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Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM launching in India on April 15th

Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM

Asus launched the Fonepad 7, a 7-inch tablet with 3G and voice calling capabilities in India last year. The has sent us a press invite for the launch of Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM (ME175CG) with dual SIM support in India on April 15th. It was announced at the MWC 2014 earlier this year and packs a 7-inch (1280 x 800) HD LED Backlit IPS display, but this is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM launching in India on April 15th”

Testing 4G LTE on LG G2 LTE powered by Snapdragon 800 processor

LG G2 LTE on Airtel 4G-1

Last month, LG had announced the LTE variant of their popular G2 smartphone. While they had a demo of the device, it was mainly for the press and media. Now Qualcomm and LG have set up an LTE Experience Zone for the public in Bangalore.

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HTC Desire 310 Unboxing

The entry level segment remains the largest selling section of the smartphone market in India. HTC recently announced the Desire 310 that targets exactly this corner of the market. With entry level specifications and a price to match, the phone could prove to be HTC’s trump card in the volume segment especially as our initial impressions show the phone to be a rather well optimized piece of kit. Check out our unboxing while we work on our review of the HTC Desire 310. Continue reading “HTC Desire 310 Unboxing”

LG G3 (LS990) UA Profile shows up, reveals 5.5-inch Quad HD display, 3GB RAM and more

Alleged screenshot of LG G3 leaked recently that showed off a flat Android UI. Now UA Profile of the LG LS990 for Sprint has surfaced on the official sprint website. Since the LG G2 for Sprint has a model number LS980, this smartphone is expected to be the upcoming LG G3. According the UA Profile, this smartphone would come with a 5.5-inch Quad HD (QHD) display with a resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels that was announced last year, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8974 processor (could be Snapdragon 800 or 801 SoC). Continue reading “LG G3 (LS990) UA Profile shows up, reveals 5.5-inch Quad HD display, 3GB RAM and more”

Google updates Chrome for Android Beta with new features

Google seems to be spending a lot of time and resources in adding features and functionality to its suite of applications that come with an Android smartphone. Rumors are floating around that Google is planning a complete visual overhaul of its Gmail application and Google Calendar application. In the meantime, Google has updated its mobile browser – Chrome for Beta with some much needed features.

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Spice Stellar Glide Mi-438 with 4-inch OGS display launched for Rs. 5199

Spice Stellar Glide Mi-438

Spice has launched Stellar Glide Mi-438, the latest smartphone in the Stellar series. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) touch screen display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Glide Mi-438 with 4-inch OGS display launched for Rs. 5199”

Sony asks consumers to stop using Vaio Fit 11A computers, says it could catch fire

Sony announced the Vaio Fit 11A tablet computer during January earlier this year and the product went on sale during February. However, in the past weeks, Sony had received three complaints from consumers reporting burnt parts in the Vaio Fit 11A. As a result, Sony has said that there was risk that the batteries of these products, which are made by Panasonic, could overheat and catch fire.

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Worldwide PC shipment drops 1.7% in Q4 2014 YoY: Gartner

The downward slide of PC shipment continued even in the first quarter of 2014 after constant decline throughout entire 2013. Global PC shipments dropped to 76.6 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a 1.7 percent decrease from the same period last year, according to Gartner. Gartner attributed the slump in PC shipments to Microsoft’s decision to end support for Windows XP operating system.

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Amazon acquires digital comic platform ComiXology

Amazon has bought digital comic book store ComiXology for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2007, ComiXology has a collection of digital comic books from more than 75 publishers. It boasts of graphic novels from popular publishers like Marvel and DC along with many independent creators.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 goes on sale in India for Rs. 51500

Samsung Galaxy S5 that was launched in India last month is on sale from retailers and from the official Samsung India eStore. Samsung started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy S5 starting from March 29th with cash back offer for Citbank credit card holders. It packs a 5.1-inch full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display, powered by a Octa-Core Exynos 5422 (A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor with Heterogeneous Multi-Processing and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 goes on sale in India for Rs. 51500”

LG Odin chipset entering mass production soon, to skip flagship G3

As competition in the chipset space increases, its been rumored that LG has plans of their own to bring along an ARM based system on chip dubbed Odin. While rumors have been around for a couple of years now, we finally might have something concrete around the specifics of the chipset. Believed to be based on the big.LITTLE configuration that we talked about a while back, the Odin chipset would pair four Cortex A15 cores clocked at 2.2Ghz each with four Cortex A7 cores clocked at 1.7Ghz. To be manufactured on the 28nm process, it is believed that TSMC is in charge of manufacturing. Continue reading “LG Odin chipset entering mass production soon, to skip flagship G3”

Android’s Verify Apps feature to continuously monitor for malware

All devices running Android 2.2 and above come with a “Verify Apps” feature built into the Google Settings application. So far this feature has been used to scan apps while installing. The feature would kick in whenever a user would install an APK file obtained from other than the Play Store. Going forward, Google is pushing out an update to flesh out this functionality. Continue reading “Android’s Verify Apps feature to continuously monitor for malware”

Motorola Moto X Camera Samples

Motorola Moto X-8

Motorola launched the Moto X in India last month. You might have already seen the unboxing and benchmarks of the device few months back. We brought you the photo gallery of the device recently. Here we have the camera samples of the smartphone. The Moto X has a 10.5-megapixel OmniVision (OV10820) 1/2.5″ 1.4 um sensor with an f2.4 lens. This captures captures RAW images using a RGBC (red / green / blue / clear) color filter and the chip automatically converts the image into Bayer format. The new RGB Clear (RGBC) color filter that is used for the first time promises better low-light performance. Continue reading “Motorola Moto X Camera Samples”

iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 7399

iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter

iBall has launched Andi 4.5P Glitter, the latest smartphone in the Andi series. It has a 4.5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) FWVGA touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a front-facing camera. It also has 3G connectivity and has dual SIM support, auto call recording and flip to mute features. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4.5P Glitter with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 7399”

Google’s Project Ara gains a Modular Development Kit

Google might have sold off Motorola to Lenovo, but is keeping all those patents and research teams close to Mountain View. Motorola’s R&D initially unveiled a concept called “Ara”, the first modular smartphone that has the potential to totally change the way we look at, and buy smartphones. The concept is pretty simple, as it follows the typical “Build you own PC” method, which grants you the flexibility of choice in interesting permutations and combinations. Ara now belongs to Google, and naturally, we are seeing some momentum here, with them announcing a Modular Development Kit, using which hardware manufacturers or “Module Developers” can create different modules that will eventually turn up on your own custom Ara phone.

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