Nomad, popular for its ChargeKey, a keychain-sized USB cable has introduced NomadPlus, a wall charger for Apple smartphones that has a built-in battery to charge the smartphone even when you remove it. It has a 1500mAh battery that promises to charge your Apple smartphone up to 70% after you unplug it from the wall. Continue reading “NomadPlus Apple wall charger doubles up as a portable charger”
Samsung Gear Live is the company’s first Android Wear smartwatch that has almost similar specifications as its Gear 2 smartwatch that runs on Tizen OS. The Gear Live was announced at the Google I/O in June and it was immediately listed on the Indian Play Store. It went on sale in India last month for Rs. 15,900, but it is currently out of stock. We already brought you the hands-on impressions and the photo gallery of the Gear Live from the Google I/O in June. Now we have the device for unboxing. Check out the unboxing and initial setup below.
Update: Winner of the OnePlus One giveaway has been announced. Check out if you got lucky.
The OnePlus One is a great flagship device that comes at an affordable price, but it has made a name for itself in the industry for being almost impossible to attain. The folks at OnePlus decided to go through with an invite system that ensured limited availability since launch and the fact that it ships to only a few countries doesn’t really help. We, after a long struggle, had got hold of, not one, but two OnePlus One devices. You might have seen us unbox one and show off another unopened box at the end of this unboxing video – Continue reading “OnePlus One Giveaway”
Android continued its dominance in the smartphone market and accounted for a record 84.6% share of global smartphone shipments in Q2 of 2014, according to research by Strategy Analytics. Global smartphone shipments reached 295.2 million units in Q2 said the report.
Samsung today opened its first flagship Customer Service Plaza in Delhi that aims to offer best in class after sales service for Samsung customers. It also has specialized zones for product demonstrations and customer interactions. Each Plaza will have three distinct zones – the Greeting Zone, Consulting Zone and Interactive Repair Zone. This also offers live repairs in front of the customer to ensure complete transparency in terms of repair charges and parts replacement. Continue reading “Samsungs launches flagship customer service plaza in Delhi”
Facebook rolled out its self destructing messaging app Slingshot globally in June. Today, the social network is updating the app with ‘reactions’, a feature that enables users to reply with a reaction to photos without having to first reply with another photo.
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Earlier this week we reported that Xolo would launch its Play 8X-1000 smartphone with HIVE UI in the first week of August. The company has just sent out press invites for the HIVE event. Even though the invite did not mention any details about the smartphone, the company already confirmed that Play 8X-1000 would be its first smartphone with HIVE UI. Continue reading “Xolo Play 8X-1000 with HIVE UI set to launch on August 6th”
OnePlus introduced the OnePlus One smartphone earlier this year. It went on sale in select countries through invite system. We already brought you the unboxing and the complete review of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz per core and has Adreno 330 GPU. It comes with a 5.5-inch (1920 ×1080 pixels) Full HD LTPS display, 3GB RAM and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) based CyanogenMod 11S . Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “OnePlus One Benchmarks”
Sony Corp, Panasonic Corp and Japan Display Inc has announced a joint venture to develop organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, with the government-backed Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ) taking a majority stake.
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Asus launched the Zenfone series of smartphones in India last month. We reviewed the Zenfone 5 recently. The Zenfone 6, top-end model in the series with a 6-inch HD display is priced at Rs. 16,999. It is one of the few large-screen smartphones in this price range to launch in India recently, apart from smartphones like the Xolo Q2500 PocketPad and Lava Magnum X604 from local manufacturers. Asus has been using Intel Atom processors for its Fonepad tablets, even the Zenfone smartphones are powered by Intel Atom processors. Is the Zenfone 6 one of the best large-screen smartphones in this range? Let us find out in the review.
Amazon has expanded the reach of its app store in 41 new countries putting more focus on Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The app store has now expanded its global presence in total 236 countries.
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Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A was released exclusively in South Korea but now according to SamMobile, the phone is coming to Europe as well.
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Twitter has acquired password security firm Mitro for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2012, Mitro’s primary product is a web browser extension that allowed users to store and share passwords.
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SamMobile stated just two days ago that the Samsung Galaxy Alpha will be launched on August 4. However, a new report from AllAboutSamsung says that the company’s first ever Android smartphone to sport a metallic design is now said to be launching on August 13.
Microsoft has updated Office for iPad with several features that makes the app more productive. For starters, the app now supports exporting files to PDF from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and this can be done even without an Office 365 subscription.
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