In a rather surprising announcement today, Microsoft have announced that they have sold the popular MixRadio service to LINE, who are more commonly known for their LINE Messenger application on smartphones. Continue reading “Microsoft sells MixRadio to LINE”
Acer launched its Triple SIM Liquid E700 smartphone in India earlier this month priced at Rs. 11,999, exclusively on Snapdeal. It packs solid specifications for the price. We brought you the hands on impressions and the photo gallery of the Acer Liquid E700 from the Computex 2014 earlier this year. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone.
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Huawei plans to launch new smartphones with 4G LTE support under Rs. 10,000 in the Indian market within the next six months, according to a report from PTI (via TOI). Airtel already offers TDD-LTE services in some cities. Reliance Jio plans to provide LTE by mid-2015 through an integrated ecosystem since it owns both 1800 MHz FDD-LTE and on 2300 MHz TDD-LTE spectrum. Continue reading “Huawei to launch 4G smartphones under Rs. 10000 in India by mid-2015”
The UK Government have announced a major landmark deal with the four major mobile networks to improve mobile coverage in the UK. Under the terms of the deal, the four networks – Vodafone, Three, O2 and EE – have guaranteed to spend £5 billion together to offer guaranteed mobile coverage to 90% of premises across the UK by 2017. Continue reading “UK networks pledge £5 billion to fix coverage issues”
The new BlackBerry Classic smartphone will be available in the UK next month as networks Vodafone, O2 and EE have confirmed they will range the handset. All three networks will offer the BlackBerry Classic to business customers but rival network Three, who focuses on consumer connections only, will not be stocking the Classic.
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Yahoo! has updated its Weather app for Android, iPhone and iPad with new animated effects. The Android app now shows animated effects for rain, snow, fog, heat, lightning and frost and the iOS app that already had some animated effects now shows lightning and frost in addition to those. These effects are animated through leveraging bleeding-edge graphics technology typically only seen in video games, says the company.
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Samsung unveiled the the Galaxy Note Edge smartphone along with the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone at the IFA back in September. It comes with a 5.6-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display that bends on the right side that utilizes 160 pixels. We already brought you the hands-on impressions and photo gallery of the smartphone from the IFA. We managed to get the smartphone from Singapore since it is not available in India yet. Check out the unboxing of the smartphone.
Samsung SM-J100H, an unknown smartphone has surfaced on official website in the form of user agent profile. This reveals WVGA display and and 1.3GHz ARM Cortex A7 processor, but the GFXBench listing reveals detailed of the smartphone that includes a 4.8-inch WVGA screen, 1.2GHz quad-core Marvell PXA1908 processor with Vivante GC7000UL GPU and Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) OS. Continue reading “Samsung SM-J100H with 4.8-inch display, Android 4.4 surfaces”
Micromax’s YU just launched YUREKA (AO5510), the company’s first YU branded smartphone as expected. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor and runs on CyanogenMod OS 11 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with OTA updates every month. It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax launches YUREKA with CyanogenMod OS, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE for Rs. 8999”
iBall Andi 4L PULSE, the company’s first Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone is now available from retail stores, according to Mumbai-based retailer Manish Khatri from Mahesh Telecom. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and BSI sensor. It is not clear if the smartphone has a front-facing camera since there is no mention of it. It has 3G connectivity and Dual SIM support. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4L PULSE Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone launching soon for Rs. 4899”
Google has updated its Inbox app to version 1.2 that brings several new features, including Reminder suggestions as you type or tap so that you can create Reminders faster. Inbox has Assists,handy pieces of info that helps you with the next step. If a suggestion has an icon next to it, that means you’re guaranteed an assist. Continue reading “Inbox by Gmail gets Android Wear support, smart suggestions for Reminders and more”
Micromax and Cyanogen are all set to launch the YU smartphone tomorrow, at 11:30 A.M in New Delhi. After an extensive marketing campaign on its social media channels, the second largest Indian smartphone manufacturer is finally going to launch its new device, the only one that can run the Cyanogen OS in this country. We’ve been hearing a lot about this device ever since the word first started to spread, and there are indicators that the price is going to be disruptive for the already disrupted Indian market. As far as promotions go, the YU seems to base its complete experience around the amount of customization that the user will be able to do, one of the strong selling points of Cyanogen.
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iBall has launched Slide 3G Q7218, the company’s latest budget tablet with 3G and voice calling capabilities. It has a 7-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Slide 3G Q7218 with 7-inch display and voice calling launched for Rs. 6499”
BlackBerry have today officially unveiled their new BlackBerry Classic smartphone (although it went up for pre-order a few weeks back) and the company said shipments of its new handset would begin this week. However, in the UK it seems you’ll have a while to wait yet as the handset is not set to begin shipping until mid-January. Continue reading “BlackBerry Classic UK shipments begin mid-January 2015”
When they announced the ZenWatch back at IFA, Asus claimed it would arrive before Christmas and they’ve just about kept to their word. The stylish Android Wear watch will land in the UK exclusively at Currys and PC World on December 23rd for the princely sum of £199 (which is somewhat discerning given the $199 launch price in the USA). Continue reading “Asus ZenWatch launches in the UK on Dec 23 for £199”
