HTC announces Gold HTC One

Gold HTC One

HTC unveiled the limited edition 18 carat Gold HTC One last month. Now the company has announced the Gold colored HTC One, in addition to the already existing Silver, Black, Blue and Red colors. Apple introduced the iPhone 5s gold edition recently, BlackBerry launched the Q10 Gold Edition and even Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S4 Gold edition in Gold Brown and Gold Pink colors for select markets. Continue reading “HTC announces Gold HTC One”

Lava Iris 456 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor priced at Rs. 7018

Lava Iris 456

Lava Iris 456, the company’s new smartphone in the Iris series has surfaced on Flipkart. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 1.3MP  front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 1650 mAh battery. The Lava Iris 503 and Iris 352e went on sale earlier this month. Continue reading “Lava Iris 456 with 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor priced at Rs. 7018”

Karbonn Titanium S7 with 5-inch 1080p display now available for Rs. 14998


Karbonn Titanium S7 that went on pre-order online last week, is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It comes with a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. The phone comes with 1GB of RAM and packs a 2600 mAh battery. It comes with Dual SIM support, similar to other Karbonn smartphones. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S7 with 5-inch 1080p display now available for Rs. 14998”

Moto X gets Android 4.4 KitKat via OTA update

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Motorola has surprisingly updated the Moto X to Android 4.4 really quick and the OTA update just showed up on our AT&T unit which we have been happily using in India.The Android 4.4 KitKat update for the MotoX is about 326MB in size and bears the version number 140.44.5.en.US. The update was pretty straight forward and came in as a Over the Air update and installation took about 20 mins to complete. Motorola had already started rolling out the update for the Verizon version.

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Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 with 5.25-inch HD display, 1.5GB RAM, Android 4.3 announced

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

Samsung has just announced the Galaxy Grand 2, successor of the Galaxy Grand. It has a 5.25-inch (1280 x 720 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 1.9-megapixel HD front-facing camera. It comes with dual-SIM capabilities similar to previous grand and has Samsung’s unique features such as Multi Window, Story Album, S Translator, S Travel, Sound & Shot, Samsung Hub, Group Play, Samsung Link and more. It packs a 2,600 mAh battery that would offer up to 10 hours of video playback and 17 hours of calls. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 with 5.25-inch HD display, 1.5GB RAM, Android 4.3 announced”

Karbonn A15+ with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 5890

Karbonn A15 Plus

The Karbonn A15+, successor of last year’s Karbonn A15 is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4.0-inch (480 × 800 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, similar to its predecessor, but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and comes with Dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Karbonn A15+ with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 5890”

Micromax Canvas Juice A77 with 5-inch display, Android 4.2 listed online for Rs. 7999

Micromax Canvas Juice A77

Micromax Canvas Juice A77, a new smartphones has been listed on HomeShop18. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core 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. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Juice A77 with 5-inch display, Android 4.2 listed online for Rs. 7999”

Google Translate 3.0 for Android brings a new UI, more language support for Handwriting and Camera

Google Translate 3.0 for Android

Google has updated its Translate app for Android to version 3.0 that brings a complete new user interface that is much cleaner and simpler. The update also lets you translate from speech faster and simpler. Text translation also has gesture support that lets you switch back and forth between languages easily for better conversation. This update also brings fullscreen camera and picture translation, additional language support for Handwriting and Camera input. Continue reading “Google Translate 3.0 for Android brings a new UI, more language support for Handwriting and Camera”

UC Browser 9.4 for Android brings upgraded Speed Mode, Auto Pager, Hindi support and more

UCBrowser 9.4 for Android

UCWeb, a leading global  mobile internet software and services has updated UC Browser for Android to version 9.4. The latest UC Browser comes with Auto Pager feature, an upgraded Speed Mode, increased download speeds, and more offering a faster browsing experience in a variety of settings. This update also brings support for Android 4.4 and Hindi language support. UC Browser 9.3 for Android released back in September brought Smart download capability with Smart Reconnection, Smart Preview and Smart Manager. Continue reading “UC Browser 9.4 for Android brings upgraded Speed Mode, Auto Pager, Hindi support and more”

Karbonn Titanium S7 with 5-inch full HD display up for pre-order online at Rs. 14999

Karbonn Titanium S7

Karbonn Titanium X with a full HD display appeared on the official website last week, looks like the Titanium S7 would be the company’s first phone with a full HD display. The phone is available for pre-order on Flipkart and packs a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. No details on RAM or the battery capacity yet. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S7 with 5-inch full HD display up for pre-order online at Rs. 14999”

Google Nexus 5 in Black vs White: Which one should you get?

Google-nexus-5-black-or-white (5)The Nexus 5 launch in India is probably one of the quickest launches for any Google device here. With quick launches come quick and tough purchase decisions, and one of the major questions that arise if you are looking to get a Nexus 5 is, which colour? Should one go for the Nexus 5 in white or the Nexus 5 in black? Are there really any other differences between the two apart from the colour? We find out exactly that in a quick video comparing the two Nexus 5 variants, immediately after getting the black version, watch –

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI3Z1X43ITM

Check out our Unboxing of the Google Nexus 5, in case you missed it earlier.

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Lenovo P780 Camera Samples

Lenovo P780 was recently launched in India and we brought you the unboxing followed by the photo gallery of this beautiful phone. Lenovo P780 has midrange specifications that includes a quad-core processor from MediaTek, 720p display and an 8MP camera. Sometime back we reviewed the Lenovo K900 and we were quite impressed by its 13MP camera and now lets check out how this camera performs.

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YotaPhone to go on sale in early December, launch event set in Russia on December 4th

YotaPhone from Russia-based Yota Devices was reported to be launching in December 2013, now the company has officially announced that the phone would go on sale internationally in early December. The Yota phone with LCD and E-Ink screen was showed off the phone at the Mobile World Congress  in Barcelona earlier this year. The phone also has special YotaPhone gestures and Put2Back applications for the back screen. Continue reading “YotaPhone to go on sale in early December, launch event set in Russia on December 4th”

Android 4.4+ KitKat will not ship with a browser, OEMs have to license Google Chrome or develop own browsers

Android is currently the number one smartphone OS in the world and as we all know Google owns Android(literally). However, because of various patent issues, Microsoft are reported to be making more money from Android than Google. This has been a huge problem for the search engine giant and they are working on it in their own terms. Android is open source and so every manufacturer forks Android and uses it, but they have to license Google Apps from Google. In the recent times, Google has been trying to distance itself from Android and trying to create a brand of its own which is profitable for them. This was evident when they renamed Android Market as “Google Play Store”.

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Pocket 5.0 for Android with Highlights, Streamlined Navigation and more now available

Pocket 5.0 for Android

Pocket 5.0 arrived for iPhone and iPad last week, now the Android app has been updated to version 5.0. The new update brings streamlined navigation and an enhanced user experience including Highlights that uses Pocket’s insights to surface the best and most relevant content that’s already saved in your list, new side navigation lets you Jump to your List, Highlights, Tags, Favorites and Archive, and quickly filter your content and simplified search. Highlights feature would be available to all the users over the coming weeks.

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