ZTE has scheduled an event on January 8th at CES 2013 to launch their flagship Grands S smartphone in its high-end Grand Series. The company has also revealed that this would be the world’s thinnest 5-inch Smartphone with a FHD 1080p ( 1920 × 1080 pixels) display. Continue reading “ZTE to unveil Grand S with 5-inch 1080p display at CES 2013”
Lava XOLO A800 Dual SIM Android Smartphone now available for Rs. 11999
Lava XOLO A800, new phone in the XOLO series is now available from online retailers Flipkart and Snapdeal. Most features are similar to the A700 that went on sale last month including Dual SIM support, 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color capacitive touch screen IPS display and 1GHz dual-core processor. Unlike the 5MP auto focus camera in the A700, the XOLO A800 has a 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash, BSI Sensor for better low-light imaging and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava XOLO A800 Dual SIM Android Smartphone now available for Rs. 11999”
Facebook for Android goes native, Now twice as fast
Facebook for Android has always struggled with performance issues and particularly laggy scrolling due to its dependence on webviews instead of native code. The company has now finally rolled out a native build of the app for Android which promises to double the performance of the application. The application is expected to be twice as fast at looking at photos and opening up the timeline.
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Vuclip Video app clocks 1 million downloads on Nokia Store
Vuclip, largest independent mobile video destination has announced that the download of the Vuclip Video app has crossed 1 million on Nokia Store globally. This app is specially designed for Nokia Asha and other Nokia Series 40 devices. It stands among top 5 most downloaded apps for Nokia Asha and other Series 40 phones on Nokia Store with India driving 60% of all downloads. Continue reading “Vuclip Video app clocks 1 million downloads on Nokia Store”
Google has no plans to build Windows 8, WP8 apps
Hoping to use an official Gmail or Youtube app on your brand new Windows Phone device ? You might be out of luck as the company is not too keen on bringing its products to Microsoft’s mobile offering.
Google Apps Product Manager, Clay Bavor, said in an interview with V3 that the lack of interest in the platform means that the company is not planning to develop apps for the platform just yet. Continue reading “Google has no plans to build Windows 8, WP8 apps”
Mugen Power 3000 mAh extended battery for Nokia 808 PureView review
The Nokia PureView 808 makes for a rather excellent multimedia centric device with a focus on creating rather than consuming. So if you’re out and about on a vacation and shooting with your 808, the last thing you need is a dead battery. While you could carry around a spare, this Mugen Power battery provides an extra 1700 mAh of power resulting in an astonishing 3,000 mAh of battery power for the already efficient Symbian based phone. Read on to find out about our experience with the Mugen Power 3,000 mAh extended battery for the Nokia 808 PureView.
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Micromax A68 Smarty 4.0 with 4-inch display, Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 6490
Micromax A68 Smarty 4.0, new phone in the Smarty range is now available from online retailers Saholic and Flipkart. The company launched the A25 Smarty budget Android phone couple of months back. The A68 comes with 2G EDGE support similar to the A25. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen IPS display and is powered by a 1 GHz MediaTek MT6515 processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) has a 5MP camera. It also comes with Hookup Instant messaging app. Continue reading “Micromax A68 Smarty 4.0 with 4-inch display, Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 6490”
Nationwide Mobile Number Portability expected by February 2013
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is expected to be rolled out Nationwide by February 2013, said Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, according to report from Economic Times. This would let the subscribers retain their numbers even if they move to another state, irrespective of the service provider. Mobile Number Portability (MNP) went live in India back in January 2011 that enables users retain their number when they switch from one operator to another within the circle. Continue reading “Nationwide Mobile Number Portability expected by February 2013”
UC Browser crosses 400 million users globally
UCWeb, china-based company has announced that their UC Browser has crossed 400 million users globally. The company has announced it at AppFest 2012, organised by Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) in Hyderabad. UC Browser has gained 100 million new users in less than a year and is on the top position among mobile browsers in India with market share of over 25%. It has 50% market share in China and more than 10% market share in 4 other countries. Continue reading “UC Browser crosses 400 million users globally”
Motiongraph app launched by Sony DNA, lets you create cinemagraphs on your Android phone
Sony’s Digital Network Applications division has pushed out a new application for Android devices which lets you create motion enabled images. The motiongraph smartphone application creates images in which part of the image moves like a video while the rest remains stationary creating a surreal effect.
Innolux to begin mass production of 1080p 5″ displays from Q1 2013
Taipei display manufacturer CHIMEI Innolux will be mass producing 5″ 1080p display from Q1 2013, which means almost all the major devices manufactured next year will be sporting this gorgeous display.
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Sound search widget launched by Google for Play Store
The recent update for Google Now brought a new song recognition patch, which works exactly like Shazam or Soundhound. Now Google has launched Song search widget as a part of Play Store which will not only search the song for you, but will also take you to the Play Store from where you will be able to buy that song or the entire album, sleek!
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Space Zoo Fangogo Unique Apptoon released for Android
We saw Kitz, the Street Cat, an Apptoon for iPhone last month. Here is the Space Zoo Fangogo , a new Apptoon for Android. This is an interactive comic book app that combines music and video. There are 3 comic books in English, and others are in Korean. Each comic is about 90 MB, better use WiFi to download them. You can also stop downloading and continue it later. Continue reading “Space Zoo Fangogo Unique Apptoon released for Android”
Foursquare for Android updated with new Explore features, Swipeable Venue photos and more
Foursquare for Android has been updated (v 2012.12.12) that brings new features including important stuff in places to explore such as ratings and phone number for new places, swipeable photos at the top of the venues, popular tips at the places you have visited. The venue ratings were available for the Foursquare app for iPhone last month, that shows scores on a scale of 1 to 10 for a place to show how popular it is. Continue reading “Foursquare for Android updated with new Explore features, Swipeable Venue photos and more”
LinkedIn for BlackBerry v2.1 update brings Groups and Contact Sync
LinkedIn has updated the BlackBerry app to version 2.1 that brings new features including option to sync and merge LinkedIn connections with existing BlackBerry contacts, Groups and More tab to view saved and recommended jobs and access, add, view and participate in the groups. The LinkedIn for BlackBerry v2.0 update brought major UI changes and new features back in October. Continue reading “LinkedIn for BlackBerry v2.1 update brings Groups and Contact Sync”