Amazon announces Kindle Voyage eReader with 300ppi screen

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Amazon has introduce Kindle Voyage, the company’s new eBook Reader. The 7th generation of e-ink Kindle has a 6-inch display at 300 PPI pixel density and the the built-in light has a new display technology with higher contrast that makes it 39% brighter. It has a new light sensor on the top so that front light automatically adjusts the brightness of the display based on the surrounding light. Continue reading “Amazon announces Kindle Voyage eReader with 300ppi screen”

BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 luxury smartphone official

BlackBerry Porsche Design P9983

Porsche Design and BlackBerry have announced the Porsche Design P’9983 luxury smartphone. The third Porsche Design smartphone from BlackBerry runs on BlackBerry 10 has sapphire glass for the camera lens, forged stainless steel for the Porsche Design floating logo and chassis, and a special glass-weave technology for the back door. Continue reading “BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9983 luxury smartphone official”

Apple releases iOS 8 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

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Apple has released iOS 8, its latest operating system for iPhone and iPad users as it promised. Announced at the WWDC in June this year, iOS 8 is compatible with the iPhone 4s and newer, iPad 2 and newer, all iPad mini models, and the fifth-generation iPod touch. Continue reading “Apple releases iOS 8 for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch”

Lenovo A7-30 Benchmarks

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Lenovo A7-30 tablet with voice calling went on sale in India back in June for Rs. 9,979. We brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the tablet recently, here are the benchmarks of the tablet. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT8382 SoC clocked at 1.3GHz with Mali 400-MP2 GPU and has 1GB RAM. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) multi touch IPS display. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Lenovo A7-30 Benchmarks”

Samsung Galaxy Core 2 price drops to Rs. 8007 in India

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Samsung has cut the price of the Galaxy Core 2 to Rs. 8,007 in India, soon after the launch of Android One smartphones. Prior to the price cut it was selling for Rs.11,900 on the official eStore, which is the launch price of the smartphone. According to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom, it is available in stores for as low as Rs. 7990. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core 2 price drops to Rs. 8007 in India”

Pre-order for Nvidia Shield Tablet with 4G LTE and 32GB storage goes live

Nvidia Shield tablet was announced in July this year with only a 16GB and 32GB variant. At that time, the company had said that it will make the 32GB variant available later this year and now it has gone live for pre-order.

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Lava Iris 405+ gets Android 4.4 KitKat update

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Lava rolled out Android 4.4 (KitKat) over-the-air (OTA) update for the Iris 504Q+ back in July, now the company has started rolling out Android 4.4 update for the Iris 405+ smartphone. It was launched back in January running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The KitKat update for the smartphone should offer improved user experience through an enhanced user interface and software performance.It also brings a new dialer app. Lava is yet to release the official changelog for the update. Continue reading “Lava Iris 405+ gets Android 4.4 KitKat update”

Lenovo S860 Review

Lenovo as an OEM in the mobile space is one of the biggest gainers in the recent times. Having acquired Motorola, the company has showed that it is very keen on improving its ground and making a name for itself in the market. The Chinese manufacturer has devices like K900 and Vibe Z in its armory, but smartphones like P780 and S860 are the ones that are attracting the large consumer base.

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We have the Lenovo S860 in our labs – a device, which was announced at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year. The S860’s biggest selling feature is its impressive 4,000mAh battery, but how does the device shape up in other aspects? We look at the device in detail to find out an answer. Continue reading “Lenovo S860 Review”

Sony seeks $1.7 billion loss due to sluggish smartphone sales

Sony has predicted a staggering net loss of 230 billion yen ($2.1 billion) for its fiscal year ending next March. That is nearly five times the 50 billion yen loss the company’s previous forecast. The company said it would not pay a dividend this business year after it was hit by a 180 billion yen ($1.7 billion) impairment charge for its struggling smartphone division.

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Oppo N3 launch scheduled for October 29 in Singapore

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Oppo has been teasing its Oppo N3 launch for October for the past few days, now the company has started sending invites for the launch even that is scheduled on October 29th in Singapore. The Oppo N3 would also feature a rotating camera, similar to the Oppo N1 and could feature LTE support as rumored earlier, but other details of the smartphone are not available yet. Continue reading “Oppo N3 launch scheduled for October 29 in Singapore”

Microsoft introduces Bluetooth keyboard for iOS, Android and Windows devices

Microsoft has launched a Bluetooth keyboard that is compatible with iOS, Android and Windows devices. Dubbed as universal mobile keyboard, it has a ‘Command’ key and a switch that lets you toggle between these three modes.

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ZTE ZMAX with 5.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 400 processor announced

ZTE ZMAX

ZTE ZMAX is the latest phablet from the company that would head to T-Mobile in the U.S. next week. It has a 5.7-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE ZMAX with 5.7-inch HD display, Snapdragon 400 processor announced”

Karbonn Titanium S10 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 7990

Karbonn Titanium S10

Karbonn Titanium S10, the company’s latest smartphone in the Titanium series is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S10 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 7990”

Google Play Services version 6.1 adds better Google Fit, improves API and more

Google Play Services is being updated with a bunch of features. The latest version adds improvements to Analytics, Drive and the newly-released Google Fit.

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New Motorola Moto G Benchmarks

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Motorola launched the new Moto G in India earlier this month. Here are the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8226) ARM Cortex-A7 processor clocked at 1.19 GHz with Adreno 305 GPU and 1GB RAM, same as the first Moto G. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat). Let’s find out how the new Moto G performs in range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “New Motorola Moto G Benchmarks”