Emerging markets and China have resulted in an uptake in global smartphone sales in the first quarter of 2014, according to a latest report from Trend Force. The market research firm says that smartphone shipment worldwide hit 266.9 million units and improved by 1.13% in the first quarter of 2014.
Spice launched the Mettle Icon Mi-506 with Metal build recently. We brought you the unboxing earlier this week, here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a dual-core MediaTek MT6572 SoC with Mali-400 MP GPU clocked at 1.3 GHz. It has a 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) display, runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and has 512MB of RAM. Let us … Continue reading “Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi-506 Benchmarks”
Square Enix has released Hitman GO, a turn-based puzzle game for iPhone and iPad. This is developed by Square Enix Montréal and lets you strategically navigate fixed spaces on a grid to avoid enemies, infiltrate well-guarded locations and take out your target. This includes disguises distractions, sniper rifles and even iconic Silverballers. The game definitely … Continue reading “Hitman GO turn-based puzzle game released for iPhone and iPad, coming to Android soon”
The Indian market is one of the fastest growing smartphone markets in the world, purely driven by the barrage of entry level Android smartphones. The market is so big that even Nokia wanted a slice of it, so it is not surprising to see the unending release schedules the companies resort to. One of them … Continue reading “Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi-506 Unboxing”
Nokia Lumia 2520 was a tablet that was announced in Nokia’s Abu Dhabi event in 2013 and ever since, it hasn’t really lived up to the hype. If you were one of the very few who got the tablet, then there is more bad news coming your way.
Toshiba has taken wraps off its latest microSD memory cards which the it claims are the fastest in the world. The new cards comply with the UHS-II interface standard, the ultra high speed serial bus interface defined in the SD Memory Card Standard Ver. 4.2.
Samsung was expected to launch their first Tizen-based smartphone last year, but it didn’t happen. Even after some leaks, we didn’t get to see the Tizen smartphone at the MWC earlier this year. Samsung senior VP for product strategy, Hankil Yoon has confirmed to Reuters that it would launched the first Tizen-based smartphone this quarter. … Continue reading “Samsung to launch Tizen smartphone in Q2 2014, Android Wear smartwatch coming later this year?”
Smartphone makers Apple, Google, HTC America, Huawei, Motorola Mobility, Microsoft, Nokia and Samsung and the U.S. telecom operators AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless have signed a new Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment to agree that new smartphones manufactured after July 2015 and sold in the United States would have a anti-theft tool pre-loaded or … Continue reading “Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung and others commit to Anti-theft smartphone measures”
Airtel has launched Night Store, new night packs that would let pre-paid users enjoy unlimited on-net (Airtel to Airtel) voice calls and 2G data. It also offers limited 3G data with select packs in 3G circles and free Facebook access. These packs are applicable between 12AM to 6AM and is valid for one night. These packs are … Continue reading “Airtel launches Night Store for unlimited on-net local calling and internet all night”
Google announced the Project Ara developers conference for April 15th and 16th that began yesterday. Google would release the Project Ara gray phone in January 2015, according to CNET. The Project Ara team from Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) division at Google is working hard to bring the modular smartphone that would let users to … Continue reading “Google Project Ara modular smartphone coming in January 2015”
LINE messenger which entered India last year has been aggressively trying to capture the market with various tie-ups and offers. Today, the popular Japanese platform has unveiled Sticons which is a merger of stickers and emoticons. Sticons can be used in text messages in the same way as emoticons, but they can also be used … Continue reading “LINE Messenger for Android gets Sticons, coming to iPhone soon”
Oppo India has announced that it would launch the Find 7, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the country by mid-2014. Oppo entered into the Indian market with the Oppo N1 and later introduced the Oppo Neo, Find 5 Mini and Oppo R1 in the Indian market. It plans to expand its portfolio to over 10 … Continue reading “Oppo Find 7 launching in India by mid-2014, plans to launch six more smartphones by Dec 2014”
With competition in the instant messaging platform heating up by day, players are finding ways to attract users. Hike messenger which recently clocked 15 million users has announced a new offer to increase its user base. The instant mobile messaging platform from Bharti Soft Bank (BSB) is now offering unlimited SMS to its users.
Gionee Elife E7 mini that went on sale online in India online last week has been officially launched in India. It was announced in India back in December last year and has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 … Continue reading “Gionee Elife E7 mini officially launched in India for Rs. 18999”
Google Glass, the Mountain View company’s first wearable product that took the world by storm, started out as a preview, with an invite-only explorer program. But in a turn of events, Google will be selling the Explorer edition of Glass to anyone in the US, but with a tiny catch. It will be available only … Continue reading “Google Glass loses invite-only purchase in the US, but only for a limited time”
