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Intex Aqua T2 India’s cheapest Android 4.4 smartphone launched for Rs. 2699

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Intex has launched the Aqua T2, the latest smartphone in the Aqua series. Intex says that this is the cheapest smartphone running Android 4.4 (KitKat) in India. The company launched the Aqua 4X last week, which is one of the cheapest smartphones in the country with 4-inch display, 3G connectivity and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Aqua T2 has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor, has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua T2 India’s cheapest Android 4.4 smartphone launched for Rs. 2699”

New Motorola Moto X in Black Leather, Bamboo White and Black listed on Flipkart

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Motorola introduced the new Moto X earlier this month and announced that it would go on sale on Flipkart later this month. The smartphone has been listed on Flipkart in three variant, standard Black, Bamboo White and Black Leather. The company introduced the Moto X in India earlier this year, but the Bamboo variant has was launched couple of months after these were launched. Continue reading “New Motorola Moto X in Black Leather, Bamboo White and Black listed on Flipkart”

Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 Benchmarks

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Spice launched the Dream UNO Mi-498, the company’s first Android One smartphone yesterday. We already brought you the unboxing and the first impressions of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). We had already seen several smartphones with the same MediaTek chip, check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 Benchmarks”

Panasonic rolls out Lumix CM1 Android smartphone with 1 inch camera sensor

Panasonic has unveiled its first Android powered camera phone. Dubbed as LUMIX Smart Camera DSC-CM1 the ‘connected camera’ comes with a 1-inch MOS sensor.

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Google Play paid Newsstand content now available in India

Google is making paid Play Newsstand content available in India. Users can now access paid content from newspapers and magazines this essentially means they can buy and subscribe for premium news sources like The New York Times, WSJ and so on.

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SoPhone i6 is a clone of the iPhone 6

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It was about time that this happened. The Chinese are back to what they used to do best, which is making clones!

The smartphone industry in China thrived on such knock-offs for a good couple of decades before the internet stepped in. The last couple of years have seen some impressive devices originate from China, including the Xiaomi Mi 4, the OPPO Find 7 et al.  Continue reading “SoPhone i6 is a clone of the iPhone 6”

Micromax Canvas Nitro A310 Camera Samples

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Micromax launched the Canvas Nitro, the company’s latest high-end smartphone earlier this month. We already brought you the unboxing, photogallery and benchmarks of the smartphone, here we have the camera samples of the smartphone. The Micromax Canvas Nitro has a 13-megapixel camera with Sony IMX135 CMOS sensor with f/2.2 aperture, Largan 5P 28mm lens and also has Blue Glass filter. It also has a 5-megapixel fixed focus front-facing camera with OmniVision OV5648 sensor, 22mm wide-angle lens with 75-degree viewing angle.  Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Nitro A310 Camera Samples”

Sony Xperia E3 and E3 Dual launched in India for Rs. 11990 and Rs. 12990

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Sony has launched the Xperia E3 and Xperia E3 Dual, the company’s latest smartphones in the E series. Both these smartphones were unveiled at the IFA 2014 earlier this month and come with a 4.5-inch FWVGA touch screen display, 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. We went hands-on with the Xperia E3 at the IFA, check out the video below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E3 and E3 Dual launched in India for Rs. 11990 and Rs. 12990”

Flipboard app lands on Windows Phone in private beta

Flipboard will soon launch a Windows Phone app, according to a statement released by the company. The popular digital magazine is already present on all  major platforms like Android, iOS and Blackberry.

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At present the Flipboard app has landed on Windows Phone Store in private beta and has some time for a full fledged roll out. At present it has a good collection of news sources, like CNN and Los Angeles Times, personal magazines, social sharing and so on.

“We are working on a Windows Phone version of Flipboard. While we don’t have an exact date for you, it’s on our roadmap and should be available soon”

said Flipboard in an official statement.

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It must be noted that the Flipboard app on Windows Phone needs a handset with 1GB RAM. No official date about when the app will be out of beta is known as of yet.

You can download the Flipboard app from Windows Phone Store.

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Spice Dream UNO Android One Phone Unboxing and First Impressions

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It’s Android One day today and we’ve got one of the first smartphones from the program with us, the Spice Dream UNO. Spice was one of the three manufacturers chosen for the program announced at the Google’s IO conference back in June. The Indian manufacturer, along with fellow competitors Micromax and Karbonn, has launched its first Android One device today, with a lot of support from Google. The Dream UNO, which is based off a strict chassis mandated by Google has its chipset powered by MediaTek and has almost the same specifications as the other phones that launched today. Priced at Rs. 6,299, the Dream Uno fulfills the idea of Android One, an affordable high quality device with stock Android that’s set to receive updates as fast as Google delivers them, so how is the device? We captured the unboxing and the first impressions of the device in a video –

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Windows Phone with new ‘Windows’ branding spotted

Last week a report stated that Microsoft will soon replace Nokia and Windows Phone branding on its upcoming devices. Now, photo of a latest windows phone with new Windows branding has been spotted.

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LG G3 Stylus to roll out globally starting this week

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LG unveiled the G3 Stylus, the company’s latest phablet with a stylus pen ahead of IFA, and it was showcased at the IFA earlier this month. Today the company has announced that it would go on sale globally beginning this week, starting from Brazil. The G3 Stylus has a 5.5-inch qHD display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG G3 Stylus to roll out globally starting this week”

Spice Dream UNO Android One smartphone launched for Rs. 6299

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Spice has launched the Dream UNO Mi-498, the company’s first Android One smartphone. It surfaced on Flipkart recently and packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with 35GB of Google Drive storage, Spice Cloud app with 10GB of storage and pre-loaded apps. Continue reading “Spice Dream UNO Android One smartphone launched for Rs. 6299”