Sony Xperia A2 with 4.3-inch HD display, 20.7MP Camera, Android 4.4 announced

Sony Xperia A2

Sony unveiled the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F) for NTT Docomo in the Winter 2013 range, ahead of its international variant, Z1 Compact last year. Today Sony has announced the Xperia A2 (SO-04F), a slightly enhanced variant of the Xperia Z1f and the successor of the Xperia A (SO-04E) in their 2014 Summer lineup. It has the same 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor that we had seen on the Z1 Compact, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box. Continue reading “Sony Xperia A2 with 4.3-inch HD display, 20.7MP Camera, Android 4.4 announced”

Google Glass goes on sale in the US to general public

Now, anyone living in the US can buy Google’s flagship wearable product, the Google Glass.  Google opened sales of Glass to the US public for one day in April, making it briefly available to people. The company also launched a try and buy program for potential Glass buyers. However, this time the Explorer Program is not limited for a specific period or to specific people such as developers.

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Nexus 5 Snap Cases hits Google Play Store for $29.99

Google has launched brand new Snap Cases for the Nexus 5 users. Priced at $29.99, the Snap Cases are sleek and will protect your beloved Nexus 5 from dust, scratch and might even protect it after several drops.

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iBerry Auxus Core X8 3G tablet Unboxing

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iBerry, a manufacturer known for earlier products like the Auxus Nuclea N1 and the Nuclea N2, is now into tablets, with the Auxus Core X8 3G being one of them. Like many of its products, the Auxus Core X8 borrows heavily from Samsung, in terms of design, and that is no surprise, considering how similar the Nuclea N2 looked, with respect to the Galaxy Note 3. Here is a small time manufacturer, trying to ride on a wave created by biggies, but in the end, for some, the product alone matters, and for the price it comes at, the Auxus Core X8 has some really decent specifications and options. So, lets see what it is like on video –

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Motorola Moto E Hands On

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At an event in Delhi today, Motorola made a splash in the budget segment by making its much awaited & leaked device, the Moto E official. The phone boasts of class leading specifications and unrivaled build quality. We spent some time with the phone to gather our first impressions of the device. Read on to find out what we think about the Moto E. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E Hands On”

LG Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones to roll out starting this month

LG unveiled its wearable fitness devices, the Lifeband Touch and Heart Rate Earphones earlier this year at the CES in Las Vegas. Today LG has announced that it would start selling these starting this month in the U.S. The Lifeband Touch is a smart fitness band that also shows notifications for incoming calls and messages from your Android or iOS devices on full-touch OLED display when connected. It also lets you control music.
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Spotify finally gets a makeover on Windows Phone with new UI and features

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Spotify, one of the world’s leading streaming music services, has long neglected the Windows Phone platform, even when it already had an archaic version for the yesteryear Windows Phone 7 operating system, but times are a changing. A much needed makeover has finally happened and the update is now available for all Windows Phone 8 users. The update not only includes a visual makeover, but also new features of the service like “Spotify Radio”, a Pandora-like auto-recommendations. But the biggest catch is, the app still requires you to have a premium account, whereas free streaming is available on other platforms since the end of last year. We should hopefully see another update to address this issue.

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Motorola Moto E Photo Gallery

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At an event in New Delhi, Motorola launched it’s budget segment device i.e. the Moto E. The phone strikes an interesting balance between price and performance without sacrificing build quality either. We got to spend sometime with what could be the best device in the sub Rs. 10,000 segment and found it be surprisingly appealing. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E Photo Gallery”

Samsung is selling a 6000mAh battery pack with faux leather design for Rs. 3,599

Samsung is very well known for using an established design across the range of its devices. Last year in September at IFA, Samsung introduced the third iteration of their very successful Galaxy Note series in the form of Galaxy Note 3. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 marked an important step for Samsung in terms of product design as it dumped the glossy plastic back and used a faux leather finish with stitched leather design.

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Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM goes on sale in Thailand

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Asus unveiled the Fonepad 7 (FE170CG), a new variant of the Fonepad 7 few weeks back. Now the complete specifications of the tablet has surfaced on the official website that reveals that it would also come in dual SIM variant. This was first spotted by notebookitalia.it. The tablet went on sale in Thailand few days back. Unlike the Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM (ME175CG), the new Fonepad 7 has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also features the new Zen UI, similar to its latest Zen series smartphones. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 FE170CG with 7-inch display, Dual SIM goes on sale in Thailand”

HTC shows whats coming in Sense 6.0 update for HTC One smartphones

Ahead of releasing the Sense 6.0 update for the HTC One series of smartphones that were launched last year, HTC has given us details about what to expect in the latest update on their official website. According to the information furnished by HTC, the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update along with Sense 6.0 is in the final stages for most carriers is expected soon. The following screenshot shows the overview of the features and the status of the update.

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Panasonic P81 launching this May, teasers hint swappable covers and Smart app switch

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Panasonic has announced that it would launch Panasonic P81, the company’s upcoming phone in the P Series later this month. It has released new teaser images and a video that reveals that the smartphone would come with colorful removable back covers and new software features such as smart app switch and Multi Window. Continue reading “Panasonic P81 launching this May, teasers hint swappable covers and Smart app switch”

Microsoft Office for iPad exceeds 27 million downloads

Microsoft launched Office apps – Word, Excel and Powerpoint for iPad in March. The software and tech giant has announced that the apps have done extremely well and surpassed 27 million downloads in mere 46 days since its launch.

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