Category: Android

Netgear Push2TV PTV3000 Unboxing and Miracast Demo

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Miracast is a wireless screencast standard that aims to be an open alternative to Apple’s AirPlay. With certified devices, the technology works over a peer-to-peer WiFi Direct connection and mirrors everything on your screen on to compatible devices, like for example, your TV. There are many devices that support the Miracast standard and one of them is the Netgear Push2TV that we bought recently. It supports not one but two wireless screencasting standards – Miracast for many Smartphones and Tablets, and Intel WiDi for the new range of ultrabooks. We unboxed it and took it for a spin on video, watch –

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MTV Slate with 7.85-inch display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 14999

MTV Slate

MTV India and Swipe Telecom has partnered once again to launch the MTV Slate, a 7.85-inch device in Swipe’s Tablet series. It has a  7.85-inch IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera and packs a 3200 mAh battery. It has SIM card slot that lets you make voice calls.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids with 7-inch display announced

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids

Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab 3 Kids, a variant of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 that was announced earlier this year. It has a 7-inch (1024×600) TFT LCD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3-megapixel fixed focus rear-facing camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes only in Wi-Fi variant with 8GB of internal memory and a micro SD card slot. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Kids with 7-inch display announced”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 vs Lenovo K900

Samsung is undoubtedly one of the front runners of the Android race while Lenovo are catching up with them fast. Samsung has been looking to expand its Galaxy portfolio and the Galaxy Mega 6.3 is a result of company’s interest in the 6inch+ category while the Lenovo K900 is Lenovo’s current flagship powered by an Intel processor.

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Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 was launched at the end of May in Indian while the Lenovo K900 has been available since June although it had been announced way back in January earlier this year. Despite being different devices of different capabilities, they are priced almost similarly and lets check out which of the two performs better.

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Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 with 5.7-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 19990

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 A240

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 A240, successor of the Canvas Doodle A111 that went on sale last week, has been officially launched . It has a 5.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 12-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with Dual SIM support, packs a 2600 mAh battery and has aluminum build. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 with 5.7-inch HD display officially launched for Rs. 19990”

Qualcomm Snapdragon Powerful Processors Giveaway #2

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Thanks to the great response for the first Qualcomm Snapdragon Powerful Processors Giveaway, we are pleased to announce the 2nd giveaway in the series. All you have to do is just answer a few questions and you can walk away with one brand new Snapdragon device – Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 with a really large 6.3 inch screen and tons of other features. Dive into the contest below and send in your entry. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon Powerful Processors Giveaway #2”

LG G Pad 8.3 shows up in a leaked render

LG G Pad 8.3

LG released a teaser video for its upcoming LG G Pad 8.3 tablet. Though the video had little to do with the tablet, it was about various people talking what they use their tablet for and what would make them use it more. The theme of the teaser goes by “What would make a tablet just right for you?”. The new LG G Pad is expected to be announced at the IFA in early September.

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LG Optimus L9 II with 4.7-inch True HD IPS display officially announced

LG Optimus L9 II

LG Optimus L9 II that leaked yesterday, has been officially announced in Netherlands. It comes with a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, 1.4GHz dual-core processor (Probably Snapdragon 400) . It packs a 2460 mAh battery and a Infrared transmitter for Quick-Remote. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It pack 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal memory. Continue reading “LG Optimus L9 II with 4.7-inch True HD IPS display officially announced”

Gionee GPad G3 with a 5.5-inch display coming soon

Gionee Gpad G3

Gionee GPad G3, successor of the GPad G2 is coming soon says Gionee. The company shared an image of the device on their Facebook page, saying that it would come with a 5.5-inch display. It did not reveal the display resolution or any other details. According to rumors the phone is expected to come with a 5.5-inch (854 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The rear camera is likely to be downgraded to 5-megapixels and the front-facing camera would be downgraded to 0.3-megapixels. Continue reading “Gionee GPad G3 with a 5.5-inch display coming soon”

Oppo reveals N1 smartphone’s rear touch features, new images leak

Oppo N1 leak

Oppo already revealed that they were working on the flagship camera-centric devices dubbed the N-lens, later the name was confirmed as the N1 and leaked renders surfaced recently. Oppo started teasing the N1 last week with some details hinting at the rear touch panel and also revealed that the flagship phone would launch in September. Now Oppo has officially revealed on their Webio page that that the phone would indeed have touch features.  Continue reading “Oppo reveals N1 smartphone’s rear touch features, new images leak”

Xolo Q1000S with 5-inch HD display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 18999

Xolo Q1000S

Xolo has launched the Q1000S, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the Q Core series. We reported about the device back in July and Xolo started teasing about the device on their Facebook page earlier this week. It has  a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display at 295 PPI based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) similar to the Q1000 that was launched back in May. It is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek 6589T processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU . Continue reading “Xolo Q1000S with 5-inch HD display, 1.5 GHz quad-core processor, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 18999”

Gionee GPad G2 Review

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Gionee GPad G2 is the successor of the original GPad from Gionee that was launched in India back in May. The GPad 2 is considerably a big improvement over the original GPad with a better display, better processor, more RAM and better front facing camera. The Gionee GPad 2 falls into the mid-range phablet market in terms of pricing and features. Lets check out how it performs.

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Chrome Beta v30 for Android brings new gesture navigation, better image search and more

Chrome v30 Beta for Android

Google has updated the Chrome Beta for Android to version 30 that brings a lot of new features including option to right-click an image to do an image search, new gestures to switch tabs, lot of new API support for users and developers. With the new gestures you can now swipe horizontally across the top toolbar to quickly switch tabs instead of edge-swipe. Continue reading “Chrome Beta v30 for Android brings new gesture navigation, better image search and more”

Intex Aqua I-4 and Cloud Y5 spotted on official website priced at Rs. 9490 and Rs. 6190

Intex Aqua I-4

Intex launched the Aqua I-5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone back in June, that we reviewed  recently. Now a younger brother, Aqua I-4 has been listed on the official Intex website along with the Intex Cloud Y5. Intex launched the Cloud Y2 earlier this month, and the Cloud Y5 has a larger display, but it runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The Aqua i-4 has a 5-inch display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Cloud Y5 would be powered by a dual-core processor. Continue reading “Intex Aqua I-4 and Cloud Y5 spotted on official website priced at Rs. 9490 and Rs. 6190”