Category: Android

ZTE Grand X Quad Lite with 5 inch qHD display launched in India for Rs. 14,999

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Apart from five low to mid range smartphones that ZTE launched today, in India, the Chinese manufacturer has also revealed its flagship device. The flagship device, although falling in the similar mid range price bracket, has matching specs with the current crop of 5 inch devices that are doing the rounds in the market. Equipped with a 5 inch qHD screen and a quad core processor, ZTE hopes to peg this as the phone to get from its portfolio for the Indian consumers. That said, ZTE seems to really acknowledge the fact that in India, the volume is in mid range. Let us take a look at the specifications of the device then.

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ZTE launches a range of low to mid end smartphones in India

ZTE India launch event

ZTE has announced its arrival to the Indian market at an event in Mumbai today with an onslaught of a total of six devices and four 3G data cards. With these new devices, the Chinese mobile giant aims to capture some marketshare and mind share in the world’s second fastest growing smartphone market. While data has proven that the smartphone market is just a miniscule part of the whole mobile phone market in India, it is indeed growing faster than any other. This lucrative opportunity has provided us, the consumers with a lot of choices and that includes various Chinese companies like Gionee, Huawei, Lenovo and now ZTE. The company has launched four mid range devices in the Blade range as a part of their complete portfolio roll out.

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Motorola posts picture of Moto X being assembled in the USA

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If you remember the first teaser of the Moto X, a picture with two people jumping into the water, it boasted of two things – “Designed by you. Assembled in the USA.”. While the terms designed by you is still open for interpretation, Motorola has practically sealed the case for the next one by posting a tweet with a picture of the Moto X being manufactured at a Motorola plant in the USA.

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Path is now available for Kindle Fire

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Path was launched in November 2010 as a social network to capture and share special moments with friends and family. Currently, Path has about more than five million users. Initially the app was available in iOS and Android, but now Path is officially available for Kindle Fire.

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Locket lets you make money through ads on your Android lockscreen

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“Why didn’t any one think of this before?” was the first thought that came to my mind when I read about Locket, a new innovative advertising platform that resides on your.. wait for it.. lockscreen! Yes, Locket is a simple app that displays ads on your lockscreen, and if you thought that was too intrusive, they make it up to you by letting you share their profits. With phones getting larger and larger, the screen real estate has indeed become prime property of advertisers looking at innovative ways to reach the end user. The lockscreen especially is almost always largely unused and a thing that’s always looked at, when you open the screen, and this is the exact space which Locket takes advantage of. Here is a quick promo to show how it works –

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Galaxy Note 3 sketches reveal Xenon flash while Samsung teases an updated Exynos 5 Octa

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With the announcement of the next version of Galaxy Note getting closer and closer, rumors continue to spread across the Internet. In the latest turn of events, Samsung has teased an updated Exynos 5 Octa SoC through their Twitter account. This updated Exynos 5 Octa is expected to feature in one of the variants of the Galaxy Note 3. The image posted by Samsung suggests an evolved SoC from the previous generation. According to the image, the already powerful Exynos 5 Octa is getting even more powerful and enhanced.

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Xolo Q1000 vs Celkon A119Q Signature HD

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Xolo launched the Q1000, the company’s latest flagship in the ‘Q CORE’ series back in May. Celkon had also launched the A119Q Signature HD, successor of the A119 Signature HD back in May. We review both the Q1000 and the A119Q recently since these had similar features such as 5-inch HD display, quad-core processor and Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). Even though Xolo has come up with a Tegra 3-powered Xolo Play T1000, Celkon is yet to released their next flagship device. Both these devices are priced under Rs. 15,000.  We managed to compare both these devices.

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Twitter for Android v4.1.3 update brings new reply composer and better sharing

Twitter for Android v4.1.3

Twitter for Android got a major update to version 4.1.2 last week that brought lot of new features including Richer search results, Direct Messages sync across devices and lots more new features. Twitter has pushed a minor update to the Android app that brings New reply composer on the bottom in the Tweet details and option to share a tweet as DM in the new version 4.1.3 update. Twitter for iPhone got the new compose window feature in the v5.8 update last week. Continue reading “Twitter for Android v4.1.3 update brings new reply composer and better sharing”

HTC One Android 4.2.2 OTA update starts rolling out in India

HTC One Android 4.2.2 India

HTC has finally started rolling out Android 4.2.2 update for the HTC One users in India. It started rolling out first in Taiwan earlier this month. Users in UK and France got the update earlier this week. The update brings lot of new features including a new lock screen widget, quick settings panel, battery level indicator in the status bar and lots more. Continue reading “HTC One Android 4.2.2 OTA update starts rolling out in India”

HTC One Mini goes official with a 4.3 inch 720p display and Snapdragon 400 in tow

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The long rumoured and heavily leaked HTC One Mini has finally gone official. Filling the space left by the HTC One S, the One mini will be sporting a smaller display and more modest specs, when compared to its bigger brother and flagship, the HTC One. While the design and the looks are almost exactly the same as the One, the internals are different with predictable cost cutting done in the favour of a lower price. So, in any case, this isn’t a smaller flagship like most people expect it to be. While the camera is the same 4MP UltraPixel camera as the One, it loses the OIS functionality, and if you are keen enough to notice the lack of a vertical band above the camera, which is now occupied by the flash, there is no NFC on this either.

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 310 and Tab 3 311 launched in India for Rs. 21945 and Rs. 25725

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 311

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab 3 310 (SM-T310) and the Galaxy Tab 3 311 (SM-T311), 2 new tablets in India at an event in Delhi. It was announced last month as Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 and packs a 8-inch (1280×800) IPS LCD capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.5GHz dual core processor  and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with Samsung’s own TouchWiz UI on top. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Unlike the Galaxy Note 510, this doesn’t come with stylus support. The Tab 3 310 is the WiFi-only variant and the Tab 3 311 comes with 3G support via SIM card slot and voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 310 and Tab 3 311 launched in India for Rs. 21945 and Rs. 25725”

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 211 (7.0) launched in India for Rs. 17745

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 211

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab 3 211 in India. It was announced back in April as the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 and packs 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 also comes with 3G support via SIM card slot and voice calling capabilities similar to the Galaxy Tab 2. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 211 (7.0) launched in India for Rs. 17745”

Next-gen Nexus 7 leaks out ahead of launch

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The original Nexus 7 was launched more than a year ago and over the past six months we have been hearing about the next-gen Nexus 7 rumors. The upcoming Nexus 7 successor finally makes its appearance in front of the camera. Ahead of Google event on July 24th, leaked pricing of upcoming Nexus 7 and live pictures – all these suggest that it would go real pretty soon. All though, nothing is official yet except for the Google event. Continue reading “Next-gen Nexus 7 leaks out ahead of launch”

Google schedules a press event on July 24th with new Android chief Sundar Pichai

Google July 24th event

The latest version of Google’s Android – 4.2 Jellybean was announced nearly 8 months ago and we did not get to see the new version even in the Google I/O event held during May. However, we may soon get the next version as Google is holding a press event with Android and Chrome’s chief Sundar Pichai on 24th July. Google has sent out invitations for the media inviting them to an event in San Francisco. Continue reading “Google schedules a press event on July 24th with new Android chief Sundar Pichai”

HP Slate 21 All-in-One PC with 21.5-inch full HD display, Android 4.2 launched in India for Rs. 24990

HP Slate 21

HP has launched the Slate 21, the company’s first All-in-One (AiO) PC running runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) along with the Slatebook x2 in India. It was announced last month and has a 21.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD capacitive reclining IPS touchscreen display with wide viewing angles and is powered by a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 4 processor. You can tilt the screen between 15 and 70 degrees with your hand and can also mount the AiO using a standard VESA mount. Continue reading “HP Slate 21 All-in-One PC with 21.5-inch full HD display, Android 4.2 launched in India for Rs. 24990”