Fitbit Alta sleek and fashionable fitness tracker announced, coming to India in March for Rs. 12999

Fitbit today introduced Alta, its latest slim, sleek and fashionable fitness tracker. It has satin finish, stainless steel body and has a range of optional stylish interchangeable bands in multiple popular colors and premium materials. In addition to activity, exercise and sleep tracker, it offers reminders to move to motivate you to stay active throughout the day, while … Continue reading “Fitbit Alta sleek and fashionable fitness tracker announced, coming to India in March for Rs. 12999”

Apple iPhone 7 to have a flush camera – Might get rid of antenna bands as well

It seems like the Apple iPhone rumour season has begun as we have more information regarding the upcoming iPhone. The next generation Apple iPhone 7 will reportedly have a flush camera just like the older generations and Apple might also get rid of the antenna bands.

HTC reports $101 million loss for Q4 2015, down 46% YoY

HTC today reported a net loss of NT$ 3.4 billion ($101 million), on revenue of NT$ 25.7 billion ($766 million) for its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter that ended December 31, 2015. This is the third consecutive loss for the company. Even though the operating profit is up 20% quarter-on-quarter, it is down 46% year-on-year.

Microsoft officially confirms it has acquired SwiftKey

After reports, Microsoft has officially announced that it has acquired SwitKey, one of the popular keyboard app makers. The exact amount of the deal is not disclosed, but it is said to be $250 million, according to an earlier report. Microsoft said that it will continue to develop SwiftKey’s keyboard apps for Android and iOS and will also … Continue reading “Microsoft officially confirms it has acquired SwiftKey”

Microsoft Lumia 850 with 5.4-inch display, Iris scanner surfaces in live images

Microsoft Lumia 850 render based on factory-acquired schematics surfaced back in December last year, later the case of the smartphone leaked. Now live images of the smartphone have surfaced in a new leak from China (Via). The leak also says that the phone will have a 5.4-inch display compared to 5.5 / 5.7-inch screen as rumored earlier. It shows … Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 850 with 5.4-inch display, Iris scanner surfaces in live images”

Global tablet shipments decline 10.1% in 2015, only 65.9 million units shipped in Q4 2015: Report

Worldwide tablet market declined yet again in the fourth quarter of 2015 with 65.9 million units shipped, down 13.7% year over year, according to latest report from the International Data Corporation (IDC).This is the fifth straight quarter where tablets have reported a decrease year over year. In Q3, 2015 tablet shipment had declined by 12.6%

Jet Airways to debut WiFi based in-flight streaming service

Jet Airways has announced that it will soon introduce a WiFi based in-flight streaming service for passengers. The domestic carrier will bring streaming of movies, TV programmes, a wide genre of music, interactive games, and children’s programmes directly to wi-fi enabled personal devices such as smartphones, tablets and personal laptops of the passengers.

US Mobile brings Xiaomi and Meizu phones in the US without LTE support

Xiaomi and Meizu, two popular Chinese smartphone brands are entering the US market. Both the companies have partnered with US Mobile to bring some of their devices to the country. US Mobile is a prepaid carrier that uses T-Mobile’s network for service.

100 million mobile phone units are now being manufactured in India

India has become a hot bed for mobile manufacturing plants, buoyed by a positive response from mobile phone makers to Governments ‘Make in India’ initiative. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the country is now producing 100 million mobile phone units.

Chinese smartphone shipments hit 438 million units in 2015, Xiaomi maintains lead : Report

Chinese smartphone shipments grew 3 percent annually to hit a record 438 million units in 2015, according to the latest report from Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi maintained the top spot by shipping 17.5 million smartphones and captured 15 percent market share in China in Q4 2015, up 11 percent annually.

HP’s Isaac Mizrahi designed smartwatch now available for $249.99

HP has partnered with renowned fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi to create an analog smartwatch designed specially for women. The watch which is engineered by HP, comes with Swarovski crystal framed watch face around the 42mm round stainless steel casing.

Samsung Galaxy S7 might offer 17 hours of video playback on 100% brightness

Eldar Murtazin of MobileReview fame is or was a rockstar in the blogging world who is famous for having leaked several high profile devices and news way before they actually happened. Now, he claims that the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S7 will be capable of offering 17 hours of video playback at 100% brightness.

Microsoft Office brings real-time co-authoring for Box and Outlook.com

Microsoft had teamed up with Dropbox to integrate Office in 2014. Now the company is expanding Office integration to Box and Outlook.com.  The latest update will let Office subscribers work on documents, spreadsheets and presentations in real-time shared within Box and Dropbox.