LINE, a popular messaging service has launched LINE Premium Call for Android. This lets users make calls to landlines and mobile devices to over 200 countries without any initial set up. The iOS app that was updated earlier this month brought this feature. It has enhanced voice quality which allows users to talk for long without any voice breakage, says the company. Continue reading “LINE for Android gets Premium Call feature for domestic and international calls”
Samsung has launched the NX Mini Smart Camera in India on Amazon. It is the world’s slimmest and lightest interchangeable-lens camera, says Samsung. It was announced back in March and has a new 20.5 Megapixel BSI-CMOS sensor for crisp and better low-light images. It also has NFC and Wi-Fi capabilities. Samsung has also launched NX-M 9mm F3.5 ED lens and NX-M9-27mm F3.5-5.6 ED OIS lens. These are light-weight lenses that goes with the NX mini. Continue reading “Samsung NX Mini interchangeable-lens smart camera launched in India”
ARCHOS has unveiled 50b Platinum, 45c Platinum Android smartphones, 101 Oxygen Android tablet, 40 Cesium Windows Phone 8 smartphone and the 80 Cesium Windows 8.1 tablet. The ARCHOS 50b Platinum has a 5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ARCHOS unveils new Android and Windows Phone smartphones and an affordable Windows 8 tablet”
Google has updated its News & Weather app to version 2.0 after several years when it was believed to be abandoned. The major update brings new design that now has white everywhere, instead of black. It now shows Google Now-style cards for weather information and news. It also introduces resizable homescreen widgets in 4×1 and 2×3 options. The large widget includes five-day forecast and a scrolling list of news stories. Continue reading “Google News & Weather 2.0 for Android brings new design and features”
Vodafone India has launched Vodafone Tuesdays, a new offer for its customers in Delhi-NCR region. This lets Vodafone customers in the region enjoy buy one get one offer from some exciting brands every Tuesday. This ranges from restaurants, salons and entertainment theme parks. Vodafone has tied-up with Costa Coffee, Pizza Hut, Geetanjali Salon, Vaango, Mad Over Donuts, Bikanerwala, World of Wonders & Splash Water Park for this offer. Continue reading “Vodafone Tuesdays Buy one Get One Free offer launched in Delhi & NCR”
Flipkart has launched five new tablets powered by dual-core Clover Trail+ Intel Atom processors in the Digiflip Pro series as expected. The entry-level Digiflip Pro ET 701 has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) IPS display, Digiflip Pro XT811 and XT801 tablets have a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) HD IPS display, Digiflip Pro XT911 and XT901 tablets have a 8.9-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) full HD IPS display. Continue reading “Flipkart Digiflip Pro ET701, XT811, XT801, XT911 and XT901 Intel Atom-powered tablets launched, starts at Rs. 5999”
Instagram has launched Hyperlapse, a new app to capture high-quality time lapse videos even while in motion. It uses built-in stabilization technology to capture time lapses when you are just holding the device in your hand. You can choose playback speed between 1x-12x. The app doesn’t require you to create an instagram account.
HTC has announced Desire 510, the company’s latest smartphones in the desire series with 4G LTE connectivity. It is also the company’s first smartphone powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor based on 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 and has Adreno 306 GPU. It has 4.7 inch FWVGA screen, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense UI on top, comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC Desire 510 with Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE announced”
We had a chance to sit down with Hugo Barra, Vice President of Xiaomi Global and clarify some of the burning questions surrounding the brand in the Indian market.
It’s still early days for Xiaomi in the Indian market, but they have already managed to make a name for themselves with their first product. Thanks to their flash sale model, the Mi 3 made headlines each time it went on sale. Continue reading “Exclusive: an interview with Hugo Barra – Vice President, Xiaomi Global”
Huawei unveiled Ascend P7 Arsenal Edition recently, today Huawei has confirmed its plans to launched a Ascend P7 smartphone with scratch-proof sapphire screen protection after some rumors. The upcoming iPhone 6 is rumored to feature sapphire screen protection. Kyocera recently unveiled its plans to launch a smartphone with sapphire screen. Xiaomi is reportedly working on using sapphire glass for its limited edition phone. Continue reading “Huawei to launch Ascend P7 with sapphire display”
OnePlus One’s ‘flagship killer’ status won’t stay for too long, it seems. Quite a few Chinese OEMs look keen on making phones that beat the OnePlus One, and IUNI is not just another one of those!
Continue reading “2K display, Snapdragon 801 CPU, $325 price tag: Meet the IUNI U3”
Microsoft launched the Lumia 530 Dual SIM, the company’s most affordable dual SIM Lumia smartphone in India recently, priced at Rs. 7,349. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the photo gallery and the hardware walkthrough of the smartphone.
Micromax has announced that it has started rolling out Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for the Canvas Doodle 3 A102 users. The Doodle 3 smartphone was launched back in April, running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Recently the company started selling the Canvas Doodle 3 running Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box. All the latest Micromax smartphones now comes with Android KitKat out of the box. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle 3 A102 gets Android 4.4 OTA update”
With an aim to put a curb on growing smartphone thefts, Governor Jerry Brown of California has signed the ‘Kill switch’ bill into a law. Starting July 1st, 2015, the law will require all smartphone makers to install kill switch on the phones that lets users remotely lock them in case they are stolen.
Continue reading “Smartphone ‘kill switch’ bill passed into a law in California”
iBall has launched Andi5S Cobalt3, the latest smartphone in the Cobalt series. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on one glass solution (OGS) technology, 12-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Andi5T Cobalt2 that was launched back in March. The quad-core processor has been replaced by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor and it runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “iBall Andi5S Cobalt3 with Octa-Core processor, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 12499”
