WeChat has updated its Android app with a new feature that will translate messages. Users simply have to long-press on a message and tap the arrow icon on the right-hand side to activate the tool.
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Few days after launching the Titanium S1 Plus running Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), Karbonn has launched Titanium S99, the company’s first budget phone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 4-inch IPS display and is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S99 with quad-core processor, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5990”
Motorola is giving Android KitKat 4.4.4 update to Droid Ultra, Maxx and Mini. The company is skipping 4.4.3 update entirely on all these devices. All of these device users were eagerly waiting for the update which has been cancelled by Motorola in order to work on the latest update which will take some more time.
HTC hasn’t been entirely secretive about their plans to launch a new tablet later this year and the latest rumors seem to corroborate those whispers. It is believed that the company might have been tasked with the production of Google’s next Nexus tablet. HTC had been responsible for making the first Nexus handset ie the G1.
Initially known as the Nexus 8 and believed to be codenamed the Flounder, latest news indicated that the handset will be called the HTC Volantis. The tablet will pack a 8.9″ display with a resolution of 2048×1440 pixels. This resolution suggests that the tablet will approach a 4:3 aspect ratio. This would be the same as seen on Apple’s iPad series of tablets and has proven to be more conducive for reading. Continue reading “HTC Volantis with 8.9″ display, Tegra K1 processor leaked as upcoming Nexus tablet”
Acer’s latest Chromebook CB5 has been leaked online by a Swedish retailer. The CB5 features a 13.3-inch HD screen and is powered by a powerful Nvidia Tegra K1 CPU rather than a traditional Intel-based chip, according to a website’s listing.
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Today is the fourth day of the BlackBerry contest that ends tomorrow, June 24th. We will ask you one question every day, and you need to Tweet your answers with the hashtag #BeOnBB, follow @BlackBerryIN and @FoneArena and include both Twitter handles in the tweet. Continue reading “BlackBerry Giveaway Contest Day 4 – #BeOnBB”
Mozilla is developing a streaming stick similar to Google’s Chromecast according to a report from GigaOm. The stick which will run on Firefox OS will allow users to stream videos and content.
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Today is the third day of the 5-day BlackBerry contest that will run till June 24th (Tuesday). We will ask you one question every day, and you need to Tweet your answers with the hashtag #BeOnBB, follow @BlackBerryIN and @FoneArena and include both Twitter handles in the tweet. Continue reading “BlackBerry Giveaway Contest Day 3 – #BeOnBB”
Xolo Q600s the company’s first budget smartphone running Android 4.4 (Kitkat) was launched last month. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a quad-core Broadcom BCM 23550 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz per core with 312 MHz Videocore IV GPU. It has a 4.5-inch (960 ×540 pixels) qHD screen and 1GB of RAM. Xolo released Q1000 Opus last year with a similar Broadcom BCM 23550 processor. Let us find out how this one performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Xolo Q600s Benchmarks”
Oppo launched the Oppo R1 (R829), successor of last year’s Oppo R819 in India April in India priced at Rs. 26990. We brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the device recently, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with Fujitsu ISP, 1/3.2″ Sony IMX179 sensor with pixel size of 1.4 microns, f/2.0 aperture, 5-element lens and blue glass filter. It also has a single LED flash. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Both the rear and front cameras support 720p HD video recording. Continue reading “Oppo R1 Camera Samples”
Xiaomi announced Mi3, its high-end smartphone back in September last year. We brought you unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM 8274AB) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.3 GHz power core and has Adreno 330 GPU. 5-inch full HD display and runs on MIUI V5 based on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi3 Benchmarks”
Path, Inc., the company behind the Path social network has launched Path Talk, its first messaging app for Android and iPhone. After introducing messaging feature in the Path app that was successful, it decided to launch a separate app for messaging. This has unique features including Ambient Status that automatically tells your friends when you are in transit, nearby, or low on battery and Quick Replies to nudge a friend, acknowledge a message, or start a call without ever using a keyboard. Continue reading “Path launches Path Talk Messenger for Android and iPhone”
Google’s gradual move into the connected home space seems to be picking up steam. Nest, a Google company that specializes in internet connected smoke detectors and smart thermostats, just announced that it is acquiring Dropcam in a deal estimated to be worth $555 million in cash. Continue reading “Nest acquires home surveilance company Dropcam for $555 million”
Xolo launched the Q600s, the company’s first budget smartphone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box last month, priced at Rs. 8,499. It has a 4.5-inch qHD display based on One Glass Solution (OGS), powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Broadcom processor and has 1GB of RAM. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. This competes with Moto E, Micromax Unite 2 A106 and the Lava Iris X1. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Xolo Q600s Unboxing”
Google announced Android Wear, its wearable platform back in March and also announced that it is working with several manufacturers, including Asus, HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung to introduce watches powered by Android Wear this year. CNET is reporting that Samsung would unveil its first Android Wear watche at Google I/O next week. Samsung is working on both Exynos-powered and Qualcomm-powered Android smartwatch, according to the report. Continue reading “Samsung to reportedly announce its Android Wear smartwatch at Google I/O”
