Gionee P5W with 5-inch HD display, 1GB RAM, Android 5.1 announced

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Gionee has introduced P5W, the company’s latest budget smartphone. It packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. It comes in a range of colors with a matching UI. Continue reading “Gionee P5W with 5-inch HD display, 1GB RAM, Android 5.1 announced”

Sundar Pichai might launch Android One v2.0 in India on December 16th

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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google will be visiting India later this month and will be meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as President Pranab Mukherjee. New reports suggest that there is one more agenda to the trip and that is to launch v2.0 of Android One.

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Google announces the best games and apps for Android in 2015

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Google has just announced the list of best games and apps for smartphones during 2015. This list also includes other things available on the Play Store such as movies, books, newsstand etc.

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LINE introduces Keep – Personal storage for both PC and smartphone

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LINE has just updated its Android application to version 5.3.0 and one of the main new features is called “Keep”. Keepis basically a personal storage feature that users can use to save text, images and other content on LINE.

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Obi Worldphone SF1 Review

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Obi Mobiles, backed by ex-Apple CEO John Sculley, in August re-launched itself as Obi Worldphone and introduced two new smartphones. Last year after its debut as Obi Mobiles in India, the company had created some buzz in affordable smartphone segment before it decided to take a sudden backseat. Continue reading “Obi Worldphone SF1 Review”

Google Chrome 48 beta for Android gets custom notification buttons, cast presenting and more

Google has released Chrome 48 beta for Android with a bunch of new features. The latest release comes just two days after Google had rolled out the stable version of Chrome 47.

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Huawei Enjoy 5S with 5-inch HD display, 7.6mm metal body, fingerprint sensor announced

Huawei Enjoy 5S

Huawei has introduced Enjoy 5S, an enhanced version of the Enjoy 5 that was introduced back in October, in China. It has a 5-inch HD display, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with Emotion UI 3.1 Lite, has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Enjoy 5, but this is powered by a faster 1.5 octa-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6753T processor, has 7.6mm slim full metal unibody design and also comes with a fingerprint sensor. Continue reading “Huawei Enjoy 5S with 5-inch HD display, 7.6mm metal body, fingerprint sensor announced”

Celkon CT722 with 7-inch display, Intel Atom x3 SoC launched for Rs. 4999

Celkon CT722

Celkon launched CT722, the company’s latest tablet powered by Intel Atom SoC earlier this week. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, is powered by a Quad Core Intel Atom X3 C3230RK processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It comes with a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and has a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has single SIM support, 3G connectivity and has voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “Celkon CT722 with 7-inch display, Intel Atom x3 SoC launched for Rs. 4999”

Xiaomi Mi 4 and Mi Note to receive Android Marshmallow update soon

Android 6.0 Marshmallow update will soon hit two Xiaomi devices. The Chinese smartphone maker has announced that Mi 4 and Mi Note will receive the latest Android OS update.

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Asus ZenFone 2 Laser 6 with 6-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 17999

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Asus launched the Zenfone 2 Laser in India at the ZenFestival. The Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL) went on sale in September, and the Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 (ZE550KL-1B122IN) went on sale in October, now Asus has launched the Zenfone 2 Laser 6 (ZE601KL) in India. It packs a 6-inch 1080p display, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 616 SoC, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI 2.0 on top. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Asus ZenFone 2 Laser 6 with 6-inch 1080p display, 3GB RAM launched in India for Rs. 17999”

ZTE Blade A1 with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE, fingerprint sensor announced for $94

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ZTE has released Blade A1, its new budget smartphone, which becomes the most affordable smartphone with a fingerprint sensor, beating the UMi Fair that was released in September. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MT6735 processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Blade A1 with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE, fingerprint sensor announced for $94”

YU YUPHORIA Cyanogen OS 12.1 update to roll out starting from today

YU started rolling out Cyanogen OS 12.1 update based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) for its YUREKA and YUREKA PLUS smartphones last month. Today Rahul Sharma, Co-founder and CEO of YU tweeted that Cyanogen OS 12.1 update for the YU YUPHORIA smartphone has been certified by Google CTS and will start rolling out from tonight. This comes months after the company said that it had entered final testing phase. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA Cyanogen OS 12.1 update to roll out starting from today”

WhatsApp for Android gets new emojis

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WhatsApp has added tons of new emojis for its Android app, before Android gets these emojis next week starting from Nexus devices, as announced by Google’s new SVP of Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast, Hiroshi Lockheimer. He said that Google has also shared the fonts and tech details with other OEMs so they can update as well. This was first spotted by Android Police. Continue reading “WhatsApp for Android gets new emojis”

Yahoo Messenger makes a comeback with revamped mobile and web apps

Yahoo Messenger, the popular IM service that was a hit especially in the late 90s is coming back. Yahoo has revamped its app on mobile ans web and it now focuses on group messaging.

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Google launches Cardboard Camera app to create VR Photos

Google has launched Cardboard Camera app for Android that will allow you to turn your phone into a 3D virtual reality camera. Available on the Play Store, the app lets you create VR-style photographs.

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