Flipkart is still the exclusive retailer for Motorola Moto G in India and it has been nearly 50 days since the launch. They have already started teasing their next exclusive device – Motorola Moto X. Motorola Moto X was Motorola’s first smartphone among the two smartphones that it manufactured under Google’s ownership and it was announced way back in August 2013 and was launched in USA then.
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Karbonn, Lava and Xolo would launch smartphones running on Windows Phone in coming months, according to a recent report from TOI. Last month at the Mobile World Congress, Microsoft announced nine new Windows Phone partners, that includes Karbonn and Xolo from India. Karbonn recently announced it would launch dual-boot phones in coming months. Continue reading “Karbonn, Lava to reportedly launch affordable Windows Phone handsets in few months”
Micromax launched the Micromax Canvas Knight A350, the company latest flagship smartphone and the successor of the Canvas Turbo few weeks back . We already brought you the photo gallery and the unboxing of device. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor which as 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs, each clocked at 2 GHz, faster than the Auqa Octa and the iberry Auxus Nuclea N2, that were clocked at 1.66 GHz. It has a Mali 450-MP4 GPU. It comes with a 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Octa-Core chip comes with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP), where all the core can be turned ON at the same time. Check out the synthetic benchmark results below.
The Mobile World Congress is where innovators from OEMs, software side of things and the core hardware manufacturers present their latest offerings. MWC 2014 was no different where we saw a lot of innovations aimed towards making technology more accessible and to make it work towards improving our life. Broadcom was one such company that we got to spend some time with. From the internet of things, wearables, democratization of LTE to mesh based communication, the company is clearly leveraging its expertise in wireless technology to make tangible improvements across verticals. Continue reading “A look at Broadcom’s hardware innovations at MWC 2014”
Micromax launched the Canvas Knight A350, the company’s first smartphone with Octa-Core processor in India earlier this month. This is one of the first phones in India to feature a full HD display and a 2 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 chip. The Micromax Canvas Turbo too had a 5-inch 1080p display, but it was powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6589T chip. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight A350 Unboxing”
Xiaomi today launched an open beta for a tablet optimized version of the MIUI Android ROM. The company is first targeting the 2013 edition Nexus 7 with versions possibly coming for other devices too. Xiaomi claims that the ROM has a brand new architecture that has been optimized for tablet devices. The MIUI ROM works in both landscape and portrait orientation and has native apps, system menus and screen animations that have been optimized for tablets. Continue reading “Tablet optimized MIUI Android ROM makes its way to the Nexus 7”
More than two years ago Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy Beam – an Android smartphone that came with a projector on its top. The Samsung Galaxy Beam featured mid-range specifications at that time and it was not about specs. As the name suggests, Galaxy Beam was about projection. Last year, we did not see a successor to it, but it seems like Samsung is not giving up so easily. The probably Galaxy Beam successor has been spotted in the wild, but with a metal build.
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MediaTek, popular Taiwanese Chip maker is working on a new Hotknot proximity technology, a cheaper alternative to NFC, according to a recent report from EE Times-Asia. This uses a special capacitor touch sensor chip combined with gravity sensor and proximity sensor, that are already present in latest smartphones. Continue reading “MediaTek’s Hotknot technology to take on NFC”
NOMAD, a company based in San Francisco started crowd funding for ChargeKey, a super-small micro USB cable for Android and lightning cable for iPhone last year on Indiegogo, and exceeded more than three times its goal. It began shipping in December, and the also started selling it on their website recently. The company first launched ChargeCard, a credit card sized iPhone Lightning Cable or micro USB cable on Kickstarter, that exceeded their goal by 300%. We got to check out the micro USB version of the ChargeKey, suitable for Android or other mobile devices with a micro USB port. Continue reading “Nomad ChargeKey is a keychain-sized micro USB cable for smartphones”
Earlier this year, at the CES 2014, Asus announced the Transformer Duet which ran Android and Windows side by side. This was probably designed for those who wanted the best of both the worlds and it was quite a hit at the CES 2014. Even an Indian manufacturer – Micromax, announced a similar dual boot device – Micromax Laptab which was supposed to be available in February.
Google Search for Android has been updated to version 3.3.11, that finally brings support for cricket, just in time for the upcoming ICC World T20, starting tomorrow in Bangladesh. This lets you get live updates of your favorite teams, just by adding them in the Sports Team list. It offers upcoming fixtures of your favorite teams too. This also had IPL teams. Continue reading “Google Search for Android updated with cricket support”
The Nokia X made a huge (green) splash at the Mobile World Congress event a couple of weeks and has been rapidly making its moves into markets, with it launching in Malaysia, India and the Phillipines. It is now all set to launch in China, and just 5 days after announcing the device for the market and opening the pre-orders, Nokia has reportedly received 1 million of them already. The company posted this on its Weibo account with a celebratory image touting the big number.
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Earlier this year rumors about Amazon’s gaming console running Android surfaced. Today, Dave Zats spotted a gaming controller with Amazon branding at Brazilian cetification website, similar to FCC. It did not have any other details, but we can clearly see a layout, similar to the gaming controllers for Android. You can see three familiar Android buttons for back, home and menu, below the Amazon logo. Continue reading “Amazon Game controller for Android-based console surfaces”
A premium version of the Samsung Galaxy S5 is not happening, the JK Shin, chief of mobile division, Samsung, said to Korean media, according to recent report from K bench. The Samsung Galaxy S5 with a 1080p screen and plastic build did disappoint some fans, since they were expecting a 2K display on the phone. Continue reading “Samsung execs confirm premium smartphones yet deny premium Galaxy S5”
The Vibe Z is the Lenovo’s flagship device which is all set to launch in India soon. It is an improved variant of the previous flagship, the K900, in many ways. Sporting improved internals, we were pretty happy to see that Lenovo has stuck to the same camera and lens unit as the K900. A 13 megapixel Sony sensor with the fastest f1.8 lens still has a lot of untapped potential, so we tested it on the road, while in travel to see how it performed in actual use – capturing moments from a trip. Being the only camera at hand, how does it hold up in various conditions? Does it capture all the moments well? Lets go through our Lenovo Vibe Z camera samples for a quick analysis.
