Panasonic Eluga A4 First Impressions

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Panasonic is planning to up their smartphone game especially in the mid-range segment through online as well as offline sales of its mobile phones under the Eluga brand. Panasonic recently launched Eluga A4 smartphone with a humongous battery pack of 5000mAh capacity. This smartphone will now compete against the likes of other devices in this range including Moto E4 Plus,  ZenFone 3s Max and other smartphones that have a huge battery. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga A4 First Impressions”

Google Chrome for Android to get HDR Video Playback support soon

Google Chrome Android

Google Chrome for Android will get HDR video playback support soon, and it is about time given that Android operating system officially supports HDR playback since Android 7.0 Nougat. Though the OS might support HDR playback, it all depends on the hardware of the device to support a high color depth format and individual applications to support extracting HDR metadata from videos. Continue reading “Google Chrome for Android to get HDR Video Playback support soon”

Kult Ambition with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 5999

Kult Ambition

After launching Gladiator, a budget smartphone with a 4000mAh battery recently, Kult has launched Ambition, another budget smartphone in the country. It has a 5-inch HD on-cell display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC, runs on Android 7.0 (Nougat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 5-megapixel front-facing camera that also has an LED flash for capturing better selfies even in low lighting conditions. Continue reading “Kult Ambition with 5-inch display, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 5999”

OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition India launch event set for Dec 14, goes on sale from December 15

OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition

OnePlus introduced the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition smartphone at the Comic Con India in Bengaluru on Saturday. Today the company has announced that the smartphone will launch in India at an event in Carnival Cinemax Wadala, Mumbai on December 14th. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition India launch event set for Dec 14, goes on sale from December 15”

Apple said to be working on most affordable 9.7-inch iPad for 2018

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According to sources of upstream suppliers, Apple is said to be working on an inexpensive 9.7-inches iPad that will be launching in 2018. The low-cost model is aimed at attracting more buyers and will also allow Apple to maintain its present 10 million-unit tablet shipments a quarter. Continue reading “Apple said to be working on most affordable 9.7-inch iPad for 2018”

BlackBerry loses dispute against Nokia, agrees to pay $137 million

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BlackBerry has announced that the International Chamber of Commerce’s International Court of Arbitration has ruled against the company in a contract dispute with Nokia Corporation and has agreed to pay $137 million.  Continue reading “BlackBerry loses dispute against Nokia, agrees to pay $137 million”

OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition announced in India

OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition

OnePlus, one of the sponsors of Comic Con India that is happening in Bengaluru, just introduced the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition smartphone at the event. This comes after the Lava Red OnePlus 5T that was introduced in China earlier this week. The OnePlus 5T was launched in India and other countries only in Midnight Black color. The phone went on open sale in the country earlier this week. Continue reading “OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition announced in India”

Apple releases iOS 11.2 with Apple Pay Cash, faster wireless charging and more

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Apple just released iOS 11.2, a major update for iPhone and iPad, a month after the release of iOS 11.1.  The update brings Apple Pay Cash, peer-to-peer money transfer feature in iMessage in the U.S. The update also brings faster 7.5W wireless charging on iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X with compatible third-party Qi-based wireless charging accessories.

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Samsung, KDDI demo 5G on a train traveling over 100kmph, achieve 1.7Gbps speed

Samsung KDDI 5G

KDDI and Samsung Electronics have successfully completed the first 5G demonstration on a moving train that is traveling at a speed of 100 km/hour and the distance between two stations was approximately 1.5kms. During the demonstration, both the companies were able to achieve a speed of 1.7 Gbps. Continue reading “Samsung, KDDI demo 5G on a train traveling over 100kmph, achieve 1.7Gbps speed”

Samsung patent files reveal palm scanning feature to remember password hints

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Samsung among the many security features it packs on flagships and premium mid-range phones, it also looking into palm scanning to display password hints and remember them according to the patents it filed. This feature lets users who constantly forget passwords with a hint for their password. Continue reading “Samsung patent files reveal palm scanning feature to remember password hints”

Samsung AX7000 Air purifier launched in India for Rs. 41990

Samsung AX7000 Air Purifier

Samsung India has launched AX7000 Air Purifier in India that comes with advanced PM2.5 filters. The PM2.5 filter is a mechanical air filter that works by forcing air through a fine mesh and traps harmful particles in the air, and the AX7000 is capable of faster air purification with higher Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR). Continue reading “Samsung AX7000 Air purifier launched in India for Rs. 41990”

Samsung W2018 with dual 4.2-inch 1080p displays, Snapdragon 835, 12MP F1.5 aperture camera announced

Samsung W2018

Samsung has announced W2018 (SM-W2018 ), its latest premium Android Flip phone in China to celebrate 25th anniversary of its entry into China. It has dual 4.2-inch 1080p Super AMOLED displays, so that you can use the phone even when it’s closed, is powered by Snapdragon 835 with 6GB RAM and has a 12-megapixel rear camera with variable aperture tech that uses f/1.5 aperture for night shots for a brighter picture and f/2.4 aperture for normal shots in daytime. It also comes with dual-pixel auto-focus and optical image stabilization. Continue reading “Samsung W2018 with dual 4.2-inch 1080p displays, Snapdragon 835, 12MP F1.5 aperture camera announced”

Ola launches ‘Ola Pedal’ bicycle sharing service, pilots in IIT Kanpur campus

Ola Pedal

After launching Ola cab, Auto, Shuttle, Autorickshaws and Motorcycles, Ola has launched bicycle sharing service; ‘Ola Pedal.’ The company is currently running pilot in Kanpur and will soon introduce across several cities where it runs its cab business.

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Micromax Bharat 5 with 5.2-inch HD display, 5000mAh battery launched for Rs. 5555

Micromax Bharat 5

Micromax today has launched the Bharat 5 smartphone just as it had promised. It is the latest budget segment device in the Bharat series, it sports a 5.2-inches HD display, 1GB RAM, and a massive 5000mAh battery.  Continue reading “Micromax Bharat 5 with 5.2-inch HD display, 5000mAh battery launched for Rs. 5555”

Google Introduces AIY Vision Kit with on-device neural network acceleration for Raspberry Pi

AIY Vision Kit

Google has introduced the AIY Voice Kit back in May, and today the company has launched the AIY Vision Kit that has on-device neural network acceleration for Raspberry Pi. The Vision kit includes a new circuit board, and computer vision software can be paired with Raspberry Pi computer and camera. Continue reading “Google Introduces AIY Vision Kit with on-device neural network acceleration for Raspberry Pi”