Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) launching in India on March 10

Motorola Moto E 2nd Gen India launch invite

Motorola India just sent out press invites for the launch of the Moto E (2nd Gen) in India on March 10. The second generation Moto E was announced last week, packs a 4.5-inch display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC for 4G LTE variant, 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC for the 3G variant and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) launching in India on March 10”

Google said to be working on Android Wear app for iPhone and iPad

Google is working on an Adroid Wear app for iPhone and iPad, according to a French technology website o1net. The report states that Google will bring the Android-based wearables platform over to iOS.

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Celkon ties up with Aircel for bundled offers on Campus A356 and C329

Celkon Campus A356 and C329

Celkon Mobiles has partnered with Aircel to offer free 3G data on select phones. Under this offer Celkon offers both the Campus A356 Android smartphone and the C329 feature phone are available at Rs. 3,333. Aircel offers upto 1.5 GB of 3G data on both phones for three months. Continue reading “Celkon ties up with Aircel for bundled offers on Campus A356 and C329”

Google Play Services 7.0 gets Nearby Connections, Google Fit, Places API and more

Google has introduced update to Play Services for Android devices. The latest 7.0 version brings an array of new features, APIs and improvements.

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NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV gaming and streaming console with Tegra X1 announced for $199

NVIDIA Shield Console

NVIDIA has announced its SHIELD gaming console at the Game Developers Conference (GDC). The console is powered by NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor with 256-core Maxwell architecture GPU, 64-bit CPU and runs on Android TV OS. It will have over 50 Android titles optimized for SHIELD, including Crysis 3, Doom 3: BFG EditionT and Borderlands: TPS. This is the the world’s first Android TV console, which delivers video, music, apps and games to the home, says the company. Continue reading “NVIDIA SHIELD Android TV gaming and streaming console with Tegra X1 announced for $199”

Jet Airways brings flight status and airfare on Twitter with #JetInstant

Twitter has teamed up with Jet Airways to launch real time flight status and airfare on Twitter. The initiative, developed in collaboration with Twitter and technology partner, TravelSpends.

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Samsung introduces 8MP ISOCELL sensor for front-facing mobile cameras

Samsung 8MP sensor S5K4H5YB

Samsung announced ISOCELL, its advanced pixel technology for CMOS image sensors back in 2013, now at the MWC 2015 it introduced and 8-megapixel RWB (Red-White-Blue) image sensor based image sensor for front-facing cameras for mobile devices.  The Samsung 8-megapixel sensor (S5K4H5YB) uses 1.12um ISOCELL pixel and has a 1/4inch optical format.

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Asus Fonepad 7 (FE171CG) and MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL) launched in India for Rs. 10999 and Rs. 19999

Asus Fonepad 7 FE171CG

Asus has launched the Fonepad 7 (FE171CG) and MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL) tablets in India. The new Fonepad 7 was unveiled at the CES earlier this year and packs a  7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL) that was announced at the Computex last year has a 8-inch (1200×1920 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor, comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera. Both these runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Zen UI on top. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 (FE171CG) and MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL) launched in India for Rs. 10999 and Rs. 19999”