LG G2 mini specifications surface, qHD display, quad-core Snapdragon 400 CPU and Android 4.4

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LG D410, a mysterious smartphone has surfaced on GFXBench. The phone is rumored to be launched as G2 mini, which the company is reportedly working on, for 2014 launch. Earlier rumors revealed that the phone would have a 4.7-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM, but the leaked benchmark details reveal that the phone would come with a qHD (960 x 540 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8226) processor with Adreno 305 GPU and run on Android 4.4 (Kit Kat). Continue reading “LG G2 mini specifications surface, qHD display, quad-core Snapdragon 400 CPU and Android 4.4”

Sony launches 2 in 1 Dual Connector USB Drive for smartphones and tablets in India

Sony has announced and launched a very interesting USB storage device that can connect to both PCs and Smartphones. In the days where smartphone storage is becoming increasingly insufficient, Sony has launched a USB device with microUSB port on side and a regular USB port on the other. The tiny device can be used as an external storage for smartphones. Earlier this year, we unboxed a similar Verbatim USB OTG drive and Sony has followed in the footsteps of Verbatim, but have greatly reduced the size of the device making it very compact and easy to use.

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Holiday Sale: Modern Combat 4, NFS Most Wanted and more Android games at $0.99

Android Holiday Sale 2013

Lot of game developers have started their Holiday Sale with huge discounts on Android games. Warner Bros started their iOS sale earlier this week by offering some of their games at discounted rates. This Android Winter game sale lets you grab some of the best Android games at a discounted price of $0.99 each. These Android games include, Gangstar Vegas, Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour and N.O.V.A. 3 from Gameloft, Need for Speed Most Wanted by EA Mobile, Rayman Jungle Run from Ubisoft and more.

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Facebook 5.2 for Windows Phone brings improved notifications, secondary live tiles and more

Facebook 5.2 for Windows Phone

Facebook for Windows Phone has received a major update to version 5.2, that brings a lot of new features including new chat notifications, new secondary tiles for chat, events, groups, pages, and photo albums, supports for all the 50 languages that are currently supported in Windows Phone 8. Facebook 5.2 Beta for Windows Phone got these features recently, the new stable version adds all these features and also includes some bug fixes.

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Nokia Normandy leaks out in new colors

Nokia Normandy Android phone leak

Nokia phone codenamed Normandy was expected to be a large-screen Asha phone with the looks of Lumia, but the recent rumors suggested that the Nokia Normandy is an Android smartphone that Nokia is working on, which might be released in 2014. Now evleaks has posted an image of the phone in new colors. The Twitter user has also mentioned the year as 2013 in the tweet, so the phone might not be released since the year is going to end, even though earlier rumors revealed that Nokia is continuing the development of Nokia Normandy in “full steam”. Continue reading “Nokia Normandy leaks out in new colors”

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 Review

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 Review

The Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 is the much awaited successor to the S Duos which was the Samsung phone to get in the mid range not long ago. It had offered pretty much similar specifications as the Galaxy S but at a far lesser price making it a good deal, although only for a short time. Mainly because a lot of local players got aggressive with the pricing and offered a lot of better deals for a similar price, not to mention Nokia’s Lumia 520, which has been a popular device at a lesser price offering more value. With such renewed competition, Samsung hopes to offer a better deal with the Galaxy S Duos 2. How better of a deal is it? We find out in our review.

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Screenshot of Nokia’s Moneypenny Windows Phone leaked online

For quite sometime now, rumors have been floating around that Nokia is working on a dual SIM Windows Phone device. According to earlier leaks and rumors, Nokia Moneypenny is expected to be a dual SIM smartphone running Windows Phone 8.1 and is will be launched either as Lumia 630/Lumia 635.

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Android 4.3 now rolling out to Sony Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z

Recently, Sony updated their latest flagships – Sony Xperia Z1 and Sony Xperia Z Ultra to Android 4.3 Jellybean. While the whole industry is currently working on bringing Android 4.4 KitKat to its device, Sony is a little behind the curve as it is just rolling out Android 4.3 Jellybean.

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Gaana 3.0 for Android and iPhone brings redesigned UI and new features

Gaana 3.0 for iPhone

Gaana.com has updated Gaana for Android and iPhone to version 3.0 that brings new look,  faster search engine and new features that include, curated streams, social music discovery and personalization. The new Discover Section in the app showcases cherry picked playlists to suit every mood and also lets you listen to pre-programmed radio streams (Radio Mirchi streams & Gaana Radios), featuring popular Radio Jockeys’ bytes, Celebrity favorites and loads of curated music. Continue reading “Gaana 3.0 for Android and iPhone brings redesigned UI and new features”

Sony LIV app now available for BlackBerry Z10 and Z30 smartphones

Sony LiV for BlackBerry

Sony has launched Sony LIV, premium video-on-demand service for BlackBerry 10 smartphones. The Sony LIV app is available for BlackBerry Z10 and Z30 smartphones from the BlackBerry World. The app comes pre-loaded on Sony Smartphones and is also available on iPhone and Windows Phone 8 devices. It offers content from Sony TV channels such as Sony Entertainment Television, MAX, SAB, MIX, across various genres including, drama, comedy, thriller, reality shows and more. Continue reading “Sony LIV app now available for BlackBerry Z10 and Z30 smartphones”

Aircel now offers 3G video calling benefits with select data packs

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Aircel now offers video calling benefits across its 3G circles for this festive season. Aircel now offers cheaper tariffs of 1.6 paisa per second on video calls (Aircel to Aircel). The PI 29 and PI 128 data packs now offer on-net (Aircel to Aircel) video calling minutes, apart from standard data benefit . The PI 29 packs offers 10 minutes of video calling and the PI 128 packs offers 100 minutes of video calls within validity. Aircel slashed data rates on 3G packs earlier this year. These packs come with a validity of 7 days and 30 days, respectively. Cost of the pack might vary depending on the circle. Continue reading “Aircel now offers 3G video calling benefits with select data packs”

Lava 3G 402+ with 4-inch display, dual-core processor launched for Rs. 6499

Lava 3G 402 Plus

The Lava 3G 402+ that went on pre-order last week, has been officially launched in India. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 3G, Dual SIM support with dual standby, 3MP rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with 4GB of internal memory and has 512MB of RAM. an upgrade from 512MB internal memory and 256MB RAM, in the Iris 402.

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Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Hands On

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Samsung launched the Galaxy Grand 2 earlier today at an event in Mumbai. The successor of the Galaxy Grand would be priced between Rs. 22,900 and Rs. 24,900. It is already available for pre-order from the Samsung India eStore and would go on sale in the first week of January 2014. At the launch event we got some hands-on time with the device. Check out the hands-on and the first impressions below. Grand 2 users would also get free Club Samsung access for the first 3 months.  Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Hands On”

Samsung GamePad Hands on

Today, Samsung announced the successor to Samsung Galaxy Grand and also unveiled their GamePad in India. Recently we brought you information that Samsung’s GamePad went on sale in Europe and today we will be bringing you the hands-on pictures with the Samsung GamePad. Samsung has announced that the GamePad will be available in India from January 2014 and will be priced at Rs. 4,999.

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LG to show off Pocket Photo 2 Smart Mobile Printer at CES 2014

LG PD239 Pocket Photo 2

LG has unveiled Pocket Photo 2 (PD239), its new smart mobile printer and the successor of its first Pocket Photo Printer that was launched in India earlier this year. The Pocket Photo 2 is compatible with Android, iOS, and Windows 8 operating systems and can connect to these devices over Bluetooth (Bluetooth) or NFC (Near Field communication). The successor is just 20mm thick, 4mm thinner than the first Photo printer and has a slim design for better portability. Continue reading “LG to show off Pocket Photo 2 Smart Mobile Printer at CES 2014”