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Sony Xperia A4 with 4.6-inch HD display, 20.7MP Camera, Android 5.0 announced

Sony Xperia A4

Sony has announced Xperia A4 (SO-04G) for NTT Docomo in their 2015 Summer lineup. The Sony Xperia Z1f (SO-02F) was released as Z1 Compact and the Xperia A2 (SO-04F) was released as the Xperia Z3 Compact last year, so the Xperia A4 might launch as Xperia Z4 Compact soon. The Xperia A4 has a 4.6-inch (1280 x 720pixels) Triluminos Display, is powered by 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Back has matte finish, similar to the Xperia A2. Continue reading “Sony Xperia A4 with 4.6-inch HD display, 20.7MP Camera, Android 5.0 announced”

Google Android One expands to Turkey, General Mobile 4G with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 2GB RAM launched

Android One General Mobile 4G

Google has expanded its Android One program to Turkey, which becomes the seventh country to get Android One smartphones officially after India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines. It has partnered with General Mobile for its latest Android One smartphone that has better specifications compared to its earlier Android One phones. It also has leather-like back cover. Continue reading “Google Android One expands to Turkey, General Mobile 4G with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410, 2GB RAM launched”

Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge getting an update that improves fingerprint sensing and more

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Samsung has released yet another update for users of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge. The XXU1AOE3 build is around 159 MB in size and will be available as an OTA update.
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Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM launching in India on May 14

Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual SIM

Microsoft has sent out invites for the launch of Lumia 540 Dual SIM in India that was announced last month. The invite says Come. Meet us to welcome the newest member of the Microsoft Lumia family. It also has an image of the Lumia 540 Dual SIM in Cyan color. Microsoft already said that the smartphone will roll out first in India and other countries in Asia Pacific from early May 2015.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Unboxing

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Samsung launched the Galaxy S6 smartphone in India back in March, which went on sale in the country in April. Here we have the unboxing of the 32GB Black Sapphire version of the smartphone that costs Rs. 49,900. Check out the unboxing video below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 Unboxing”

Intex Cloud N with quad-core processor, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 4199

Intex Cloud N

Intex has launched Cloud N, the company’s latest smartphone in the Cloud series, exclusively on eBay.  It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Spreadtrum processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Cloud N with quad-core processor, 1GB RAM launched for Rs. 4199”

YU YUPHORIA Photo Gallery

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Micromax’s YU launched the YU YUPHORIA (YU5010), the company’s second YU branded smartphone at an event in Delhi earlier today at a price tag of Rs. 6,999. We got to check out the smartphone at the even, here is the hardware walk-through and the photo gallery of the Yuphoria.

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Swype Keyboard for Android updated with easier number entry, two-word phrase prediction and more

Swype Keyboard has updated Android app with several new features. The latest update bumps up Swype Keyboard app to version 1.9 and adds features like easier number entry, two-word phrase prediction and more

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Google Transit in Maps for Android, iOS and web gets Indian Railways schedules

Google Maps Transit Indian Railways Schedule

Google has updated public transport information in Google Maps that now offers Indian Railways schedules for 12,000 trains on Google Transit in eight Indian cities. This helps you plan your public transport trips quickly and easily, says the company. Google Transit has also been updated for bus and metro routes from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi and Pune. Continue reading “Google Transit in Maps for Android, iOS and web gets Indian Railways schedules”

YU YUPHORIA with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 6999

YU Yuphoria

Micromax’s YU just launched YUPHORIA, the company’s second YU branded smartphone as expected. It has a 5.0-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display with a screen-to-body ratio of 67.1%, is powered by a Quad-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Cyanogen OS 12 based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a metal frame that will give the smartphone a premium feel, says the company. The company has filed 4 patents for the smartphone and the smartphone is assembled in India. Continue reading “YU YUPHORIA with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 6999”

Nexus 9 finally starts receiving Android 5.1.1 OTA and factory image

Last week, Google Nexus 9 received Android 5.0.2 and 5.1 Lollipop update. Now, the company has gone a step forward and launched factory image for the Nexus 9.

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HTC planning to introduce ads to Blinkfeed

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While most users have a love/hate relationship with HTC’s Blinkfeed, the company is planning to introduce a new feature which might push more users towards the latter. HTC is planning on introducing advertisements to Blinkfeed in order to monetize the social feed.

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Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 E311 with 5-inch HD display, Octa Core SoC now available for Rs. 10399

Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 E311

Micromax Canvas Nitro 2 E311, the latest smartphone in the Canvas series is now available from Infibeam. It has a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor instead of 1.7 GHz Octa-Core SoC and has a 2400mAh battery, other specifications are similar to the Micromax Canvas Nitro A311, including a 5-inch HD display, 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage with expansion slot, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Periscope now lets you sign up without Twitter account, gets other updates

Twitter’s popular livestreaming app Periscope has received a major update to its iOS app. The app is getting the ability to sign up for the service without a Twitter account.

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