This week kicked off with some big Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2016 announcements and few equally big launches here in the country. Checkout our full coverage from Las Vegas and India below. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: CES 2016 Announcements, Lenovo K4 Note, Microsoft Surface Pro 4 in India and more”
Yesterday, there were reports that said Lenovo will phase out Motorola brand for smartphones. Later Motorola in a statement said, “Motorola Mobility continues to exist as a Lenovo company and is the engineering and design engine for all of our mobile products. However, for our product branding we will utilize a dual brand strategy across smartphone and wearables going forward using Moto and Vibe globally”. Continue reading “Lenovo/Motorola will focus on Vibe and Moto brands, but Motorola Mobility isn’t going away”
It looks like Apple is getting serious about autonomous cars as the company has registered for three car related domain names. The registrations were first spotted by MacRumors.
Continue reading “Apple registers apple.car, apple.auto and apple.cars domain names”
Fitbit announced Blaze, its latest smart fitness watch at the CES 2016. We are live at the event and got our hands on the watch, so let’s take a look at its hardware and specs. Continue reading “Fitbit Blaze Smart Fitness Watch Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Sony announced h.ear go wireless speakers along with the h.ear on wireless headphones at CES 2016. We are live at the event and got to check out the speakers, so let’s take a quick look at its the hardware and specifications. Continue reading “Sony h.ear go wireless speaker Photo Gallery”
Samsung has announced earnings guidance for Q4 2015 and it looks like the company is on a road to recovery. The South Korean tech giant expects about 6.1 trillion Korean won ($5.1 billion) in consolidated operating profit which is based against 53 trillion Korean won ($44 billion) in consolidated sales.
Continue reading “Samsung announces earnings guidance for Q4 2015”
LeTV announced Le Max Pro which is the world’s first smartphone running latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, at CES 2016. A new leak from a Chinese website Mobile Dad has revealed a price for the phone that is expected to launch this year.
5G is the next major phase of mobile telecommunications and follows the global adoption of the 4G LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard since 2012. A new report from China states that the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has started research and testing of the 5G technology.
Continue reading “China kick starts 5G research and testing”
Motorola has finally started rolling out Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update for the 2015 Moto G (3rd gen) (XT1550) in India, a week after it announced the update for the smartphone. It started rolling out the update in U.S and Canada last month. Motorola rolled out Android Marshmallow update for the Moto X Style in India back in November last year and the Moto X Play got the update earlier this week. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G (3rd gen) Android 6.0 Marshmallow update starts rolling out in India”
YouTube is set to bring support for HDR videos soon. Youtube chief business officer, Robert Kyncl, announced the same at the ongoing CES 2016.
BlackBerry is choosing Google’s Android OS over its own BB 10 for its upcoming phones. The Canadian smartphone maker said it plans to release at least one Android phone this year.
Continue reading “BlackBerry to skip BB 10 OS this year, may launch two Android phones”
In a bid to make it easier for Windows 10 mobile users to access internet, Microsoft is working on its own SIM cards, according to a new report from The Verge.
Continue reading “Microsoft is working on own SIM cards for Windows 10 devices”
Lenovo launched the most expected Vibe K4 Note smartphone in India earlier this Tuesday. On the same day it started registrations on Amazon for the standalone version at Rs. 11,999 and the Vibe K4 Note VR Bundle at Rs. 12,499. Lenovo has announced that the K4 Note has received over 2,00,000 Registrations in two days after the launch. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe K4 Note receives over 2 lakh registrations, K4 Note VR Bundle registrations closed”
Vodafone has launched its 4G LTE services in Mysore (Mysuru), Karnataka after a month of launching its 4G services in Kerala. It is based on 1800MHz FDD-LTE band 3, which the company acquired last year. “It is built on a strong fibre back-haul, and is supported by new and superfast 3G services on a modern network of 2100 MHz,” said the company. Vodafone is offering free 4G upgrade to 4G with instant SIM swap through all Vodafone stores and select retail outlets in the city. Continue reading “Vodafone launches 4G LTE services in Mysore”
HTC has launched the Desire 728 dual sim, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India. It was introduced in China back in September last year, packs a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with HTC’s own Sense UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual front-facing BoomSound speakers and Dolby Audio. Continue reading “HTC Desire 728 Dual SIM with 5.5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 17990”
