With the rapid proliferation of budget Android devices, everybody is trying to get a slice of the pie. Not to be left behind, Videocon too has launched its latest product called the A55HD. Can the erstwhile leader of consumer electronics in India make a dent in the smartphone segment with the A55HD ? Read on to find out our impressions of the smartphone. Continue reading “Videocon A55HD Review”
From the makers of Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja, we have a new game which wants you to destroy the world. The upcoming game, titled “Colossatron: Massive World Threat”, is a mass destruction game helped by the concept of an Alien robot.
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If you remember the first teaser of the Moto X, a picture with two people jumping into the water, it boasted of two things – “Designed by you. Assembled in the USA.”. While the terms designed by you is still open for interpretation, Motorola has practically sealed the case for the next one by posting a tweet with a picture of the Moto X being manufactured at a Motorola plant in the USA.
Yep. This guy is building exactly what you think he is. Designed by you. Assembled in the USA. pic.twitter.com/U9fhJRDmmM
— Motorola Mobility (@Motorola) July 18, 2013
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Path was launched in November 2010 as a social network to capture and share special moments with friends and family. Currently, Path has about more than five million users. Initially the app was available in iOS and Android, but now Path is officially available for Kindle Fire.
“Why didn’t any one think of this before?” was the first thought that came to my mind when I read about Locket, a new innovative advertising platform that resides on your.. wait for it.. lockscreen! Yes, Locket is a simple app that displays ads on your lockscreen, and if you thought that was too intrusive, they make it up to you by letting you share their profits. With phones getting larger and larger, the screen real estate has indeed become prime property of advertisers looking at innovative ways to reach the end user. The lockscreen especially is almost always largely unused and a thing that’s always looked at, when you open the screen, and this is the exact space which Locket takes advantage of. Here is a quick promo to show how it works –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoVrkTD7nF0
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The flexibility of Android means that it is possible to tweak and replace most software components of your phone. The keyboard is no exception and players like Swype, Swiftkey have been known to offer compelling alternatives. When Adaptxt approached us to check out their take on the ubiquitous keyboard, we decided to put it through its paces. Check out our review below.
Halo has been a celebrated game franchise that was popularized during the original Xbox era. People had longed for a similar gaming experience on other Microsoft devices as the company slowly brought their different divisions together, and to much surprise, Microsoft’s own 343 game studio announced Halo: Spartan Assault for Windows 8 and Windows Phone. A trailer that was revealed along with the announcement showed off a much different type of gameplay, based in the Halo universe. And today, it has landed on the Windows Phone store at $6.99, and for the same amount, you can grab it for Windows 8 here, while watching the trailer below –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxsYQtltOco
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With the announcement of the next version of Galaxy Note getting closer and closer, rumors continue to spread across the Internet. In the latest turn of events, Samsung has teased an updated Exynos 5 Octa SoC through their Twitter account. This updated Exynos 5 Octa is expected to feature in one of the variants of the Galaxy Note 3. The image posted by Samsung suggests an evolved SoC from the previous generation. According to the image, the already powerful Exynos 5 Octa is getting even more powerful and enhanced.
Google’s financial results for Q2 2013 are out and the company has reported revenues of $14.11 billion which is an increment over the $12.21 billion it had reported last year for the same quarter. Net income too has gone up to reach $3.23 billion with earnings of $9.56 per share. The results missed predictions that revenues would touch $14.5 billion with an expectation of growth being 20 percent. Unfortunately this slightly missed estimates with actual growth being 19 percent YoY. Motorola was one of the arms at Google that resulted in losses with the company having cost $998 million. Motorola reported operating losses of $342 million which we guess can be attributed to the R&D efforts in place. Google’s stock closed 7.87 points down at 910.68. The company is scheduled to host an Android centric event later this month where it will show off the next version of its popular mobile operating system alongside refreshed hardware.
VideoLAN has the VLC media player back in the Apple iTunes Store after it was pulled out for unknown reason when it was launched back in 2011. Now the company has released it as a new app with the version number 2.0.1 that has been rewritten from ground-up. This brings new features including WiFi upload that would let you upload media to your iOS device over WiFi, Dropbox integration to browse files and folders to download media for offline playback. You can also adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation in real time. Continue reading “VLC media player for iPhone and iPad is back in the App Store”
Alongside the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 211, the Korean manufacturer also introduced a larger 8 inch tablet dubbed the Galaxy Tab 3 310 and 311 depending on the variant. The Galaxy Tab 3 311 aims to provide a potent mix of power and focus on multimedia consumption capabilities. Does it succeed in doing this ? Read on to find out our first impressions of the product. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 311 Hands on”
Samsung’s Galaxy Tab range of tablets have been wildly popular in the Indian market and has helped the Korean manufacturer reach a 62% market share in the country in terms of tablet sales. The latest 7 inch offering from the company is more of an update to the winning formula than an all out new product. Here are our first impressions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 211. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 211 (7.0) Hands on”
Xolo launched the Q1000, the company’s latest flagship in the ‘Q CORE’ series back in May. Celkon had also launched the A119Q Signature HD, successor of the A119 Signature HD back in May. We review both the Q1000 and the A119Q recently since these had similar features such as 5-inch HD display, quad-core processor and Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). Even though Xolo has come up with a Tegra 3-powered Xolo Play T1000, Celkon is yet to released their next flagship device. Both these devices are priced under Rs. 15,000. We managed to compare both these devices.
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Twitter for Android got a major update to version 4.1.2 last week that brought lot of new features including Richer search results, Direct Messages sync across devices and lots more new features. Twitter has pushed a minor update to the Android app that brings New reply composer on the bottom in the Tweet details and option to share a tweet as DM in the new version 4.1.3 update. Twitter for iPhone got the new compose window feature in the v5.8 update last week. Continue reading “Twitter for Android v4.1.3 update brings new reply composer and better sharing”
HTC has finally started rolling out Android 4.2.2 update for the HTC One users in India. It started rolling out first in Taiwan earlier this month. Users in UK and France got the update earlier this week. The update brings lot of new features including a new lock screen widget, quick settings panel, battery level indicator in the status bar and lots more. Continue reading “HTC One Android 4.2.2 OTA update starts rolling out in India”
