Motorola Moto 360 (2nd Gen) Unboxing

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Motorola launched the newest version of it’s smartwatch ie the Moto 360 v2 in India recently. We’ve got our hands on it and decided to unbox the beautiful packaging. The watch is priced at Rs. 19,999 onwards. Pictured above is the 46mm Men’s variant that is priced at Rs. 23,999.  Continue reading “Motorola Moto 360 (2nd Gen) Unboxing”

Obi Worldphone SF1 Review

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Obi Mobiles, backed by ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, in August re-launched itself as Obi Worldphone and introduced two new smartphones. Last year after its debut as Obi Mobiles in India, the company had created some buzz in affordable smartphone segment before it decided to take a sudden backseat. Continue reading “Obi Worldphone SF1 Review”

KYOCERA DIGNO rafre is the world’s first washable smartphone

KYOCERA DIGNO rafre

KDDI has introduced KYOCERA DIGNO rafre, which becomes the first smartphone in the world that can be washed by hand soap. You can even use hot water up to 43-degrees to wash the smartphone and it is waterproof with IPX5/8 ratings. It is resistant to impact such a fall from pocket or bag and has Dragontrail X glass that can protect the display from scratches. Continue reading “KYOCERA DIGNO rafre is the world’s first washable smartphone”

Vodafone expected to launch 4G services in India on December 8 starting from Kerala

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Vodafone India has sent out invites to announce a “new strategic national initiative to enhance mobile internet experience” at an event in Kochi, Kerala on December 8th. It is expected to launch its 4G services in the country on Tuesday, starting from Kerala. Sunil Sood Managing Director & CEO, Vodafone India will be present at the event, Suresh Kumar, Operations Director –South and Abhijit Kishore, Business Head –Kerala will also be present at the event. Continue reading “Vodafone expected to launch 4G services in India on December 8 starting from Kerala”

Buy OnePlus X from Ola app on December 8 and get it delivered within 15 minutes

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OnePlus has partnered with OlaCabs and Amazon India that lets you buy the OnePlus X smarrphone, on-demand, straight from the Ola app without an invite, and get it delivered at the doorsteps within 15 minutes of placing the order. This is available through Ola mobile app only on December 8, 2015 between 10:00 AM and 7:00 PM, across seven cities in India viz. Delhi/NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. Continue reading “Buy OnePlus X from Ola app on December 8 and get it delivered within 15 minutes”

Weekly Roundup: Microsoft Lumia 950, 950 XL, Moto 360 (2015), Galaxy A series (2016), LG Zero and more

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This week Microsoft launched its all new Windows 10 flagship smartphones – the Lumia 950 Dual SIM and Lumia 950 XL Dual SIM – in India. Both these smartphones were announced at an event in New York last month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Microsoft Lumia 950, 950 XL, Moto 360 (2015), Galaxy A series (2016), LG Zero and more”

Facebook updates News Feed algorithm to surface viral stories

Facebook has yet again tweaked its News Feed algorithm in order to serve only the important viral stories. The latest update to the News Feed will help users to leave out certain viral posts that are not relevant.

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Google Chrome 48 beta for Android gets custom notification buttons, cast presenting and more

Google has released Chrome 48 beta for Android with a bunch of new features. The latest release comes just two days after Google had rolled out the stable version of Chrome 47.

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Reliance JioChat messaging app now present across 9 countries

Jio Chat, the instant messaging app from Jio is now available across nine countries, including India, Canada, United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK), United Arab Emirates (UAE), South Africa, Singapore, Australia and China. The messaging app claims to have over 2 million subscribers.

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Worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% in 2015: Report

2015 will be the first full year of single-digit worldwide smartphone growth, according to a latest forecast from IDC. The research firm has predicted that worldwide smartphone shipments will grow 9.8% in 2015 to a total of 1.43 billion units.

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Huawei Enjoy 5S with 5-inch HD display, 7.6mm metal body, fingerprint sensor announced

Huawei Enjoy 5S

Huawei has introduced Enjoy 5S, an enhanced version of the Enjoy 5 that was introduced back in October, in China. It has a 5-inch HD display, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 Lite, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Enjoy 5, but this is powered by a faster 1.5 octa-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753T processor, has 7.6mm slim full metal unibody design and also comes with a fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Huawei Enjoy 5S with 5-inch HD display, 7.6mm metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”

Samsung agrees to pay Apple $548M over patent lawsuit

The San Jose federal court has ordered Samsung to pay Apple $548M for infringing company’s smartphone patents. Started in 2011, the patent war is still not over as next year, the court will decide if Apple deserves more damages.

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