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HTC Desire 501 Dual SIM smartphone with 4.3-inch display launched in India for Rs. 16890

HTC Desire 501 dual SIM

HTC has launched the Desire 501 dual sim, a mid-range smartphone with dual SIM support in the Desire series along with the Desire 700 dual SIM and Desire 601 dual SIM today in India. The Single SIM variant was announced in Taiwan last month. It packs a 4.3-inch (480 × 800 pixels) display, powered by a 1.15 GHz dual-core NovaThor U8520 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with Sense UI. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and BSI sensor and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera with 88-degree ultra-wide-angle lens. It comes with Dual SIM support with dual active capabilities. Continue reading “HTC Desire 501 Dual SIM smartphone with 4.3-inch display launched in India for Rs. 16890”

Android Source Code reveals push towards a consistent Action Menu

Google has always been in favor of on-screen buttons and it is pretty evident in all their Nexus devices. Sometime back, Google introduced the action menu(the vertical dots) as a method of opening the settings for an app or screen depending on the context. Despite Google’s attempts to unify the Android experience(atleast in terms of these vertical dots), manufacturers(especially Samsung) have continued to use hardware buttons for home and other navigation options.

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HTC Desire 601 dual SIM with 4.5-inch display, dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor launched in India for Rs. 24190

HTC Desire 601 dual SIM

HTC has launched the Desire 601 dual SIM, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India. Specifications are similar to the single SIM variant that was announced back in September.It packs a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.4 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with the new Sense UI. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, HTC Zoe with Sequence Shot, Always Smile and Object Removal, Gallery with Video Highlights and HTC Share and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual active capabilities. Continue reading “HTC Desire 601 dual SIM with 4.5-inch display, dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor launched in India for Rs. 24190”

HTC Desire 700 dual sim with 5-inch qHD display, quad-core processor launched in India for Rs. 33050

HTC Desire 700

HTC has launched Desire 700 dual sim, the company’s latest smartphone in the Desire series in India. It was announced last month in Taiwan and packs a 5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It has a 8-megapixel camera on the back with LED flash, BSI sensor, 28mm lens, F 2.0 aperture, HTC Zoe and 1080p video recording and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera with BSI sensor. It has HTC BlinkFeed home screen and HTC BoomSound with Dual frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers. It also comes with dual SIM dual active capability. Continue reading “HTC Desire 700 dual sim with 5-inch qHD display, quad-core processor launched in India for Rs. 33050”

Android 4.4.2 rolling out less than a week after Android 4.4.1

Google announced their Android 4.4 KitKat version on November 1 and unveiled the next Nexus smartphone – Google Nexus 5. The camera of Google Nexus 5 did not prove to be the camera it was meant to be and Google put the blame on the software. The search engine giant promised that the problem would soon be fixed and less than 50 days after the announcement of Android 4.4 KitKat, Google started seeding a minor update in the form of Android 4.4.1.

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Unknown SM-G900F is not the Samsung Galaxy S5, Here’s Why

Not even 8 months have passed since the Samsung Galaxy S4‘s launch but we are already seeing rumours and leaks of Samsung Galaxy S5 aplenty. Sure, Samsung’s flagship usually gets this attention every year, but we feel it is too soon this time. Amongst the various “leaks” floating around in the internet is one peculiar benchmark result from Browsermark. We may be wrong, but we have solid reasons why this is not the Samsung Galaxy S5. Firstly, lets see what this is all about. Apparently, an unknown device codenamed SM-G900F has appeared at the no. 3 position in Browsermark results page for Top 5 Web Phones, which some think, is the upcoming Galaxy S5. Is it?

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Samsung Galaxy J with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM launched in Taiwan

Samsung Galaxy J

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy J with 3GB of RAM and similar specifications as the Galaxy S4, back in October for NTT Docomo in Japan. Today Samsung has launched the international version of the Galaxy J (SGH-N075T) in Taiwan. It has a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display, powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 13.2MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI and Full HD video recording and a 2.1MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J with 5-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM launched in Taiwan”

Xiaomi plans to expand beyond China – Singapore first, hopefully India next?

Xiaomi, the company that was recently in the news for insane flash sales and earlier, for the hire of Android VP Hugo Barra, has laid out plans to expand beyond China. Singapore is one of the first markets in which Xiaomi is targeting for its full fledged operations, as a part of its expansion to South East Asia. Hugo Barra was appointed as the company’s VP of global operations and it seems like his work is now in full swing. Xiaomi’s top executives were recently in Taiwan for a fan gathering, addressing their huge fan base with quizzes, oversized T-Shirts and even a performance from Hugo Barra, who sang and danced to a popular Taiwanese song!

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iBall Andi5.5N2 QUADRO with 5.5-inch HD display, 12MP camera now available for Rs. 13215

iBall Andi5.5N2

iBall Andi5.5N2 QUADRO, a new smartphone in the Andi series is now on sale from online retailers Snapdeal and Shopclues. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 12-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 2500 mAh battery. Continue reading “iBall Andi5.5N2 QUADRO with 5.5-inch HD display, 12MP camera now available for Rs. 13215”

Gionee Pioneer P3 with 4.3-inch display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor launched for Rs. 7499

Gionee has launched the Pioneer P3, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in India, as we reported last week. It has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has a 1700 mAh battery. Continue reading “Gionee Pioneer P3 with 4.3-inch display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor launched for Rs. 7499”

Motorola releases open source kernel files for the Moto G

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Motorola released the Moto G, the company’s latest budget phone last month, that would launch in India in January 2014. The company has released the Android 4.3 kernel files for the Moto G. We have already seen companies releasing kernel sources for their high-end device, but Motorola has released the open source kernel files for their budget smartphone. Continue reading “Motorola releases open source kernel files for the Moto G”

Xolo A600 Camera Samples

Xolo A600 is a budget Android smartphone from Xolo and comes with budget specifications. Xolo A600 is powered by a new dual-core mid-range processor from MediaTek and has a 4.5inch qHD display. Like most budget Android smartphones, the Xolo A600 comes with a dual-SIM support. The camera on the Xolo A600 is slightly a disappointment as we have only a 5MP sensor at the back and a 0.3MP front facing camera.

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Xolo A600 Photo Gallery

MediaTek seems to be gaining a lot of ground in the Indian smartphone market through various budget smartphone devices and the latest budget smartphone to join the list is Xolo A600. Xolo A600 is based on a new MediaTek MT6572 1.3GHz dual-core processor and it is paired with Mali-400 MP GPU.

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Xolo Q2000 Camera Samples

The trend of the Indian manufacturers to launch 5.5inch+ smartphones had begun sometime back and Xolo is the latest to join the bandwagon. Xolo Q2000 is a 5.5inch HD smartphone that has all the makings of a typical mid-range Indian phablet(the market which seems to have no end). In terms of specifications, it is nothing ahead or behind the other budget phablets as it is powered by the same 1.2GHz quad-core processor MT6589, 1GB RAM and comes with a 5.5inch HD display.

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Xolo Q2000 Photo Gallery

Xolo Q2000 is yet another Indian phablet in the mid-range smartphone segment. Like most mid-range phablets these days, the Xolo Q2000 comes with a HD display and is powered by the very very very common MediaTek MT6589 processor. There would have been nothing to differentiate the phone from other mid-range phablets if it wasn’t for its slightly bigger 5.5inch display and a solid unique build quality.

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