Motorola Moto E has been spotted in a live image for the first time, less than a week ahead of launch. Posing next to the Moto G, the Moto E looks a bit smaller, but has larger bezels compared to Moto G. It also has a speaker grill on the bottom and a Motorola logo on the top. As rumored, the phone is seen in White running Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Motorola Moto E shows up in the wild ahead of launch”
Remember when Google won the lawsuit against Oracle for Android’s copyright infringement on Java? That ruling, which was from a Districts court in San Francisco, has been overruled by a Federal Appeals court, which has practically rubbished the former’s decision. The new ruling states that Oracle’s Java APIs, the ones it acquired as a part of its Sun Microsystems acquisition, do fall under copyright and hence, a new trial on fair use and damages will follow. This is a big blow to Google, purveyor of the omnipresent Android operating system, as it would need to face a fresh set of trials, again. Oracle, on the other hand, will see this as an opportunity to get back at the Mountain View company.
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Samsung will soon launch a big AMOLED display laden tablet in the Samsung Galay Tab S series. The rumored upcoming tablet’s specifications have already been leaked by SamMobile and now they have some exclusive photos of the front and back of the tablet.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S images leaked, comes with Galaxy S5 like dimple back”
Recently a Google devices codenamed Flounder appeared on Chrome Issue tracker. Now the codename has appeared on Android 4.4.3 (KitKat MR2) Changelog. Google usually uses fish-themed codenames for their Nexus devices such as Hammerhead, Tilapia, Manta etc. So it is clear that this would be the next Nexus device. The changelog also confirms that HTC will manufacture the device. Continue reading “HTC-built Nexus device codenamed Flounder confirmed in AOSP Changelog”
BBC has rolled out app for the Horizons series that discovers the latest technologies and innovations that could revolutionize the way we live. The popular series is returning to BBC in its fourth season and will be available on Android and iOS as a free download.
Continue reading “BBC introduces Horizons app for Android, iPhone and iPad”
Lava launched the Iris 504Q+ successor of the Iris 504Q last month. The Iris 504Q that we reviewed last year had an 8-megapixel camera that was pretty good. The Iris 504Q+ has a 10-megapixel rear camera with Sony’s Exmor RS sensor that is the main highlight of the phone. Is the Iris 504Q successor worth the price? It this better than other phones in this range? Let us find out in the review. Continue reading “Lava Iris 504Q+ Review”
Mobile broadband user base in India is expected to grow fourfold and hit 500 million by 202o, as per latest report from Ericsson. Along with the rising broadband usage, smartphone penetration in the country will hit 45% or 520 million devices up from 10% or 90 million devices in 2013.
Uber is back again with their new promotion. It offered free rides for elections in Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and other cities last month to encourage voters. Today Uber has announced a new promotion for people in Chennai this Sunday on the occasion of Mother’s Day. Uber would deliver free Cupcakes to moms for Mother’s Day on Sunday 11th May. Continue reading “Uber will deliver free Cupcakes in Chennai on Mother’s Day”
Ari Partinen, the man instrumental behind some of the most iconic camera centric devices to come out of Nokia just announced his departure from the company. Not one to leave much to doubt, he also confirmed that his next destination will be Cupertino, California. Senior Lumia engineer, Ari has worked on game changing devices like the Nokia N8, PureView 808 and the Lumia 1020. Partinen’s experience stretches from camera module production all the way to tuning final image quality and has worked on tuning at the ISP level for some of Nokia’s biggest projects. Continue reading “Ari Partinen, Nokia’s Camera Expert moves to Apple”
Yesterday there was a report about a list of Samsung Galaxy devices that will get latest Android KitKat 4.4.2 update by next month. The list suggested that the Non-LTE variant of the S3 will not receive the Android KiKat update. Now SamMobile has received an official confirmation from Samsung that the device will indeed not get the update due to hardware limitations.
Continue reading “Galaxy S3 and S3 Mini will not get KitKat update: Samsung”
LG has just announced that the LG F70, the latest budget LTE smartphone in the F series would start rolling out globally starting from this month. It was unveiled back in February at the MWC 2014 and packs a 4.5-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG F70 with LTE, Snapdragon 400 SoC to roll out globally starting from May”
Apple plans to launch the iPhone 6, successor of the iPhone 5s in August, a month earlier than expected, according to a report from Taiwan’s Economic Daily News (Reuters). This new comes from unidentified supply-chain sources in Taiwan. The report also says that the large-screen iPhone (5.5 or 5.6 inch) would be released in September. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 with 4.7-inch display reportedly launching in August”
More images of the much anticipated LG G3 have surfaced online, that was first posted by GSMarena. The recent images shows a gold version of the flagship phone which is rumored to be the first smartphone to have the latest Snapdragon 805 SoC. Image of a gold LG G3 retail box was already spotted online in April.
Continue reading “LG G3 leaked image shows golden variant, laser beam sensor”
Micromax launched the Canvas Elanza A93 couple of months back, now the Canvas Elanza 2 A121 has appeared on the official website. It has a 5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Elanza 2 A121 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 200, Android 4.3 listed on official website”
Apple is planning to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion, according to a report from the Financial Times. Announced as soon as by next week, the deal will be Apple’s biggest acquisition to this date. The report was further confirmed by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and re/code.
Continue reading “Apple to reportedly buy Beat Electronics for $3.2 billion”
