People are quite hesitant to make changes in their lives and changing your smartphone’s OS is one such change that many people prefer not to risk. Firefox has come up with a new developer preview for Android devices which will make it easier for you to decide whether to change your OS or not.
Google is almost always releasing updates with changes in terms of UI, performance and stability. Although some of the changes might be minor, they still play a role in improving the overall experience of the user. Chrome for Android has now received an update that changes the layout of the new tab page
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Sony Xperia C3 users have something to rejoice about as their handsets will soon receive the update to Android Lollipop 5.1.1 if they haven’t received it already.
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While HTC has been facing a lot of issues financially as well as with its product sales, it sure is trying hard to keep its customers happy. Apparently the HTC One M8 is confirmed to receive the update to Android M once it releases.
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Apple released the 3rd beta version of IOS 9 today and it brings about a number of changes and additions such as screenshot and selfie folders, new app and more.
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LG is proving that they still care about their old flagship smartphones just as much as their newer ones since the LG G2 is expected to get the update to Android 5.1.1 Lollipop within the next two months.
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Yesterday, we told you that Apple is working on a software update for the Apple Watch. Now, the first update for the Apple Watch, v1.0.1 has just gone live and it brings new Emojis, languages as well as app improvements.
New day, new report about the upcoming flagship from Samsung. As per a latest report from SamMobile, Samsung is expected to bring a number of software changes to the Galaxy S6.
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Apart from the marquee product launches of the Lumia 1520, the 1320 and the Lumia 2520 Windows tablet, two other announcements stood out from the Nokia World event, and the both were related to Nokia’s forte – imaging. The company announced a new imaging app for its Lumia smartphones called the Nokia Refocus, and also announced that the Lumia 1020 and the upcoming Lumia 1520 will be getting RAW support. With these announcements, the gap between Nokia and other companies in the imaging department became way wider than it is already. Especially with RAW, which is considered a landmark announcement for serious photographers who like to play around with the whole sensor’s data. Refocus too, kindled the “shoot first, focus later” mantra that the Lytro popularized. What you see above is a new sample from Nokia highlighting just that, and here is a fully interactive sample of the same picture above, using which you can change the focus –
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Lytro camera made one innovation really popular. It allowed people to refocus a photo AFTER taking one. This provided really nice possibilities for people to not care about focus and just look at composition. But the Lytro had a few drawbacks like low resolution images and proprietary controller, but then we saw news of Oppo planning to release the first MEMS camera with auto focus so fast that it could take 6 full resolution images in a split second with different focus points. But guess who is doing it first, with just an app? None other than Nokia. After launching the Lumia 1520, the Lumia 1320 and the Lumia 2520 devices, the company has let loose a lot of new camera related features for its PureView devices. The Refocus app is one them. Yes, they just announced that the Nokia Refocus app will be able to let you change the focus after you take a photo, or you can keep the complete photo in focus. Just like the Lytro camera.
Nexus 4 has become a really popular phone both positively and negatively. Google has gone through a problem with their Play store website because of the Nexus 4, they have also been dealing with software glitches, some hardware issues, now to make matters worse Google has suddenly removed factory images and binaries from developers.google.com without any notice.
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Google has started selling the Galaxy Nexus on Google Play from this week just for $399.99, six week after its debut. This new device comes with Google wallet and a $10 credit by default. Another interesting factor is that the system image on this Galaxy Nexus is not the usual “Yakju” build, instead it’s the “Takju” image which has been used.
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Nokia’s first Windows Phone handset , the Lumia 800 has received its 3rd major update since launch. The update reportedly fixes the fairly average battery life of the handset. Initial reports estimate upto triple the battery life compared to the previous update.
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We told you about the Adobe Flash Player 11 update which brings support for Android Ice Cream Sandwich. But it seems that Flash is not the only thing missing from Android ICS.
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It’s actually sad to hear that Opera co-founder and current Advisor Jon von Tetzchner is leaving the company . I had the pleasure meeting Jon in 2009 and he’s a pretty knowledgeable guy and a pioneer in the internet space .He was in India recently for a Opera Meetup. He seems pretty tight lipped about this future plans, but we wish him luck !. Opera Software is the company behind Opera Mini and Mobile.
