Broadcom, Huawei, OPPO, Samsung Electronics and Spreadtrum has partnered to form MobileBench, a new consortium for effective benchmarking of mobile devices. This consortium surprisingly doesn’t include Qualcomm, one of the top SoC manufacturers, NVDIA, popular for its Tegra processors or MediaTek which is based in China. Samsung is one of the founding member Continue reading “Broadcom, Samsung and others partner to form MobileBench to improve mobile benchmarking”
Google Nexus 7 was launched in India quite late and went for sale at Rs. 15,999 for the 16GB WiFi version. Around a couple of months back, Google announced their second version of Nexus 7 as the Google Nexus 7 2013 with an upgraded processor and a much better display. Earlier in July, just after the announcement of new Nexus 7, Amazon had slashed the price of Nexus 7 to Rs. 11,999 for the 16GB version.Now, Amazon and Flipkart, two popular giants of India’s eCommerce market slashed the price of original Nexus 7 to just Rs. 9,999 for the 16GB version.
Gionee, popular Chinese mobile device design company entered into the Indian market back in March with the Dream D1. Now the company has launched several Android smartphones. The latest flagship smartphone is the Elife E5, that was launched back in July. The Elife E5 is the second phone in the Elife series. We reviewed the Elife E3 recently and the Elife E6 that was announced last month is coming to India next week. Even this phone lies in the 20k price range, similar to most of the latest phones from Indian companies. Let’s jump into the review to find out if it’s worth the price. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E5 Review”
HTC has been struggling in the smartphone market despite some encouraging HTC One sales. HTC held a 25 percent stake in the popular audio company Beats and that is one of the reasons most of the HTC handsets came with Beats audio. HTC had purchased 50.1 percent of Beats’ shares in 2011 for $300 million. Last year, the music company Beats got back half of that for $150 million and now they have totally got rid of HTC by buying their entire shares back for $265 million.
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Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) has launched Hyundai Care, the first integrated service mobile application in India. This app is already available in several countries and assists the customers with service support, service network, car service calculator, service appointment and more. This also lets you find dealers on a real time basis. Other features include, GPS enabled trip meter, reviewing vehicle service history, labor charges, insurance calculator, timely service reminder, Hyundai emergency service or road side assistance and more. Continue reading “Hyundai India launches Hyundai Care app for Android and iPhone”
We’ve already seen companies like Samsung target the child-tablet market with the Galaxy Tab 3 Kids but at IFA 2013, we discovered that Archos may have produced an absolute gem of a tablet and created a market all on their own. Dubbed the Archos ChefPad, it is targeted towards professional chefs or those adults who spend a lot of time in the kitchen and like to follow recipes.
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PUMA, popular for its sport products has launched PUMATRAC, a unique running application for the iPhone. This app has simplistic user-friendly design and has pre-loaded Tictrac technology that analyses how external conditions affect your running performance. This is designed to motivate athletes to get out the door and discover ways to get the most out of a workout while having fun along the way, says Puma. The app would be available for Android early next year. Continue reading “PUMA launches PUMATRAC running app for iPhone”
Evernote has also updated the Skitch app for iPhone and iPad along with the Evernote app. The new Skitch app version 3.0 brings support for iOS 7 and a lot of new features including a Quick Shot mode that lets you mark up photos easily since the app opens up the camera mode. It has a white arrow overlay to add markups and captions by tapping the field at the bottom of your image. Continue reading “Skitch 3.0 for iPhone and iPad brings Quick Shot mode, Send to Meeting, AirDrop and more”
HTC announced the One mini, a smaller variant of the HTC One back in July. Now the phone has appeared on the official HTC India website, which indicates that the launch could be expected soon. It packs a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, powered by a 1.4 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 with Sense 5. Continue reading “HTC One mini launching in India soon”
Champion Technologies has partnered with BSNL to launch the Champion, Trendy 531. It has a 5.3-inch display, powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and 3G connectivity. The display resolution is not mentioned. Continue reading “Champion Trendy 531 with 5.3-inch display, Android 4.2 launched in partnership with BSNL for Rs. 13999”
Evernote introduced the version 7.0 for iOS 7 with a completely redesigned look inspired from simplified look of iOS 7. Now the app has been updated to version 7.0.1 that brings Post-it Note camera that lets you take multiple photos of Post-it Notes to digitize it. This has also introduced Continue reading “Evernote 7.0.1 update for iPhone and iPad brings Post-it Note Camera, introduces Evernote Market”
At a company meeting today, Microsoft evidently let out news that the Windows Phone Store and Windows Store will be merged into a single app store. Terry Myserson who heads the operating systems group confirmed the news at an internal meeting. First reported by The Verge and confirmed by our own sources, Myserson confirmed that the changes will appear over the next few releases of Windows and Windows Phone. The next major update for Windows is expected later this year called Windows 8.1. A similar update for Windows Phone called Windows Phone 8.1 will follow it.
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Google today announced a slew of improvements in its mobile search application to celebrate 15 years of Google Search. The improvements include an update to the iOS app that will bring reminder notifications amongst other features. Some of these features are already available on the Android app. The update will also help enable a seamless search experience across multiple devices and platforms. The search app will now sync across mobile devices and platforms and so a reminder set on one device will reflect on others as well. Users will need to be logged in to their Google account for this.
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 is making its way into about 149 countries around the world starting 25th, which is just two days back but we already have reports of the European version of the device being region locked to the continent, making it impossible for travelers to use it with a local SIM when abroad. This comes via our friends at Clove UK who have stated this fact on their blog. The LTE version, going by the model name SM-N9005 will be region locked to Europe and will not be able to access other International networks when abroad. This is really weird, especially for unlocked units.
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A recent change to the Apple Care+ plan now enables service coverage even when traveling abroad. Just after the announcement of the iPhone 5s and the 5c Apple had raised the Care+ coverage for accidental damage from $49 to $79 and with that news, along comes the info that travelers traveling abroad would be able to avail this service for a phone in any country where Service is possible. And surprise, that list includes India. Currently, the Apple Care+ plan is non-existent here and previously, Apple Care+ used to work only in the home country, so for people buying phones abroad from India, this is good news.
