Android Marshmallow adoption hits 13.3% in July

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Google is out with Android distribution numbers for the month of July. As per latest chart, Android 6.0 Marshmallow is now present on 13.3% of all Android devices, up from 10.1% since June.

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Samsung Galaxy Note7 launch event scheduled for August 2

Samsung Galaxy Note7 launch invite

Samsung has finally sent invites for its Galaxy Unpacked event on August 2nd, as expected, to unveil its flagship Galaxy Note7 smartphone. The company has also revealed that the Note7 will come with new S Pen features and a large screen. Even the invite has an image of the S Pen. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note7 launch event scheduled for August 2”

Manzana Drumbazz portable Bluetooth speaker with woofer launched for Rs. 3199

Manzana Drumbazz

Manzana, popular for its computer peripherals, audio systems and security & surveillance systems has launched Drumbazz, its latest portable Bluetooth speaker with 4-inch subwoofer for powerful bass. Apart from Bluetooth connectivity, it also has support for USB drives, microSD slot, AUX in port and also has FM Radio. Continue reading “Manzana Drumbazz portable Bluetooth speaker with woofer launched for Rs. 3199”

Lava X80 with 8-inch HD display, Intel Atom SoC, 3G and voice calling launched for Rs. 9999

Lava X80

Lava has launched X80, the company’s latest tablet in the ‘X series’ with Intel Atom Baytrail quad-core SoC with speed of up to 1.83GHz. It has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels), runs on old Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity and voice calling capabilities via headset or speaker. Continue reading “Lava X80 with 8-inch HD display, Intel Atom SoC, 3G and voice calling launched for Rs. 9999”

iBall Andi Gold 4G with 5-inch HD display, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 6499

iBall Andi 5Q Gold 4G

iBall has launched Andi Gold 4G, the company’s latest 4G smartphone in the Andi series with a 3000mAh battery that promises up to 12 hours of talk time. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1GHz Quad-Core processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera and a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. It has dual SIM support, similar to most of the iBall smartphones. Continue reading “iBall Andi Gold 4G with 5-inch HD display, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 6499”

Karbonn Aura Power with 4000mAh battery, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5990

Karbonn Aura Power

Karbonn has launched Aura Power, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with a 4000mAh battery. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn Aura Power with 4000mAh battery, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5990”

Lenovo Vibe C2 with 5-inch HD display, Android 6.0, 4G LTE announced

Lenovo Vibe C2

Few months after introducing the Vibe C, Lenovo has introduced Vibe C2, its latest budget 4G smartphone in Russia. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1GHz quad-core MediaTek SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe C2 with 5-inch HD display, Android 6.0, 4G LTE announced”

Intex iBuddy IN-7DD01 with 7-inch display, 3G and voice calling launched for Rs. 4799

Intex iBuddy IN-7DD01

Intex has launched iBuddy IN-7DD01, the company’s latest tablet in the iBuddy series with dual SIM support, 3G connectivity and voice calling capabilities. It has a 7-inch (1024×600 pixels), is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8321 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera.

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How the Honor 5C sets a benchmark for the mid range camera smartphones

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The Honor 5C features a 13 Megapixel camera at the back with an LED flash. Just like in the case of processors and batteries, users must come to understand the fact that simply having a larger sensor, pixel count, larger pixels or a larger aperture, doesn’t necessarily guarantee a better image quality. A combination of those factors or even one of those factors will help improve the quality but it has to be done right and a lot of it depends on the processing of the images itself.

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Microsoft’s Conditional Action Programmer (CAP) is the new IFTTT competitor

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Microsoft had launched Flow in April this year which was its own version of IFTTT (If This Then That) tool. Now, the company has introduced another IFTTT competitor that is dubbed as Conditional Action Programmer (CAP).

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