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Opera 14 for Android out of beta, brings new UI, Off-Road mode and more

Opera 14 for Android

Opera 14 for Android is finally out of beta and is available from the Google Play. Opera released the version 14 beta back in March that brought the new WebKit engine replacing Opera’s own Presto engine. The new Opera browser is based on Chromium 26 engine but the Chromium/Blink-based browser technology is not available yet. Opera says that it would be available in future as they plan to stay closely in sync with the Chromium development cycle with frequent updates. Continue reading “Opera 14 for Android out of beta, brings new UI, Off-Road mode and more”

Karbonn A4+ with 4-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 5299

Karbonn A4 Plus

Karbonn A4+, successor of the Karbonn A4 in the Smart series is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4.0-inch (480 × 800 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It packs a 3.2-megapixel rear camera, but it lacks a front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and has 2G (EDGE) connectivity. The Karbonn A4 went on sale back in March along with the A3 and the A6. Continue reading “Karbonn A4+ with 4-inch display, dual-core processor now available for Rs. 5299”

Gionee Elife E3 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 14999

Gionee Elife E3

Gionee has launched the Elife E3 in the new Colourful Elife series. It comes with a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor, 720p HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and is just 7.9 mm thick. The in-built Digital Theatre System (DTS) Sound offers enhanced multimedia audio experience and OTA (Over the Air) function allows for software upgrades. The company launched the Gionee Dream D1 recently, and we reviewed it back in March. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E3 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 14999”

Lava Iris 458q with 4.5-inch display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 8999

Lava Iris 458q

Lava has launched the Iris 458q, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Iris series. It has a 4.5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera. It has a slim form factor with curved corners and has matte finish on the back. It comes with range of pre-loaded applications such as WeChat, Ebook reader and more with HD movies and HD games.

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Flickr introduces redesigned app for Android alongside refreshed website

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has been on a spree today with announcement of a stunning 1.1 billion USD Tumblr acquisition. Later in the day she took the stage to announce a brand new set of changes to make Flickr relevant again. The update focuses on a completely updated interface that has more than a passing resemblance to Microsoft’s Metro UI. Continue reading “Flickr introduces redesigned app for Android alongside refreshed website”

iBall Slide Q9703 with 9.7-inch Retina display, quad-core processor, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 15999

iBall Slide Q9703

iBall has launched the Slide Q9703, the company’s latest tablet in the Slide Performance series. It has a 9.7-inch (2048 x 1536 pixels) HD IPS 10 multi-touch retina display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor with PowerVR SGX544 MP2 GPU and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus camera on the back and a 2-megapixel front facing camera. We reviewed the Zync Quad 9.7 that comes with similar features, but the Zync tablet is cheaper. This also includes 4K video player that lets you play videos at 4K resolution (4,096 × 2,304 pixels) on the tablet.
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Wynncom G41 with 4-inch display, 1 GHz processor launched for Rs. 5499

Wynncom G41

Wynncomm has launched the G41, the company’s latest smartphone in the Wiz G-series. The company launched 4 new devices, G58, G51, G32 and G1 in India earlier this month. The G41 has a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) . It has a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has 2G (EDGE) support and packs a 1500 mAh battery. Continue reading “Wynncom G41 with 4-inch display, 1 GHz processor launched for Rs. 5499”

Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro officially launched in India for Rs. 17290

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Grand Quattro (Galaxy Win) in India. The phone went on sale in India from the official Samsung eStore recently and packs a 4.7-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) TFT display. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with Touchwiz UI . It has a 5MP Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, 720p HD video recording and a 0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera. Ithas dual SIM support with dual standby and dual SIM Always On feature, Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro officially launched in India for Rs. 17290”

HTC J One announced for Japan, packs a microSD card slot

HTC J One

HTC has announced the HTC J One (HTL22), a variant of the HTC One for Japan’s KDDI network. The global variant of the HTC One that was announced earlier this year doesn’t come with a microSD card slot but the HTC JOne for Japan has a microSD card slot, in addition to the 32GB internal memory. Other features are similar to the HTC One including a 4.7 inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super LCD3 display at 468ppi, 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processo, Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with the new HTC Sense UI and HTC BlinkFeed, 4-megapixel UltraPixel camera with LED Flash, BSI Sensor, Optical Image Stabilization ,F2.0 aperture and 28 mm lens Full HD (1080p) video recording with HDR Video and a 2.1MP HD front-facing camera with 88 wide angle lens with HDR.

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Sony Xperia UL with 5-inch 1080p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor announced for Japan

Sony Xperia UL

Sony Mobile has announced the Xperia UL (SOL22) for Japan. It has a 5-inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Reality display with mobile Bravia Engine 2, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm APQ 8064 processor with Adreno 320 GPU and runs on 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13.1-megapixel rear camera with BSI Exmor RS sensor Sensor, LED Flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. The rear camera can capture 15 burst shots per second. It has IPX5/8 and IPX5 ratings for water and dust resistance. Sony announced the Xperia A, a mid-range Android smartphone with a 4.55-inch HD display in Japan recently.

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Samsung Might Be Working on a Galaxy S4 Mega

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Samsung recently released an update for their WatchOn application. But it seems that they might have accidentally leaked the name of an upcoming device – the Galaxy S4 Mega.

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Panasonic P51 Benchmarks

Panasonic launched the P51, the company’s latest Android smartphone in India earlier this week. We brought you the photo gallery of the device recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. It has 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6589 Cortex A7 CPU clocked at 1.2 GHz with PowerVR SGX544 GPU. It runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). Let’s see how the phone performs in various benchmark tests.

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SootSwap a mobile app to promote Clean Cookstoves in India

SootSwap

Here’s a mobile application, built, not to compete in the million dollar application market, but to change a million lives. SootSwap, is a mobile app made to promote clean cooking technologies in several places across the world, including rural India where use of traditional cookstoves has led to deaths due to inhalation of smoke from open cooking fires. Continue reading “SootSwap a mobile app to promote Clean Cookstoves in India”

Sonic The Hedgehog game released for Android, iPhone and iPad

Sonic The Hedgehog

SEGA Corporation, popular video game development company has remastered and released their classic Sonic The Hedgehog game for Android and iOS devices. This game has new widescreen support and lets you zoom through zones at 60 frames per second. Now you can unlock Tails and Knuckles as playable characters, enjoy a remastered original soundtrack, new leaderboards, achievements, and an all-new Time Attack mode. Continue reading “Sonic The Hedgehog game released for Android, iPhone and iPad”

Karbonn Titanium S5 Benchmarks

Karbonn Titanium S5 went on sale back in March. We brought you the unboxing of the device earlier this week, here we have the benchmarks of the device. The Karbonn Titanium S5 is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8625Q processor with Adreno 203 GPU. It has a 5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) multi-touch capacitive touch screen IPS display and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Let’s find out how it performs in the benchmark tests.

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