BlackBerry Classic now available for pre-order at $449, launching on December 17

BlackBerry Classic

BlackBerry has started taking pre-order for the BlackBerry Classic, the company’s latest top-end smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard. It is the successor of the BlackBerry Q10 that was launched last year. The Classic was originally announced as BlackBerry Q20 back in February and it was expected to launch this month. Continue reading “BlackBerry Classic now available for pre-order at $449, launching on December 17”

NVIDIA Shield Tablet Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out on Nov 18

NVIDIA Shield Tablet Android 5.0

NVIDIA already announced that the Shield Tablet would be updated to Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Earlier this month the company announced that the update would be available as early as this November and also released a teaser video. Now it has announced that the update would roll out on November 18th. It has released another video that details the new features that the Lollipop update brings. Continue reading “NVIDIA Shield Tablet Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out on Nov 18”

Sony unleashes AOSP source code for Xperia Z3, Z2 and Z1

Sony has posted source code and binaries for the Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, Xperia Z2, Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z1 Compact. The company is yet to release the Android Lollipop Update for these devices, however it has already confirmed that it will release it soon.

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Gaana 5.0 for Android brings dark theme, playlists of the hour and referral program to earn talk time

Gaana 5.0 for Android

Gaana music app for Android has been updated to version 5.0 that brings a new dark theme, Playlists of the Hour that’ll offer professionally programmed playlists that change every few hours at the top of Gaana, starting from the third time a user opens Gaana. The company has partnered with Paytm that enables users earn Rs. 20 talk time through referral program for each friend who joins via Facebook. You can also invite friends through Whatsapp, Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and email, and earn up to Rs. 100 talktime.  Continue reading “Gaana 5.0 for Android brings dark theme, playlists of the hour and referral program to earn talk time”

BlackBerry and Samsung team up to offer mobile security solutions to Android

BlackBerry and Samsung have joined hands to further boost mobile security solutions on Android. The security focused partnership will bring BlackBerry’s encryption system to businesses using Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones.

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Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro Photo Gallery

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Lenovo announced the Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro in August and launched in India in September for Rs 32,999. The phone has a 6-inch ( 2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display with ultra narrow bezels, powered 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 (8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI 2.0.  We went hands on with the Vibe Z2 smartphone at the IFA 2014Lets take a look at hardware of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro Photo Gallery”

CPU-Z for Android updated, now shows battery capacity, Adreno GPU clock speed and more

CPU-Z 1.09 for Android

CPU-Z was released for Android back in June last year. Since then the app has been updated with new features and support for SoCs from several manufacturers. Few months back the app got improved support for Intel SoCs, option to view OpenGL ES version. Now the app has been updated to version 1.09 that brings improved support for processors based on big.LITTLE technology, adds new HiSilicon Kirin 920, Exynos 5433, Snapdragon 815 (could be upcoming chip) and SoCs, shows Adreno GPU clock speed and more.

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Kingston introduces 128GB UHS-I microSD and 256GB UHS-I SDHC/SDXC cards

Kingston 128GB microSD and 256GB SDHC SDXC

Kingston has introduced 128GB Class 10 UHS-I microSD for smartphone and tablets and 256GB Class 10 UHS-I SDHC/SDXC cards for cameras. The 128GB  microSD card offers minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/s and the 256GB SDHC/SDXC card offers read speeds of up to 90MB/s and write speed of up to 45MB/s. Continue reading “Kingston introduces 128GB UHS-I microSD and 256GB UHS-I SDHC/SDXC cards”

YouTube introduces Music Key subscription service for Android, iOS and web

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YouTube has introduced YouTube Music Key, the company’s new subscription service for web, Android and iOS that lets you watch and listen to music without ads, in the background or offline. This was leaked back in August. Continue reading “YouTube introduces Music Key subscription service for Android, iOS and web”

Lenovo Vibe X2 Gold Photo Gallery

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Lenovo announced the Vibe X2 in September at IFA Berlin 2014. The phone was launched in India earlier this month for Rs 19,999. We have already seen unboxing and benchmarks of the Vibe X2 and now lets take a look at the hardware of the phone in this photo gallery post. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe X2 Gold Photo Gallery”

Nokia Networks bags dual band, dual carrier 3G contract from Airtel

Noika Airtel

Nokia Networks has announced that it has grabbed a 3G contract from Bharti Airtel that includes India-first dual band, dual carrier 3G network implementation, refarming 900 MHz to complement Mumbai’s existing 3G network on 2100 MHz. This would enable advanced radio platform and services, thus improved 3G services for Bharti Airtel’s customers in Mumbai, West Bengal and Bihar telecom circles, said the company. Continue reading “Nokia Networks bags dual band, dual carrier 3G contract from Airtel”

Obi Hornbill S551 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 9230

Obi Hornbill S551

Obi Hornbill  S551, the company’s latest smartphone is now available from Indiatimes Shopping. It has a 5.5-inch HD screen, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Obi Hornbill S551 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 9230”

Windows 10 preview update adds gestures, MKV support, OneDrive improvement and more

Microsoft has added an array of features to Windows 10 under the build 9879. The update comes only three weeks after the Windows 10 Technical Preview got its first new build available to members of the Windows Insider program.

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