Huawei Watch launched in India for Rs. 22999

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Huawei has finally launched the Huawei Watch in India, as expected. It was originally announced back in March last year, but it went on sale only in September. It has a 1.4-inch (400 x 400 pixels) circular AMOLED display with 10,000:1 high contrast ratio, scratch-proof sapphire crystal lens and has cold-forged stainless steel frame. It has built-in heart rate monitor, 6-Axis motion sensors and is also water resistant with IP67 ratings. Continue reading “Huawei Watch launched in India for Rs. 22999”

Top 5 Camera Apps for Android

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Stock camera apps have come a long way in the past few years and offer a lot of customisation but that is often restricted to flagship products. What if you want a similar experience on your Android smartphone to be able to make the best of your smartphone’s camera and flex your photography muscles. That’s when 3rd party apps come into the picture and we have compiled a list of 5 camera apps that we feel can really take your camera experience to the next level on Android.

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LG introduces world’s first UHD TV receiver chip

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LG has announced that it has developed the world’s first TV built-in receiver chip (LG3307) that enables users to view Ultra HD (UHD) content without a separate set-top box. This is based on next-generation broadcast standard ATSC 3.0 developed by the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) and uses ROUTE (Real⁃Time Object Delivery over Unidirectional Transport) protocol. Continue reading “LG introduces world’s first UHD TV receiver chip”

LeEco Le 2 with 5.5-inch Full HD display, Helio X20 gets certified in China

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Last month, LeEco Le 2 was leaked in images and benchmarks and now the phone has been certified in China, at TENAA.  Continue reading “LeEco Le 2 with 5.5-inch Full HD display, Helio X20 gets certified in China”

Huawei MediaPad T2 10.0 Pro with WUXGA display, Snapdragon 616, 4G LTE announced

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Huawei has introduced MediaPad T2 10.0 Pro tablet, few months after it announced the MediaPad M2 10.0 tablet at the CES 2016. This has a similar 10.1-inch WUXGA IPS display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 on top, but this is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 616 SoC, instead of Kirin 930 SoC. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It is just 8.5mm thick and also comes with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad T2 10.0 Pro with WUXGA display, Snapdragon 616, 4G LTE announced”

Micromax partners with Visa and TranServ for mobile payment solution

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Micromax today announced a strategic partnership with TranServ and Visa to offer mobile payment solution for its customers. This new feature will soon be available to Micromax smartphone users through the Udio app, which is a digital wallet enabled by TranServ to create social or merchant payments. It allows consumers to shop using a Visa card number linked to the underlying prepaid wallet, wherever Visa is accepted, thereby making the same money available for both for the online and offline payment.

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Apple gets relief from HC orders over not using the term ‘SplitView’ in India

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The Delhi High Court had ordered Apple not to use the name ‘SplitView’ in any of its products or services in India. However, it turns out that Apple has got some relief from Delhi HC’s orders.

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Sony Xperia Z2, Z3 and Z3 Compact Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out

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A month after rolling out Android Marshmallow update for Xperia Z5, Z5 Compact and the Z5 Premium last month, Sony Mobile has started rolling out Android 6.0.1 update for its Xperia Z2 and Z3 series. The update is currently live for the Xperia Z2 (D6503 only), Xperia Z3 (D6603 only) and Xperia Z3 Compact (D5803 only). These phones were part of the beta program and the final version of the firmware has the same build number (23.5.A.0.570) as beta. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z2, Z3 and Z3 Compact Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out”

HTC Sense UI 8.0 will offer more customization with Freestyle layout and sticker support

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We are only a few days away from the HTC 10 flagship smartphone’s announcement and the smartphone is expected to bring a new HTC Sense UI 8.0 along with it as well. New sources indicate that HTC will give a lot of emphasis on customization thanks to the new Freestyle layout and sticker support.

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Huawei Honor 5X Teardown

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The Honor 5X is one of the best devices in the sub 15k range in India thanks to the specs and premium build quality. We wanted to take a look at the internals to see what exactly makes it tick and this teardown is a result of that. We have included images and an accurate description of the steps involved.

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Facebook rolls out hyperlocal services in India

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With an aim to make it easier for customers in India to find top service providers around them, Facebook has introduced hyperlocal services in India. The service lists over 80 services including plumbing, beauty, home care and so on. Continue reading “Facebook rolls out hyperlocal services in India”

Get Honor Bee for Re. 1 in flash sale on April 10

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Last week Honor, the e-brand from Huawei launched honor store, it’s own online store to sell its smartphones and accessories. As a part of the launch it started offering its Honor Bee smartphone worth Rs. 4,999 at an offer price of just Re. 1 for the first 50 lucky customers everyday through flash sale from April 8th. Even shipping is free, but cash on delivery is not available. If you missed out yesterday and today, it will go on sale again tomorrow at 11AM for one last time. Continue reading “Get Honor Bee for Re. 1 in flash sale on April 10”

Flipkart’s eKart logistics to serve offline sellers

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Flipkart’s logistics arm eKart will soon handle end-to-end fulfillment for offline sellers, reports YourStory. Earlier this week Paytm partnered with eKart to pilot a service, where goods shipped from its platform will be delivered by eKart. 70% of Flipkart’s total number of orders are handled by eKart.

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