The Indian PC market that includes desktops, notebooks, and workstations posted 9.2% year-over-year (YoY) growth with 3.4 million shipments compared to 3.1 million a year ago making it the biggest quarter in the last seven years in India, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. Continue reading “India PC market soars 9.2% YoY in Q3 2020; biggest quarter in the last 7 years: IDC”
ASUS has announced refreshes to their premium Zenbook and mid-tier VivoBook lineups, bringing Intel’s 11th Gen Core CPUs and accompanying Intel Iris Xe graphics. All of these laptops, namely the VivoBook Ultra 14/15, VivoBook Ultra K15, and the ZenBook 14, come with ultra-slim designs, better cooling solutions, faster RAM, and of course, ASUS’s Nano-Edge displays.
Nokia 8110 4G was introduced as the company’s first 4G VoLTE feature phone back in 2018. Now the company is gearing up to launch the Nokia 8000 4G (TA-1303) as a poster of the phone has surfaced online. This reveals a premium glass-like design with curved edges on the front, keymat that has a 3D curved design, support for WhatsApp and Facebook since it runs KaiOS, similar to the 8110 4G. Continue reading “Nokia 8000 4G feature phone with 2.8-inch display, glass-like design surfaces”
With the myriad of OTT platforms like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, etc. available to us these days, discovering and finding content has become a bit of a hassle. Mitigating this problem is the purpose of Frenzi, which is a new community-based OTT content discovery and engagement platform app that is launching for Indians.
Continue reading “Frenzi is a new one-stop-shop app for discovering OTT content in India”
If you are looking for the easiest way to remotely control your domestic appliances, the Amazon Smart Plug might be of interest to you. I have tried smart plugs and power strips from several companies over the past few years and it is good to finally see a product from Amazon which is the creator of Alexa and has smart devices under the Echo and Fire line-up. Amazon had announced a similar product in the US market almost 2 years ago at a similar price of $25 and continues to sell it. Now the Amazon Smart Plug has been launched it in India and I have been using it for a while now. Here are my thoughts on the device and if it makes sense to invest in one.
Continue reading “Amazon Smart Plug Review — Easiest way to remotely control your appliances”
Over the past few months, WhatsApp has steadily been adding features to improve the overall shopping experience on its instant messaging platform. With the ability to view catalogs, it is very easy to shop directly with a business and now, WhatsApp is adding a Shopping button that will let customers add items to a cart, make payment and check out all within WhatsApp.
Continue reading “WhatsApp begins global rollout of new Shopping button”
One of Apple’s iPhone supplier, Pegatron Corp. in China was discovered to be in violation of Apple’s Supplier Code of Conduct and hence, Apple has halted their contracts with the supplier until corrective measures were taken. Pegatron Corp. was revealed to be falsifying paperwork to hide violations in a student worker program.
Continue reading “Apple halts future Pegatron Corp iPhone assembly due to labour violation”
OnePlus introduced its Nord mid-range 5G smartphone earlier this year, and the Nord N10 5G and Nord N100 smartphones last month, now the company is said to be working on Nord SE codenamed ‘Ebba’ for next year. It looks like an upgraded version of the Nord. Continue reading “OnePlus Nord SE with 65W fast charging said to be introduced in early 2021”
HMD Global introduced the Nokia 8.3 5G, the company’s first mid-range 5G smartphone back in March and began global roll out in September. Today it has announced Nokia 8 V 5G UW which come with mmWave 5G support on Verizon in the US. It comes in Meteor Grey colour, starts at $699 (Rs. 51,651 approx.) and will be available from Verizon and Best Buy starting from November 12th. Continue reading “Nokia 8 V 5G UW with mmWave 5G announced for Verizon”
Last month, Apple announced a new ecosystem of charging accessories, collectively called MagSafe, along with their iPhone 12 series of smartphones. At launch, Apple revealed a few new first-party accessories designed for the iPhone and now, two new MagSafe accessory have popped up in the Apple store, namely the MagSafe Duo Charger and Leather Sleeve with MagSafe.
Micromax launched the new IN 1B and IN Note 1 smartphones in India last week. It announced that the phones will be available by the end of November. Today it has announced pre-bookings for the phones will begin tomorrow, November 10th from 12PM on Flipkart. Continue reading “Micromax IN Note 1 and IN 1B pre-booking starts November 10 on Flipkart”
The Motorola Moto G Stylus was launched earlier this year, and it was one the cheapest smartphone that you could be that came with a stylus. Motorola is reportedly working on the next generation for the model with a planned release in 2021, and well known twitter user @evleaks has leaked some of its specs.
After teasers, vivo today confirmed that it will introduce its new OriginOS at an event in China on November 18th, a day before VDC (vivo Developers Conference) 2020. The invite has several circles in different designs and mentions Origin Studio. Continue reading “Vivo to introduce OriginOS with refreshed design on November 18”
Google Photos is easily one of the best free ways to view, organize, edit and store photos in the Android ecosystem. Till date, all of its editing suite tools used to be available freely to all users, however that is not the case anymore as Google has now added a premium colour pop filter that is only available with a Google One subscription.
For the first time with the iPhone 12 series, Apple launched 4 models flagship iPhones — a regular iPhone 12, two iPhone 12 Pro models and an iPhone 12 Mini. According to popular analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, Apple will continue this strategy with the iPhone 13 series for the next year too.
