Accessories
Panasonic has unveiled HX-A500 (A500), the company’s first wearable camera with 4K (3820×2160 pixels) video recording at 25fps. It has WiFi and NFC support to connect the camera to a smartphone or tablet so that you can remotely control the video camera and also share images and videos easily. It is waterproof with IPX8 rating (3 m/30 min) and dust proof with IP5X ratings. Continue reading “Panasonic HX-A500 wearable camera with 4K video recording, WiFi and NFC announced”
iBall has launched iB-W3GMPB21, the company’s latest 2-in-1 multi-function router with power bank. It offers download speed of 21 Mbps and upload speed of 5.76Mbps for connectivity on the go. It lets you create a hotspot and connect up to 10 WiFi-enabled devices once you insert a 3G or 2G SIM card. The built-in power bank has a 4400 mAh battery to charge mobile phones and tablets easily. Continue reading “iBall launches 3G MiFi Router with inbuilt power bank for Rs. 4499”
LG has unveiled its first Smart Bulbs ( B1030EA5L6B and B1050EA5L6B) in Korea. It has built-in Bluetooth 4.0 that lets you connect the bulb to Android (4.3 or later) and iOS (version 6.0 or higher) devices. Once connected, it lets you turn the lights on or off with a single touch, control brightness, slowly turn the lights on when you wake up in the morning and more. Continue reading “LG introduces Smart Bulb, lets you control it with Android and iOS devices”
Top Notch Infotronix has launched Zebronics Closic, a new Bluetooth speaker with digital alarm clock. It is aimed at students and home-makers and has FM Radio, Media controls buttons and also has a micro SD card slot to play music even without a mobile device. It shows time even when the speaker is off and also has AUX input to connect feature phones. Continue reading “Zebronics Closic portable Bluetooth speaker with Alarm clock launched for Rs. 2299”
Samsung unveiled the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit at the MWC 2014 last month. Samsung has revealed the pricing for the Gear 2 and the Gear Fit at an event in Taiwan. Samsung Galaxy Gear got priced at Rs. 22,990 when it launched in India last year. Samsung assured that the successor would be priced reasonably. The Gear 2 has been priced at NT$ 8,990 (Rs. 17,980 approx) and the Gear Fit is priced at NT$ 5,990 (Rs. 11,980 approx). Pricing for the Gear 2 Neo is not available yet.
Continue reading “Samsung Gear 2 and Gear Fit get priced officially”
Huawei has launched seven new WiFi Data cards under Laptopi-Fi, Power-Fi and Mobi-Fi categories. The lineup includes, Laptopi-Fi plug-and-play data cards E5220 and E515, Power-Fi data cards, E8231 and E8221, which can work with external power source for connectivity and the Mobi-Fi devices E5220, E5151 and E5730 with built-in battery. Continue reading “Huawei launches new Wi-Fi Data Cards in India priced between Rs. 1899 and Rs. 4999”
Made of stainless steel, the Moto 360 Android Wear watch is designed to communicate and look good on the wrist while it does that. In a hangout broadcasted live on Motorola’s YouTube Channel, Jim Wicks, Lead Designer of the Moto 360, disclosed few features of the Android-wear watch, on Wednesday. Continue reading “Moto 360 compatible with Android 4.3 and higher version devices”
Samsung is planning to launch a variant of its Gear 2 smartwatch capable of making voice calls without connecting to a smartphone, according to a report from Korean Herald. Samsung plans to release the new version of the Gear 2 in Korea in partnership with the local operator SK Telecom. This would have a built-in SIM card or USIM (Universal Subscriber Identity Module) to use it as a standalone mobile device. Continue reading “Samsung Gear 2 variant with SIM card slot for voice calls reportedly in the works”
Sennheiser has launched three new DJ headphones, HD8 DJ, HD7 DJ and HD6 MIX aimed at music producers and DJs. These have been developed in conjunction with some of the world’s top DJs such as Bob Sinclar, Luciano, Andy Baxter, Missill and Davina, says Sennheiser. Continue reading “Sennheiser HD8 DJ, HD7 DJ and HD6 MIX DJ headphones launched in India”
Close on the heels of the announcements from Google for Android Wear and Motorola’s Moto 360 Smartwatch, LG has announced that it will actually be making the first smartwatch powered by the new wearables platform. The LG G watch, as it is called, will be the first smartwatch to release to the market, powered by Google’s Android Wear platform. LG and Google have apparently worked on this device together, right from design, just like a Nexus product. The details of the LG G watch have not been revealed yet, but the availability is set to the second quarter of 2014.
Continue reading “LG’s G Watch will be Google’s first “Nexus” Smartwatch, powered by Android Wear”
Wireless charging has been spearheaded by the Qi Wireless Power Consortium for quite a while now, and we have seen phone manufacturers implement the standard in many of their high end phones. On the other hand, we have the wireless chargers being manufactured by a large number of companies, including phone manufacturers themselves, slowly building up the momentum. Technically, it isn’t completely wireless right now, as the charging pads need to be connected to the power plug for it to work. But that hasn’t stopped many manufacturers from making all kinds of wireless charging pads. One of them is Ravpower, who makes the Qi-based wireless charging pads. We had taken a look at their “Dynamo on the go” with our unboxing video, watch –
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Samsung announced the successor of their original Galaxy Gear smartwatch at the MWC 2014 earlier this year – Gear 2. Samsung ditched Andriod for Tizen as a platform for their smartwatch and introduced two variants – Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. Samsung has made available the Tizen SDK for Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo for developers and they can access it from https://developer.tizen.org/.
Continue reading “Samsung makes Tizen SDK for Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo available starting today”
Lapcare, popular for laptop peripherals and accessories has launched Smart 3G Dongle that offers data speed of up to 14.4 Mbps. It supports voice calls and SMS and also supports Micro SD card upto 2 GB. It supports all major operating system and also works on select Android tablets that accepts data cards. Continue reading “Lapcare 14.4 Mbps Smart 3G Dongle launched for Rs. 1999”
NOMAD, a company based in San Francisco started crowd funding for ChargeKey, a super-small micro USB cable for Android and lightning cable for iPhone last year on Indiegogo, and exceeded more than three times its goal. It began shipping in December, and the also started selling it on their website recently. The company first launched ChargeCard, a credit card sized iPhone Lightning Cable or micro USB cable on Kickstarter, that exceeded their goal by 300%. We got to check out the micro USB version of the ChargeKey, suitable for Android or other mobile devices with a micro USB port. Continue reading “Nomad ChargeKey is a keychain-sized micro USB cable for smartphones”
Rumors about the Google Smartwatch started few months back, but the existence of Google Smartwatch became strong when Android Chief Sundar Pichai recently announced Google would release Android SDK for wearables later this month. Continue reading “Google Smartwatch made by LG rumored to sport 1.65-inch (280×280) screen, more specs surface”
