Entry level Android smartphones are a hot category and Lava has introduced its own entry in the field to cash in on the craze. With good build quality, competitive specifications and a near stock build of Android, the Xolo A700 has a lot going for it but is it the device to get ? Read on the complete review to find out. Continue reading “Lava XOLO A700 Review”
The oft leaked next generation Sony devices have once again been seen in a leaked press shot. The glamour shot shows the highly anticipated flagship level device from Sony called the Xperia Z. Also known as the Yuga, the smartphone will be powered by Android Jellybean.
iDownloadBlog notes that the popular iOS pirated app community Hackulous has announced that it is shutting down. Hackulous’s most popular apps Installous and AppSync will no be made available. A statement from Hackulous reads:
We are very sad to announce that Hackulous is shutting down. After many years, our community has become stagnant and our forums are a bit of a ghost town. It has become difficult to keep them online and well-moderated, despite the devotion of our staff. We’re incredibly thankful for the support we’ve had over the years and hope that new, greater communities blossom out of our absence.
Piracy is a major problem for many iOS app developers as there have been many instances of piracy forcing developers to remove their apps from the App Store. Good riddance.
Nokia announced the Lumia 920, their latest flagship device that runs on the Windows Phone 8 back in September. You saw the unboxing of the Lumia 920 recently, here we have the complete review of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and has a PureView Camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Optical image stabilization. Let’s get into the detailed review. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 920 Review”
After a brilliant close-call battle between the Samsung Galaxy S3 and the LG Optimus G, with the Optimus G ending up on top, we now turn to a different kind of a flagship battle. This involves a fight of innovation and fierce market disruption from two long time industry veterans. Yes, Samsung and Nokia have been in this game far too long to be considered irrelevant. While Samsung is at the top of its game right now, Nokia have been more or less lost it and even came out of the top 5 Smartphone manufacturers list in terms of shipments, but they are still fighting, and to show the world that they have still got a lot left in them, Nokia released the last Symbian flagship device this year, and it was a disruption. At the same time, Samsung continued its dominance with its own innovation flagship, a sequel to the one that stormed the world in its first version, the Galaxy Note. Yes, it is the innovation factor of these two companies at stake today, and the ones battling it out are the Samsung Galaxy Note II vs the Nokia 808 PureView.
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note II vs Nokia 808 PureView – #BOTF12 Round 1”
Samsung has cut the price of the Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note, Galaxy S Duos and the Galaxy Ace Duos in India, just in time for the new year. The Samsung Galaxy S3 got a price cut to Rs. 34,900 back in September, now the device is available for Rs. 31,900 after the recent price cut. It was launched in India in May for a MRP of Rs. 43,180. Even the 32GB version of the Galaxy S3 got a price to Rs. 34,900. The Galaxy Note got a price cut to Rs. 29990 back in September, now the device is available for Rs. 27,500 after the recent price cut. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note, Galaxy S Duos and Galaxy Ace Duos get a price cut in India”
LG Optimus 2X (LGP990) users have finally received the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update in India. LG started rolling out the ICS update for Korean users back in August and for European users, earlier this month. The LG Optimus 2X launched in India last April with Android 2.2 (Froyo) on-board and later received the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) back in November. LG confirmed the ICS update for the device soon after that. Continue reading “LG Optimus 2X Android 4.0 update now available in India”
Micromax A101, an upgraded version of the Micromax A100 is now available in India from online retailers Snapdeal and Flipkart. Even though the Micromax A110 that was officially launched last month has better specifications, the A101 comes with almost similar features as the A100 but has a slightly improved 2100 mAh battery. It comes with a 5-inch (480 x 800 pixels) WVGA display instead of a FWGA display on the A100 and the A100 and also comes with four capactive touch buttons at the bottom. Continue reading “Micromax A101 with 1GHz dual-core processor now available for Rs. 9999”
Karbonn Smart Tab 8, a new Android tablet in the Smart Tab range is now available online from Saholic. The Karbonn Smart Tab 8 (Velox) comes with a 1.5 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8.0-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) display, 3MP rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. The company launched Smart Tab 10 10-inch tablet with a similar processor and Android 4.1 OS few weeks back and launched the Smart Tab 9 and Smart Tab 3 back in October. Continue reading “Karbonn Smart Tab 8 with 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 7025”
Toronto based Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry smartphones will be showing off its next generation offering at an event on 30th January 2013 but devices based on the BlackBerry 10 operating system have already been leaked. In the latest set of images we get a clear look at what will be RIM’s BlackBerry 10 based QWERTY equipped smartphone.
After the fierce battle between the Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC One X+ ended up in the Lumia 920’s favour, it is time for the next battle. This time, it is the battle of the two largest consumer electronics giants of this world and they are both based out of the same country. Yes, the two korean giants have been battling it out regularly in every facet of the consumer electronics industry and it is about to get even better today, with their own smartphone flagships pegged at each other for the ultimate crown! Lets start the battle then!
Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 vs LG Optimus G #BOTF12 Round 1”
Today, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on his weekly radio show that there has been an overall increase in the city due to theft of Apple products, according to The New York Times. There were 3,484 more major crimes in 2012 than a year prior, but Apple product thefts alone were 3,890 greater than in 2011.
Bloomberg said that thieves in New York prefer Apple products and notes that mobile devices from Apple’s competition, such as Samsung, were not included in the numbers. Bloomberg’s press secretary, Marc La Vorgna, also said New York’s overall crime figure saw an increase due to Apple products: “If you just took away the jump in Apple, we’d be down for the year,” he said.
The mayor suggested that citizens should keep their Apple products in a pocking, making the device harder to steal.
NFC is being used for many things like sharing data, making payments, etc but this is the first time where it is being used to switches a car on and off. Hyundai has come out with a concept car which does not need any keys to open and run, it runs on NFC tags.
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Huawei had announced its first quadcore device, the Ascend D Quad last year at MWC, now its successor the D2 which is also a quadcore device, will be showcased at CES.
Continue reading “Huawei Ascend D2 caught in the wild, to be showcased at CES”
Looks like everyone did wait till Christmas day to open their presents, as it has been reported that Android and iOS device activation was the highest ever on December 25th. According to Flurry analytics, 17.4 million Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas day compared to an average of 4 million activations on any other day, which is an increase of a whopping 332%.
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