Acer Iconia Talk S A1-724 with 7-inch HD display, 4G LTE, Dual SIM and Snapdragon 410 SoC announced

Acer Iconia Talk S A1-724

Acer has announced Iconia Talk S A1-724, the company’s first LTE tablet that has voice calling capabilities and dual SIM support after several leaks. It has a 7-inch (1280 × 800 pixels) HD IPS display with 5.9mm narrow bezel on each side, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) 64-bit processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Acer Iconia Talk S A1-724 with 7-inch HD display, 4G LTE, Dual SIM and Snapdragon 410 SoC announced”

Asus Zenfone 5 Lite goes on sale in India for Rs. 8999

Asus Zenfone 5 Lite

Asus launched the Zenfone 5 Lite (A502CG), a cheaper variant of the Zenfone 5 in Philippines last month. Now the smartphone is available in India on Flipkart. It has a 5-inch qHD screen with Soda-lime glass screen protection, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 SoC and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 5 Lite goes on sale in India for Rs. 8999”

Skype co-founder unveils new messaging app Wire on Android and iOS

Skype co-founder Janus Friis is backing a new communications startup called Wire. Pitched as a “modern communications network”, Wire aims at bringing “simple, beautiful conversations” to your mobile, tablet, and desktop.

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Google News & Weather for Android updated with weather graphs, dark theme and more

Google News and Weather 2.2 for Android

Google has updated its Google News & Weather app for Android to version 2.2 that brings several new features. The latest update includes, new weather graphs, searchable news, dark color theme, curated stories from publishers and more. You can check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “Google News & Weather for Android updated with weather graphs, dark theme and more”

SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Compact Flash Drive launched, starts at Rs. 799

SanDisk Ultra Fit

SanDisk Corporation has launched SanDisk Ultra Fit, the company’s latest high-speed USB 3.0 compact Flash Drive for PCs and other devices. This comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB memory variants, offering reliable storage in minimal space. The 64GB and 32GB versions offer write speeds up to 10 times faster than standard USB 2.0 drives, while the 16GB version offers up to 5 times faster write speeds than standard USB 2.0 drives. Continue reading “SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 Compact Flash Drive launched, starts at Rs. 799”

NTT Docomo expands inbound LTE roaming to 37 countries, regions

NTT Docomo Xi LTE

NTT Docomo has expanded its inbound LTE roaming service in Japan for customers from the Azores, Australia, Christmas Island, Greece, Madeira, New Zealand and Portugal. This will enable customers from 37 countries and regions have access to Docomo’s extra-high-speed LTE network (up to 150Mbps), Xi (read crossy) when traveling in Japan beginning December 5. SmarTone users in Hong Kong can also enjoy Docomo’s roaming service in Japan starting from December 5th, 2014. Continue reading “NTT Docomo expands inbound LTE roaming to 37 countries, regions”

Lenovo S580 with 5-inch HD display, quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor launched for Rs. 8999

Lenovo S580

Lenovo has launched the Lenovo S580, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the S-series in India. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz Quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo S580 with 5-inch HD display, quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor launched for Rs. 8999”

Spice Stellar 520n with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6999

Spice Stellar 520N

Spice Retail has launched Stellar 520n, an upgraded version of the Spice Stellar 520 that was launched back in July. It has 5-inch HD OGS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 8GB of internal storage compared to 4GB of storage in the Stellar 520. It comes pre-loaded with WhatsApp and Opera. Continue reading “Spice Stellar 520n with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6999”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Review

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 went on sale in India back in October for Rs. 20,900 as the successor to last year’s Mega series. This time Samsung decided to release only one phone called Mega 2 with a 6-inch HD display, compared to 6.3-inch HD screen on the Mega 6.3 and 5.8-inch qHD screen on the Mega 5.8. It has a faster processor and looks better than the Mega 6.3. Is the Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 a good upgrade? Is this worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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