Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Neo with 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE announced

Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Neo

Samsung has quietly unveiled the Galaxy J1 Ace Neo (SM-J111F), successor of last year’s Galaxy J1 Ace (J110H) smartphone in South Africa. It has a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Galaxy Ace, but this is powered by a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and also comes with 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 Ace Neo with 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, 4G LTE announced”

Google to train 2 million developers under Android Skilling Program in India

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Google has launched Android Skilling Program in the country with an aim to train two million developers in India over the next three years.

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Xiaomi MIUI 8 Global Beta ROM for Mi Max, Redmi Note, Redmi 2 and more released

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Xiaomi today rolled out global MIUI 8 beta ROM v6.7.5 for Redmi Note (3G and 4G), Redmi Note Prime, Redmi 2 and Mi Max (32GB) smartphones, as it had promised at the MIUI 8 global launch event last month. Continue reading “Xiaomi MIUI 8 Global Beta ROM for Mi Max, Redmi Note, Redmi 2 and more released”

Xiaomi starts taking entries for MIUI 8 beta testing team

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Xiaomi is inviting 100 beta testers for its MIUI 8 beta testing team. It introduced the MIUI 8 globally at the Mi Max launch event in India last week. Now the company is looking to get 100 beta testers onboard to enhance MIUI 8 ROM for the Mi users, before the final stable ROM rollout in August. Continue reading “Xiaomi starts taking entries for MIUI 8 beta testing team”

Google Nexus 2016 Photoshop color render by a Reddit user is worth a look

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A recent design leak of the upcoming Nexus 2016 by Android Police had suggested that Google might go for a completely new design language for the device with two-tone colors at the back. Now a Reddit user has recreated the colors theme which in our opinion Google should definitely consider. Continue reading “Google Nexus 2016 Photoshop color render by a Reddit user is worth a look”

Storm it for Android makes your Tweetstorm experience easy

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Storm it is a new Android app from NFN Labs. The app focuses on improving your Tweetstorm experience. It is helpful especially for those Twitter users who usually post series of tweets about a certain topic. The app lets you “Storm” your ideas on Twitter maintaining the response chain.

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Intex Aqua Power 4G with 5-inch HD display, 3800mAh battery launched for Rs. 6399

Intex Aqua Power 4G

Intex has launched Aqua Power 4G, the company’s latest budget 4G smartphone with a 3800mAh battery. It has a 5-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow), has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone LED flash and a 2-megapixel rear camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Power 4G with 5-inch HD display, 3800mAh battery launched for Rs. 6399”

Ringing Bells Freedom 251 Hands On

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As Ringing Bells, the company behind the controversial Freedom 251 smartphone gets ready to launch some new products, we finally got a chance to get some hands on time with the Freedom 251 handset that is all set to begin deliveries. Here’s what we thought of what is being termed as the most affordable smartphone around.  Continue reading “Ringing Bells Freedom 251 Hands On”

OnePlus 3 OxygenOS 3.2.1 with improvements and bug fixes starts rolling out

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OnePlus has started rolling out OxygenOS 3.2.1 for the OnePlus 3 smartphone, after it paused the OxygenOS 3.2.0 roll out due to some unknown reasons. This has the same changelog as the previous update that includes new sRGB mode in the developer options to tone down the colors shown by the phone, improved RAM management, improvements for GPS performance, camera quality and more. The new changelog also mentions that this minor update fixes SIM recognition issue. Continue reading “OnePlus 3 OxygenOS 3.2.1 with improvements and bug fixes starts rolling out”

Sharp 507SH waterproof Android One smartphone with 3010mAh battery, 4G VoLTE announced

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Google and Sharp have announced 507SH the first waterproof and dustproof Android One smartphone. It has a 5-inch HD IGZO 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 617 processor and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 13.1-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sharp 507SH waterproof Android One smartphone with 3010mAh battery, 4G VoLTE announced”

Google Now on Tap gets text translation, QR code scanning, discover mode and more

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Google’s Now on Tap feature that was introduced with Android 6.0 Marshmallow last year is getting smarter. The latest update is bringing slew of features such as discover, improved search, in app translation.

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Google might be working on ‘Angelfish’ and ‘Swordfish’ Android Wear smartwatches

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Google is working on its own Android Wear smartwatches, according to a latest report from Android Police. The company is apparently building two Android Wear smartwatches.

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Google rolls out July Android security update for Nexus devices

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Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Nexus devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The latest update this month fixes several critical issues, including issues in Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in libpng, Mediaserver, sockets and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Mediaserver and more. In addition to security fixes for July 1st, this also includes another update dated July 5th that cover hardware vulnerabilities on Nexus devices. Continue reading “Google rolls out July Android security update for Nexus devices”

TP-LINK Neffos Y5L with 4.5-inch display, Snapdragon 210, Android 6.0 announced

TP-LINK Neffos Y5L

TP-LINK, popular for its networking products has announced Neffos Y5L, the fourth smartphone in the Neffos series after the C5L, C5 and C5 Max smartphones that were unveiled earlier this year. This is a budget phone with a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snadpragon 210 SoC and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “TP-LINK Neffos Y5L with 4.5-inch display, Snapdragon 210, Android 6.0 announced”

LeEco Le 2 gets EUI 5.8 update with bug fixes and improvements

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LeEco Le 2 smartphone has received a new EUI update to version 5.8, up from 5.6 that fixes several bugs and also adds some new features such as fingerprint app lock, very large font size and more. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “LeEco Le 2 gets EUI 5.8 update with bug fixes and improvements”