Spice Smart Flo Space and Stellar Glamour with Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 3799 and Rs. 5999

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S Mobility has launched two new affordable devices, the Smart Flo Space (Mi-354) and the Stellar Glamour (Mi-436).  The entry-level Smart Flo Space has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor , while the Stellar Glamour comes with a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor . Both these smartphones run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), have dual cameras and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Spice Smart Flo Space and Stellar Glamour with Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 3799 and Rs. 5999”

Plants vs. Zombies 2 for iOS clocks 16 million downloads in 5 days

PopCap games released the most expected Plants vs. Zombies 2 for iOS devices, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch last Thursday. Now the Electronic Arts, distributor of the game is super exited to announce that the game has been downloaded more than 16 million times worldwide in just 5 days, making it the most successful and the biggest mobile game launch in EA’s history. Continue reading “Plants vs. Zombies 2 for iOS clocks 16 million downloads in 5 days”

Gameloft announces Asphalt 8, Dungeon Hunter 4 and more games for Windows Phone 8 devices

Gameloft have officially announced that they will be joining hands with Microsoft to bring some of their gaming titles to Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platform. The lack of popular titles in the Games section of Windows Store has been of concern, but now Microsoft seem to have brought some life.

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Samsung Galaxy Golden flip phone with dual 3.7-inch displays, Android 4.2 launched in Korea

Samsung Galaxy Golden

Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy Golden (SHV-E400) with dual 3.7 inch (800 x 480 pixels) Super AMOLED displays. Since there is a display on the front of the smartphone, you can also used it when it’s closed. You can flip open to use the other screen with a keyboard. Samsung aims to target the mid-aged or older demographic segments with this phone. It is powered by a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.9-megapixel camera.  It also comes with S health, business card recognition, easy mode and more features. Samsung unveiled the SCH-W789 Hennessy, a flip phone with 3.3-inch dual displays in China recently. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Golden flip phone with dual 3.7-inch displays, Android 4.2 launched in Korea”

Google Mobile Search for Android gets support for Hindi Handwrite input

Google Mobile Search Hindi Handwrite Input

Google has a introduced a new feature in Google Search for Android, where users will be able to write on their screen in India’s most common language – Hindi. Handwrite has been an option that has been there for quite sometime now, but Hindi was not an option until now. Handwrite enables users to Google search by handwriting on the screen instead of using the on-screen keyboard. From today, users will be able to write Hindi words on the screen and get search results based on that. Continue reading “Google Mobile Search for Android gets support for Hindi Handwrite input”

LG announces 5.5-inch 2560×1440 pixels Quad HD smartphone display

LG 5.5 inch Quad HD Panel

LG Display, the display arm of LG Electronics has announced the world’s first Quad HD AH-IPS LCD panel for smartphones. The LCD panel is of size 5.5-inches diagonally with a resolution of 2560 by 1440 pixels at a pixel density of 538ppi. It has the highest resolution and ppi (pixel per inch) mobile panel to date. Last month LG Display introduced the world’s slimmest 5.2-inch Full HD LCD panel for smartphones which is used in the LG G2. LG introduced the world’s first Full HD smartphone panel in 2012 Continue reading “LG announces 5.5-inch 2560×1440 pixels Quad HD smartphone display”

Sony Wireless NFC Speaker SRS-BTV5 Unboxing

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Sony has always been known for making audio accessories for its TVs and home entertainment systems, and to an extent, even for its yesteryear Walkman series of phones but it gradually reduced until recently when they released smartphone focused accessories. These devices were launched to complement the new Xperia smartphones that come with the built-in NFC functionality. One of those accessories launched is the Sony Wireless NFC speaker codenamed SRS-BTV5(priced at Rs. 3,990) that works with any smartphone with Bluetooth A2DP. We got the cyan version of this spherically shaped wireless speaker and unboxed it for a video demo, watch it –

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Google Maps for Android, iPhone and iPad gets real time incident reports from Waze

Google Maps for Android Waze incident reports

Google acquired Waze, popular crowd-sourced navigation app back in June. Now Google has announced that they have started rolling out real time incident reports from Waze users. So when Wazer users report accidents, construction, road closures and more on Waze, these updates will also appear on the Google Maps app for Android, iPhone and iPad in select countries. Continue reading “Google Maps for Android, iPhone and iPad gets real time incident reports from Waze”

MHL 3.0 brings support for 4K and doubles bandwidth

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Mobile High Definition Link, a protocol used in mobile devices to deliver content to the large screen without actually using a separate HDMI port, has been made available on tons of devices. The last iteration, MHL 2.1 enabled full HD 1080p support for mirroring, and with the latest update – MHL 3.0, the consortium has upped the ante with support for 4K. With the new range of 4K TVs doing its rounds in the market, it’s the right time for the consortium that is comprised of Nokia, Sony, Samsung and Toshibha to put forward a new iteration of the technology so that the uptake is gradual, and in line with current trends.

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iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt Unboxing

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There are lot of 5-inch HD devices in the Indian market, but the iBall Andi 4.7G Cobalt has a 4.7-inch HD display. It was launched last month at an MRP of Rs. 19995 and currently sells at a price tag of Rs. 17,990. Here we have the device. A 4.7-inch display with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels means it has a pixel density of 312 PPI, better than its competitors. Apart from the display other things are similar to most of the other smartphones in the similar range such as 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589 processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It  a 12-megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED Flash and large 5-mgepixel front-facing auto focus camera. The box is huge as you can see in the unboxing video below.

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Dragon Puzzle for iPhone and iPad combines Puzzle and RPG

Dragon Puzzle

Dragon Puzzle is an unique game for iPhone and iPad that combines Puzzle and RPG playing. It is set in a fantasy landscape and offers an engaging gaming experience. You need to build an arsenal of characters with range of power to help you conquer each enemy you meet in your quest and can also seek assistance from other players. The game went completely free recently. Continue reading “Dragon Puzzle for iPhone and iPad combines Puzzle and RPG”

Samsung offers a free Sennheiser headset with Galaxy Grand and Grand Quattro‬ in India

Samsung Galaxy Grand and Grand Quattro Sennheiser offer

Samsung has announced a new promotional offer for users in India. Anyone who purchases Galaxy Grand (GT-I9082)and Grand Quattro‬ (GT-I8552) till 14th September 2013 will get a free Sennheiser headset. Worth and model of the Sennheiser headsets differs. For the Samsung Galaxy Grand you get Sennheiser headset (HD 202 Or HD 203) worth Rs. Rs. 2,290 and for the Grand Quattro you get Sennheiser (PX-80) or JBL (Tempo J03B) headsets worth Rs. 1,990. Continue reading “Samsung offers a free Sennheiser headset with Galaxy Grand and Grand Quattro‬ in India”

Oppo N1 to launch in September, rumoured specs leak out

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Just hours after we posted our first impressions of the newly launched Oppo R819, another leak has graced us with some exciting information. We’d already seen Oppo acknowledge the existence of their new range of flagship camera-centric devices dubbed the N-lens and that the first device will be named N1(of which we saw some leaked renders). And now we’ve got a leaked image from a Weibo user which says that the device will be launching late September this year. Rumoured to have a 13 megapixel sensor with a professional-grade Fujitsu camera ISP, the N1 will be Oppo’s first real cameraphone flagship.

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HTC Zara with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.3 rumored for Q4 2013 launch

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HTC has launched several mid-range devices in the Desire series including the Desire 600 dual SIM that we reviewed recently. HTC would launch another mid-rage device called Zara with a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 processor with Adreno 305 GPU and Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Sense 5.5 later this year, according to @evleaks. Continue reading “HTC Zara with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.3 rumored for Q4 2013 launch”

Micromax A111 Canvas Doodle Benchmarks

Micromax A111 Canvas Doodle Benchmarks

Micromax launched the A111 Canvas Doodle back in May. It has a 5.3-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8625Q processor with Adreno 203 GPU similar to the Karbonn S5 Titanium and the Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro, but this one has 512MB of RAM. It runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) and also comes with a free Stylus pen. We brought you the unboxing of the device last week, here we have the benchmarks of the device.

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