Category: Android

Motorola DEFY XT and dual-SIM DEFY MINI launched in India for Rs. 16,190 and Rs. 11,490

Motorola Mobility has launched 2 new Water-Resistant Android Smartphones, Motorola DEFY XT and Motorola DEFY Mini in India. The Motorola DEFY XT is dustproof, scratch-resistant and water resistant and has 3.7-inch (480 x 854 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection and is powered by 1 GHz processor, 5 MP auto-focus camera with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera. The Motorola DEFY Mini is a Dual-SIM phone that is dustproof and water resistant. It has 3.2-inch touchscreen Corning GorillaGlass display, 600MHz processor, 3MP rear-facing camera with flash, VGA front-facing camera. Both the phones run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) OS with MotoSwitch 2.0 user interface. Continue reading “Motorola DEFY XT and dual-SIM DEFY MINI launched in India for Rs. 16,190 and Rs. 11,490”

Foursquare for Android gets updated with new UI and features

Foursquare for Android has also been updated (v 2012.06.07), that brings new UI and features followed by Foursquare for iPhone v5.0 update. The new version have been rebuilt from ground-up that also brings options to quickly like and comment on friend’s check-in, friends tab with swipeable photos, plus tips, lists, and places and more new features. Continue reading “Foursquare for Android gets updated with new UI and features”

NVIDIA unveils 5 new Tegra 3 optimized games at E3

NVIDIA has announced 5 new games optimized for next-gen Tegra 3 4-PLUS-1 quad-core Android devices at E3 2012. These games include, Dead Trigger, Puddle THD, Demons’ Score THD, Bounty Arms and Heroes Call. These games on Tegra 3, with four performance processing cores, in addition to its fifth battery saver core, and a 12-core GeForce GPU would offer perfect gaming experience. Continue reading “NVIDIA unveils 5 new Tegra 3 optimized games at E3”

Micromax A45 Superfone Punk Music Phone launched for Rs. 5,499

Micromax has launched A45, Music Phone in the Superfone range. It has 3.5-inch (480 x 320 Pixels) Capacitive touch screen display and is powered by 650 MHz processor. pre-loaded AISHA, a voice recognition app which made its debut with A50 Ninja. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Micromax A45 Superfone Punk Music Phone launched for Rs. 5,499”

Instapaper app finally arrives for Android

Instapaper app is now available for Android phones and tablets. Instapaper saves web pages in text-only format for offline reading. You can also adjust the font size, background and more. The Instapaper app was launched for iPhone in 2008. Continue reading “Instapaper app finally arrives for Android”

HTC One X receives v1.29 firmware update

The One X has received a new firmware update via OTA with the version number 1.29. We are not exactly sure what this firmware update brings to the table but the update is around 31 MB in size. HTC calls it a necessary System Upgrade. Continue reading “HTC One X receives v1.29 firmware update”

Samsung Galaxy S III coming to 5 US carriers starting in June

Samsung has officially announced that the Samsung Galaxy S III would be available from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular starting in June. It would come 4.8-inch (1280×720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass 2.0 to guard against cracks and scratches and is powered by Snapdragon S4 Dual Core 1.5 GHz processor. Samsung announced Galaxy S III would be available in Canada on 30th June. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III coming to 5 US carriers starting in June”

Samsung releases Galaxy S3 source code


Samsung has released the kernel source code for the international version of the Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300), few days after launching the phone. It has released the source code even before the Galaxy S3 hits the customers worldwide. Samsung launched the Android 4.0 source for Galaxy S2 earlier this March. Continue reading “Samsung releases Galaxy S3 source code”

N.O.V.A. 3 now available for Android

Gameloft has launched N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for Android. After years of exile, humanity will finally return to Earth! You can  fight in 10 immersive levels across the galaxy, from a war-torn Earth to a frozen Volterite city.  It was launched for iPhone and iPad earlier this month. Continue reading “N.O.V.A. 3 now available for Android”

Samsung Galaxy R Style announced in South Korea

Samsung has announced Galaxy R Style (SHV- E170S/K/L), LTE-enabled Android smartphone in South Korea. It is powered by 1.5GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) along with Samsung TouchWiz UI. It has 4.3 inch SUPER AMOLED display and 5MP camera with LED Flash. It is just 9.79mm thick. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy R Style announced in South Korea”

Lenovo LePhone K800 Intel Medfield powered smartphone launched in China

Lenovo has launched LePhone K800 powered by 1.6GHz high-performance Intel Atom processor and 400MHz GPU in China. It was announced at CES 2012 earlier this year. It has 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD TFT LCD touch screen display, 8MP camera with 1080p HD video recording and Dual LED flash, 1.3MP front facing camera. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) with LeOS Skin on top. It is 10.95mm thick and weighs 161g. Continue reading “Lenovo LePhone K800 Intel Medfield powered smartphone launched in China”

Samsung Galaxy S3 with 2GB RAM, LTE, Snapdragon S4 processor coming to Canada on June 20


Samsung has officially announced that the Galaxy S3 would be available in Canada starting from 20th June. It has 4.8-inch (1280×720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display and is powered by Snapdragon S4 Dual Core 1.5 GHz instead of Exynos 4 Quad. It would come in 2 versions, SGH-i747 with LTE support and SGH-iT999 with HSPA+ 42 support. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) with TouchWiz with Motion UX. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S3 with 2GB RAM, LTE, Snapdragon S4 processor coming to Canada on June 20”

Samsung Galaxy S III Photo Gallery

Here is the photo gallery of the Samsung Galaxy S III in the Marble White variant. We hope you have seen the Galaxy S III unboxing. If not you can view it here.

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Google Translate for Android v2.4 update brings new UI and more text to speech languages

Google Translate for Android has been updated to version 2.4 that brings new simplified Holo UI that offers drop down menus and the an action bar. The app lets you translate text between more than 64 languages with new Esperanto translation and speech to text in 17 languages. Continue reading “Google Translate for Android v2.4 update brings new UI and more text to speech languages”

Evernote Hello now available for Android

Evernote has launched their Evernote Hello app for Android. The app makes it easier to remember people with their photos along with their names, history of every encounter and location information. It also has powerful LinkedIn integration that would let you match the email address to a LinkedIn account and fill in any missing information. It was launched for iPhone last December. Continue reading “Evernote Hello now available for Android”