Samsung Galaxy Note10 and Galaxy Note10+ with Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O display, in-display ultrasonic fingerprint scanner announced

Samsung has announced its flagship  Galaxy Note10 and Galaxy Note10+ smartphones at an event in the US, as it had promised. These pack a 6.3-inch FHD+ and 6.8-inch Quad HD+ Curved Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O Displays, feature in-display Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanner that reads the 3D contours of user’s physical thumbprint for improved anti-spoofing and a re-designed, uni-body Bluetooth Low Energy-enabled S Pen with Air actions customizable gesture controls,  handwriting-to-text conversion to MS Word, PDF and more, Screen off memo in 5 colors and more. The S Pan has built-in Lithium-titanate battery that lasts 10 hours with a single charge, yet weighs just 3.04 grams.

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HONOR Band 5 with 0.95-inch AMOLED color display, 50-meter water resistance launched in India for Rs. 2599

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand has launched the Honor Band 5 in India, after a teaser. It has a 0.95-inch AMOLED color 2.5D curved glass touch screen display with different watch faces, in addition to Home button. It comes with TruSeen 3.0  continuous heart rate tracking and is also water resistant up to 50 meters. The band has automatic activity tracking that lets you track 10 fitness activities such as running, cycling, swimming with swim stroke recognition and more.

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10+ years of Apple and Mobile Gaming – Why do developers still prefer the App Store?

Remember Angry Birds? Doodle Jump? Temple Run? Around this time, after the App Store launched in 2008, the iPhones suddenly became the biggest portable gaming device in the world. Bigger than gaming giant Nintendo. This changed the world of games forever. Realising the scale of mobile gaming and its potential, so many easy to play mobile games hit millions of downloads making millions of dollars for tons of indie game developers. Even if the movement started more than 10 years ago, Apple occupies a highly important place making major strides in hardware, software and most importantly, the ecosystem. While we talk a lot about what Apple does in Hardware and Software, the most important sustaining role is played by the ecosystem players, to get to know the people behind these hit games paints the big picture. What kind of a role has Apple played in nurturing this ecosystem and why do these developers still prefer the App Store? Let’s find out.

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Blaupunkt SBWL-02 soundbar with wireless subwoofer launched in India for Rs. 9990

Blaupunkt, the popular Germany-based consumer lifestyle and technology brand known for its wide range of audio products like soundbar, earphones, headphones, etc has now launched its new SBWL-02 soundbar in India. Blaupunkt SBWL-02 is the successor to SBWL-01 soundbar which was launched earlier this year.

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Twitter is testing ‘Snooze’ feature to temporarily snooze push notifications

Twitter has been testing and introducing new features to its platform like ‘hide replies‘, ‘new conversations‘, new camera screen, ‘subscribe to conversation‘ feature and more. Similarly, according to a new report, Twitter is testing a new ‘Snooze’ feature that will allow users to temporarily snooze push notifications.

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Vivo S1 Unboxing and First Impressions

Vivo today launched the S1 smartphone  in India with Super AMOLED screen, triple rear cameras, 32-megapixel front camera and a huge 4500mAh battery starting at Rs. 17,990. Here we have the unboxing and first impressions of the phone.

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Vivo S1 with 6.38-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display, in-display fingerprint scanner, triple rear cameras launched in India starting at Rs. 17990

Vivo just launched its S1 smartphone in India, as it had promised. It was announced last month in Indonesia and few other Asian markets and packs a 6.39-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with about 90% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by the latest MediaTek Helio P65 12nm SoC with up to 6GB of RAM, sports a 16MP primary sensor with f/1.78 aperture, 8MP ultrawide sensor and an 2MP depth sensor, as well as a 32MP front-facing camera.

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Karbonn KX3, KX25, KX26 and KX27 feature phones launched starting at Rs. 700

Karbonn brand who was been dormant for quite some time in the Indian feature phone/smartphone market has now launched its new models of feature phones. These feature phones come under ‘KX’ range and are priced between Rs. 700 and Rs. 1000.

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Revolt RV 400 India’s first fully electric AI-enabled bike launching on August 28

Revolt Motors introduced RV 400 as India’s first fully electric  AI-enabled motorcycle back in June. At that time the company said that it will hold an event in July to launch the bike, however it didn’t happen. Today, Founder and Chief Revolutionary Officer of Revolt Motors announced that the first bike from its plant in Manesar has rolled out today, and the commercial launch will happen on August 28th.

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Samsung Exynos 9 Series 9825 SoC based on 7nm EUV process tech announced, to power Galaxy Note10 series

Samsung has announced its latest Exynos 9825 SoC in the Exynos 9 Series, successor of the Exynos 9820 that was introduced last year. This uses industry’s first 7nm EUV (extreme ultra violet) lithography processing technology for better power efficiency compared to 8nm LPP (Low Power Plus) FinFET process that is used in Exynos 9820 SoC. The company is yet to reveal how efficient it will be compared to the previous generation.

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Noise Shots X1 AIR wireless earbuds with Bluetooth 5.0 launched for Rs. 1999

Noise, popular for its wearables has launched Shots X1 AIR, the company’s latest wireless earbuds. The earbuds weigh 6.4 grams each, and the total weight of earbuds and the accompanying charging case is less than 35 grams. Even without a built-in battery in the supplied lightweight charging case, X1 AIR earbuds provide 7 hours of playback between charges, according to the company. Continue reading “Noise Shots X1 AIR wireless earbuds with Bluetooth 5.0 launched for Rs. 1999”

Redmi 64MP camera phone launching in India in Q4 2019; Xiaomi will be the first to use 108MP Samsung sensor

Xiaomi just announced that it be one of the first companies to launch a smartphone with a 64MP camera. The upcoming Redmi smart will use Samsung’s latest 1/7″ 0.8-micrometer (μm) pixel 64MP ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor that is 38% bigger than 48MP sensor that it uses in its latest smartphones and will offer 9248 x 6936 pixel resolution so that you can print a 3.26 meters (244cm x 326cm) huge poster.

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Google Advanced Protection Program expands to Chrome to protect against risky downloads

Back in 2017, Google launched advanced protection program, which is its strongest level of account security, last year it brought Advanced Protection to Apple’s native applications on iOS devices, including Apple Mail, Calendar, and Contacts. Today the company is expanding it to Chrome browser. Continue reading “Google Advanced Protection Program expands to Chrome to protect against risky downloads”

HONOR Band 5 with 0.95-inch AMOLED color display, 50-meter water resistance launching in India soon on Flipkart

HUAWEI’s HONOR brand introduced the Honor Band 5 last month in China. Now, the company has confirmed that it will launch in India soon on Flipkart. It has a 0.95-inch AMOLED color 2.5D curved glass touch screen display with different watch faces, in addition to Home button, comes with TruSeen 3.0  continuous heart rate tracking and is also water resistant up to 50 meters. It has automatic activity tracking that lets you track 10 fitness activities such as running, cycling, swimming with swim stroke recognition and more.

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