Karbonn A8 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 6189

Karbonn A8

Karbonn A8, the latest smartphone from Karbonn is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core  processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support, 3G connectivity and packs a 1500 mAh battery. Karbonn launched the flagship S9 Titanium with a 5.5-inch HD display back in July. Continue reading “Karbonn A8 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 6189”

Micromax Canvas Fun A74 with 4.5-inch display now available for Rs. 7749, Canvas Fun A63 coming soon

Micromax A74 Canvas Fun

Micromax Canvas Fun A76, the first phone is the Canvas Fun series went on sale online couple of weeks back, now the Canvas Fun A74 is available from online retailers Snapdeal and Saholic. It has a 4.5-inch (480 x 854 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The Micromax Canvas Fun A63 has appeared on the official Micromax website. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display and a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Other features are mostly similar to the Canvas Fun A74.

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iBall Andi 4a Projector phone with 4-inch display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 17999

iBall Andi 4a Projector Phone
iBall had launched the Andi 4a Projector phone that appeared on the official website last week. It has a 4.0-inch (480×800 pixels) display, powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Cortex A9 Processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel Auto focus camera with flash and a front-facing camera for video calling. It has 35 lumens projector that allows users to project instantly up to 10 feet by 8 feet  in VGA (480 x 640 pixels) resolution. The projector has a contrast ratio of 1200:1. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4a Projector phone with 4-inch display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 17999”

Motorola Moto X Unboxing

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The Moto X is the all new Motorola phone designed and manufactured in the US and it is one first few phones to come out of a Motorola owned by Google. The Moto X was announced on Aug 1st after numerous leaks. The Moto X is currently on sale only in the US on AT&T and through Motorola’s MotoMaker website. It is not going to be available in India or any other market anytime soon, so we managed to get one from the US just for you guys because at the end of the day we love technology and think that great products should be available globally to anyone interested. So presenting the Motorola Moto X Unboxing , probably one of the first unboxings of this device from outside the US and pretty much the first in India !

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qCzrsyYJVo

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LG G Pad 8.3 announced with Full HD display, Snapdragon 600 processor

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LG had been teasing an upcoming tablet known as the G Pad 8.3 and today in Seoul , the company has finally taken the wraps of the LG G Pad 8.3 Android tablet and it does look like the big brother of the LG G2 smartphone which debuted recently. The GPad will be showcased at IFA 2013 in Berlin this week and true to its name it packs a 8.3 inch display with a massive 1920×1200 resolution similar to the resolution of the screen on the new Nexus 7 2013. On the inside it is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 Quadcore Processor running at  1.7GHz. LG has managed to pack a 4600 mAh battery into this device which is only about 8.3 mm thick and still weighs only about 338 grams. It runs on Android 4.2.2

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Archos unveils range of Android Smartphones and Tablets ahead of IFA 2013

Archos 97b Platinum HD, 101xs2, 80 Xeon and 80 ChildPad

Archos has unveiled its IFA line up early that includes range of Android tablets and a smartphone. The Archos 50 Oxygen smartphone features a full hd display  , 13-megapixel rear  camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It would be powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It would come with 16GB of internal storage. Continue reading “Archos unveils range of Android Smartphones and Tablets ahead of IFA 2013”

Digg Reader for Android released

Digg Reader for Android

Digg has released their official Android app on Google Play. This offers stories from the Digg homepage as well as Digg Reader on Android devices. This is the first Android release, so the app would be gradually improved with missing features such as a Show Only Unread Items view, text size and display mode options, and background updating, says the company. The app has also not been optimized for the tablets, hope the feature would be available soon. Continue reading “Digg Reader for Android released”

Xolo Play gets a new OTA update, improves performance

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Xolo has announced that they have started rolling out a new over-the-air (OTA) update for the Xolo Play that improves the performance of the update. The Xolo Play (T1000) was launched last month, and we reviewed the device recently. It is the first phone from Xolo to be powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. The graphics is taken care of 416 MHz 12 Core NVIDIA ULP GeForce GPU.  It runs on Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean), sadly the new update does not bring Android 4.2.

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Huawei Honor 3 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 announced

Huawei Honor 3

Huawei has announced the Honor 3, the successor of Honor 2 in China. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core K3V2E processor with 16-Core GPU from Huawei and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 1.6. It has 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p full HD video-capture and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 3 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 announced”

LG Optimus G Pro vs Sony Xperia Z

LG Optimus G Pro is LG’s first Full HD smartphone and it comes with a 5.5inch display making it more phablet than phone. Sony’s first Full HD smartphone, Xperia Z comes with a 5inch display giving it a more compact body. Powerful quad-core Snapdragon processors power both the phones although the Optimus G Pro has newer generation processor.

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Lets check out how the phones fare against each other.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bWbIihqzLM
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LG Optimus G Pro vs Lenovo K900

LG Optimus G Pro was LG’s first Full HD phone which was announced way back in January but only recently launched. The Lenovo K900 was also announced in January and has been available since June in India.

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Both the phones are similar in the fact that both of them have a 5.5inch Full HD display. The internals are completely different with the G Pro being powered by a Snapdragon 600 Processor while the Lenovo K900 is powered by Intel Clover Trail dual-core processor.

Lets check out how these phones compete against each other.

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Android VP Hugo Barra leaves Google to join Xiaomi

Hugo Barra

Hugo Barra, VP of Android Product Management at Google would join Xiaomi Corporation. He would be responsible for Xiaomi’s international business development and Android strategic partnerships, said the company on Twitter. He served at Google 5 and half years and almost 3 years in the Android team. Before joining the Android team, he was director of product management for Google mobile apps based in London. Hugo Barra would join the Xiaomi team in China to help them expand their incredible product portfolio and business globally — as Vice President, Xiaomi Global. Continue reading “Android VP Hugo Barra leaves Google to join Xiaomi”

Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new conversations view

Twitter for Android and iPhone new Converastions view

Twitter has updated both the Android (v 4.1.6)and iPhone (v5.10) apps with a new conversation view. Now, Tweets that are part of a conversation are shown in chronological order. Up to three Tweets are shown in a sequence in the home timeline, once you tap a Tweet, you can see all the replies, including those from people you don’t follow. Both these app also get new notification settings and the Android app now lets you report tweets as spam. Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new conversations view”

Intex Cloud X3 Benchmarks

Intex Cloud X3 Benchmarks

Intex launched the Cloud X3, an affordable Android smartphone for Rs. 3790 running on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) recently. We brought you the unboxing recently, here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is powered by the latest MediaTek MT6572 chip with Mali-400 MP GPU that has integrated Wi-Fi, FM, GPS and Bluetooth. It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display, 256MB of RAM and comes with dual SIM support with dual standby.

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iBall Andi 4a Projector a new projector phone with 4-inch display, dual-core processor coming soon

iBall Andi 4a Projector

iBall had been teasing their projector phone for over a week. The iBall Andi 4a Projector has appeared on the official website. It has a 4.0-inch (480×800 pixels) display, powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Cortex A9 Processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel Auto focus camera with flash and a front-facing camera for video calling. It has 35 lumens projector that allows users to project  digital media instantly up to 10 feet or 120-inch wide at a distance of 8 feet in VGA (480 x 640 pixels) resolution. The projector has a contrast ratio of 1200:1. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4a Projector a new projector phone with 4-inch display, dual-core processor coming soon”