LG G2 Lite and L Prime with Android 4.4 announced

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LG has introduced G2 Lite (D295) and L Prime (D337) in Brazil. These new smartphones that are variants of L Fino and L Bello smartphones that were launched in India recently.  The LG G2 Lite has a 4.5-inch WVGA IPS screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. The L Prime has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Both these run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with premium UX features.

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Pioneer HDJ-500 headphones launched in India for Rs. 8590

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Pioneer, popular for its in-car entertainment systems has  launched Pioneer HDJ- 500, DJ headphones in India. It has a powerful 40mm driver, a strong rare earth magnet and compact earpads that increases the sound pressure to provide a rich low range. You can rotate the right ear housing by 60 degrees and has flexible headband that enables DJs monitor speakers and crowd reactions. Continue reading “Pioneer HDJ-500 headphones launched in India for Rs. 8590”

Jawbone UP MOVE and UP3 fitness trackers announced

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Jawbone has announced UP3, a multi-sensor top-end fitness tracker and UP MOVE, a compact entry-level fitness tracker. The Jawbone UP MOVE is a Clip on that has an LED display that can track your steps and your sleep. The Jawbone UP3 has several sensors, including a Heart Health Sensor that measures resting heart rate. It has a water-resistant design and promises a week of battery life.

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Finance Management app Wally+ lands on Android in beta

Wally, a finance management app has launched on Android platform as Wally+. Available in beta the app allows users to keep a track of their expenses, specify monthly incomes, create budgets and so on.

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Panasonic P55 with 5.5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 10290

Panasonic P55

Panasonic has launched P55, the company’s latest smartphone in P Series. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a  8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and has unique features such as Pop-i Player, Music Café and Gesture Play. It launched the P61 smartphone with a 6-inch display few months back. Continue reading “Panasonic P55 with 5.5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 10290”

Amazon Prime offers unlimited cloud photo storage with Prime Photos

Amazon is offering its Prime customers with unlimited cloud photo storage under a new service called Prime Photos. Prime Photos accepts uploads from iOS and Android devices, Fire tablets and Fire phones, as well as Mac and Windows computers.

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Vivo X5Max L with 4.75mm thickness gets certified in China

Vivo X5Max L

Last week Oppo introduced the Oppo R5 smartphone with 4.85mm slim body, thinner than the 5.1mm Gionee Elife S5.1. Now the Vivo X5Max L smartphone with just 4.75mm thickness has been certified on China’s TENAA certification website. The Vivo X5Max L  has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Vivo X5Max L with 4.75mm thickness gets certified in China”

NVIDIA to roll out Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Shield Tablet this November

NVIDIA Shield Tablet Android 5.0

NVIDIA already announced that the Shield Tablet would be updated to Android 5.0 (Lollipop) soon. Now it has announced that the update would be available as early as this November, so we can expect the roll out to begin in the next few weeks. It has also released a video that shows the new Android 5.0’s Material UI along with Material redesign for NVIDIA’s Shield Hub and Dabbler apps. Continue reading “NVIDIA to roll out Android 5.0 Lollipop update for Shield Tablet this November”

SD Card functionality to feature on Android 5.0 Lollipop

Android 5.0 Lollipop will leverage the SD Card functionality on Android devices. Google has introduced new APIs which were specially designed to enable one to access SD memory cards in an easy and secure manner.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Benchmarks

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 went on sale in India recently. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The phone is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) SoC that has four ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs clocked at 1.19 GHz per core and has Adreno 306 GPU. This is one of the first smartphones to launch in India to feature the new budget Snapdragon chip. It has a 1.5GB RAM, 6-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out how the Mega 2 performs in range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Benchmarks”

Samsung working on Galaxy S6, leak suggests QHD display and more: Report

Samsung is reportedly working on Galaxy S6 which is codenamed as ‘Project Zero’, reported SamMobile yesterday. The company is in early development stage of the successor of Galaxy S5 said the report.

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Google releases Android 5.0 Lollipop factory images for Nexus 9 and Nexus Player

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Google has released Android 5.0 Lollipop factory images for the Nexus 9 tablet and the Nexus Player Android streaming device. The Android 5.0 binaries are available for the Nexus Player, but it is yet to release binaries for the Nexus 9 tablet  included in the factory images itself. Google recently pushed Android 5.0 Lollipop source code to AOSP. Continue reading “Google releases Android 5.0 Lollipop factory images for Nexus 9 and Nexus Player”

Disney and Google team up to bring “Movies Anywhere” app to Android

Disney and Google has entered into a new partnership to allow access to all its movies including Pixar and Marvel on Android device. All the movies can be watched via Disney’s “Movies Anywhere” app that is available on Google Play Store.

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Xiaomi in talks to raise funding that will value the company at $40 billion

Xiaomi is looking to raise a large amount of funding that will increase the company valuation to a whopping $40 billion, according to a latest report from Bloomberg.

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