Motorola to reportedly start selling smartphones through retail stores in India

Motorola is set to follow Xiaomi’s footsteps and start selling its smartphones via retail stores in India. As per a latest report from the Economic Times, the company is planning to make its smartphones available at brick and mortar stores in the country.

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Xiaomi MIUI 7 introduced globally, Beta ROMs available August 24

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Xiaomi has introduced the MIUI 7 globally at an event in India, after it was introduced in China last week. Xiaomi said that MIUI has over 150 million users in over 156 countries and regions in just 5 years. Check out some of the main features below. Also check out top 10 features in the MIUI 7. Continue reading “Xiaomi MIUI 7 introduced globally, Beta ROMs available August 24”

Android 6.0 Marshmallow – 10 new features

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Two days ago, Google just confirmed that their next Android version 6.0 which was known as Android M until recently would be officially called Android Marshmallow 6.0. We thought of bringing you an article that highlighted 10 of the main new features that the new version of Android brings.

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Lenovo A2010 India’s most affordable 4G smartphone launched for Rs. 4990

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Lenovo has launched A2010, as expected. It is currently the most affordable 4G smartphone in India. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity with support for both 1800 MHz (Band3 ) and 2300 MHz (Band 40) for India. Continue reading “Lenovo A2010 India’s most affordable 4G smartphone launched for Rs. 4990”

Xiaomi Mi 4i limited edition Pink, Blue and Yellow variants launched in India for Rs. 12999, available Aug 25

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Xiaomi has launched limited edition Pink, Blue and Yellow variants of the Mi 4i smartphone in India at the MIUI 7 launch event, to celebrate the arrival of MIUI 7. It was launched in India back in April in White color and the Dark Grey variant was launched in June. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i limited edition Pink, Blue and Yellow variants launched in India for Rs. 12999, available Aug 25”

Swipe ELITE with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 5999

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Swipe Technologies has launched ELITE, the company’s first smartphone in the online-only Elite sub-brand, exclusively on Flipkart, as it promised. It packs a 5-inch HD 2.5D cured glass display with 2mm narrow bezel, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Swipe’s own Freedom OS. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other Swipe smartphones. Continue reading “Swipe ELITE with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 5999”

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ launched in India for Rs. 57900

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Samsung has launched the Galaxy S6 edge+ smartphone in India. It was announced at the Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event last week and packs a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display that is curved on both the sides, is powered by a Octa-Core ( Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5GHz) Exynos 7420 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ launched in India for Rs. 57900”

Apple dismisses survey claiming 48% of Apple Music users have stopped using the serivce

A new survey from MusicWatch has revealed that 48% of Apple Music users that have been using the serivce as a free trial, have stopped using it.

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Meizu MX5 to launch in India exclusively on Snapdeal

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Meizu has announced that it has partnered with Snapdeal to sell its flagship MX5 smartphone in India. It had partnered with Amazon.in to sell its m1 note and the m2 note smartphones in the country. The MX5 has mBack touch-sensitive home button that offers different functions based on press, similar to the m2 note. It also has a mTouch 2.0 fingerprint sensor on the home button, comes with 4G connectivity with support for LTE bands for India. Continue reading “Meizu MX5 to launch in India exclusively on Snapdeal”

Sony announces the XPERIA J1 Compact Phantom Pain Edition in Japan

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Sony has just announced a special edition of the XPERIA J1 Compact smartphone. It is called The Phantom Pain Edition and is based on the upcoming game in the Metal Gear Solid franchise.

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Is HTC O2 with Snapdragon 820 the next flagship from the company?

It looks like HTC is working on a flagship phone that could be dubbed as HTC O2, as per a latest leak. The rumor states that the phone will be powered by Snapdragon 820.

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Intel and Google collaborate to bring RealSense technology to Project Tango smartphones

Intel and Google have developed a Project Tango smartphone that uses former’s Real Sense 3D camera technology. The company unveiled the Project Tango developer kit for Android smartphones utilizing RealSense at the Intel Developer Forum 2015.

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Samsung introduces new USB 3.0 compact flash drives with a metallic design

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Samsung has announced three new USB 3.0 Flash Drives (UFD) with Samsung NAND flash technology. These are available in three form factors –  Regular bar type, FIT and DUO and have a high quality metal casing for added durability, and a streamlined ergonomic design making it easy to grip and use. These offer sequential read speed of up to 130MB/s and sequential write speed of up to 45MB/s. Continue reading “Samsung introduces new USB 3.0 compact flash drives with a metallic design”

LG introduces Music Flow P5 and SoundPop 360 portable Bluetooth speakers

LG Music Flow P5

LG has introduced its new Music Flow P5 (NP5550) and SoundPop 360 (NP7860) portable Bluetooth speakers ahead of IFA. Both these have multi-point connectivity so that you can connect up to three Bluetooth devices at the same time and allows users to simultaneously control the devices and share music. These also have TV Sound Sync feature that allows either speaker to be connected to a Bluetooth-compatible TV and enjoy separated surround sound at home. LG introduced Music Flow P7 (NP7550) Bluetooth speaker earlier this year in Korea.

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Fossil and Intel team up for Android Wear running smart watch

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Over at the Intel Developer Forum, watch giant Fossil has teamed up with the chipset manufacturer to launch its play in the connected wearables segment. Part of three connected accessories launched by the fashion brand, the smart watch merges the design language of the Moto 360 and the LG Watch Urbane to create a rather butch looking offering. Continue reading “Fossil and Intel team up for Android Wear running smart watch”