Apple usually offers live video stream of their WWDC and other special events, but they did not offer live steam for last month’s iPhone event. Now they are offering live stream of today’s special event happening in San Francisco, USA. The stream will only work on Safari on iOS 4.2 or later on any iPhone, iPad, iPad mini or iPod touch or Safari 4 or later on a Mac running on OS X v10.6 or Apple TV. Continue reading “Apple to offer Live Video Stream for today’s event”
Way back, when evleaks had leaked the Asha 500 press image(the same one that got announced today), one icon that stood out was that of Whatsapp. The most awaited app on the platform is finally revealed as coming next month with all the new Asha devices announced today at the Nokia World. And yes, it will be coming to the only Asha SW platform based device on the market today too, the Asha 501. I have been personally holding up on recommending the Asha 501 due to the lack of Whatsapp and now it’s a huge sigh of relief that it’s finally here, at least by the next month.
Nimbuzz, popular communication and entertainment platform, has announced that they have partnered with Spectranet hello ip to offer international calling to Nimbuzz users at affordable rates. This would let Nimbuzz users in India make international calls at rates as low as 1 paise per second, which is similar domestic calling rates. This platform hosts the Spectranet hello ip dialer where users can make international calls and also buy calling credit. Continue reading “Nimbuzz partners with Spectranet to offer International calls starting at 1 paise per second”
The Nokia Lumia 1520 and the Nokia Lumia 1320 are the two new Lumia smartphones that have launched today at the Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi. Hardware differentiators like a massive screen and unibody build aside, Nokia has also announced that its own “Lumia Black” firmware will be running on top of the Windows Phone GDR3 update that started rolling out recently. This is the successor to the Amber update that is currently available for all Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices and it brings all sorts of new app experiences and improvements to the new devices launched today and eventually to other phones too. The new apps shown off today, as a part of this update are – Nokia Story Teller, Nokia Beamer and Nokia camera amongst others.
Micromax already confirmed the existence of the Canvas Turbo by signing up Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador. Now the twitter user MMXNewscaster has posted press images of the Canvas Magnus A117, the company’s upcoming Canvas Smartphone. This is rumored to come with a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It would come with a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Magnus A117 with 5-inch 720p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU press shots leak”
Alongside the Lumia 1520, Nokia also showed off a new protective cover accessory for the giant sized handset. The flip cover style accessory will double up as a stand. The protective cover is similar to the smart cover seen on the iPad and similar accessories have been seen for the BlackBerry Z10 as well. Continue reading “Nokia Protective Cover CP-623 announced for Lumia 1520”
Intex Technologies has launched the Aqua N2, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series. It appeared on the official website last week along with the Cloud X5 and packs a 4.0-inch (800 ×480 pixels) WVGA capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Intex smartphones. Continue reading “Intex Aqua N2 with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6990”
Lytro camera made one innovation really popular. It allowed people to refocus a photo AFTER taking one. This provided really nice possibilities for people to not care about focus and just look at composition. But the Lytro had a few drawbacks like low resolution images and proprietary controller, but then we saw news of Oppo planning to release the first MEMS camera with auto focus so fast that it could take 6 full resolution images in a split second with different focus points. But guess who is doing it first, with just an app? None other than Nokia. After launching the Lumia 1520, the Lumia 1320 and the Lumia 2520 devices, the company has let loose a lot of new camera related features for its PureView devices. The Refocus app is one them. Yes, they just announced that the Nokia Refocus app will be able to let you change the focus after you take a photo, or you can keep the complete photo in focus. Just like the Lytro camera.
Nokia 515, the company’s first feature phone with aluminium build is now available from official Nokia India Shop. It was announced back in August and has a 2.4-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) LCD display with Gorilla Glass 2 protection and has new hardened polycarbonate resin for the keymat It has a 5-megapixel EDoF rear camera with LED flash and runs on Nokia’s Series 40 OS. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has micro SIM cards. It has Bluetooth 3.0, but lacks WiFi connectivity. It packs a 1200 mAh battery. Continue reading “Nokia 515 Dual SIM phone goes on sale in India for Rs. 10505”
There is new meaning to the popular “see more” marketing tagline from Nokia, as it aptly applies to the newly launched Nokia Lumia 1520 and its huge 6 inches of screen real estate. As you can see from the image above, you can literally “see more” of our webpage on that massive screen. It helps that it is full HD resolution too, and finally has that much needed upgrade to the faster Snapdragon 800 SoC. This phone aims to be the jack of all trades and aims to offer everything in a huge screen, which is currently the awkward trend in Smartphones. So, how does it look in real? We have got a complete photo walkthrough of the device, in glorious yellow. Read past the break to take a look at them.
Alongside the Lumia 1520 and 1320 announced in Abu Dhabi at Nokia World, the Finnish company also showcased a few accessories. Amongst them is the Nokia DC-50 portable wireless charger that couples Qi charging with a portable battery giving you the best of both worlds. LED indicators present on the plate will display the amount of charge left in the plate. A travel mode is also built in that will push battery life further. Continue reading “Nokia DC-50 portable wireless charging plate announced for $99”
This is a biggie. Just fresh off all the device announcements, Nokia have announced RAW support for its premiere photography products – the Nokia Lumia 1020 and the just launched Nokia Lumia 1520. Both the devices will be getting support for capturing a pure RAW image in the DNG format that can simultaneously be taken along with a JPEG, just like before, yet the full resolution too was in JPEG. This is actually excellent news for photographers who want COMPLETE control over the images they take. For example, any one who is serious about Pro photography will always have a RAW sample of their photos. Think of it like a negative that you can process anytime in Lightroom and Photoshop and produce an image, or many images out of it. Providing this functionality on a mobile phone is something amazing, and really sees the potential of the Lumia 1020 and the 1520’s cameras.
Continue reading “Nokia announces RAW support for the Lumia 1020 and the Lumia 1520”
Nokia has announced the Asha 503, the company’s first full touch phone in the Asha series with 3G support as they promised earlier this year at the 501 launch. Other than the 3G support most of the features are similar to the Asha 502 that was also launched at the Nokia World 2013. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 3.0-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) display with curved Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection. It runs on the latest Nokia Asha software platform with Swipe UI and the new update would also be available for the Asha 501, says Nokia. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 503 with 3G, 5MP camera with LED flash announced”
Nokia has announced the Asha 502, the company’s first phone in the Asha series to feature a 5-megapixel camera with LED flash. Other features are mostly similar to the Asha 501 that was launched earlier this year. It has a 3.0-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) display and is based on the latest Nokia Asha software platform with Swipe UI. It has Nokia Fast lane multi-tasking screen that brings all the recent activities together. It has Dual SIM support, 2G, WiFi,Bluetooth 3.0 with SLAM and FM Radio. The phone has new crystal-clear look fusion of ice-like transparency and bold inner color similar to the Asha 501.
Continue reading “Nokia Asha 502 Dual SIM phone with 5MP camera and LED flash announced”
Two long awaited apps were finally confirmed for Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system at Nokia World in Abu Dhabi. Alongside Instagram, the popular short video sharing service, Vine, will also be making its way to the platform in the coming weeks. The announcement followed the launch of the Lumia 1520 which is Nokia’s 6inch device and packs a Full HD display. Continue reading “Vine for Windows Phone launched”
