The big launch this week was by Motorola. It finally brought the mid-range Moto X Play to India, as expected. The smartphone was announced back in July, same day as Motorola launched the 3rd generation Moto G in India. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Moto X Play in India, $50 Amazon Fire Tablet, $99 Fire TV, new Qualcomm SoCs and more”
Amazon has introduced new versions of its Fire TV Products along with the launch of its $50 tablet. The company has announced the new Fire TV that supports 4K Ultra HD.
While Amazon’s Fire tablets haven’t exactly set the world on fire (no pun intended!), it seems that the company hasn’t really given up on its hardware ambitions. If the latest rumors are to be believed then the Seattle based company might be working on an ultra low cost tablet. Continue reading “Amazon working on $50 Android tablet to boost hardware adoption”
Amazon has announced the launch of Kindle Unlimited subscription service in India. Users can now read unlimited books at a monthly price of Rs. 199 with this new service.
Continue reading “Amazon Kindle Unlimited launched in India for Rs.199 per month”
Amazon has rolled out Amazon Underground app for Android that claims to offer users “$10,000 in apps, games and in-app items that are actually free”.
Continue reading “Amazon Underground app for Android launched, offers free apps and games”
Following up the launch of its Android apps, Amazon’s Cloud Drive debuted today on the iOS platform. Cloud Drive is Amazon’s answer to the other major internet storage providers. The differentiating factor here is that Amazon has introduced multiple apps for specific use cases to be able to manage files better. Continue reading “Amazon Cloud Drive app debuts on iOS”
The international variant of the Sony XPERIA Z4 is known as the Z3+ and now the device is available for purchase on American shores via Amazon.
Continue reading “Sony XPERIA Z3+ now available on Amazon USA”
Amazon Echo is a smart speaker that doubles up as a virtual assistant. It was announced by Amazon late last year in November. It was a pretty neat piece of tech but the issue is that hardly anyone had access to it since it was based on an invite only system of purchase. Now happily that invite system has been removed and everyone can get their hands on the device.
Continue reading “Amazon Echo now available without an invite for US$179.99”
Amazon has always believed in using a highly customized fork of Android called Fire OS on their line up of tablets and phones. Fire OS brings with it a completely different look and has a very different and in some ways superior feature set to stock Android when it comes to media consumption and more so from Amazon’s ecosystem. Today the company has released the first developer preview of their upcoming Fire OS 5 that is based on Android Lollipop. Continue reading “Amazon releases Android Lollipop based Fire OS 5 developer preview”
After being exclusive to Amazon, OnePlus is now bringing One to Flipkart in India. Continue reading “OnePlus One coming to Flipkart soon”
Despite HTC stating that they don’t have any plans to introduce the One M9+ and E9+ in USA, the two handsets are now available for purchase on Amazon.
Continue reading “HTC One M9+ and E9+ land in USA – Available through Amazon”
Amazon wants to change the way you unlock your phone. The company is going beyond passcode, fingerprints, iris scanner as a medium to unlock your phone.
Continue reading “Amazon patents ear-phone unlocking technology”
We had earlier told you that Meizu planned to make an announcement today regarding their plans for the Indian market. Now Meizu has just announced that its M1 Note will be available from May 20th onwards exclusively on Amazon India.
Continue reading “Meizu M1 Note to be available in India starting May 20th – Exclusive to Amazon”
Amazon had released the Fire Phone back in June last year at a price of US$ 640 off contract in the USA. In the UK however the handset was priced at £400 for the 32GB variant and £479 for the 64GB at launch. Now the Fire Phone has received a temporary price drop in the UK.
Continue reading “Amazon Fire Phone receives a temporary price drop in the UK – 32GB for £99”
Amazon.in is expanding its delivery portfolio and launching Sunday delivery. The e-commerce company already offers One day delivery, Two day delivery, Release day delivery and Midnight Delivery.
