Category: Android

Huawei MediaPad X2 with 7-inch full HD display, Octa-Core 64-bit SoC, 4G LTE announced

Huawei MediaPad X2

Huawei just announced the MediaPad X2, the company’s latest phablet and the successor of last year’s MediaPad X1 at the Mobile World Congress 2015. It has the same 7-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) IPS display, but this is powered by a 2.0 GHz Kirin 930 64 bit octa-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 3.0 on top. It has category 6 LTE support that would offer speed up to 300 Mbps. Continue reading “Huawei MediaPad X2 with 7-inch full HD display, Octa-Core 64-bit SoC, 4G LTE announced”

Acer Liquid Z220 with Android 5.0, Snapdragon 400 SoC and Liquid Z520 announced

Acer Liquid Z220

Acer has announced Liquid Z220 and Liquid Z520, two new budget Android smartphones in the Z series ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 in Barcelona. The Liquid Z220 is the company’s first budget smartphone with Android 5.0 Lollipop. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera with 89-degree wide-angle lens. The Liquid Z520 has a 5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core quad processor and comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera. Both these smartphones have a 2-megapixel front facing and dual SIM support.

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Acer Liquid Jade Z with 5-inch HD display, 64-bit quad-core SoC and 4G LTE announced

Acer Liquid Jade Z

Acer has announced Liquid Jade Z, the successor of last year’s Liquid Jade smartphone ahead of MWC 2015. It has a 5-inch HD IPS display based on Zero Air Gap technology with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, 13-megapixel rear camera with f/1.8 aperture and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Liquid Jade, but this is powered by a faster 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6732 with 4G LTE support and has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Acer Liquid Jade Z with 5-inch HD display, 64-bit quad-core SoC and 4G LTE announced”

Huawei Ascend G7 Unboxing

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Huawei announced the Ascend G7 smartphone at the IFA last year. We brought you the hands-on impressions of the device from the event, here we have the unboxing. It’s not available in India yet, and this is the UK unit, which costs about 149.99 GBP in the country.

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Motorola Moto E, G (2nd Gen) and Moto X (2nd Gen) users in India get up to 2GB free data from Airtel

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Motorola India recently partnered with Airtel to offer free data for Moto E, Moto G (2nd Gen) and Moto X (2nd Gen) users. Airtel pre-paid users get free data for two months, while post-paid users get bill discounts per month for 2 months on subscription of 3G and 2G data packs. This offer is available for both existing and new Motorola smartphone users, but it can be activated only once on an IMEI. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E, G (2nd Gen) and Moto X (2nd Gen) users in India get up to 2GB free data from Airtel”

Xolo A1010 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5499

Xolo A1010

Xolo has launched A1010, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the A series. It has a 5-inch (854  x 480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1GHz dual-core Mediatek MT6572 processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat).There is a 5MP rear camera with LED Flash and a VGA font-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Xolo A1010 with 5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5499”

Panasonic Eluga U2 with Android 5.0, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE launched in Taiwan

Panasonic Eluga U2

Panasonic Eluga U2, successor of last year’s Eluga U has been launched in Taiwan. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga U2 with Android 5.0, Snapdragon 410, 4G LTE launched in Taiwan”

Karbonn Titanium Dazzle with 5-inch display, quad-core SoC launched for Rs. 5490

Karbonn Titanium Dazzle

Karbonn has launched Titanium Dazzle, the company’s latest smartphone in the Titanium series. It has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium Dazzle with 5-inch display, quad-core SoC launched for Rs. 5490”

Micromax Canvas Selfie A255 with 13MP front and rear cameras launched for Rs. 15999

Micromax Canvas Selfie

Micromax announced the Canvas Selfie A255 smartphone last month that comes with a 13-megapixel front-facing camera with LED flash and a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a Sony sensor. Today the company has launched the smartphone officially.  It has a 4.7-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.7 GHz True Octa-Core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS and comes with dual SIM support. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Selfie A255 with 13MP front and rear cameras launched for Rs. 15999”

Microsoft releases Keyboard for Excel for Android tablets

Microsoft Keyboard for Excel

Microsoft has released Keyboard for Excel for Android for Android tablets, as a part for their Garage experimental project. It provides a keyboard optimized for numbers, delivers speed and efficiency to Excel users entering data, says Microsoft

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Salora Arya Z3 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 6999

Salora Arya Z3

Salora International has launched Arya Z3, the company’s latest budget smartphone and the successor of last year’s Arya Z2. It has a 5-inch HD display based on one-glass-solution (OGS) technology, is powered by a 1.4 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Salora Arya Z3 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 6999”

Google to bring sponsored search results to Play Store

Google has started testing sponsored test results via a pilot program on Play Store. The initiative will allow developers to advertise their apps directly within the Google Play store.

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Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3-VE goes on sale for Rs. 6650

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3-VE (SM-G316HU), successor of last year’s Galaxy S Duos 3 (SM-G313HU) is now on sale in India from official Samsung India eStore. It has the same 4-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) display, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung TouchWiz UI, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, but this is powered by a slightly faster 1.2GHz dual-core processor and lacks a front-facing camera. It also has support for 14 regional languages. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3-VE goes on sale for Rs. 6650”

iBall Andi 5M Xotic with 5-inch display, 2GB RAM now available for Rs. 8950

iBall Andi 5M Xotic

iBall Andi 5M Xotic surfaced earlier this month revealing 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Now the smartphone is available for sale from eBay. It has a 5-inch qHD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) that is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5M Xotic with 5-inch display, 2GB RAM now available for Rs. 8950”