HTC Desire 616 dual SIM that surfaced back in March in China has been officially announced. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display, powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense 5.1 UI on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC Desire 616 dual SIM with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor announced”
Micromax Bolt A069, the company’s latest smartphone in the Bolt series running Android 4.4 (KitKat) is now available on eBay.in. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen and is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor. It has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Bolt A069 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 now available online for Rs. 5301”
When we first reviewed the Nokia X, we called it a geek’s dream considering it married the Finnish company’s legendary hardware with a much more accepted and liked operating system. As we found out in our Nokia X review, the actual implementation fell well short of our expectations. With the Nokia XL, the company took yet another shot at gathering a bigger foot hold in the critical entry level segment in emerging markets like India. Will this phone meet the same fate as the Nokia X? Find out in our review. Continue reading “Nokia XL Dual SIM Review”
Lava has launched Magnum X604, the company’s latest smartphone in the new Magnum series. It has a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with BSI sensor, LED Flash, 1080p full HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava Magnum X604 with 6-inch HD display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 11999”
Last week image leaks of the alleged Nokia Lumia 830 images surfaced online. Now, a latest leak from Chinese website shows the so called Lumia 830 with a branding mark that reads ” Nokia by Microsoft”.
Continue reading “Lumia 830 render spotted with ‘Nokia by Microsoft’ branding”
Google Now is getting an occasional reminder option that will alert you about your tasks and to do list. Users will be asked by Google to set reminders for tasks. They can choose from options including “today,” “tomorrow” and “occasionally.”
Continue reading “Google Now gets occasional reminders for your tasks”
Wearables are the latest fad to have taken the technology world by storm. Inspired by the success of the likes of Fitbit and Jawbone, conventional smartphone makers are also getting into the game. We brought you our review of the Samsung Gear Fit that marries a curved display to a fitness tracker. The Sony Smartband SWR10 takes a decidedly different approach to the same goal. Does it succeed? We find out in our review. Continue reading “Sony Smartband SWR10 Review”
LG unveiled the G Pad 7.0, G Pad 8.0 and G Pad 10.1 in the G Pad series back in May. The LG G Pad 7.0 went on sale starting from Europe last month. Today the company has announced that the G Pad 10.1 would roll out globally starting from this month. The G Pad 10.1 has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) WXGA IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with a new flat UI. Continue reading “LG G Pad 10.1 global roll out begins, coming to US, Europe, Asia and more markets this month”
Karbonn Opium N7 and Opium N9, two new smartphones in the new Opium series are available from online retailer HomeShop18. The Opium N7 has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, features a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The Opium N9 comes with a 5-inch HD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Both these run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS.
Oppo launched the Find 7, the company’s first smartphone with a Quad HD screen and a Snapdragon 801-powered last month. We already brought you the benchmarks and review of the Oppo Find 7a with a 1080p screen, here we have the benchmarks of the Oppo Find 7. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz per core, bit faster than the Oppo Find 7a. It has Adreno 330 GPU. It comes with a 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) IPS display, 3GB RAM and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS with Color OS on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below . Continue reading “Oppo Find 7 Benchmarks”
Apple has hired Patrick Pruniaux, Vice President of Sales and Retail at Tag Heuer, according to a report from 9to5 Mac. Tag Heuer CEO revealed in an interview to CNBC that Apple has hired sales director of luxury Swiss watch maker TAG Heuer for its iWatch. Apple has been in a hiring spree, adding several people to its iWatch team. Last year it hired Nike design director Ben Shaffer and earlier this year the company reportedly hired a sleep expert from Philips. Continue reading “Apple reportedly hires Tag Heuer VP of sales for iWatch”
LG’s G3, the company’s latest flagship device, was announced on May 27th, with a quad HD display and laser autofocus touted as its USPs. The much awaited successor to G2 predictably packs bleeding edge specifications, in a bid to compete against other premium flagship devices like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the HTC One M8. The device, with a 5.5″ display, still follows its predecessor when it comes to being sleeker than usual with a super thin bezel around an amazingly sharp display. Packed to the brim with most wanted features, with even a removable battery and a slot for micro SD cards, the G3 aims to be do-it-all this time, and has fewer compromises for a large set of people. We obviously couldn’t wait for the Indian launch, so we went ahead and got one from our friends at Clove UK, and as with every device we get, here is a video to show you what the device looks like, fresh out of the box –
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Few weeks after Google pushed out the Android 4.4.4 update for the Nexus devices, Motorola has announced that the it has started rolling out Android 4.4.4 update for the Moto X, Moto G and Moto E users in India, skipping the Android 4.4.3 (KitKat) update that started rolling out in the US early June . Continue reading “Motorola starts rolling out Android 4.4.4 update for Moto X, Moto G and Moto E in India”
Xolo is on a roll. The company launched several new smartphones, including their first Windows Phone 8.1 handset last month. Today the company has announced the Xolo Play 6X-1000, its first smartphone powered by a MediaTek MT6591 Hexa-Core processor, 2GB RAM and Xolo Q500s IPS, the company’s cheapest quad-core smartphone till date. The Play 6X-1000 has a 5-inch HD screen, comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Play 6X-1000 with Hexa-Core processor, 2GB RAM and Q500s IPS announced for Rs. 14499 and Rs. 5999”
Truecaller, popular caller ID application has been launched for Android Wear. Google Play Store got a dedicated Android Wear section and Android Wear app earlier this week. Truecaller says it is one of the 24 developers to bring an app to the Android Wear platform. This app lets you identify the the contact information of the caller on the Android Wear smartwatch. Continue reading “Truecaller app launched for Android Wear”
