Huawei to launch wearable devices at MWC 2015 [Updated]

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[Update: Jerry Huang, Director of Marketing Communications, confirmed that the company is looking at introducing an Android Wear smartwatch that will be different to anything else on the market. The company is looking to a fashionable design and is aiming to integrate the smartwatch into average lives as well as appealing to tech savvy customers as well. Huawei also confirmed that it will release an update to Talkband B1 and a new fitness tracker at the MWC along with the Android Wear watch.]

We’re currently in Shenzhen on a tour of Huawei’s Chinese factories and operations and the company has confirmed to us today that they plan to launch new wearable devices at MWC 2015. The company hasn’t confirmed exact details but according to a slide we’ve seen from the PR Director, the wearable plans potentially include a smartwatch running on the Android Wear operating system, a Huawei companion application and a platform to run their wearable devices. Continue reading “Huawei to launch wearable devices at MWC 2015 [Updated]”

Samsung to reportedly remove bloatware apps from TouchWiz

Samsung will trim down TouchWiz by removing bloatware apps for its upcoming devices, according to a report from SamMobile. TouchWiz is Samsung’s own software that is present over Android.

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OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12

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OnePlus has announced that it will call its own ROM OxygenOS. The company has zeroed in the name after receiving thousands of suggestions from the fans. The OxygenOS will be open, customizable, and free of bloat and unnecessary features, said the company. Continue reading “OnePlus names its own ROM OxygenOS, will reveal more details on Feb 12”

Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999

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Videocon has launched Infinium Z40Q Star and Infinium Z50Q Star, two new budget Android smartphones in the Infinium series. The Infinium Z40Q Star has a 4-inch WVGA, while the Infinium Z50Q Star comes with a 5-inch FWVGA display. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core SoC and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Z50Q Star appeared on the official website earlier this month. Continue reading “Videocon Infinium Z40Q Star and Z50Q Star launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5999”

Worldwide smartphone shipments exceeds 1.3 billion units for 2014: Report

The global smartphone shipments surpassed 1.3 billion units in the year 2014, as per a latest report from IDC. The research firm had predicted in 2013 that smartphone shipments will cross the 1 billion unit milestone.

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Samsung Galaxy E5 Photo Gallery

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Samsung launched the Galaxy E5 smartphone in India for Rs 19,300 earlier this month. The phone has a uni-body design and is another device from company’s E series of smartphone. We have already seen the unboxing of the phone, now lets take a look at the hardware of the phone in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy E5 Photo Gallery”

Samsung Galaxy A5 Camera Samples

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Samsung launched the Galaxy A5 smartphone with all metal build and 4G connectivity in India earlier this month for Rs. 25,550. We already brought you the unboxing, photo gallery, benchmarks and the battery test results, here we have the camera samples. The Galaxy A5 has a 13-megapixel sensor with f/2.0 aperture.  It has several modes such as HDR, panorama, shot & more, Rear-cam selfie, beauty face and more. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A5 Camera Samples”

Samsung Galaxy E5 Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy E Series smartphones in India earlier this month. Priced at Rs. 19,300, the Galaxy E5 is a bit cheaper than the Galaxy E7 that costs Rs. 23,000. The design language of the E series is similar to the A series, including a uni-body design, but these don’t have all metal build. Check out the unboxing below.

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Microsoft Office for Android tablets exits preview, available for download

Microsoft Office for Android tablet has come out of preview phase after three months. Word, Excel and Powerpoint can now be downloaded for Android tablets.

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Oppo R5 Review: Fashionably thin

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When touchscreens happened, the keys disappeared, and suddenly, we had a lot of sleek devices, telling us science fiction-to-fruition is indeed possible. It was simple, you didn’t need depth for even the thinnest of keyboards and it was just a screen and glass on top of other complicated electronics. So, then thinning of the other parts and refinement of the glass (did you know, Gorilla Glass 2 had a 20% reduction in thickness vs 1?) were the subsequent steps to get the slimmest device possible, and it seems the Chinese have broken new ground.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 and S Edge will likely support Gear VR: Report

We have seen too many reports on the specs and features of the Galaxy S6. Now a latest one from SamMobile is stating that Galaxy S6 and S Edge will be compatible with Samsung Gear VR headset.

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Meizu m1 with 5-inch HD display, 64-bit quad-core SoC, 4G LTE announced

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Meizu has announced Meizu m1, the company’s latest budget smartphone in China. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 768 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6732 64-bit processor with ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit CPUs and Mali-T760 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat-based Flyme OS. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Meizu m1 with 5-inch HD display, 64-bit quad-core SoC, 4G LTE announced”

Motorola smartphone sales cross 3 million in India, to open experience zones

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Motorola has announced that it has sold 3 million Motorola smartphones in India till date. This includes all the Motorola smartphones in Moto G and Moto X series and Moto E. Back in November 2014 Flipkart announced that it sold 2.5 million smartphones in India. It took about 2 months for the company to sell half a million smartphones. Continue reading “Motorola smartphone sales cross 3 million in India, to open experience zones”