Google and global telecom operators align to offer Rich Communications Services

Google and a large number of global operators are collaborating to accelerate the availability of Rich Communications Services (RCS) on Android devices. The global operator include América Móvil, Bharti Airtel Ltd, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Globe Telecom, KPN, Millicom, MTN, Orange, PLAY, Smart Communications, Sprint, Telenor Group, TeliaSonera, Telstra, TIM, Turkcell, VimpelCom, Vodafone, the GSMA.

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Garmin Vivoactive HR GPS smartwatch with heart rate monitor announced for $249.99

Garmin, the popular wearable maker has announced Vívoactive HR, a GPS smartwatch with Garmin Elevate wrist heart rate technology. It keeps track of activities like counting steps and floors climbed, intensity minutes, monitoring sleep.

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Garmin vivofit 3 activity tracker announced for $99.99

Garmin vivofit 3

Garmin has announced the vivofit 3 fitness tracker, successor of last year’s vivofit 2, at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona. It has Move IQ that captures different activities, such as walking, running, biking, swimming and using an elliptical, to view on Garmin Connect. It is  water resistant to 50 meters, has one-year battery life and comes with a range of colorful interchangeable accessory bands, designs from the Garmin Style Collection and new styles from the Jonathan Adler + Garmin line. Continue reading “Garmin vivofit 3 activity tracker announced for $99.99”

NXP and Qualcomm team up to pre-validate mobile transit services in Snapdragon powered phones

NXP Semiconductors and Qualcomm have announced the integration of near field communication (NFC) and embedded secure element (eSE) solutions across Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 600, 400 and 200 processor platforms. The processors now includes pre-validation of mobile transaction services including transit and payment.

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MediaTek MT2511 bio-sensing SoC for health and fitness devices announced

MediaTek has announced the MT2511, it’s first bio-sensing analog front-end (AFE) chip designed for health and fitness devices. The MT2511 enables bio signal acquisition through electrocardiography (ECG) and photoplethysmography (PPG) simultaneously.

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Remix OS 2.0 Beta for PC with 32-bit and dual boot support coming on March 1

Remix OS 2.0 Beta

Jide Technology that released Remix OS 2.0 alpha version for PCs and laptops last month, today announced that it will release beta version of Remix OS for PC on March 1st through OTA and will also be available for download on the official website. “The new Beta version has a substantial number of bug fixes and an increase in device compatibility, as well as over-the-air (OTA) updates, 32-bit system support and dual boot support through a new hard drive installer tool,” said the company. Continue reading “Remix OS 2.0 Beta for PC with 32-bit and dual boot support coming on March 1”

Cyanogen debuts MOD platform for Android devices

Cyanogen has announced the launch of MOD platform that allows developers to deeply integrate their apps into its OS. The new platform will introduce mods intelligent, contextually aware, and lightweight experiences built natively into the mobile operating system.

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vivo Xplay5 with Snapdragon 820, 6GB RAM, dual-curved edge display coming on March 1

vivo Xplay5 teaser

Chinese smartphone maker vivo today confirmed that its flagship Xplay5 smartphone will be powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor and pack whopping 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM. Most flagship smartphones come with 4GB of RAM, but this will probably be the first smartphone to come with 6GB of RAM.

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SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II microSD card with world’s fastest transfer speed of up to 275MBps announced

SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II 128GB

SanDisk today introduced the Extreme PRO microSDXC UHS-II card, which the company claims to be the world’s fastest microSD card with a transfer speeds of up to 275MBps. It features Class 10 and UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) and is suitable for capturing Full HD and 4K Ultra HD videos on action cams, drones and smartphones. It also includes a USB 3.0 card reader to transfer files to a PC. Continue reading “SanDisk Extreme PRO UHS-II microSD card with world’s fastest transfer speed of up to 275MBps announced”

Ford Sync 3 connecting car system is gearing up for Europe launch in 2016

Ford had announced its SYNC 3 car connectivity technology in June last year. Now the automaker has revealed that the connectivity system is coming to Europe this year. The SYNC 3 is featuring on the new new Kuga SUV from Ford.

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Acer announces flagship Liquid Jade 2 with Snapdragon 808, 3GB RAM, 21MP camera at MWC

Acer Liquid Jade 2

Acer at MWC Barcelona unveiled its 2016 flagship smartphone the Acer Liquid Jade 2. The phone has similar specifications as the recently launched Windows 10-based Liquid Jade Primo, but this runs Android. Continue reading “Acer announces flagship Liquid Jade 2 with Snapdragon 808, 3GB RAM, 21MP camera at MWC”

Sony Xperia Eye, Xperia Projector and Xperia Agent concept devices announced

Sony has announced a range of smart accessories at the MWC 2016. The company has introduced three concept devices – Xperia Eye, Xperia Projector and Xperia Agent.

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Acer Liquid Zest and Liquid Zest 4G affordable smartphones with Android 6.0 announced at MWC

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Acer at MWC has announced two new budget smartphones in its Liquid series dubbed the Liquid Zest and the Liquid Zest 4G. Continue reading “Acer Liquid Zest and Liquid Zest 4G affordable smartphones with Android 6.0 announced at MWC”

Sony Xperia XA with 5-inch HD edge-to-edge display, 8MP front camera, Android 6.0 announced

Sony Xperia XA Colours

Sony just announced Xperia XA, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the new X series at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona. It has a 5-inch HD curved glass edge-to-edge display, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio P10 (MT6755) processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Hybrid Auto-Focus and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes in both single and dual SIM variants and has 4G LTE connectivity.  Continue reading “Sony Xperia XA with 5-inch HD edge-to-edge display, 8MP front camera, Android 6.0 announced”

Sony Xperia Ear wireless ear-piece with voice technology announced

Sony has announced next-generation wireless ear-piece dubbed as Xperia Ear, as expected at the MWC 2016. The Xperia Ear is a smart Bluetooth earbud that acts like a virtual assistant and is powered by Sony’s voice technology.

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