Acer Liquid E700 Triple SIM Android Smartphone Unboxing

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Acer launched its Triple SIM Liquid E700 smartphone in India earlier this month priced at Rs. 11,999, exclusively on Snapdeal. It packs solid specifications for the price. We brought you the hands on impressions and the photo gallery of the Acer Liquid E700 from the Computex 2014 earlier this year. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone.

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Yahoo Weather for Android and iOS updated with new animated effects

Yahoo Weather for Android Animated effects

Yahoo! has updated its Weather app for Android, iPhone and iPad with new animated effects. The Android app now shows animated effects for rain, snow, fog, heat, lightning and frost and the iOS app that already had some animated effects now shows lightning and frost in addition to those. These effects are animated through leveraging bleeding-edge graphics technology typically only seen in video games, says the company.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Unboxing

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Samsung unveiled the the Galaxy Note Edge smartphone along with the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone at the IFA back in September. It comes with a 5.6-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD+ Super AMOLED display that bends on the right side that utilizes 160 pixels. We already brought you the hands-on impressions and photo gallery of the smartphone from the IFA. We managed to get the smartphone from Singapore since it is not available in India yet. Check out the unboxing of the smartphone.

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Samsung SM-J100H with 4.8-inch display, Android 4.4 surfaces

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Samsung SM-J100H, an unknown smartphone has surfaced on official website in the form of user agent profile. This reveals WVGA display and and 1.3GHz ARM Cortex A7 processor, but the GFXBench listing reveals detailed of the smartphone that includes a 4.8-inch WVGA screen, 1.2GHz quad-core Marvell PXA1908 processor with Vivante GC7000UL GPU and Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) OS. Continue reading “Samsung SM-J100H with 4.8-inch display, Android 4.4 surfaces”

Micromax launches YUREKA with CyanogenMod OS, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE for Rs. 8999

Micromax YUREKA

Micromax’s YU just launched YUREKA (AO5510), the company’s first YU branded smartphone as expected. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, is powered by a Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor and runs on CyanogenMod OS 11 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with OTA updates every month. It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax launches YUREKA with CyanogenMod OS, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE for Rs. 8999”

Inbox by Gmail gets Android Wear support, smart suggestions for Reminders and more

Google has updated its Inbox app to version 1.2 that brings several new features, including Reminder suggestions as you type or tap so that you can create Reminders faster. Inbox has Assists,handy pieces of info that helps you with the next step. If a suggestion has an icon next to it, that means you’re guaranteed an assist. Continue reading “Inbox by Gmail gets Android Wear support, smart suggestions for Reminders and more”

iBall Slide 3G Q7218 with 7-inch display and voice calling launched for Rs. 6499

iBall Slide 3G Q7218

iBall has launched Slide 3G Q7218, the company’s latest budget tablet with 3G and voice calling capabilities. It has a 7-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Slide 3G Q7218 with 7-inch display and voice calling launched for Rs. 6499”

Asus ZenWatch launches in the UK on Dec 23 for £199

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When they announced the ZenWatch back at IFA, Asus claimed it would arrive before Christmas and they’ve just about kept to their word. The stylish Android Wear watch will land in the UK exclusively at Currys and PC World on December 23rd for the princely sum of £199 (which is somewhat discerning given the $199 launch price in the USA). Continue reading “Asus ZenWatch launches in the UK on Dec 23 for £199”

Pebble for Android v2.3 Beta brings Android Wear Notifications, Auto app updates and more

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Pebble released Firmware version 2.8.1 and Android app version 2.2 earlier this month that brought French, German, and Spanish support. The latest Android app update version 2.3 Beta brings the most expected Android Wear notifications that lets users reply and act on notifications right from your watch. Pebble has also added some unique features such as reply to Hangouts message with emoji and more. Continue reading “Pebble for Android v2.3 Beta brings Android Wear Notifications, Auto app updates and more”

Xolo Omega 5.0 Review

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Xolo launched the Omega 5.0, company’s latest budget smartphone with HIVE UI earlier this month at Rs. 8,999. It is also one of the few budget smartphones in the price range to be powered by an Octa-Core processor. Is this one of the best budget smartphones in the price range? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Google Nexus 6 Benchmarks

Google Nexus 6 Benchmarks

Google Nexus 6 smartphone made by Motorola was officially launched in India last week, priced at  Rs. 43,999 for the 32GB variant and the 64GB variant is priced at Rs. 48,999. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Quad-Core Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084) 28nm HPm Krait 450 CPU clocked at 2.65 GHz with Adreno 420 GPU clocked at 600 MHz. It has 3GB RAM, a 5.96-inch (1440 x 2560 pixels) Quad HD display and runs on Android 5.0. We did not add Quadrant and Linpack benchmarks since the scores were very low compared to other Snapdragon 805-powered devices. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.

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Spice Dream Uno H Android One smartphone with complete Hindi support launched for Rs. 6499

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Spice and Google have launched Spice Dream Uno H Android One smartphone with complete Hindi language support, including complete Hindi keyboard, voice input and Hindi versions of popular Google products such as Android OS, Chrome, Search, YouTube and  Google Maps. It has exclusive Hindi applications such as Aajtak, Sony live and Hungama.

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Micromax YU smartphone could be priced aggressively at under Rs. 10000

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Last week Micromax announced that it will launched the first YU branded smartphone running CyanogenMod OS in India on December 18th. It will be available for sale exclusively on Amazon.in. One of our readers has spotted the Micromax YU smartphone in Zauba import/export database that shows the pricing for a single unit as Rs. 8,301. With tax it might cost around Rs. 10,000, which is would be competitive in the range for its specifications. Continue reading “Micromax YU smartphone could be priced aggressively at under Rs. 10000”

Samsung Galaxy A5 Unboxing

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Samsung announced the Galaxy A series smartphones, the Galaxy A3 and Galaxy A5 with all metallic build. We got our hands on the Samsung Galaxy A5 that is currently the top-end variant in the new A series. We picked up the smartphone from Hong Kong for around US$ 480. Check out the unboxing below.

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Instagram for Android and iPhone updated with five new filters

Instagram new filters for iPhone and Android

Instagram for Android and iPhone have been updated with five new photo filters – Slumber, Crema, Ludwig, Aden and Perpetua. It got Mayfair and Willow filters back in December 2012, it took two years for the company to add more filters. Continue reading “Instagram for Android and iPhone updated with five new filters”