MixRadio now available in India exclusively to Samsung’s Android and Tizen smartphones

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MixRadio, the popular personalised music streaming app, is bringing its services to India with Samsung’s Android and Tizen devices. Continue reading “MixRadio now available in India exclusively to Samsung’s Android and Tizen smartphones”

Google Nexus 6P will be shipped in batches starting from first week of November in India

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Google unveiled Nexus 6P smartphone at an event last month and the Huawei-made Nexus phone with metal body was launched in India last month priced at  Rs. 39,999 for the 32GB version and Rs. 42,999 for the 64GB version. At the launch Google said that both the new Nexus smartphones will be available from October 21st, but only the Nexus 5X was released. When the Nexus 6P went on pre-order on Flipkart last week, the shipping date was mentioned as November 2nd for the customers who ordered the phone.
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New emojis are coming to Android soon

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Apple released iOS 9.1 update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch earlier this week that added over 184 new emoji characters with full support for Unicode 7.0 and 8.0 emojis. iOS also became the first operating system to include every single emoji in the Unicode Standard. Google didn’t include new emojis in the latest Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) update. Continue reading “New emojis are coming to Android soon”

Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z5, Z5 Premium, Lenovo P1, P1m, Apple iPad mini 4, HTC One A9 and more

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This week Sony launched its flagship Xperia Z5 Dual and Xperia Z5 Premium Dual smartphones in India. Both smartphones were announced at the IFA last month in Berlin last month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z5, Z5 Premium, Lenovo P1, P1m, Apple iPad mini 4, HTC One A9 and more”

Lenovo Vibe P1 vs Vibe P1m – What’s Different?

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Lenovo on Wednesday launched its big battery smartphones in India – the Lenovo Vibe P1 and the Vibe P1m, priced at Rs. 15,999 and Rs. 7,999 respectively. Apart from carrying a huge battery inside, the two Lenovo smartphones are very different in every other aspect. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe P1 vs Vibe P1m – What’s Different?”

BlackBerry Priv Android Slider now available for pre-order in the US at $699 and UK at £559

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BlackBerry Priv, the company’s first Android smartphone with a slide-out Keyboard is now available for pre-order in the US, Canada and UK, as expected. It packs a 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED  display, is powered by an Hexa-core Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) with BlackBerry’s own features and apps, including DTEK by BlackBerry for Android that lets you know when your privacy could be at risk so you can take action to improve it. It has an 18-megapixel rear camera with dual tone LED flash, OIS, phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “BlackBerry Priv Android Slider now available for pre-order in the US at $699 and UK at £559”

Google Chrome for iOS gets Split View multitasking feature

Google Chrome has updated its iOS app with new iOS 9 multi tasking feature. The latest update that bumps the app to version 46.0 brings Split View multitasking feature to iPad Air 2 or mini 4.

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Samsung Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7 4G smartphones go official in China

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Samsung Galaxy On5 (SM-G550F) briefly appeared on the Samsung India website earlier this week. Now the Galaxy On7 (SM-G600) has been listed on Samsung China website (Via) that also confirms the Galaxy On5. The Galaxy On5 and Galaxy On7 smartphones have 5-inch and 5.5-inch HD displays, respectively. The Galaxy On5 is powered by a quad-core Exynos 3475 processor and has a 8-megapixel rear camera, but the Galaxy On7’s quad-core processor is clocked at 1.2GHz (could be Snapdragon 410) and it has a 13-megapixel rear camera.

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SwiftKey 6.0 Beta for Android brings double-word prediction, new emoji panel and more

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SwiftKey has released a new version 6.0 update for its Beta version that brings a lot of new features. New Double-Word Prediction feature will now predict the next two words you’re likely to type at the same time. It just shows two words in your usual prediction bar, instead on one and will offer 2x better input performance, says the company. Continue reading “SwiftKey 6.0 Beta for Android brings double-word prediction, new emoji panel and more”

Xolo BLACK 1X launching on October 28

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Xolo has sent out invite for the launch its new BLACK series smartphone that will called the BLACK 1X. The invite doesn’t reveal any details about the new BLACK series smartphone. The company will unveil the smartphone on Twitter (@MyXOLO) on October 28th from 12PM to 1PM, similar to what it did for the Omega series smartphones back in December last year. Continue reading “Xolo BLACK 1X launching on October 28”

Exclusive: Oppo to announce Neo 7 on October 28

Oppo will be announcing their newest smartphone, the Neo 7 on October 28. The device will be the successor of the mirror-backed Neo 5 and will first launch in the Indian market. However, we have learnt that the device will be offered in 17 other oversea markets.

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OPPO announces AOSP ROMs for their devices

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As we’ve said in the past, one of the main issues with OPPO is their software or rather the slow rate at which they release updates for their smartphones. Most OPPO smartphones run on older versions of Android and with ColorOS on top. While some users may be fine with the ColorOS UI, not many are fine with being stuck on an older Android version. Thus, OPPO’s announcement for AOSP (Android Open Source Project) ROMs for their devices will come as a big joy to many users and prospective buyers alike.

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Samsung Galaxy Note5 receives software update – Brings battery improvements, call stability and more

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A new update has started rolling out for the Samsung Galaxy Note5. The update brings in battery life improvements, call stability and more.

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