Lenovo is gearing up to launch a new device unit that could be worth a couple of billion dollars, according to a new report from Bloomberg. Dubbed as ‘Shenqi’, the new unit will focus on online only smartphone brand and smart home devices.
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HP India today launched the Slate 6 VoiceTab II voice calling tablet running Android and Stream 8 Windows 8.1 tablet with 3G support. The company also launched HP Stream 11, a 11.6-inch Windows 8.1 notebook and HP Pavilion Mini Desktop, a palm sized desktop. Continue reading “HP Slate 6 VoiceTab II and Stream 8 officially launched in India for Rs. 15990 and Rs. 16990”
Xolo today announced that the it will roll out Android 5.0 Lollipop update for its Xolo One budget smartphone starting January 16. It already promised to offer Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the smartphone when it launched back in October last year running Android 4.4 (KitKat). Xolo is not part of the Android One program, and it is really good to see the company offering Android Lollipop update for the Xolo One before the Android One devices. Continue reading “Xolo One Android 5.0 Lollipop update to roll out starting January 16”
The LG G Flex 2 was only announced last week but the handset is already up for pre-order with Amazon Germany. The German arm of the global online giant is offering the G Flex 2 for €599, which is substantially cheaper than the G Flex which originally went up for pre-order at €850 but the retailer hasn’t listed a shipping date. Continue reading “LG G Flex 2 pre-order opens in Germany”
Micromax’s YU has announced that it sold 10,000 units of Yureka smartphones in just 3 seconds in its first flash sale on Amazon.in. Over 3 lakh people had registered for today’s sale. Since everyone tried to buy the smartphone, the website crashed immediately after the sale was open. Some managed to order, but most users were frustrated since they couldn’t get the smartphone. Continue reading “10,000 YU YUREKA smartphones sold out in 3 seconds, next sale slated for 22nd Jan”
Motorola has promised that Android 5.0 Lollipop update to its devices from 2013 and 2014 will come “really soon”. This was announced by Motorola software engineer Luciano Carvalho on a Google+ post.
Even though solid hardware is important for a smartphone, software with regular software updates and competitive pricing are important for the success of a smartphone. Micromax intelligently roped in Cyanogen Inc. for its first YU branded device and launched the YU YUREKA budget smartphone last month running Cyanogen OS at Rs. 8,999. Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G went on sale in India last month for Rs. 9,999. Both the smartphones are competitively priced and come with 4G connectivity. You might have already seen the photo gallery comparing the YU YUREKA and the Xiaomi Redmi Note. The Redmi Note 4G has the same design, but the internals are slightly different. We decided to compare these smartphones.
Lenovo has launched the Tab 2 A7-10, the company’s latest budget tablet in the A-series. It was announced at the CES last week, packs a 7-inch (1024 x 600) IPS display, is powered by a 1.3GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT8382M SoCs and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat. It has WiFi support, VGA front-facing camera, 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot and packs a 3450mAh battery. It has front-facing speaker, Dolby audio and comes pre-loaded with Lenovo DOit apps. Lenovo has tied up with Snapeal to sell the tablet. Continue reading “Lenovo Tab 2 A7-10 launched in India for Rs. 4999”
Samsung might soon unveil a low end smartphone dubbed as Galaxy J1, according to a new report. The device has surfaced online in images and specs under model number SM-J100.
Celkon OCTA510, the company’s first smartphone with Octa-Core SoC is now available from eBay . It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, is powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core (MediaTek MT6592M likely) processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Celkon OCTA510 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core SoC now available for Rs. 8990”
A few years ago, the concept of taking a “selfie” using your front facing camera would usually have been rubbished by the complaint that the quality of the image wasn’t good enough. During the past two years, we’ve seen the birth of the selfie generation with the front facing camera quality arguably becoming as important as the rear camera and this is especially true of the new generation of selfie handsets, which includes the HTC Desire Eye. Continue reading “HTC Desire Eye – The Selfie Generation”
Micromax has launched the Canvas Hue (AQ5000), the company’s latest smartphone in the Canvas series. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), which is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Hue with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 10999”
Micromax’s YU launched the YU YUREKA (AO5510), the first smartphone under YU brand last month for Rs. 8,999. We brought you the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks of the smartphone recently. Here we have the battery test results of the smartphone. The YU YUREKA has a 2500mAh removable Lithium-polymer battery. It is powered by a Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor, has a 5.5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Check out the battery test results below.
CyanogenMod has officially added support for Android One smartphones. This means users can install official builds of CyanogenMod 11 based on Android 4.4 KitKat.
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Google is planning to bring an important update to its Translate app for Android that will allow it to auto-recognize languages and translate them into text in real time, according to a latest report from New York Times.
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