Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion funding, to launch new flagship in Jan 2015

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After some reports of Xiaomi raising more than $1 billion in its latest round of funding, the company today officially announced that it has completed raising US$1.1 billion in the latest funding. This values the company at US$45 billion, as expected, more than the US$40 billion valuation, according to reports released last month. Continue reading “Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion funding, to launch new flagship in Jan 2015”

MX Player for Android updated with Material Design, New Themes and more

MXPlayer 1.7.35 for Android

J2 Interactive, the developers of the popular MX Player view player app for Android has been redesigned with Material Design finally that includes some UI changes, in the latest update (version 1.7.35). Even though the changes are minor, this will now suit the Android 5.0 devices perfectly.

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HTC reportedly sending CES 2015 invites, hints at a new device with huge camera

HTC CES 2015 invite

HTC has started sending invites for the CES 2015 event, according to a report from a weibo user in China. According to the invite, HTC is likely to launch a new smartphone with a huge camera sensor. There are different colors in the image, so the device could come in a range of colors like its earlier Desire series smartphones. Continue reading “HTC reportedly sending CES 2015 invites, hints at a new device with huge camera”

Airtel decides not to implement VoIP packs

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Few days after announcing that it will charge for VoIP calls at standard rates and introducing separate VoIP packs, Airtel today announced that it will not be implementing VoIP packs. Airtel’s new move will be welcomed by customers since the company was heavily criticized by consumers after it decided to implement separate data charges for VoIP data on Skype, Viber and other apps. Continue reading “Airtel decides not to implement VoIP packs”

Multitasking on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4

 

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The Galaxy Note 4 in its fourth iteration, is the latest in a series of big screened devices created by Samsung. Back in 2011, when creating big devices, the maximum usage of available screen real estate was not part of core OS design. However, thanks to the flexibility of Android, Samsung created solutions that brought true multi tasking on a phone. Called Multi Window, Samsung allowed two apps to run at the same time, in small windows. On the Note 4, it gets better. How? Let’s find out.

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Samsung unveils LTE Advanced Tri-Band Carrier Aggregated Galaxy Note 4

Samsung has launched a new version of Galaxy Note 4 with LTE Advanced (LTE-A) Tri-Band Carrier Aggregation.  The company claims that the Galaxy Note 4 will provide a download peak speed of 300Mbps, four times faster than the speed of current 4G LTE service.

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Acer Liquid E700 Photo Gallery

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Acer launched the  Liquid E700 smartphone in India earlier this month priced at Rs. 11,999.  We have already gone hands on with the phone at Computex this year and also seen the unboxing of the triple SIM smartphone recently. Now let’s take a look at the hardware of the phone in the form of photo gallery. Continue reading “Acer Liquid E700 Photo Gallery”

Lenovo S580 Photo Gallery

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Lenovo launched the S580 handset from its S series earlier this month in India for Rs. 8,999. We have already seen the unboxing of the latest budget handset phone from the company. Now let’s take a look at the hardware of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Lenovo S580 Photo Gallery”