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Apple iPad Mini refreshed with a retina display, A7 64 bit processor and a $399 price tag

Along with the new iPad Air, Apple has also refreshed the “mini” version. Yes, the iPad mini has gained the much awaited retina display upgrade along with the new A7 64 bit processor that debuted on the iPhone 5s recently. Otherwise, the device is almost untouched but to be frank, the iPad mini’s retina display and the A7 are substantial upgrades to the device, and it will make it much more viable than before. This is now really just a smaller version of the iPad, the complete functions in a smaller form. It is priced at a higher $399 for the retina version while the original iPad mini now retails at a lesser $299 along with the newer version.

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Apple iPad Air with a new thin and light design and A7 64 bit processor announced

Apple has just announced the refresh to its iPad lineup with the new iPad Air and the iPad mini with retina display. The iPad Air not just gains a new name, it also gains a new thin and light design. Learning from the engineering of its own iPad mini, the iPad Air loses a lot of weight to weigh just a pound, while thinning down its bezels and overall thickness to just 7.5 mm. The iPad Air also looks a lot like the iPad mini in terms of the design language with beautifully rounded corners, chamfered edges and a smooth finish for the back. The internals also gain a generational boost with the new A7 64 bit processor that debuted on the iPhone 5s. Apple marks a 72x increase in graphics performance when compared to the original iPad which makes things interesting.

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Nokia Lumia 2520 Photo Gallery

Nokia’s device division might be acquired by Microsoft soon, but that hasn’t stopped the company from bringing back its mobility vision in computers back into its portfolio. We saw the yesteryear Booklet 3G, which was one of the very few notebooks that could use a SIM and now we see a similar vision in the LTE enabled Lumia 2520, one of the first tablets to launch without a WiFi-only variant. It’s a bold step by Nokia, wanting to fill the void created by WiFi only tablets that are seemingly used only at home. Launching it with a beautiful power keyboard as an accessory for some extra bucks, the tablet envisions portable productivity with standard Nokia influences in hardware showing off. We took the Lumia 2520 for a spin in front of our camera, so here is a photo gallery, for your viewing pleasure.

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Huawei Ascend G700 and G610 now available in India for Rs. 16500 and Rs. 12499

Huawei Ascend G700 and the Ascend G610 that appeared on official website last week, is now available from online retailer Infibeam in India. The Ascend G700 packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The G610 has a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) IPS display, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Both these phones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processors, pack a 2150 mAh battery and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Huawei Ascend P6, the company’s latest flagship smartphone also went on sale online today. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G700 and G610 now available in India for Rs. 16500 and Rs. 12499”

Huawei Ascend P6 with 4.7-inch HD display now available in India online for Rs. 25750

Huawei Ascend P6 was expected to launch in India back in August, but it was delayed, now the phone is available from online retailer Infibeam in India. It was announced back in June and packs a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display based on in-cell LCD screen technology with responsive touch that works even when wearing gloves, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with new Emotion UI. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor, F2.0 aperture and 4cm macro and 1080P full HD video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with auto facial-enhancing capabilities for self portraits. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend P6 with 4.7-inch HD display now available in India online for Rs. 25750”

Micromax Canvas Magnus A117 with 5-inch HD display, 12MP camera now available for Rs. 14999

Micromax Canvas Magnus A117

Micromax Canvas Magnus A117 that appeared earlier today is now available from online retailer Snapdeal in India. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with Dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Android smartphones from Micromax. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Magnus A117 with 5-inch HD display, 12MP camera now available for Rs. 14999”

Apple to offer Live Video Stream for today’s event

Apple Special Event October 2013

Apple usually offers live video stream of their WWDC and other special events, but they did not offer live steam for last month’s iPhone event. Now they are offering live stream of today’s special event happening in San Francisco, USA. The stream will only work on Safari on iOS 4.2 or later on any iPhone, iPad, iPad mini or iPod touch or Safari 4 or later on a Mac running on OS X v10.6 or Apple TV. Continue reading “Apple to offer Live Video Stream for today’s event”

Whatsapp for Nokia Asha 501 coming next month, announces 350 million active users per month

Way back, when evleaks had leaked the Asha 500 press image(the same one that got announced today), one icon that stood out was that of Whatsapp. The most awaited app on the platform is finally revealed as coming next month with all the new Asha devices announced today at the Nokia World. And yes, it will be coming to the only Asha SW platform based device on the market today too, the Asha 501. I have been personally holding up on recommending the Asha 501 due to the lack of Whatsapp and now it’s a huge sigh of relief that it’s finally here, at least by the next month.

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Nokia Story Teller, Beamer, Nokia Camera and more coming with Lumia Black Firmware update

The Nokia Lumia 1520 and the Nokia Lumia 1320 are the two new Lumia smartphones that have launched today at the Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi. Hardware differentiators like a massive screen and unibody build aside, Nokia has also announced that its own “Lumia Black” firmware will be running on top of the Windows Phone GDR3 update that started rolling out recently. This is the successor to the Amber update that is currently available for all Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices and it brings all sorts of new app experiences and improvements to the new devices launched today and eventually to other phones too. The new apps shown off today, as a part of this update are – Nokia Story Teller, Nokia Beamer and Nokia camera amongst others.

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Micromax Canvas Magnus A117 with 5-inch 720p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU press shots leak

Micromax Canvas Magnus A117 leak

Micromax already confirmed the existence of the Canvas Turbo by signing up Hugh Jackman as its brand ambassador. Now the twitter user MMXNewscaster has posted press images of the Canvas Magnus A117, the company’s upcoming Canvas Smartphone. This is rumored to come with a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It would come with a 12-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Magnus A117 with 5-inch 720p display, 1.5 GHz quad-core CPU press shots leak”

Nokia Protective Cover CP-623 announced for Lumia 1520

Alongside the Lumia 1520, Nokia also showed off a new protective cover accessory for the giant sized handset. The flip cover style accessory will double up as a stand. The protective cover is similar to the smart cover seen on the iPad and similar accessories have been seen for the BlackBerry Z10 as well. Continue reading “Nokia Protective Cover CP-623 announced for Lumia 1520”

Intex Aqua N2 with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6990

Intex Aqua N2

Intex Technologies has launched the Aqua N2, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series. It appeared on the official website last week along with the Cloud X5 and packs a 4.0-inch (800 ×480 pixels) WVGA capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Intex smartphones. Continue reading “Intex Aqua N2 with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 6990”

Nokia’s Refocus app for the Lumia 1020 and the 1520 lets you focus after you have taken the photo

Lytro camera made one innovation really popular. It allowed people to refocus a photo AFTER taking one. This provided really nice possibilities for people to not care about focus and just look at composition. But the Lytro had a few drawbacks like low resolution images and proprietary controller, but then we saw news of Oppo planning to release the first MEMS camera with auto focus so fast that it could take 6 full resolution images in a split second with different focus points. But guess who is doing it first, with just an app? None other than Nokia. After launching the Lumia 1520, the Lumia 1320 and the Lumia 2520 devices, the company has let loose a lot of new camera related features for its PureView devices. The Refocus app is one them. Yes, they just announced that the Nokia Refocus app will be able to let you change the focus after you take a photo, or you can keep the complete photo in focus. Just like the Lytro camera.

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Nokia 515 Dual SIM phone goes on sale in India for Rs. 10505

Nokia 515 Dual SIM

Nokia 515, the company’s first feature phone with aluminium build is now available from official Nokia India Shop. It was announced back in August and has a 2.4-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) LCD display with Gorilla Glass 2 protection and has new hardened polycarbonate resin for the keymat It has a 5-megapixel EDoF rear camera with LED flash and runs on Nokia’s Series 40 OS. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has micro SIM cards. It has Bluetooth 3.0, but lacks WiFi connectivity. It packs a 1200 mAh battery. Continue reading “Nokia 515 Dual SIM phone goes on sale in India for Rs. 10505”

Nokia Lumia 1520 Photo Gallery

There is new meaning to the popular “see more” marketing tagline from Nokia, as it aptly applies to the newly launched Nokia Lumia 1520 and its huge 6 inches of screen real estate. As you can see from the image above, you can literally “see more” of our webpage on that massive screen. It helps that it is full HD resolution too, and finally has that much needed upgrade to the faster Snapdragon 800 SoC. This phone aims to be the jack of all trades and aims to offer everything in a huge screen, which is currently the awkward trend in Smartphones. So, how does it look in real? We have got a complete photo walkthrough of the device, in glorious yellow. Read past the break to take a look at them.

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