Jolla Smartphone, Sailfish OS ready for commercial release, ROM and launcher coming to Android devices soon

Jolla’s first Sailfish based smartphone went on sale back in November 2013 in Helsinki through local operator DNA and it went on sale online in select parts of Europe. We unboxed it couple of months back. The company has just announced that its Sailfish OS and the smartphone is ready for commercial release outside Europe. … Continue reading “Jolla Smartphone, Sailfish OS ready for commercial release, ROM and launcher coming to Android devices soon”

Asus Padfone Mini 4.3 Benchmarks

Asus unveiled the Padfone Mini 4.3, the company’s first Padfone device with a smaller smartphone and docking station. We brought you the unboxing recently, here we have the benchmarks of the device. The phone has a quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8226) ARM Cortex-A7 processor clocked at 1.40 GHz with Adreno 305 GPU, bit faster than the Motorola Moto G and the … Continue reading “Asus Padfone Mini 4.3 Benchmarks”

Asus Padfone Mini 4.3 Unboxing

Asus unveiled the Padfone Mini 4.3, the first mini version of the Padfone few months back. Unlike the Padfone with a 5-inch display that docks into the Padfone station with a 10.1-inch screen, this has a 4.3-inch screen and a smaller Padfone station with a 7-inch display. Remember, there are two Padfone Mini variants. The Padfone … Continue reading “Asus Padfone Mini 4.3 Unboxing”

Samsung Exynos Infinity SoC coming at MWC 2014

We didn’t see any new Exnos SoC at the CES 2014 last month. Samsung has started teasing their upcoming Exynos Infinity chip that would be unveiled at the MWC 2014 next week. This Exynos Infinity is expected to be the successor of the Exynos 5 Octa and is likely to be featured in a variant … Continue reading “Samsung Exynos Infinity SoC coming at MWC 2014”

Hike messenger clocks 15 million users

Hike messenger by Bharti Softbank (BSB) has announced that it has crossed the 15 million users. It crossed 5 million users in just four months after its launch on 12th December 2012 and has tripled its user base within 9 months. The cross-platform messaging app that is targeted at youth introduced Last Seen Privacy, a new feature that … Continue reading “Hike messenger clocks 15 million users”

Micromax Canvas Knight with Octa-Core processor launching in India soon

Micromax unveiled the Canvas Knight A350 at an event in Russia last month. The company has announced that the smartphone would hit the Indian market soon and has also released a teaser video. The Canvas Knight has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 2 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android … Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight with Octa-Core processor launching in India soon”

LG G2 Mini with 4.7-inch qHD display, quad-core Snadpragon 400 processor, Android 4.4 announced

LG has finally made the G2 Mini official ahead of Mobile World Congress 2014. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor (Snapdragon 400 or Nvidia Tegra 4i options), and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and … Continue reading “LG G2 Mini with 4.7-inch qHD display, quad-core Snadpragon 400 processor, Android 4.4 announced”

Airtel reaches 200 million mobile customers in India

Airtel has announced that it has crossed  200 million mobile subscriber mark in India. It is the largest mobile operator in India and fourth largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers. It has 1.5 million outlets and serves 86.7% of the country’s population. It crossed 60 million mobile customer mark in 2008 … Continue reading “Airtel reaches 200 million mobile customers in India”

Microsoft’s SkyDrive is now OneDrive

Microsoft was involved in a Trademark fight over the name “SkyDrive” and it lost. So, they had to rebrand it and from now on, Microsoft’s SkyDrive will be called as “Microsoft OneDrive”. Microsoft’s OneDrive is one among the many cloud storage options offered by big companies of the Internet – Google offers Google Drive, Dropbox, … Continue reading “Microsoft’s SkyDrive is now OneDrive”

HTC One family starts getting Android 4.4 KitKat update in India

HTC One family is a series of three similar looking smartphones that come at different sizes, different specifications and definitely different price points. HTC One, the company’s current flagship, was launched more than a year ago and is still the company’s flagship. In the interim, HTC has managed to push two HTC One lookalike devices … Continue reading “HTC One family starts getting Android 4.4 KitKat update in India”

Intel’s roadmap suggests new smartphone and tablet chips coming during MWC 2014

Intel is the company everybody knew because of processors that still power the everyday PCs and laptops. But the sales of PCs and laptops has been outdone by the sales of smartphones and tablets. People are moving on and portable devices are the new thing. Intel has been producing chips for the smartphones and tablets, … Continue reading “Intel’s roadmap suggests new smartphone and tablet chips coming during MWC 2014”

ZTE preps Grand Memo II, Open C for MWC 2014 alongside its MiFavor 2.3 UI

We have less than a week for one of the most anticipated events of the mobile world – MWC 2014 and ZTE, one of the many Chinese manufacturers has revealed its plans for the MWC 2014. According to ZTE, they will be launching the successor of the original Grand Memo smartphone and they will also … Continue reading “ZTE preps Grand Memo II, Open C for MWC 2014 alongside its MiFavor 2.3 UI”

Sony announces that it shipped 5.3million PlayStation 4 units worldwide

Sony recently sold off its PC making division – VAIO, to concentrate on its core business that includes Sony PlayStation. The gaming console is only the fourth iteration(consoles life cycle last way longer than smartphones) of PlayStation and according to the company, the latest console has shipped close to 5.3million units across the world.

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Review: The Mini we Deserve

In a world where gargantuan phones, as big as tablets, are released regularly, started a trend of “mini” flagships from companies like Samsung and HTC. They were supposed to be just scaled down versions of their popular flagship devices to cater to the market that just doesn’t want huge screens; instead they were scaled down … Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Review: The Mini we Deserve”

Oppo Find 5 Mini with 4.7-inch qHD display now available in India for Rs. 19490

Soon after its flagship Oppo N1, Oppo launched the Oppo Neo, a mid-range smartphone in India earlier this month. Now the Oppo Find 5 Mini is available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS sensitive touch screen with glove mode, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on … Continue reading “Oppo Find 5 Mini with 4.7-inch qHD display now available in India for Rs. 19490”