Google may announce $14.99 per month family plan for Play Music

Google is all geared up to announce the new Nexus devices later today and many be a Pixel C Android tablet. A fresh report is now stating that the company may announce a new family plan for Google Play Music.

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HTC Butterfly 3 water resistant phone with Snapdragon 810, 3GB RAM announced

HTC Butterfly 3

HTC today announced a variant of the HTV31 waterproof smartphone as Butterfly 3, as expected. As we already know, it has a 5.2-inch Quad HD display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 810 SoC, has a 20-megapixel rear camera, secondary rear camera for depth information and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has IPX7 ratings for dust and water resistance. Continue reading “HTC Butterfly 3 water resistant phone with Snapdragon 810, 3GB RAM announced”

Evernote for Android gets new widgets for homescreen, simple notes and more

Just yesterday, Evernote added support for iOS 9 and 3D Touch. Today, the app that has been bumped to version 7.2 is getting new widgets that makes capturing your thoughts easy.

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Samsung Galaxy Note5 Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Note5 smartphone in India earlier month for Rs. 53,900. We brought the review of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. The Galaxy Note5 is powered by an Octa-Core 14 nm Exynos 7420 SoC which has four larger ARM Cortex A57 CPUs clocked at 2.1GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 CPUs clocked at 1.5GHz per core, similar to the Galaxy S6 edge+. It has Mali T760 MP8 GPU, 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM, a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Samsung’s own UI on the top. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note5 Benchmarks”

Videocon Infinium Z51Q Star and Infinium Z51 Punch launched for Rs. 5490 and Rs. 5999

Videocon Infinium Z51Q Star

Videocon has launched Infinium Z51Q Star and Infinium Z51 Punch, the company’s latest budget 3G smartphones in the Infinium series. These pack a 5-inch FWVGA display, Android 4.4 (KitKat) and 1.2GHz quad-core SoCs. The Z51Q Star has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 2000mAh battery, while the Z51 Punch comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and a 3000mAh battery. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z51Q Star and Infinium Z51 Punch launched for Rs. 5490 and Rs. 5999”

Huawei Honor 5X with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor and metal unibody design surfaces

Huawei Honor 5X leak

Huawei Honor 5X (KIW-AL10), successor of last year’s Honor 4X has surfaced (Via) on AnTuTu and TENAA. Unlike the Honor 4X’s polycarbonate body, this has a metal unibody design and also has a fingerprint sensor on the back. The smartphone managed to score 20916 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark. Check out the specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 5X with 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor and metal unibody design surfaces”

GoPro introduces Hero+ action camera with WiFi for $199.99

GoPro has unveiled a new budget action camera dubbed as Hero+ that offers improvements over the basic Hero such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi support, enabling control via the company’s mobile app and Smart Remote.

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Intex PB11K 11000mAh Power Bank launched for Rs. 1099

Intex PB11K 11000mAh Power Bank

Intex Technologies has launched a 11000mAh power bank. It has three USB 2.0 output ports (5V 1A, 5V2A & 5V 2A). It has a power button, four battery indicator LEDs on the front and also has a built-in torch light. It turns itself on and off automatically when you plug in a device.  Continue reading “Intex PB11K 11000mAh Power Bank launched for Rs. 1099”

Google increases APK size limit on Play Store to 100MB

Google has increased the file size limitation for the APKs submitted on the Google Play Store. The company has doubled the Android app size limit on the Play store from 50MB to 100MB.

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Microsoft is working on Google Cardboard competitor dubbed as VR Kit

Microsoft is said to be working on a low cost virtual reality headset that looks like the Google Cardboard competitor that allowed users to enjoy a decent virtual reality experience just with their smartphone.

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Google tipped to launch 10.2 inch Pixel C Android tablet later this year

Google is set to announce two new Nexus devices today. Meanwhile, a fresh report is stating that the company is planning to launch a high-end 10.2-inch tablet later this year.

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Silent Circle launches Blackphone 2 for $799

Blackphone 2

Silent Circle, popular for its secured Blackphone announced the Blackphone 2 at the MWC earlier this year. Now it has launched the smartphone, as it promised. The Blackphone 2 has a more powerful hardware, improved design and the company has put more focus on security. It packs a 5.5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC and runs on Silent OS based on Android Lollipop. It has 4G LTE connectivity with support for FDD LTE B2,B4,B7,B17 for North America and FDD LTE B1,B3,B5,B7,B8,B20 TDD:B40  bands for UK and other countries. It also has Pentaband 3G and Quadband 2G connectivity. Continue reading “Silent Circle launches Blackphone 2 for $799”

Samsung Galaxy Note5 Review

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Every year at IFA, Samsung unveils one of the most awaited smartphones of the year, the new Note smartphone. The first Galaxy Note smartphone was met with a lot of criticism from many users and bloggers alike for being too big and being too similar to the Galaxy S II in many aspects. Many predicted that the device would fail. Since then, the Note series has come a long way. The Galaxy Note5 is the fifth iteration in the Galaxy lineup of devices. It is probably the best example of the kind of engineering and power packed smartphones that Samsung is able to produce. This year, Samsung announced the Note5 earlier than usual prior to IFA which is its usual stomping ground in an attempt to enter the market prior to the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. Alongside it came the Galaxy S6 edge+ which is a larger version of the S6 edge with an extra gig of RAM and a larger battery.

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