Karbonn teases new smartphone launch on Sept 15, could be Android One

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Today Karbonn has started teasing a new smartphone launch on September 15. The caption reads If you ‪#‎NoHave‬ the funkiest, coolest, smartest, awesomest smart phone, then get ready to be surprised! This coincides with Google’s event on September 15th in India, where it is expected launch the first Android One smartphones.  Continue reading “Karbonn teases new smartphone launch on Sept 15, could be Android One”

New Motorola Moto G Review

Motorola, a Google owned company back then came out with a mission to educate consumers that affordability doesn’t mean creepy functionality. The first generation Moto G carried a price tag that attracted a lot of audience with its features stretching beyond what was on offer in the market and amazed its competition.

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The 2013 edition of Moto G ticked more boxes than what consumers expected and for the first time users got more than what their money deserved. Today, Moto G has a successor with improved hardware specifications, and 10 months later has Motorola done it right? Well, we have set out to find out the answer. Continue reading “New Motorola Moto G Review”

Nimbuzz for Windows Phone updated with new UI, Emojis and more

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Nimbuzz for Windows Phone has received a major update to version 2.1 that brings several new features including a new user interface. It adds Emojis, offers better Chat Room experience for a quicker access to your private chat, option to record and share audio notes with Nimbuzz contacts and also includes several bug fixes and improvements.

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Huawei Ascend Mate 2 Photo Gallery

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Huawei unveiled the Ascend Mate 2 at CES 2014 in January this year. The successor to Ascend Mate that was launched last year,  is a phablet that is 9.5mm thick and weighs 202 grams. We have already seen the Hands Onunboxing and benchmarks of the device, and here is a quick sneak peek of the phone. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend Mate 2 Photo Gallery”

Unlocked Motorola Moto X Pure Edition reportedly launching soon

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Motorola is planning to launch Moto X Pure Edition, which will be unlocked and unbranded, according to a report from The Verge. The Pure Edition will be sold by Motorola directly through its web portal and it doesn’t come with any bloatware present in the carrier branded variants. Continue reading “Unlocked Motorola Moto X Pure Edition reportedly launching soon”

Oppo Find 5 and N1 confirmed to get Android KitKat updates

Android 4.4 KitKatOppo had announced previously that the Find 5 that came to the market early last year would not be getting an update to official Android v4.4 KitKat. This sparked off a lot of controversy on the very active OPPO community. Continue reading “Oppo Find 5 and N1 confirmed to get Android KitKat updates”

Sony Xperia Z3 launching in India on September 19 [Update]

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Sony is all set to launch the Xperia Z3, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India on September 19th. It was unveiled at the IFA 2014 earlier this month and is currently on pre-order across several countries worldwide. Even though the display and the camera are similar to the Xperia Z2, the Xperia Z3 has a more brighter screen, powered by a slightly faster Snapdragon 801 SoC and runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) out of the box. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z3 launching in India on September 19 [Update]”

Xiaomi Redmi 1S Photo Gallery

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Xiaomi has been creating a lot of buzz in the smartphone market thanks to its devices that bear a very competitive price tag. The latest one from the Chinese smartphone maker is the Redmi 1S. Unveiled in July, the Redmi 1 S has been on a huge demand in India and was announced for Rs 6,999 but soon slashed the price to Rs 5,999 . We recently unboxed the device and brought you benchmarks, now we are bringing you the photo gallery. Continue reading “Xiaomi Redmi 1S Photo Gallery”

LG L Fino and L Bello global roll out begins this week

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LG unveiled the L Fino and L Bello, budget Android smartphones with 3G support in the L series few weeks back. LG also showcased these smartphones at the IFA, today the company announced that it would roll out both these smartphones globally starting this week. Both these smartphones run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and have G3-like rear buttons and premium UX software features. Continue reading “LG L Fino and L Bello global roll out begins this week”

Alcatel OneTouch Pop 8S Hands On and Photo Gallery

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Alcatel launched the Pop 8 S tablet at IFA along with a couple of other smartphone and tablets. We got our hands on the device at the event and here is the sneak peak of the device along with photo gallery. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Pop 8S Hands On and Photo Gallery”

Micromax Canvas Nitro A310 Benchmarks

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Micromax launched the Canvas Nitro A310, the company’s latest high-end Canvas smartphone earlier this week. We brought the unboxing and the photo gallery of the Canvas Nitro recently, here we have the benchmarks. 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 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). We already have quite a few smartphones in India powered by the same Octa-Core chip. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Nitro A310 Benchmarks”

Yahoo News Digest arrives on iPad

Yahoo has rolled out New Digest App on iPad that delivers twice daily digests, each consisting of eight to 12 stories based on the day’s biggest headlines.

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The new version will also include a weekly video segment from anchor Katie Couric, recapping one news story from the past week. Yahoo launched the News Digest app in January this year. It is a product of Summly acquisition made by the company last year. The News Digest app was first available on iPhone and launched on Android later in May.

The app also brings a couple of additional features for the iPad. For starters, it has been optimized for a tablet and provides a beautiful landscape experience. Users can now customize the time of receiving the news update as per their convenience. They can choose anytime between 6am to 10am for the morning digest and 5pm to 9pm for their evening digest. Prior to this, these news updates came at a fixed time – 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Finally, after reading daily digest, users can further dig in for extra content on topics including technology and entertainment. You can download the Yahoo News Digest App for iPad from the Apple App Store.

via: Yahoo Blog

Intex Aqua 4X with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 2999

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Intex has launched Aqua 4X, the company’s latest budget smartphones in the Aqua series. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua 4X with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 2999”