Software Related to mobiles
Piriform, the creators of the popular system cleaning utility CCleaner for Windows and Mac has released the first version of the CCleaner Beta for Android, as it promised last month. The app has been released after months of research and development, along with a huge amount of user input, testing and feedback, says Piriform. Continue reading “Piriform releases CCleaner Beta for Android”
Samsung Galaxy S3 Neo (GT-I9300I) with dual SIM support has appeared on the official Samsung India website. The Galaxy S3 Neo+ with 1.4 GHz quad-core processor went official in China earlier this year, but the Galaxy S3 Neo has a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor. Last week a retailer revealed the specifications of the smartphone and mentioned that the smartphone would go on sale in India soon.
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Rovio Stars released Tiny Thief, a puzzle game for Android, iPhone and iPad last year at $2.99. The game has received a new update that makes it free for both the Android and iOS platforms. Even though it is free to download, you can only play three episodes with 5 levels in each episode. You have to pay to play more episodes. Continue reading “Tiny Thief for Android and iOS goes free, lets you purchase more levels”
Nokia announced the Lumia 630 and Lumia 630 Dual SIM, the company’s latest mid-range Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones at an event in San Francisco few hours back. The phone follows the same design language as the other Lumia devices such as Lumia 620. We got to check out the Dual SIM variant of the phone. Check out the photo gallery of the Lumia 630 Dual SIM below. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM Photo Gallery”
Motorola Moto G Forte that was leaked last week has gone official in Mexico. It is just the Motorola Moto G smartphone with a grip shell as we expected. The Motorola Grip Shell for the Moto G was first launched in the U.S. earlier this year and it was launched in India along with the Moto G in February for Rs. 1099. Now it is available for Rs. 999. The Grip Shell has a rubber frame that protects the phone from bumps and drops. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G Forte launched in Mexico, it’s just a Moto G with a Grip Shell”
Xolo has officially launched the Xolo Q2500 PocketPad, the company’s latest phablet with a 6-inch HD display in the Q CORE series. It was announced last week and packs a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and is upgradable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Xolo Q2500 PocketPad with 6-inch HD display launched for Rs. 14999”
Microsoft announced the Windows Phone 8.1 at the build conference in San Francisco few hours back. Skype has announced that upcoming update for Windows Phone 8.1 would brings new features. This includes option to switch from a regular voice call to Skype video calls. Microsoft also unveiled Cortana Windows Phone 8.1 assistant to take on Siri and Google Now. New Skype will bring Cortana control to make Skype calls. Continue reading “Skype for Windows Phone 8.1 to bring Cortana control, Switch from voice to video”
Amazon has finally unveiled the rumored Fire TV streaming box along with its Fire game controller. It plugs into your HDTV and lets you stream movies and TV shows at up to 1080p resolution, listen to songs, use apps, play games and more. It is powered by a 1.7 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 pro processor, 2GB RAM and has 8GB of internal storage. It runs on Android-based OS Fire OS called Mojito, similar to the Kindle Fire tablets. Continue reading “Amazon Fire TV Android-based streaming and gaming box, Fire game controller official”
Google has somewhat tackled the problem of fragmentation by releasing its core apps as separate applications in the Google Play Store, but it is only a small towards a very big problem. According to Engadget, Google is working on a separate Camera application for Android smartphones that it will soon launch on Google Play Store.
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ZTE unveiled the Grand S II at the CES 2014 earlier this year. ZTE has launched the smartphone in China. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD IPS display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 801 processor (instead of Snapdragon 800 at the time it was announced) and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS. It comes with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, Sony sensor, full HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Grand S II with 5.5-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 801 processor launched in China”
Lenovo has launched the Lenovo A526, the company’s latest smartphone in the A-series. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touchscreen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo A526 with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 9499”
Lenovo has announced four new Android tablets, A10-70, A8-50, A7-50 and A7-30 in the A-series. The A10-70 has a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) display, A8-50 has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) and both the A7-50 and A7-30 have 7-inch displays. All these run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Lenovo A10-70, A8-50, A7-50 and A7-30 Android tablets announced”
Google has released the Android’s Platform Distribution numbers for the period of March to April 2014. This reveals tremendous growth in KitKat share that has doubled from 2.5% to 5.3% in one month. This could be due to increase in number of new devices with Android 4.4 (KitKat). Several manufacturers like HTC, Samsung and Sony have started rolling out Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for their older devices globally. Continue reading “KitKat install base doubles in a month, now on 5.3% of Android devices”
BlackBerry has announced a new BBM 2.1 update for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone that would bring stickers through new BBM Shop. This offers sticker packs, similar to stickers on the Facebook Messenger. Each pack would have 20 to 25 stickers. BBM shop has both free and paid (about $1.99) stickers. This update also brings option to send larger files up to 16MB on BlackBerry 10, Android and iPhone. Continue reading “BBM for BlackBerry, Android and iPhone gets Stickers, option to send larger files and more”
Samsung has finally unveiled its Galaxy Tab4 series – Galaxy Tab4 10.1, Galaxy Tab4 8.0 and Galaxy Tab4 7.0 after several leaks. These tablets have 10.1-inch, 8.0-inch and 7.0-inch WXGA displays with 16:10 screen ratio. All these are powered by 1.2 quad-core processors and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) and come in WiFi and 3G / LTE variants. These have Group Play, Samsung Link and Samsung WatchON software features. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab4 10.1, 8.0 and 7.0 with quad-core processors, Android 4.4 official”
