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Vodafone ties up with Star India for Vodafone Sports VAS offering

Vodafone India has entered in to a strategic partnership with Star India for multi-sports offering under new Vodafone Sports portal on Vodafone Live. This lets feature phone as well as smartphone users enjoy sports content on-the-go. Powered by starsports.com, Vodafone Sports offers curated in-depth content from different sports such as Cricket, Football, Tennis and Hockey. It would cover other major sports like F1, Tennis etc in the future. Continue reading “Vodafone ties up with Star India for Vodafone Sports VAS offering”

Micromax Canvas Power A96 with 5-inch display, 4000 mAh battery now available for Rs. 9900

Micromax Canvas Power A96

Micromax Canvas Power A96, the company’s latest smartphone in the Canvas series with 4000 mAh is now available from the official Micromax Store. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Power A96 with 5-inch display, 4000 mAh battery now available for Rs. 9900”

Rovio announces Angry Birds Stella

Rovio introduced a Pink Bird named Stella in the Angry Birds seasons. The company has just announced Angry Birds Stella, an upcoming game in the Angry Birds franchise aimed at female fans. This include the main Stella bird and her group. Looks like the story would revolve around them with a similar style of Angry Birds gameplay. The game is all about inspiration, empowerment and other real issues, without forgetting entertainment and quirky fun, says Rovio. Continue reading

Intex Aqua Octa Benchmarks

Intex Aqua Octa benchmarks

Intex launched the Aqua Octa, India’s first MediaTek Octa-Core powered smartphone last month. We already brought you the unboxing of the Aqua Octa. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1.66 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor which has 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs and is based on 28nm HPM. It has a Mali 450-MP4 GPU, comes with a 6-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Intex Aqua Octa Benchmarks”

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini Review

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Micromax launched the Canvas Turbo, the company’s first smartphone with a full HD screen last year. The Canvas Turbo Mini is a smaller version of the Canvas Turbo, which has a slightly smaller HD display, a different processor, but it maintains the premium looks of the Canvas Turbo with its aluminium frame and a metal back. Is the Canvas Turbo Mini worth the price? Let us find out in the review. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini Review”

Basemark X updated to v1.1 for Android, iPhone and iPad, released for Windows Phone 8

Basemark X 1.1

Rightware launched the Basemark OS II cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 last month. Today it updated the Basemark X cross-platform benchmarking tool to version 1.1 and has also released it on Windows Phone 8. Basemark X that was released last year was based on Unity 4.0 gaming engine, the version 1.1 Unity gaming engine version 4.2.2. This also adds new features and a new test called Hangar. As usual you get configurable settings and score breakdown in results screen in the full version. Continue reading “Basemark X updated to v1.1 for Android, iPhone and iPad, released for Windows Phone 8”

Dell Venue tablets get free stylus and movie tickets in Valentine’s day offer

It’s Valentine’s day tomorrow, so a lot of companies are planning to cash in on the massive gift exchanges that will happen. Dell, which launched its new Venue range of tablets sometime last month, wants you to buy your lover one of them, and as an advantage, you will get a stylus for free. This offer will be valid for today and tomorrow only, with a free capacitive stylus and movie tickets for the day, but that’s about it. Dell had launched the Android based Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets, along with the Windows based Venue 8 Pro tablet in India, but it seems like only the Android ones are getting this offer.

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Black Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 now available in India

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Black

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 went on sale in India last month, but only the White colored phone was available at the launch. Now the Black Galaxy Grand 2 is available in India from the official Samsung India eStore. It has a leather-like back cover similar to the white version. Other specifications are exactly similar to the White one, including a 5.25-inch (1280 x 720 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS. Continue reading “Black Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 now available in India”

Lenovo reports profit of US$ 265 million in Q3 FY2013/14, 17.3 million smartphones and tablets shipped

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Lenovo has reported quarterly revenue of US$10.8 billion in their third fiscal quarter that ended December 31st, 2013. The record revenue say a 15% increase year-over-year and earnings of US$265 million, a 30% year-over-year. The company has announced that they have shipped a record 32.6 million devices in the quarter with 17.3 million smartphone and tablet shipments and 15.3 million PC shipments. Continue reading “Lenovo reports profit of US$ 265 million in Q3 FY2013/14, 17.3 million smartphones and tablets shipped”

Google Now can now directly let you call or text your loved ones

“Ok Google, Call Mom!” is now possible thanks to a new update for Google Now Voice Search. Being one of the more popular features that worked well in Apple’s Siri ever since its first release, Google Now finally steps it up in this department. The feature incorporates specific contact look up through voice, in case you have saved it by the same name, or even help you set up specific titles for you close ones. If you call it out, Google Now will pick that nick name first, and only then will look up names generally. This makes the contextual assistant more personal, and makes the process of calling so much easier. This update comes at a time when Android is gearing up to be inside cars, in which Google Now’s voice control would play a major role. With Siri already set to be inside cars, with its own mapping, Google’s efforts seem directly aimed at it.

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HP Slate 6 VoiceTab and Slate 7 VoiceTab launched in India for Rs. 22990 and Rs. 16990

HP Slate VoiceTab Series

HP has launched Slate 6 VoiceTab and Slate 7 VoiceTab, the company’s latest phablets in the VoiceTab series, as it promised last week. The HP Slate 6 VoiceTab has a 6-inch HD IPS display sporting a 1280×720 pixels resolution and the HP Slate 7 VoiceTab will have a 7-inch HD 1280×800 pixels IPS display. These devices would be powered by a quad-core processor and run on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). These also have dual SIM support, dual front-facing speakers, 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, but the Slate 7 VoiceTab lacks LED flash. Continue reading “HP Slate 6 VoiceTab and Slate 7 VoiceTab launched in India for Rs. 22990 and Rs. 16990”

LG G2 Mini to be unveiled on February 24th at MWC 2014

LG G2 Mini teaser

LG has posted some hits on their Facebook page that reveals that the LG G2 Mini would be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It says Experience the MINI. Mobile World Congress. 2014-02-24. The image shows the LG G2 along with a back of a small-sized phone with rear hardware buttons, which would probable be the LG G2 mini. Continue reading “LG G2 Mini to be unveiled on February 24th at MWC 2014”

HTC Desire 8 with 5.5-inch display, 13MP camera leaks

HTC Desire 8

HTC Desire 8, the company’s upcoming mid-range smartphone has leaked. This smartphone destined for China has a 5.5-inch screen (resolution is not available yet), has dual SIM support and packs a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Even though it has a 13MP rear camera, it doesn’t have Ultrapixel technology like the HTC One series. It also has dual front-facing speakers and is likely to come with on-screen touch buttons, eliminating the capactive touch buttons. Continue reading “HTC Desire 8 with 5.5-inch display, 13MP camera leaks”

Alleged photos of the Apple iPhone 6 leak, features a big screen with no bezels

The iPhone 6 has been rumoured to have a big screen, through multiple reports, but we may be seeing the confirmation of it right now, if the allegedly leaked photos of the Apple iPhone 6 are true. Now, we are always advised to take the Apple leaks with a pinch of salt, as excitement around the iPhones usually drive people to actually make real life concepts, but from what we have seen with leaks after the iPhone 4S, most of them have somewhat turned true and this leak might turn out the same way(Update: High chances it might be fake). The picture you see above portrays the iPhone 6 with a design similar to the iPad mini and the iPad Air, zero bezels on the sides and of course, looks to sport a bigger screen. Earlier rumours had pointed at two models, one with a 4.7 inch screen and the other with a 5.7 inch one, are we seeing the smaller variant here?

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Nokia Lumia Icon heads to Verizon, packs Snapdragon 800 processor & 5 inch 1080p display

The long rumored Nokia Lumia Icon has finally been announced and it packs quite a punch. The device that is exclusive to Verizon, combines the specifications of the Lumia 1520 with the size of the Nokia Lumia 928. The phone sports a 5 inch OLED display with a resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. Packed into the five inch frame this gives it a pixel density of 441ppi. The dimensions of the phone are fairly svelte at 5.39” x 2.79” x 0.39” inches while the weight comes in at 166 grams. The Lumia Icon is wrapped in a metallic shell with ceramic keys which should help it look and feel decidedly less plasticky compared to the Lumia 928. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia Icon heads to Verizon, packs Snapdragon 800 processor & 5 inch 1080p display”