Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 Unboxing

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Micromax launched the Canvas Doodle 2 A240, the successor of the Canvas Doodle earlier this week at a price tag of Rs. 19,990. Here we have the device for the review. Let’s take a look at the unboxing first. The phone has a huge 5.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). The Canvas 4 had a aluminium rim on the sides, but this one has aluminium body.

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Android VP Hugo Barra leaves Google to join Xiaomi

Hugo Barra

Hugo Barra, VP of Android Product Management at Google would join Xiaomi Corporation. He would be responsible for Xiaomi’s international business development and Android strategic partnerships, said the company on Twitter. He served at Google 5 and half years and almost 3 years in the Android team. Before joining the Android team, he was director of product management for Google mobile apps based in London. Hugo Barra would join the Xiaomi team in China to help them expand their incredible product portfolio and business globally — as Vice President, Xiaomi Global. Continue reading “Android VP Hugo Barra leaves Google to join Xiaomi”

Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new conversations view

Twitter for Android and iPhone new Converastions view

Twitter has updated both the Android (v 4.1.6)and iPhone (v5.10) apps with a new conversation view. Now, Tweets that are part of a conversation are shown in chronological order. Up to three Tweets are shown in a sequence in the home timeline, once you tap a Tweet, you can see all the replies, including those from people you don’t follow. Both these app also get new notification settings and the Android app now lets you report tweets as spam. Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new conversations view”

Nokia Lumia 1520 with 6 inch 1080p display appears in leaked image

Nokia’s intentions to introduce a large screen device are fairly obvious by now. It has been long rumored that the Finnish smartphone company is working on a phablet class device that would bring a large 6 inch screen to Nokia’s Lumia hardware. The image leaked earlier today  corroborates all that we know about the device. Placed next to the Lumia 1020, the handset appears positively gargantuan.

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With the screen switched on, we also seem to be getting our first look at the upcoming GDR3 update that would bring support for 1080p screens, faster processors. To make use of all that screen real estate, Windows Phone will now allow you to place a double wide tile next to a medium sized tile. Additionally, a third row of tiles can be placed on the homescreen. The leaked image closely resembles an image that had earlier this year that claimed to depict the front panel for the upcoming device. Additionally, the engraved proto.nokia.com text is true for all Nokia prototype devices. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1520 with 6 inch 1080p display appears in leaked image”

Nokia 515 revealed, brings aluminum construction to feature phones

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Nokia today announced a brand new S40 device, the Nokia 515, that has been designed as a throwback to classic handset designs from Nokia’s past. The body has an anodised, sandblasted aluminum construction and the 2.4″ QVGA display has Gorilla Glass 2 protection over it. The Finnish company claims to have developed a new hardened polycarbonate resin for the keymat that has a gentle curvature to it. The entire handset is 11mm thin and weighs in at 101.5 grams. Continue reading “Nokia 515 revealed, brings aluminum construction to feature phones”

Nokia Lumia 925 Blind Test – Flagship Shoot Out

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The Nokia Lumia 925 launched just six days back in India with a price tag of Rs. 33,499. It was announced back in May, as a refreshed alternative to people who didn’t like the bulk and design of the good old Nokia Lumia 920. The camera was supposedly improved, along with the build and design, with a six element lens and all new algorithms, while retaining all the PureView OIS goodness that the 920 was known for. While the Lumia 920 was good, it had problems with defocused softer photos and overall unreliable performance, making it a tougher buy when compared to other flagships. But, does the Lumia 925 fix that? Can it produce better pictures than competing flagship devices? Exactly what we are going to see today.

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Intex Cloud X3 Benchmarks

Intex Cloud X3 Benchmarks

Intex launched the Cloud X3, an affordable Android smartphone for Rs. 3790 running on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) recently. We brought you the unboxing recently, here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by the latest MediaTek MT6572 chip with Mali-400 MP GPU that has integrated Wi-Fi, FM, GPS and Bluetooth. It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display, 256MB of RAM and comes with dual SIM support with dual standby.

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Angry Birds Go! a Kart Racing game coming soon

Angry Birds Go

Rovio has announced a new game called Angry Birds Go! The game would feature the birds from the Angry Birds game in kart racing. The company did not reveal any other details about the game. Rovio has upload the video in which Kalle from the Rovio games team gives a quick update on the upcoming Angry Birds Go! with some exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. Continue reading “Angry Birds Go! a Kart Racing game coming soon”

iBall Andi 4a Projector a new projector phone with 4-inch display, dual-core processor coming soon

iBall Andi 4a Projector

iBall had been teasing their projector phone for over a week. The iBall Andi 4a Projector has appeared on the official website. It has a 4.0-inch (480×800 pixels) display, powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Cortex A9 Processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel Auto focus camera with flash and a front-facing camera for video calling. It has 35 lumens projector that allows users to project  digital media instantly up to 10 feet or 120-inch wide at a distance of 8 feet in VGA (480 x 640 pixels) resolution. The projector has a contrast ratio of 1200:1. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4a Projector a new projector phone with 4-inch display, dual-core processor coming soon”

Netgear Push2TV PTV3000 Unboxing and Miracast Demo

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Miracast is a wireless screencast standard that aims to be an open alternative to Apple’s AirPlay. With certified devices, the technology works over a peer-to-peer WiFi Direct connection and mirrors everything on your screen on to compatible devices, like for example, your TV. There are many devices that support the Miracast standard and one of them is the Netgear Push2TV that we bought recently. It supports not one but two wireless screencasting standards – Miracast for many Smartphones and Tablets, and Intel WiDi for the new range of ultrabooks. We unboxed it and took it for a spin on video, watch –

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Google Nexus 7 2013 Travel Cover hands on

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You might have seen us review the new Google Nexus 7 2013 a while back in which we concluded it is indeed an excellent small tablet, but as with any large screened device, especially ones that are imported from other countries, the risk of broken/shattered glass is high. So, we naturally went ahead and bought the Travel Cover for the new Nexus 7 2013 from ASUS and made a short hands on video for you –

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MTV Slate with 7.85-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 14999

MTV Slate

MTV India and Swipe Telecom has partnered once again to launch the MTV Slate, a 7.85-inch device in Swipe’s Tablet series. It has a  7.85-inch IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera and packs a 3200 mAh battery. It has SIM card slot that lets you make voice calls.

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets a major update, brings X-Reality for mobile finally

Sony Xperia Z Ultra 14.1.B.1.510 Update

Sony Mobile has started rolling out a new software update (v 14.1.B.1.510) for the Xperia Z Ultra (C6802) that brings lot of new features including the most expected X-Reality for mobile, support for one-handed text input in the international Xperia keyboard and lots more. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra got the first minor update from version 14.1.B.0.461 to 14.1.B.0.471 earlier this month. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z Ultra gets a major update, brings X-Reality for mobile finally”

Sony teases the Xperia Z1 Honami in a video ahead of September 4th announcement

Sony Xperia Z1 Teaser

Sony had been teasing their upcoming flagship smartphone codenamed Honami, now the company has released the official teaser video of the phone. In a blogpost titled “3…2….what comes next?” Sony has teased the name of the device, so the name of the device might be the Xperia Z1. Sony claims that this phone would be their best with the hash tag best of Sony in promotions and the teaser is titled “The best of Sony is about to get even better”. Continue reading “Sony teases the Xperia Z1 Honami in a video ahead of September 4th announcement”