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Micromax Canvas Knight A350 with 5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core processor, 16MP camera announced in Russia

Micromax Canvas Knight A350

Micromax Canvas Turo A250 is the company’s latest flagship, and the Canvas Turbo Mini A200 would launch soon. Micromax entered into the Russian market earlier this week with its Canvas line-up. It had also announced the Canvas Knight A350 in Russia, as reported by PCMag.Ru. It has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 2 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It features a 16-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight A350 with 5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core processor, 16MP camera announced in Russia”

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 with 4.7-inch HD display, Android 4.2 gets priced at Rs. 14490

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200

Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 that was leaked recently, has been listed on Flipkart. It has a 4.69-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 1800 mAh battery. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Turbo Mini A200 with 4.7-inch HD display, Android 4.2 gets priced at Rs. 14490”

Viber 4.2 for Android gets number blocking, customized sounds and more

Viber 4.2 for Android

Viber for Android has been updated to version 4.2 that brings new features including option to block any number or your stored contact, customize incoming call and message tones and lots more new features. Viber introduced, Viber Out, a new a new feature to its entire user base last month that lets you make calls to any landline or mobile number.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Android 4.4.2 KitKat update starts rolling out in India

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Android 4.4.2 KitKat

Samsung has started rolling out the Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) update for the Galaxy Note 3 in India. The Snapdragon-variant of the Note 3 got the Android 4.4.2 update, starting from Poland last week. The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 was launched in India back in September last year running on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). All the new Samsung Galaxy TabPRO tablet series runs on Android 4.4 out of the box. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Android 4.4.2 KitKat update starts rolling out in India”

Nokia sends out invite for MWC 2014

Nokia is all ready to be acquired by Microsoft and it has probably held its final independent event at Abu Dhabi during late 2013. The CES 2014 was over a couple of weeks ago and there was no presence of the Finnish company. Nokia usually waits for the MWC to make itself known and it has sent out invites for this year’s event confirming that it will be there to take wrap of a few devices.

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Xolo Q3000 Photo Gallery

Xolo Q3000 is the latest flagship from the company. It comes with a huge 5.7inch Full HD display and is powered by the infamous MediaTek MT6589T quad-core processor. One of its huge selling points is its big display and its huge 4000mAh battery. We recently unboxed the device and brought you the camera samples. Today we will be bringing you the photo gallery of this huge device.

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Basemark OS II Benchmark Performance – Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone

Basemark OS II Benchmarks

Rightware launchedthe Basemark OS II cross-platform benchmarking tool for Android, iPhone, iPad and Windows Phone 8 earlier this week, here we have the benchmark comparison . Even though it uses OpenGL ES2 for Android and iOS devices and DirectX 11 for Windows Phone 8, it runs all tests with the same code in the same language and engine centralizes all user-interface elements in its internal rendering module, to make the benchmark reliable among operating systems. Check out the Basemark OS II Performance Test results on Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 8 below. Continue reading “Basemark OS II Benchmark Performance – Android vs iPhone vs Windows Phone”

Samsung Galaxy S III Neo+ Dual SIM Smartphone with Android 4.3 goes official in China

Samsung Galaxy S III Neo Plus

Samsung Galaxy S III Neo+ (GT-I9300I) that got certified in Tenna and FCC last month has gone official in China through Samsung website listing. It has dual SIM support with dual standby and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) out of the box. Other features are similar to the Galaxy S3 including a 4.8-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display, 1.4 GHz quad-core processor, 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera. It is 8.6mm thick and weighs 132 grams. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III Neo+ Dual SIM Smartphone with Android 4.3 goes official in China”

SwiftKey Note for iOS leaked

One of the best things about Android is the ability to replace whatever you don’t like – keyboards and launchers for example. iOS has always been, is and will be a closed environment without allowing users to replace their on-screen keyboards among many other things. SwiftKey, one of the very popular Keyboard applications on the Android platform, has been repeatedly asked by its fan-base to develop something for the iOS despite the restriction being on Apple’s side.

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Nokia Normandy aka Nokia A110 reportedly leaked via Indonesian FCC documents

One thing Nokia has found it tough, is to keep the Nokia Normandy under covers. There have been numerous leaks about the device and there were also rumors that the device was shelved, but it turns out that the latest development suggests that Nokia will indeed be launching the Normandy. Nokia Normandy had been identified as Nokia A110 running on Android 4.4 KitKat by GSMArena, now it has leaked at Indonesian FCC.

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Sharp Aquos mini SHL24 with 4.5-inch 1080p IGZO display, Snapdragon 800 processor announced

Sharp Aquos mini SHL24

Sharp has unveiled Aquos mini SHL24, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aquos series for Japanese operator KDDI. The smartphone has a 4.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD IGZO screen at a pixel density of 487 ppi. It is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2. It has a 13.1-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, BSI sensor and a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera with BSI sensor. It also has IPX5/IPX7 ratings for water resistance. Continue reading “Sharp Aquos mini SHL24 with 4.5-inch 1080p IGZO display, Snapdragon 800 processor announced”

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo press images leak, to be announced next week?

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo leak

Specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo appeared online earlier this month, now SamMobile has got hold of official press renders of the phone. The phone exactly looks like the Galaxy Note 3 with S Pen stylus with similar S Pen features and also has faux leather back cover. According to earlier rumors, the Galaxy Note 3 Neo would come with a 5.5-inch HD Super AMOLED screen, 1.7 GHz Dual Core + 1.3 GHz Quad Core Exynos processor and Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo press images leak, to be announced next week?”

VNC Viewer remote access app is now permanently free for Android and iOS

VNC Viewer for Android and iPhone

RealVNC, creators and provider of VNC remote access software has made VNC Viewer app for Android and iOS completely free. These apps originally cost $9.99. You can use the PC, Mac and Linux software for free for remote access, and the company also sells, Personal and Enterprise licenses for more features. Continue reading “VNC Viewer remote access app is now permanently free for Android and iOS”

Square Enix launches Deus Ex: The Fall for Android

Deus Ex The Fall

Square Enix has launched Deus Ex: The Fall, the company’s latest game in Deus Ex series, for Android devices. The story driven action-RPG is similar to other games in the franchise, which would also include new characters from the 2011 novel, Deus Ex: The Icarus Effect. Deus Ex game series is set in 2027– the golden era for science, technology and human augmentation. Continue reading “Square Enix launches Deus Ex: The Fall for Android”

Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 Camera Samples

Samsung recently announced the successor of Galaxy Grand and just launched the device a couple of days back. We brought you the unboxing and photo gallery of the device. Today, we will be checking out how the 8MP camera on the Samsung Galaxy Grand 2 performs.

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