Apple Watch IHS teardown reveals components cost at $83.70

The Apple Watch has been the latest device that has been teardown by IHS Technology’s analysis. The research firm which tears down devices to estimate component costs is revealing the same for Apple Watch Sport at $84.

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Apple Watch teardown reveals custom designed S1 chip, 512MB RAM and more surprises

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More secrets of Apple Watch have been revealed in a new teardown. According to ABI Research’s new findings, Apple Watch has got few surprise elements in the design and a CPU design centered on a custom Apple S1 chip – labeled APL 0778. Continue reading “Apple Watch teardown reveals custom designed S1 chip, 512MB RAM and more surprises”

SwiftKey Keyboard for Android beta gets adaptive keyboard layout and support for 9 Indian languages

SwiftKey Keyboard has updated Android beta app with a couple of additions and improvements. The popular third party keyboard version 5.3 now brings adaptive new keyboard layouts to our Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Marathi languages.

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Microsoft’s Cortana can integrate universal Windows apps

Microsoft announced at its Build conference, that Universal Windows apps can integrate with Cortana. The virtual digital assistant will be able to launch apps with natural language.

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Google releases Android 5.1.1 factory images for Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi), Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi) and Nexus 10

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Google has released factory images of Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) for Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi), Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi) and Nexus 10 devices, soon after it released factory images for the Nexus Player. Google Nexus 10 even received 13.9 MB Android 5.1.1 over-the-air (OTA) update today, as noted by Android Police. Continue reading “Google releases Android 5.1.1 factory images for Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi), Nexus 7 2013 (Wi-Fi) and Nexus 10”

Microsoft Lumia 430 Dual SIM hands on

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Microsoft on Thursday launched another budget Lumia smartphone – the Lumia 430 Dual SIM – in India at Rs. 5,299, and it is company’s most affordable Lumia smartphone till date. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 430 Dual SIM hands on”

Indian smartphone market records 21% YoY increase, Samsung leads with 27.8% share: Report

The Indian smartphone market has registered an year over year increase of 21% however, quarter over quarter decline of 8%, as per latest report from Counterpoint Research.

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Micromax Canvas Laptab with 10.1-inch display, Windows 8.1, built-in 3G launched for Rs. 14999

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Micromax has launched Canvas Laptab, its latest Windows 8.1 2-in-1 with inbuilt 3G SIM support. The company introduced a dual boot tab last year at the CES, which did not launch. This has a similar design, but it runs only on Windows 8.1 and has better specifications. It has a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS screen, is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with Office 365 subscription and also has a keyboard that has a touchpad so that it can double up as a laptop. Micromax has partnered with Amazon India to sell the Laptab. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Laptab with 10.1-inch display, Windows 8.1, built-in 3G launched for Rs. 14999”

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 128GB variant coming soon for Rs. 29999

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Asus Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) was launched in India earlier this month at Rs. Rs. 19,999 for the 32GB and the 64GB variant was launched at Rs. 22,999. The company did not mention about the 128GB variant, now it’s listed on Flipkart at a price tag of Rs. 29,999. The 64GB and the 128GB variants of the Asus Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) are listed as coming soon and the other variants are currently out of stock. This was spotted by gogi.in. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML 128GB variant coming soon for Rs. 29999”

ZTE Nubia Z9 with 3.5GHz octa-core CPU and 8GB of RAM gets TENAA certification

ZTE’s Nubia Z9 flagship phone has received TENAA certification that is the Chinese version of FCC. The certification has revealed some specs of the Nubia Z9.

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Sony Mobile sales up 11% YoY, 39.1 million smartphones shipped in FY14

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Sony Corporation has reported its revenues for fourth quarter of the financial year 2014 and the full year that ended March 31, 2015. Sales increased to 1,937.7 billion yen ( US$  16,148 million), an increase of 3.6% in Q4 14 compared to the same quarter last year. Sales for the whole financial year 2014 increased 5.8% to  8,215.9 billion yen ( US$ 68,466 million). It shipped 7.9 million smartphones in the quarter and 39.1 million smartphones in the financial year of 2014. Continue reading “Sony Mobile sales up 11% YoY, 39.1 million smartphones shipped in FY14”

Google rolls out Password Alert Chrome Extension

Google has launched Password Alert Chrome Extension that will warn you against phishing attacks. Password Alert will alarm you if a website that you type your sign-in information into is not a legitimate Google sign-in page.

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Flipkart acquires mobile marketing firm Appiterate

Flipkart has acquired mobile marketing firm Appiterate in a bid to boost its mobile offerings. Financial details of the deal are not known. Based in Delhi, Appiterate specializes in mobile engagement and marketing automation.

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40,000 Mi 4i smartphones sold out in 15 seconds in first sale on Flipkart

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Xiaomi sold 40,000 units of Mi 4i smartphones in just 15 seconds in the first flash sale today on Flipkart at 2PM. It received over 3 lakh registrations for the sale. Even though the company sells only the White variant of the smartphone, the company plans to bring blue, yellow and pink colors variants soon. Continue reading “40,000 Mi 4i smartphones sold out in 15 seconds in first sale on Flipkart”

Asus Zenfone 4, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6 Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out in May

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Asus just announced that it will roll out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Zenfone series starting from this May. The Zenfone 5 LTE (A500KL) will be the first smartphone to get the Lollipop update starting from early May. The Zenfone 4 (A400CG/A450CG), Zenfone 5 (A500CG) and the Zenfone 6 (A600CG) smartphones will get the update mid-May. The Asus Zenfone S (PF500KL) will get the update early June. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 4, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6 Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out in May”