Sony unveiled the Xperia E1 and the E1 Dual earlier this year as the successors of the Xperia E and the Xperia E dual. Both these phones launched in India earlier this month. We brought you the unboxing of the Xperia E1 dual last week, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Xperia E1 Dual is the first smartphone to feature a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8210) processor with two ARM Cortex A7 chips clocked at 1.19 GHz. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E1 Dual Benchmarks”
The all new HTC One hasn’t even launched yet, but the Internet is still abuzz with leaks and videos of this device. It is all set to launch tomorrow at an event in New York but that hasn’t stopped a German blogger from posting an in-depth video preview of the highly anticipated flagship device from the Taiwanese manufacturer. The video, in German, shows off the entire hardware and bits and pieces of the new Sense 6 UI, which gets up to speed with other OEM skins with features like Double tap to wake, gets on screen buttons and a slightly differently styled UI with Android 4.4 KitKat on board. Here’s the full video –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEB10wqk1X4
Continue reading “The new HTC One gets a 14 minute video preview”
Samsung announced their next flagship S series smartphone in MWC 2014 as Galaxy S5, and it is going to be available across 150 countries from April 11th. But just like Galaxy Note 2, India will get the Galaxy S5 before the Europe and USA. The India launch is in this week, and the date is March 27, 2014 same as Malaysian launch date. So on March 27, Galaxy S5 will get announced in India with price and exact model availability (Snapdragon or Exynos Octa Core) but the actual availability of Galaxy S5 is around April 11th globally including India. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 launching in India on March 27th”
LG unveiled the L Series III smartphones L40, L70 and L90 and its dual SIM variants at the MWC 2014 in Barcelona last month. The LG L90 Dual and the L70 Dual are now available in India from online retailer Snapdeal. The L70 Dual has a 4.5 inch WVGA display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. The LG L90 Dual has a 4.7-inch qHD display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor. Continue reading “LG L70 Dual and L90 Dual running Android 4.4 now available in India for Rs. 14500 and Rs. 17499”
Xolo A510S, the company’s latest smartphone in the A Series and the successor of last year’s A500s has been listed on the official website. It has a 4-inch FWVGA IPS display, an upgrade from the WVGA screen. Xolo even launched the A500s IPS with same specifications as the A500s, but it had a IPS display. It recently launched the A500 Club with dual front speakers. Continue reading “Xolo A510s with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 listed on official website for Rs. 7499”
Sony has been doing a lot of things right recently. They launched their latest flagship, the Xperia Z2 at the Mobile World Congress, which really impressed us, and then there was the Xperia Z1 Compact earlier, which is easily the best “mini” device out there. But Sony is not about flagships alone, as they have a whole portfolio to care about, that cover a wide range prices. On that note, we have here, the Sony Xperia E1 Dual, which is the company’s entry level model that competes with the various Micromax and Karbonn devices of our market, let alone Samsung or Nokia. Sony has been making devices in this segment for a long time, and the last popular one in this range was the Xperia Tipo Dual. Consider the E1 Dual as a spiritual successor of the Tipo. To see what the device is all about, we unboxed it on video and did a quick hardware overview of it, watch –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG-CQsJAJkM
Asphalt 8: Airborne for Android and iOS has received its second major update since the launch. The new update for these platforms adds six new tracks around Asian-inspired location, the Great Wall and four new cars. The new iOS update v1.3 also has Twitch integration to connect with the Asphalt community on Twitch.tv to broadcast your gameplay online. This update also adds new events in career mode, new soundtrack and an improved Main Menu. Continue reading “Asphalt 8: Airborne for Android and iOS updated with 6 new tracks, new cars and more”
We are back with our askFA discussion and live chat after a while. This week’s askFA discussion is about the recently launched Lenovo Vibe Z. Lenovo launched the Vibe Z, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India last month and it went on pre-order on the official store for Rs. 34,999 earlier this month.We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks, photo gallery and the camera review of the device. You can also check out the gaming review over at our YouTube Channel. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe Z Live Chat and Discussion”
Swipe Telecom has launched Swipe Halo Fone, the company’s latest phablet in the Halo series. It has a 6.5-inch ( 800×480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display based on one-glass-solution, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MTK6572 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Swipe Halo Fone with 6.5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6999”
Chris Lacy, developer of the popular Action Launcher has released Link Bubble, a new browser for Android smartphones and tablets. This lets loads a webpage in the background when you click a link in your current app, so that you can read them once the page is completely loaded. It notifies you when the page is loaded, shows the amount time saved per link and makes sharing links, pushing links to apps like Pocket easy. Continue reading “Link Bubble browser for Android makes opening links in apps easy”
Micromax Canvas Juice A177, the latest smartphone in the Canvas series is now available from eBay. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 3000 mAh battery. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Juice A177 with 5-inch display, 3000 mAh battery now available for Rs. 8490”
Pocket, formerly known as “Read it Later”, is one of very common apps that I use to save articles from the web or anywhere. I have been an early adopter and have used the service right from the start and just love it. It basically allows you to save anything that you might want to read later. You can access your saved articles on the web, on various smartphones, tablets and across desktop platforms.
Continue reading “Pocket shows off how you can save articles from your smartwatch”
Motorola has updatedits apps for Moto X, Moto G and Droid phones with new features. The new update for the camera app (v3.2) lets users with Moto X, Moto G, or Droid Ultra capture images using volume keys, instead of touching the screen. Motorola has offered 48 updates since the Moto X launch in August, says the company. Continue reading “Motorola Camera now lets you capture images with volume keys, Gallery and Assist gets new features”
Gionee unveiled the Elife E7, the company’s first Snapdragon 800-powered smartphone in India few months back. It went on sale in India recently, starting at Rs. 26,999. We already brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the device, here we have the photo gallery of the smartphone, so that you can look at the device from all the angles. It has a gorgeous 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display based on One Glass Solution technology from JDI with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It has a 2.33mm ultra-narrow frame. It is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Amigo 2.0 UI on top. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E7 Photo Gallery”
Google has added new voice commands to Google Search for Android that lets you launch the camera app to take a photo or record a video by speaking respective commands. Google Search already has an option to open apps just by saying “Open Instagram” or “Open Facebook”. With the new “take a photo” or “take a video” commands, Google Search will launch the camera app in the preferred mode. Continue reading “Google Search for Android gets voice actions to launch camera”
