Samsung announces Simband, a wearable open health platform

Samsung Simband

At the Voice of the Body event few hours back, Samsung announced Simband, an open hardware reference design for wearable technology, that has most advanced sensing technologies that could be used to track measurements such as heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure using the wrist-mounted band that has a modular array of sensors on the bottom. The Simband is being designed in a modular way, allowing for innovation in areas like battery life, form factor and noninvasive sensor technology, says Samsung.

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Broadcom introduces BCM59350 multi-standard wireless charging chipset for smartphones

Broadcom BCM59350 PMU

Broadcom has announced BCM59350, a high performance wireless charging power management unit (PMU) with support for all three leading standards organizations including the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), Power Matters Alliance (PMA) and Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). This has a unique Broadcom design that enables multiple devices with different power requirements such as tablets, smartphones or a smartwatch charge at the same time, without the trouble of accurate positioning or alignment. Continue reading “Broadcom introduces BCM59350 multi-standard wireless charging chipset for smartphones”

Google Camera 2.2 update brings new panorama modes, timer and more

Google Camera 2.2 for Android

Google has started rolling out a new (v2.2) update for the Google Camera app for Android users that brings a lot of new features, including new panorama modes, option to set a timer, take a snap while shooting video and more. The company released the Google Camera, a standalone camera app for Android smartphones last month on Google Play that brought SLR-like Lens Blur mode. This update brings SLR-like creative picture modes wide angle and fisheye for Panorama. Continue reading “Google Camera 2.2 update brings new panorama modes, timer and more”

Xolo Q600s with Android 4.4 and Xolo Q1200 now available for Rs. 7499 and Rs. 14999

Xolo Q600s

After releasing the Xolo A510s Lite, Xolo is all set to release new smartphones in its Q CORE series. The Xolo Q600s, successor of last year’s Q600 and the Xolo Q1200 are now available from online retailer Snapdeal. The Q600s would be the company’s first smartphone to run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The company has already promised Android KitKat update for a range of older devices. With a 4.5-inch qHD display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and 1GB RAM, this aims to compete with other budget smartphones like Moto E, Micromax Unite 2 A106 and the Lava Iris X1. Continue reading “Xolo Q600s with Android 4.4 and Xolo Q1200 now available for Rs. 7499 and Rs. 14999”

Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ with 5-inch 1080p display launched in India for Rs. 16999

Alcatel One Touch Idol X Plus

Alcatel One Touch has launched the One Touch Idol X+ in partnership with Flipkart as it promised earlier this week. It was announced last December and packs a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display at 440 PPI, powered by a 2 GHz MediaTek MT6592 Octa-Core processor with Mali 450 GPU and runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash  and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ with 5-inch 1080p display launched in India for Rs. 16999”

Google Nexus 8 could be powered by 64-bit Tegra K1 processor

We have heard several rumors and speculation about Nexus 6 smartphone and the Nexus 8 tablet. Now, reports are surfacing online that the Nexus 8 could be launched at the upcoming Google’s I/O conference in June.
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OPPO N1 mini with swivel camera to launch on May 30th

After successfully launching its flagship smartphone OPPO N1 in December last year, OPPO is gearing up for its next launch in the N1 series. The Chinese electronic company has officially set a launch date for OPPO N1 mini on May 30th OPPO announced the date on its official Weibo account.

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Apple to acquire Beats for $3 billion

Apple Beats

After several reports, Apple today confirmed that it has agreed to buy Beats Music and Beats Electronics for a total of $3 billion. Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre will join Apple along with their team of employees. Apple will pay $2.6 billion in cash and $400 million in stock. This marks the largest acquisition ever made by Apple. Continue reading “Apple to acquire Beats for $3 billion”

Sony Xperia Z2 Wireless Charging Cover and Charging Plate WCH10 announced

Sony Wireless Charging Cover WCR12 for Xperia Z2

Sony launched the Xperia Z2 in India recently that comes with a free flip cover. Today, the company has announced two new wireless charging accessories, the Wireless Charging Cover WCR12 and Wireless Charging Plate WCH10 that lets users charge Xperia Z2 wirelessly. The Charging cover also acts as a protective cover and a stand that offers variable viewing angle for viewing videos comfortably. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z2 Wireless Charging Cover and Charging Plate WCH10 announced”

Snapdeal aims 2-hour delivery under Snapdeal Plus

Owing to the increasing cut throat competition in the effervescent Indian e-commerce market, Snapdeal has reduced its delivery time under a new service. Dubbed as ‘Snapdeal Plus’, the service aims to offer customers delivery of products within two hours of placing an order.

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MapmyIndia launches NaviMaps Freemium Navigation app for Android

MapmyIndia NaviMaps

MapmyIndia, popular for its GPS navigation and location apps has launched NaviMap, a Freemium navigation app. This offers alternate routes and lets you share real-time journey updates on Facebook. Additional features such as Real time turn-by-turn voice guidance in 10 regional languages that includes Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, House Number Data, POI and more would be available via in-app purchases. Continue reading “MapmyIndia launches NaviMaps Freemium Navigation app for Android”

Motorola Moto X with Bamboo finish launched in India, wood back variants get Rs. 1000 off on Flipkart

Moto X Bamboo

Motorola launched the Moto X, the company’s top-end smartphone in India back in March, exclusively on Flipkart. Later it launched the Walnut and Teak wood back variants are priced at Rs. 25,999. Today, the company has launched the Bamboo back variant of the phone in India on Flipkart. The Bamboo variant of the Moto X was introduced in the U.S. back in December last year. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X with Bamboo finish launched in India, wood back variants get Rs. 1000 off on Flipkart”

Xolo A500s Lite with 4-inch display, leather finish announced for Rs. 5499

Xolo A500s Lite

Xolo launched the A510s as the successor of A500s couple of months back. Today the company has unveiled the A500s Lite, a variant of last year’s A500s smartphone. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to A500s but this has a 3-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera with LED flash, instead of 5-megapixel camera. Continue reading “Xolo A500s Lite with 4-inch display, leather finish announced for Rs. 5499”

India registers 32% decline in tablet shipments for Q1 2014: IDC

Poor user demand has resulted into a sluggish start of the 2014 for the Indian tablet market. As per recent report from IDC, tablet shipments in India dropped by 32.8 per cent for the first quarter of 2014 at 0.78 million units.

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Telegram messaging app lands on Windows Phone

Windows Phone users recently received a shock as popular instant messaging platform  as the WhatsApp was taken down from the Windows Phone Store due to technical glitches. Now, these users can have a respite as Telegram messenger has officially arrived on Windows Phone in the form of beta. The app is already available on Android and iOS platforms.

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