Samsung introduces Smart Bulb with Bluetooth

Samsung Smart Bulb

Samsung already sells LED lighting products in several countries. Today Samsung announced their first Smart Bulb with Bluetooth support. This lets you control 64 bulbs directly from a smartphone or a tablet using an application. It doesn’t need bridge,wireless connection, equipment or any tedious set up, says the company. LG unveiled a similar Smart Bulb earlier this week with built-in Bluetooth 4.0 that lets you control it using Android and iOS devices. Continue reading “Samsung introduces Smart Bulb with Bluetooth”

Amazon offering iPad 4 64GB WiFi only for just Rs. 29,995

Apple is not the sort of company that get its consumers through discounts and low prices. However, an Apple product – iPad 4 is being sold at a very discounted price of Rs. 29,995 for the 64GB in Amazon website and the offer is fulfilled by Chroma chain of electronics. This is a very good deal considering that the WiFi only version of a 64GB iPad 4 usually retails for Rs. 40,000 and above.

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BlackBerry Z30 price temporarily drops to Rs. 34990

BlackBerry Z30

BlackBerry Z30 has also received a limited period price cut in India, similar to BlackBerry Z10. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its foray into the Indian market, the BlackBerry Z30 price has been reduced to Rs. 34,990 for a limited period. It was launched in India back in October last year at a price tag of Rs. 39990.  This special offer will be valid till for next 60 days starting today. Continue reading “BlackBerry Z30 price temporarily drops to Rs. 34990”

Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi- 506 with 5-inch display, metal body launched for Rs. 6999

Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi- 506

S Mobility has launched the Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi- 506, the latest smartphone in the Spice Mettle series with a metal body. It has a 5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support with Dual Standby and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Mettle Icon Mi- 506 with 5-inch display, metal body launched for Rs. 6999”

LG G2 mini global roll out begins in April

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LG has announced that the LG G2 mini would roll out globally starting from next month. It was unveiled ahead of MWC 2014 and packs a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 or 1.7 GHz Nvidia Tegra 4i processor, and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8 or 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It will be available in Dual SIM variants, 3G and LTE variants depending on the region. Continue reading “LG G2 mini global roll out begins in April”

BlackBerry Z10 back in stock in India, still available at offer price of Rs. 17990

BlackBerry Z10  received a price cut to Rs. 17,990 last month to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its foray into the Indian market. Even though the offer was available for a period of 60 days starting from February 25th, the BlackBerry Z10 ran out of stock in retails stores and online across the country. BlackBerry has announced that the Z10 has been restocked across India. Continue reading “BlackBerry Z10 back in stock in India, still available at offer price of Rs. 17990”

Samsung Gear Fit launched in India for Rs. 15900

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Samsung has launched the Gear Fit in India along with the Galaxy S5, Gear and Gear Neo. Samsung introduced the Gear Fit, the company’s first wearable fitness band at the MWC 2014 last month. The Gear fit has a wide 1.84-inch (432 x 128 pixels) Curved Super AMOLED display. It also has Pedometer, Heart Rate sensor, Accelerometer and Gyro sensors. Continue reading “Samsung Gear Fit launched in India for Rs. 15900”

Samsung Gear and Gear Neo launched in India for Rs. 21900 and Rs. 15900

Samsung has launched the Gear and Gear Neo smartwatches in India along with the Galaxy S5. Samsung unveiled the Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo and the Gear Fit at the MWC 2014 last month. The Gear 2 is the successor of the first Galaxy Gear, that was introduced at the IFA 2013. Unlike the first Android-based Galaxy Gear, this one runs on Tizen OS, optimized for wearable devices. It has the same 1.63 inch (320 x 320 pixels) Super AMOLED display that we had seen on the Gear. It has a 2-megapixel auto focus camera capable of recording 720p HD videos. Continue reading “Samsung Gear and Gear Neo launched in India for Rs. 21900 and Rs. 15900”

Lenovo Vibe Z Multi Window demo

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Ever since phablets launched, there has been a push for scaling and an increase in the information density on those screens, irrespective of resolution. There has been a push to adopt the, initially clunky, Multi Window system that allowed an user to have two different apps, or more recently, two different instances of the same app. all on the same screen. It made sense for some tasks such as using the calculator and having your expense notes on the same screen, or a voice recorder and a notes page for quick typing of notes on the same screen. It all makes sense if you specifically perform those tasks, and they work great. Other manufacturers have been giving it a go and Lenovo too has followed suit with its own implementation on its flagship smartphone, the Vibe Z. Here is a video demo of it –

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Samsung Galaxy S5 to be priced between Rs. 51000 and Rs. 53000 in India

Samsung announced the much anticipated Samsung Galaxy S5 at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona earlier this year and it missed out more features that were rumored than the ones it packed. there wasn’t a 2K display or a premium build quality which was among the many features it missed. Nevertheless, Samsung knows the market better than anyone and they have come up with the Galaxy S5 with a bigger display, better camera and battery.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 launched in India, available from April 11th

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Samsung has finally launched the Galaxy S5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Galaxy S series as it promised last week. It was announced at the MWC 2014 last month and 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 launched in India, available from April 11th”

Samsung Galaxy S5 packs a Octa-Core Exynos Processor in India

Samsung Galaxy S5 Exynos India

Samsung India Country Head Vineet Taneja just confirmed that the Galaxy S5 (SM-G900H) would be powered by an Octa-Core Exynos processor in India as expected, similar to the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note 3. It would be powered by a Octa-Core Exynos 5422 (A15 1.9 GHz + A7 1.3 GHz) processor with  ARM Mali T628 MP6 GPU and Heterogeneous Multi-Processing and has XMM6360 for HSPA+ ( up to 42 Mbps) connectivity. Since it has Heterogeneous Multi-Processing, it can run combination of up to eight cores to provide optimum performance. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 packs a Octa-Core Exynos Processor in India”

Micromax Canvas Knight Review

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Micromax launched the Canvas Knight A350 as the successor to last year’s Canvas Turbo A250. Even though this features the same 5-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), the Canvas Knight is powered by a more powerful 2GHz octa-core processor, features a 16-megapixel rear camera and also has a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Is this better than the Canvas Turbo ? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight Review”

HTC Desire 616 with 5-inch HD display, octa-core processor surfaces

HTC Desire 616

HTC unveiled the Desire 816 at the MWC last month. Earlier this month Desire 516 with 5-inch qHD display and a quad-core processor surfaced online. Today, HTC Desire 616 with octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor has surfaced online in live images posted by a weibo user. It has also been certified in Tenna in China that reveals the complete specifications of the device. It has a 5-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense 5 on top. Continue reading “HTC Desire 616 with 5-inch HD display, octa-core processor surfaces”