Xolo released the Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) update for the Q1000 Opus recently, skipping the Android 4.3 update. Today, the company has announced that it would release Android KitKat update for Q700S, Q1010i, Q1010, Q3000 and more smartphones by June 2014. It will also launch new smartphones with Android Kitkat soon. Continue reading “Xolo plans to roll out Android 4.4 KitKat update for Q700S, Q1010i, Q1010 and Q3000 by June”
Motorola unveiled the Moto E, a budget smartphone and Moto G LTE yesterday. It also announced the rumored Moto G Ferrari Edition for Mexico. It comes in a new black with red color with Kevlar back cover, Ferrari logo on the back, Ferrari branding on the front, exclusive content such as themes and wallpaper and special accessories. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G Ferrari Edition with Kevlar back goes official”
Yahoo has made yet another acquisition, this time it has gone after one of the current hottest markets, mobile messaging. The company has scooped up self-destructing message service Blink for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading “Yahoo acquires secret mobile messaging app Blink”
NTT Docomo has announced 12 new devices in their summer lineup. The company also announced that it would roll out Japan’s first Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) service beginning late-June. This would require Xi (read “crossy”) network that would offer high-quality voice and video calls also enable user receive Area Mail disaster-information notifications while making VoLTE voice/video calls. Continue reading “NTT Docomo unveils 12 new devices, to launch VoLTE service in June”
BlackBerry has announced that it would enable mobile device management (MDM) companies to directly manage devices with the BlackBerry 10 operating system. AirWatch, Citrix and IBM would be the first companies to work with BlackBerry to manage BlackBerry 10 devices. This move is to offer most open and flexible mobile environments for the BlackBerry customers. Continue reading “BlackBerry to enable other companies manage BlackBerry 10 devices”
Huawei also launched the Ascend G6 and the Ascend G750 in India along with the Honor 3C. The Ascend G6 that was announced earlier this year at the MWC packs a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels )IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.3 with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 2.0 lite on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX134 BSI sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G6 and Ascend G750 launched in India for Rs. 16999 and Rs. 24999”
Huawei has launched the Honor 3C, the company’s latest smartphone in the Honor series. It was unveiled back in December last year and packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) LTPS screen, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 2.0 on top. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 3C launched in India for Rs. 14999”
Popcorn time, a popular and upcoming streaming service for pirated movies and TV shows, has just launched itself as an app on Android. The app has already been pulled from the Google Play store but the APK has been made available on the service’s website, which already caters to the desktop platforms with respective apps. Touted to be a Netflix-like service for pirated content, the platform is based on a P2P network, and so, it manages to stay up, using the longstanding copyright loophole that the service doesn’t host content, but the many of its anonymous users do. This is very much like a torrent service, but you can stream the movies instead of downloading them. All the movies are available in 720p and 1080p as streams and it is possible to even choose different streams on the service. Anyway, here is a video of the app announcement –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtcTz-CPesQ
Motorola launched Moto E, its budget handset in India for Rs 6,999. The phone which already is power packed by features is getting more powerful with a special app introduced by the company. Today, Motorola has introduced an app that alerts your contacts when in need.
Continue reading “Motorola releases Motorola Alert app for Moto E”
Sony unveiled the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F) for NTT Docomo in the Winter 2013 range, ahead of its international variant, Z1 Compact last year. Today Sony has announced the Xperia A2 (SO-04F), a slightly enhanced variant of the Xperia Z1f and the successor of the Xperia A (SO-04E) in their 2014 Summer lineup. It has the same 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor that we had seen on the Z1 Compact, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) out of the box. Continue reading “Sony Xperia A2 with 4.3-inch HD display, 20.7MP Camera, Android 4.4 announced”
Nexus 6 and Nexus 8 is inching closer to reality as per a source code update. Google is working on its next flagship smartphone and tablet as per several leaks and references.
Continue reading “Nexus 6 and Nexus 8 surface in Chromium Code”
Now, anyone living in the US can buy Google’s flagship wearable product, the Google Glass. Google opened sales of Glass to the US public for one day in April, making it briefly available to people. The company also launched a try and buy program for potential Glass buyers. However, this time the Explorer Program is not limited for a specific period or to specific people such as developers.
Continue reading “Google Glass goes on sale in the US to general public”
Google has launched brand new Snap Cases for the Nexus 5 users. Priced at $29.99, the Snap Cases are sleek and will protect your beloved Nexus 5 from dust, scratch and might even protect it after several drops.
Continue reading “Nexus 5 Snap Cases hits Google Play Store for $29.99”
iBerry, a manufacturer known for earlier products like the Auxus Nuclea N1 and the Nuclea N2, is now into tablets, with the Auxus Core X8 3G being one of them. Like many of its products, the Auxus Core X8 borrows heavily from Samsung, in terms of design, and that is no surprise, considering how similar the Nuclea N2 looked, with respect to the Galaxy Note 3. Here is a small time manufacturer, trying to ride on a wave created by biggies, but in the end, for some, the product alone matters, and for the price it comes at, the Auxus Core X8 has some really decent specifications and options. So, lets see what it is like on video –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNJ_Fl-AITQ
At an event in Delhi today, Motorola made a splash in the budget segment by making its much awaited & leaked device, the Moto E official. The phone boasts of class leading specifications and unrivaled build quality. We spent some time with the phone to gather our first impressions of the device. Read on to find out what we think about the Moto E. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E Hands On”
