Byond Tech has launched Mi-book Mi1 their new Android tablet. This has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It is powered by a 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor and has a VGA front-facing camera for video calling. It has 3D video and gaming support and comes with free 3D goggles in the box. Continue reading “Byond Mi-book Mi1 7-inch Tablet running Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 4300”
At the Innovation Qualcomm India 2012 Qualcomm demoed Snapdragon S4-powered devices such as Smartphones and Tablets. These features range from Audio, Camera, WiFi displays and more. They also demoed AllJoyn technology that enables ad hoc, proximity-based device-to-device communication for local Multi-player gaming and apps.
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At IQ India 2012, we got a chance to speak with Faisal Siddiqui, Country Head of HTC India. We asked him about their budget phones, strategy in 2013, upcoming Windows Phone 8 devices and their new LTE smartphone Ascend P1 LTE.
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At IQ India 2012, we got a chance to speak with Vikas Jain, Co-Founder of Micromax. We asked him about their new venture into LED TV segment, their competition in the economy smartphone market and the future of tablets.
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At IQ India 2012, we got a chance to speak with Pradeep Jain, Managing Director of Karbonn Mobiles. He answered to our questions about the latest AGNEE 3G Tablet, the company’s association with Qualcomm and about their target in smartphone market for 2013.
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Facebook for Android has been updated to version 1.9.11 that brings Faster photo tagging which lets you tag a photo just by tapping on it and option to choose an album when you are uploading a photo by clicking the album icon. Unlike the previous update that brought several messaging features, this is just a minor update that has just 2 new features and bug fixes. Continue reading “Facebook for Android v1.9.11 update brings Faster photo tagging and Album selection for photo uploads”
Evernote for Android has been updated to version 4.3 that brings new features including an improved toolbar in the Note Editor, option to Multi-select notebooks to download for offline access for premium users, redesigned Action Bars for Android tablets and more. Continue reading “Evernote for Android updated with improved Note Editor toolbar, Redesigned Action Bars for Tablets and more”
At Qualcomm’s IQ India event here in New Delhi, we got a chance to get our hands on some of the latest development hardware that Qualcomm has. The latest quadcore mobile processor ie the Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ 8064) was shown off in the form of its tablet reference design. The chip uses 4 krait cores alongside the Adreno 320 GPU.
As part of the benchmarking workshop, we ran a range of tests on it to judge performance and the figures were some of the best we’ve seen so far. A quick test on the Quadrant benchmark resulted in a score of 7641 points which is the best we have seen for a device till now.
Zen Mobiles has launched the UltraTab A900, successor of the UltraTab A100 that was launched in July. The UltraTab A900 has a 9-inch capacitive multi-touch display. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) similar to the UltraTab A100. It is sleek and has marble finish. It has 1.3 Megapixel front-facing camera for video calling and has support for Adobe Flash. It has Live Panel menu that lets users to customize the home screen content with images, bookmarks, social feeds and a application tray in the home screen with shortcuts to launch task manager, calendar, music player and more. Continue reading “Zen Mobiles launches UltraTab A900 with 9-inch display, Android 4.0 for Rs. 7999”
Nokia just published its quarterly financial report and predictably, the results aren’t good at all. The Finnish smartphone manufacturer reported losses of $754 million. The silver lining to this is that the company has definitely managed to slow down its losses which were reported at $1.01 billion in the previous quarter. The sales of Lumia devices dropped down to 2.9 billion compared to 4 million in the last quarter.
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Google has started sending invites for an Android event on October 29th. Looks like the earlier rumors about the event were correct. Google’s event coincides with the Microsoft’s Windows Phone event in San Francisco. There is nothing in the invite other than the tag line The playground is open, but according to the earlier rumors, we can expect Nexus devices from LG and Sony. Continue reading “Google to hold an Android event on October 29th”
Asus has officially announced the Padfone 2, successor of the PadFone that was launched in India last month. It comes with a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super IPS+ display with 550 nits brightness and is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 APQ8064 processor with Adreno 320 GPU. It would have Qualcomm’s MDM9215 chip for the LTE support. It has a optional keyboard dock. The specs, images, and the video have already been leaked online. Continue reading “Asus PadFone 2 official, launching in Europe and Asia including India in December”
At IQ India 2012 , I got a chance to sit down with Raj Talluri , Senior Vice President , Application Processors at Qualcomm Inc. Raj is leading the company’s Snapdragon lineup of products. I quizzed Raj about Snapdragon , Nvidia Tegra 3 , Samsung Exynos and even Apple’s custom chip approach.Watch the full video interview below.
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Airtel has launched their 4G LTE services in Pune, followed by Kolkata and Bengaluru. Airtel has also reduced the price of the LTE CPE and dongles, the Indoor CPE with Wi-Fi and the 4G Multi Mode Dongle, that are now available for Rs. 4999 each. Airtel has also announced the availability and free trial offer of Airtel Broadband TV and Games On-Demand for their 4G LTE customers. They have introduced cash back offers for post-paid customers. Airtel 4G services would be available soon for prepaid customers in Pune . Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Pune”
Google has finally released the Google Calender app on the Google Play Store for the devices running on 4.0.3 or later. This app was previously available only on the Nexus S and the Galaxy Nexus devices. This would let you sync the Google calendar to the Android devices, create, edit and delete events and also respond to invitations. Continue reading “Google Calendar app for Android released on the Google Play Store”
