Software Related to mobiles
ZUK, Lenovo-backed startup introduced ZUK Z1 smartphone in China last week. At the launch the company said that the ZUK Z1 runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with ZUI on top. Today the company has officially announced that it has partnered with Cyanogen for the international version of the ZUK Z1, which will run on the latest Cyanogen OS 12.1 based on Android 5.1 (Lollipop).
BlackBerry teased a dual-curved slider smartphone with a large touch screen display at the Mobile World Congress earlier this year. The Slider got codenamed Venice back in June and was rumored to come with Android OS. A render of the smartphone running Android Lollipop surfaced in July. Now more renders of the smartphone has surfaced, thanks to @evleaks. Continue reading “BlackBerry Venice running Android Lollipop surfaces in new renders, expected in November”
Two days ago, Google just confirmed that their next Android version 6.0 which was known as Android M until recently would be officially called Android Marshmallow 6.0. We thought of bringing you an article that highlighted 10 of the main new features that the new version of Android brings.
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Lenovo has launched A2010, as expected. It is currently the most affordable 4G smartphone in India. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1 GHz quad-core MediaTek SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G connectivity with support for both 1800 MHz (Band3 ) and 2300 MHz (Band 40) for India. Continue reading “Lenovo A2010 India’s most affordable 4G smartphone launched for Rs. 4990”
SwiftKey has updated its iPhone app with a cool new feature dubbed as Emoji insights. As the name suggests the app will now offer you insights about your emoji usage.
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Xiaomi has launched limited edition Pink, Blue and Yellow variants of the Mi 4i smartphone in India at the MIUI 7 launch event, to celebrate the arrival of MIUI 7. It was launched in India back in April in White color and the Dark Grey variant was launched in June. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 4i limited edition Pink, Blue and Yellow variants launched in India for Rs. 12999, available Aug 25”
Swipe Technologies has launched ELITE, the company’s first smartphone in the online-only Elite sub-brand, exclusively on Flipkart, as it promised. It packs a 5-inch HD 2.5D cured glass display with 2mm narrow bezel, is powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Swipe’s own Freedom OS. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other Swipe smartphones. Continue reading “Swipe ELITE with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 5999”
Skype has updated its Android app with a couple of important features. The latest update that bumps the app to version 5.10 brings custom ringtones.
Continue reading “Skype for Android update brings custom ringtones and other features”
Samsung has launched the Galaxy S6 edge+ smartphone in India. It was announced at the Galaxy Unpacked 2015 event last week and packs a 5.7-inch Quad HD (2560×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display that is curved on both the sides, is powered by a Octa-Core ( Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5GHz) Exynos 7420 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, OIS and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ launched in India for Rs. 57900”
Meizu has announced that it has partnered with Snapdeal to sell its flagship MX5 smartphone in India. It had partnered with Amazon.in to sell its m1 note and the m2 note smartphones in the country. The MX5 has mBack touch-sensitive home button that offers different functions based on press, similar to the m2 note. It also has a mTouch 2.0 fingerprint sensor on the home button, comes with 4G connectivity with support for LTE bands for India. Continue reading “Meizu MX5 to launch in India exclusively on Snapdeal”
Sony has just announced a special edition of the XPERIA J1 Compact smartphone. It is called The Phantom Pain Edition and is based on the upcoming game in the Metal Gear Solid franchise.
Continue reading “Sony announces the XPERIA J1 Compact Phantom Pain Edition in Japan”
Opera Max is quite a useful tool for consumers who find themselves constantly running out of data on their phones. The application makes use of Opera’s servers to compress web content and send it to users thus helping them save bandwidth in the process.
Continue reading “Opera Max update brings data compression for YouTube and Netflix”
Intel and Google have developed a Project Tango smartphone that uses former’s Real Sense 3D camera technology. The company unveiled the Project Tango developer kit for Android smartphones utilizing RealSense at the Intel Developer Forum 2015.
The Xiaomi Mi 5 which is the upcoming flagship product from Xiaomi is expected to pack some seriously powerful hardware and the recent benchmark score that the device posted on AnTuTu with a score over 73,000 confirms just that.
Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 gets benchmarked – Posts a 73k+ score on AnTuTu”
Google has expanded its Android One program to Africa. It has partnered with hardware manufacturer Infinix to launch Infinix Hot 2 Android One smartphone in 6 African countries – Egypt, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Morocco and Nigeria. Android One was launched in India first and got expanded to Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Turkey, Myanmar, Pakistan and Thailand. Check out the complete specifications of the new Android One smartphone below. Continue reading “Google Android One expands to Africa, Infinix Hot 2 smartphone launched in 6 African countries”
