Qualcomm Snapdragon 620, 618, 425 and 415 SoCs with LTE announced

Qualcomm Snapdragon

Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 620, 618, 425 and 415 chipsets in their Snapdragon 600 and 400 lineup. All these chips have LTE support,including Global Mode RF360 support. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 620 is an octa-core chip with 4 ARM Cortex A72 CPUs and 4 ARM Cortex A53 and CPUs, and the Snapdragon 618 is a hexa-core chip with 2 ARM Cortex A72 CPUs and 4 ARM Cortex A53 and CPUs. Both the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and 415 are octa-core chips with 8 ARM Cortex A53 64-bit CPUs. Both these have Adreno 405 GPU. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 620, 618, 425 and 415 SoCs with LTE announced”

Sony’s new high-tech hamster wheel aims to get you fit

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Rather than introduce a new smartphone every six months, Sony has adopted a yearly cycle for updates and as part of this, is increasing the marketing activity around its current flagship, the Xperia Z3. One of the impressive devices introduced last year, the Xperia Z3 is being dubbed as the ultimate fitness companion and now Sony’s taken this one step further with a high-tech hamster wheel.  Continue reading “Sony’s new high-tech hamster wheel aims to get you fit”

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL with 5-inch HD display, Android 5.0 surfaces

Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL

Asus has introduced Zenfone 2 ZE500CL, a smaller 5-inch variant of the 5.5-inch ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) model that was announced at the CES last month. This was showcased at an event in Taiwan recently, but it is not listed on the official website yet, so the specifications might not be completely correct. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL with 5-inch HD display, Android 5.0 surfaces”

Micromax Canvas Pep Q371 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5999

Micromax Canvas Pep Q371

Micromax has launched Canvas Pep Q371, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Canvas series. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Canvas Xpress A99 that was released couple of months back. It has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel VGA front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support similar to other Micromax smartphones and also has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Pep Q371 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5999”

Samsung introduces first eMMC 5.1 flash memory

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Samsung has announced that it has started developing industry’s first eMMC (embedded multimedia card memory) 5.1 flash memory. This is based on the eMMC 5.1 standard approved by JEDEC recently. Sequential reads and write speed of Samsung’s 64GB eMMC 5.0 flash memory were 250MB/s and 90MB/s respectively. Samsung’s 64GB flash memory based on eMMC 5.1 would offer sequential write speed of 125MB/s, faster than eMMC 5.0. Continue reading “Samsung introduces first eMMC 5.1 flash memory”

Mobile data traffic soars 74% in India in 2014: Study

India as recorded 74% rise in mobile data traffic in 2014, according to a latest study from Nokia Networks. The study said that both 2G and 3G mobile broadband services were responsible for the rise.

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Microsoft Office for iOS and web gets third party cloud storage integration

Microsoft has updated its Office app on iOS and web to make it easier for cloud services to integrate with the suite. Outlook now supports third-party storage providers that integrate their service into the Office apps for iOS via an open API.

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Outlook for iOS and Android gets PIN lock, IMAP support and more

Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android has received first update after its launch two weeks back. The latest update focuses on adding security enhancements.

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Asus Fonepad 7 FE375CL with 7-inch HD display, 4G LTE, Android 5.0 announced

Asus Fonepad 7 FE375CL

Asus has announced Fonepad 7 FE375CL, the company’s latest Fonepad 7 variant with LTE support and Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has the same 7-inch HD display seen on Asus Fonepad 7 (FE375CG) that was introduced last year, but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3530 processor and comes with single SIM support. It also has voice calling capabilities and dual front-facing speakers with SonicMaster technology. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 FE375CL with 7-inch HD display, 4G LTE, Android 5.0 announced”

Apple granted patent for virtual reality headset for iPhone

Apple has been awarded a patent for a head-mounted virtual reality set that is compatible for iPhone. The latest patent has been granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Lenovo Miix 3 10.1-inch Windows 8.1 tablet with keyboard goes on sale in India for Rs. 21999

Lenovo Miix 3 10.1

Lenovo Miix 3 (10.1), the company’s latest tablet running Windows 8.1 is now available in India from the official Lenovo Store. It has a 10.1-inch full HD display, is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F Processor (up to 1.86 GHz) and comes bundled with a detachable keyboard that lets you take advantage of two more modes – Laptop for productive activities and Stand for socialization, apart from Tablet. Continue reading “Lenovo Miix 3 10.1-inch Windows 8.1 tablet with keyboard goes on sale in India for Rs. 21999”

Xiaomi beats Samsung as China’s leading smartphone maker: IDC

Xiaomi has surpassed Samsung as the largest smartphone maker in China, as per a latest report from IDC. The Chinese smartphone maker reported a market share of 12.5% in 2014, overtaking Samsung which stood at 12.1%.

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YU YUREKA will be available on Amazon on Feb 18 for some who tried and failed

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Amazon India has announced that the YU YUREKA smartphone will be available today for select customers those who have shown a high level of interest to buy the smartphone but were unable to get it. The sale happens today, Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from 2 PM to 5 PM. Only registered customers who were unable to purchase the YUREKA will be eligible to participate in today’s sale and will receive an email from Amazon.in informing them of their access to the sale, said the company.
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