Truecaller launches Truedialer, a smart dialer app for Android

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Developers of Truecaller Caller ID app has launched Truedialer, a smart dialer app for Android. It was launched for Windows Phone 8 few months back, it recently got updated with real-time Caller ID features for Windows Phone 8.1 users. It replaces the standard smartphone dialer with a new dialer that offers relevant information about contacts such as name, profile photo and more before placing a caller, since this has Truecaller technology built into the app. This requires data connection, similar to the Truecaller app. Continue reading “Truecaller launches Truedialer, a smart dialer app for Android”

Samsung profits fall in Q3 2014, mobile revenue down 15% QoQ

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Samsung has reported its earnings for Q3 2014, in which the company has managed to make operating profit of 4.06 trillion won ($3.9 billion) for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, down from 10.16 trillion won compared to the same quarter last year. It has reported net profit of 4.22 trillion won ($4 billion) on revenues of 47.45trillion won ($45 billion), down 9% compared to the same quarter last year. Continue reading “Samsung profits fall in Q3 2014, mobile revenue down 15% QoQ”

Global smartphone sales hit 327M units in Q3 2014, Xiaomi now third largest smartphone maker: IDC

Worldwide smartphone shipment has reached 327.6 million units in Q3, 2014 reporting a 25.2% of increase from the same period a year ago, as per a latest report from IDC.

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Metis Eddy G70 Kids tablet Photo Gallery

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Metis Learning launched Eddy G70, an Android-based learning tablet for kids in partnership with Intel for Rs. 9999 in September. Designed specially for kids, the tablet runs on Android 4.2.2 with an overlay of the proprietary Athena OS. We have already seen the unboxing of the Eddy tablet and now lets take a detailed hardware look at the tablet.

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Google Play Movies and TV app for Android updated with Material Design and second screen

Google is rolling out an update to Play Movies and  TV app  for Android with Material Design UI. This means, the app will get larger images and bright colors that makes the UI colorful and attractive.

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LG Display announces 5.3-inch 1080p smartphone display with 0.7mm ultra narrow bezel

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LG Display has introduced a 5.3-inch Full HD LCD panel for smartphones with just 0.7mm bezel on the sides. The company introduced world’s slimmest 5.2-inch 1080p smartphone display last year, which was just 2.2mm thin with a 2.3mm bezel. The new smartphone display becomes the world’s narrow bezel display panel,  narrower than the 0.8mm thickness of a credit card. Sharp introduced the Aquos Crystal and Aquos Crystal X smartphones recently, which had minimal bezel. Continue reading “LG Display announces 5.3-inch 1080p smartphone display with 0.7mm ultra narrow bezel”

Google Nexus 6 goes up for pre-order and runs out of stock

Google’s latest flagship smartphone Nexus 6 went up for pre-order on Google Play Store. However, the phone was sold out within 30 minutes.That includes both the Midnight Blue and Cloud White colors in both the 32 GB and 64 GB options.

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Global variant of Motorola Droid Turbo likely to be launched as Moto Maxx

Motorola unveiled the Verizon Droid Turbo two days back in the US. Now, the company is sending out invitation for launch event of the Droid Turbo in Brazil on November 5.

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Microsoft Band, a $199 fitness tracker and Microsoft Health platform announced

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Microsoft just announced the Microsoft Band, the company’s first fitness band and the new Microsoft Health platform. The Microsoft Band has 10 smart sensors, including a UV sensor for sun exposure and a galvanic skin response measurement.  It offers heart rate monitoring, fitness tracking, sleep quality tracking and more. It also offers notifications for your including incoming calls, emails, texts and more as well as access to Cortana. Continue reading “Microsoft Band, a $199 fitness tracker and Microsoft Health platform announced”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Unboxing

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 went on sale in India last week for Rs. 20,900. Here we have the device for unboxing of the smartphone. Last year Samsung launched the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3, this year the company decided to launch only one device and call it just the Mega 2. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 Unboxing”

Huawei Honor X1 Photo Gallery

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Huawei launched the Honor X1 tablet in India last week at a price tag of Rs. 19,990. This was introduced as MediaPad X1 back in MWC 2014 earlier this year. We brought you the hands-on impressions of the tablet from the event, here we have the photo gallery of the Honor X1 tablet.

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Jabra Storm Bluetooth Headset with microPOWER technology launched in India for Rs. 4499

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Jabra has launched Jabra Storm, the latest Bluetooth Headset with new microPOWER battery technology that reduces the size of the headset and boosts the battery efficiency for up to 10 hours of talk time. It has offers crystal clear voice at both ends of the call due to advanced sound enhancement technologies and wind noise blackout that shields your conversation from gusts of wind. Continue reading “Jabra Storm Bluetooth Headset with microPOWER technology launched in India for Rs. 4499”

LG reports Q3 2014 earnings, record 16.8 million smartphones shipped

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LG Electronics has announced their earnings for Q3 2014, in which it has reported net profit of 203 billion Won (US$ 194 million) with operating profits of 461.3 billion Won (US$ 449.61 million). Both the operating profits and net profits were down compared to last quarter, but the these have doubled compared to the quarter a year earlier. Continue reading “LG reports Q3 2014 earnings, record 16.8 million smartphones shipped”

YouTube debuts WatchMe for Android, brings live broadcasting to apps

YouTube has released a new open source project that will allow developers to integrate live streaming into their apps. Dubbed as WatchMe, the project is available on GitHub.

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Huawei Honor 4X with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC announced

Huawei Honor 4X

Huawei has announced the Honor 4X smartphone for the Chinese market. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI 3.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and even has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4X with 5.5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC announced”