HTC Desire 626 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE announced

HTC Desire 626

HTC has announced Desire 626 smartphone in Taiwan after it was leaked in press shots and got certified in TENNA recently. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 410 SoC and run on Android 4.4 Kitkat with HTC Sense 6 UI on top. It comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a BSI sensor.
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Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S Edge support pages appear on official website

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Samsung’s Unpacked event at MWC 2015 may be a few weeks away but that hasn’t stopped the rumour mill with both of Samsung’s proposed new handsets making an appearance on one of its support pages. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S Edge support pages appear on official website”

Skype 5.10 for iPhone brings URI support back, improves dialer

Skype 5.10 for iPhone URI

Skype has updated the iPhone app that brings back URI support so that you can start calls and chats straight from the mobile app or mobile website.  If you tap a Skype name or phone number, the URI will open the Skype app to connect a call or send a message, making it faster to reach friends, family or businesses. It also adds new improvements to the dialer that searches for Skype contacts as a phone number is entered.

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Xiaomi Mi 4 64GB variant to go on sale in India starting Feb 24 for Rs. 23999

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Xiaomi launched the 16GB variant of the Mi 4 smartphone in India last month for Rs. 19,999, which goes on sale on Flipkart tomorrow in the first flash sale. As a surprise, the company just announced that it will be selling the 64GB variant of the smartphone in India starting from February 24th on Flipkart. It is priced at Rs. 23,999, which is Rs. 4000 costlier than the 16GB variant. It will be available only with 3G support and not with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 64GB variant to go on sale in India starting Feb 24 for Rs. 23999”

ICC Pro Cricket 2015 for Android, iOS and PC launched by Disney India

ICC Pro Cricket 2015

Disney India’s Interactive business has launched ICC Pro Cricket 2015, the official video game of the  ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 for Android, iOS, PCs and DTH platforms. The game is packed with a super immersive gameplay, stunning graphics and multiple play modes making the gameplay experience as close to the real game on-ground as possible, for PC, mobile and DTH users, says the company. It will be available as cut down versions for smartphones and DTH platforms.

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Vodafone India appoints Naveen Chopra as COO

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Few weeks after announcing that Sunil Sood will replace Marten Pieters as the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Vodafone India today announced that Naveen Chopra who is currently the Director of Vodafone Business Services (VBS) will be the company’s new Chief Operating Officer from 1st April 2015 replacing Sunil Sood. Continue reading “Vodafone India appoints Naveen Chopra as COO”

Alibaba invests $590 million in Chinese smartphone maker Meizu

Alibaba has made a strategic investment of $590 million in Chinese smartphone maker Meizu. Alibaba seeks to integrate its mobile operating system YunOS with Meizu’s phones and hardware, while distributing the phones through the company’s online shopping platforms.

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OnePlus One global open sale will happen every Tuesday

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Few hours back OnePlus announced its first OnePlus One open sale for Indian users on Amazon on February 10th. It also announced open sale for global users every Tuesday in countries where it sells the smartphone directly through its website. Both the 16GB Silk White and 64GB Sandstone Black would be available during sale without an invite. Continue reading “OnePlus One global open sale will happen every Tuesday”

Microsoft confirms Windows 10 phone preview will support 512MB RAM models

Microsoft will soon start rolling out the preview build of Windows 10 for smartphones. There were rumors regarding the compatibility of the Windows Phone with 512 MB RAM.

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Motorola reduces Moto E price to Rs. 5999 in India, offers free Moto Deck speaker with Moto X (2nd Gen)

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Motorola has reduced the price of Moto E to Rs. 5,999 in India to celebrate the anniversary of its one year partnership in India. Moto E was launched in India for Rs. 6,999 back in May last year. Motorola recently celebrated 3 million smartphone sales on Flipkart recently. It is still running the buyback offers that it introduced last month. Under this offer customers get up to Rs. 4,000 off on Moto G (2nd Gen) and up to Rs. 6,000 on Moto (2nd Gen) in exchange for old smartphones. Continue reading “Motorola reduces Moto E price to Rs. 5999 in India, offers free Moto Deck speaker with Moto X (2nd Gen)”

Corning unveils ‘Project Phire’ ultra scratch resistant glass

Corning, makers of popular Gorilla Glass displays for smartphones has taken wraps off its latest glass. Dubbed as ‘Project Phire’, the upcoming glass is even stronger and super scratch resistant.

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Intex Aqua X15 and Aqua Q3 now available for Rs. 2399 and Rs. 5769

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Intex Aqua X15, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Aqua series and the Aqua Q3, a budget smartphone are now on sale online. The Aqua X15 that is available from eBay packs a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. The Aqua Q3 that is available from Indiatimes shopping has a 4.5-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Intex Aqua X15 and Aqua Q3 now available for Rs. 2399 and Rs. 5769”

Second generation Nvidia Shield tablet with Tegra X1 coming in March: Report

It looks like Nvidia is working on a successor for the Shield tablet. As per a latest report, the tablet will come equipped with Tegra X1 chipset that is the successor to the Tegra K1.

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iBall Slide Brace X1 with 10.1-inch display, Octa-Core SoC, Xotic smartphone with 2GB RAM launching soon

iBall Slide Brace X1

iBall is all set to launch Slide Brace X1, the company’s new tablet in the Slide series and Xotic smartphone soon. The iBall Slide Brace X1 has appeared on the official website and the iBall Xotic smartphone has been revealed by Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. The Slide Brace X1 has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, similar to the Slide 3G Q1035 that was launched back in December last year, but this is powered by an Octa-Core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and comes with dual chambered speakers that promises load and clear sound. Continue reading “iBall Slide Brace X1 with 10.1-inch display, Octa-Core SoC, Xotic smartphone with 2GB RAM launching soon”