Vineet Taneja joins Micromax as CEO from Samsung India

Vineet Taneja

Micromax has announced that it has appointed Vineet Taneja as Chief Executive Officer. He previously served as country Head for IT & Mobile businesses of Samsung India before leaving the company few weeks back. He joined Samsung back in March 2013 and had previously served in Bharti Airtel, Nokia India (between January 2008 to April 2010) and Hindustan Lever. He will focus on consolidating Micromax’s strong presence in the market, driving global partnerships and strategic alliances while strengthening the organizational capabilities within Micromax, said the company. Continue reading “Vineet Taneja joins Micromax as CEO from Samsung India”

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to be coming with a flurry of new features

According to SamMobile, Samsung is planning to cram even more software features into its upcoming flagship phablet – Galaxy Note 4. Samsung was the first company to foray into the 5inch+ display size category successfully and it happened because of the Galaxy Note. Samsung’s Galaxy Note series has been one of the main reasons for its dominance over the Android market. Samsung Galaxy Note series devices come with latest specifications, but that doesn’t make it special.

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Micromax Canvas Engage A091 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 available online for Rs. 6199

Micromax Canvas Engage A091 Micromax launched the Unite 2 A106, the company’s first smartphone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) earlier this week, now Micromax A091, another budget smartphone with Android 4.4 has surfaced on eBay.in. This has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Engage A091 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 available online for Rs. 6199”

Microsoft announces Windows 8.1 With Bing for lower cost devices

Microsoft have announced via a blogpost that they are launching a new version of Windows called Windows 8.1 with Bing specially for lower cost and low power devices. Microsoft has been drastically changing its policies over the past few months by offering Windows for free for devices smaller than 9inches.

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Huawei Ascend D3 with almost non existent bezels leaked

Huawei is fresh from launching their latest flagship – Huawei Ascend P7 and from the leaks online, it seems that the company is in no mood to rest as they are rumored to be working on a Ascend D3 with extremely thin bezels. The Huawei Ascend D3 is expected to be the company’s flagship and also is the successor of the Ascend D2. huawei-ascend-d3 Continue reading “Huawei Ascend D3 with almost non existent bezels leaked”

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active leaked, looks like a Galaxy S5 with rugged case

Samsung Galaxy S5 is the company’s current flagship and it is only fair that we have a number of products sharing the same monicker and Samsung is not the company that holds back on naming on its devices based on their flagships. We saw a lot of smartphones with the Galaxy S4 name and now we are in a time where we can expect similar Galaxy S5 based products.

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LG G Pro 2 Benchmarks

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Last year’s LG G Pro was the Korean company’s push into the phablet category with high end specifications and practically anything you might need in a smartphone thrown under the hood. Unfortunately the phone was let down by inconsistent software. Owing to consumer trends, the successor has grown bigger still. While we’ll take a look at the over all improvements in the device in our full review, let’s take a brief look at the device’s performance in synthetic benchmarks first. Continue reading “LG G Pro 2 Benchmarks”

Lava Iris Pro 20 Photo Gallery

Lava launched their Iris Pro 20 sometime back and we recently unboxed the device. Today, we will be bringing you the photo gallery of the device. The Lava Iris Pro 20 looks a lot like the Iris Pro 30 which looks like the iPhone. The Lava Iris Pro 20 is one of the few good looking smartphones in the budget category by an Indian manufacturer.

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Samsung’s next Smartwatch can independently make calls, says report

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Samsung is making plans to introduce a new Smartwatch that can work standalone, untethered from the phone, says a report from WSJ. After having released 4 different models of wearable devices already, Samsung is planning to take it to a direction where some smaller companies have already started heading towards, which is the idea of a “Smart watch-phone”. We already heard some rumours of a Gear 2 solo, the independent smartwatch that was reportedly in the works, and the WSJ report could just be a confirmation of the smartwatch of another kind. Yes, it will be different. This kind of a smartwatch is literally a miniature phone on your wrist, which can be used to perform most of the general duties of a modern smartphone, including taking calls, checking mails, the ability to have internet connected apps and so forth.  Samsung pursuing this direction could be the desire to be a pioneer in a new category of devices, for a market that’s already been used to this idea in science fiction plots one too many.

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LG teases G3’s design, camera and display in new videos

LG G3 design teaser

LG has released three new video teasers on its official Korean website ahead of May 27th launch event. Last week’s LG G3 video teaser revealed its advanced OIS camera, brushed metal back, rear buttons, powerful (1-watt) speakers, narrow bezels and more. The new teasers reveal the phone’s metallic design again, its camera that is said to come with a unique laser beam sensor and its 5.5-inch Quad HD display. Continue reading “LG teases G3’s design, camera and display in new videos”

Sony D2403 with quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC spotted in benchmarks

Sony Xperia M2 MWC 2014 -3

Sony D2403, an unknown device has been spotted on GFXBench. This reveals the complete specifications of the smartphone. According to benchmark listing, the phone would have a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) out of the box. It would have a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sony D2403 with quad-core Snapdragon 400 SoC spotted in benchmarks”

Facebook debuts restaurant menu to Pages

Facebook wants to help you decide your next lunch or dinner destination as it has added menus to restaurant Pages. The social network is using a tool called SinglePlatform which will allow business owners to upload their entire food or beverage menu onto Facebook.

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Oppo Find 7a Review

Introduction

The Oppo Find 7a is one of the two successors of the Oppo Find 5. Oppo Find 7a is the slightly toned down variant among Oppo Find 7 and Find 7a, but by no means is short of power thanks to a Snapdragon 800 that powers the device. The Oppo Find 5 helped establish Oppo as one of the few Chinese companies which values its products and spends a lot of time on the design and build quality. Oppo Find 5 was one solidly built smartphone and the Find 7a takes after its predecessor with a similar sturdy build, but with a removable back cover, user replaceable battery and a microSD card slot. The Oppo Find 7a is available in India for Rs. 31,990 and lets check out how it competes against the slightly higher priced competition.

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iBall Andi4 IPS Tiger with quad-core processor now available for Rs. 6299

iBall Andi4 IPS Tiger

iBall Andi4 IPS Velvet and Andi4 IPS GEM went on sale recently, today the iBall Andi4 IPS Tiger is on sale on eBay.in. It has the same 4-inch (800×480 pixels) WVGA IPS screen and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to those smartphones, but this one is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, instead of dual-core processor on the other phones. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Andi4 IPS Tiger with quad-core processor now available for Rs. 6299”

Google reportedly working on 3D tablet with advanced vision under ‘Project Tango’

Google is reportedly working on tablet that boasts of advanced vision capabilities that can take precise 3D images of objects, according a latest report from the Wall Street Journal. As per the sources, the 7 inch tablet is based on technology developed within Project Tango which is supervised by Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects group.

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