Microsoft recently announced its Lumia 640 series, consisting of two devices – Lumia 640 Dual SIM and Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM. We already reviewed the former, but the 640 XL is the better-equipped smartphone. Microsoft with its 640 series is trying to offer a smartphone to everyone out there and thus we have these … Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM Review”
Differentiation is the name of the game when it comes to budget hardware. Yet, caught within this dichotomy of price and quality, most brands end up being rather generic in their offerings. Yu, a spinoff from mass market brand Micromax, is taking aim at the internet savvy, young audience that wants cutting edge features at … Continue reading “Yu Yuphoria Review”
MixRadio, the personalized music streaming service, finally arrives on Android and iOS platforms as well. Until now, the service was only available to Windows Lumia devices.
Apple has acquired GPS technology firm Coherent Navigation, according to a latest report from the New York Times. The financial terms of the deal are not known.
Taneli Armanto, the creator of the original Nokia Snake recently announced that the classic Snake game will be released as Snake Rewind this week in partnership with Rumilur Design. Now the game is out for Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms. It has the same elements with intuitive gameplay from the original Snake with added visual effects, sounds and more features.
Uber is inching closer towards becoming the most valuable startup of all time. The on demand ride hailing company is eyeing a whopping $1.5 billion in latest round of funding, as per a latest report from the Wall Street Journal.
All this while if you have missed playing the old classic ‘Snake’ game on your phone or have tried something similar but still preferred the original, then here’s good news for you. Taneli Armanto, the creator of the original Nokia Snake – released with Nokia 6110 in late 1997, has announced that the sequel called … Continue reading “Most popular classic ‘Snake’ is coming to smartphones as ‘Snake Rewind’ on May 14”
According to the Indian import/ export website Zauba, Microsoft has shipped four units of Lumia devices to India for testing purposes.
Microsoft has launched Lumia 430 Dual SIM, the company’s most affordable Lumia smartphone till date. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon 200 SoC, runs on Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim update, packs a 2-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera without flash and VGA front-facing camera. It is also upgradable … Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 430 Dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 5299”
In a surprising move, Microsoft is now letting developers repackage their Android and iOS apps for Windows 10. Developers will be able to quickly port their app over, with equivalent system-level APIs in Windows that will support as well as extend the app’s functionality. Microsoft will include an Android subsystem on Windows 10 for phones … Continue reading “Windows 10 will run repackaged Android and iOS apps”
Microsoft is looking forward for manufacturing handsets in India as the government raised import duties on mobile phones, as per a report from the Economic Times. Nokia was once a leader in manufacturing feature phones in India.
On Tuesday, the world’s first rebranded Microsoft Priority Reseller Store was inaugurated in India by Chris Weber (Corporate VP, Mobile Device Sales at Microsoft), and we got hold of the man for more information about this transition and his/ Microsoft’s thoughts on the overall boom in smartphone/ Android market.
Microsoft has begun the transition of Nokia branded stores to Microsoft ones. The world’s first Microsoft Priority Reseller Store was opened today at Ambience Mall in Gurgaon, India by Mr Chris Weber (Corporate VP, Mobile Device Sales at Microsoft).
Microsoft has lost the latest round in a patent-infringement case against U.S. International Trade Commission. According to the judge, Theodore Essex, Microsoft has infringed two wireless cellular patents owned by InterDigital, which is a company that designs technologies and licenses them to third parties.
Microsoft has apparently discontinued the Lumia 830 and while retailers may have it in stock, that stock will not be replenished once its over. This is most likely to pave way for the successor; the Lumia 840.
