Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus that were unveiled last week went on pre-order on September 12th in US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico and Singapore. Apple just announced that both these smartphones received four million pre-order in the first 24 hours. The iPhone 5 that was released back in September 2012 saw only 2 million pre-orders in the first 24 hours. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders top 4 million in first 24 hours”
Sony has launched the Xperia E3 and Xperia E3 Dual, the company’s latest smartphones in the E series. Both these smartphones were unveiled at the IFA 2014 earlier this month and come with a 4.5-inch FWVGA touch screen display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. We went hands-on with the Xperia E3 at the IFA, check out the video below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E3 and E3 Dual launched in India for Rs. 11990 and Rs. 12990”
Flipboard will soon launch a Windows Phone app, according to a statement released by the company. The popular digital magazine is already present on all major platforms like Android, iOS and Blackberry.
At present the Flipboard app has landed on Windows Phone Store in private beta and has some time for a full fledged roll out. At present it has a good collection of news sources, like CNN and Los Angeles Times, personal magazines, social sharing and so on.
“We are working on a Windows Phone version of Flipboard. While we don’t have an exact date for you, it’s on our roadmap and should be available soon”
said Flipboard in an official statement.
It must be noted that the Flipboard app on Windows Phone needs a handset with 1GB RAM. No official date about when the app will be out of beta is known as of yet.
You can download the Flipboard app from Windows Phone Store.
via:Source
It’s Android One day today and we’ve got one of the first smartphones from the program with us, the Spice Dream UNO. Spice was one of the three manufacturers chosen for the program announced at the Google’s IO conference back in June. The Indian manufacturer, along with fellow competitors Micromax and Karbonn, has launched its first Android One device today, with a lot of support from Google. The Dream UNO, which is based off a strict chassis mandated by Google has its chipset powered by MediaTek and has almost the same specifications as the other phones that launched today. Priced at Rs. 6,299, the Dream Uno fulfills the idea of Android One, an affordable high quality device with stock Android that’s set to receive updates as fast as Google delivers them, so how is the device? We captured the unboxing and the first impressions of the device in a video –
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Continue reading “Spice Dream UNO Android One Phone Unboxing and First Impressions”
Last week a report stated that Microsoft will soon replace Nokia and Windows Phone branding on its upcoming devices. Now, photo of a latest windows phone with new Windows branding has been spotted.
Continue reading “Windows Phone with new ‘Windows’ branding spotted”
Lenovo launched the A7-30 tablet in India in June for Rs 9979. We have already seen the unboxing of the tablet and now here is the photo gallery. Lenovo had initially announced a range of tablets in April under the A series. Continue reading “Lenovo A7-30 Photo Gallery”
LG unveiled the G3 Stylus, the company’s latest phablet with a stylus pen ahead of IFA, and it was showcased at the IFA earlier this month. Today the company has announced that it would go on sale globally beginning this week, starting from Brazil. The G3 Stylus has a 5.5-inch qHD display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG G3 Stylus to roll out globally starting this week”
Spice has launched the Dream UNO Mi-498, the company’s first Android One smartphone. It surfaced on Flipkart recently and packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with 35GB of Google Drive storage, Spice Cloud app with 10GB of storage and pre-loaded apps. Continue reading “Spice Dream UNO Android One smartphone launched for Rs. 6299”
Micromax has launched the Canvas A1, the company’s first Android One smartphone in partnership with Google, as we expected. The smartphone was teased at Google I/O back in June. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. These specifications are similar to the Android One smartphones from Spice and Karbonn, only the design of the smartphone is different. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas A1 Android One smartphone launched for Rs. 6499”
Google just announced its ambitious Android One initiative in India and launched Karbon Sparkle V smartphone. In addition, the company has announced that it is planning to brings offline access for YouTube in India.
Continue reading “YouTube to debut offline mode in India in coming weeks”
The Android One launch event, presided by Sundar Pichai, is underway in India at the moment. One of the key announcements of this new program from Google, is the addition of 9 new OEM partners and, unsurprisingly, Qualcomm chipset support. This comes after the initial announcement at Google IO, of four partners, Karbonn, Micromax and Spice being the OEMs and Mediatek chipset support, mainly targeted at the Indian market, but it seems like Android One will take the global route with the new OEMs.
Continue reading “Android One adds 9 new OEM partners and Qualcomm chipset support”
Google today launched the Android One India with three smartphones from three different manufacturers. These include, Micromax Canvas A1, Karbonn Sparkle V and Spice Dream UNO. These are priced starting from Rs. 6,299 and are based on Android One reference hardware, comes with stock Android KitKat software and will get software updates directly from Google. It has promised to provide updates for the smartphones for up to two years and also confirmed that these are some of the first phones to get the new Android L update. All these smartphones have different designs, even though the internals are similar. Continue reading “Google launches Android One smartphones in India”
Samsung announced the Galaxy Alpha last month and the company also launched Galaxy Note 4 and Note Edge at IFA, Berlin. Reports had suggested that the company is working on A series of smartphones that will include three devices viz’ the SM-A300, SM-A500 and SM-A700.
Earlier this month, specs of the SM-A500 had leaked and now few details about the SM-A300 have surfaced in GFX benchmarks and was first spotted by SamMobile. As per the benchmark, the device sports a 4.8 inch 960×540 display and runs on Android 4.4.4 KitKat out of the box. It will be powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm processor and Adreno 306 GPU (graphics processing unit). The handset will include 1 GB of RAM and 5 GB of internal storage. Other specs include a 7-megapixel rear camera that will support recording 1080p Full HD video and 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
The report further states that Samsung will likely launch the SM-A300 in third quarter of 2014.All the aforementioned three devices will be sharing the similar design language and metal build of the Galaxy Alpha. There is no word on pricing and availability of the phone from Samsung.
via:SamMobile
Karbonn has launched Sparkle V, the company’s first Android One smartphone in India. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. These specifications are similar to the Spice Android One Dream UNO Mi-498 that would also go on sale later today. Only the design and the dimensions of the smartphone are different. Continue reading “Karbonn Sparkle V Android One smartphone launched for Rs. 6399”
Motorola recently launched Moto X, Moto G and smartwatch Moto 360. Now, it looks like the company is teaming up with Verizon for a new handset.
