SwiftKey keyboard is now available in Chinese language. The popular third party keyboard was conducting a beta test with Chinese-speaking users for quite some time.
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Bharti Airtel to apply for Bank Payment license
Bharti Airtel Limited has announced that it will apply for payments bank license. The company is seeking to convert its existing Prepaid Payment Instrument license into a payments bank license to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
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Microsoft Outlook for Android and iOS launched
Microsoft has launched Outlook app for Android and iOS. The move comes from the company after acquiring mobile mobile email start-up Acompli last month.
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Lenovo A6000 Unboxing
Lenovo launched the A6000 smartphone with 4G support in India at a price tag of Rs. 6,999 earlier this month. It went on sale earlier this week exclusively on Flipkart in limited numbers. It is currently the cheapest smartphone with 4G LTE support in India. We managed to get one in flash sale, here is the unboxing of the smartphone.
Microsoft to reportedly invest in Cyanogen
Microsoft is looking forward to invest in Cyanogen, according to a latest report from The Wall Street Journal. Cyanogen which is the principal backer of the popular, open source CyanogenMod distribution of the Android operating system, which is used in the OnePlus One and YU Yureka smartphone.
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Huawei to launch its flagship Ascend P8 smartphone in April
Huawei Ascend P7
We’re currently on a tour of Huawei’s facilities in China and several company executives have revealed that the company will be launching a follow up to the successful Ascend P7 later this year but the handset won’t be launching at the MWC 2015. Continue reading “Huawei to launch its flagship Ascend P8 smartphone in April”
ZTE Blade L3 with 5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced
ZTE has announced Blade L3, the company’s latest smartphone in the L series. It has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. ZTE unveiled the Blade S6 in the S series with a Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE and a 13MP camera at just US$ 249.99 (Rs. 15,370 approx) recently. Continue reading “ZTE Blade L3 with 5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced”
Yahoo app for iPhone updated with beautiful images and engaging features
Yahoo for iPhone has received update with couple of features that uplifts its overall look. The app is getting beautiful images that enhances digital content from magazines.
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Google reports $66 billion revenue for 2014, net income for Q4 2014 $4.76 billion
Google has announced earnings for Q4 of 2014. The company’s revenue for Q4 was $18.1 billion, up from $16.86 billion one year ago, and net income of $4.76 billion was up 40 percent over a year ago, when the company pulled in $3.38 billion in profits.
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Huawei to launch wearable devices at MWC 2015 [Updated]
[Update: Jerry Huang, Director of Marketing Communications, confirmed that the company is looking at introducing an Android Wear smartwatch that will be different to anything else on the market. The company is looking to a fashionable design and is aiming to integrate the smartwatch into average lives as well as appealing to tech savvy customers as well. Huawei also confirmed that it will release an update to Talkband B1 and a new fitness tracker at the MWC along with the Android Wear watch.]
We’re currently in Shenzhen on a tour of Huawei’s Chinese factories and operations and the company has confirmed to us today that they plan to launch new wearable devices at MWC 2015. The company hasn’t confirmed exact details but according to a slide we’ve seen from the PR Director, the wearable plans potentially include a smartwatch running on the Android Wear operating system, a Huawei companion application and a platform to run their wearable devices. Continue reading “Huawei to launch wearable devices at MWC 2015 [Updated]”
Samsung to reportedly remove bloatware apps from TouchWiz
Samsung will trim down TouchWiz by removing bloatware apps for its upcoming devices, according to a report from SamMobile. TouchWiz is Samsung’s own software that is present over Android.
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OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12
OnePlus has announced that it will call its own ROM OxygenOS. The company has zeroed in the name after receiving thousands of suggestions from the fans. The OxygenOS will be open, customizable, and free of bloat and unnecessary features, said the company. Continue reading “OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12”
Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999
Videocon has launched Infinium Z40Q Star and Infinium Z50Q Star, two new budget Android smartphones in the Infinium series. The Infinium Z40Q Star has a 4-inch WVGA, while the Infinium Z50Q Star comes with a 5-inch FWVGA display. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core SoC and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Z50Q Star appeared on the official website earlier this month. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999”
Worldwide smartphone shipments exceeds 1.3 billion units for 2014: Report
The global smartphone shipments surpassed 1.3 billion units in the year 2014, as per a latest report from IDC. The research firm had predicted in 2013 that smartphone shipments will cross the 1 billion unit milestone.
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Samsung Galaxy E5 Photo Gallery
Samsung launched the Galaxy E5 smartphone in India for Rs 19,300 earlier this month. The phone has a uni-body design and is another device from company’s E series of smartphone. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone, now lets take a look at the hardware of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E5 Photo Gallery”