Samsung opens new factory to meet Galaxy S6 Edge demand

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While the Samsung Galaxy S5 was disappointing both for customers and Samsung alike, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge are doing quite the opposite. Samsung expected it to sell quite well and customers are clearly loving it too as now they’re opening a new factory in order to meet the demand for the S6 Edge.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 to be 5.5mm thin

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Back in February we told you that Samsung is aiming to make the Galaxy Tab S2 tablet really thin and that it has set the iPad Air as a benchmark for thickness (or rather lack of it). We just didn’t know how thin it would be and now rumors suggest that the Tab S2 will be just 5.5mm in terms of thickness.

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SwiftKey Keyboard for Android beta gets ‘SwiftKey Hub’, minor UI improvements

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SwiftKey Keyboard’s latest beta version of Android app on Thursday got a new ‘SwiftKey Hub’ alongside minor UI improvements. Continue reading “SwiftKey Keyboard for Android beta gets ‘SwiftKey Hub’, minor UI improvements”

Twitter introduces personalised ‘Highlights’ feature for Android users

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Twitter on Thursday announced that it is rolling out a new feature called Highlights to Android app users that will send out a summary of the missed best-tweets via push notifications twice a day. Continue reading “Twitter introduces personalised ‘Highlights’ feature for Android users”

Lenovo K80 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, 4000mAh battery announced

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Lenovo has announced K80, the company’s latest smartphone in the K series in China. It has a 5.5-inch Full HD display, is powered by 1.8GHz quad-core 64-bit Intel processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It comes in 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage as well as 2GB RAM with 32GB of internal storage. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and optical image stabilization, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and 4G LTE support. This directly competes with Zenfone 2 that has almost similar specifications. Continue reading “Lenovo K80 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, 4GB RAM, 4000mAh battery announced”

Google Keep on Android Wear smartwatches brings voice-note dictation and more

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Google has updated its note-taking app ‘Google Keep’ for Android with the ability to view and create notes from you Android Wear smartwatches. Continue reading “Google Keep on Android Wear smartwatches brings voice-note dictation and more”

Google now allows you to send directions to your phone from Desktop Search

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Google has now added a new feature that will allow users to send directions to their phones from desktop search. All you have to do is go to Google search, type in send directions and hit the search button. Google will then let you pick a location and a device and you’re all set.

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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

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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

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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”