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Yahoo! Weather for Android gets a new UI, offers detailed info and more

Yahoo Weather for Android

Yahoo! released a new Yahoo! Weather app for iPhone back in April. Now the new weather app is available for Android as an update. This brings lot of new features including weather information and forecasts along with photos that match your location, Interactive radar, satellite, heat, and wind map. It also has new home screen widgets. You can swipe vertically for detailed weather information and swipe horizontally for favorite locations.

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Asphalt 8: Airborne for Android, iPhone and iPad to finally launch on August 22

The wait for Gameloft’s most awaited racing game seems to go on forever after it was delayed once. On August 8th, when Google demoed their new Nexus 7, they did it in style by taking Gameloft’s Asphalt 8 and showing off the device’s ability to handle high end graphics. Gameloft announced the game back in June with the first trailer.

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Celkon A107+ Signature One with 5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched

Celkon A107 Plus Signature One

Celkon has launched the company’s latest Android smartphones A107+ Signature One, successor of the A107 Signature One that was launched back in May. It has a 5-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core Processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Other features are similar to its predecessor including dual SIM support with dual standby and supports 2G (EDGE) connectivity. It has an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Celkon A107+ Signature One with 5-inch display, Android 4.2 launched”

3D Home is a home screen launcher for Android

3D Home for Android

3D Home for Android is a new 3D home screen launcher. This offers 3D experience including customization, different menu interface, scroll-able dock and lots more. Wish they could have added more customizable options, other this is a decent free launcher. It works on devices running on Android 4.0 ICS and later and 1GB of RAM is recommended. Continue reading “3D Home is a home screen launcher for Android”

Nimbuzz Messenger 2.6 for Android gets new UI and features

Nimbuzz messenger for Android v2.6

Nimbuzz Messenger for Android has received a major update to version 2.6 that brings a new User Interface and features including Easy Swipe between chat screens, new emoticons, richer user profiles, notification center and a redesigned dialer. Nimbuzz has seen tremendous success on Android and with this product revamp, we are extremely confident that we will be able to add greater value to our users in their daily lives, said Vikas Saxena, CEO of Nimbuzz. Continue reading “Nimbuzz Messenger 2.6 for Android gets new UI and features”

Meizu MX2 Review

The first words that usually come to our mind at the mention of a Chinese phone are cheap, unreliable and poorly built. But it didn’t take long to see that these are plain misconceptions, especially with devices like the Oppo Find 5. The Meizu MX2 invoked similar reactions from us, as we were starting to use and test this gorgeous device. As a company that has been widely known for making iPhone clones like the M8, the Meizu MX was a refreshing change and a departure from the cloning legacy, and the MX2 is an improvement upon its predecessor in good measure. So, how good is the Meizu MX2? Read on to find out.

Video Review

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Samsung W789 Hennessy flip phone with dual 3.3-inch displays, Android 4.1 announced in China

Samsung SCH-W789 Hennessy

Samsung has made Hennessy (SCH-W789), their latest Android smartphone with dual displays official. It is a flip phones that has a pair of 3.3-inch (320 x 480 pixels) touch screen displays, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. It comes with dual SIM support (CDMA + GSM) and packs a 1500 mAh battery. The font display lets would perform all the actions easily since it has touch screen support and comes with capacitive touch buttons. It also comes with ChatON messenger. Continue reading “Samsung W789 Hennessy flip phone with dual 3.3-inch displays, Android 4.1 announced in China”

Lava Iris 356 and Iris 402 with Android 4.2 officially launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5499

Lava Iris 356

Lava has launched the Iris 356 and the Iris 402 that went on sale online earlier this month. The Iris 356 has a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Lava Iris 402 packs a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display. Other features are similar to the Iris 402. These have 3G support, Dual SIM with dual standby, rear and front-facing cameras. Continue reading “Lava Iris 356 and Iris 402 with Android 4.2 officially launched for Rs. 4499 and Rs. 5499”

LG rumored to produce Nexus 5 at Nexus 4’s price point

Rumors are floating high about who will be producing the next Nexus device. Earlier this year, we had rumors that LG would be the one to produce it, but recent rumors indicate that Motorola would be doing it. But new reports from South Korean website, MyDrivers point to LG as the producer of next Nexus.

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iBall Andi 4a Radium with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 6990

iBall Andi 4a Radium

iBall Andi 4a Radium, a new budget smartphone in the Andi series is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 4-inch (480 x 854 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen IPS display and is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other iBall smartphones. Continue reading “iBall Andi 4a Radium with 4-inch display, dual-core processor, Android 4.1 now available for Rs. 6990”

SwiftKey Cloud Beta updated with bug fixes and improvements

SwiftKey released v4.2 Cloud Beta few weeks back with backup and sync and trending phrases feature. Now the company has released an update to the app that brings lot of improvements and bug fixes. These fixes includes better responsiveness for flow predictions, crash fixes in cloud preference and Gmail personalization and lots more. Even though there are lot of fixes, it also has some known issues, which would eventually be fixed in the final release. Continue reading “SwiftKey Cloud Beta updated with bug fixes and improvements”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 vs Galaxy Note 2

Samsung opened the doors of the phablet industry with their original Galaxy Note and now are expanding their lineup of devices with even bigger phablets – Galaxy Mega series.

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The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 was launched at the end of May while the Galaxy Note 2 was launched earlier last year in September. Both the devices are completely different except the fact that they are phablets and have 5.5inch + displays. The Galaxy Note 2 is almost at the end of the product cycle with Note 3 announcement around the corner.

Lets check out how the new Galaxy Mega holds up against the almost outdated Galaxy Note 2.

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HTC One Max press image leaks online

HTC has been having a tough time keeping its big “One Max” under the wraps. The HTC One Max is expected to be HTC’s entry into the phablet market and will directly take on Samsung Galaxy Note series which is also due a refresh in the coming month. So far, we have had some photos about the alleged HTC One Max going about the internet and HTC have officially teased the launch of HTC One Max with a teaser video, now we have a supposed press image courtesy of popular leakster @evleaks.

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Is Motorola making the next Google Nexus?

Rumours of a Motorola made Nexus device were ripe once Google acquired the mobile giant, but plans never solidified, citing reasons like “Google not impressed with Moto’s devices” etc. With LG taking charge of the program last year with the Nexus 4, Motorola was left to work on the Moto X, a Google inspired smartphone that is possibly the first device to come out of this acquisition. But this was no Nexus, it didn’t run the latest operating system nor updates will be pushed by Google, so yet again we were deprived of a Moto Nexus, but if recent rumours are to be believed, especially coming from a prolific tipster from Texas(where Motorola assembles its Moto X), the chances of Motorola making the next Nexus 5 device are rather high.

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Micromax Canvas 4 vs Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos

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Samsung and Micromax have had a lot of success in the Indian smartphone market. Today we have Micromax’s latest flagship device – Canvas 4 and Samsung’s very famous smartphone in India – Galaxy Grand (GT-I9082). The Canvas 4 was launched in early July while Galaxy Grand was released way back in January earlier this year. Despite having a familiar 5inch display and similar price points, both the devices are different in their own terms. Lets check out how they differ and which is better.

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