Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices

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Opera has announced that they have partnered with 7 Indian OEMs including Micromax, Videocon, Spice, MoMagic Technologies, Wynncom, Lemon Mobiles and iBall to pre-install the Opera mini browser on their Android devices. Opera has also added 2 more OEMs, Symphony Mobile in Bangladesh and Colors Mobile in Nepal in South Asia region. Opera partnered with 7 Indian OEMs Celkon, Karbonn, Lava. Intex, Fly,  Zen and HCL back in May 2013. Continue reading “Opera partners with 7 more Indian OEMs to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Android devices”

BBM for Android and iPhone coming on September 21st and 22nd respectively

Yesterday, BlackBerry announced their big Z30 and we brought you news that BBM will be available for Android and iOS very soon. After months of waiting, BBM will be finally available as a cross-platform service starting this week. BlackBerry have officially announced that BBM is be coming to Android on September 21st and to iOS on September 22nd.

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Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display and T11 with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 16364 and Rs. 9520

Panasonic P11

Panasonic P11 and T11, two new Android smartphones appeared on Flipkart back in July, but those appeared suddenly. Now these phones are available from online retailer Snapdeal. The Panasonic P11 has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display and the Panasonic T11 in the new T Series comes with a 4-inch WVGA  (480×800 pixels) display. Both these phones are powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display and T11 with 4-inch display now available for Rs. 16364 and Rs. 9520”

Micromax to preload BBM on all its Canvas Smartphones

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BlackBerry messenger, one of the most popular instant messaging services, had announced its arrival on iOS and Android platforms earlier, but it looks like manufacturers are already warming up to the concept of pre-loading it on their devices. Micromax is the one of the first manufacturers to announce that it will pre-load BBM on all of its Canvas Smartphones starting from the first week of October. But of course existing users too, can download the BBM app through the play store, irrespective of the device they own.

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Angry Birds Star Wars II for Android, Windows Phone 8, iPhone and iPad now available for Download

Angry Birds Star Wars II

Rovio, the creators of Angry birds has released Angry Birds Star Wars II for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 devices as they promised back in July. This follows the story of the three prequel Star Wars movies and would also bring new Angry Birds Star Wars characters including versions of young Anakin, Mace Windu, Darth Maul and more. For the first time ever you can Join the Pork Side and play as the fearsome Darth Maul, Emperor Palpatine and many other favorites! Continue reading “Angry Birds Star Wars II for Android, Windows Phone 8, iPhone and iPad now available for Download”

Dead Trigger 2 for Android, iPhone and iPad coming on October 23rd

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Madfinger Games, the creators of the popular games such as Shadowgun and Dead Trigger has just announced that the Dead Trigger 2 would be released on the 23rd of October 2013 at the Tokyo Game Show 2013. The Dead Trigger 2 is a first person zombie shooter similar to the first game that was released in 2012. The first game was launched as a paid game and went free later, but this once would launch for free on both the Android and iOS devices. Continue reading “Dead Trigger 2 for Android, iPhone and iPad coming on October 23rd”

NVIDIA Tegra Note unveiled with 7-inch HD display and Tegra 4 CPU, Xolo announced as a partner

NVIDIA Tegra Note

NVIDIA has announced the Tegra Note, the company’s latest tablet that is designed by NVIDIA. It is manufactured by a contract partner and would be sold thorough several partners across the world including India. The Tegra Note has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display with support for NVIDIA DirectStylus technology that bring stylus support to low-cost tablets. It is powered by a 1.8GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 4 CPU and runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with OTA updates directly from NVIDIA. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “NVIDIA Tegra Note unveiled with 7-inch HD display and Tegra 4 CPU, Xolo announced as a partner”

Xolo Q1000S Review

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Xolo had launched several smartphones in the Q CORE series, the Q1000S is the company’s latest smartphone in the series. It is also the successor of the Q1000 that was launched back in May. The Q1000S that was launched at the end of August at a price tag of Rs. 18,999 has the same 5-inch display, but this has an upgraded 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6489 Turbo processor, a 13MP rear camera and a 5MP front-facing camera. Can this compete with other similar range smartphone in the market ? Let’s find out in the review. Continue reading “Xolo Q1000S Review”

BBM for iPhone and Android to be unveiled tomorrow

Blackberry just announced their first 5inch phablet, Z30, in an event today at Malaysia which was a surprise because many of us were expecting the multi-platform launch of BlackBerry’s very popular BBM messaging service. However, there is still hope for BBM to be unveiled pretty soon as BlackBerry is rumored to have an event tomorrow(September 19th) at Jakarta in Indonesia.

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Sony Xperia Z1 launched in India for Rs. 44990

Sony has finally launched the Xperia Z1, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India as they promised. It was announced at the IFA earlier this month has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine, powered by 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens with a 27mm wide angle f/2.0 aperture custom 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, BIONZ image processing engine, 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera.

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Gionee Elife E5 Benchmarks

Gionee Elife E5 Benchmarks

Gionee launched the Elife E5 in India back in July. We brought you the unboxing of the device last week. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek 6589T processor clocked at 1.5 GHz with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU. Since this has a faster processor, the scores would obviously be better than the MT6589 chip clocked at 1.2 GHz present in the Elife E3 that we reviewed back in June. It has a 4.8-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) Super AMOLED Plus display and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). Let’s find out how this compete with other devices in range of synthetic benchmark tests. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adQvcYVNzV4 Continue reading “Gionee Elife E5 Benchmarks”

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition Hands-on

In addition to the Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear, Samsung announced a third device at the IFA 2013 – Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition. The Galaxy Note 10.1 is basically a huge version of the Galaxy Note 3. You can check out our quick hands-on video right below.

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Sony Xperia Z1 vs Nokia Lumia 1020 Hands-on

The two current flagships from their manufacturers, the Sony Xperia Z1 and the Lumia 1020 put up a good fight against each over photography. Sony announced their flagship, Xperia Z1 at the IFA 2013 in Berlin earlier in the month while Lumia 1020 was launched in July. You can check out our quick hands-on comparison video of the Xperia Z1 and Lumia 1020 right below.

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Nexus 5 shows up in a short video with Android 4.4 KitKat

Another year, another Nexus smartphone and another bar story. The relationship between bars and yet to be announced phones never ceases to amuse the internet folks. A couple of weeks ago, just ahead of the IFA, Google announced their next version of Android – 4.4 KitKat with some theatrics and “accidentally” showed off the next Nexus smartphone in their video. Recent images from FCC filings have also identified the same device and it shows stronger evidence of a new Nexus device.

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Yesterday, a Google employee supposedly left a Nexus 5 device unattended while it was put for charging in a bar(Yes, you heard it right, A bar) and an employee of the bar was able to make a quick video and get a couple of images of the supposed Nexus 5. The images show that the device is quite identical to the one spotted at FCC filings and the one Google showed off in their video. It has the Nexus logo at the back in horizontal orientation and there is a huge camera which was seen in the video. There is a LG logo at the bottom and a Not for Sale text above it. The design language seems to be quite similar to the Nexus 4, but with less rounded corners and a bigger screen. There are no navigation keys which is quite typical of a Nexus device.

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The boot screen shown in the images supposedly belongs to Android 4.4 KitKat, but it seems quite similar to the ones on the Google Play Edition phones. And the video shows just the lockscreen of what is believed to be Android 4.4. KitKat.

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The rumored specifications of Nexus 5 include

  • 5inch 1080p True-Full HD IPS display
  • Snapdragon 800 SoC

You can check out the video right below.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPYVbaF1Jmg

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What do you think of the new Nexus 5? Is it impressive enough?

Oppo R819 Review

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Oppo, a relatively new player in the Smartphone world, had already impressed us with the beautifully made Find 5, its current flagship device. But as any company that looks to expand its portfolio, Oppo has sought to address the mid-range market, which brings volume as well as the ability to reach more people. The R819 is a step in that direction. Armed with a 4.7 inch 720p display, a super thin 7.3mm profile and an 8 megapixel camera, the device is a decent cut-down in specifications when compared to the Find 5, literally in every sense, including thickness and weight. Oppo is now getting into the very similar yet extremely crowded mid-range category, but does the R819 impress enough to stand out? Read on for our fully detailed review below.

Note: Check out the 360 degree view of the Oppo R819 before proceeding towards the full review!

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