Swype for Android updated with free Material design themes, Emoji support and more

Swype for Android v1.8

Nuance has updated its Swype keyboard for Android to version 1.8 with several new features that includes free Material design themes along with a Bumblebee theme that has high contrast yellow and black colorization, intuitive Emoji support in 8 languages, floating keyboard, better text correction and lots more new features. Continue reading “Swype for Android updated with free Material design themes, Emoji support and more”

Three UK to sell the Samsung Galaxy A5

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Three UK already confirmed to be stocking the Galaxy A3 and now the network has revealed they will also be selling its bigger sibling, the Galaxy A5, on pay monthly contracts and pay as you go in the UK. Both the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 are part of Samsung’s new A series which gains inspiration from the Galaxy Alpha and brings an all-metal clad body. Continue reading “Three UK to sell the Samsung Galaxy A5”

Huawei Honor Holly launched in Europe with mystery price offer

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During last night’s 100 days of Honor event in London, the company introduced the Huawei Honor Holly smartphone to the European market. With the event focused around Honor fans, the company announced the handset is launching with a retail price of £109.99 but fans have the chance to reduce the price through the unique “price hacker” promotion. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Holly launched in Europe with mystery price offer”

Lava Iris X8 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC, 2GB RAM launching soon for Rs. 8999

Lava Iris X8

Lava Iris X8, the company’s upcoming smartphone in the Iris X series has been listed on Flipkart. It has 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera. The front camera doesn’t have LED flash like the Iris X5 that was launched last year. The design of the smartphone is similar to earlier Iris X series smartphones. Continue reading “Lava Iris X8 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC, 2GB RAM launching soon for Rs. 8999”

Celkon Millennia ME Q54 with 5-inch display, 5MP front camera launched for Rs. 5555

Celkon Millennia ME Q54

Celkon has launched Millennia ME Q54, the company’s latest smartphone in the Millennia series with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, targeted at selfie market. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash as well. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Celkon Millennia ME Q54 with 5-inch display, 5MP front camera launched for Rs. 5555”

ASUS ZenPower 9600mAh power bank announced

ASUS ZenPower

ASUS has introduced ZenPower, the company’s first 9600mAh portable power bank in Taiwan. It was originally introduced at the CES last month only to selected media and competes with Xiaomi’s 10400mAh power bank. It even looks similar to the Xiaomi Mi power bank. It weighs 215 grams and is 18mm thick, slightly lighter and thinner than the Mi 10400mAh power bank that weighs 250g and is 21.6mm thick. Other dimensions are almost similar. Continue reading “ASUS ZenPower 9600mAh power bank announced”

Samsung leads smartphone market in India: Counterpoint Report

Yesterday, Canalys report stated that Micromax pipped Samsung to become India’s top smartphone vendor. However, a latest report from Counterpoint is stating that Samsung is still the top smartphone maker in the country for Q4, 2014.

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Opera offers free mobile internet sponsored by FreeCharge for Vodafone and Idea users

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Last year Opera introduced Sponsored Web Pass that lets operators team up with advertisers to sponsor mobile internet access for a limited time, free of cost. Few months back Opera and Idea Cellular teamed up with Quikr who sponsored for mobile data for Opera customers using Idea connection in India. Now Opera has teamed up with FreeCharge, an e-commerce player who has sponsored free data for Vodafone and Idea subscribers using Opera Mini web browser. Continue reading “Opera offers free mobile internet sponsored by FreeCharge for Vodafone and Idea users”