Earlier today, HP unveiled it’s first Android tablet, the Slate7! We’ve spotted HP’s budget entry into the Android world tonight at the Pepcom event and switched on the cameras. We’ve managed to get our hands on the red version and were immediately surprised by the good first impression. The biggest advantage of the Slate7? Its price! Starting at just USD 169, HP is ready to enter an already crowded market. So, what’s the Slate7 all about?
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Lenovo S6000 Photo Gallery
In an event ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Lenovo annouced three new tablets. The highest end of those is the S6000 which sports a 10.1 inch screen. The screen is of the IPS variety and has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.
Targeting the budget conscious segment, the phones are powered by the 1.2Ghz quad core MediaTek 8389 / 8125 processor. Continue reading “Lenovo S6000 Photo Gallery”
LG Preparing Octa-Core Odin Processor
‘It’s been a while since rumors indicated that LG was also trying to create its own mobile processors in order to catch up with the leading brands. It seems that LG is preparing to use its own octa-core processor known as “Odin” for the upcoming Optimus G2 smartphone.
Samsung Galaxy Camera price drops to Rs. 26000
Samsung has cut the price of the Android Jelly Bean-powered Galaxy Camera, which is now available for Rs.26,000 in India. The Samsung Galaxy Camera was announced at IFA, Berlin last August and launched in India last November for Rs. 29,900. We reviewed it at the end of November. Samsung announced the Wi-Fi only version of the Galaxy Camera earlier this week. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Camera price drops to Rs. 26000”
Lava Iris 502 with 5-inch display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 8499
Lava Iris 502, a new Dual SIM Android smartphone is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 5.0-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display similar to the Lava Iris N501 that was launched earlier this year, but this runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It is powered by a 1 GHz processor and comes with a 5MP rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava Iris 502 with 5-inch display, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 8499”
LG Optimus G launching in Europe this month
LG has announced that that the Optimus G would be available in European countries starting from this month. The Optimus G global roll out started last month and announced that the device would be available in over 50 countries including Latin America, Asia, CIS, Middle East and Africa worldwide by Q1 2013. Continue reading “LG Optimus G launching in Europe this month”
Videocon A27 Dual SIM Smartphone with 4-inch display, Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 5999
Videocon has released their new Android smartphone, the Videocon A27. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz Broadcom processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has dual SIM support with dual standby, comes with a 3MP rear camera and also packs a VGA front-facing camera for video calling over 3G. It comes with pre-loaded apps like TOI, ET, Facebook, Saavn, Fun Zone, Movie Studio and more. Continue reading “Videocon A27 Dual SIM Smartphone with 4-inch display, Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 5999”
LG Optimus G Pro Dual Recording and VR Panorama features shown off in new videos
LG unveiled the Optimus G Pro last week and detailed the features of the smartphone earlier this week. LG has released new videos on their Korean YouTube channel that shows off Dual Recording and VR Panorama camera features. The LG Optimus G Pro has a 13MP rear camera with LED flash that can record Full HD videos. Continue reading “LG Optimus G Pro Dual Recording and VR Panorama features shown off in new videos”
ZTE to launch Tegra 4-powered Smartphones by mid-2013
ZTE has announced that they would launch smartphones that are powered by the latest Nvidia Tegra 4 processors. Nvidia announced the Tegra 4 processor with 72 GPU cores and 4 ARM A15 CPU cores at the CES 2013 last month. The Tegra 4 chip supports 4G LTE voice and data through Icera i500 modem, and ZTE also have plans to launch LTE smartphone with LTE support . Continue reading “ZTE to launch Tegra 4-powered Smartphones by mid-2013”
LG Optimus F5 and Optimus F7 with 4G LTE, dual-core processor, Android 4.1 announced
LG has finally announced the Optimus F Series phones. LG started teasing a new Optimus series for the MWC 2013 earlier this month. These phones have 4G LTE support and would offer premium user experience for the mass market. The LG Optimus F5 has a 4.3-inch (960 × 540 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz Dual-Core processor and the Optimus F7 has a 4.7-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) True HD IPS display and is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. Both these phones run on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) and comes with unique features such as QSlide, Live Zooming, QuickMemo, QTranslator, Video Wiz, Safety Care and more. Continue reading “LG Optimus F5 and Optimus F7 with 4G LTE, dual-core processor, Android 4.1 announced”
SwiftKey 4 for Android with SwiftKey Flow released
SwiftKey has released SwifKey 4 as an update for Android that combines the SwiftKey Flow with gliding input. SwiftKey Flow Beta was first introduced back in December, and it got a major update last month. SwiftKey has announced that the app has been test by over 200,000 SwiftKey fans, with more than 2.4 billion characters flowed. In addition to SwiftKey Flow with mixed tap input, the new version also brings better personalization, easier corrections, support for 60 languages and more. Continue reading “SwiftKey 4 for Android with SwiftKey Flow released”
Acer unveils Liquid Z2 and Liquid E1 smartphones with Android 4.1
Acer has unveiled 2 new smartphones Liquid Z2 and Liquid E1 for the European markets. The Liquid E1 was formally announced last month, now the company has announced it for the European markets. The Liquid Z2 has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It is powered by a single-core 1GHz processor and comes with optional dual SIM support. Continue reading “Acer unveils Liquid Z2 and Liquid E1 smartphones with Android 4.1”
Hands on with the HTC One
HTC have been having a rough couple of quarters to say the least. Falling marketshare, dwindling margins and revenue, vanishing stock price compounded by a domineering samsung in the Android space has been hard on them. Yet, they’ve managed to release top device after top device, all to find that the market hasn’t been as taken by their devices as the technology media have. The HTC One, launched today is their attempt to change all that. Continue reading “Hands on with the HTC One”
HTC One Price Revealed in UK
Clove UK has revealed the price for the unlocked version of the just announced HTC One which is a flagship device from the Taiwanese phone maker with an excellent design and premium hardware. HTC has not joined the Megapixel war by cranking up more Megapixels on the Camera sensor but has taken a different approach known as UltraPixel which you can read about here.HTC did not reveal an exact market release date for the One handset or the price.
HTC One with 4.7-inch 1080p Display and UltraPixel Camera announced
HTC has finally announced the HTC One, their new flagship Android smartphone. It has a 4.7 inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display, powered by a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with the new HTC Sense UI and HTC BlinkFeed. It has an UltraPixel camera on the back with LED Flash and a 2.1MP HD front-facing camera with 88 wide angle lens with HDR capability. It comes with Beats audio support, Dual frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers and dual microphones.
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