Popular photo editing app VSCO has launched a GIF creator app DSCO for iPhone in a bid to take on recently released Boomerang app by Instagram.
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HTC Desire 728G dual sim (GSM + CDMA) launching in India soon for Rs. 17990
HTC launched the Desire 728 dual sim, a mid-range 4G smartphone in China last month. Now the company is all set to launch the Desire 728G dual sim, a variant of the smartphone with 3G connectivity and dual SIM support with dual GSM SIMs or GSM + CDMA option. It has 1.5GB of RAM, compared to 2GB of RAM in the Desire 728 and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) HTC’s own Sense UI on top. Continue reading “HTC Desire 728G dual sim (GSM + CDMA) launching in India soon for Rs. 17990”
Snapseed for Android adds the ability to edit RAW photos
Google’s own photo editing app Snapseed has received a new update that brings support for editing RAW photos. The update bumps the app to version 2.1.
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Global tablet shipments decline 12.6% in Q3 2015: Report
Just yesterday, IDC revealed its numbers for the worldwide smartphone shipment and today, the research firm is out with report for the global tablet shipments. A total of 48.7 million units were shipped in the Q3 2015, reporting a 12.6% decline owing to the challenges faced by the tablet market.
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OnePlus X Hands On Impressions: Is the HYPE right?
OnePlus introduced its third device the OnePlus X in India and worldwide yesterday. The smartphone carries the ‘HYPE’ from flagship OnePlus 2 launched earlier this year in July, but does it take away the glory? Here’s our first impression of the OnePlus X Indian variant. Continue reading “OnePlus X Hands On Impressions: Is the HYPE right?”
LG V10 global roll out begins this week starting from the US, China and Hong Kong
LG announced its flagship V10 smartphone in the new V series earlier this month. It went on sale in Korea on October 8th, today the company has announced it will start rolling out worldwide from this week. The LG V10 packs a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, a second 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) screen and dual 5-megapixel front-facing camera cameras that has two separate lenses to capture standard 80 degree selfies or wide-angle selfies of 120 degrees. Continue reading “LG V10 global roll out begins this week starting from the US, China and Hong Kong”
Google is planning to merge Chrome OS into Android
Google is looking forward to merge Chrome OS into Android, as per a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. The company is planning to fold its Chrome OS that is used in personal computers into the popular Android mobile OS by 2017.
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Amazon Appstore offers over $95 worth free apps and games for limited period
Amazon Appstore is back with another free apps offer for Halloween. This month it offers 32 paid Android apps and games worth over $95 for free on the Amazon AppStore starting today till October 31st. These apps are usually priced between US$ 0.99 and US$ 11.99. Some popular apps and games include, Runtastic PRO, Time Mysteries, AVG AntiVirus PRO Android Security and more. Back in July Amazon Appstore offered 21 paid Android apps and games worth $45. Continue reading “Amazon Appstore offers over $95 worth free apps and games for limited period”
Qualcomm denies heating issues on the Snapdragon 820
Qualcomm has issued a statement denying that the rumors stating that the Snapdragon 820 has over-heating issues is false. The Snapdragon 810 from Qualcomm did face over-heating which in turn gave rise to quite a few problems on the initial few devices that it ran on such as the LG G Flex 2 and HTC One M9.
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BLU Studio 7.0 LTE with 7-inch HD display, Android 5.1 launched for $199
BLU Products has introduced BLU Studio 7.0 LTE, the company’s latest compact phablet with dual SIM support. It packs a 7-inch HD screen, is powered by a quad-core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BLU Studio 7.0 LTE with 7-inch HD display, Android 5.1 launched for $199”
The Nexus 6P is hard to repair – iFixit gives it a 2 out of 10 rating
One of the most worrying things these days is damaging your smartphone and the cost of having to fix it after that. Some people prefer to take things into their hands to cut the service costs and replace the parts themselves while others may choose to hand over their device to someone more experienced. In both cases, it helps if the device in question is easy to repair. The Nexus 6P unfortunately doesn’t seem like such a device.
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Motorola Moto X Style Photo Gallery
The Moto X Style is the flagship model in the X Series from Motorola this year. The X Style and its little brother bear resemblances to the Nexus 6 up front but have quite different designs at the back. Nevertheless, the X Style is a great looking smartphone and we have prepared this gallery to highlight the design of the device. We have already done the review of the smartphone and if you haven’t already read it, you can do so here.
Sony Mobile sales down 15.2% YoY in Q2 FY15, 6.7 million smartphones shipped
Sony Corporation has reported its revenues for second quarter of the financial year 2015 that ended September 30, 2015. Sales remained flat year-on-year at 1,892.7 billion yen ( US$ 15,773 million) with just 0.5% decease compared to the same quarter last year. Sony shipped just 6.7 million smartphones in the quarter compared to 9.9 million in Q2 FY14 and 7.2 million in the previous quarter. Continue reading “Sony Mobile sales down 15.2% YoY in Q2 FY15, 6.7 million smartphones shipped”
LG Q3 2015 profits down 37% YoY due to weak smartphone sales
LG Electronics has reported revenues of 14.03 trillion won (US$ 12 billion) in Q3 2015, 4.7% down compared to the same quarter last year with operating profit of 294 billion won (US$ 251.5 million), down 36.77% from the same period the previous year. Net profit was 124.8 billion won (US$ 106.76 million) during the quarter, down from 202.7 billion won a year earlier. Reason for less revenue is due to weak smartphone sales, but it reported strong earnings in home appliances and high-end televisions. Continue reading “LG Q3 2015 profits down 37% YoY due to weak smartphone sales”
Motorola Moto X Force with shatterproof display announced as global variant of DROID Turbo 2
Motorola introduced the DROID Turbo 2 with Moto ShatterShield, the world’s first shatterproof display earlier this week for Verizon. Today the company has announced that it will launch as Moto X Force globally. Apart from the name, other specifications are similar to the DROID Turbo 2, including 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display, Snapdragon 810 processor, Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) and a 3760mAh battery. It has 4G LTE connectivity with support for range of LTE Bands (B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 20, 25, 28, 40). Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Force with shatterproof display announced as global variant of DROID Turbo 2”