trail T processor with integrated Intel HD Graphics and runs on the latest Windows 8.1. It comes pre-loaded with Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 and packs a 18.6 Wh 4960 mAh 3.75 V 2-cell Battery Pack Lithium -Ion battery that offers battery life of up to 10 hours for web browsing and up to 8 hours for video playback. Continue reading “Acer Iconia W4 8-inch tablet running Windows 8.1 launched in India starting at Rs. 24999”

BlackBerry Messenger to come pre-loaded on LG smartphones

BBM

Micromax was the first company in India to pre-install BBM on all its Canvas smartphones in India. Now BlackBerry and LG have entered into a partnership to pre-load BlackBerry Messenger on all LG smartphones involving both standard and virtual preloading (using the LG App Manager). The LG G Pro Lite would be the first LG smartphone to offer BBM out-of-the-box. LG launched the G Pro Lite in India back in October. Looks like new G Pro Lite units would come pre-loaded with BBM. Continue reading “BlackBerry Messenger to come pre-loaded on LG smartphones”

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active with Snapdragon 800 processor, LTE-Advanced launched in Korea

Samsung Galaxy S4 Active SHV-E470S

Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 Active the company’s first high-end durable Galaxy smartphone back in June, but it featured a Snapdragon 600 processor. Now Samsung has released the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (SHV-E470S) in Korea with a Snapdragon 800 processor and LTE-Advanced support. Samsung had already launched the Galaxy S4 LTE-A with a Snapdragon 800 processor in Korea back in June, this has almost similar specifications, but this is also rugged with IP67 rating for Dust and Water Resistance.  Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Active with Snapdragon 800 processor, LTE-Advanced launched in Korea”