Futuremark updates 3DMark Android Benchmark app, delists devices with suspicious scores

Futuremark released the 3D mark Android benchmark app earlier this year. Since a lot of mobile manufactures are said to be cheating to show up higher scores on several benchmarks, the company has released a new update and has also announced that the company would delist devices that are suspicious. When a device is suspected of breaking the rules it is delisted. 3DMark scores from delisted devices should not be used to compare devices. Delisted devices appear unranked, and without scores, at the bottom of the 3DMark Device Channel and the Best Mobile Devices list on our website, says the company. Continue reading “Futuremark updates 3DMark Android Benchmark app, delists devices with suspicious scores”

SO.HO is a free social homescreen for Android Smartphones

SO.HO for Android
UK-based Inq Mobile has released SO.HO, a social app for Android smartphones earlier this year. The app brings all the social feeds – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc into one homescreen, that lets you conveniently view all the updates in a single place. The app is seamlessly integrated Android launcher app, and lets you tweet, update your status, ‘like’ and comment direct from your homescreen easily. It supports range of languages including Hindi. Continue reading “SO.HO is a free social homescreen for Android Smartphones”

Xolo Q2000 Benchmarks

XOLO Q2000 PHABLET UNBOXING-13

Xolo launched the Q2000, the company’s latest smartphone with a 5.5-inch display. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the device. The phone is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6589W processor clocked at 1.2 GHz with 357 MHz PowerVR SGX544 GPU. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD capacitive touch screen IPS display, 1GB of RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Let’s find out how this compete with other devices in range of synthetic benchmark tests when compared to other smartphones.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK13JQewCgs Continue reading “Xolo Q2000 Benchmarks”

Spice Pinnacle Stylus Review

Spice announced their Spice Pinnacle Stylus Mi 550 phablet sometime back in October. Spice Pinnacle Stylus falls perfectly in the mid-range phablet segment with similar specifications like the many other devices that crowd the budget range, however it sports a stylus which was seen in Micromax’s Canvas Doodle 2. Spice Pinnacle Stylus is available for Rs. 15,000 and lets check out if it is worth buying or not.

spice-pinnacle-stylus-review-21 Continue reading “Spice Pinnacle Stylus Review”

Wickedleak Wammy Titan 3 with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 3200 mAh battery launched for Rs. 16990

Wickedleak Wammy Titan 3

After the successful Wammy Passion Z+ launch earlier this year, WickedLeak has launched Wammy Titan 3, a 5.7 inch phablet with a Full HD display based on OGS technology. It is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor with Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to the Passion Z+, It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It packs 1 GB of RAM,16 GB of internal storage with expansion slot and a 3200 mAh battery. Continue reading “Wickedleak Wammy Titan 3 with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 3200 mAh battery launched for Rs. 16990”

LINE Messenger clocks 300 million users worldwide, 10 million users in India

LINE 300 Million infographic

LINE corporation, a Japanese-based company has announced that LINE has crossed over 300 million users worldwide, since its launch in June 2011. Back in June Whatsapp announced that they have crossed 250 million active users,  LINE just says that they have achieved 300 million registered users. LINE was launched in India in July, and at that time the company claimed that they had 180 million users. LINE India says that they have reached 10 million users in the first 3 months after the launch, and plans to grab 20 million user share by the end of 2013. The company has posted an infographic that shows the growth of the users in numbers. Continue reading “LINE Messenger clocks 300 million users worldwide, 10 million users in India”

Samsung, HTC post kernel source for Google Play Edition handsets

nexusae0_2013-11-25-03_02_39-Open-Source-Release-Center_thumb

As the first phones get the Android 4.4 KitKat update, Samsung and HTC have both begun preparing for the roll out to Google Play Edition devices. Samsung has posted the kernel source for the GPe Galaxy S4 online at its open source website. The download size of the source is 399MB and has all the open source parts of the update. These bits will only be of use to developers as it is not available as a full system image yet. Continue reading “Samsung, HTC post kernel source for Google Play Edition handsets”

HTC announces Gold HTC One

Gold HTC One

HTC unveiled the limited edition 18 carat Gold HTC One last month. Now the company has announced the Gold colored HTC One, in addition to the already existing Silver, Black, Blue and Red colors. Apple introduced the iPhone 5s gold edition recently, BlackBerry launched the Q10 Gold Edition and even Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S4 Gold edition in Gold Brown and Gold Pink colors for select markets. Continue reading “HTC announces Gold HTC One”

Lava Iris 456 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor priced at Rs. 7018

Lava Iris 456

Lava Iris 456, the company’s new smartphone in the Iris series has surfaced on Flipkart. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 1.3MP  front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 1650 mAh battery. The Lava Iris 503 and Iris 352e went on sale earlier this month. Continue reading “Lava Iris 456 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor priced at Rs. 7018”

Karbonn Titanium S7 with 5-inch 1080p display now available for Rs. 14998


Karbonn Titanium S7 that went on pre-order online last week, is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It comes with a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The phone comes with 1GB of RAM and packs a 2600 mAh battery. It comes with Dual SIM support, similar to other Karbonn smartphones. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S7 with 5-inch 1080p display now available for Rs. 14998”

Nokia India offers up to Rs. 13500 discount on the Lumia 1020 in exchange for old smartphones

nokia-lumia-1020-unlocked-unboxing-india-2

Nokia India has introduced buyback offer for the Lumia 1020 smartphone. The company first introduced Buyback offers for the Lumia 520 and Lumia 620, and later extended it to the Lumia 925 and Lumia 625. In the Nokia Lumia Smart Buy Back offer users get Rs. 13,500 discount on Lumia 1020, in exchange for old smartphones. Since Nokia offers discounts on MRP of Rs. 49,999 instead of MOP, so the effective price after the discount is Rs. 36,499. Nokia still continues the offer on the Lumia 520, 620, 625 and the 925. Continue reading “Nokia India offers up to Rs. 13500 discount on the Lumia 1020 in exchange for old smartphones”

Moto X gets Android 4.4 KitKat via OTA update

motox-att-android-kitkat

Motorola has surprisingly updated the Moto X to Android 4.4 really quick and the OTA update just showed up on our AT&T unit which we have been happily using in India.The Android 4.4 KitKat update for the MotoX is about 326MB in size and bears the version number 140.44.5.en.US. The update was pretty straight forward and came in as a Over the Air update and installation took about 20 mins to complete. Motorola had already started rolling out the update for the Verizon version.

Continue reading “Moto X gets Android 4.4 KitKat via OTA update”

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 with 5.25-inch HD display, 1.5GB RAM, Android 4.3 announced

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

Samsung has just announced the Galaxy Grand 2, successor of the Galaxy Grand. It has a 5.25-inch (1280 x 720 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 1.9-megapixel HD front-facing camera. It comes with dual-SIM capabilities similar to previous grand and has Samsung’s unique features such as Multi Window, Story Album, S Translator, S Travel, Sound & Shot, Samsung Hub, Group Play, Samsung Link and more. It packs a 2,600 mAh battery that would offer up to 10 hours of video playback and 17 hours of calls. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 with 5.25-inch HD display, 1.5GB RAM, Android 4.3 announced”

Xolo Q900 Review

Xolo Q900-1

Xolo had already launched a lot of devices in the Q CORE series, but only the X1000 and the T1000 have a 4.7-inch HD display. The Q900 is the first device in the series with a 4.7-inch 720p display in the series. As usual this features a MT6589 quad-core chip. Is the device worth the price ? Let’s find out in the review. Continue reading “Xolo Q900 Review”

Karbonn A15+ with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 5890

Karbonn A15 Plus

The Karbonn A15+, successor of last year’s Karbonn A15 is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4.0-inch (480 × 800 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, similar to its predecessor, but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and comes with Dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Karbonn A15+ with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 5890”