Micromax is launching a new phone in their Bolt series of Android powered smartphones. The latest phone to join the league is the Micromax Bolt A47. The new Bolt A47 brings the Android goodness to phones within Rs. 5,000. The details regarding the phone are sparse at the moment and we will have to wait till Micromax officially launches it.
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Hey folks! Thanks for voting in the first round of this best budget smartphone of 2013 competition. You have chosen the winners from the first round and they will be competing against each other in this semi-finals. In the battle between Intex Aqua i7 and Samsung Galaxy Grand, you have chosen Intex Aqua i7. In another battle between Gionee Elife E6 and Sony Xperia C, y0u have chosen Gionee Elife E6. Now when Intex Aqua i7 goes up against the Samsung Galaxy Grand, what phone will you choose?
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By launching the iPad Mini with Retina Display relatively early in India, Apple is showing that it is beginning to value the Indian market. Last year, when Apple announced a smaller iPad called as the iPad Mini, it missed one of the vital aspects – Retina Display; yet sold in large numbers. The tech industry was pretty sure an iPad Mini with Retina Display was coming in 2013 and as expected Apple announced the iPad Mini with Retina Display.
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Google today announced that their Maps Navigation beta will now cover 25 more countries including a healthy spread between Africa, Europe, Central America and Asia. This brings the total tally up to 99 countries. Continue reading “Google Maps Navigation expands reach to 25 more countries”
Qualcomm today announced that Steve Mollenkopf will be the next CEO of Qualcomm. Mollenkopf is currently employed as the Chief Operating Officer at the company. The announcement comes at an interesting time when Microsoft is said to have been pursuing Mollenkopf as a potential successor to Steve Ballmer. He would have joined an interesting line up of potential successors to the Microsoft throne including Ford CEO Alan Mulally, VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger and Microsoft’s own Head of Business Development, Satya Nadella. The timing of the announcement hence doesn’t seem like a coincidence. Continue reading “Steve Mollenkopf to be the next Qualcomm CEO”
Round 1 of the SmartFone 2013 championship has finally come to an end, with four victors moving their way up to the current round – Round 2. This is the semifinal round and the first battle is between the LG G2 and the Nokia Lumia 1020. Both are undoubtedly great devices and have shown their might in the previous polls already, but what happens when they compete? The LG G2 and the Nokia Lumia 1020 are both innovative in their own respects, making it hard to choose between them, but which one is your choice when asked to choose between these two? Time for you to vote!
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Apple seems to value the Indian market relatively more than it used to in the past and this is evident from the fact that it has launched its latest iteration of iPhones and iPads quite soon in India. The latest iPad Mini is also currently available in India. iPad Mini with Retina Display belies its changed internals with a similar build aesthetic as that of its predecessor.
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Are you a designer, product manager or app developer? Do you need to quickly create and share application demos? Then this new application might be right up your alley. Chennai based developer team NFN labs has launched its new iOS application that lets you create application demos with native transitions and lets you import designs, link screens. All this can be done without writing a single line of code.
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DataWind, popular for its low-cost Aakash tablet and UbiSlate tablets has entered into smartphone market with its new PocketSurfer range – PocketSurfer 5X, PocketSurfer 5 and PocketSurfer 3G5. The PocketSurfer 5X has a 5-inch WQVGA display, powered by a single-core 1GHz Cortex A8 processor and runs on Linux OS. Both the PocketSurfer 5 and PocketSurfer 3G5 have a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display. The PocketSurfer 5 is powered by a single-core 1 GHz Cortex A9 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The 3G5 is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “DataWind PocketSurfer 5X, 5 and 3G5 smartphones with 5-inch display launched, starts at Rs. 3499”
UCWeb, a leading global mobile internet software and services company has updated UC Browser+ HD for iPad to version 2.3 that adds new features. The new version has a feature called Social Links that fetches what your friends want to Share with You on social networks, a Floating Video Player that allows you to play videos in full screen or in an adjustable window that can be placed anywhere for viewing while browsing. The VideoS feature lets you build your own online video library. Continue reading “UC Browser for iPad updated with Social Links, Floating Video Player and more”
In a bid to reaffirm their focus on smartphone optics and to create ‘synergies’ between cameras and smartphones, Samsung has integrated its Digital Imaging Business Division with the Wireless Business Division. The Korean company aims to have the largest share of global mirrorless camera market by 2015. Continue reading “Samsung merges Digital Imaging and Mobile Communications businesses”
HTC One Max, HTC’s first and only phablet device so far is now available in Black Color. At launch, the HTC One Max was available only in Silver. The Taiwanese company have now launched a black version of the huge device and it is currently on sale in Hong Kong along side the HTC One Gold.
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Apple finally launched the iPad Air and the iPad mini with Retina display in India last week. This week’s askFA discussion is all about these new tablets from Apple. The iPad Air starts at Rs. 35,900 for the base 16GB WiFi version and goes up to Rs. 65,900 for the 128GB WiFi + 4G variant. The iPad mini with Retina display starts at Rs. 28,900 and goes up to Rs. 58,900. Both these have Retina displays at 2048×1536 pixel resolution, but the iPad Air comes with a large 9.7 inch display and the iPad mini with Retina display features a 7.9 inch screen. Other features are almost similar on both these devices including a new A7 64 bit processor. You can also check out the unboxing of the iPad Air and the iPad mini with Retina display. Continue reading “Apple iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display Live Chat and Discussion”
Pebble, the popular E-ink Smartwatch just recently got updated to support all iOS notifications and the new 2.0 SDK. But as an early Christmas present, the company has released another Firmware update(v1.14) for the Smartwatch that enables several new must-have features like Multiple Alarms with Snooze, Do not Disturb mode and improved notification control. We have been using this smartwatch for a while, and we must say, these additions were much needed and we are happy to see a small(but growing) company like Pebble deliver. The company, largely known as a Kickstarter success story, is on a path of refining the software for the Smartwatch, and the recent updates show that they are serious. With SDK 2.0 release, Pebble promised more app integration from the like of Foursquare and Runkeeper. While we are still waiting on that, it’s good to see more features added to it in the meantime.
You can update your Pebble by just connecting it to your phone and opening the app. The app will do the rest.
Google has finally implemented the option to show embedded images in all your email messages by default. This restriction was to prevent users from opening emails from unknown senders who might try to use images to compromise the security of computer or mobile device. Google has implemented new improvements in how Gmail handles images to load all the images from default. Continue reading “Gmail now displays images in messages by default, rolling out to Gmail for Android and iOS early 2014”
