Category: Android

Samsung Galaxy S5 broadband LTE-A with 5.1-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 805 announced

Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A

Samsung has finally unveiled the Galaxy S5 broadband LTE-A in Korea as expected. It has a 5.1-inch (2560 x1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display, powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has 3GB of RAM, compared to 2GB RAM on the Galaxy S5. Other features are similar to the Galaxy S5, including a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 broadband LTE-A with 5.1-inch QHD display, Snapdragon 805 announced”

Micromax Canvas Gold A300 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 23999

Micromax Canvas Gold A300

After several leaks and rumors, the Micromax Canvas Gold A300 is now available from online retailer Infibeam. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 2 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It features a 16-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Gold A300 with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 23999”

Unicode Consortium unveils 250 new emojis that focus on objects

The Unicode Consortium has just updated the Unicode Standard with new emojis, characters and symbols. The latest version 7.0 will bring 250 new emoji characters to iOS, Android and Windows Phone smartphones. This is possible as Apple, Google and Microsoft are among the nine full members of the Unicode Consortium.

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Xiaomi to launch 4G smartphones soon, says president Lin Bin

Xiaomi Lin Bin

Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note in Taiwan yesterday, which will go on sale in the country starting from June 27th through e Commerce site PChome. At the even Xiaomi co-founder and President Lin Bin had said that the company plans to launch 4G smartphones soon, according to a report from Focus Taiwan. Continue reading “Xiaomi to launch 4G smartphones soon, says president Lin Bin”

Panasonic to launch ELUGA series of smartphones in India soon

Panasonic India Eluga Teaser

Panasonic India has announced that it would launch Eluga range of smartphones soon. The Panasonic ELUGA waterproof Android smartphone was announced back in 2012 for the European markets. The company also introduced ELUGA Power with IP57 rating for dust and water resistance for Europe soon after. Continue reading “Panasonic to launch ELUGA series of smartphones in India soon”

Samsung Galaxy Core 2 Duos and Galaxy Pocket 2 Duos with Android 4.4 leaked

Samsung Galaxy Core 2 Duos leak

Press images and the specifications of the Galaxy Core 2 surfaced back in April on a Russian website. Recently Galaxy Core 2 Duos and Galaxy Pocket 2 Duos surfaced on a Vietnamese website before it was pulled. According to the leak, the Galaxy Core 2 would have a 4.5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) LCD capacitive touch screen display and would be powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor. Earlier leak revealed that it would have 512 MB RAM, but according to new leak it would have a 768MB RAM. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core 2 Duos and Galaxy Pocket 2 Duos with Android 4.4 leaked”

Samsung SideSync 3.0 Demo

At the Samsung event during which Samsung unveiled its Super AMOLED tablets – Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and Galaxy Tab S 10.5, Samsung also announced an updated version of its feature – SideSync 3.0.  A couple of weeks back, Apple announced a feature called Continuity at the WWDC 2014 that would allow you to seamlessly switch work between various iOS devices. Samsung’s SideSync isn’t exactly the same, but tries to achieve something similar between the Galaxy Tablets and Galaxy smartphones.

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Twitter adds Daydream support for Android app

Twitter is bringing Daydream mode to Android app, according to a report from Android Police. A not so popular feature in Android 4.2, Daydream is essentially a screensaver that displays photos or content on the screen in the background. The Daydream mode can be set on users android devices when it is docked or charging or both.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A with Snapdragon 805 reportedly launching in Korea soon

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Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S5 LTE-A in Korea in partnership with local SK Telecom soon, according to a report from Korea’s Yonhap News. Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 LTE-A with Snapdragon 800 SoC in Korea few months after it launched the Galaxy S4 with with Snapdragon 600 SoC internationally. The Galaxy S5 LTE-A would come with a Snapdragon 805 chip and would support LTE Advanced that would offer speed of up to 225 Mbps, faster than 150 Mbps on current LTE-A service in Korea. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A with Snapdragon 805 reportedly launching in Korea soon”

Samsung Galaxy S5 to reportedly get Android 4.4.3 update this month, S4 will follow in July

Samsung Galaxy S5 users will soon get the latest Android KitKat 4.4.3 update. It was reported last month that these two devices are being tested for the update. According to a leaked internal document found by Android Geeks, the update for Galaxy S5 is coming this month.

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MTS Blaze 5.0 Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) Android smartphone launched for Rs. 10999

MTS MBlaze 5.0

Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand has launched MTS Blaze 5.0, the company’s latest dual SIM (CDMA+GSM) smartphone in the Blaze series. It packs a 4.5 FWVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “MTS Blaze 5.0 Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) Android smartphone launched for Rs. 10999”

Lenovo A7-30 with 7-inch display and voice calling goes on sale in India for Rs. 9979

Lenovo A7-30

Lenovo launched the Lenovo A7-50 tablet in India earlier this month. Today the Lenovo A7-30 tablet is available in India through the official Lenovo online store. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8382M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo A7-30 with 7-inch display and voice calling goes on sale in India for Rs. 9979”

Karbonn Titanium S9 Lite with 5.5-inch qHD display now available for Rs. 8990

Karbonn Titanium S9 Lite

Karbonn Titanium S9 Lite, a new smartphone and a variant of last year’s Titanium S9 is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 5.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S9 Lite with 5.5-inch qHD display now available for Rs. 8990”

Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Hands On

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Samsung was long rumored to be launching a Super AMOLED display laden Galaxy Tab and as expected, they announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 tablet at an event on June 13. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5’s key point feature is its gorgeous and jaw dropping high resolution Super AMOLED display that will definitely knock you out thanks to the punching colors. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Hands On”

Open Web Apps now run as Native Apps on Android, courtesy Firefox of Android

Firefox OS was targeted at the lower end smartphone segment, but it hasn’t really made an impact yet as no phones running on Firefox OS has been launched in India. As Mozilla mentioned, the Firefox OS is based on Open Web Standards and any web app can be wrapped into a Firefox App with just a few lines of code.

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