Rightware has launched the Basemark OS II cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8. It is built on Rightware’s own engine (BOS2Engine) and includes performance tests for system operations, permanent storage reading/writing, 2D/3D graphics rendering and web browser features across all 3 major mobile platforms. Continue reading “Rightware launches Basemark OS II for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8”
Samsung entered the mid-range phablet category with the Samsung Galaxy Grand at the end of 2012 and it has been a huge success for them. A year later, they announced the successor of Galaxy Grand with specifications matching(or slightly better) than their yesteryear flagship – Samsung Galaxy S3. The Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 has just been launched in India and we brought you the unboxing just a few hours back. Now we are bringing you the photo gallery of what may be yet another successful Galaxy device for Samsung.
New Samsung TouchWiz UI for phones featuring new flat icons and Magazine UX elements leaked earlier this month. Now @evleaks has posted a new screenshot of the upcoming TouchWiz UI on phones that reveals Google Now-like notification screen. This looks similar to Windows Phone Live Tile UI that would delivers notifications, but also offers contextual information like Google Now. Continue reading “New Samsung TouchWiz UI leak reveals Google Now-like notifications”
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos was the first device from the Korean chaebol to land its foot it in the highly competitive mid range phablet market. It was a big success, at least in the Indian market, but now we have its successor, the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2. With an upgraded spec sheet that includes a better display, better processor and the Note 3-esque faux leather back cover, the Grand 2 has caught our fancy, especially at the price of Rs. 22,999. We got the retail unit today, so here is the unboxing of the brand new Galaxy Grand 2 from Samsung including a walkthrough of the hardware and software –
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Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Unboxing and First Impressions”
Dell has launched Venue 7 and the Venue 8 Android tablets in India. The Venue 7 has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display and the Venue 8 has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels). Both these tablets are powered by a 2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2580 Clover Trail+ processors and run on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). The Venue 7 has a 3-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. The Venue 8 has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing HD camera. Continue reading “Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 Intel Atom Z2580-powered Android tablets launched in India for Rs. 10999 and Rs. 17499”
Xolo Q700S that went on sale online last week has been officially launched. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) 1capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Q700S with 4.5-inch display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor officially launched for Rs. 9999”
iberry launched the Auxus CoreX8 tablet and the Auxus Xenea X1 smartphone last week, now the company has launched the Auxus Nuclea N2 smartphone, the successor of the Nuclea N1. This has a 5.7-inch 1080p display, powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) that is upgradable to higher versions via OTA updates. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “iberry Auxus Nuclea N2 with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 1.7 GHz Octa-Core processor launched for Rs. 19990”
LG launched the G Pro Lite Dual, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone with a 5.5-inch screen and Dual SIM support in India, back in October last year. We already brought you the Benchmarks and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently. Here we have the complete review of the smartphone. Is this phone better than other large-screen phones in the similar range? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “LG G Pro Lite Dual Review”
Xolo launched the Q3000, the company’s first smartphone with a full HD display last month. We already brought you the unboxing of the device earlier this week, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It packs a 5.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, but it is powered by a quad-core MediaTek 6589T processor clocked at 1.5 GHz with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU, similar to the Q1000S. We had already seen several smartphones with a full HD screens and a MT6589T chip. Let’s find out how this competes with other devices in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Xolo Q3000 Benchmarks”
iBall Slide 3G 7271 HD7 went on sale recently, now the iBall Slide 7236 2G is available on eBay. It has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and comes with 2G support. Other features are similar to the Slide 3G 7271 including a 1.3 GHz dual-core Cortex A7 processor, Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support with voice calling and wireless FM Radio. This one packs a 2500 mAh battery. Continue reading “iBall Slide 7236 2G with 7-inch display, Dual SIM and voice calling now available for Rs. 6999”
While the tech industry is eagerly awaiting the launch of pocket and wallet friendly Motorola Moto G in India, Motorola has made the Grip shells available for Moto G in the US where the phone is already on sale. Motorola Moto G will be the first Motorola smartphone in India in a long time and it plans to take on the mid-range smartphone market that is currently dominated by likes of Indian manufacturers like Micromax, Karbonn, Xolo and others.
Continue reading “Motorola starts selling Grip shells for Moto G in the US”
The Lenovo S650 and Lenovo A859 are two mid-range Android smartphones that Lenovo announced and showcased at the CES 2014. Both the devices fall in the mid-range Android smartphone category. We have separately seen the Lenovo S650 and the Lenovo A859, so we decided to do a hands on comparison video with the two phones and you can check out the video right below.
Xolo launched the Q1000 Opus, the company’s first quad-core smartphone with a quad-core Broadcom chip in the Q CORE series last month. We reviewed the smartphone recently and found some bugs in the camera that crashes the camera often. Xolo has released a minor firmware update that fixes these issues. This update also improves the auto focus problems in the camera. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “Xolo Q1000 Opus gets a firmware update to fix camera bugs”
Micromax has finally launched the Micromax Canvas Mad A94, the company’s latest smartphone in the Canvas series. it has built-in MAd app that pays lets you earn points to watch Ads, which can be converted into rupees that would be credited to users’ postpaid or prepaid account. The phone packs a 4.5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Mad A94 officially launched for Rs. 8490, pays you to watch Ads”
The Lenovo Vibe X wasing 2013 and Lenovo hopes that its successor – Lenovo Vibe Z will do even better. The Lenovo Vibe Z was announced during November 2013 and it is being showcased at CES 2014. We had a Lenovo K900 nearby and hence took a small hands on comparison between the yesteryear flagship and the new flagship. You can check out the video right below.
