Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out

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Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) for both the Wi-Fi (SM-T530) and LTE (SM-T535) variants of Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 tablets. Update for the WiFi variant is now available in Spain and the 4G variant has received the update in Nordic Countries. The Tab 4 series was introduced a year back running Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Galaxy Tab S series got the Lollipop update recently. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out”

Weekly Roundup: 12 smartphones, 2 tablets, 2 fitness trackers, power bank and more

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First up is the highlight of the week from Huawei. The company launched three products in its Honor portfolio – the Honor Bee, the Honor 4C smartphones and Honor AP007 power bank. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: 12 smartphones, 2 tablets, 2 fitness trackers, power bank and more”

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge apparently having 8 bit display colour issues

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Apparently the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge at times is displaying colour in 8 bit, sort of like a watercolor painting for some users. The issue is not there all the time, happens only quite rarely and has only been spotted on a few units of the Galaxy S6 Edge so far.

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Lenovo A7000 Review

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Lenovo launched the A7000 smartphone in India last month for Rs. 8,999. The A7000 is the successor of A6000 that was released earlier this year.The A7000 has 4G support and it is also the first smartphone to come with Dolby Atmos audio support. This competes with the Honor 4X, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G and YU YUREKA. Is the smartphone worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review.

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Oppo R7 Plus Leaks – Flaunts bezel-less screen and Fingerprint Sensor

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It seems like bezel-less is the trend nowadays because after the Nubia Z9 and the Oppo R7, we now have yet another handset with such a design. The Oppo R7 Plus is the bigger brother of the R7 and it sports a fingerprint sensor as well apart from the similar bezel-less design.

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Huawei Honor Bee Hands On

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Huawei on Friday launched its cheapest Honor smartphone dubbed Huawei Honor Bee in India at Rs. 4,999. It is the first time that this smartphone has been launched anywhere in the world. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Bee Hands On”

Huawei Honor 4C Hands On

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Huawei on Friday launched the Honor 4C in India at Rs. 8,999. The smartphone was first announced in China last week and India is the second country to get it. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4C Hands On”

Huawei Honor Bee with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched in India for Rs. 4999

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Huawei Honor Bee, the latest budget smartphone from Huawei Honor has launched in India. It packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Huawei’s Emotion UI on top. It has dual SIM support, 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Honor Bee with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched in India for Rs. 4999”

Huawei Honor 4C with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera launched in India for Rs. 8999

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Huawei Honor has launched the Honor 4C smartphone in India. It was announced last week and packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by 1.2 GHz Huawei Kirin 620 64-bit A53 Octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Emotion UI 3.0. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 4C with 5-inch HD display, 13MP camera launched in India for Rs. 8999”

OnePlus, Micromax end legal disputes; OnePlus One will continue to receive Cyanogen OS OTA updates in India

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Cyanogen announced an exclusive partnership in India with Micromax back in December last year. At that time the company said that Cyanogen OS will not support any other devices shipping in India with future updates including Lollipop. OnePlus just announced that it has end all legal proceedings with Micromax and Cyanogen and the cases have been withdrawn through mutual consent.

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Xiaomi’s 2015 leaked roadmap hints 4 new Mi smartphones in next 6 months

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Xiaomi’s 2015 product roadmap leaked from China hints that the company has 4 new Mi smartphones in pipeline for this year, but it’s not clear if this roadmap is only for China region or has been planned for simultaneous global release. Continue reading “Xiaomi’s 2015 leaked roadmap hints 4 new Mi smartphones in next 6 months”

Flickr rolls out redesigned mobile apps and revamps site

Yahoo is giving Flickr a major overhaul. The photo sharing service is getting refreshed mobile apps along with a revamped website. The latest update bumps the mobile version to 4.0 and brings new tool to the apps.

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Google now allows you to order food directly from Search

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Google has been hard at work providing easier ways to search on the desktop and then transfer the information to your smartphone. First they allowed you to send directions to your phone directly from desktop search and then they added the ability to send notes and set alarms on your device in the same way. Now Google has introduced a faster and easier way to order food directly from Google search.

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Google Drive OCR technology now works for over 200 different languages

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Google’s Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology in Google Drive that turns pictures of text into computer text is now expanded to over 200 different languages. Until now, company had offered this OCR feature for English language only. Continue reading “Google Drive OCR technology now works for over 200 different languages”