Sony introduced the SmartWatch 3 at the IFA last month, which would launch later this month. This this is the first Android Wear Smartwatch to come with built-in GPS support. Google has announced a new Android Wear update that would make use of GPS in the Sony SmartWatch 3 and also brings offline music playback in all the Android Wear watches. Continue reading “Android Wear update brings GPS support and offline music playback”
Sony SmartWatch 3 up for pre-order in the US for $249.99, shipping October-end
Sony introduced the SmartWatch 3, the company’s first Android Wear-powered smartwatch at the IFA last month. At the announcement Sony just said that it would go on sale later in Autumn 2014 without any price tag. Now the company started taking pre-orders for the smartwatch at Verizon Wireless in the U.S, which would ship by October 30th. It is priced at $249.99 ( Rs. 15,299 approx.). Sony says it would go on Google Play Soon in select countries. Continue reading “Sony SmartWatch 3 up for pre-order in the US for $249.99, shipping October-end”
Swipe Sense Review
Swipe Technologies introduced Swipe Sense phablet in August. Priced at INR 9,999, the phone comes with fingerprint scanner. We have already seen unboxing of the phone and now lets take a detailed look in the full review. Continue reading “Swipe Sense Review”
LG G Watch R to roll out globally starting from November
LG G Watch R rolled out in Korea last week, today the company has announced that it would roll out in Europe starting from November. It was unveiled ahead of IFA and has a 1.3-inch (320 x 320 pixels) P-OLED Display, powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and is based on Android Wear platform. It has photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor to measure heartbeats. Continue reading “LG G Watch R to roll out globally starting from November”
LG NUCLUN Octa-Core processor announced, debuts in G3 Screen smartphone
LG just announced NUCLUN (pronounced NOO-klun), the company’s first SoC targeted at high-end smartphone. It is an Octa-Core processor with four 1.5GHz cores ARM Cortex-A15 cores and four 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A7 cores. It is based on ARM big.LITTLE technology for better multitasking capabilities and even has LTE-A Cat.6 support for maximum download speeds of up to 225Mbps. Continue reading “LG NUCLUN Octa-Core processor announced, debuts in G3 Screen smartphone”
Facebook Rooms anonymous app released for iPhone
After Paper, Slingshot and Mention, Facebook has released Room, an anonymous chat app for iPhone developed by Facebook Creative Labs team. As the name suggests, it’s a chat room app that was popular a decade back. It lets you create rooms for the things you’re into, and invite others. You can add text, photos, videos and more. Continue reading “Facebook Rooms anonymous app released for iPhone”
Xolo Q2100 Camera Samples
Xolo launched Q2100, the company’s first Android smartphone with a fingerprint sensor earlier this month. We brought you the unboxing and benchmarks of the smartphone recently, here we have the camera samples. The Q2100 has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with Exmor R sensor, f/2.0 aperture and dual LED flash. Continue reading “Xolo Q2100 Camera Samples”
New Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets now available in India, starts from Rs. 11999
Dell introduced new Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets running Android 4.4 (KitKat) back in June. Now these tablets are available in India from official Dell website. The Venue 7 has a 7-inch HD (1280×800) display, powered by a dual-core Intel Atom (Z3460) processor, while the Venue 8 comes with a 8 inch full-HD (1920×1200) display and a dual-core Intel Atom (Z3480). Both the tablets have 1 GB RAM with 16GB inbuilt storage that can be expanded upto 64GB via microSD slot. Continue reading “New Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets now available in India, starts from Rs. 11999”
Veedeo 2.0 for iPhone brings new filters, films, smart file sharing and more
Veedeo, the app that allows users to create video clips with custom text is getting a major update. The 2.0 version has been optimized to work on the recently launched iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6.
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Nokia Lumia 930 Unboxing
Nokia launched the Lumia 930 smartphone in India earlier this month at a price tag of Rs. 38,649. The Lumia 930 comes to India months after the launch in several countries. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD ClearBlack AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Windows Phone 8.1 OS. We got to check out the smartphone, here is the unboxing. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 930 Unboxing”
Twitter debuts Digits, a new tool to sign into apps using phone number
Twitter has introduced a new tool that allows users to log into apps using their phone number instead of user ID and password. The main aim of the service it enhance the security layer for users at the time of signing in.
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Google Earth for Android gets improved 3D experience, faster map updates and more
Google has released a major update to Google Earth on Android by enhancing the 3D rendering technology. This is the biggest feature of the latest update that further highlights mountains, cities, rivers in the map.
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Microsoft Garage goes cross platform, unveils apps for Android and Android Wear
Microsoft has announced the release of two Android apps and one experimental Bing app for Android Wear devices. These apps have been designed by Microsoft employees under the Garage program.
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Samsung Galaxy Alpha Review
Samsung pursued with its polycarbonate design language for a very long time and was criticised for being rigid on its stance. However, the company has finally produced a device with refined looks and premium build.
With Galaxy Alpha, Samsung will be competing against the likes of Apple iPhone 6 and with its size – the device will also take on the compact portfolio. Has the South Korean manufacturer found the right design and the hardware mix to attract the masses? Well, we take a deep look to find out if it’s worth shelling out a premium on the Galaxy Alpha. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Alpha Review”
Uber slashes fares in Mumbai by 25% and uberX rates in Bangalore by 45% for a limited period
After the 25% price cut for both Uber Black and uberX in Delhi, Uber has slashed rates for both these in Mumbai too by 25%. When Uber expanded to Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Kolkata, it slashed prices on both UberBLACK and uberX by 25% in Bangalore for a limited period. Today Uber has reduced uberX price by an additional 20%, so totally now users in Bangalore get 45% off on uberX fares. Continue reading “Uber slashes fares in Mumbai by 25% and uberX rates in Bangalore by 45% for a limited period”