Samsung has announced the Gear S, the company’s latest Gear smartwatch running Tizen-based wearable OS. The main highlight is the built-in SIM card slot that lets you independently make and receive calls, without connecting to a device and also offers 3G support. You can also get calls forwarded from your smartphone. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S announced, has 3G support and can independently make calls”
LG has finally made its G Watch R, the company’s latest Android Wear smartwatch with a circular display official. It is the world’s first watch-style wearable device to feature a circular Plastic OLED (P-OLED) display and utilizes 100 percent of its watch face, says the company. The Motorola Moto 360 has a black bar at the bottom of the display. Continue reading “LG G Watch R with circular P-OLED Display announced”
It hasn’t been long since Xiaomi announced the affordable Redmi 1S for India, but the fast rising Chinese company has announced the device for another market — Indonesia.
As Hugo Barra extensively tours India preaching about the Xiaomi philosophy, it’s usually questions around the Redmi 1S and the Redmi Note that he has to tackle.
Continue reading “Coolpad puts together Xiaomi Redmi Note alternative, but with LTE”
After teasing its upcoming smartwatch in images, Asus has released a teaser video for its first Android wear smartwatch that would be unveiled at IFA on September 3rd. Some scribblings on the teaser image revealed stainless steel frame and sexy curves. More teaser images reveals leather strap, sandblasted finish on the back, smooth shell and some kind of composition for the outer body. Continue reading “Asus releases ZenWatch video teaser ahead of IFA launch”
LG has launched the G Vista smartphone for US operator Verizon last month. The company has launched the same smartphone as Gx2 for Korean operator LG U+ as the successor of the Gx that was launched back in December 2013. It has similar specifications as the G Vista including a 5.7-inch HD display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 8-megapixel rear camera with single LED flash, laser auto focus and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG Gx2 with 5.7-inch HD display, LTE-A and Laser AF announced”
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy K zoom, successor of last year’s Galaxy S4 zoom back in April. It launched the camera-centric smartphone in India last month, priced at Rs. 29,990. We already brought you a quick comparison between the two smartphones from the Singapore launch, here we have the detailed hardware comparison between the K zoom and the S4 zoom. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy K zoom vs Galaxy S4 zoom Photo Gallery”
Xiaomi announced Mi 4, its flagship smartphone last month. We brought you unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have its benchmarks. It is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM 8274AC) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz power core and has Adreno 330 GPU. It has a 5-inch full HD display and runs on MIUI based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4 Benchmarks”
Xiaomi, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer, took the Indian market by storm when it introduced the Mi3 here at an astonishingly low price point. The highly specced handset has become a much sought after device and was being sold exclusively through Flipkart via a unique flash sale model. However, it looks like the run might be over and Xiaomi might have discontinued the Mi3 for the Indian market. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi3 sales temporarily discontinued in India”
LINE, a popular messaging service has launched LINE Premium Call for Android. This lets users make calls to landlines and mobile devices to over 200 countries without any initial set up. The iOS app that was updated earlier this month brought this feature. It has enhanced voice quality which allows users to talk for long without any voice breakage, says the company. Continue reading “LINE for Android gets Premium Call feature for domestic and international calls”
Samsung has launched the NX Mini Smart Camera in India on Amazon. It is the world’s slimmest and lightest interchangeable-lens camera, says Samsung. It was announced back in March and has a new 20.5 Megapixel BSI-CMOS sensor for crisp and better low-light images. It also has NFC and Wi-Fi capabilities. Samsung has also launched NX-M 9mm F3.5 ED lens and NX-M9-27mm F3.5-5.6 ED OIS lens. These are light-weight lenses that goes with the NX mini. Continue reading “Samsung NX Mini interchangeable-lens smart camera launched in India”
ARCHOS has unveiled 50b Platinum, 45c Platinum Android smartphones, 101 Oxygen Android tablet, 40 Cesium Windows Phone 8 smartphone and the 80 Cesium Windows 8.1 tablet. The ARCHOS 50b Platinum has a 5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ARCHOS unveils new Android and Windows Phone smartphones and an affordable Windows 8 tablet”
Google has updated its News & Weather app to version 2.0 after several years when it was believed to be abandoned. The major update brings new design that now has white everywhere, instead of black. It now shows Google Now-style cards for weather information and news. It also introduces resizable homescreen widgets in 4×1 and 2×3 options. The large widget includes five-day forecast and a scrolling list of news stories. Continue reading “Google News & Weather 2.0 for Android brings new design and features”
Vodafone India has launched Vodafone Tuesdays, a new offer for its customers in Delhi-NCR region. This lets Vodafone customers in the region enjoy buy one get one offer from some exciting brands every Tuesday. This ranges from restaurants, salons and entertainment theme parks. Vodafone has tied-up with Costa Coffee, Pizza Hut, Geetanjali Salon, Vaango, Mad Over Donuts, Bikanerwala, World of Wonders & Splash Water Park for this offer. Continue reading “Vodafone Tuesdays Buy one Get One Free offer launched in Delhi & NCR”
Flipkart has launched five new tablets powered by dual-core Clover Trail+ Intel Atom processors in the Digiflip Pro series as expected. The entry-level Digiflip Pro ET 701 has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS display, Digiflip Pro XT811 and XT801 tablets have a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) HD IPS display, Digiflip Pro XT911 and XT901 tablets have a 8.9-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) full HD IPS display. Continue reading “Flipkart Digiflip Pro ET701, XT811, XT801, XT911 and XT901 Intel Atom-powered tablets launched, starts at Rs. 5999”
