Skullcandy STRUM in-ear earphones and HESH 2 wireless headphones launched in India

Skullcandy STRUM and HESH 2

Skullcandy has launched HESH 2 Wireless on-ear headphones and STRUM wired in-ear earphones in India. It has teamed up with Brandeyes Distributors Pvt. Ltd., which is now its exclusive Distribution and Marketing Partner in India. Check out the features of these new accessories. Continue reading “Skullcandy STRUM in-ear earphones and HESH 2 wireless headphones launched in India”

Asus partners with Foxconn to manufacture smartphones in India

Asus is the latest international smartphone maker that is joining the ‘Make in India’ initiative. The Taiwanese company has announced that it will start the local manufacturing of smartphones in Sri City, Andhra Pradesh.

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Micromax Bolt Q339 budget 3G smartphone launched for Rs. 3499

Micromax Bolt Q339

Micromax has launched Bolt Q339, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone with 3G connectivity. It has 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 4.4, has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support, similar to most other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt Q339 budget 3G smartphone launched for Rs. 3499”

Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks-_fonearena

Samsung launched the Galaxy J7 smartphone, along with the Galaxy J5 back in July at Rs. 14,999. We recently brought the review of the Galaxy J7, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Indian variant is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 7580 64-bit processor that has eight ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.50 GHz per core, instead of Snapdragon 615 SoC in the Chinese variant. It has Mali-T720 GPU, 1.5GB of RAM, 5.5-inch 1080p screen and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below and also the gaming review video, in which the Galaxy J7 scored 3.5/5 stars. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J7 Benchmarks”

Sharp AQUOS ZETA and AQUOS Compact with Snapdragon 808 and 3GB RAM announced

Sharp AQUOS ZETA SH-01H

Sharp introduced AQUOS ZETA SH-01H and AQUOS Compact SH-02H in NTT DoCoMo’s 2015 winter/ 2016 spring lineup yesterday. The AQUOS ZETA has a 5.3-inch 1080p IGZO display at 416 PPI and minimal bezels. Even the 8-megapixel camera is present below the display since there is no space on the top. It also has a fingerprint sensor on the back, below the camera.

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Google Maps for iOS updated with ETAs for different modes of tranport

Just yesterday, Google Maps for iOS added support for Apple Watch. Today, the company has updated the Maps app with a couple of important features.

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Google acquires Jibe Mobile to adopt Rich Communication Service standard

Google has announced that is has acquired  Jibe Mobile, a Rich Communication Service (RCS) provider. The move comes from the company as it wants to increase Android RCS adoption.

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Huawei Honor 6 Plus gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India

Honor 6 Lollipop

Huawei has released Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the Honor 6 Plus smartphone in India, after rolling out the update for Honor 4C and Honor 6 recently, as the company promised in August. The Android 5.1 update brings new features, functionalities and improved user experience with visual refinements along with the new Emotion UI 3.1 update. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 6 Plus gets Android 5.1 Lollipop update in India”

Facebook is testing GIF-like photos for mobile profiles

Your Facebook profile is about to get a new makeover. The social network is testing a new feature where users can upload a profile video instead of a normal photo as their profiles on Facebook .

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Apple releases Mac OS X El Capitan

Apple Mac OS X El Capitan

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, as it promised. It was announced back in June at the WWDC 2015 and brings several new features, including a new Split View option for side-by-side multitasking, improved Spotlight and Mission Control functionality, an updated Notes app, updated Safari with Pinned Sites, a universal mute button and more. Continue reading “Apple releases Mac OS X El Capitan”

Apple releases iOS 9.0.2 update with bug fixes and improvements, iOS 9.1 beta 3

Apple iOS 9.0.2 update

Apple has released minor iOS 9.0.2 update (Build 13A452) for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, a week after releasing iOS 9.0.1 update and two weeks after releasing major iOS 9.0 update for these devices. The 72.5MB update includes several bug fixes and improvements for these devices that are related to app cellular data usage, iMessage activation, iCloud backup, notifications and Podcasts app. Check out the complete changelog. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 9.0.2 update with bug fixes and improvements, iOS 9.1 beta 3”

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition Android Wear smartwatch with LTE announced

LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition

LG has announced LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition, the company’s latest Android Wear smartwatch with stainless steel body. It has a better 1.38-inch 348 PPI display, compared to the 245ppi display on the first Watch Urbane. It also has built-in 4G LTE connectivity and GPS, making it the first Android Wear smartwatch to support LTE. The new Android Wear Watch from LG works with iOS too, but LG says that cellular enabled features will vary across Android and iOS. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane 2nd Edition Android Wear smartwatch with LTE announced”

LG V10 with 5.7-inch QHD display, 2.1-inch second screen, 4GB RAM, 5MP dual front cameras announced

LG V10

LG has officially announced V10, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in the V series that packs a second screen and dual front-facing cameras. It has a 5.7-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, a second 2.1-inch (160 x 1040 pixels) screen, is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with LG UX. It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS 2.0, Laser auto focus, manual mode for video to adjust options such as shutter speed, frame rate, ISO, white balance and focus while recording 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 with 5.7-inch QHD display, 2.1-inch second screen, 4GB RAM, 5MP dual front cameras announced”