HTC J Butterfly (HTL23) with One M8 specs and Waterproof body announced

HTC J Butterfly HTL23

HTC has just announced the J Butterfly (HTL23), its new smartphone in the Butterfly series for Japanese carrier KDDI. Most of the specifications of the new J butterfly are similar to One (M8), including a 5-inch 1080p display, quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor and Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Sense UI, but this comes with Water ( IPX5 / IPX7) and  dust resistance (IP5X). Continue reading “HTC J Butterfly (HTL23) with One M8 specs and Waterproof body announced”

HTC could announce One W8 running on Windows Phone 8.1 at press event on August 19th

Yesterday, there were reports stating that HTC will announce its upcoming flagship device the One W8 on August 20th and launch it on August 21st. However, today HTC has sent out press invites for an event on August 19th. It is anticipated that the company will announce a Windows Phone based on the HTC One (M8) design.

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Karbonn Titanium S19 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 and 13MP camera now available for Rs. 8999

Karbonn Titanium S19

Karbonn Titanium S19, the company’s latest smartphone in the Titanium series is now available from online retailer HomeShop18. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution, 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 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Karbonn Titanium S19 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 and 13MP camera now available for Rs. 8999”

SwiftKey for Android updated with performance improvements, themes and more

SwiftKey has been updated with a slew of new features on Android. The popular third party keyboard has undergone a major performance improvement along with speed in the latest update.

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Facebook Messenger for Windows Phone updated with video sharing and more

Facebook has updated Messenger for Windows Phone with video sharing and video playback feature. This will enables users to send photos and videos with a single tap from the app.

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Panasonic Eluga U officially launched in India for Rs. 18990

Panasonic Eluga U

Panasonic has officially launched the Eluga U, the company’s latest smartphone in the Eluga series in India. It was spotted online yesterday and packs a  5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga U officially launched in India for Rs. 18990”

Maxx MSD7 Smarty AXD21 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4020

Maxx MSD7 Smarty AXD21

Maxx Mobile has launched MSD7 Smarty AXD21, the company’s first smartphone running Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1GHz dual-core MediaTek processor, has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and VGA front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support, 3G connectivity and comes pre-loaded with MAXX World, MAXX life Box, MAXX Care, MAXX New Launch, Getit, OLX, Flipkart, Hungama, Opera Mini, Wechat, Gameloft games and more apps. Continue reading “Maxx MSD7 Smarty AXD21 with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 4020”

OneNote for Mac and iOS updated with better productivity features

Microsoft has updated OneNote for Mac, iPhone and iPad to make it more organized and productive. The note taking app from Microsoft allows users to insert documents, PDFs and audio and video files into their notes from Mac as well as iOS devices.

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Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablet with Snapdragon 805 shows up in benchmarks

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX Benchmark leak

Amazon announced 7-inch and 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablets with Snapdragon 800 chips last September. Now a new 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HDX tablet with Snapdragon 805 has surfaced on AnTuTu database. According to the listing, it would be powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 GPU with Adreno 420 GPU and run on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) with Fire OS on top. Continue reading “Amazon Kindle Fire HDX tablet with Snapdragon 805 shows up in benchmarks”

Instagram rolls out photo and video messaging app Bolt

Instagram has unveiled Bolt, a one tap messaging app that is live in few selected countries. Available on Android and iOS, the new app lets you send one-tap photo and video messages to your friends.

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Asus Zenfone 4 benchmarks

Asus Zenfone 4 Benchmarks

Asus launched the Zenfone series in India that includes the Zenfone 4 that starts at Rs. 5,999 for the Asus Zenfone 4 (A400CG) variant. The Zenfone 4 (A400CG) is the base variant in the Zenfone lineup. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and has 1GB RAM. It comes with 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels)  display and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Zen UI. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 4 benchmarks”

Panasonic Eluga U with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 17490

Panasonic Eluga U

Panasonic Eluga U, the company’s latest smartphone in the Eluga series is available on eBay for Rs. 17,490, ahead of tomorrow’s launch. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on one-glass-solution with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Eluga U with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4, 13MP camera now available for Rs. 17490”

Xolo Play 8X-1000 with HIVE UI launching in the first week of August

Xolo-HIVE-UI

Xolo started teasing about their Hive UI last month. Today the company has announced on their Facebook page that it would launch a new smartphone called 8X-1000 with HIVE UI in the first the first week of August, when answering queries about the HIVE UI. Xolo launched the Play 6X-1000 with Hexa-Core MediaTek MT6591 Soc. The 8X-1000 would be the first smartphone to feature its HIVE UI, but it would be ported to other Xolo devices in future, says the company. Continue reading “Xolo Play 8X-1000 with HIVE UI launching in the first week of August”

Microsoft adds Foursquare integration to Cortana

Microsoft invested $15 million in location sharing app Foursquare in February this year. Today, the company has integrated Foursquare’s data into Cortana, its own digital voice assistant.

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Micromax Canvas L A108 with 5.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.4 listed on official website

Micromax Canvas L A108

Micromax Canvas L A108, the company’s latest phablet has been listed on the official website. It has a 5.5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel fixed focus front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support similar to other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas L A108 with 5.5-inch qHD display, Android 4.4 listed on official website”