Google has updated Glass with an experimental feature that will make viewing notification simple. Dubbed as Notification Glance, the feature enables Glass Explorers to simply look at the Glass to receive the notification. Prior to this users had to either tap on the touchpad or nod your head. Now, you can just glance at your screen.
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Tata DOCOMO launched Photon Max Wi-Fi dongle last year. At the launch Tata Docomo offered speeds of up to 6.2 Mbps. Today the company has announced that it has upgraded the data speed of up to 9.8Mbps for the dongle since they have upgraded their network. All existing customers will automatically be able to access the higher speeds on their network as the network upgrade will be compatible with existing Photon Max Wi-Fi devices. This is currently available for customers in Mumbai, Delhi, and Kolkata. It would be subsequently extended to 8 other metro cities. Continue reading “Tata Docomo Photon Max now offers data speed of upto 9.8 Mbps”
At the Computex 2014 event in Taipei, Asus announced a five in one convertible that tries to bring together a Windows tablet, a Windows Laptop, an Android laptop, an Android tablet and an Android smartphone into a single device. We have seen Windows convertibles, Android convertibles and Windows/Android dual boot Transformers until now, but by bringing the concept of a Padfone into the Windows/Android dual boot system, Asus is a taking a completely new direction.
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With its new octa core offering, Panasonic is trying to break into the upper mid range category dominated by the likes of Micromax and Karbonn. The unique selling point here is the presence of an octa core chipset and the promise of superior construction. The internals are fairly consistent with most of the competition including the Micromax Knight. Continue reading “Panasonic P81 Review”
Google is blending in the Brazil Football WorldCup fever in its own way. The search engine giant has added all the 12 WorldCup stadiums in Brazil on Street View. This feature will enable football enthusiast to explore the stadiums which will be hosts of the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup.
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Gionee launched the Elife S5.5, the world’s slimmest smartphone in India back in March that went on sale recently. We already brought you the unboxing of the device. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1.66 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor which has 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs and is based on 28nm HPM. It has a Mali 450-MP4 GPU, comes with a 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Amigo 2.0 UI on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark results below.
Acer unveiled the Liquid X1 last week, ahead of this week’s Computex 2014 in Taipei. We got to check out the smartphone. It is powered by a octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and also has 4G LTE connectivity. It feature a large 5.7-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with custom UI on top, similar to most other smartphones that were launched at the event. Check out the hands on below.
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It’s that time of the month when Google releases its monthly Android distribution numbers. KitKat’s share is consistently increasing for the past two months and now, Google’s latest version of Android is present on 13.6% . This is up from 8.5% in May and 5.3% in April.
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Videocon Telecom has announced that it has partnered with Huawei to implement 4G LTE-ready Packet Core technology. Under this partnership, Videocon Telecom would use Huawei’s Evolved Packet Core (EPC) technology for the Core Network that would allow them to cater to its nationwide 4G data services rollout. Huawei is one of the world’s leading LTE-EPC solution providers. Continue reading “Videocon Telecom ties up with Huawei to use its EPC technology for 4G LTE”
Lenovo A7-50, the company’s latest tablet is now on sale in India through the official online store. It was announced back in April along with a range of tablets. It has a 7-inch (1280 x 800) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8382 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) that is upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo A7-50 with 7-inch HD display, voice calling goes on sale in India for Rs. 15499”
Temple Run has touched a new milestone by clocking over 1 billion downloads across all platforms since its inception in 2011. The popular mobile gaming sensation is a product of Imangi Studios and includes the original series and sequel Temple Run 2. This is only the second game after Rovio’s Angry Birds to cross 1 billion downloads.
Xolo has started releasing kernel source for its smartphones starting from the Xolo Q1100 powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor. The company’s development team has posted the kernel source code for the smartphone on sourceforge. This was first reported by AndroidOS.in. Continue reading “Xolo releases kernel source for Q1100”
At the Computex 2014 event in Taipei, Asus announced a triple SIM Android smartphone in the form of the Acer Liquid E700. The Acer Liquid E700 is a mid-range Android smartphone and is one among the sea of midrange smartphones powered by MediaTek’s MT6582 SoC.
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Google is updating Hangouts with small but key features. Users can now assign custom ringtones for individual contacts which is a much needed feature that was absent on Hangouts for a long time.
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Oppo Mobile India has just sent us a press invite for the launch of the Oppo Find 7 on June 11th as it promised back in April. It is the company’s flagship smartphone that was announced back in March. The Find 7 has a 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD 538ppi LTPS display with Corning gorilla glass protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Color OS on top. Continue reading “Oppo Find 7 launching in India on June 11th”
