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Oppo to kickstart Indian operations on January 30th with the launch of N1

Oppo, the Chinese consumer electronics company, known for its popular smartphones like the Find 5 and the N1, has just sent out invites for an event where it will kickstart its Indian operations – Oppo Mobile India Private Limited, with the launch of its flagship device – the Oppo N1. While the invite doesn’t mention the launch of N1, FoneArena has confirmed that the company is indeed launching the device at the event. It is also really interesting to note that Oppo has courted Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan and Sonam Kapoor for increasing brand awareness in the country. Almost all the mobile phone companies have courted stars from Bollywood and Cricket to promote their brands and Oppo is no exception.

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GTA San Andreas makes its way onto Windows Phone with a select few supported devices

Grand Theft Auto is possibly one of the most controversial yet celebrated game franchises in the history of gamerkind. The company behind the series, Rockstar games, started releasing, or letting others port its games over to mobile platforms like iOS and Android. GTA III and Vice City released on both the platforms while availability still evaded the third ecosystem – Windows Phone. But when the company announced San Andreas for mobile, Windows Phone was surprisingly in the mix of platforms supported. Keeping up that promise, the company, through Wardrum studios which developed the iOS and Android versions, has made the game available on the Windows Phone store. However, the game is listed to support only a select few devices at the moment and costs a cool 6.99 USD. Head past the break for more details, and here is a gameplay video of us playing GTA San Andreas on a mobile platform –

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Ericsson and Samsung settle patent related legal disputes with license agreement

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Earlier today Samsung announced that they have signed a deal with Google for sharing their license for 10 years. Now Samsung and Ericsson have entered into a license agreement to settle all ongoing patent related legal disputes. This agreement covers patents relating to GSM, UMTS, and LTE standards for both networks and handsets. Continue reading “Ericsson and Samsung settle patent related legal disputes with license agreement”

Intex Aqua Curve with 5-inch qHD OGS display launched for Rs. 12490

Intex Aqua Curve

Intex Aqua Curve, that appeared on the official website, has been officially launched by the company. It has a 5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen curved glass display based on One-glass-Solution (OGS), powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Curve with 5-inch qHD OGS display launched for Rs. 12490”

Samsung, Google sign a 10-year patent agreement

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Samsung and Google has signed a 10 year global patent cross-license agreement that would cover technologies and business areas. This will strengthen their patent position against patent infringement against other, especially Apple. Back in 2012, Samsung paid $1.05 billion to Apple in damages for infringing several patents owned by Apple. Continue reading “Samsung, Google sign a 10-year patent agreement”

LG Mobile sells 13.2 million phones this quarter, posts increased revenues thanks to G2 and Nexus 5

LG, a company which was known to be struggling in the mobile industry just a few years back, has posted strong results for the fourth quarter of 2013 today. It has been a grand revival of sorts for the company which has seen great releases last year in the LG G2 and the Google Nexus 5. Incidentally, LG confirms that these exact two devices have contributed massively to the improvements in its mobile revenue over the quarter as well as over the year. The numbers for QoQ increase in revenues are 18% – 3.38 bn USD, while yoy numbers are more encouraging at 29% – 11.85 billion USD. LG has quickly become one of the more interesting Android OEMs in the recent times and the numbers clearly reflect that.

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Lenovo K7T Kingdom with 2K display, 3GB RAM and Snapdragon 800 shows up in Benchmarks

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Lenovo K7T (Kingdom) has surfaced in AnTuTu Benchmarks in China. After the Lenovo Vibe X and the Vibe Z smartphones with full HD display, the K7T would be the first smartphone from the company to sport a a 2K display with a resolution of 2560×1400 pixels. According to the leaked benchmark screenshot, it would come with 3GB RAM and a 2.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with Adreno 330 GPU. It is expected to run on Android 4.4.1 (KitKat). Continue reading “Lenovo K7T Kingdom with 2K display, 3GB RAM and Snapdragon 800 shows up in Benchmarks”

Micromax Canvas Tube A118R with 5.5-inch display launching soon

Micromax Canvas Tube A118R

Micromax forayed into Russian market last week and unveiled a range of smartphones in its Canvas and Bolt series. The company announced the Canvas Knight A350 with a 5-inch 1080p display in Russia, it would also launch the Canvas Tube A118R with a 5.5-inch display soon. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
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LG G Pro 2 confirmed, to launch in February

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LG Electronics has confirmed the G Pro’s successor, the LG G Pro 2 after the rumors. This would be the company’s next high-end smartphone in the G Series, after the G, G Pro and the G 2. LG has confirmed that the combined domestic sales of these three exceeded 1 million. The LG G Pro sales has crossed 100 thousand units in Korea, says. Continue reading “LG G Pro 2 confirmed, to launch in February”

Xolo Play Tegra Note Review

Seven inch tablets are a dime and a dozen however finding one that delivers compelling performance at a competitive price point is still rather elusive. Enter the Tegra Note 7. Powered by a blazing fast Tegra 4 chip and boasting of strong gaming credentials, the Tegra Note 7 promises the sky. But can it deliver? We find out in our review. Continue reading “Xolo Play Tegra Note Review”

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 with 4.7-inch HD display now available for Rs. 14490

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 that was spotted online recently, is now available from Flipkart. It has a 4.69-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Camerazzi Camera app similar to the Canvas Turbo that lets you create GIF Cinemagraph and remove unwanted objects with Object Eraser. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 with 4.7-inch HD display now available for Rs. 14490”

BBM Voice to be available on Android, iOS starting February

BlackBerry’s popular instant messaging service, BBM, introduced voice calls support early last year to help it compete with more feature packed rivals. Alongside voice calls, it also brought in an interesting new Channels feature that lets users create groups to share content, location information. These features have so far been exclusive to BlackBerry devices.

We first spotted BBM Voice support for Android in the beta channels. Krishadeep Baruah, Senior Director of channel marketing in APAC for BlackBerry has now revealed that an update coming sometime next month will bring both the features to Android, iOS users. Revealed in an interview with the Times of India, Baruah also claims that video calling features too will be available across platforms later this year. BBM Voice will make it a compelling alternatives to the likes of Viber and Line given its sizeable userbase and popularity in India.

As the company’s market share drops, it aims to create new revenue streams through private BBM channels. The report goes on to state that Indian brands like Airtel, Cafe Coffee Day and Gaana.com have already launched their channels. Expect to see the application being updated sometime next month. Will BBM Voice, Channels support make you shift over from WhatsApp / Viber / WeChat or whatever other service you’re currently using? Sound off in the comments section!

[Via – Times of India]

Soen TRANSIT Portable Bluetooth Speaker Review

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Soen Audio, a US-based company launched TRANSIT, the company’s new Bluetooth speakers in India for Rs. 12,990. Here we have the speaker for review. The portable speaker is compact, has Bluetooth connectivity and also comes with built-in mic hands-free calls. Let’s check out the performance of the speaker in the detailed review. Continue reading “Soen TRANSIT Portable Bluetooth Speaker Review”

Nokia launches Season 2 of Your Wish is my App contest

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Nokia has launched the second season of the Your Wish is my App contest, which will include consumers and developers from across the globe. It launched the first season back in December 2012. It lets you submit mobile application ideas that would be developed into successful apps for the Windows Phone Store, if it wins. Continue reading “Nokia launches Season 2 of Your Wish is my App contest”

MTNL makes incoming calls free while roaming between Mumbai and Delhi

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As expected, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has launched free incoming calls for their customers in Delhi and Mumbai. This would let them attend calls from any network for free of cost, without any packs while roaming between Mumbai and Delhi. The company launched new packs for free roaming last year in these circles for free roaming. Continue reading “MTNL makes incoming calls free while roaming between Mumbai and Delhi”