Nokia Lumia 630 single SIM variant goes on sale in India for Rs. 10500

Nokia launched both the Lumia 630 and the Lumia 630 Dual SIM at an event last month. The Dual SIM variant of the smartphone went on sale few days after the launch. Now the single SIM variant is on sale through the official Nokia Shop in India. Other than the lack of additional SIM card slot, … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 630 single SIM variant goes on sale in India for Rs. 10500”

Nokia Lumia 630 Camera Samples

The Lumia 630 Dual SIM  from Nokia is one of the first devices to be launched with Windows Phone 8.1 out of the box, and of course, with a Dual SIM setup. It is a direct successor to the Lumia 620, but takes a different route in terms of the pricing strategy, moving closer to … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 630 Camera Samples”

LinkedIn adds profile redesign for Premium users

LinkedIn is following footsteps of Facebook and Twitter by giving its user profile a makeover. Now, premium account users on LinkedIn can add background images to their profile pages which is similar to Facebook’s and Twitter’s cover photo feature. Users can either upload their own image, or select from a gallery of header images provided by LinkedIn.

Former Airtel CEO joins Micromax as Chairman of board

Micromax has announced that it has appointed Sanjay Kapoor Chairman of the board and a part of Micromax’s promoter group. The company recently appointed former Samsung India Mobile business head Vineet Taneja as its Chief Executive Officer. He was the Chief Executive Officer for Airtel India and South Asia from March 2010 till May 2013. 

Motorola releases Moto Stream Bluetooth music streaming accessory

Motorola which has bounced back in the smartphone business with its budget and mid range smartphones is now moving to accessories. The company has launched a bluetooth audio streaming device that connects to your smartphone, tablet, laptop or computer up to 300 feet of “roam range”.

Adaptxt keyboard is also coming to iOS 8

KeyPoint Technologies, popular for Adaptxt Keyboard is bringing its keyboard to iOS devices. Apple opened up the iOS 8 to third-party keyboard developers. Swiftkey, Swype and Fleksy that are popular on Android devices had already announced that they would bring their keyboards to iOS. These third-party keyboards would have system wide access to all the services or … Continue reading “Adaptxt keyboard is also coming to iOS 8”

Apple Spotlight Search, now smarter, brighter and faster, coming to both OS X and iOS

At the WWDC 2014 event in San Franscisco, Apple made a number of announcements that were improvements to the iOS and OS X platforms. One of the things that was common to both the platforms was a much better and improved in-built search engine. Spotlight, as Apple calls it, is now smarter, brighter and faster.

Apple introduces ‘Swift’, a new programming language for OS X and iOS apps

Among the numerous announcements at the Apple WWDC 2014 event in San Francisco, the announcement that brought the largest cheers and applause from the audience was the announcement of ‘Swift’, a new programming language. Apple’s Craig Federighi said that Apple wanted to create a language without the complications of Objective-C and they came up with … Continue reading “Apple introduces ‘Swift’, a new programming language for OS X and iOS apps”

Apple has sold 800 million iOS devices with over half a billion iPhones

Apple held its annual developer conference WWDC 2014 at San Francisco yesterday and at the event, Apple made a lot of announcements about the upcoming software features. During the keynote, Apple also mentioned that they had sold more than 800 million iOS devices and well on course for hitting a billion iOS devices.

Apple announces iOS 8, Coming this fall with a new Health app, QuickType keyboard and more

Apple has announced iOS 8, the next major software update for the iPhone and iPad at the WWDC 2014. This would deliver a simpler, faster and more intuitive user experience and it the biggest iOS release ever, says Apple. This also brings new features such as iCloud Photo Library, new Health app, QuickType keyboard, new Messages … Continue reading “Apple announces iOS 8, Coming this fall with a new Health app, QuickType keyboard and more”

Micromax Unite 2 A106 Unboxing

Micromax launched the Unite 2 A106, the company’s latest budget phone and its first smartphone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) recently at Rs. 6,999. Micromax had launched several smartphones with similar specifications, but this has a 4.7-inch WVGA IPS screen and packs 1GB of RAM that is not seen on other Micromax smartphones in this budget. … Continue reading “Micromax Unite 2 A106 Unboxing”

Intex Aqua i5 Mini 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 6850

Intex has launched Aqua i5 Mini, the latest smartphone in the Aqua series. It was spotted on the official website couple of weeks back and packs a 5-inch FWVGA (854 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel … Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 Mini 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 6850”

Oppo N1 Mini with 13MP rotating swivel camera confirmed, goes on sale in China on June 11th

Oppo N1 mini, a smaller version of the company’s 2013 flagship, the Oppo N1 was teased by the company. It was expected to be unveiled today, but the company has just teased the smartphone and at the same time it has also revealed important specifications of the smartphone. It would come with the same 13-megapixel swivel camera … Continue reading “Oppo N1 Mini with 13MP rotating swivel camera confirmed, goes on sale in China on June 11th”

Micromax Canvas A105 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 spotted online for Rs. 6999

Micromax launched the Unite 2 A106 running Android 4.4 (KitKat) earlier this month and it started selling the Canvas Engage A091, another entry-level phone with KitKat. Now the Micromax Canvas A105 has been spotted on HomeShop18. It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) WVGA display.

BBM 2.2 for Android brings easier sign up and new emoticons, coming to iPhone soon

BlackBerry has updated the BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for Android to version 2.2. This brings new sign up screen and new sign in screen for new and existing users respectively. The new sign up screen now has limited number of fields. You just need to give your name, email and a password. This update also adds option … Continue reading “BBM 2.2 for Android brings easier sign up and new emoticons, coming to iPhone soon”