Spice Smart Flo Glam Mi-357 with 3.5-inch display now available for Rs. 3299

Spice Smart Flo Glam Mi-357

Spice Smart Flo Glam Mi-357, the company’s latest affordable smartphone in the Smart Flo series is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. This would compete with the Intex Cloud X3 that has almost similar specifications. Continue reading “Spice Smart Flo Glam Mi-357 with 3.5-inch display now available for Rs. 3299”

Oppo Joy with 4-inch display, dual-core processor announced

Oppo Joy

Oppo has unveiled the Oppo Joy, a mid-range smartphone in Indonesia. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA IPS sensitive touch screen with glove mode, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual core processor and runs on Android 4.2-based Color ROM. It has a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Oppo Joy with 4-inch display, dual-core processor announced”

HTC One M8 Photo Gallery

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HTC’s design chief might be moving on to greener pastures, but he sure has left quite a legacy behind. After the original HTC One won accolades for its pleasing design and quality of build, the Taiwan manufacturer has one upped itself with the new HTC One M8. The design language might be almost exactly the same as its predecessor, but with minor changes in the build, and tweaks to the already good design, HTC has carved yet another well designed smartphone for the premium market. Lets take a hardware walkthrough of this device in photos to see how it looks in front of the camera.

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Lava IvoryS tablet with 7-inch display, dual SIM and voice calling launched for Rs. 8499

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Lava has launched IvoryS, the company’s latest tablet in the Ivory series as them promised earlier this month. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has voice calling capabilities and has dual SIM support. Continue reading “Lava IvoryS tablet with 7-inch display, dual SIM and voice calling launched for Rs. 8499”

Samsung Galaxy Core 2 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 leaked

Samsung Galaxy Core 2 leak

Samsung launched the Galaxy Core (GT-I8262) in India last year. Russian website hi-tech.mail.ru has posted the press images and the specifications of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Core 2 Dual SIM (SM-G355H). According to the leak, the Galaxy Core 2 would have a 4.5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) LCD capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and would run Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core 2 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 leaked”

HTC’s head of design, Scott Croyle, all set to leave the company

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While HTC has won many accolades for the stunning design language of their One series of handsets, it seems that it isn’t enough for design chief Scott Croyle. Completing an almost 6 year stint at HTC, Scott Croyle, has decided to put in his papers but will continue to be associated with HTC in a consulting position. Continue reading “HTC’s head of design, Scott Croyle, all set to leave the company”

Videocon Telecom to launch 4G services by December 2014

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Videocon Telecommunications plans launch its 4G services using FDD-LTE technology by December 2014, according to a report by ETTelecom. It would initially launch the services in Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. At the 4G World India conference, Videocon Telecom CEO Arvind Bali said to ETTelecom that it plans to launch the services between December to January and would launch it in 10 towns initially.

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TRAI issues regulations for minimum 2G and 3G download speed

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released draft regulations on Standards of Quality of Service for Mobile Data Services back in 2012 since there was no quality of service standards for the mobile data services compared to wired Internet such as broadband. It released a benchmark and asked operators to document data collection process for each Quality of Service parameters such as success rate, Average Throughput, Latency and more. Continue reading “TRAI issues regulations for minimum 2G and 3G download speed”

Top 5 SMS Apps for Android

Android has always allowed users to replace the core applications with third party offerings and today we will be checking out our top five alternatives to the default messaging application. Though the use of SMS is dwindling, developers continue to update their SMS applications. There are a lot of SMS applications in the Play Store and with Android 4.4.2, Google has given the control of the SMS applications to users allowing them to change the default SMS application.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Camera Samples

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Samsung’s latest flagship device, the Galaxy S5, was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona and eventually arrived in Indian shores earlier this week. With a sky high price of Rs. 51,500, we set out to find if the device is really worth the price. While we will let you know the conclusion in our full review of the phone, in the process, we took the really intriguing 16 MP camera for a spin. We had purchased the international variant in the US and tested the camera in and around San Francisco to see how it fared in different lighting conditions. Go past the break to find all the full resolution samples, and more importantly the 4K video sample after that.

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Microsoft launches Remote Desktop Preview app for Windows Phone 8.1

Microsoft has released preview version of its Remote Desktop app for the recently announced Windows Phone 8.1. The company had launched the Remote desktop app on Android and iOS in October last year. It allows users to control your PC from a Windows Phone device while on the go, but it requires Windows Phone 8.1 that is currently available only for developers.

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Apple, Google and two other tech companies settle antitrust lawsuit

Google, Apple, Intel and Adobe Systems have settled a class-action lawsuit against nearly 65,000 employees who had alleged the companies conspired to keep wages artificially low through no-hire agreements. Reuters report reveals that Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel have agreed to settle the case and the settlement amount is worth $324 million.

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Nokia completes sale of Device & Services business to Microsoft

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Announced first on 3rd September 2013, the sale of Nokia’s Devices & Services business to Microsoft is now complete. With the completion of the deal, Nokia will cease to manufacture smartphones and will also transfer the Asha and Lumia brand name to Microsoft. The Finnish company will retain the name Nokia and will be allowed to use it on feature phones. Continue reading “Nokia completes sale of Device & Services business to Microsoft”

Intex Aqua Qwerty touch and type smartphone launched for Rs. 4990

Intex Aqua Qwerty

After teasing the smartphone for a few days, Intex has launched Aqua Qwerty, the company’s first touch and type smartphone with a physical QWERTY keyboard. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Qwerty touch and type smartphone launched for Rs. 4990”