Acer announced the Iconia One 8 tablet at IFA, Berlin 2014. The budget tablet has 8-inch (1280×800 pixels) HD IPS display . We got our hands on the tablet at the event so lets take a quick look. It measures 8.5mm thick and weighs 340 grams. Continue reading “Acer Iconia One 8 Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Alcatel One Touch unveiled the One Touch Hero 2, successor of the first Hero smartphone at IFA this year. It also comes with a built-in stylus and supports MagicFlip covers. We got to check out the phablet at IFA at the Alcatel One Touch booth, check out the hands-on and the photo gallery.
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Samsung announced the Galaxy Alpha last month after a series of leaks, rumors and reports. The phone has an attractive design and is 6.7mm slim that makes its even slimmer than the iPhone 5 and 5S. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Alpha Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Meizu launched the MX4 a week back, and with a price tag that translated to less then $300 for buyers in China, the device looked like a great buy. For the first time in the history of its operations, Meizu opened pre-order for international customers as well, clearly suggesting that it wanted to make a name for itself globally. Continue reading “Meizu MX4 pre-orders now payable, starts at $449 for international buyers”
Lava Iris 352 Flair and Iris 404 Flair, latest budget smartphones from the Iris series are now available from Indiatimes Shopping. These have a 3.5-inch HVGA and 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a dual-core processor and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Check out the complete specifications below. Continue reading “Lava Iris 352 Flair and Iris 404 Flair with Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 3999 and Rs. 4199”
Samsung announced the rugged Tab Active IFA, Berlin which is company’s strong tablet that has anti-shock covering which can withstand a 1.2-meter drop, with the protective cover on. We got our hands on the tablet that is aimed at business users, at the event and here is a quick look at the hardware and software of the device. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab Active Hands On and Photo Gallery”
Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 6 at an event later today. There were several rumors about Apple’s upcoming flagship smartphones, now Cult of Mac has posted detailed specifications of the iPhone 6 that they received from China. According to the leak, the iPhone 6 would be water-resistant and have shatterproof body. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 specifications leaked, could be shatterproof and water-resistant”
Asus has unveiled the VivoTab 8, the company’s latest 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablet. Asus unveiled a 8-inch Windows 8 tablet called VivoTab Note 8 with a similar 8-inch HD display earlier this year at the CES, but the this doesn’t have a Wacom Digitizer Stylus like the VivoTab Note 8. The processor has been upgraded to 1.86GHz quad-core 64-bit Intel Atom Z3745 chip, compared to the Atom Z3740 on the VivoTab Note 8. It is 8.8mm and weighs 330 grams. Continue reading “Asus VivoTab 8 Windows 8.1 Tablet with quad-core Intel Atom processor announced”
Samsung SM-A500 had first leaked last month when reports suggested that the company is working on A series of smartphones that will include three devices viz’ the SM-A300, SM-A500 and SM-A700. These smartphones will feature same design as the recently announced Galaxy Alpha.
Today, SamMobile is touting that Samsung will launch the SM-A500 that will boast of full metal body with removable back cover. Moving on the report states that the phone will have 5 inch (1280×720) Super AMOLED display and a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor. Other specs include 8-megapixel and 5-megapixel rear and front-facing cameras, 16GB of internal storage and support for microSD card slot. Finally, it will have a 2,330mAh non removable battery.
The SM-A500 will not be dust and water resistant. From the aforementioned specifications it looks like the SM-A500 will be a mid range phone that has a premium look and feel owing to full metal body.
via:SamMobile
WhatsApp Messenger had added a slew of feature for iPhone for a better chatting experience. Firstly, the app adds the ability to archive chats and groups. They can be archived by simply swiping horizontally in the chats section and selecting the More and Archive option.
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Gionee has released the KitKat update for its M2 smartphone in India, as it promised. Along with the Android 4.4′s features such as wireless printing, support for emojis and more, this update brings a new homescreen layout, Touchpal, Kingsoft Office and more, similar to other smartphones. It has also added three Indian languages. Continue reading “Gionee M2 gets Android 4.4 KitKat update, brings support for three Indian languages”
Facebook Messenger for Android has received a cool update that allows users to edit photos before sending. With the latest update, users can draw and add text to photos before sharing them with your friends.
Continue reading “Facebook Messenger for Android gets doodle and text support for photos”
Oppo launched the N1 smartphone few months back with an innovative rotating camera that can also be used as a front-facing camera for selfies. It was actually a phablet with a huge 5.9-inch. Earlier this year the company launched the N1 Mini, a smaller version of the N1 with the same rotating camera module used on the N1. How good is the mini variant of the N1? Is it worth the price? Let us find you in the complete review.
Apple is known for its rather unconventional nomenclature; while most companies simply launched phones with an increment in the digit that followed the series (usually an X, G or Z), Apple chose to add a suffix to denote the differences. That’s happened with a lot of iPhones, including the soon to be outdated iPhone 5S and 5C.
Continue reading “5.5-inch iPhone could be called ‘iPhone 6 Plus’”
The Advanced Gaming Eyewear product, we unboxed a while ago, is specialized eyewear from Gunnar Optiks, an American company, entering the niche market here in India. Eyewear products are tricky, because the ones without prescription lenses tend to appeal more towards fashion than utility. Gunnar’s products fall in the second category, utility, which is focused on the safety aspect. Their glasses help better the vision, or rather, compensate for the poor vision adjustments of our eyes, in specific conditions. One of them is gaming, for which Gunnar has designed this product. Is it good? Lets find out.
