Xiaomi Mi 5 with 5.15-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

Xiaomi Mi 5

Xiaomi just announced Mi 5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in China, as it promised. It has a 5.15-inch 1080p curved glass display, is powered by a Quad-Core Snadpragon 820 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with two-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF), resulting in a quick focus, DTI pixel isolation technology, Spectra image processor, 4-axis optical image stabilization (OIS), 4K video recording and a 4-megapixel front-facing camera with pixel size of 2 microns. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 with 5.15-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”

Xiaomi Mi 4S with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 808, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced

Xiaomi Mi 4S

Xiaomi just announced Mi 4S, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mi 4 series at an event in China. It has a 5-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Hexa-Core Snadpragon 808 processor and runs on MIUI 7 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with two-tone LED flash, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4S with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 808, 3GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”

Intex Aqua Fish with Sailfish OS 2.0, 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE coming in April

Intex Aqua Fish

Back in July last year Jolla teamed up with Intex for licensing Sailfish OS 2.0. Intex showcased an early prototype of the Aqua Fish smartphone at the MWC Shanghai at that time. Now at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona the company has officially announced the smartphone along with its specifications. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad core processor, has 2GB of RAM, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Fish with Sailfish OS 2.0, 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 4G LTE coming in April”

WhatsApp rolls out Android beta program on Play Store

In a bid to make it easier for users to try out new features on Android, WhatsApp has launched a beta program. Available on the Google Play Store, the beta program is good news for early adopters to test latest pre-release builds of the Facebook owned WhatsApp Messenger.

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Twitter releases standalone Fabric mobile apps for developers

Twitter has rolled out Fabric app for developers on its Android and iOS mobile apps. The mobile apps will allow developers to monitor various analytics and diagnostics about their applications.

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Microsoft rolls out Hub Keyboard for Android with clipboard and shortcut tools

Microsoft continues to add new apps and tools via its Garage Project. The latest entrant is a new Hub Keyboard for Android, which gives you quick access to all important documents and contacts at your fingertips. The main aim of the app is to do multi-tasking without exiting the app.

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General Mobile GM 5 Plus Android One smartphone with 3GB RAM, Android 6.0, 13MP front camera announced

General Mobile GM5 Plus

Google expanded its Android One program to Turkey back in May last year and introduced General Mobile 4G. Now it has introduced GM5 Plus, a high-end Android One smartphone with a 5.5-inch 1080p display with 79% screen-to-body ratio, Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor, Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow), 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 13-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera that also has LED flash. Continue reading “General Mobile GM 5 Plus Android One smartphone with 3GB RAM, Android 6.0, 13MP front camera announced”

Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge Lens Cover Hands On and Samples with swappable lenses

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Samsung announced several accessories along with the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge flagship smartphone, the Lens Cover is one among those. These swappable lenses come in two types – one is the telephoto lens and the other one is a wide-angle lens. These are similar to olloclip that is available for iPhone, but these have better optics and also requires a separate case. Check out our hands-on with these lenses and also some samples.

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ARM Cortex-A32 processor for IoT and embedded products announced

ARM Cortex-A32

ARM has announced Cortex-A32 processor, it’s latest ultra-efficient application processor for next-generation embedded products. “It is built on the ARMv8-A architecture and is 25% more efficient than the Cortex-A7, delivers higher performance and occupies less than 0.25 mm2 of silicon area, while consuming less than 4mW of total power at 100 MHz in a 28nm process node,” said ARM. Continue reading “ARM Cortex-A32 processor for IoT and embedded products announced”

Ather Energy S340 India’s first electric scooter announced

Ather Energy has introduced S340, a smart electric scooter that is ‘Made in India’. It is powered by a Lithium Ion battery and offers a top speed of 72 kmph and a range upto 60 kms.

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RICOH WG-M2 rugged action camera with 4K Ultra HD video recording announced for $299.95

Ricoh has announced WG-M2 shockproof and waterproof action camera with an ultra-wide 204-degree lens that captures 4K Ultra-HD video. It is 40 percent smaller and more lightweight than previous models in Ricoh’s acclaimed WG series.

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Le Max Pro the first smartphone with Snapdragon 820 goes on sale in China

LeTV Max Pro

LeEco Le Max Pro, which was the first smartphone to be announced with the Snapdragon 820 SoC also becomes the first smartphone with the processor to go on sale in China. Founder and CEO Jia Yueting today on weibo (Via) said that 1000 units of the flagship smartphone will be available for purchase at 1999 yuan (US$ 306 / Rs. 20,995 approx.). Even though they are just engineering models and not the retail units, users can switch it for the final version when the commercial version is out. Continue reading “Le Max Pro the first smartphone with Snapdragon 820 goes on sale in China”

Adobe Lightroom 2.0 with RAW support now available for Android

Adobe has added a number of new features and improvements to its Lightroom Android app. The update that bumps the app to version 2.0 brings in-app camera, supporting the capture of images in DNG RAW format.

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Timex Metropolitan+ Android and iOS compatible smartwatch launched for Rs. 9995

Timex Metropolitan+

Timex today launched its Metropolitan+ watch in India. It is an along watch that also acts as a activity tracker with a look of a traditional analog watch. The unique fourth hand tracks daily steps, distance and percent to goal right on the dial. It uses Bluetooth technology to connect to the Timex app on Android and iOS devices that tracks daily activity, including steps, distance and calories burned. The phone app stores your data so you can access and analyze it at any time. Continue reading “Timex Metropolitan+ Android and iOS compatible smartwatch launched for Rs. 9995”

Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q736 2-in-1 tablet with PalmSecure technology announced

Fujitsu has announced STYLISTIC Q736 2-in-1 device at the MWC 2016 in Barcelona. The device has a 13.3 inch IPS full-HD anti-glare dual digitizer touchscreen display (1920 × 1080 pixels).

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