Lenovo announced their latest flagship Lenovo Vibe Z back in November and they are showcasing their premier Android flagship at CES 2014. We are there in Las Vegas to cover the CES event and we are bringing you hands on with the Lenovo Vibe Z. You can check out hands-on video right below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3L9ERPEDIA
Following the price cuts of the BlackBerry Z10 and the BlackBerry Q10 last year, BlackBerry has cut the price of the BlackBerry Q5 to Rs. 19,990 as a part of festive offer. The BlackBerry Q5 was launched in India back in July 2013 at a price tag of Rs. 24990. It packs a 3.1-inch (720 x 720 pixels) capactive touch screen IPS display at 330 PPI pixel density, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on BlackBerry 10 OS.
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Xolo has inked three-season exclusive partnership detal with Liverpool Football Club to become the official regional marketing Partner for India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh. With this, the company becomes the official mobile handset partner of Liverpool FC across the Indian sub-continent until May 2016. Continue reading “Xolo becomes official mobile handset partner of Liverpool FC across Indian sub-continent”
Meizu, one of the many Chinese manufacturers, but one of the very few to make an impact on the world with their products, are present at CES 2014 here in Las Vegas and are showcasing their Meizu MX3 flagship device. The Meizu MX3 is the successor of Meizu MX2 and features best in class specifications. We go hands on with the device and you can check out the video right below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QMABz-ApUc
We already know that Samsung is planning to launch a range of tablet later this year. Now evelaks has leaked the complete specifications of these tablets. The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 comes with S-Pen support and Tab Pro 12.2 doesn’t have S Pen. Both these have a 12.2-inch (2560×1600 pixels) WQXGA display as rumored earlier. These have 3G of RAM, runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and packs a 9500 mAh battery. The Verge caught the Note Pro 12.2 on a billboard at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2, Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 and 8.4 images, detailed specifications leaked”
HP launched Slate 21, the company’s first All-in-One (AiO) PC running runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) last year. Now the company has come up with a refreshed version of the AiO at the CES 2014, calling it Slate21 Pro. It has the same 21.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD capacitive reclining IPS touchscreen display with wide viewing angles and is powered by a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor. This runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), RAM has been upgraded to 2GB. Continue reading “HP Slate21 Pro All-in-One PC with 21.5-inch 1080p display, Android 4.3 announced”
NVIDIA has announced the Tegra K1, the company’s latest 192-core processor at the International CES 2014 in Las Vegas just now. Last year NVIDIA showed-off Logan mobile SoC with Kepler GPU, now the next-gen Tegra K1 mobile processor uses the same Keplar GPU. NVIDIA has announced that Epic Games would bring Unreal Engine 4 to Tegra K1. Kepler GPU also supports latest OpenGL 4.4 and Direct X 11.1. Continue reading “NVIDIA unveils Tegra K1 192-core processor, also comes in 64-bit variant”
Xolo Q1000 Opus Unboxing
Broadcom, a company that powers most of the WiFiac chips inside smartphones these days had been very quiet in the SoC business, but they had recently announced new chips and a partnership with Xolo for their Quad Core low end chip. The fruition of that partnership is the Xolo Q1000 Opus, yet another Q1000 that looks and performs nothing like the other one. This low-mid range device, that launched to retail in December last year, is priced at Rs. 9,990 and has modest specifications to rival the competition in the same segment. We have got this phone for testing in our labs, so as a first order of business, here is our unboxing with a quick look at the hardware and an overview of the minimally modified software –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF_4qpUaOrA
Snappylabs, a one-man company that is known for the burst photography app called Snappycam, has been acquired by Apple, as per confirmation provided to Re/code. Apple’s A7 processor already enables super fast burst photography at 10 frames per second on the iPhone 5s, but from the looks of the acquisition, Apple might want to push for more with their default camera. The Snappycam app, which was recently pulled from the app store, could take up to 30 or even 60 fps high resolution images, which is pretty outstanding for a third party app. The company, which has now been acquired might pave the way for more camera innovation for the iPhone, at least from the software front.
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HTC posted its first losses last quarter, even after the good performance of its flagship device – the One, and was expected to post huge losses this quarter too. Apparently, the Beats buy back seems to have provided some much needed cash for HTC, which has translated directly into small net profits for the company, after taxes. Today, HTC has posted its unaudited Q4 2013 results, with the numbers coming in at NT$42.89 billion(1.43 billion USD) of revenue with operating losses of NT$ 1.56 billion(52 million USD). However, as mentioned earlier, the company made back some of the money it lost on Beats earlier, with 31 million NT$(10.3 million USD) in net profits. These are currently “unaudited” and are usually published as guidance to shareholders before the real deal that will have the entire data.
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2013 came to an end a few days back and so did our quest to see which two phones would emerge as the favourites in our #Smartfone13 championship for flagships as well as budget devices. Two major polls were run in parallel for about a week with several phones knocked out in the weeks before, to bring the tally to the final four. It was Sony Xperia Z1 vs the Nokia Lumia 1020 for the flagship battle and the Nokia Lumia 520 vs the Gionee Elife E6 for the budget devices battle, with the Lumias ending up as the winners. How? Go past the break to find out!
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LG has registered for new trademarks ahead of CES, as reported by Phandroid. LG is all set to showcase their new TVs and home appliances at the CES 2014 next week. New trademark filings including G Bot and Meta Drive has surfaced, which indicates that LG might unveil some mobile devices or software under these new names. Continue reading “LG G Bot, Meta Drive and more trademark filing surface”
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 805 processor with Ultra HD support and Adreno 420 GPU back in November last year. The chip supports world’s first mobile 1GPixel/s (Giga-pixel per second) ISP with large increase in ISP and CPP (camera post processor) speed and throughput. This offers sharper, higher resolution photos with advanced post-processing features for low light conditions. Continue reading “Qualcomm to demo Snapdragon 805 camera features, Chroma Flash, Action Shot and OptiZoom at CES”
After several reports, Bitspin has confirmed that Google has indeed acquired the markers of Timely alarm clock app for Android. It also announced that the app is now free forever, including in-app purchases. It would work with Google to build new apps. These companies did not reveal the price of the deal. Continue reading “Google acquires Timely Android Alarm Clock app maker Bitspin”
Among the plethora of home appliances and tech gadgets that are announced and ready to be shown off at the CES 2014 in the coming days, there are rumors circulating that Huawei will announce a Windows Phone device in Las Vegas during CES 2014. This information falls nicely in place after Huawei announced their commitment towards the Windows Phone platform in September and they seem to be undisturbed by the fact that Microsoft now owns Nokia which holds more than 90% of the WP market share.
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