Oppo launched the Oppo R1 in India back in April, about four months after it announced the smartphone. It is the successor of the Oppo R819 that we reviewed last year. The Oppo R1 has a completely new design and has new hardware and software features compared to the R819. It has brilliant design and comes in slim form factor, but is it worth the price? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Oppo R1 Review”
In addition to several announcements at the I/O developer conference, Google confirmed that Project Tango is coming to consumers next year. The company revealed that it is working on the tablet with LG and the device will be ready for consumers in 2015.
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Samsung India has just sent out press invites for the launch of Galaxy Tab S series in India on July 1st. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 that were announced couple of weeks back comes with a 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Super AMOLED displays at high WQXGA resolution, Android 4.4 (KitKat) and have Adaptive Display. These have 6.6mm slim profile. The Indian variant is likely to be powered by Octa-Core Exynos processor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S launching in India on July 1st”
Amazon today announced that it would offer paid Android apps worth over $100 for free on the Amazon AppStore for two days, Friday 27th and Saturday 28th June. This includes some popular apps and games under different categories such as Fun, Travel and Remote Office apps. There are 31 app in the list, and these are usually priced between US$0.99 and US$ 9.99. All you need to do is just get the Amazon App Store from here and sideload it on your Android device. You can scroll to the $100 of Paid Apps banner and click it to see the list of apps and install them. Continue reading “Amazon offers over $100 worth of paid apps free for two days”
Google has updated its note taking app Keep with Android Wear support. The company launched full Android Wear SDK at the I/O developer conference.
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Swipe launched the Konnect 5.0, its first smartphone in the Konnect series priced at Rs. 8,999 earlier this month. It has a 5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The company has already started rolling out the KitKat update for the smartphone. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Swipe Konnect 5.0 Unboxing”
Micromax Canvas Duet II (EG111) went on sale earlier this year, now the Micromax Canvas Duet AE90 is available from eBay.in. It has a 4.5-inch qHD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Duet AE90 with 4.5-inch qHD display, Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) available online for Rs. 9299”
Last week a leak suggested that HTC is making Google’s next Nexus tablet. Dubbed as HTC Volantis, the tablet will pack a 8.9″ display with a resolution of 2048×1440 pixels.
Continue reading “Did Google accidentally reveal HTC-made Nexus 9 render?”
Google launched Android L developer preview at the I/O conference two days back. Today, the company is making the preview available on Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) Wi Fi. The software developer kit is now available for download through the Android SDK Manager.
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Yesterday, at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, design played a huge role in the company’s announcements to the public. After getting Android One out of the way, Android and Chrome chief Sundar Pichai invited Matias Duarte on stage. Being one of the highly creative minds behind the critically acclaimed WebOS interface, Matias made his mark on Android with Ice Cream Sandwich. Fondly called Android ICS, the update was and still is one of the biggest visual overhauls for Android, as a platform. “Holo” was the design language spear headed by Matias, who talked up design principles based on clean lines and flatter interface elements. It was the beginning of a more coherent interface for Android, but Google, as a company, was heading in a separate design direction.
Continue reading “Material Design is the new visual language of everything Google”
Few weeks after launching the Swipe Konnect 5.0 in the Konnect series, the company has launched Konnect 4 and Konnect 4E, two new budget smartphones. Both these have a 4-inch WVGA screen based on One Glass Solution, powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Konnect 4 has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and the Konnect 4E features a 2-megapixel rear camera. Both these have a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Swipe Konnect 4 and Konnect 4E with 4-inch display launched for Rs. 4490 and Rs. 3750”
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The Xolo Q600s is among the entry range smartphones that try to offer as much as possible for the price. The Xolo Q600s falls well in the value for money category of smartphones and is alongside Motorola’s Moto E, Micromax Unite 2 and Lava Iris X1. The Xolo Q600s comes with a sturdy design, a qualified internal specification and runs on Android 4.4.2 KitKat out of the box. For Rs. 7499, lets see how it delivers.
Xolo has officially launched the Q1011, the company’s latest smartphone in the Q CORE series. It went on sale online recently and packs a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display based on OGS technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with new software features such as Cold screen awake and Smart Answer. Continue reading “Xolo Q1011 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 9999”
Google has entered into the set-top box space by officially announcing Android TV. The TV service will run on set-top box hardware similar to Amazon and Apple TV.
Samsung and Google have teamed up to integrate KNOX technology into the next version of Android announced at the I/O developer conference. The move comes from the duo with an aim to allow more security to enterprises and IT administrators such as a separate container to manage and secure business data.
Continue reading “Samsung and Google collaborate to integrate KNOX into Android L”
