Nokia is all ready to be acquired by Microsoft and it has probably held its final independent event at Abu Dhabi during late 2013. The CES 2014 was over a couple of weeks ago and there was no presence of the Finnish company. Nokia usually waits for the MWC to make itself known and it has sent out invites for this year’s event confirming that it will be there to take wrap of a few devices.
Samsung reports profit of $7.73 billion in Q4 2013 with 9% decrease in mobile revenue
Samsung just reported its Q4 earnings for 2013, in which the company has managed to make operating profit of 8.31 trillion won ($7.73 billion) for the quarter ended December 31st. It has reported net profit of 7.30 trillion won (~US$$6.8 billion) and revenues of 59.28 trillion won, up from 59.08 trillion won in the third quarter. Mobile phone sales accounted for 32.17 trillion won, which is 9-percent down compared to the previous quarter. Operating profits in the mobile sector were 5.47 trillion won, down by 18% compared to Q3 2013. Continue reading “Samsung reports profit of $7.73 billion in Q4 2013 with 9% decrease in mobile revenue”
Xolo Q3000 Photo Gallery
Xolo Q3000 is the latest flagship from the company. It comes with a huge 5.7inch Full HD display and is powered by the infamous MediaTek MT6589T quad-core processor. One of its huge selling points is its big display and its huge 4000mAh battery. We recently unboxed the device and brought you the camera samples. Today we will be bringing you the photo gallery of this huge device.
Qualcomm acquires a big patent portfolio from HP
In a recent move by Qualcomm to gain advantage in the smartphone market, it acquired patents of Palm Inc and iPaq smartphone among the other patents from HP. The total number of patents involved in the acquisition include 1,400 granted patents and pending patent applications from the United States and about 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from other countries that include China, England, Germany, Japan and South Korea. However, there was no word on the price that Qualcomm gave for the patents.
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Basemark OS II Benchmark Performance – Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone
Rightware launchedthe Basemark OS II cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 earlier this week, here we have the benchmark comparison . Even though it uses OpenGL ES2 for Android and iOS devices and DirectX 11 for Windows Phone 8, it runs all tests with the same code in the same language and engine centralizes all user-interface elements in its internal rendering module, to make the benchmark reliable among operating systems. Check out the Basemark OS II Performance Test results on Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 8 below. Continue reading “Basemark OS II Benchmark Performance – Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone”
Nokia Lumia 525 Review
Nokia Lumia 525 Review
When the Nokia Lumia 520 was launched at the Mobile World Congress event last year, not many knew that the company just introduced its first best seller in the Lumia series. It went on to become the most popular Windows Phone ever made, for the fantastic value it offered for the money. But there was one longstanding issue that Nokia had to fix, the small amount of RAM that denied a lot of people new games and apps that were trickling down to Windows Phone.
So, in the series of upgrades that Nokia delivered to existing hardware with small changes, aka adding a 5 to the model number and re-releasing it, we now have the Lumia 525 that fixes the one issue that most wanted fixed. Hence the Lumia 525 comes with 1 GB of RAM and a minor look and feel refresh but overall retains everything else about the Lumia 520 because may be Nokia thought “why fix something that isn’t broke?”. So, how does the Lumia 525 match up to the newly re-invigorated competition, and what does the 1 GB of RAM bring? Let’s find out in our in depth review.
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Samsung Galaxy S III Neo+ Dual SIM Smartphone with Android 4.3 goes official in China
Samsung Galaxy S III Neo+ (GT-I9300I) that got certified in Tenna and FCC last month has gone official in China through Samsung website listing. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) out of the box. Other features are similar to the Galaxy S3 including a 4.8-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display, 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera. It is 8.6mm thick and weighs 132 grams. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III Neo+ Dual SIM Smartphone with Android 4.3 goes official in China”
SwiftKey Note for iOS leaked
One of the best things about Android is the ability to replace whatever you don’t like – keyboards and launchers for example. iOS has always been, is and will be a closed environment without allowing users to replace their on-screen keyboards among many other things. SwiftKey, one of the very popular Keyboard applications on the Android platform, has been repeatedly asked by its fan-base to develop something for the iOS despite the restriction being on Apple’s side.
Nokia’s Q4 2013 financial results disappoint, intense competition at the lower end to be blamed
The transition of Nokia’s Device and Services division over to Microsoft is about to be completed and the Finnish company has revealed its financial results for Q4 2013. While there has been an operating profit of Eur 408 million, this was mainly because of its NSN equipment business. Interestingly, the company declined to share numbers for sales of Windows Phone running devices however it did mention that there has been a decline over the previous quarter.
Nokia has blamed intense competition at the lower end of the spectrum for the drop in sales of both smart devices and mobile phones. Increasingly, it looks like the decision to hand over device operations to Microsoft was a good one from a financial perspective. Continue reading “Nokia’s Q4 2013 financial results disappoint, intense competition at the lower end to be blamed”
Skullcandy launches Football Club Series Headphones in India starting at Rs. 1699
Skullcandy has launched Football Club Series Headphones in India for all the football fans, though Brandeyes Distributors . These headphones and earphones series are available for a range of following football clubs such as, AC Milan (Italy), Chelsea FC (England) and Olympique de Marseille (France). Continue reading “Skullcandy launches Football Club Series Headphones in India starting at Rs. 1699”
Nokia Normandy aka Nokia A110 reportedly leaked via Indonesian FCC documents
One thing Nokia has found it tough, is to keep the Nokia Normandy under covers. There have been numerous leaks about the device and there were also rumors that the device was shelved, but it turns out that the latest development suggests that Nokia will indeed be launching the Normandy. Nokia Normandy had been identified as Nokia A110 running on Android 4.4 KitKat by GSMArena, now it has leaked at Indonesian FCC.
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Micromax enters into Russian market with new Canvas Beat and Canvas Social smartphones
Micromax has announced that they have started their operations in Russia by launching new Canvas and Bolt smartphones in the country. The company would be operating through a partnership with VVP Group, one of the leading distributors in Russia. It would launch 14 products in the Russian market in the initial phase. It had launched two new Canvas smartphones, the Micromax Canvas Beat A114R and the Canvas Social A94 in Russia. Continue reading “Micromax enters into Russian market with new Canvas Beat and Canvas Social smartphones”
Sharp Aquos mini SHL24 with 4.5-inch 1080p IGZO display, Snapdragon 800 processor announced
Sharp has unveiled Aquos mini SHL24, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aquos series for Japanese operator KDDI. The smartphone has a 4.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD IGZO screen at a pixel density of 487 ppi. It is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2. It has a 13.1-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor and a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera with BSI sensor. It also has IPX5/IPX7 ratings for water resistance. Continue reading “Sharp Aquos mini SHL24 with 4.5-inch 1080p IGZO display, Snapdragon 800 processor announced”
Aircel launches ISD 54444 1p/sec prefixed based international calling plans
Aircel has launched Aircel ISD 54444, new pre-activated ISD tariff plan that would offer international calls to USA, Canada, Singapore, China, UK at 1p/sec with no additional charges. This is available for both existing as well as new Aircel customers, but it will not be applicable while on roaming. Continue reading “Aircel launches ISD 54444 1p/sec prefixed based international calling plans”
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo press images leak, to be announced next week?
Specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo appeared online earlier this month, now SamMobile has got hold of official press renders of the phone. The phone exactly looks like the Galaxy Note 3 with S Pen stylus with similar S Pen features and also has faux leather back cover. According to earlier rumors, the Galaxy Note 3 Neo would come with a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED screen, 1.7 GHz Dual Core + 1.3 GHz Quad Core Exynos processor and Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo press images leak, to be announced next week?”