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Motorola XT912A with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 800 spotted in benchmarks

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Motorola XT912A, an unknown device has surfaced of GFXBench. The Motorola Droid Razr had a codename XT912, so the XT912A could belong to the Droid family. It could also be the rumored Motorola Moto X+1 and the successor of last year’s Moto X. According to the benchmarks, the XT912A would have a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor with Adreno 330 GPU and run on Android 4.4.3 (KitKat) Continue reading “Motorola XT912A with 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 800 spotted in benchmarks”

Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120 with 5-inch HD display, swappable back covers listed on official website

Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120

Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120, a new smartphone in the Canvas series has been listed on official website. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera similar to the Canvas HD A116, but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 2 Colors A120 with 5-inch HD display, swappable back covers listed on official website”

IFTTT app now available for Android

IFTTT for Android

IFTTT or “if this then that” has launched their Android app finally. The iPhone app was launched back in July last year and the iPad app arrived earlier this month. The app is also available for Android tablets. You need to find a Channel that has Recipes. You can browse through a Channel to select a Recipe or create your own Recipe. Once the Recipe is activated, it triggers an action. Continue reading “IFTTT app now available for Android”

Intex smartphone with 3.5-inch touch screen, QWERTY keyboard coming soon

Intex touch screen QWERTY phone

Intex started teasing their ‘Touch and Type QWERTY’ phone earlier this week on their Facebook page. Few hours back it has posted an image, but the image in the background could be a mock-up. It has revealed that the phone would have a 3.5-inch touch screen with a physical QWERTY keyboard, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Intex smartphone with 3.5-inch touch screen, QWERTY keyboard coming soon”

Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 projector phone with metal build goes official in China

Samsung Galaxy Beam 2

Samsung has officially unveiled the Galaxy Beam 2 (SM-G3858) in China. It got certified in China last month and has metallic build. The Galaxy Beam that was unveiled back in 2012 has plastic build. It has a 4.66-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The built-in projector projects in WVGA resolution and has background color correction feature for better color output. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Beam 2 projector phone with metal build goes official in China”

Sony Xperia E1 Dual Review: a loud whimper for your buck

Sony has been making a comeback of sorts. A couple of years back, they were struggling to match the competition in price and were never on par in specifications but things started to change last year, when the company rebooted the brand and design with fresh new phones, like the recent and much loved Xperia Z1 Compact. While it has amplified at the higher end with flagships like the Z2, the effect has now reached the lower end spectrum of the market. The Xperia E1 Dual is Sony’s latest jab at the entry level smartphone which replaces the good old Tipo Dual. Priced at less than 10,000 rupees, this Sony smartphone aims to satisfy the needs of a market that always wants more for less. Armed with music focused features, can the Xperia E1 dual stand out from the crowd? Lets find out in our review.

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Samsung Galaxy K (S5 Zoom) appears in live shots again

Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom

Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom with a faux leather finish appeared online few weeks back and the specifications of the phone leaked earlier this year that revealed a 20.2-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, 4.4-44mm lens with 10x optical zoom, Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) and Xenon Flash. Samsung confirmed that it would unveil the camera phone at an event in Singapore on April 29th. This hinted at the name Galaxy K. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy K (S5 Zoom) appears in live shots again”

Android outnumbers iOS in mobile ad traffic: Report

Android has surpassed iOS in terms of ad traffic according to a new report from Opera Mediaworks. Almost 43% of all mobile ad impressions came from an Android devices in the first quarter of 2014 as per the latest Mobile Advertising report.

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OnePlus One with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 801 announced, starts at $299

OnePlus One

OnePlus, a technology startup that started teasing the OnePlus One smartphone has finally revealed the design and complete features of the phone as it promised. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 ×1080 pixels) Full HD LTPS display from JDI with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on CyanogenMod 11S based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel camera Sony IMX214 stacked sensor with 6-element lens, f/2.0 aperture, dual LED flash 4K video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture.

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Oppo R1S with 5-inch 720p display, 1.6 GHz Snapdragon 400 processor official

Oppo R1S

Oppo R1S that got certified in China last week is now official. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8928) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Color 1.2 ROM on top, as rumored. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 6-element , f/2.0 aperture, 1/3″ Sony IMX214 sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Oppo R1S with 5-inch 720p display, 1.6 GHz Snapdragon 400 processor official”

Adobe AIR gets support for Intel x86-based Android devices

Adobe AIR Intel x86

Adobe has announced that it would offer native adobe AIR application support for x86-based Android devices. This would let application developers to pack AIR applications for Intel x86 based Android devices easily. A beta version of the app be available in the AIR SDK on Adobe Labs soon and the final version would be available in Adobe’s next major release of AIR. Continue reading “Adobe AIR gets support for Intel x86-based Android devices”

Leaked LG G3 screenshots reveal beautiful new flat design in QHD resolution

Flat design is the current trend in a smartphone user interface and the movement has been going on for a while. Windows Phone, Android 4.0 ICS and more recently, Apple’s iOS 7 all have embraced flat design to different levels, and it looks like OEMs are finally catching up with their own take on a flat UI. Following Samsung’s latest Touchwiz release, leaked screenshots from a LG G3 reveal a similar direction in which the company is going flat on design and, interestingly, in Quad HD resolution(2560×1440) which confirms what we had heard about the G3 earlier. The icons have lost their gradients and thin lines have taken over gaudy colours, making the new LG UI look much more beautiful to look at, than before.

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Motorola shipped 6.5 million smartphones in Q1 2014

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Motorola Mobility has announced that they have shipped 6.5 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2014. The company’s COO Rick Osterloh has not shared how much it actually sold. 6.5 million smartphone shipments in a quarter is definitely huge, since other competitors like LG and Lenovo has shipped less than 10 million smartphones in Q4 2013, according to IDC report. Continue reading “Motorola shipped 6.5 million smartphones in Q1 2014”

Pantech IM-A888S with Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 shows up in benchmarks

Pantech Vega Iron 2 from the Korean manufacturer appeared online last month and was expected to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor. Today VEGA IM-A888S, an unknown smartphone from Pantech has appeared on AnTuTu that reveals the specifications of the devices. Continue reading “Pantech IM-A888S with Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 shows up in benchmarks”

AnTuTu reveals top 10 popular Android smartphones of Q1 2014 in India

Google Nexus 5 Benchmarks

Last week AnTuTu released top 10 popular smartphones for global, US and Chinese markets, based on benchmarking and device information from Antutu Lab. Today it has released top 10 popular smartphone chart for India and 13 other countries that includes, Russia, Germany, Japan, Korea and more. Continue reading “AnTuTu reveals top 10 popular Android smartphones of Q1 2014 in India”