Microsoft has officially unveiled the Windows Phone 8 at an event in San Francisco as they announced earlier this month. They announced the Windows Phone 8 back in June, but at the yesterday’s launch event they demoed several features including new features such as Kid’s Corner, Rooms in People’s Hub and automatic image uploads from the phone’s camera. It would also have seamless integration with SkyDrive and Skype. Continue reading “Microsoft unveils Windows Phone 8”
Gameloft has announced 12 new games that would be optimized for Windows Phone 8 including the upcoming Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour. The games such as Asphalt 7, N.O.V.A. 3, Order and Chaos, UNO & Friends, Texas Poker for Prizes and Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour has multi-player support that would let the users connect with their Xbox friends and compare Xbox Achievements & Leader boards. Continue reading “Gameloft announces 12 Games including Asphalt 7, N.O.V.A. 3 for Windows Phone 8”
Lava has launched IRIS N350, their new Dual SIM Android Smartphone powered by a 1GHz processor. It has a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) Capacitive multi-touch display and runs on Android 2.3.6 (Gingerbread). It has a 2 Megapixel camera at the back and a 0.3 MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava IRIS N350 Dual SIM Android Smartphone launched for Rs. 5499”
In a huge management rejig today , Apple announced a lot of changes to the company leadership. Long time Apple employee Scott Forstall who is SVP of iOS software is leaving Apple after 15 years next year and will be an advisor to CEO Tim Cook in the interim period. John Browett SVP of Retail is also leaving the company after barely 6 months.
Continue reading “Scott Forstall leaving Apple next year, Jony Ive to lead Human Interface”
Nokia just announced today that it has begun shipping its first Windows Phone 8 devices in select markets to operators and retail outlets and it will go on sale in UK and France later this week.Russia and Germany would be getting the Lumia 920 and 820 after that. Several other countries including India will see the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 being launched sometime in November ( no exact date or price yet). The Lumia 920 packs an awesome camera with optical image stabilization and a pure motion hd+ display apart and runs on Windows Phone 8. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 launching in India in November”
Hot on the heels of its Nexus 4 announcement and unveiling the updated Nexus 7, Google also announced its entry in the 10″ tablet segment with the Samsung manufactured Nexus 10. The tablet packs an extremely high resolution screen with the 2,560 x 1,600 pixels packed into the 10″ panel resulting in a ppi of 300. The tablet is rated at 9 hours of continuous video playback while standby time is stated as 500 hours thanks to its 9000 mAh battery.
Continue reading “Google Nexus 10 announced with 2,560 x 1,600 resolution screen”
Google had canceled the New York Android event due to Hurricane Sandy but the hurricane could not stop them from officially announcing the devices.Google and LG have finally officially unveiled the next Nexus phone which is from LG this time round -Nexus 4. The handset has been leaked multiple times and was reportedly lost in in a bar. The Nexus 4 looks very similar to the previous Nexus devices from the front but very different in the back.The Nexus 4 was jointly designed by LG and Google. Continue reading “LG and Google announce the Nexus 4”
Earlier this year Google partnered with Asus to launch its first entrant in the tablet space. The 7inch tablet suitably named the Nexus 7 packed high end hardware into an Asus designed shell and ran on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Today Google bumped up storage across the spectrum while retaining the price point. A 3G option was added as well.
Continue reading “Google Nexus 7 receives storage bump, 3G option”
Nokia has launched the Asha 309 in India. They have also launched the Asha 308 Dual SIM phone officially in India, that went on sale in India last week. Both these phones were announced last month and comes with a 3.0-inch (240 x 400 pixels) scratch-resistant capacitive touch display and runs on Nokia Asha OS with Swipe Interface. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 309 launched in India for Rs. 6349”
Huawei has announced the Honor 2, the successor of Honor. It has a 4.5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core K3V2 processor from Huawei. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has 8MP BSI rear-facing camera with 1080p full HD video-capture and 1.3MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 2 with 4.5-inch HD display, 1.4GHz quad-core processor announced”
Nokia has finally announced the Lumia 822, their new Windows Phone 8 device exclusive for Verizon Wireless. It surfaced earlier this month as Nokia Atlas and has similar features as the 820 including a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) AMOLED ClearBlack display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor and Windows Phone 8 OS. Unlike the 820, this phone has a curved design. It would support Verizon’s 4G LTE network.
Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 822 announced, coming exclusively to Verizon this fall”
Despite its rather bold name, the Acer Liquid Gallant Duo is gunning for the middle of the mobile market, and mixes together some unusual features (such as dual-SIM capability) with a single-core CPU and a small amount of internal storage. It’s certainly not aimed at those considering an upgrade to the shiny new iPhone 5, but will it find success lower down the food chain? Let’s find out. Continue reading “Acer Liquid Gallant Duo Review”
Google was supposed to host an event in New York City today to show off the new LG Nexus 4, the Samsung made Nexus 10, Android 4.2, and a few other cool things, but they’ve just announced that the event has been cancelled. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the news, the biggest storm America’s east coast has ever seen is set to hit several states during the next 48 hours. Over 375,000 people have already been evacuated from Manhattan, the New York Stock exchange has shut down, the public transportation has been turned off, basically the city is preparing for the worst. We hope our American readers stay safe! Continue reading “Google has cancelled today’s Android event due to bad weather”
Microsoft is going to show off Windows Phone 8 later today at an event in California. One of the first devices to hit the market that’ll run that OS will be Nokia’s flagship Lumia 920. It’s the first smartphone to feature optical image stabilization, which should deliver ultra high quality blur free photos. It’s also one of the first devices to ship with a touch screen that works even when you have gloves on, something that’s important in Nokia’s home country of Finland. Speaking about Finland, one of the largest consumer electronic store chains in the country, Verkkokauppa, has just announced when they’ll start selling the Lumia 920. According to their weekly circular, there’s going to be a launch event on November 22nd at 00:01. It’ll cost 599 Euros, which is the same price that they’ll also be selling HTC’s Windows Phone 8X. Continue reading “The Nokia Lumia 920 gets a price and launch date in Finland”
Byond Tech has launched Mi-book Mi3, their new Android tablet in the Mi-book range . Most of the features are similar to the Mi1 tablet including a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS and 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor. It has a 2MP camera at the back along with a VGA front-facing camera for video calling. It has 3D video and gaming support and comes with free 3D goggles in the box similar to the Mi1. It has 8GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM and a 3200 mAh battery. Continue reading “Byond Mi-book Mi3 Tablet with 7-inch display, Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 6090”
