Google and Lava International plan to release a new low-cost Android One smartphone in India in coming months, according to a report from WSJ. With the reboot, Google aims to give users in developing economies an inexpensive way to get online through its Android mobile operating system and win more customers in fast-growing emerging markets, adds the report. Continue reading “Google to give Android One OEMs more flexibility, new low-cost Lava-made smartphone coming soon”
In August, it was reported that Facebook will launch a standalone mobile news app. Now, a fresh report from the Financial Times states that the news app will be launched as early as next week and it will be called as ‘Notify’.
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Oppo A53, a new unannounced smartphone from the Chinese smartphone maker has been certified at TENAA. Two other smartphones, OPPO A53m and OPPO A33m got the 3C certification in China recently. Out of these, Oppo A33m is already certified by TENAA and while the OPPO A53m looks like the variant of the Oppo A53.
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Microsoft’s virtual assistant Cortana is already available for Android and now the company is bringing it to iOS. The company is gearing up to let iPhone users test a version of Cortana for iOS.
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Group of expert researchers from Google’s Project Zero have found “11 high-impact security issues” on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.
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The latest smartphone from OnePlus, the OnePlus X has a 13 Megapixel primary camera with an ISOCELL sensor, LED flash and maximum aperture of f2.2. The front camera is an 8 Megapixel unit with a wide angle lens and f2.4 aperture which bests the OnePlus 2’s front facing 5 Megapixel camera in terms of resolution. We have put together a series of photo samples for your viewing pleasure.
Vivo has teased it’s latest phablet that is dubbed as Vivo X6. The Chinese smartphone maker shared a teaser of the upcoming phone while specs and photos of the same were leaked on Weibo.
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Samsung Galaxy J3 which recently received FCC certification has now appeared in photos on TENAA. The phone has a model number SM-J3109 and was spotted on GFXBench last month.
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Cube26 has launched IOTA Lite smart bulb in India that is powered by Texas Instruments microprocessor and uses energy efficient Toshiba LED.
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Micromax’s new Canvas 5 isn’t ‘Sliver’ anymore. If you are wondering what it means, then it is that the company has launched its new Canvas flagship smartphone the Canvas 5 on Wednesday at an event in Delhi, and it is seen as the successor of Micromax Canvas Sliver 5 that was launched in June, though Sliver was different category smartphone. We got our hands on the new Canvas 5, and here’s our first impression. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 5 Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Back in June the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA), leaders in wireless charging technology joined hands to offer a single multi-mode solution. Now both of them have announced a new combined organization and brand identity called AirFuel Alliance, which is an independent, nonprofit consortium with 200 global brands among its members. Continue reading “A4WP and PMA wireless charging organizations combine to form AirFuel Alliance”
WhatsApp has added new Starred messages feature in the latest beta version of the Android app. This lets you star a message, which is similar to bookmarking, so that you can find it easily later. To star a message, you need to tap and hold on a message in a chat. This feature was released for iPhone last month. This was first reported by Android Police on Tuesday. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android gets Starred messages”
OnePlus launched the OnePlus X smartphone last week. The Onyx edition of the OnePlus X goes on sale next week for Rs. 16,999. We already brought you the hands-on impressions of the smartphone from the event and also the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the hardware walk through of the phone in the form of photo gallery.
The year 2015 saw a 20% increase in the number of smartphone shipments in India and a subsequent increase of 12% during Q3 2015. However, the more interesting statistic is that the shipment of LTE smartphones in India alone grew by 2400% annually.
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Pinterest debuted buyable pins first on iOS devices – on both iPhones as well as iPads. Now, they have announced that they will be bringing the feature over to Android devices as well.
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