Xolo has released Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Xolo Q610s smartphone, few weeks after it rolled out the Lollipop update for its Xolo One Android smartphone. Xolo already promised to release Lollipop update for their smartphones running on HIVE UI based on KitKat. Continue reading “Xolo Q610s gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update”
Skype for Android has been updated to version 5.2 that adds several new features including option to send photos to your Skype contacts even when they are offline. When they are back on Skype, photos you shared show up in the chat history, whether or not you’re online. Picture in picture view that was introduced back in 2013 in Skype 4.5 for Android is now available for phones too. Continue reading “Skype 5.2 for Android brings offline photo sharing”
Samsung Electronics and Microsoft have settled their contract dispute in U.S. court as well as the ICC arbitration, said both the companies in a joint statement. Back in August last year Microsoft sued Samsung accusing it of breaching a collaboration agreement by initially refusing to make royalty payments after it announced its intention to acquire Nokia’s handset business in September 2013. It claimed that Samsung still owed $6.9 million in interest on more than $1 billion patent in royalties.
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LG Electronics (LG) and Google have partnered to introduce VR for G3 that works with Google Cardboard to offer virtual reality experience to the G3 users. VR for G3 takes advantage of the visual and sound capabilities of G3 to offer a lighter and more convenient solution, unlike the head-mounted VR devices that are designed with their own processors and displays, says LG. VR-compatible apps and games can be downloaded with Google Play store. Continue reading “LG VR for G3 offers virtual reality experience”
Xiaomi launched the Mi 4 smartphone in China in July 2014 and the phone was launched in India last month for Rs. 19,999, which go on sale on Flipkart in the first flash sale today. The OnePlus One on the other hand was launched in India in December last year and is priced at Rs. 21,999. Let’s compare the two phones and take a look at their hardware in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 vs OnePlus One Photo Gallery”
HTC has announced Desire 626 smartphone in Taiwan after it was leaked in press shots and got certified in TENNA recently. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core 64-bit Snapdragon 410 SoC and run on Android 4.4 Kitkat with HTC Sense 6 UI on top. It comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a BSI sensor.
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Samsung’s Unpacked event at MWC 2015 may be a few weeks away but that hasn’t stopped the rumour mill with both of Samsung’s proposed new handsets making an appearance on one of its support pages. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6, Galaxy S Edge support pages appear on official website”
Skype has updated the iPhone app that brings back URI support so that you can start calls and chats straight from the mobile app or mobile website. If you tap a Skype name or phone number, the URI will open the Skype app to connect a call or send a message, making it faster to reach friends, family or businesses. It also adds new improvements to the dialer that searches for Skype contacts as a phone number is entered.
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Xiaomi launched the 16GB variant of the Mi 4 smartphone in India last month for Rs. 19,999, which goes on sale on Flipkart tomorrow in the first flash sale. As a surprise, the company just announced that it will be selling the 64GB variant of the smartphone in India starting from February 24th on Flipkart. It is priced at Rs. 23,999, which is Rs. 4000 costlier than the 16GB variant. It will be available only with 3G support and not with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 64GB variant to go on sale in India starting Feb 24 for Rs. 23999”
Disney India’s Interactive business has launched ICC Pro Cricket 2015, the official video game of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 for Android, iOS, PCs and DTH platforms. The game is packed with a super immersive gameplay, stunning graphics and multiple play modes making the gameplay experience as close to the real game on-ground as possible, for PC, mobile and DTH users, says the company. It will be available as cut down versions for smartphones and DTH platforms.
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Few weeks after announcing that Sunil Sood will replace Marten Pieters as the company’s Chief Operating Officer, Vodafone India today announced that Naveen Chopra who is currently the Director of Vodafone Business Services (VBS) will be the company’s new Chief Operating Officer from 1st April 2015 replacing Sunil Sood. Continue reading “Vodafone India appoints Naveen Chopra as COO”
Alibaba has made a strategic investment of $590 million in Chinese smartphone maker Meizu. Alibaba seeks to integrate its mobile operating system YunOS with Meizu’s phones and hardware, while distributing the phones through the company’s online shopping platforms.
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Few hours back OnePlus announced its first OnePlus One open sale for Indian users on Amazon on February 10th. It also announced open sale for global users every Tuesday in countries where it sells the smartphone directly through its website. Both the 16GB Silk White and 64GB Sandstone Black would be available during sale without an invite. Continue reading “OnePlus One global open sale will happen every Tuesday”
Microsoft will soon start rolling out the preview build of Windows 10 for smartphones. There were rumors regarding the compatibility of the Windows Phone with 512 MB RAM.
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Motorola has reduced the price of Moto E to Rs. 5,999 in India to celebrate the anniversary of its one year partnership in India. Moto E was launched in India for Rs. 6,999 back in May last year. Motorola recently celebrated 3 million smartphone sales on Flipkart recently. It is still running the buyback offers that it introduced last month. Under this offer customers get up to Rs. 4,000 off on Moto G (2nd Gen) and up to Rs. 6,000 on Moto (2nd Gen) in exchange for old smartphones. Continue reading “Motorola reduces Moto E price to Rs. 5999 in India, offers free Moto Deck speaker with Moto X (2nd Gen)”
