Motorola Moto G India Launch in early Jan 2014

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Motorola just officially announced the Moto G at an event in Sao Paulo in Brazil and also holding a satellite event in London where we should be getting our hands on the Moto G shortly. The company has also confirmed that the Moto G is indeed coming to India as soon as January 2014. The device is priced at an aggressive $179 price  for a 8GB unlocked version in the US without any contract of any sort. The 16GB version costs just $20 more at  $199. The India pricing is not yet available but we expect it to be announced closer to launch and hopefully under Rs.12500 which is probably one of the cheapest Android phones from an international handset maker.

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Jolla smartphones to ship with Yandex app store for Android apps, HERE mapping onboard

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Helsinki based smartphone startup, Jolla, has announced that it will be integrating a mapping solution powered by Nokia’s HERE Maps division in its upcoming operating system dubbed as Sailfish OS. The partnership will involve licensing up to date map data and location information such as restaurants for over 190 countries.  Continue reading “Jolla smartphones to ship with Yandex app store for Android apps, HERE mapping onboard”

Motorola Moto G with 4.5-inch HD display, quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor announced, starts at $179

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Motorola has finally announced the Moto G, the company’s latest budget smartphone as they promised. It has a 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and run on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with upgrade to Android 4.4 (KitKat) soon. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 720p HD video recording and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a water resistant coating both on outside and inside for complete protection. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G with 4.5-inch HD display, quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor announced, starts at $179”

Zebronics Sonic 3.5G USB Dongle launched for Rs. 1500

Zebronics Sonic 3.5G USB Dongle

Zebronics, popular for its Computer accessories, Consumer Electronics has launched Zebronics Sonic 3.5G USB Dongle in India. It is a simple plug-and-play device that accepts a standard SIM card and offers speeds up to 7.2 Mbps with built-in 3.5G HSDPA USB modem. It also comes with a micro SD card slot and has SMS and phonebook features. Continue reading “Zebronics Sonic 3.5G USB Dongle launched for Rs. 1500”

ZTE Open Unboxing

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Yet another Smartphone OS in an already crowded market? Is there a breathing gap for platforms with differentiated offerings? So many questions needed answering when the Firefox OS was announced. And now it is here, residing within a handful of devices. Firefox OS might be the litmus test for a new OS’ sustainability in a fiercely competitive market. And for sustainability, any OS needs hardware, and tailored ones are the demand of the day. So Firefox announced their partnerships with several manufacturers for manufacturing low cost devices to push their platform forward to the ideal first smartphone user segment. ZTE is one of them, and one of their first devices featuring the Firefox OS is the ZTE Open.

The name Open signifies Firefox’s mobile vision in a word. The platform is based on web technologies, and much like Firefox, the browser, most apps it has run on HTML5 or Javascript. Previously we had seen phones or apps based on web technologies didn’t perform that well, and that was exactly the case with FFOS too, when we had last seen the ZTE Open at the MWC event. But, has it changed, is it smoother and usable now? We unbox this low cost device to find out –

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Nokia’s Refocus app now available for download on Lumia PureView Smartphones

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Nokia Refocus, the app that lets you focus your photo AFTER you take it, is now available for download on all Nokia Lumia PureView devices. Demoed back at the Nokia event in Abu Dhabi, the app grabbed some major eyeballs when other companies are looking for a hardware implementation of this on their phones. But this is not a hardware solution, it’s just computational photography which uses neat tricks and the immense know-how from Scalado to work some Lytro-like magic and that too, using just an app for Lumia PureView devices. It is now available for download at the Windows Phone Store for the Lumia 920, Lumia 925, Lumia 928 and the Lumia 1020 running the Windows Phone 8 Amber update.

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LG Optimus L1 II Dual with 3-inch display, Android 4.1 now available in India for Rs. 6499

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LG announced the Optimus L1 II, an entry-level 3G phone in L Series II back in August, now the dual-SIM variant of the phone, the Optimus L1 II Dual is available in India from online retailer HomeShop18 . It has a 3.0-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen  display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 2-megapixel rear camera with VGA video recording. It has QuickMemo app to jot notes quickly and Cheese Shutter to capture images using voice. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and a dedicated SIM switch key similar to the other dual SIM L Series II devices. Continue reading “LG Optimus L1 II Dual with 3-inch display, Android 4.1 now available in India for Rs. 6499”

Gionee Gpad 4 with 5.7-inch HD display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor coming soon

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Gionee has started teasing the Gpad 4, the company’s upcoming smartphone in the Gpad series on their Facebook page. Unlike the other phones in the Gpad series, the Gpad 4 is a large screen phablet. It has a  5.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD one-glass solution (OGS) display, powered by a  1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589T processor with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor, f/2.2 aperture and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 28mm wide angle lens. It has aluminium body, packs a 3200 mAh battery and comes with in-built Digital Theatre System (DTS) Sound. Continue reading “Gionee Gpad 4 with 5.7-inch HD display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor coming soon”

Tegra Note tablet with NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor goes on pre-order in the US and UK

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NVIDIA announced the Tegra Note back in September. The tablet is designed by NVIDIA and is manufactured by several partners  in range of countries worldwide. NVIDIA has announced that the Tegra Note is available for pre-order in the U.S and U.K. It is manufactured by EVGA in the U.S. and ADVENT in the UK. NVIDIA has also partnered with PNY Technologies in North America, ADVENT, EVGA, Oysters and ZOTAC in Europe, Gigabyte, Shenzhen Homecare Technology and ZOTAC in Asia-Pacific and XOLO in India to sell the device. Continue reading “Tegra Note tablet with NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor goes on pre-order in the US and UK”

PlayStation App now available for iOS and Android

With less than a couple of weeks to go for the launch of much awaited Sony PlayStation 4, Sony has made the PlayStation app available across North America in both Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

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Windows Phone surges ahead while Android still dominates in Q3 2013 – IDC

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Windows Phone has been moving ahead in the platform race for the couple of quarter in the year. In the first quarter of 2013, we saw the Windows Phone OS leap ahead of BlackBerry OS with 3.2% market share and in the second quarter we saw the Windows Phone OS posting the fastest growth with 3.7% market. The Q3 2013 results reveal that the the Windows Phone OS is still growing with 3.6% market share globally, primarily driven by the support of Nokia. Android still dominates the market with 81% share, with 211.6 device shipments. It has grown by 1.7% ,compared to last quarter and has increased 51.3% YoY.

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Gionee GPad G3 with 5.5-inch display officially launched in India for Rs. 9999

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Gionee GPad G3 went on sale online last month, now the company has officially launched the smartphone in India. It is the successor of the GPad G2 that was launched back in May and packs a 5.5-inch (854 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor 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.  It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 2250 mAh battery.  Continue reading “Gionee GPad G3 with 5.5-inch display officially launched in India for Rs. 9999”

Google Nexus 5 Camera Samples

Google unveiled their latest flagship smartphone – Google Nexus 5 on November 1st and the device went on sale immediately in US and other countries. For a change, the Nexus 5 was listed as coming soon in Indian Play Store right from the first day and it is expected to be available before the end of the month(Already available from other online sellers). One of the pitfalls about the Nexus phones have been their poor camera and it was very evident in the Google Nexus 4 which took below average 8MP shots. The latest Google Nexus 5 comes with a similar 8MP unit, but this time it has OIS(Optical Image Stabilization) for better low light photos and shake free videos.

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