SwiftKey has finally released the first beta version of their new SwiftKey Flow Keyboard for Android as they announced last month. The new SwiftKey Flow offers continuous gliding input with real-time prediction and automatically predicts the word based on the movement of your finger. It also lets you tap to enter the words instead of gliding. Continue reading “SwiftKey Flow Beta for Android now available”
Google has updated the Google Search app for Android devices running on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). This brings new Google Now cards for nearby events, Travel cards with boarding passes (US only), Weather cards with weather alert at upcoming travel destination, Birthday cards that lets you know about your friends’ Birthdays, New voice actions to find out the songs and to scan a bar code. Continue reading “Google Search for Android updated with improved Google Now suggestions, new Voice actions”
Facebook for BlackBerry has been updated to version 3.3.0.11 that brings new features including a new look with refreshed icons and navigation, better BBM integration that lets you share BBM, discover and add BBM friends and initiate BBM chats from the app, Photo enchancements and more. Facebook for Blackberry got BBM integration earlier this year to share your latest Facebook status and location check-in as your BBM Personal Message. Continue reading “Facebook for BlackBerry updated with better BBM integration, Improved Photo viewing and more”
Gameloft has released Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour for iPhone and iPad. The new installment in the First Person Shooter (FPS) has even better graphics and more life-like animations than the previous versions. This is the first Gameloft title that is powered by the Havok Engine that offers amazing effects and the most realistic-feeling vehicles ever. It also has improved sound and voice acting. Continue reading “Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour released for iPhone and iPad”
When we reviewed the Xperia S earlier this year, we felt that it was a new start for Sony. Continuing its tradition of good design, packing an excellent display we quite liked the Xperia S. However the pace of the mobile industry is such that it has been far out-specced since its launch. Following the lead of HTC with its One X refresh, Sony too has launched a new updated version of the Xperia S dubbed the Xperia SL.
Not much has changed in the Xperia SL externally as it retains its beautiful hardware. The screen is still quite nice while the processor has been bumped up to a Dual Core Snapdragon S3 processor clocked at 1.7Ghz compared to the 1.5Ghz processor on the Xperia S. Keep reading for our full impressions. Continue reading “Sony Xperia SL Review”
Lava XOLO A700 went on sale in India earlier this week at Rs. 9,999, here we have the unboxing of the Dual SIM Android phone. It packs in a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color capacitive touch screen IPS display and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor.
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Apple is expected to launch the iPad 4 (4th Gen) in India soon along with the iPad mini.The base 16GB WiFi only version is expected to be launched at Rs.31900.The iPad 4 was announced just under 6 months after the iPad 3’s launch which has caused a lot of disappointment amongst iPad 3 owners including myself . The main changes on the 4th gen iPad include the faster A6X processor , lightning connector and faster WiFi and LTE support. If you own a iPad 3 , you can hang on to it for a while but if you are using an iPad 2 and looking to upgrade , you can surely consider the iPad 4. Apple is just calling it the iPad with Retina Display !
Continue reading “Apple iPad 4 Priced at Rs.31900 , coming soon to India”
Good news for all of you waiting for the iPad mini in India. We have heard from online retailer Saholic about the confirmed prices for the iPad mini for India and it is going on sale pretty soon by this Friday December 7th.The base 16GB WiFi only version of the iPad mini will sell for Rs.21900
Panasonic has launched Toughpad FZ-A1, durable Tablet running on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) for business users. It has a 10.1-inch XGA (1024 x 768 pixels ) TFT touch screen display with anti-glare for reading even under sunlight and is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Marvell processor. It is Water and Dust proof and is IP65 certified. It has mono microphone and mono waterproof speakers, digitizer pen and comes with enhanced security features with dedicated security core that is FIPS 140-2 Level 2 compliant. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-A1 10.1-inch Durable Android Tablet launched in India for Rs. 75,000”
Spice has announced that they plan to launch range of Android Smartphones in the Stellar Series mid-December. The company launched 3 smartphones in the stellar series, Spice Stellar (Mi-425), Stellar Horizon (Mi-500) and Spice Stellar Craze (Mi-355) earlier this year. Spice has also said that these phones would come in very strategic and aggressive price points. So we can expect a tough competition between Spice and other local OEMs like Karbonn and Micromax, since these companies have launched several affordable Android Smartphones recently. Continue reading “Spice to launch new Stellar Series of Android Smartphones mid-December”
Sony has announced Xperia E and Xperia E dual, new Android Smartphones in the Xperia series. The Xperia E is the single SIM phone, while the Xperia E dual comes with dual-SIM support. These phones have a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen and is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A processor similar to the Xperia J. Xperia E comes with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), while the Xperia E dual would launch on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and is upgradable to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). These have a 3.2 megapixel camera with VGA video recording. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E and Xperia E dual with 3.5-inch display, 1GHz processor announced”
Nokia just introduced its latest Windows Phone 8 handset at the Le Web Conference in Paris. Marking the lower end of the Windows Phone 8 range the phone will be offered in seven colors and supports exchangeable shells in gloss and matte finishes depending on the color you chose.
Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 620 unveiled, to be available starting January for $250”
Qualcomm, the largest SoC maker has announced 2 new quad-core Snapdragon S4 chips. The MSM8226 and MSM8626 are the quad-core versions of MSM8225 and MSM8625 that were announced last December. These new chips would feature Adreno 305 GPU instead of Adreno 203 in the previous version and would offer long battery life for mass market smartphones. These have integrated WTR2605 multi-mode radio transceiver for china-specific bands such as TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1xAdv and HSPA+ that also saves power up to 40 percent compared to previous generations. Qualcomm announced MSM8225Q and MSM8625Q quad-core Snapdragon S4 Play chips few months back. Continue reading “Qualcomm announces new quad-core Snapdragon S4 chips”
Foursquare for iPhone has been updated to version 5.3.5 that brings faster check-ins, new check-in screen with map of the location with photo attachment at the top and the check-in button at the bottom. This update also has check-in highlights under the friends’ check-ins and notifications of newly updated places. The previous v5.3.3 update for iPhone brought ratings for places. Continue reading “Foursquare for iPhone updated with new check-in screen, check-in highlights and more”
Zite Personalized Magazine for iPhone and iPad has been update to version 2.0 that add lot of new features including new explore page that has a catalog of over 40,000 topics from 2,500, Facebook integration to get topic suggestions based on your Facebook history, and more. Zite for Android was released earlier this March. Zite has promised an update for the Android and Windows Phone apps in 2013. Continue reading “Zite for iPhone and iPad v2.0 update brings New Explore page, Facebook integration and more”
