Samsung Galaxy Note 4 S View Flip Cover – One key design change

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The Galaxy Note range arguably led to the creation of two of Samsung’s product lines – handsets with large displays and the rather unique S View cover and the latter has since been extended to Samsung’s other flagship handsets. With the introduction of this year’s Galaxy Note 4, Samsung has tweaked the design of the Galaxy Note 4 S View cover but there’s a very good reason for this. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 4 S View Flip Cover – One key design change”

Symphony Roar A50 Android One smartphone launched in Bangladesh

Symphony Roar A50

Google announced its plans for expanding Android One program to Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka last week and also announced that Bangladesh’s Symphony will launch Symphony Roar A50, their first Android One smartphone. Today the smartphone has gone official in Bangladesh and is available for pre-booking. Continue reading “Symphony Roar A50 Android One smartphone launched in Bangladesh”

Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion funding, to launch new flagship in Jan 2015

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After some reports of Xiaomi raising more than $1 billion in its latest round of funding, the company today officially announced that it has completed raising US$1.1 billion in the latest funding. This values the company at US$45 billion, as expected, more than the US$40 billion valuation, according to reports released last month. Continue reading “Xiaomi raises $1.1 billion funding, to launch new flagship in Jan 2015”

MX Player for Android updated with Material Design, New Themes and more

MXPlayer 1.7.35 for Android

J2 Interactive, the developers of the popular MX Player view player app for Android has been redesigned with Material Design finally that includes some UI changes, in the latest update (version 1.7.35). Even though the changes are minor, this will now suit the Android 5.0 devices perfectly.

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HTC reportedly sending CES 2015 invites, hints at a new device with huge camera

HTC CES 2015 invite

HTC has started sending invites for the CES 2015 event, according to a report from a weibo user in China. According to the invite, HTC is likely to launch a new smartphone with a huge camera sensor. There are different colors in the image, so the device could come in a range of colors like its earlier Desire series smartphones. Continue reading “HTC reportedly sending CES 2015 invites, hints at a new device with huge camera”

Airtel decides not to implement VoIP packs

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Few days after announcing that it will charge for VoIP calls at standard rates and introducing separate VoIP packs, Airtel today announced that it will not be implementing VoIP packs. Airtel’s new move will be welcomed by customers since the company was heavily criticized by consumers after it decided to implement separate data charges for VoIP data on Skype, Viber and other apps. Continue reading “Airtel decides not to implement VoIP packs”

Multitasking on the Samsung Galaxy Note 4

 

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The Galaxy Note 4 in its fourth iteration, is the latest in a series of big screened devices created by Samsung. Back in 2011, when creating big devices, the maximum usage of available screen real estate was not part of core OS design. However, thanks to the flexibility of Android, Samsung created solutions that brought true multi tasking on a phone. Called Multi Window, Samsung allowed two apps to run at the same time, in small windows. On the Note 4, it gets better. How? Let’s find out.

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