Moto G Dual SIM gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update in Malaysia and Taiwan

Moto G Dual SIM Android 4.4.2 Malaysia and Taiwan

Motorola launched the Dual SIM variant of the Moto G in Malaysia, Australia and some Asian countries last month, before launching it in India yesterday. The Android 4.4.2 update was first released for the single SIM US variant first, back in December and it started rolling out in Europe, again for the single SIM variant last month. Now the dual SIM version of the Moto G has received the KitKat update in Malaysia and Taiwan. Continue reading “Moto G Dual SIM gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update in Malaysia and Taiwan”

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 Unboxing and First Impressions

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Among many other trends, Samsung also started this “mini” variant trend, of its single flagship device in its portfolio. The idea was to offer a small screened version of the much loved flagship, at a lesser price that everyone can afford. This trend was followed by HTC with their One mini and even Sony, with their Z1 compact, which is possibly the best implementation without compromises till date. In that line of “mini” devices, we now have our own Micromax with their “mini” version of the popular flagship – Canvas Turbo. Appropriately named the Micromax Canvas Turbo mini A200, the phone takes its screen size and the specs a notch down, to compete with devices in a different price segment. Announced some time back for a price of Rs. 14,490, how does the Canvas Turbo look and what does it bring? Lets find out in our unboxing video –

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Opera 20 beta for Android brings WebRTC support, simple search and more

Opera 20 beta for Android

Opera has updated the beta version of Opera browser for Android to version 20 that brings a lot of new features including WebRTC (Real-Time Communications support) that lets the browser communicate peer-to-peer with encryption without plugins. Firefox for Android got the WebRTC support recently. This update also brings new article ticker on speed dial, simple search feature that auto completes your search results, option select phone, classic or tablet layout and more. Continue reading “Opera 20 beta for Android brings WebRTC support, simple search and more”

Google Now Launcher coming soon, not exclusive to Google Nexus 5 anymore

When Google announced Android 4.4 KitKat on their latest flagship Google Nexus 5, they showcased the then Google Experience launcher that was exclusive to Nexus 5. Google Experience launcher brought along the goodness of Google Now right into the homescreen. With Google Experience launcher, you were just a swipe away from accessing Google Now which provides contextual information cards.

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Motorola schedules an MWC appearance on February 25

Motorola is being thrown here and there in terms of ownership – first they were owned by Google and now they are in the hands of a Chinese manufacturer, Lenovo. After being acquired by Google, Motorola has managed to deliver two near stock Android smartphones – Moto X and Moto G. The Moto X was exclusively made for US while the Moto G was made for emerging countries. Moto G was launched in India on February 5th, 2014. They were just recently acquired by Lenovo.

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Sony reports net profit of $266 million in Q3 FY13, mobile sales up 44.8% YoY

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Sony Corporation today reported net profit of 27 billion yen ($266 million) profit for its third quarter that ended December 31st 2013. It has come back from a loss of 19.3 billion yen ($196.65 million) in its previous quarter. Smartphones sales increased by 44.8% in the quarter compared to Q3 FY12, which helped to improve the sales. Sony manged to ship 10.7 million Xperia smartphones in the quarter, even though it is not in the top 5 list of smartphone vendors by shipments as reported by IDC recently. This is more than 0.7 million units more compared to previous last quarter. Continue reading “Sony reports net profit of $266 million in Q3 FY13, mobile sales up 44.8% YoY”

LG G Flex becomes the first curved smartphone to launch in India, priced at Rs. 69,999/-

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LG G Flex, the world’s first curved flexible smartphone has finally made its way into India, with a price tag of Rs. 69,999, as we previously revealed. The bendable 6 inch device had taken the world by storm when it was officially announced last year, with a curved flexible display, a self healing back and the curved flexible battery being its highlights. Taking cues from LG’s own TV lineup, the curved OLED screen on the G Flex offers a panoramic movie watching experience up close, in landscape, and a better voice audibility during calls. These are the two main reasons why the curved screen exists, but it also has a flexible body overall and really thin bezels with G2-like buttons on the back, making it really unique. This is touted as LG’s most forward thinking phone yet, and definitely makes for a good showcase of technology, which LG hopes, will set the precedent for other future devices to come.

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Xolo A500 Club with 4-inch OGS display, dual front speakers launched for Rs. 7099

Xolo A500 Club

Few days after it was listed on the official website, Xolo has officially launched the A500 Club, the company’s first smartphone with dual front-facing speakers. It has a 4-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT 6572 processor with Mali 400 MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Xolo A500 Club with 4-inch OGS display, dual front speakers launched for Rs. 7099”

Xolo Q1010 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.2 coming soon

Xolo Q1010

About 8 months after the Q1000 launch, Xolo is all set to launch the Q1010. The phone has been listed on Flipkart and has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display at 295 PPI, but the MT6589 processor has been replaced by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor. It runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), comes with an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Q1010 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.2 coming soon”

BBM for Android and iPhone gets Find Friends feature

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BlackBerry has updatedthe BBM app for Android and iPhone with new Find Friends feature that lets you add people you know who are using BBM. This detects which contacts in your smartphone’s contact list are already using BBM, so that you quickly send then an invite. Continue reading “BBM for Android and iPhone gets Find Friends feature”

Mozilla teases Firefox Launcher for Android, beta testing to start soon

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Mozilla showed off Firefox Launcher for Android, the company’s upcoming launcher at the InContext Conference in San Francisco yesterday. This is a has a contextual mobile interface and uses EverythingMe’s contextual adaptive app search for a personalized and customizable Web experience. Continue reading “Mozilla teases Firefox Launcher for Android, beta testing to start soon”

Samsung and Cisco come together for a 10 year cross license deal

A few days back, Samsung and Google signed a 10 year deal for licensing patents and last week, Google and Cisco signed a cross license agreement. To complete the love triangle, Samsung and Cisco are now signing a deal for cross licensing.

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Apple reportedly hires sleep expert for iWatch

Apple filed for iWatch trademark in several countries last year, and the rumors about the company’s first iWatch started flowing in since then. Recent rumors revealed that the iOS 8 would have Healthbook fitness app, which can also collect data of a person’s blood pressure, hydration levels, heart rate with the help of iWatch. Continue reading “Apple reportedly hires sleep expert for iWatch”

Sony sells off VAIO PC division, hopes to concentrate on smartphones and tablets

Yesterday there was news floating around the Internet that Steve Jobs wanted Sony VAIO laptops to run Mac OS X back in the 2000s and also there were rumors that Sony is looking to sell of their VAIO PC division. Today, Sony has officially confirmed that they are selling off their VAIO division. Back in April 2012, Sony had announced that they will be reforming their strategy and as a part of the process, they have identified three core areas  – imaging, game and mobile business.

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Moto G sells out in less than an hour on Flipkart

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Update 6th February 2: 15PM: 16GB variant of the Moto G sold out in less than one hour after it opened the orders again. But the 8GB version is still in stock. One of our readers (Akshay Mehta) said that Flipkart has sent him an email saying that the Moto G he ordered at noon wouldn’t be shipped until next Friday, February 14th.

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Update 6th February 12:20 PM: Moto G is back on stock on Flipkart with all the launch day offers, as it promised. Flipkart says only limited stocks are available, so it might go out of stock soon.

Earlier: Motorola launched the most expected Moto G in India yesterday, in partnership with Flipkart starting at Rs. 12,499. Motorola announced that the Moto G would go on sale on Flipkart at 12 AM, February 6th. Flipkart started selling the 8GB version even before 12AM. When it opened the sales for the 16GB version, it sold out in less than an hour. It was out of stock even before people were about to checkout. Even the 8GB version sold out in a few hours.

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