Sony Xperia E1 Dual Review: a loud whimper for your buck

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Sony has been making a comeback of sorts. A couple of years back, they were struggling to match the competition in price and were never on par in specifications but things started to change last year, when the company rebooted the brand and design with fresh new phones, like the recent and much loved Xperia Z1 Compact. While it has amplified at the higher end with flagships like the Z2, the effect has now reached the lower end spectrum of the market. The Xperia E1 Dual is Sony’s latest jab at the entry level smartphone which replaces the good old Tipo Dual. Priced at less than 10,000 rupees, this Sony smartphone aims to satisfy the needs of a market that always wants more for less. Armed with music focused features, can the Xperia E1 dual stand out from the crowd? Lets find out in our review.

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Viber for iPhone gets iOS 7 redesign and new features

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Viber has updated its app for iPhone app to version 4.2 that brings a flat design from the ground-up for the iOS 7. This update also lets users to share multiple images at the same time, record and share longer video messages and block specific phone numbers. It also now indicates if the other person is typing for Android tablet app, Linux, Windows and Mac apps. Continue reading “Viber for iPhone gets iOS 7 redesign and new features”

Samsung Galaxy K (S5 Zoom) appears in live shots again

Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom

Samsung Galaxy S5 Zoom with a faux leather finish appeared online few weeks back and the specifications of the phone leaked earlier this year that revealed a 20.2-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, 4.4-44mm lens with 10x optical zoom, Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) and Xenon Flash. Samsung confirmed that it would unveil the camera phone at an event in Singapore on April 29th. This hinted at the name Galaxy K. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy K (S5 Zoom) appears in live shots again”

Android outnumbers iOS in mobile ad traffic: Report

Android has surpassed iOS in terms of ad traffic according to a new report from Opera Mediaworks. Almost 43% of all mobile ad impressions came from an Android devices in the first quarter of 2014 as per the latest Mobile Advertising report.

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OnePlus One with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 801 announced, starts at $299

OnePlus One

OnePlus, a technology startup that started teasing the OnePlus One smartphone has finally revealed the design and complete features of the phone as it promised. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 ×1080 pixels) Full HD LTPS display from JDI with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on CyanogenMod 11S based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel camera Sony IMX214 stacked sensor with 6-element lens, f/2.0 aperture, dual LED flash 4K video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture.

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Oppo R1S with 5-inch 720p display, 1.6 GHz Snapdragon 400 processor official

Oppo R1S

Oppo R1S that got certified in China last week is now official. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8928) processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with Color 1.2 ROM on top, as rumored. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 6-element , f/2.0 aperture, 1/3″ Sony IMX214 sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Oppo R1S with 5-inch 720p display, 1.6 GHz Snapdragon 400 processor official”

Adobe AIR gets support for Intel x86-based Android devices

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Adobe has announced that it would offer native adobe AIR application support for x86-based Android devices. This would let application developers to pack AIR applications for Intel x86 based Android devices easily. A beta version of the app be available in the AIR SDK on Adobe Labs soon and the final version would be available in Adobe’s next major release of AIR. Continue reading “Adobe AIR gets support for Intel x86-based Android devices”

Leaked LG G3 screenshots reveal beautiful new flat design in QHD resolution

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Flat design is the current trend in a smartphone user interface and the movement has been going on for a while. Windows Phone, Android 4.0 ICS and more recently, Apple’s iOS 7 all have embraced flat design to different levels, and it looks like OEMs are finally catching up with their own take on a flat UI. Following Samsung’s latest Touchwiz release, leaked screenshots from a LG G3 reveal a similar direction in which the company is going flat on design and, interestingly, in Quad HD resolution(2560×1440) which confirms what we had heard about the G3 earlier. The icons have lost their gradients and thin lines have taken over gaudy colours, making the new LG UI look much more beautiful to look at, than before.

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Motorola shipped 6.5 million smartphones in Q1 2014

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Motorola Mobility has announced that they have shipped 6.5 million smartphones globally in the first quarter of 2014. The company’s COO Rick Osterloh has not shared how much it actually sold. 6.5 million smartphone shipments in a quarter is definitely huge, since other competitors like LG and Lenovo has shipped less than 10 million smartphones in Q4 2013, according to IDC report. Continue reading “Motorola shipped 6.5 million smartphones in Q1 2014”

Pantech IM-A888S with Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 shows up in benchmarks


Pantech Vega Iron 2 from the Korean manufacturer appeared online last month and was expected to be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor. Today VEGA IM-A888S, an unknown smartphone from Pantech has appeared on AnTuTu that reveals the specifications of the devices. Continue reading “Pantech IM-A888S with Quad HD display, Snapdragon 805 shows up in benchmarks”

AnTuTu reveals top 10 popular Android smartphones of Q1 2014 in India

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Last week AnTuTu released top 10 popular smartphones for global, US and Chinese markets, based on benchmarking and device information from Antutu Lab. Today it has released top 10 popular smartphone chart for India and 13 other countries that includes, Russia, Germany, Japan, Korea and more. Continue reading “AnTuTu reveals top 10 popular Android smartphones of Q1 2014 in India”

NVIDIA Shield 2 with Tegra K1 chip, 4GB of RAM shows up in benchmarks

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NVIDIA Project Shield, the company’s first gaming console with a 5-inch HD display and NVIDIA’s Tegra 4 processor was released last year. There were rumors about NVIDIA working the successor for this year, now the specifications of a prototype has surfaced on AnTuTu. This reveals that the next-generation Shield console could be powered by a 64-bit quad-core NVIDIA Tegra K1 chip clocked at 2.5 GHz with 192-core NVIDIA Kepler GPU. It would have 4GB of RAM and run on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). Continue reading “NVIDIA Shield 2 with Tegra K1 chip, 4GB of RAM shows up in benchmarks”

Opera Max data-savings app for Android released in Russia and CIS

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Opera introduced Opera Max, data savings app in the U.S. and Europe back in February. Today, Opera launched the app in Russia and CIS regions. Opera Max compresses cellular data across Android applications such as Vine, Instagram or Flipboard. that relies more on video, text and images.
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Google updates Hangouts for Android with homescreen widget and merges conversations

Google is bringing arrayof new features and updates to Hangouts on Android. The latest 2.1 update merges SMS and Hangouts conversation with the same person. This essentially means that a user does not have to switch back and forth between texts messages and instant messages (IM). Google also supports unmerging of conversations, which is useful for those users who wish to keep them separate.

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Xolo Q1010i with 5-inch HD display, Exmor R camera sensor launched for Rs. 13499

Xolo Q1010i

Xolo has launched Q1010i, successor of the Xolo Q1010. It appeared on the official website earlier this month and has a 8-megapixel Sony Exmor R sensor with f/2.0 aperture, 1.4 micron pixel size and a 5-element lens. Other features are similar to the Q1010, including a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display based on One-glass-Solution (OGS) technology, 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Xolo Q1010i with 5-inch HD display, Exmor R camera sensor launched for Rs. 13499”