Spice Stellar 360 with 3.5-inch touch screen, QWERTY keyboard launched for Rs. 4799

Spice Stellar 360

S Mobility has launched Spice Stellar 360, the company’s latest smartphone in the Stellar series with a physical QWERTY keyboard. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, 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 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support, similar to other Spice smartphones. Continue reading “Spice Stellar 360 with 3.5-inch touch screen, QWERTY keyboard launched for Rs. 4799”

Samsung Galaxy W with 7-inch HD display, LTE-A official

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After several rumors Samsung has finally made the Samsung Galaxy W phablet official in Korea. It has a 7-inch (1280×720 pixels) TFT display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Multi Window, S Planner , Pop up Play and also support Landscape mode in the homescreen. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy W with 7-inch HD display, LTE-A official”

Motorola Mobility to shut down Texas smartphone factory

Motorola Mobility will shut down its smartphone factory at Fort Worth, Texas by the end of this year. According to the Wall Street Journal, the plant which was opened in May 2013 had 3,800 workers, which has now reduced to 700 employees. The factory primarily assembled the Moto X, Motorola’s high-end smartphone.

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New Asus MeMO Pad 8 with 8-inch full HD display, Android 4.4 and LTE announced

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Asus has announced  MeMO Pad 8 (ME581CL), a refreshed version of last year’s  MeMO Pad 8 at the Computex 2014. It has a 8-inch (1200×1920 pixels) IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3, powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Zen UI on top. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “New Asus MeMO Pad 8 with 8-inch full HD display, Android 4.4 and LTE announced”

Google to reportedly debut Android TV with ‘Pano’ UI at I/O this month

We have heard rumors about Google working on an entertainment platform like Android TV for quite some time now. However, according to a new report from GigaOm, Google will introduce the Android TV at the I/O conference this month. The report claims that the new platform will be a revamped version of Google TV platform and will focus mainly on bringing online media content and Android gaming to televisions rather than concentrating on the ‘apps for TV’.

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Samsung Z first Tizen-powered smartphone announced

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Few months after launching a range of Tizen powered wearable devices, Samsung has just announced the Samsung Z, the company’s first smartphone powered by Tizen OS 2.2.1. It has a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display and is powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core processor. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has a built-in fingerprint sensor and Heart rate sensor, similar to the Galaxy S5. Continue reading “Samsung Z first Tizen-powered smartphone announced”

HP SlateBook 14-inch Android laptop goes official

HP has announced a 14 inch Android powered laptop that is dubbed as SlateBook PC. Priced at $399, the laptop has a 14-inch FHD (1080p) touchscreen display with NVIDIA Tegra 4 under the hood. It is 16 millimeters thick and weighs just around 3.75 pounds (1.7 kg). The SlateBook 14 laptop was first leaked online in April this year.

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Gionee Elife S5.5 Unboxing

Back in February, just ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Gionee announced the Elife S5.5 which is currently the slimmest smartphone. The Gionee Elife S5.5 comes with a Full HD AMOLED display and is powered by MediaTek’s Octa-core SoC. It also comes with a 13MP camera module on the back. The device is super thin and today, we have the device at our office and we will be bringing you the unboxing.

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Oppo Find 7a Camera Samples

Oppo Find 7a is one of the successors of the popular Oppo Find 5. Oppo Find 7a comes with a 13MP rear camera that can record 4K videos thanks to the Snapdragon 801 SoC inside it. There is a also a 5MP front camera that was designed for video chatting, but is being used these days for “selfies”. The Oppo Find 5 too had a 13MP rear shooter and it was a very capable one. The Oppo Find 7a is arriving a year later than the Find 5 and lets check out how improved the camera on the Oppo Find 7a is.

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The 13MP rear camera can definitely take some great photos as we found out in our review of the Find 7a. Oppo has done a great job in the camera department of the Find 7a. You can find the camera samples right below. Use CTRL+CLICK to open the full resolution images in a new tab.

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You can check out the 4K video sample from the Oppo Find 7a right below

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As you can see above, the 4K video samples is full of colors and details. The Oppo Find 7a definitely has one of the best 13MP camera modules on a smartphone and the software algorithm seems to complement the camera performance.

Xolo Q600s with quad-core Broadcom processor and Android 4.4 officially launched for Rs. 8499

Xolo Q600s

Xolo has officially launched the Q600s, the company’s latest budget smartphone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It went on sale online earlier this week and packs a  4.5-inch qHD  display based on One Glass Solution (OGS), powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Broadcom processor and has 1GB of RAM. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. This would compete with Moto E, Micromax Unite 2 A106 and the Lava Iris X1. Continue reading “Xolo Q600s with quad-core Broadcom processor and Android 4.4 officially launched for Rs. 8499”

Lava Iris Pro 20 Review

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The Lava Iris Pro 20 is a slightly stripped down version of the Lava Iris Pro 30 which was launched earlier this year. The Lava Iris Pro 20 looks very much like its big brother Lava Iris Pro 30 and both the Iris Pro phones look like the iPhone. The specifications of the Lava Iris Pro 20 are on the lower mid-range side and for Rs.12,999, lets check out how it performs.

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Japan Display introduces 7-inch WQXGA display with WhiteMagic technology

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Japan Display Inc. has announced a 7-inch wide QXGA (1600 x 2560 pixels) LCD panel for tablets. This LTPS (Low temperature polysilicon) type display has a new WhiteMagic technology that promises low power consumption and high visibility under sunlight. This uses edge-lit method, in which the LEDs are placed at the edges of the lightguide plate. This can reduce the module of up to 1.16 mm. We had already seen this WhiteMagic technology on the Sony Xperia P, but this also uses new local dimming backlight along with this. Continue reading “Japan Display introduces 7-inch WQXGA display with WhiteMagic technology”

MediaTek MT8127 quad-core SoC with Mali-450 MP4 GPU announced for tablets

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MediaTek has just announced MT8127, the company’s latest quad-core SoC for tablets and it is aimed at super-mid markets. It has four ARM Cortex A7 cores, each clocked up to 1.5 GHz and has a quad-core ARM Mali-450 MP4 GPU. Other features include full hardware support for the HEVC (H.265) video playback standard, support for up to 13MP camera module, Full HD 1080p video recording and playback and more. Continue reading “MediaTek MT8127 quad-core SoC with Mali-450 MP4 GPU announced for tablets”

Swipe MTV Slash 4X Review

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Swipe Telecom partnered with MTV India to launch the Swipe MTV Slash 4X phablet earlier this year at a price tag of Rs. 9,999. We brought you the unboxing recently. It has Dual SIM support, voice calling and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Is the tablet worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Swipe MTV Slash 4X Review”

Windows Phone 8.1’s official file manager finds its way to the store

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Back when Joe Belfiore took part in an AMA on Reddit, for Windows Phone 8.1, he revealed that Microsoft had an official File Manager app ready and it will be coming soon. That day has arrived, as the “Files” app has made its way on to the store. With the new WinRT APIs for 8.1, Microsoft had enabled the file picker and file access for third party apps, and it was only about time that they made a first party app too. This should have been released along with the operating system, but hey, at least we get full file management on Windows Phone now. Grab it from the link below, from the Windows Phone Store –

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