Zync recently announced its low cost tablet, the Z-909 plus. Coming in at just around Rs. 3700, it is one of the cheapest tablets in the market right now. The 7″ tablet is powered by a 1Ghz processor coupled with 256MB of RAM. Unfortunately the WVGA touchscreen is resistive in nature. WiFi connectivity is present and a 0.3 MP camera can be found up front.
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Radio streaming comes to Spotify for Android
Back in June, Spotify added a radio feature to its iOS app for premium subscribers. The Swedish company has now done the same for Android users. The feature which works in a way quite similar to Pandora radio, allows premium subscribers to listen to an unlimited number of stations and songs.
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Casio introduces four new Android tablets in Japan
Casio has introduced its latest tablets aimed at business users in the Japanese market. All four tablets have a 10.1″ 1,280×800 multi-touch LED display. The Paper Writer V-N500-WJ and Paper Writer V-N500-J come with a stylus and have handwriting recognition capabilities which also let it convert handwritten text to digital.
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XPERIA Phones from 2011 Will Not Receive Upgrade to Jelly Bean
XPERIA Phones released in 2011 are most likely to not get upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Continue reading “XPERIA Phones from 2011 Will Not Receive Upgrade to Jelly Bean”
Motorola and Nextel Announce i867 Ferrari Smartphone
Motorola has announced the i867 Ferrari smartphone with Push to Talk in Brazil in partnership with Nextel. The phone’s design is inspired by the Ferrari 458 Italia and the back cover is designed to resemble the hood of the car.
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Android 4.1 update being pushed out to Motorola Xoom WiFi tablets
Droid-Life reports that the WiFi version of the Motorola Xoom tablet has now started receiving the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean in the US. The update has now begun gradually rolling out to users though currently it is restricted to only those using the WiFi edition of the tablet. 
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Jelly Bean now available for Nexus S users via OTA upgrade
Google has now made the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean available for Nexus S users via an over the air upgrade. The download weighs in at about 114MB and has been restricted to being a WiFi only download.
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Nexus 7 users reporting touchscreen responsiveness issues
Google’s Nexus 7 is one of the hottest selling Android tablets right now owing to its attractive price point but it seems that Asus might have cut more than a few corners to make it cheap enough. Users are reporting a whole host of problems and a majority of them seem to involve the touchscreen.
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Android Jelly Bean coming to the HTC One X and One S
HTC just confirmed that a majority of its recent smartphones will get upgraded to Android Jelly Bean. The handsets mentioned include the HTC One X, HTC One XL and HTC One S. This is great news for owners of HTC devices seeing that almost no other manufacturer has committed to an upgrade path for their phones.
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Hands-on with LG Optimus L5 In India
LG Mobile is being quite aggressive this year when it comes to launching attractive Android smartphones running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. LG Mobile has announced three international models running on ICS apart from a few Gingerbread running devices at MWC 2012. These three devices are the Optimus L5, L7 and Optimus 4X HD which run Android 4.0.3 out of the box. Continue reading “Hands-on with LG Optimus L5 In India”
Google Music receives major UI overhaul
The Google Music application has just received a major update bringing its user interface in line with the one shipping on the Nexus 7. The updated application follows the Holo UI principles similar to the Google+ app and there is a lot of focus on visuals with large images. In addition some useful additions like adding new tracks to a playlist queue have been included.
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Exclusive : Dual SIM Micromax A90 with ICS and Super AMOLED display spotted
An anonymous tip just landed in our inbox with some details and photographs of what is believed to be the next big product by Micromax. Called the Micromax A90, the phone is expected to come with a large 4.3″ Super AMOLED display. Dual SIM card slots will also be making a showing in the handset.
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HTC reports 58% drop in profit for Q2 2012
Things don’t look very good for smartphone maker HTC which has declared a pretty steep drop in profit compared to the same period last year when it posted record profit. Profit for Q2 2012 stood at NT$7.4 billion versus NT$17.5 billion profit in Q2 2011. That is a drop of about 57.7% in profit – ouch ! Although we are a big fan of the HTC One series mainly the One X and One S, looks like it’s not doing so well in the market. Seems like Samsung is dominating the Android phone market.
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Motorola RAZR MAXX Unboxing
Is battery life a problem on your android phone ? Well it’s a problem with most smartphones today and Android phones are the worst affected. What’s awesome about the Motorola RAZR MAXX is that it packs a massive 3300 mAh battery. Moto promises about 17.6 hours of talk time on this handset which is almost twice the talk time on the RAZR. Check out our unboxing video of the Moto RAZR MAXX below. There is a brief comparison with the Motorola RAZR as well.
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Samsung begins rolling out Android 4.0 tablet updates
Post the Android 4.1 announcement at Google I/O a few days back, Samsung has finally begun the Android 4.0 update roll out to its tablet lineup. Starting off with the Galaxy Tab 7.7, the rest of the devices still stuck on Honeycomb should get the update shortly.
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