Micromax Canvas Doodle Review

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Micromax launched the A111 Canvas Doodle, the first Micromax phone with a large 5.3-inch display back in May. It is also the first Micromax phone to be powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8625Q processor. We had already seen some devices such as Karbonn S5 Titanium and the Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro with a similar quad-core Snapdragon chip.  We brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the device recently. Here we have the complete review of the device. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle Review”

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids with 7-inch display announced

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids

Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab 3 Kids, a variant of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 that was announced earlier this year. It has a 7-inch (1024×600) TFT LCD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3-megapixel fixed focus rear-facing camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes only in Wi-Fi variant with 8GB of internal memory and a micro SD card slot. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids with 7-inch display announced”

Nokia Pro Cam on the Lumia 925 – a Walkthrough

Much has been said about the Nokia Lumia 1020 and its amazing camera prowess, but what made it fun was using the camera interface. Yes, the interface, also known as the Nokia Pro Cam, provided the much needed control and versatility for the robust camera hardware that Nokia packed in the Lumia 1020. But the other PureView devices are no exception either and Nokia made sure that 920, 925 and 928 users get the Pro Cam, and eventually they did. We immediately installed it onto the Nokia Lumia 925 and found it to work really well, just like how we found it on the Lumia 1020 earlier. So, we made a video to show you how awesome it is, take a look at the video walk through below and go past the break for a detailed walk through in images and text with bonus samples –

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 vs Lenovo K900

Samsung is undoubtedly one of the front runners of the Android race while Lenovo are catching up with them fast. Samsung has been looking to expand its Galaxy portfolio and the Galaxy Mega 6.3 is a result of company’s interest in the 6inch+ category while the Lenovo K900 is Lenovo’s current flagship powered by an Intel processor.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 was launched at the end of May in Indian while the Lenovo K900 has been available since June although it had been announced way back in January earlier this year. Despite being different devices of different capabilities, they are priced almost similarly and lets check out which of the two performs better.

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Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 with 5.7-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 19990

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 A240

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 A240, successor of the Canvas Doodle A111 that went on sale last week, has been officially launched . It has a 5.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 12-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with Dual SIM support, packs a 2600 mAh battery and has aluminum build. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 with 5.7-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 19990”

Samsung Galaxy Gear and Note 3 coming on September 4th, confirms Samsung VP

Samsung had already sent out press invite for the Unpacked 2013 Episode 2, where the company is expected to unveil the new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note 3. Samsung trademarked the Galaxy Gear name earlier this month, which confirmed the existence of the smartwatch. Now, Lee Young-hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, has confirmed that Samsung unveil its first Smartwatch named Galaxy Gear at the September 4th event in Germany, reports The Korea Times. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Gear and Note 3 coming on September 4th, confirms Samsung VP”

Mercury mTAB Star with dual-core processor, 3G and voice calling launched

Mercury mTab Star

Kobian has launched the mTAB Star, a new 7-inch tablet. It has a 7-inch ( 1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel pixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing  camera. It has 3G data connectivity and voice calling through a SIM card slot and packs a 3000 mAh battery. It has Adobe Flash 11.1 and a built-in speaker. Continue reading “Mercury mTAB Star with dual-core processor, 3G and voice calling launched”

Gionee P2 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6499

Gionee P2

Gionee has launched P2, a new Android smartphone and the successor of the P1 in India. The Gionee P1 that was launched back in April had a 3.5-inch capacitive touch screen display. This has 4-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-coreMediaTek MT6572 processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Gionee P2 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6499”

Qualcomm Snapdragon Powerful Processors Giveaway #2

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Thanks to the great response for the first Qualcomm Snapdragon Powerful Processors Giveaway, we are pleased to announce the 2nd giveaway in the series. All you have to do is just answer a few questions and you can walk away with one brand new Snapdragon device – Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 with a really large 6.3 inch screen and tons of other features. Dive into the contest below and send in your entry. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon Powerful Processors Giveaway #2”

LG G Pad 8.3 shows up in a leaked render

LG G Pad 8.3

LG released a teaser video for its upcoming LG G Pad 8.3 tablet. Though the video had little to do with the tablet, it was about various people talking what they use their tablet for and what would make them use it more. The theme of the teaser goes by “What would make a tablet just right for you?”. The new LG G Pad is expected to be announced at the IFA in early September.

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Sony Xperia S, SL and acro S get a new update with performance and stability improvements

Sony Xperia S Software update

Sony Mobile has announced that they have started rolling out a new software update (v6.2.B.1.96) for the Sony Xperia S, SL and acro S that brings lot of performance and stability tweaks / improvements. Sony says that they have received lot of feed back regarding issues in the recent Android 4.1 build that started rolling out back in May. Sony announced the list of high-end devices that would get the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update and promised that they would roll out the updates faster. Continue reading “Sony Xperia S, SL and acro S get a new update with performance and stability improvements”

LG Optimus L9 II with 4.7-inch True HD IPS display officially announced

LG Optimus L9 II

LG Optimus L9 II that leaked yesterday, has been officially announced in Netherlands. It comes with a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, 1.4GHz dual-core processor (Probably Snapdragon 400) . It packs a 2460 mAh battery and a Infrared transmitter for Quick-Remote. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It pack 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory. Continue reading “LG Optimus L9 II with 4.7-inch True HD IPS display officially announced”

Nokia’s Windows RT tablet detailed, Codenamed Sirius

 We’ve previously brought you details and leaked images of Nokia’s Windows RT tablet. Following a spate of reports published today, the tablet is all but confirmed. As expected, the tablet will follow the same design language as seen on the Finnish company’s Lumia range of devices. The device will run on a Snapdragon 800 processor and will be equipped with a 1080p display that is expected to have the ClearBlack technology as seen on its phones. This technology helps makes displays much more readable even under direct sunlight. Continue reading “Nokia’s Windows RT tablet detailed, Codenamed Sirius”

Grey Apple iPhone 5S to join the upcoming champagne gold variant

With the next generation iPhone right around the corner, rumors are rife as to what new colors will be available. We’ve already seen case leaks for the champagne gold colored variant but Sonny Dickson today reported that the handset will also be available in a gunmetal grey color. The variant will join the existing silver/white and black versions.

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Google Nexus 7 (2013) vs Nexus 7 Benchmarks

Google Nexus 7 vs new Nexus 7 Benchmarks

Google released the new Nexus 7 manufactured by Asus last month. We brought you the review of the device recently, and here we managed to compare new and old Nexus 7 tablets in terms of benchmarks . The new Nexus 7 is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064) CPU and Adreno 320 GPU and has 2GB of RAM. The first Nexus is powered by a 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 GPU with 12 Core NVIDIA ULP GeForce GPU and had 1GB of RAM. The new Nexus 7 has a 7-inch 1920×1200 HD display and runs on the latest Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS, we had also updated the old Nexus 7 to Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Let’s see how these two tablets perform in several benchmark tests.

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