Lava Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand launched for Rs. 4348 and Rs. 7326

Lava Iris X1 Mini

Lava has launched Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand, the company’s latest budget smartphones in the Iris X1 Series. It Iris X1 mini has a 4-inch WVGA screen and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, while the Iris X1 Grand has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS screen and is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor. Both the smartphones run on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It promises Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the Iris X1 Grand. Both these smartphones have the same design of last year’s Iris X1. Continue reading “Lava Iris X1 Mini and Iris X1 Grand launched for Rs. 4348 and Rs. 7326”

1Password for iOS gets one time password tool for two factor authentication

1Password for iOS has received an update to make the password management process even more easy. The app has been bumped to the version 5.2 with the addition of new one-time password tool for two-factor authentication.

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Spice Group to invest Rs. 500 crores to set up mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh

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Spice Group today announced an investment of Rs 500 crores to set up a mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh. It has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Uttar Pradesh for setting up the manufacturing unit in the state. Under the MoU, the Government of UP will support Spice Group in establishing the facility in the state of Uttar Pradesh in a time bound manner and facilitate the necessary infrastructure, ecosystem and incentives under various schemes announced by the State and Central Government. Continue reading “Spice Group to invest Rs. 500 crores to set up mobile manufacturing unit in Uttar Pradesh”

Lava Iris 470 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 4399

Lava Iris 470

Lava Iris 470, the company’s new smartphone in the Iris series is now available from Indiatimes Shopping and eBay. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Lava Iris 470 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 4399”

Samsung invests Rs. 517 crores for the expansion of Noida mobile phone plant

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Samsung India today announced that it has invested INR. 517 crores for the expansion of the Noida plant under the UP Mega Policy. The plan was inaugurated by Akhilesh Yadav, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow today. Samsung’s latest Z1 Tizen smartphone will also be manufactured at the Noida facility with most of the phone’s software being developed at the Noida Research Centre, it said. Continue reading “Samsung invests Rs. 517 crores for the expansion of Noida mobile phone plant”

BlackBerry Classic Giveaway Winner Announcement

BlackBerry Classic Giveaway

We started our BlackBerry Classic giveaway contest couple of weeks back, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winner. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this giveaway, the response have been amazing on both the days. Are you the lucky winner of BlackBerry Classic? Find out below. Continue reading “BlackBerry Classic Giveaway Winner Announcement”

McAfee Mobile Security to come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen smartphones

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Samsung launched the Z1, it’s first Tizen OS smartphone in India earlier this month. Today, Intel Security has announced its partnership with Samsung and said that its McAfee Mobile Security software will come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen OS smartphones, including the Samsung Z1. Continue reading “McAfee Mobile Security to come pre-installed in Samsung Tizen smartphones”

LG Ice Cream Smart Android flip phone launched in Korea

LG Ice Cream Smart

LG has launched Ice Cream Smart (LG-F440L), the company’s latest Android flip phone in Korea. It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It comes with 4G connectivity with VoLTE. It released Wine Smart flip phone last year, and this comes with a similar T9 keypad, a dedicated key to launch Kakao Talk messenger and a powerful 1W speaker. Continue reading “LG Ice Cream Smart Android flip phone launched in Korea”

Motorola officially re-enters China, launches three smartphones

Motorola has officially re-entered China by launching Moto X, Moto X Pro and Moto G with 4G LTE. The company would begin taking pre-orders for the second-gen Moto G and the 2014 flagship Moto X in China, and showed off the Moto X Pro (basically a de-branded Nexus 6).

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Samsung Galaxy E7 Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy E series smartphones, the Galaxy E5 and Galaxy E7 in India earlier this month for Rs. 19,300 and Rs. 23,000, respectively. We got both the E series smartphones, now let us take a look the unboxing of Samsung Galaxy E7 that is the top-end variant in this series. The design language of the E series is similar to the A series, including uni-body design, but these don’t have all metal build. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E7 Unboxing”

Asus All-in-one PC ET2040INK with 19.5” HD display launched in India for Rs 25,999

Asus has announced the launch of All-in-one PC ET2040INK in India. The PC comes with a  19.5” HD display and is powered by Intel Pentium Processor J2900.

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Microsoft Surface revenue soars to $1.1B in Q2 2015, 10.5M Lumia phones sold

Microsoft has announced its second quarter earnings for fiscal year 2015. The software giants’ Surface and Lumia divisions has helped in increasing revenue and handset sale.

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