HTC Butterfly 2 press image leaks, could feature M8 specs

HTC Buttefly 2 leak

HTC launched the Butterfly S, successor of the first Butterfly in several countries including India last year. @evleakshas leaked the first press image of the J Butterfly successor codenamed B2. The final name of the smartphone has not been finalized, but it could be just called Butterfly 2. Continue reading “HTC Butterfly 2 press image leaks, could feature M8 specs”

Lava 3G 354 with 3.5-inch display listed on official website

Lava 3G 354

Lava Iris 354e went on sale few months back, now Lava 3G 354 has been listed on official website. Apart from 3G support, all the other features are similar, including a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1GHz dual-core processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby, has 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava 3G 354 with 3.5-inch display listed on official website”

Xolo Q900T with 4.7-inch HD display now available for Rs. 11399

Xolo Q900T

Xolo Q900T that was announced last week is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display at 312 ppi with 178-degree wide viewing angle and a 2.5 D Edge-to-edge curved glass on the front, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to most of the Xolo phones. Continue reading “Xolo Q900T with 4.7-inch HD display now available for Rs. 11399”

Motorola Moto E shows up in the wild ahead of launch

Motorola Moto E leak

Motorola Moto E has been spotted in a live image for the first time, less than a week ahead of launch. Posing next to the Moto G, the Moto E looks a bit smaller, but has larger bezels compared to Moto G. It also has a speaker grill on the bottom and a Motorola logo on the top. As rumored, the phone is seen in White running Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Motorola Moto E shows up in the wild ahead of launch”

Oracle wins copyright appeal against Google, new trial to follow

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Remember when Google won the lawsuit against Oracle for Android’s copyright infringement on Java? That ruling, which was from a Districts court in San Francisco, has been overruled by a Federal Appeals court, which has practically rubbished the former’s decision. The new ruling states that Oracle’s Java APIs, the ones it acquired as a part of its Sun Microsystems acquisition, do fall under copyright and hence, a new trial on fair use and damages will follow. This is a big blow to Google, purveyor of the omnipresent Android operating system, as it would need to face a fresh set of trials, again. Oracle, on the other hand, will see this as an opportunity to get back at the Mountain View company.

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LG F70 with LTE, Snapdragon 400 SoC to roll out globally starting from May

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LG has just announced that the LG F70, the latest budget LTE smartphone in the F series would start rolling out globally starting from this month. It was unveiled back in February at the MWC 2014 and packs a 4.5-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG F70 with LTE, Snapdragon 400 SoC to roll out globally starting from May”

Micromax Canvas Elanza 2 A121 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 200, Android 4.3 listed on official website

Micromax Canvas Elanza 2 A121

Micromax launched the Canvas Elanza A93 couple of months back, now the Canvas Elanza 2 A121 has appeared on the official website. It has a 5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8212) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel auto focus front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Elanza 2 A121 with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 200, Android 4.3 listed on official website”

Gionee P2S with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 goes on sale in India for Rs. 6499

Gionee P2S

Gionee P2S, successor of the P2 is now on sale from the official Gionee India eStore. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core  processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Gionee CTRL V5 went on sale in India last week. Continue reading “Gionee P2S with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 goes on sale in India for Rs. 6499”

Gaana 4.0 for Android and iPhone brings music videos, lyrics and more

In a bid to enhance its offerings, Gaana has updated its app on Android and iPhone with several features. The app has integrated music videos and lyrics into its popular music streaming service.  Gaana has added a music videos section that features hand-picked, popular music videos that can be accessed from the home screen of the app.

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Xolo Q1010i Review

Xolo launched a slightly updated version of the Xolo Q1010 in the form of Xolo Q1010i with the minor update including a better 8MP Sony EXMOR R Sensor. Other than the upgrade in the camera department, the Xolo Q1010i is pretty much very similar to the Xolo Q1010 in terms of performance, build quality and design. Lets check out how the upgraded camera and the device perform together.

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Samsung to reportedly roll out Android 4.4 update for Grand 2, S4 mini and Mega series by June

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Samsung is pushing Android KitKat update to a line of Galaxy devices, as per leaked document shared by SamMobile. Devices like the Galaxy S3 LTE, Galaxy S4 Mini, Galaxy Grand 2, Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Galaxy Mega 6.3 will get the latest Android KitKat 4.4 update by June. Continue reading “Samsung to reportedly roll out Android 4.4 update for Grand 2, S4 mini and Mega series by June”

Lava Iris 504Q+ Camera Samples

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Lava Iris 504Q+, the company’s camera-centric smartphone was launched last month. It has a 10-megapixel camera with Sony Exmor RS sensor, LED flash and 1080p video recording. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the photo gallery of the phone recently. Here we bring you the camera samples from the phone in all the conditions such as daylight, macro and flash. Continue reading “Lava Iris 504Q+ Camera Samples”

Samsung Galaxy S5 Review

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For the past 4 years, there is an event that most phone geeks look forward to; the announcement of the latest Samsung Galaxy S flagship. Ever since the launch of the original Galaxy S smartphone which was a big success for a flagship device at the time, we have all waited to see what Samsung brings in new every year with the successor to the previous model. Samsung have a history of providing a do it all device with every feature you could imagine packed into a single device. Naturally this year also everyone expected the same.

Each year Samsung manages to sell more and more of it’s flagship device and this year it’s expecting to do the same. However it does have some fierce competition from the likes of HTC and Sony. Only time will tell how it stands against them but let’s take a look at the S5 and how it performs.

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LG isai FL with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 801 announced

LG isai FL

LG Isai FL (LGL24) for Japanese operator KDDI that leaked last month is now official. It has a 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD IPS display, powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with LG’s own skin on top. It has a 13.2-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, 4K video recording and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG isai FL with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 801 announced”

Yahoo News Digest now available for Android, adds International Edition

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Yahoo News Digest, a product of its Summly acquisition, took form as an iOS app back in January, when it debuted as a beautiful news reader with many sources. The same app is now available for Android, and it looks almost exactly like its iOS counterpart, pixel to pixel, which is a good thing because we think the app is beautiful. However, you do get a really nice home screen widget that lets you browse the feed at a glance. Previously limited only to the US and the UK, the News Digest app goes global this time around with an International Edition and another country-focused Canadian edition. Users in US, UK and Canada will all get local editions along with the International edition, which in turn will be available for all the worldwide users.

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