Toshiba Corporation has announced that they are working on Bright Mode, their new CMOS image sensor technology that lets users to record Full HD videos at 240 frames per second (fps) on their smartphones and tablets for high quality slow motion playback. Continue reading “Toshiba Bright Mode CMOS image sensor tech announced, offers 240 fps Equivalent 1080p video recording”
ZTE announced the ECO-MOBIUS modular phone concept last year, even before the Motorola Project Ara . It even won Red Dot 2013 award for the best concept design. We got a to check out the ZTE ECO-MOBIUS at the CES 2014. The ECO-MOBIUS concept divides the phone into four independent modules – display, core, battery, and camera. These modules can be replaced or assembled easily via sliding tracks. Continue reading “ZTE ECO-MOBIUS Modular Smartphone Concept First Look”
After the Asha 500 and Asha 502 Dual SIM smartphones, the Asha 503 is now on sale in India from official Nokia Shop. It has a 3.0-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) display and runs on the latest Nokia Asha software platform v1.1 with Swipe UI. It packs a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash, has Dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. We went hands on with the phone at the Nokia World back in October, where it was announced. Check out the hands-on below. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 503 Dual SIM phone with 3G goes on sale in India for Rs. 6683”
We have seen Samsung use the Neo branding for many of its mid range phones but it seems like they will be affixing it to popular high end models too. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo, which looks like a cheaper Note 3 in the making has just been revealed, with full specifications in tow thanks to leaked internal documents acquired by GSMArena. Samsung has a habit of refreshing older models with new names and slightly refreshed specs and that seems to be exactly what’s happening here. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo is basically a Note 2 with some modifications underneath, with one of the major changes being the processor. According to the leak, the Note 3 neo will have the first Hexa Core big.LITTLE Exynos processor inside, which might make things interesting.
Kodak, the forgotten camera maker known for its film-based point and shoot cameras, has just unveiled its latest entrant into a surprisingly new segment. Remember the Sony QX range of Smart lenses? Kodak wants to take on that newly created market with its PixPro Smart lenses. The idea is exactly the same, we have a lens unit, complete with a sensor, storage unit and dedicated shooting capabilities but lacks a viewfinder, that will in turn be present on your Android or iOS smartphone. Kodak plans to offer a range of lenses with this idea that eventually will offer long zoom capabilities(10x zoom – SL10 and 25x zoom – SL25) on your smartphone, just like Sony’s QX series.
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The Nokia Android phone might be like the unobtanium from Pandora but we keep seeing more and more of it these days. Purported images of the Nokia Android Phone have leaked out in the form of UI screenshots, pasted on the infamous Normandy device. Looking very much like a recent Asha phone, the Nokia Normandy shows off its calling UI Viber, the lockscreen and the Skype app, which is very similar to the one on Android. The project is supposedly shelved, as this was rumoured to be a skunkworks thing inside Nokia headed by designer Peter Skillman, who now heads Here, the part that was not bought out by Microsoft during the acquisition. So yet again, we are left wanting for this unattainable device.
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Samsung announced the Galaxy Camera 2, successor of the first Galaxy Camera ahead of CES last week. We got some hands on time with the Galaxy Camera 2 at the CES this week. The Galaxy Camera 2 has a 16.3 Megapixel 1/2.3″ BSI CMOS sensor and has the same 21x Optical Zoom Lens along with Xenon Flash and OIS support. This has a leather texture on its body that is completely different from the plastic body in the first Galaxy camera. It also weighs a bit lesser than its predecessor.
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Coolpad, popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer has showcased the Coolpad Halo, the world’s first smartphone to feature a 7-inch full HD display and a Octa-Core processor at the International CES 2014 in Las Vegas. It has a 7-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Coolpad Halo with 7-inch Full HD display, Octa-Core processor announced”
Micromax, the popular Android smartphone manufacturer in India, has stepped into a much bigger and broader category of products in CES 2014. Micromax announced their arrival into the Laptop niche with a very interesting product. At CES 2014, Micromax unveiled the Micromax Canvas LapTab which can be used both as a laptop and a tablet and runs both Android and Windows 8.1 Pro. We went hands on with the device and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas LapTab Hands On”
Among the many useful and buyable gadgets at the CES 2014, we came across the HTC One Gold Edition. Sometime during 2013, HTC announced a Gold Edition. Unlike the gold color variants from other manufactures, the HTC One Gold Edition is made out of pure gold and it went on sale for 2,750GBP(approx Rs. 2,80,000). We go hands on with this gold clad device and you can check out the video right below.
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Sony Xperia Z1 compact that was unveiled at the CES 2014, has been priced in the UK. Clove UK has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone in UK. The Xperia Z1 Compact is the Global variant of the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F) that bring all the Xperia Z1 features in a compact form factor. It has a bright 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Compact price revealed for UK, coming mid-February”
Sony launched their current flagship – Sony Xperia Z1 in September, 2013 during IFA and it has been the company’s flagship till now. Last year at CES 2013, Sony had announced their twin flagships – Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL, and hence we expected there was some speculation that Sony will be unveiling something in the smartphone category at CES 2014. We were right, they did announce a smartphone with top of the line specifications, but it isn’t exactly the company’s flagship. They announced the Sony Xperia Z1s or Xperia Z1 for T-Mobile which is the entire Sony Xperia Z1 package. Check out our hands on video with the Sony Xperia Z1s right below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1s Hands on”
Last year at CES 2013, Huawei announced the first 6inch + phablet in the form of Huawei Ascend Mate and this year too, they have a 6inch + phablet which is the successor of Ascend Mate. At CES 2014, Huawei unveiled the Ascend Mate 2 4G. We went hands on with the huge phablet and you can check out the video right below. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend Mate 2 Hands On”
Samsung has finally started rolling out Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update for the Indian Galaxy S3 users. The update brings, Galaxy Gear support, improved Samsung Keyboard, new GPU drivers, New S-Voice (from Galaxy S4) and lots more. Samsung paused the roll out globally in November last year due to software issues weeks after the roll out and resumed it early December. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 gets Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update in India finally”
After LG and Sony, Razer has introduced Razer Nabu SmartBand at the International CES. Razer calls it has the world’s smartest wristband. It offers notifications from iPhone or Android smartphones smartphone on tiny OLED screens and also tracks selected personal information. Razer says it’s and open platform so that third-party developers can create applications for personal, physical and geographical data. Continue reading “Razer Nabu SmartBand with dual OLED screens announced, offers notifications from Android and iOS devices”
