Nintendo is sent to release some of its popular games for smartphones. The Japanese video game maker is teaming up with online gaming firm DeNA Co Ltd to develop and operate gaming apps.
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India is said to have 651 million smartphone users in 2019, as per a latest report by Cisco. The number of smartphones grew 54 per cent during 2014, reaching 140 million in number and the number of smartphones will grow 4.7-fold between 2014 and 2019, reaching 651 million mark, said the report.
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The global smartphone shipments surpassed 1.3 billion units in the year 2014, as per a latest report from IDC. The research firm had predicted in 2013 that smartphone shipments will cross the 1 billion unit milestone.
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Motorola has officially re-entered China by launching Moto X, Moto X Pro and Moto G with 4G LTE. The company would begin taking pre-orders for the second-gen Moto G and the 2014 flagship Moto X in China, and showed off the Moto X Pro (basically a de-branded Nexus 6).
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Facebook has rolled out ‘Lite’ app for Android smartphones. The app which uses less data connection is aimed at users living in emerging markets, as per a report from TechCrunch.
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Worldwide smartphone sales grew 20.3 percent to reach 301 million units in Q3, 2014, according to the latest report from Gartner. The growth was dedicated to strong demand from emerging markets.
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Rising popularity of metallic smartphones has resulted into a downfall of plastic injection molding industry. 2014 saw most of the smartphone makers choosing metal for their flagship phones thereby reducing the demand for plastic.
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LG has released four smartphones under its Aka line of smartphones in Korea today. Announced last month, the smartphones have animated eyes above the interchangeable protective panel that express different emotions.
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Nokia has finally launched HERE Maps for Android devices running 4.1 or higher. The news comes after Nokia made maps available on select Samsung Galaxy devices.
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India is the fastest growing smartphone market in the world. The country has seen a rise in migration to smartphones from basic feature phones, according to the State of the Android Mobile Web report for India by Opera Software.
The report said that India has the largest Opera Mini user base in the world that has increased by 25% over the past year, while its smartphone user base surged by 120%. Meanwhile, the Android smartphones user base has increased by an impressive 160%, said the report.
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LG G3 Vigor a variant of the LG G3 Beat will arrive on AT&T for $334.99 without contract on September 26. The mid range device from LG will also support AT&T’s HD Voice for clearer calls.
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Google launched Android One smartphones in India last week with three homegrown smartphone makers. The handsets under this ambitious program announced back in June is based on Android One reference hardware, comes with stock Android KitKat software and will get software updates directly from Google. Continue reading “Karbonn Sparkle V vs Micromax Canvas A1 vs Spice Dream UNO Photo Gallery”
Lenovo has revealed that it is selling more smartphones than PCs for the first time ever. This quarter was the first time Lenovo smartphones outsold its PCs, with 15.8 million units.
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Android continued its dominance in the smartphone market and accounted for a record 84.6% share of global smartphone shipments in Q2 of 2014, according to research by Strategy Analytics. Global smartphone shipments reached 295.2 million units in Q2 said the report.
Last week there were reports about Kyocera developing a smartphone with sapphire crystal display. Today, the company has released a video and thereby confirming the launch of a smartphone that is equipped with sapphire crystal display.
Kyocera which focuses on durable and rugged smartphones showcases ‘Sapphire Shield’ displays in the latest video. It claims that it has 41 years of experience synthesizing man-made sapphire for electronic components, LED lighting, and high-end wrist watches. The Sapphire Shield display is described as “coming soon,” and will be available in large enough quantities to satisfy Android manufacturers. It also states that this displays will be pure and “truly affordable”.
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