FAA approves use of phones or tablets through the entire period of flight in the US, should FIA follow suit?

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The myth that using personal devices, like a mobile phone or tablet, during take off or landing affect the radios of the plane, have been widely disproved but the practice of not letting consumers use their devices in that specified time is still being strictly followed, just as a precautionary measure. But, it looks like it will be a thing of the past, as the Federal Aviation Administration in the US has expeditiously approved the use of personal devices throughout the entire period of flight with minimal restrictions so as to provide the passenger with freedom of uninterrupted productivity.

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ZTE Grand S Flex with 5-inch HD display launched in Europe

ZTE Grand S Flex

ZTE introduced the Grand S Flex few months back for the Chinese market, now the company has launched the phone in the European markets, including Germany, Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Spain. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8930 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).  It has 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED Flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Grand S Flex with 5-inch HD display launched in Europe”

Micromax Canvas Turbo Photo Gallery

Micromax announced their latest flagship – Micromax Canvas Turbo without any launch event which was kind of a surprise to everyone. As expected, Micromax launched the Canvas Turbo with a Full HD display and a better quad-core processor. Micromax are sort of late to the 5inch Full HD category as Gionee Elife E6 was already launched and recently Intex Aqua i7 made its presence known(with a bunch of TV ads). Another Indian manufacturer Zen launched their Full HD smartphone – Zen 701 Ultrafone Full HD.

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Puma launches range of Over-Ear and In-Ear headphones in India starting from Rs. 1599

Puma Vortice and Pro Performance Sport

Puma has launched range of headphones including the Vortice Over-Ear headphones and range of In-ear headphones including the Pro Performance Sport, El Diego, Bulldog, Aero and Bread-N-Butter. All these headphones come with a built-in microphone for hands-free conversations. These also come in range of vibrant colors. Continue reading “Puma launches range of Over-Ear and In-Ear headphones in India starting from Rs. 1599”

Sony Xperia Z1 vs HTC One

Sony Xperia Z1 is the Japanese company’s latest flagship and it was announced at IFA 2013 in Berlin. Sony Xperia Z1 had been the victim of numerous leaks prior to launch and when Sony announced it, nothing came as a surprise – even the 20.7MP camera. The 20.7 MP is one among the key features of Xperia Z1 and it makes it the smartphone with the biggest camera sensor on an Android smartphone, even bigger than the one on the camera-phone – Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, but without the optical zoom.

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HTC One was announced in early half of 2013 during February before the MWC 2013. HTC One continues to be the company’s flagship with its 4.7inch Full HD display, solid aluminum build and it was the first smartphone to come with the UltraPixel camera that allows better low light imaging. HTC One is indeed one of the best looking Android smartphones with a solid build quality and top of the line specifications.

Today, we will be seeing how Sony’s camera centric powerful Xperia Z1 will take on the slightly older HTC One. Lets find out how they compete against each other. You can check out the entire comparison video right below.

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Google Nexus 10 coming soon to India ? Gets priced at Rs.29999

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Looks like Google is bringing one more Nexus device soon to India but in this case a slightly old tablet the Nexus 10. The Nexus 10 was announced last year along with the Nexus 7 and Nexus 4 and went on sale in November 2012. Almost a year later there is an indication of this Android tablet coming to India on the Google Play Store when there are in fact rumors about the Nexus 10 version 2. The pricing is mentioned as Rs.29999 and the same tablet is sold in USA for $399 before taxes which is roughly about Rs.27000 approximately which is a tad high for a WiFi only Android tablet. The Nexus 10 is actually made by Samsung and has some interesting specs.

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Intex Aqua i7 Photo Gallery

Intex Aqua i7 was announced way back in September, but the product has been available in the market only recently. Intex Aqua i7 is the company’s first Full HD smartphone and joins the league of MediaTek powered Full HD smartphones which already includes Gionee Elife E6, Micromax Canvas Turbo and Zen Amaze Ultrafone 701 Full HD.

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Samsung was interested in acquiring Cyanogen Mod OS, says Report

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If a report from a Chinese media publication is to be believed, Samsung was apparently interested in acquiring the Cyanogen Mod OS. The report/interview claims that these intentions eventually led to Steve Kondik, the CyanogenMod founder, to quit his day job as a software engineer at Samsung. It’s from a popular Chinese tabloid so it’s better we take this with a pinch of salt, but the news is not surprising at all. Samsung is the biggest player in Android and if recent developments like an exclusive dev event and the seemingly parallel services layer in the latest updates of Touchwiz are to be believed, their aspirations to have a separate OS, which is something like an Android fork, is not unfathomable.

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Nike+ Move app for the iPhone 5S released, uses the M7 co-processor to track your activities accurately

Nike Plus Move

Apple introduced the Nike+ Move at the September 10 iPhone 5S event, and Nike detailed the app along with the Nike+ FuelBand SE in October. The app was supposed to go live on November 6th, but it is already live. The app measures when, where and how you move and shows the NikeFuel based on your activities. You can later compare your movement with your friends or other Nike+ Move users around you.
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HTC reports Q3 2013 losses to the tune of $102 million

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HTC today published its financial report for Q3 2013 and disclosed that losses were to the tune of $102 million. The company’s revenue was $1.6 billion which is down from last year’s $2.4 billion. Gross margins too were down at 20.4%. The biggest was to the operating margin which fell from +7% to -7.4% year on year. Continue reading “HTC reports Q3 2013 losses to the tune of $102 million”

mPassport Seva for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone offers Passport related information

mPassport Seva

The Ministry of External Affairs had launched the mPassport Seva mobile app on Android platform, as a pilot, on 21st March 2013, now it has released the app for iPhone and Windows Phone devices too. The app enables Indian Citizens to access passport-related information on their smartphones including status tracking, locating a Passport Office and other general information. It is executed in Public-Private-Partnership mode with Tata Consultancy Services. Continue reading “mPassport Seva for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone offers Passport related information”

Huawei Ascend W2 with 4.3-inch display, Windows Phone 8 official

Huawei Ascend W2

Huawei has finally announced the Ascend W2, the company’s latest smartphone running on Windows Phone 8 after several rumors. It is the successor of the Ascend W1 that was announced at the CES 2013 earlier this year, and packs a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA super-sensitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.4 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8230 processor. It has a 5 MP auto focus rear camera with 720p HD video recording. The phone has capacitive touch buttons with backlight similar to the color of the phone. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend W2 with 4.3-inch display, Windows Phone 8 official”

HTC One Android 4.4 KitKat update coming to EMEA countries by January 2014

HTC already promised that they would roll out the Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for the HTC One within 90 days from the official KitKat launch on 31st October. Now the Android Community is reporting that HTC has told them that the EMEA countries (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) would get the Android 4.4 update starting from the end of January. Continue reading “HTC One Android 4.4 KitKat update coming to EMEA countries by January 2014”

HTC One SV gets the Android 4.2.2 and Sense 5.0 update

HTC One SV Android 4.2.2

HTC has started rolling out the Android 4.2.2 update (v3.11.401.1) for the International variant of the One SV starting from Croatia and other European countries. This bring Sense 5, BlinkFeed , Quick settings and lots more features. Complete changelog of the update is not available yet. Even though the phone did not launch in India, it is a good thing that HTC is bringing the Android 4.2 update for devices powered by a dual-core processor. Continue reading “HTC One SV gets the Android 4.2.2 and Sense 5.0 update”

Micromax Canvas Turbo Benchmarks

Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 Benchmarks

Micromax launched the Canvas Turbo A250, the company’s first smartphone with a 5-inch 1080p display last month. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of it. The phone has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) CGS (Continuous Grain Silicon) IPS display, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean).  Let’s find out how this compete with other devices in range of synthetic benchmark tests when compared to other smartphones with a full HD display and a similar MT6589 T including the Spice Pinnacle FHD Mi-525, Gionee Elife E6 and the Intex Aqua i7.

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