Adcom to sue Ringing Bells over Freedom 251 smartphone

Ringing Bells, the maker of the Freedom 251 smartphone is continuing its fall in the pool of controversies. Advantage Computers (Adcom) has announced that it is planning to take a legal action against Ringing Bells.

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HTC reports record low revenue for February 2016

HTC has posted a record low revenue for February 2016 which is lowest for the company in nearly 11 years. The Taiwanese smartphone maker posted NT$4.2 billion in revenues for February 2016 which is down from about NT$9.2 billion for same period in 2015.

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Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch launched in India for Rs. 19999

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Fitbit introduced Blaze smart fitness watch at the CES 2016 earlier this year, it is now available in India, as it had promised. It has a color touchscreen with a variety of clock faces, automatic exercise recognition, tracks steps, distance, calories and floors climbed, keeps tabs on your sleep, and can wirelessly sync with your phone or computer. It also offers smartphone notifications and music controls once connected to a smartphone, similar to the Fitbit Surge. Continue reading “Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch launched in India for Rs. 19999”

Huawei P9 expected to launch on April 6

We have already seen a couple of press renders of the Huawei P9 and now a possible launch date is revealed by @evleaks. According to the popular tipster, the upcoming flagship from Huawei is expected to launched on April 6th.

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HTC 10 tipped to be launched on April 19

Last week, we saw a couple of live and press images of the HTC 10, thanks to popular tipsters @evleaks and @onleaks. Today, Evan Blass aka @evleaks has revealed a possible launch date of the company’s upcoming flagship.

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Flipkart Big Shopping Days Sale: Best deals on Smartphones, Tablets and Wearables

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Flipkart is back with Big Shopping Days Sale. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones, tablets, wearables and mobile accessories that include, Nexus 6P, Moto X Play, Mi 4 and more. All these offers including exchange offers are available on the web, Flipkart app and Flipkart Lite. 

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Samsung Galaxy S7 India launch, HTC 10 live images surface and more – FoneArena Daily

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Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 India launch, HTC 10 live images surface and more – FoneArena Daily”

Google files patent for AR-based pop-up book

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Google has file couple of patents at the  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The first patent is for an interactive book with motion and pressure sensors embedded within its pages. Another patent is for a media enhanced pop-up book that uses a phone or tablet to add to the reading experience. Continue reading “Google files patent for AR-based pop-up book”

BlackBerry Priv Benchmarks

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BlackBerry launched its flagship Priv smartphone running Android earlier this year for Rs. 62,990. We already brought you the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a Hexa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 64-bit 20nm processor that has two bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.82GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.44GHz per core with 600 MHz Adreno 418 GPU. It has 3GB of RAM, 5.43-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.

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Samsung Galaxy A5 (2016) Review

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 (2016), after more than a year of launching its first Galaxy A5 smartphone in its ‘A series’ in India. On paper, specifications of the new A5 smartphone are way better than its predecessor. Even the new A5 is priced at Rs. 29,400, more than launch price of the first A5. Is the Galaxy A5 (2016) worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review

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BlackBerry Priv Photo Gallery

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BlackBerry announced the Priv Android Slider in October last year following which the phone was launched in India in January this year for Rs. 62,990. Let’s take a detailed look at the hardware and specifications of the first Android phone from BlackBerry in this photo gallery. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv Photo Gallery”

Karnataka Government calls Uber and Ola Bike Taxis illegal

Earlier on Thursday, Uber and Ola rolled out uberMoto and Ola Bike motorbike ride hailing services in India. However, the service which piloted in Bangalore is being called as illegal by the Karnataka State Transport Department.

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Windows 10 Mobile roll out could hit Lumia phones by next week

Microsoft said in December last year that the Windows 10 update for the Lumia devices has delayed till early 2016 following which it said that the roll out is further delayed till February. Now, it is reported that the update will hit the Lumia phones as early as next week.

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Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Mi Bluetooth speaker, Raspberry Pi 3 and more

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This week, popular Chinese company Xiaomi finally launched its Redmi Note 3 smartphone in India. The firm also announced its Mi Bluetooth speaker and the 20000mAh power bank. The Xiaomi Mi 5 will be launched next month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Xiaomi Redmi Note 3, Mi Bluetooth speaker, Raspberry Pi 3 and more”

Meerkat bidding adieu to live streaming to focus on a video social network

Meerkat, the live streaming app that made its debut in February last year on iPhone and later on Android is bowing out from live broadcasts. The company is instead pivoting to a live video social network.

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