Oppo R1 Review

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Oppo launched the Oppo R1 in India back in April, about four months after it announced the smartphone. It is the successor of the Oppo R819 that we reviewed last year. The Oppo R1 has a completely new design and has new hardware and software features compared to the R819. It has brilliant design and comes in slim form factor, but is it worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Oppo R1 Review”

Google and LG team up to bring Project Tango tablet in 2015

In addition to several announcements at the I/O developer conference, Google confirmed that Project Tango is coming to consumers next year. The company revealed that it is working on the tablet with LG and the device will be ready for consumers in 2015.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S launching in India on July 1st

Samsung Galaxy Premiere 2014 India

Samsung India has just sent out press invites for the launch of Galaxy Tab S series in India on July 1st. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 that were announced couple of weeks back comes with a 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Super AMOLED displays at high WQXGA resolution, Android 4.4 (KitKat) and have Adaptive Display. These have 6.6mm slim profile. The Indian variant is likely to be powered by Octa-Core Exynos processor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S launching in India on July 1st”

Amazon offers over $100 worth of paid apps free for two days

Amazon free Apps June 26 and 27th

Amazon today announced that it would offer paid Android apps worth over $100 for free on the Amazon AppStore for two days, Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June. This includes some popular apps and games under different categories such as Fun, Travel and Remote Office apps. There are 31 app in the list, and these are usually priced between US$0.99 and US$ 9.99. All you need to do is just get the Amazon App Store from here and sideload it on your Android device. You can scroll to the $100 of Paid Apps banner and click it to see the list of apps and install them. Continue reading “Amazon offers over $100 worth of paid apps free for two days”

Google not axing Nexus lineup: Google Exec

Google is not bidding adieu to Nexus devices and will continue the program. Reports had surfaced online that Google is killing the Nexus line of devices for Android Silver. However, Dave Burke, head of engineering at Android and the Nexus program has stated that just because Google is launching Android Silver, it doesn’t mean that Nexus is going away.

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Swipe Konnect 5.0 Unboxing

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Swipe launched the Konnect 5.0, its first smartphone in the Konnect series priced at Rs. 8,999 earlier this month. It has a 5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The company has already started rolling out the KitKat update for the smartphone. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Swipe Konnect 5.0 Unboxing”

Adobe Photoshop Express finally arrives for Windows Phone

Adobe Photoshop Express for Windows Phone

Adobe has launched Adobe Photoshop Express for Windows Phone devices finally. This offers basic editing such as Crop, Straighten, Rotate and Flip. It also has red eye removal, automatic fixes for Brightness, Exposure and Shadows and has a range of filters. It was launched for Android and iOS few years back. This would be a good alternative to Creative Studio that is present on Lumia smartphones. Continue reading “Adobe Photoshop Express finally arrives for Windows Phone”

Google shows off Project Ara prototype, launches developer challenge

Google showed off its Project Ara prototype on the second and final day of the I/O developer conference. Paul Eremenko, the head of Project Ara gave a peek about the company’s modular phone project that was announced in February.

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Micromax Canvas Duet AE90 with 4.5-inch qHD display, Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) available online for Rs. 9299

Micromax Canvas Duet AE90

Micromax Canvas Duet II (EG111) went on sale earlier this year, now the Micromax Canvas Duet AE90 is available from eBay.in. It has a 4.5-inch qHD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Duet AE90 with 4.5-inch qHD display, Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) available online for Rs. 9299”

Did Google accidentally reveal HTC-made Nexus 9 render?

Last week a leak suggested that HTC is making Google’s next Nexus tablet. Dubbed as HTC Volantis, the tablet will pack a 8.9″ display with a resolution of 2048×1440 pixels.

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Asus to reportedly launch a Android Wear smartwatch later this year

Asus is working on a smartwatch that runs on Google’s Android Wear, according to a report from TechCrunch. It says that the company is planning to release an Android Wear-powered smartwatch in September.

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Apple launches 16GB iPod touch with iSight camera in India for Rs. 16900

Apple has launched a new 16GB variant of the iPad touch that now comes with a 5-megapixel iSight camera on the back, similar to the 32GB and 64GB variants. The 16GB variant now comes in pink, yellow, blue and silver colors in addition to space grey. Continue reading “Apple launches 16GB iPod touch with iSight camera in India for Rs. 16900”

Android L developer preview now available for download

Google launched Android L developer preview at the I/O conference two days back. Today, the company is making the preview available on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7  (2013) Wi Fi. The software developer kit is now available for download through the Android SDK Manager.

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Opera Mini for iPhone and iPad updated with new UI, compression mode and more

Opera Mini 8 for iPhone

Opera has updated Opera Mini for iOS devices to version 8.0. This update brings a completely new user interface with a flat design similar to iOS 7, new compression modes, QR code support and more new features. All design elements have been completely re-built from the ground up, to fit in with iOS styling and the familiar user friendliness of Opera’s mobile browsers, says Opera. Continue reading “Opera Mini for iPhone and iPad updated with new UI, compression mode and more”