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Notion Ink Adam II Unboxing and First Impressions

Notion Ink Adam II Unboxing

Notion Ink Adam, the tablet with a tumultuous past had died down after riding the initial hype wave. People called it vaporware due to the massive launch delay, but the tablet did eventually launch, but again, was marred with hardware issues. The company aims to wash away the past with a new refreshed sequel – the Notion Ink Adam II. It has been re-designed from the ground up and it now looks like a text book, which is really interesting. The box and the tablet’s default wallpaper says “It all starts with the book!” indicating that a human’s tryst with knowledge starts with a book, and may be now, it’s with a tablet, especially when the Notion Ink Adam II, which the company hopes, is an evolution of that. That’s the hope and promise the Adam II seeks to deliver. We start to find out if it does, with an unboxing and overview of the product in our labs –

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LG Gx with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 600 processor announced

LG Gx launch Korea

LG has announced the LG Gx in Korea. This has similar specifications as the LG Optimus G Pro, but this is slightly different in its design and comes with 2.6GHz LTE support. It packs a 5.5-inch (1920×1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display, powered by a 1.7 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor with Adreno 320 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, 2.1 MP front-facing camera and packs a 3140 mAh removable battery. Continue reading “LG Gx with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 600 processor announced”

LG G2 to receive Android 4.4 KitKat later this month

LG has been a little bit late in bringing software updates to its Android smartphone series, but things seemed to have changed for the South Korean manufacturer. When Google announced their latest and greatest version of Android – 4.4 KitKat in November, few people were ebullient, few were skeptical and a whole lot had only one question – “When is it coming to my phone?”. LG G2 is LG’s current flagship smartphone and rightly so, LG is giving it the treatment it deserves. Just over a 50 days since the launch of Android 4.4 KitKat, LG are announcing that the Android 4.4 KitKat update will be coming to LG G2 at the end of this month, but only in South Korea for now.

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Micromax Canvas 2.2 A114 with 5-inch qHD display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor now available for Rs. 12999

Micromax Canvas 2.2 A114

Micromax Canvas 2.2 A114, a new smartphone in the Canvas series is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It packs a 5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) IPS display, powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash, 1080p full HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support, similar to other Canvas smartphones and has both English and Hindi language support. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas 2.2 A114 with 5-inch qHD display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor now available for Rs. 12999”

iPad mini with Retina display vs Nexus 7 2013 Photo Gallery

Google and Apple haven’t really considered India as a potential market in the previous years, but things are changing pretty soon as all the products are arriving pretty soon in India. Google launched the latest Nexus 7 2013 sometime in July and the product has been available in India for nearly a month. On the other hand, the iPad mini with Retina display has been just launched. Both the tablets are in the second iteration and have amazing high resolution displays.

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Xolo Q1000 Opus now available online for Rs. 9999

Xolo Q1000 Opus

Xolo Q1000 Opus that went on pre-order in India online recently, is now available from online retailer Infibeam. It comes with a 5-inch (854 ×480 pixels) FWVGA capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Broadcom (BCM23550) processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor, LED flash and 720p HD video recording and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby.
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Round 2 – Nokia Lumia 520 vs Micromax Canvas Turbo #SmartFone13

Hey folks! Thanks for voting in the first round of this best budget smartphone of 2013 competition. You have chosen the winners from the first round and they will be competing against each other in this semi-finals. In the battle between Nokia Lumia 520 and Zen Ultrafone 70 FHD, you have chosen the lone Windows Phone – Nokia Lumia 520. In another battle between the Micromax Canvas Turbo and Lenovo P780, y0u have chosen Micromax Canvas Turbo. Now when Nokia Lumia 520 goes up against the Micromax Canvas Turbo, what phone will you choose?

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Google and LG fixing hardware issues with Nexus 5 with minor redesign

Google’s Nexus 5 is one great phone for its price and currently it is Google’s best smartphone in the market. Google is giving all the attention that this handset, manufactured by LG, demands. Earlier, when the phone was launched, people claimed that the camera was not up to the mark as Google had widely advertised the camera on the Nexus 5. Then there were reports from users that the loudspeaker audio isn’t that great and that the physical buttons on the sides are not that great and clunky.

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Micromax Canvas Blaze MT500 listed online for Rs. 11,999

Micromax Canvas Blaze MT500 is the latest Android smartphone from Micromax and we are seeing the listing of the smartphone online. The Micromax Canvas Blaze MT500 is listed at Rs. 11,999 on ShopClues website. Micromax Canvas Blaze, like most smartphones of its genre, comes with dual SIM connectivity. However, it differs slightly in the fact that it offers CDMA+GSM connectivity option which is quite rare.

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Micromax Bolt A47 listed online for Rs. 4,699

Micromax is launching a new phone in their Bolt series of Android powered smartphones. The latest phone to join the league is the Micromax Bolt A47. The new Bolt A47 brings the Android goodness to phones within Rs. 5,000. The details regarding the phone are sparse at the moment and we will have to wait till Micromax officially launches it.

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Round 2 – Intex Aqua i7 vs Gionee Elife E6 #SmartFone13

Hey folks! Thanks for voting in the first round of this best budget smartphone of 2013 competition. You have chosen the winners from the first round and they will be competing against each other in this semi-finals. In the battle between Intex Aqua i7 and Samsung Galaxy Grand, you have chosen Intex Aqua i7. In another battle between Gionee Elife E6 and Sony Xperia C, y0u have chosen Gionee Elife E6. Now when Intex Aqua i7 goes up against the Samsung Galaxy Grand, what phone will you choose?

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DataWind PocketSurfer 5X, 5 and 3G5 smartphones with 5-inch display launched, starts at Rs. 3499

DataWind PocketSurfer 5X, 5 and 3G5

DataWind, popular for its low-cost Aakash tablet and UbiSlate tablets has entered into smartphone market with its new PocketSurfer range – PocketSurfer 5X, PocketSurfer 5 and PocketSurfer 3G5. The PocketSurfer 5X has a 5-inch WQVGA display, powered by a single-core 1GHz Cortex A8 processor and runs on Linux OS. Both the PocketSurfer 5 and PocketSurfer 3G5 have a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display. The PocketSurfer 5 is powered by a single-core 1 GHz Cortex A9 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The 3G5 is powered by a dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “DataWind PocketSurfer 5X, 5 and 3G5 smartphones with 5-inch display launched, starts at Rs. 3499”

HTC One Max Black Color launches in Hong Kong

HTC One Max, HTC’s first and only phablet device so far is now available in Black Color. At launch, the HTC One Max was available only in Silver. The Taiwanese company have now launched a black version of the huge device and it is currently on sale in Hong Kong along side the HTC One Gold.

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Truecaller 4.0 lets you tweet directly to contacts, begins Twitter partnership in India

Truecaller, a really popular phone book/caller ID application, is hugely popular in India. Taking advantage of the user base here, the company has announced a partnership with Twitter for an unique integration into its app. Users can now tweet or follow their contacts, or any number associated with a Twitter account, right from inside the Truecaller app. This unique integration is even more special, as it starts its roll out for Android users, first in India. In a bid to increase engagement, Twitter seems to have handed over its private APIs for accessing stored mobile numbers to Truecaller, as a part of this partnership, so that they can use it for this integration, again, starting with India. This is a genius move for courting the vast number of Truecaller users to Twitter, which is already gaining huge popularity in the country with sports, politics and Bollywood topics being the rage. The update also brings a clean new design and is immediately available for Android, with the iOS version slated for a 2014 release, with no solid dates for other platforms.

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Instagram Direct announced, enables private messaging of photos, videos and text in latest update

Instagram, the popular photo sharing network known for its huge user base and getting acquired by Facebook, today released a new feature called Instagram Direct. The uber popular app has finally received private messaging with the ability to send photos, videos and even text to an instagram user or just your own list of people. This is a bid to take on popular messaging apps like Whatsapp and Snapchat which have offered users with sharing personal pictures, with the latter even offering timed photos. With reports of failed acquisition attempts of Snapchat by Facebook, we had initially thought if this involved the parent company, but doesn’t look like it. True to their initial promise, Instagram is still independent, but has only gained a business model in ads. The update enabling Instagram Direct is immediately available for Android and iOS while the official blog reminds us that the Windows Phone client is still a beta.

Here’s a nicely made video showcasing Instagram Direct –

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Download it here –

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