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Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 has been making its rounds for quite some time in the rumorland, but today, we find the device already floating in the Malaysian market. One of the country’s authorized retailer – SenHeng has listed the phablet as available. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 forgets it’s not official yet, goes on sale in Malaysia”
HTC device codenamed flounder appeared twice in May. Rumors about the HTC-made Nexus tablet condemned Volantis surfaced in June. Recently a HTC tablet running Android L has been spotted at Wi-Fi Alliance website that is believed to be the upcoming Nexus tablet. According to the certification, it has Broadcom BCM4345 WiFi Chip with dual-band WiFi. It also shows 3 separate model numbers: 0P8210000, 0P8220000, and 0P823000. Continue reading “HTC-built Nexus Tablet passes WiFi Certification?”
Gionee has announced that it will roll out the Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for its M2 smartphone on September 5th in India. It was launched back in February running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The company released Android KitKat update for the Pioneer P4 in India earlier this week. It rolled out KitKat update for the Elife E7 mini and Elife S5.5 smartphones in India few weeks back. Continue reading “Gionee M2 to get Android 4.4 KitKat update on September 5 in India”
The hardware specifications of the two edition of Samsung Galaxy Mega phablet was leaked just a couple of days ago. Today, we have received images of what looks like the AnTuTu benchmarking results of the upcoming Mega 2 smartphone.
The unit involved in the benchmarking carries the model number SM-G750F, which reveals that the device is one of the variants of the Samsung Galaxy Mega 2. Furthermore, the results confirm that the smartphone will sport a 6-inch display with a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 specs confirmed”
Samsung announced its latest premium smartphone, the Galaxy Alpha a couple of days ago. The company did mention that the device would first go on sale in Russia followed by 150 other markets. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Alpha goes up for pre-ordering in UK”
Celkon has launched Campus A15K, successor of last year’s Campus A15 smartphone. This has the same 3.5-inch HVGA screen and is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor, but this runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), comes with a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Celkon Campus A15K with Android 4.4 launched”
Spice Retail has launched the first Firefox OS-powered smartphone, Spice Fire One Mi-FX 1 as it promised earlier this year. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, powered by a 1GHz processor, 1.3-megapixel rear camera, 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, 2G (EDGE) connectivity and dual SIM support. This is targeted at the masses looking for a larger than life phone statement but are deterred due to price sensitivity, says the company. Continue reading “Spice Fire One Mi – FX 1 running Firefox OS launched for Rs. 2299”
Lava launched the Iris X1, the first smartphone in the X series back in May. Today Lava has announced that it would launch a new smartphone with a wide-angle front camera with LED flash in the X series soon. Sony launched the Xperia C3, a similar selfie-focused smartphone with a 5-megapixel front camera with LED flash recently. Lava did not reveal the resolution of the rear camera yet. Continue reading “Lava to launch selfie-focused X series smartphone”
Yahoo has updated in Android app by allowing access to digital magazines as news categories from the navigational drawer. Yahoo’s portfolio of digital magazines includes Yahoo Food, Yahoo Tech, Yahooo Travel, Yahoo Movies, Yahoo Beauty, and Yahoo Health.
Continue reading “Yahoo brings digital magazines to Android in latest update”
Google has updated Voice Search on Android with multi language support. This essentially means that a person who knows more than one language can switch among them when making voice searches without having to change the settings on the app.
Continue reading “Google adds multi language support to Voice Search on Android”
Micromax Canvas XL2 A109 that surfaced on the official website recently, is now available from online retailer Infibeam. It has a 5.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels), powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas XL2 A109 now available for Rs. 10999”
Sony Xperia Z3 had already surfaced in live images. Specifications of the global variant of the Xperia Z3 (D6653) showed up last month. Now the Xperia Z3 L55t for China Mobile and L55u for China Unicom have been certified by TENAA. This reveals the dimensions of the smartphone as 146.5×72.4×7.35mm and weight as 158.4g. This makes it smaller and lighter than the company’s current flagship, the Xperia Z2. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z3 gets certified in China”
Twitter has updated Vine for iPhone with several features in latest update. Most importantly, the popular video sharing service has added the ability to import video directly from your phone’s camera roll.
Continue reading “Vine for iPhone adds video import from phone, editing tools and more”
Intel has announced a strategic collaboration with Unity Technologies to extend Android support for Intel devices. Unity will add Android support for Intel’s current and future x86 chips. Both Unity 4 and 5 will be updated to include support for Intel Core and Intel Atom-based mobile processors.
Continue reading “Intel teams up with Unity to expand Android support for x86 devices”
Motorola is likely to discontinue its most popular Moto G smartphone in India, few weeks before the arrival of its successor. Flipkart is advertising as “Get yours before it’s gone! Last stock of Moto G 16GB” on its website, so this might be the last stock of the smartphone to be sold in India. Motorola reduced the price of both 8GB and 16GB variants of Moto G by Rs. 2,000 in India recently, due to huge competition from other manufacturers. Continue reading “Last stock of Moto G on sale at Flipkart ahead of Moto G2 launch”
