ZTE has announced the Grand S II, the successor of the Grand as it promised last week. It has 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD IPS display, powered by a 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android OS. It comes with 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, full HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Grand S II with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 800 processor announced”
Popular budget smartphone brand, Micromax, just announced its entry into a brand new product category. At the Consumer Electronics Show, The company has announced a dual boot tablet that will join its line of products which includes smartphones, tablets and HDTVs.
Called the LapTab, the Micromax product will be powered by an Intel Atom processor. The device will run both Windows 8.1 and Android Jelly Bean so that you can switch between the two depending on your usage requirement. The rest of the specifications are fairly mid range. The processor is clocked at 1.46Ghz and is paired with 2GB of RAM. You also get 32GB of built in storage. Continue reading “Micromax LapTab dual boot Android and Windows 8.1 device announced”
Lenovo announced their latest flagship Lenovo Vibe Z back in November and they are showcasing their premier Android flagship at CES 2014. We are there in Las Vegas to cover the CES event and we are bringing you hands on with the Lenovo Vibe Z. You can check out hands-on video right below.
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Meizu, one of the many Chinese manufacturers, but one of the very few to make an impact on the world with their products, are present at CES 2014 here in Las Vegas and are showcasing their Meizu MX3 flagship device. The Meizu MX3 is the successor of Meizu MX2 and features best in class specifications. We go hands on with the device and you can check out the video right below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QMABz-ApUc
HP launched Slate 21, the company’s first All-in-One (AiO) PC running runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) last year. Now the company has come up with a refreshed version of the AiO at the CES 2014, calling it Slate21 Pro. It has the same 21.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD capacitive reclining IPS touchscreen display with wide viewing angles and is powered by a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor. This runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), RAM has been upgraded to 2GB. Continue reading “HP Slate21 Pro All-in-One PC with 21.5-inch 1080p display, Android 4.3 announced”
Xolo Q1000 Opus Unboxing
Broadcom, a company that powers most of the WiFiac chips inside smartphones these days had been very quiet in the SoC business, but they had recently announced new chips and a partnership with Xolo for their Quad Core low end chip. The fruition of that partnership is the Xolo Q1000 Opus, yet another Q1000 that looks and performs nothing like the other one. This low-mid range device, that launched to retail in December last year, is priced at Rs. 9,990 and has modest specifications to rival the competition in the same segment. We have got this phone for testing in our labs, so as a first order of business, here is our unboxing with a quick look at the hardware and an overview of the minimally modified software –
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF_4qpUaOrA
After several reports, Bitspin has confirmed that Google has indeed acquired the markers of Timely alarm clock app for Android. It also announced that the app is now free forever, including in-app purchases. It would work with Google to build new apps. These companies did not reveal the price of the deal. Continue reading “Google acquires Timely Android Alarm Clock app maker Bitspin”
BlackBerry has updated the BlackBerry Messenger Beta for Android that brings BBM Voice and BBM Channels to the Android app. BBM Voice was released on BBM for BlackBerry devices last year that lets users to call your BBM friends directly from the chat screen. BBM Channels was released for BlackBerry devices that lets you join conversations happening with the BBM community such as brands and communities. It also brings faster and better sharing of photos to and new emoticons. Continue reading “BBM Beta for Android brings BBM Voice and Channels”
Sony would unveil a host of home appliances, gadgets and mobile devices at the International CES next week. Sony China has set a press event in China on January 14th 2014. Even though the press invite doesn’t reveal much details , the colors in the Sony China invite shows Lime, Black, White and Pink, similar to the Sony Xperia Z1 f (SO-02F), the Japanese variant of the Z1 mini that was released for NTT Docomo last year. Continue reading “Sony schedules an event on January 14th in China, Xperia Z1 mini expected”
Google and LG partnered to launch the LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition back in December last year. We already unboxed the tablet, here we have the benchmarks of the tablet. It is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor clocked at 1.7 GHz with Adreno 320 GPU and packs 2GB of LPDDR2 RAM, similar to the global variant of the LG G Pad 8.3. It has a 8.3-inch Full HD IPS WUXGA (1920 x 1200 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Let’s see how it performs in various synthetic benchmark tests. Since Google has optimized the processor to use the minimal use of CPU cores when the phone is idle, some benchmark might not show the correct scores.
Continue reading “LG G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition Benchmarks”
Just a few minutes back, we covered the Acer DA223 HQL which was a 21inch portable Android AIO and now Acer has announced Acer TA272 HUL which is 27inch portable Android AIO.
Continue reading “Acer announces Acer TA272 HUL – 27inch portable Android AIO”
Just ahead of the CES, we see numerous manufacturers announce various products and the latest to announce a portable Android AIO is Acer. The Acer DA223 HQL AIO is a huge 21inch AIO that is powered by Android and comes with a built in battery so that it can be used as a big tablet(Yes. A 21inch tablet).
Continue reading “Acer launches 21inch Acer DA223 HQL Portable Android All-in-one”
Acer has announced Iconia B1-720 and B1-721, upgraded version of last year’s Iconia B1-A71 tablet. It ha a 7-inch capacitive touch screen 10-point multi-touch display based on One Glass Solution technology and is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor (Probably MediaTek MT6572, similar to the Liquid Z5. It runs on Android Jelly Bean OS, but the version is not available yet. It also comes with a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera for video chats. The Iconia B1-721 has 3G support and the Iconia B1-720 comes with WiFi. Both these have 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal and an expansion slot. Continue reading “Acer Iconia B1-720 and Iconia B1-721 with 7-inch display, 1.3GHz dual-core processor announced”
Polaroid announced that it would unveil 50″ Smart TV and 50″ Ultra HD TV at the CES. It would also unveil new tablets in the Q Series at the event next week. The Q7 (7” tablet), Q8 (8” tablet) and Q10 (10.1” tablet) are Wi-Fi enabled tablets powered quad-core processors and runs on the latest Android 4.4 KitKat OS. Continue reading “Polaroid Q7, Q8 and Q10 tablets with quad-core processors and Android 4.4 announced, starts at $130”
Acer has unveiled the Liquid Z5, successor of the Liquid Z3 that was launched last year. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera with 5 elements f2.4 lens, LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Acer Liquid Z5 with 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor announced”
