Category: Android

Acer Iconia One 8 B1-820 and Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 with quad core Intel Atom SoC, Android 5.0 announced

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Acer has announced Iconia One 8 B1-820 and Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30, two new tablets powered by powered by a quad-core Intel Atom processor, Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and a 5-megapixel rear camera. The Iconia One 8 B1-820 has a 8-inch HD IPS display based on Zero Air Gap technology. The Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 for Education, which will join the Google Education ecosystem features a 10.1-inch full HD screen based on Zero Air Gap technology. Both these tablet’s displays have Acer Precision Plus technology offering highly accurate touch and writing experience Continue reading “Acer Iconia One 8 B1-820 and Iconia Tab 10 A3-A30 with quad core Intel Atom SoC, Android 5.0 announced”

Lava Iris Alfa L with 5.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 8000

Lava Iris Alfa L

Lava has launched Iris Alfa L, the company’s latest smartphone in the Iris series and the successor of Iris Alfa that was launched earlier this year. It has a 5.5-inch qHD IPS display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Iris Alfa L with 5.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 8000”

OnePlus One Cyanogen OS 12 roll out resumes, adds OK OnePlus

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OnePlus has started rolling out Cyanogen OS 12 update based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) last week. The company’s director Carl Pei recently said that the company has paused the roll out to add Ok OnePlus feature, today it started rolling out a new update, YNG1TAS17L that adds this feature along with improvements and security enhancements. Continue reading “OnePlus One Cyanogen OS 12 roll out resumes, adds OK OnePlus”

Xiaomi Mi 4i with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 12999

Xiaomi Mi 4i

Xiaomi has launched Mi 4i, the company’s latest smartphone in the Mi series. It has a 5-inch 1080p fully laminated display from JDI or Sharp with 178-degree viewing angle, is powered by an 2nd generation Octa-Core Snadpragon 615 processor and runs on MIUI v6 on top of Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with visual interactive voice response (IVR) feature built for India. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera from Samsung or Sony with 5-element lens, f/2.0 aperture and two-tone LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 80-degree wide-angle lens. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i with 5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 SoC, 4G LTE launched in India for Rs. 12999”

Outlook for Android exits preview stage

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Microsoft released Outlook for iOS in January along with a preview of Outlook for Android. Today Microsoft are announcing that the application has now exited the preview stage for Android and brings a lot of improvements and features to the table.

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Asus Zenfone 2 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM launched in India starting at Rs. 19999, 2GB for Rs. 14999

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Asus has launched the Zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) smartphone in India, as it promised. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, comes with 13-megapixel rear PixelMaster camera with Real Tone flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It comes in three variants, one with 1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 processor, 2GB RAM and 16GB storage, 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor with 4GB RAM, 32GB or 64GB storage. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM launched in India starting at Rs. 19999, 2GB for Rs. 14999”

Asus Zenfone 2 with 5.5-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 12999

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Asus has launched the Zenfone 2 (ZE550ML) smartphone in India along with the ZE551ML variant. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 processor, 2GB RAM, comes with 13-megapixel PixelMaster camera with Real Tone flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 with 5.5-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 12999”

Lenovo A5000 with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery launching in India soon for Rs. 10250

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Lenovo A5000, the latest smartphone in the A series is now available in India through retail stores, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, features an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the A6000, but this is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and packs 4000mAh battery that promises up to 35 hours talk time and up to 33.5 days standby. Continue reading “Lenovo A5000 with 5-inch HD display, 4000mAh battery launching in India soon for Rs. 10250”

LG Watch Urbane launching in 13 countries including India through Google Store starting this April

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LG just announced that its LG Watch Urban, the company’s first all-metal luxury Android Wear smartwatch with be available through Google Store in North America, Europe and Asia starting this month. The Watch will come pre-installed with the latest Android Wear OS that brings Wi-Fi, hand-drawn emojis, ability to change the font size, lock automatically when it is removed from the wrist and more. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane launching in 13 countries including India through Google Store starting this April”

Facebook Hello Caller ID app released for Android

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Facebook Creative Labs has launched Hello for Android, a new Caller ID app that shows you who’s calling you, even if you have not saved the person’s number in your phone.The app also lets you block unwanted calls that go straight to voicemail, which can be reviewed in your recent calls. This directly competes with Truecaller that offers the same caller ID and blocking features. Since the Hello app has Facebook integration, it offers latest info about your contacts and lets you search for people and businesses on Facebook and call them easily. Continue reading “Facebook Hello Caller ID app released for Android”

Plunder Pirates by Rovio Stars now available for Android

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Rovio Stars has finally released Plunder Pirates online multiplayer strategy game for Android. It was launched for iPhone and iPad last year. You need to build a 3D base, recruit a crew of pirates, explore uncharted waters full of monsters and treasure, and attack and plunder rival players online. The game is developed by Midoki. Continue reading “Plunder Pirates by Rovio Stars now available for Android”

1 lakh Lenovo A6000 Plus phones will be available in first flash sale on April 28

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Lenovo launched the A6000 Plus smartphone in India at Rs. 7,499. Today the company has announced that 100,000 units of the A6000 Plus will be available in the first flash sale on April 28th. Registrations for the sale started on the launch day, April 17th and closes on 27th April 11:59 PM. Lenovo sold 3 lakh units of A6000 smartphones in India in 3 months before it was temporarily discontinued. Continue reading “1 lakh Lenovo A6000 Plus phones will be available in first flash sale on April 28”

Android Wear companion app gets updated to v1.1, brings mutiple watch support and more

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In-line with Android Wear firmware update announcement on Monday, Google on Tuesday started pushing out an updated Android Wear companion app (v1.1) to users, which brings support for multiple Android Wear watches, and list of new features along with major visual and functional improvements.

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Gionee Pioneer P4S with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 7799

Gionee Pioneer P4S

Gionee has launched Pioneer P4S, the company’s latest smartphone in the Pioneer series. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It packs a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Apart from the Android version other specifications are similar to the Gionee Pioneer P4 that was launched last year.  Continue reading “Gionee Pioneer P4S with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 7799”