Ford Superfan Contest Day 1

We are here at Taipei , Taiwan for Computex 2014 and today is the day 1 of the Ford Superfan Contest . Ford is showing off something really cool for the very first time in Asia at Computex this year and this is something which makes cars talk to each other and this works beyond … Continue reading “Ford Superfan Contest Day 1”

Spice Stellar 360 Unboxing

Spice has just announced the Spice Stellar 360 which brings back the near extinct physical keyboard on a smartphone. The Spice Stellar 360 tries to bring together the BlackBerry style QWERTY keyboard on a smart phone and the very popular and widely used touch screen with Android at the heart.

Gionee Elife S5.5 Unboxing

Back in February, just ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Gionee announced the Elife S5.5 which is currently the slimmest smartphone. The Gionee Elife S5.5 comes with a Full HD AMOLED display and is powered by MediaTek’s Octa-core SoC. It also comes with a 13MP camera module on the back. The device is super thin … Continue reading “Gionee Elife S5.5 Unboxing”

Oppo Find 7a Camera Samples

Oppo Find 7a is one of the successors of the popular Oppo Find 5. Oppo Find 7a comes with a 13MP rear camera that can record 4K videos thanks to the Snapdragon 801 SoC inside it. There is a also a 5MP front camera that was designed for video chatting, but is being used these … Continue reading “Oppo Find 7a Camera Samples”

Lava Iris Pro 20 Review

Introduction The Lava Iris Pro 20 is a slightly stripped down version of the Lava Iris Pro 30 which was launched earlier this year. The Lava Iris Pro 20 looks very much like its big brother Lava Iris Pro 30 and both the Iris Pro phones look like the iPhone. The specifications of the Lava … Continue reading “Lava Iris Pro 20 Review”

Swipe MTV Slash 4X Review

Swipe Telecom partnered with MTV India to launch the Swipe MTV Slash 4X phablet earlier this year at a price tag of Rs. 9,999. We brought you the unboxing recently. It has Dual SIM support, voice calling and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Is the tablet worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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”

Android Wear notifications demoed by a Google Developer

We know one thing for sure – they are coming. Yeah! Smartwatches are coming as Apple seems to be prepping an iWatch while Google has already released a platform – Android Wear and its SDK for developers. Wearables are a huge category, but right now, in 2014, the concentration seems to be on smart watches. … Continue reading “Android Wear notifications demoed by a Google Developer”

LG G Pro 2 Review

The original G Pro was LG’s push into the phablet category with high end specifications and more specifically a gigantic (for the time) display. Fast forward to 2014 and 5.5 inches is fast becoming the norm for smartphones. Owing to consumer trends, the successor has grown bigger still. We have with us the LG G … Continue reading “LG G Pro 2 Review”

Panasonic P81 Benchmarks

Earlier this month, Panasonic revealed its first entrant into the Octa Core race. The Panasonic P81 powered by MediaTek’s MT6592 chipset is the company’s flagship device. The phone has a 5.5 inch 720p display and runs on the 1.7Ghz variant of MediaTek’s chipset with Android Jellybean onboard. We put the handset through a series of … Continue reading “Panasonic P81 Benchmarks”

Samsung Galaxy S5 Active rugged smartphone announced for AT&T

Samsung has made the Galaxy S5 Active official after several leaks. It would go on on sale in the U.S. today on AT&T. It has similar specifications as the Galaxy S5, including a 5.1-inch full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display, 2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 Active rugged smartphone announced for AT&T”

HTC One (M8) Review: One Up

HTC, the Taiwanese manufacturer, has been making smartphones for ages, but a definite breakthrough occurred when the company released the world’s first ever commercial Android handset, the Dream G1. A lot has happened since then, and the journey has been peppered with noteworthy products, especially the flagship “One” series. The One X started it all, … Continue reading “HTC One (M8) Review: One Up”

Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ Hands On Impressions

Alcatel, the French smartphone company, has finally launched the One Touch Idol X+ in India. Announced way back in December, we first saw the phone at CES. While the company took its own sweet time in bringing the device to India, it still remains relevant due to the presence of competitive specifications and above average … Continue reading “Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ Hands On Impressions”

HTC Desire 816 Benchmarks

HTC launched the Desire 816, a mid-range smartphone in the Desire series in India recently. It went on sale in the Indian market earlier this week and we already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently. Here we have the benchmarks it. The Desire 816 is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor with … Continue reading “HTC Desire 816 Benchmarks”

Broadcom introduces BCM59350 multi-standard wireless charging chipset for smartphones

Broadcom has announced BCM59350, a high performance wireless charging power management unit (PMU) with support for all three leading standards organizations including the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP), Power Matters Alliance (PMA) and Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). This has a unique Broadcom design that enables multiple devices with different power requirements such as tablets, smartphones … Continue reading “Broadcom introduces BCM59350 multi-standard wireless charging chipset for smartphones”