Google Fit App lands on Google Play Store and Web

Google’s fitness and health platform Google Fit app has arrived on Google Play Store. Announced at Google’s I/O conference in June, the platform will aggregate and collect your fitness data at one place.

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Motorola DROID Turbo with 5.2-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 and 21MP camera announced

Motorola DROID Turbo

Motorola has announced the DROID Turbo, the latest flagship smartphone in the DROID for Verizon Wireless in the U.S. as expected. It has a 5.2 (1440×2560 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor  and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 21-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash, 4K video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Motorola DROID Turbo with 5.2-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 and 21MP camera announced”

Sony releases PS4 Remote Play app for Remote Play capabilities on Xperia Z3 series

Sony PS4 Remote Play

Sony introduced the Xperia Z3 series that includes, Sony Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact and the Z3 Tablet Compact devices at the IFA 2014 last month. At that time the company announced PS4 Remote Play capabilities for these devices that lets you use the phone as a remote screen to connect to and control your games on PS4. Today it has officially released the PS4 Remote Play app on Google Play. Continue reading “Sony releases PS4 Remote Play app for Remote Play capabilities on Xperia Z3 series”

Facebook updates iPhone and Android app with multiple photo sharing

Facebook has released an update for iPhone and Android apps that will allow users to share multiple photos in a single post. Users can choose exact order of photos at the time of uploading via your mobile.

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PCMark benchmark released for Android

PCMark for Android

Futuremark has released PCMark benchmarking tool for Android. It has Work benchmark that lets you measure both performance and battery life. It also shows you how your device’s CPU clock frequency, CPU average usage, temperature and battery charge level changed while the benchmark was running.  The app is 23 MB, and the Work benchmark is a 400 MB download, installed when you first run the app. More benchmarks will be added over time, says the company.

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Lava QPAD R704 with 7-inch display, quad-core Snapdragon processor launched for Rs. 8499

Lava QPAD R704

Lava has launched QPAD R704, the company’s latest tablet in the QPAD series. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, similar to the QPAD e704 tablet that was launched earlier this year, but this is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor instead of a Broadcom processor. It runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) that is upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity via SIM and has voice calling capabilities.  Continue reading “Lava QPAD R704 with 7-inch display, quad-core Snapdragon processor launched for Rs. 8499”

Google debuts free one minute Hangout call to 25 countries including India

Google has supported free phone calls to the U.S. and Canada through Hangouts for over a month. Today, the company is offering free one minute calls for 25 other countries including India. The initiative that is limited till end of 2014 will offer first minute of any international call free for the listed 25 countries.

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Celkon XION S CT695 with 6.95-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 7499

Celkon XION S CT695

Celkon has launched XION S CT6595, the company’s latest phablet. It has a 6.95-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4..2 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a front-facing camera. We had seen several top-end phablets from several Indian OEMs, but this is one of the few phablets priced less than Rs. 10,000. Continue reading “Celkon XION S CT695 with 6.95-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 7499”

Asus Zenfone series and Padfone devices to receive Android 5.0 update in 2015

Asus will release Android 5.0 Lollipop update to its Zenfone series of smartphones along with a couple of Padfone devices. The Taiwanese electronic makers plan about the update has been leaked on company’s ZenTalk forum.

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ASUS unveils 10 inch MeMO Pad 10 ME103K for $199

ASUS has introduced MeMO Pad 10 ME103K tablet  for $199. As the name suggests, the tablet has a 10 inch display with 1280 x 800 resolution and is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.

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Philips I908 with 5-inch 1080p display listed on official India website

Philips I908

Philips I908, the company’s top-end smartphone has been listed on official Philips India website. It has a 5-inch 1080p screen, powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Philips I908 with 5-inch 1080p display listed on official India website”

LG isai VL with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, 3GB RAM and VoLTE announced

LG isai VL

LG introduced the Isai FL (LGL24) for Japanese operator KDDI back in May. Today the company has refreshed the smartphone and introduced a new variant called isai VL (LGV31) with 3GB RAM and Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE) support. Other specifications are similar to the Isai FL, including a 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD IPS display, 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 13.2-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, 4K video recording and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG isai VL with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, 3GB RAM and VoLTE announced”

Obi Fox S453 and Racoon S401 smartphones now available for Rs. 5418 and Rs. 4190

Obi Fox S453

Few weeks back Obi Crane S550, Leopard S502 and Falcon S451 smartphones went on sale in India. Now the Obi Fox S453 and Racoon S401, two new budget smartphones are available for purchase online from Indiatimes Shopping and Saholic. The Obi Fox S453 has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen and the Racoon S401 has a 4-inch WVGA screen. Both these are powered by dual-core MediaTek processors, run on Android 4.4 (KitKat), come with 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Obi Fox S453 and Racoon S401 smartphones now available for Rs. 5418 and Rs. 4190”

Mobiliya partners with Wham! Mobiles to launch new smartphones in India

 

Wham Wiry W1

Mobiliya, an AgreeYa Mobility company has partnered with Wham! Mobiles to launch a range of smartphones in India. These come with anti theft protection, parental control, location tracking and child mode. All these smartphones are powered by 1.2 GHz dual-core processors and 4-inch or 5-inch AMOLED displays depending on the model. These have 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS connectivity. Continue reading “Mobiliya partners with Wham! Mobiles to launch new smartphones in India”

Samsung Galaxy S5 to get Android 5.0 Lollipop update in December: Report

Samsung Galaxy S5 will reportedly receive the Android 5.0 Lollipop update in December. The latest version of Android operating system was announced by Google earlier this month.

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