Google announced Android 5.0 Lollipop two days back and said that it will begin to roll out “in coming weeks”. However, a new report is now claiming that the Lollipop update will roll out to Nexus 7 (2012), Nexus 7 (2013) and Nexus 10 on November 3.
Xolo One with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6599
Xolo just launched the Xolo One, the company’s latest budget smartphone. Even though this is called Xolo One, this is not an Android One smartphone created in partnership with Google. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display based on one-glass-solution technology, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor with Mali 400 MP2 processor and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). Xolo has also promised to upgrade it to Android 5.0 (Lollipop) in future. Continue reading “Xolo One with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 6599”
HP shutting down webOS and App Catalog on January 15, 2015
HP has announced that it is pulling the plug on webOS and App Catalog on January 15, 2015. The latest news comes from the company nearly three years after it first announced the plans to shut down the hardware support for webOS.
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BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Winner Announcement
We started the BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Contest last week, and as promised, today we reveal the lucky winners. Before that, we would like to thank all the participants who took their time to participate in this contest, the response has been amazing on all the three days. Are you the lucky winner of BlackBerry Passport smartphone or BlackBerry Music Gateways? Find out below. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Winner Announcement”
Samsung unveils 64 bit Exynos 7 Octa Core chip
Samsung has announced the launch of Exynos 7 Octa core chip. The second mobile SoC from the company features four Cortex-A57 cores for handling heavy-duty processing and four lower-power Cortex-A53 cores for increased energy efficiency when tackling light loads.
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Google Keyboard v3.2 update adds 8 languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and more
Google has updated its keyboard app to version 3.2 that adds several languages and brings fixes. It adds 8 additional languages including, Bengali (India), Hindi (Compact), Kannada (India), Malayalam (India), Marathi (India), Tamil (India), Tamil (Singapore), and Telugu (India). The brings new organization for the settings screen that has a separate menu for languages, appearance and layout, multilingual options and more. Continue reading “Google Keyboard v3.2 update adds 8 languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and more”
Twitter rolls out Audio Cards, teams up with SoundCloud and iTunes
Twitter has unveiled a new feature that lets users listen to music in their timelines on the Twitter mobile app. The micro blogging site has unveiled Audio Cards that will allows users to listen to songs, podcasts and other audio content on their Android and iPhone app.
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Apple WatchKit SDK will be available next month
Apple has announced a new SDK for its upcoming smartwatch. Dubbed as WatchKit, it will be available for developers next month and allow them to create compatible apps for the Apple Watch.
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Zen U105 Fire running Firefox OS launched for Rs. 1999
Zen Mobiles has launched Zen U105 Fire, the company’s first Firefox smartphone. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, powered by a 1GHz processor, comes with a 2-megapixel rear camera and VGA front-facing camera. This has 2G EDGE connectivity and Dual SIM support. The Zen U105 Fire competes with Spice One Mi-FX 1, Intex Cloud FX and Alcatel One Touch Fire C smartphones. Continue reading “Zen U105 Fire running Firefox OS launched for Rs. 1999”
Sony confirms Android 5.0 Lollipop update coming to entire Xperia Z line
Google officially announced Android 5.0 Lollipop two days back. Since then smartphone makers are announcing which of their handsets will receive the latest Android update. Today, Sony is announcing that the entire Xperia Z series will receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop.
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Apple introduces new Smart Covers and Smart Cases for iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3
Apple launched the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 yesterday. Now, the company has also announced new Smart Cases and Smart Covers to compliment these devices.
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Apple iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 pricing announced for India
Apple introduced the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3, the next-generation iPad Air models at an event in the U.S few hours back. Apple has also announced the pricing for these models in India. The iPad Air 2 has the same 9.7-inch display but it has a Antireflective glass, powered by A8 chip with 2nd gen 64-bit architecture and M8 motion coprocessor, Touch ID fingerprint sensor and is just 6.1mm thick. It also has a new 8 MP iSight 1080p camera. The iPad mini 3 just has a new Touch ID fingerprint sensor and other specs remain the same.
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Apple iPad mini 3 with Touch ID official, starts at $399
Apple just unveiled the iPad mini 3 with Retina iPad along with the iPad Air 2 as expected.It has the same 7.9 inch Retina Display with 2048×1536 resolution seen on last year’s iPad mini with Retina Display and the same Apple A7 processor with M7 motion co-processor, but this has a Touch ID fingerprint sensor, similar to the iPad Air 2. Since it doesn’t have NFC, it’ll be used for Apple Pay Within Apps. It runs on the latest iOS 8.1. Continue reading “Apple iPad mini 3 with Touch ID official, starts at $399”
Apple iPad Air 2 with A8X processor, Touch ID and 6.1mm body announced, starts at $499
Apple just announced the iPad Air 2, the second generation iPad Air at an event. It has an improved 9.7-inch Retina display with anti-reflective coating on the glass, reducing reflections by 56%, powered by Apple A8X, a new chip that is based on 2nd generation 64-bit architecture. It has 3 billion transistors compared to 1 billion on the A7. The CPU is 12 times faster than the first iPad and the GPU is 180 times faster. It has M8 co-processor, similar to iPhone 6.
iOS 8.1 with Apple Pay, iCloud Photo Library public beta available on October 20
At the Apple event today, Apple SVP of Software Craig Federighi announced that iOS 8.1 update would roll out for iOS devices soon. This would bring Apple Pay for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, public beta of iCloud Photo Library that will automatically syncs all your photos and videos in iCloud and keeps only the lightweight versions for viewing for each device. Continue reading “iOS 8.1 with Apple Pay, iCloud Photo Library public beta available on October 20”
