Google’s Android has turned out to be a prolific piece of software for a wide array of electronics, including smartphones, tablets and more recently, wearables.
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Nvidia Shield Tablet Unboxing
The Project Shield was Nvidia’s first portable gaming project, which turned out to be really interesting in terms of idea and concept, never took off as the company had imagined. The GPU manufacturer is back with a sequel, but with a different approach this time. The Shield 2, or rather, the Nvidia Shield Tablet, is the company’s latest unbundled approach to portable gaming. Acknowledging the reality of limited controller support in Android games and the need to cater to a wider audience, the company has gone for a powerful tablet + gamepad combo. The gamepad ships separately, but even standalone, the tablet is plenty powerful and can interface with your current controller setup if needed. Touting a 192 core desktop class Kepler GPU inside, the Shield tablet surely has the potential to change mobile gaming, but before we find out if that’s true, here’s an unboxing of the retail package, with a quick rundown of the hardware and the software –
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Celkon Millennium Ultra Q500 with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 4.4 launching this month
Celkon launched its Millennium series last month that includes, Millennium Elite Q470, Millennium Power Q3000 and Millennium Vogue Q455 smartphones running Android KitKat. The company is all set to launch the Millennium Ultra Q500, a new smartphone in the Millennium series later this month.
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Meizu MX4 could have some seriously slim bezel, and perhaps even a fingerprint reader
Meizu’s always been lauded for their design, right from the M9 to the soon-to-be-replaced MX3. I would’ve mentioned the M8 there as well, but the device bore too much of a resemblance to the iPhone to make it an original design.
Beast from the East: IUNI U3 to launch 26th August!
IUNI is far from a household name in countries other than China, but the wily maker has been making a lot of noise since late last year.
The company launched the IUNI U2 earlier this year amidst huge fanfare. Why the anticipation for a virtually unknown maker, you wonder? Well, that’s because the U2 promised to be an HTC M8 killer with the VFM proposition it brought on board.
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Motorola to be sales arm of Lenovo to improve global sales: Report
Lenovo bought Motorola from Google for $2.91 billion earlier this year. Motorola will help Lenovo to expand its sales in the global market by becoming its sales arm, when the two companies are merged officially, according to a report from DigiTimes. Motorola shipped 6.5 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2014 and it became the fourth largest smartphone vendor in India in the second quarter of 2014 replacing Nokia. Continue reading “Motorola to be sales arm of Lenovo to improve global sales: Report”
LG L60 with 4.3-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.4 goes official
LG L60, the company’s latest smartphone in the LG Series III Lineup has been listed on its official website in Russia, where it’s called L60 X145. It has a 4.3-inch WVGA screen, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera, similar to the LG L65 Dual that went on sale in Russia back in April. But this is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor, comes with 512MB RAM and packs a 1,540 mAh battery.
Samsung Gear Solo expected to be unveiled at IFA next month
Samsung is expected to announce the rumored Gear Solo at the IFA 2014 on September 3rd, along with the Galaxy Note 4, according to Korean publication Yonhap News. The official invite for the IFA 2014 from Samsung did not hint anything else other than the Note 4, but the company released all its Gear watches along with the Galaxy S5 at the MWC 2014 earlier this year, so we can expect anything. Continue reading “Samsung Gear Solo expected to be unveiled at IFA next month”
10,000 units of Asus Zenfone 5 smartphones to be available on Flipkart from August 9th
Asus launched the Zenfone 5 smartphone in India last month along with the other smartphones in the Zenfone series. It went on sale on Flipkart and authorised Asus channels soon after the launch starting at just Rs. 9,999, but it went out of stock on Flipkart in just four days after the launch. Today, the company has announced that the Zenfone 5 would be back on stock on Flipkart with 10,000 units available for sale starting tomorrow, August 9th. Continue reading “10,000 units of Asus Zenfone 5 smartphones to be available on Flipkart from August 9th”
Latest Line Android App update suggests relevant stickers for chats
Line has updated its Android App with a new suggest feature that lets users find stickers just by entering the text. The version 4.6.0 suggests stickers ad emojis based on your conversation type.
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Sony Xperia E1 and E1 Dual Android 4.4 KitKat update starts rolling out
Sony has started rolling out Android 4.4 (KitKat) update (v20.1.B.0.64) for their Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 Dual budget smartphones, as it promised last month when it rolled out KitKat update for T2 Ultra and T2 Ultra Dual. Along with the KitKat update that adds emojis, printing and more, the update also brings performance tweaks, new features such as option to move apps to the SD card and some UI changes. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E1 and E1 Dual Android 4.4 KitKat update starts rolling out”
Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM pre-booking begins in India, launching August 3rd week
Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 530 Dual SIM, the latest budget Windows Phone 8 handset last month. Snapdeal has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone in India exclusively. The Lumia 530 has a 4-inch FWVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor, runs on Windows Phone 8.1 and has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera, but lacks a front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support that offers call waiting and call forwarding between two SIM cards. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 530 Dual SIM pre-booking begins in India, launching August 3rd week”
Samsung Galaxy Alpha pays a visit to the FCC
A number of Samsung Galaxy Alpha leaks have been surfaced for quiet some time now. Earlier this week the phone was spotted with metal sides in white color. Today, the European variant of the Galaxy Alpha with model number SM-G850F has been approved by the FCC.
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Ice Age Adventures released for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone
Gameloft has released its new Ice Age Adventures for Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms. In this game need to explore new worlds, battle memorable bosses, solve puzzles and take on exciting challenges in an effort to rescue the entire herd. You can play as Sid, Manny and Diego, characters from the Ice Age movies. These characters are voiced by the official actors from the films. Gameloft showcased the game at the E3 2014 back in June along with upcoming games like Asphalt Overdrive and Cars: Fast As Lightning. Continue reading “Ice Age Adventures released for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone”
Photo of Nokia Lumia 730 surfaces in new leak
Microsoft owned Nokia was rumored to be working on a selfie centered smartphone under the codename ‘Superman’. First images of the phone with 5MP front facing camera have surfaced in a new leak.
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