Windows Phone has been moving ahead in the platform race for the couple of quarter in the year. In the first quarter of 2013, we saw the Windows Phone OS leap ahead of BlackBerry OS with 3.2% market share and in the second quarter we saw the Windows Phone OS posting the fastest growth with 3.7% … Continue reading “Windows Phone surges ahead while Android still dominates in Q3 2013 – IDC”
Via a blog post on the official Internet Explorer Blog, Dean Hachamovitch who previously headed Internet Explorer development detailed that he will be switching over to a new team at Microsoft. What is even more interesting is that Joe Belfiore will now be taking over some of the responsibilities previously handled by Dean. Joe Belfiore … Continue reading “Joe Belfiore, Windows Phone Manager at Microsoft to head Internet Explorer app development”
Apple unveiled the Retina iPad mini along with the iPad Air at an event last month. The iPad Air went on sale in range of countries on November 1st, but the launch date of the new iPad mini was unknown, now the Apple has started selling the Retina iPad mini from the Apple online … Continue reading “Apple iPad mini with Retina display goes on sale in a range of countries”
Xiaomi, the company that has recently been in the spotlight for a wide variety of reasons, has just sold 380,000 devices in just a few hours on Singles day in China. A quick TIL fact – Singles day in China is a massive day for shopping, like, for example Diwali in India or Thanksgiving, in … Continue reading “Xiaomi sells 380,000 devices in a few hours on Singles day in China”
Micromax is looking to start assembling its phones in India starting next year, according to reports. The company might be the second largest smartphone vendor in India, it still imports all of its devices from China to sell it here. The original device manufacturers in China who do contract manufacturing for companies like Micromax, Karbonn … Continue reading “Micromax to assemble phones in India starting next year”
Karbonn is all set to launch the Titanium X, the company’s first phone with a full HD display. The phone has appeared on the official website and packs a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with … Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium X with 5-inch 1080p display, 13MP camera coming soon”
OPPO has announced that they would start selling a limited edition of their latest flagship device, the OPPO N1 running CyanogenMod out of the box in December. This would support all the unique features of the OPPO N1, and also range of CyanogenMod accessories. The Oppo N1 was announced back in September and packs a 5.9 inch … Continue reading “Limited Edition OPPO N1 running CyanogenMod coming in December”
LG announced the G Flex, the company’s latest phone in the G series last month. Earlier this week it announced that the phone would go on sale in Korea on November 12th, now it has finally announced the price of the device. The LG G Flex packs a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Curved Curved Plastic … Continue reading “LG G Flex price revealed for Korea, coming to Europe in December”
Samsung held their second Analyst Day yesterday and the outcome of the event is that we now have an idea regarding what Samsung is planning for the smartphone market in the next couple of years. Among the various important revelations in event, certain highlights were that Samsung will be producing their custom ARM core CPUs … Continue reading “Samsung’s Roadmap reveals 560ppi and 4K phones coming in 2014 and 2015 respectively”
Micromax has already launched its fifth flagship(Canvas A100, Canvas A110, Canvas HD A116, Canvas 4 A210 before this) – Canvas Turbo in just about twelve months and they had recently roped in Hugh Jackman for marketing their products. The Indian manufacturer looks to be on a role ever since their Android smartphones kicked off. The … Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Turbo Camera Samples”
ARCHOS showed off the 10.1 XS 2 with a Keyboard dock at the IFA 2013 in Berlin back in September, now the company has announced the launch date and the price of the tablet for the UK market. It has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Cortex A9 processor … Continue reading “ARCHOS 101 XS 2 Android tablet with Keyboard dock coming to UK in December for 250 GBP”
Google has released a major update (v3.1.0) to the Search app for iOS that brings notifications, Reminders, new Google Now Cards and “OK Google” Handsfree voice to search. The Search app has a redesigned and simplified homepage, gestures to zoom or throw away images, One touch sign in if you use other Google apps and Improved voiceover accessibility. Only select cards are … Continue reading “Google Search for iPhone and iPad updated with Notifications, Reminders and New Google Now Cards”
The press image and specifications of the upcoming Nokia Lumia 525 have leaked out, shedding more light on what it might look like and what it might pack inside. Firstly, the press image comes via @evleaks with no additional information while the other leak, from the Chinese network Baidu reveals a lot more than we … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 525 Press Image and Specifications leak, sports 1 GB of RAM reportedly”
Micromax announced their latest flagship – Micromax Canvas Turbo without any launch event which was kind of a surprise to everyone. As expected, Micromax launched the Canvas Turbo with a Full HD display and a better quad-core processor. Micromax are sort of late to the 5inch Full HD category as Gionee Elife E6 was already … Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Turbo Photo Gallery”
Looks like Google is bringing one more Nexus device soon to India but in this case a slightly old tablet the Nexus 10. The Nexus 10 was announced last year along with the Nexus 7 and Nexus 4 and went on sale in November 2012. Almost a year later there is an indication of this … Continue reading “Google Nexus 10 coming soon to India ? Gets priced at Rs.29999”
