Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides for Android gets Material Design and new features

Google is slowly updating all of its homegrown app with the latest Material Design look from Android 5.0. Today, the company is bringing the Material Design to Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides on Android. We have already seen the Material Design update for Play Store, Play Music and Play Movies and TV.

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Google Nexus 9 Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Google introduced the Nexus 9 tablet made by HTC earlier this month. The first Nexus 7, its successor and the nexus 10 had screens with 16:9 aspect ratio, but this has a 4:3 aspect ratio, similar to the iPad Mini and the Xiaomi Mi Pad. We got to check out the latest flagship Nexus tablet. Here is the hands-on and the photo gallery.

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First working prototype of Project Ara modular smartphone shown in a video

A video showing the prototype of Project Ara modular smartphone concept has been released by Phoneblocks. It shows the progress of the Project Ara being developed by  NK Labs, a Massachusetts-based contractor.

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NK Labs is just one of dozens of partners Google is working with in order to make Project Ara a reality. The video shows a little hands-on with the team’s “Spiral 1″ prototype of the modular handset and reveals that the Ara’s “Spiral 2″ build will feature a custom-made Toshiba chip. An existence of the Toshiba chip was first reported in May . Moving on, the video states that the “Spiral 2″ will leave most of the area of the phone available for developers’ functions. Google has announced that it will hold two developer conference in January and the Spiral 2 will be introduced during the conference.

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“The principal focus of this second Module Developers Conference will be the next major release of the Ara Module Developers Kit (MDK)–version 0.20. We have been hard at work maturing and improving the Ara platform, and we will highlight the major changes and advances in the MDK. ”

posted Paul Eremenko, Head of Project Ara, Google ATAP on a Google+.

Project Ara was started by Motorola in a bid to offer consumers the ability to change components in their devices, without the need to upgrade their smartphones every time a new one comes around. Modular smartphone will have between 5 and 10 modules, can be customized according to users needs. Targeted towards emerging markets, the phones lets user identify their needs thereby giving flexibility to choose features for their device. For example, users can upgrade to a higher quality camera instead of replacing their existing phone entirely or add a keyboard if you are not comfortable with touchscreens.

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EE switches on LTE-A (Cat.6) in London, offers 150Mbps download

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EE today switched on the next generation of 4G in London, offering download speeds of up to 150Mbps to any user who has a compatible device (currently the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Alpha and the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 too supports the next-gen network). Continue reading “EE switches on LTE-A (Cat.6) in London, offers 150Mbps download”

Truecaller launches Truedialer, a smart dialer app for Android

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Developers of Truecaller Caller ID app has launched Truedialer, a smart dialer app for Android. It was launched for Windows Phone 8 few months back, it recently got updated with real-time Caller ID features for Windows Phone 8.1 users. It replaces the standard smartphone dialer with a new dialer that offers relevant information about contacts such as name, profile photo and more before placing a caller, since this has Truecaller technology built into the app. This requires data connection, similar to the Truecaller app. Continue reading “Truecaller launches Truedialer, a smart dialer app for Android”

Samsung profits fall in Q3 2014, mobile revenue down 15% QoQ

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Samsung has reported its earnings for Q3 2014, in which the company has managed to make operating profit of 4.06 trillion won ($3.9 billion) for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, down from 10.16 trillion won compared to the same quarter last year. It has reported net profit of 4.22 trillion won ($4 billion) on revenues of 47.45trillion won ($45 billion), down 9% compared to the same quarter last year. Continue reading “Samsung profits fall in Q3 2014, mobile revenue down 15% QoQ”

Global smartphone sales hit 327M units in Q3 2014, Xiaomi now third largest smartphone maker: IDC

Worldwide smartphone shipment has reached 327.6 million units in Q3, 2014 reporting a 25.2% of increase from the same period a year ago, as per a latest report from IDC.

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Metis Eddy G70 Kids tablet Photo Gallery

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Metis Learning launched Eddy G70, an Android-based learning tablet for kids in partnership with Intel for Rs. 9999 in September. Designed specially for kids, the tablet runs on Android 4.2.2 with an overlay of the proprietary Athena OS. We have already seen the unboxing of the Eddy tablet and now lets take a detailed hardware look at the tablet.

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Google Play Movies and TV app for Android updated with Material Design and second screen

Google is rolling out an update to Play Movies and  TV app  for Android with Material Design UI. This means, the app will get larger images and bright colors that makes the UI colorful and attractive.

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LG Display announces 5.3-inch 1080p smartphone display with 0.7mm ultra narrow bezel

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LG Display has introduced a 5.3-inch Full HD LCD panel for smartphones with just 0.7mm bezel on the sides. The company introduced world’s slimmest 5.2-inch 1080p smartphone display last year, which was just 2.2mm thin with a 2.3mm bezel. The new smartphone display becomes the world’s narrow bezel display panel,  narrower than the 0.8mm thickness of a credit card. Sharp introduced the Aquos Crystal and Aquos Crystal X smartphones recently, which had minimal bezel. Continue reading “LG Display announces 5.3-inch 1080p smartphone display with 0.7mm ultra narrow bezel”

Google Nexus 6 goes up for pre-order and runs out of stock

Google’s latest flagship smartphone Nexus 6 went up for pre-order on Google Play Store. However, the phone was sold out within 30 minutes.That includes both the Midnight Blue and Cloud White colors in both the 32 GB and 64 GB options.

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Microsoft Band, a $199 fitness tracker and Microsoft Health platform announced

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Microsoft just announced the Microsoft Band, the company’s first fitness band and the new Microsoft Health platform. The Microsoft Band has 10 smart sensors, including a UV sensor for sun exposure and a galvanic skin response measurement.  It offers heart rate monitoring, fitness tracking, sleep quality tracking and more. It also offers notifications for your including incoming calls, emails, texts and more as well as access to Cortana. Continue reading “Microsoft Band, a $199 fitness tracker and Microsoft Health platform announced”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Unboxing

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 went on sale in India last week for Rs. 20,900. Here we have the device for unboxing of the smartphone. Last year Samsung launched the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3, this year the company decided to launch only one device and call it just the Mega 2. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Unboxing”