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Micromax A88 Canvas Music Review

Micromax A88 Canvas Music-19

Micromax launched the A88 Canvas Music last month. We brought you the benchmarks of the device recently, here we have the complete review of the device. It has a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6577 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Since this is a Music phone, Micromax offers a free JBL Tempo headset free with the device. You also get unlimited music downloads from M!Live mobile web application. Let’s dive into the review. Continue reading “Micromax A88 Canvas Music Review”

Spice Coolpad Mi-515 with 5-inch display, quad-core processor officially launched for Rs. 9990

Spice Coolpad Mi-515

Spice Coolpad Mi-515 that went on sale online earlier this week has been officially launched in India. It comes under the new Spice Coolpad series and has a 5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and DTS audio. Continue reading “Spice Coolpad Mi-515 with 5-inch display, quad-core processor officially launched for Rs. 9990”

Sony Xperia ZL Android 4.2.2 Jellybean update starts rolling out

sony-xperia-zl-android-4.2.2-Changelog

After making its presence felt at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas this year, the Sony Xperia ZL, a full HD smartphone from Sony landed in various countries alongside its thinner brother, the Xperia Z. Running on Android 4.1.2 at launch, the device had a custom Xperia UI on top like usual, and now news comes our way that the Android 4.2.2 update for the Xperia ZL has started to roll out, starting today.

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Instagram for Android and iPhone updated with Video support

Instagram 4.0 for Android and iPhone

Facebook has updated the Instagram app for Android and iPhone to version 4.0 that brings support for Videos. This lets you record a video up to 15 seconds on the Instagram camera by clicking the movie camera icon and pressing the record button. You can add filters and upload it. There are 13 filters built specifically for video, and you can also select your favorite scene from the recorded video as your cover image that can be viewed when they’re not playing. You can only share videos on Instagram that you record from the app and cannot import videos. Continue reading “Instagram for Android and iPhone updated with Video support”

Aviary Photo Editor for Android v3.0 update brings new design and features

Aviary Photo Editor for Android 3.0

Aviary has updated the Android app to version 3.0 that brings a completely redesigned user interface and lot of new features including Hi-Def sharpens and defines, Color Fix and new effects. Aviary says that they have 50% users on Android, which is up from 30% back in January. The new app is 10% lesser in size and has lot of improvements that makes the app faster. Continue reading “Aviary Photo Editor for Android v3.0 update brings new design and features”

Gameloft Sale: Up to 67% off on 10 Windows Phone games

Gameloft Windows Phone Games Sale

Gameloft has started their sale that would let you grab 10 games at discounted rate of up to 67% or $0.99. These include Real Soccer, Asphalt 5 , Let’s Golf 2, Amazing Spiderman, The Dark Knight Rises and more. Gamloft had released lot of XBox titles for the Windows Phone 8 in recent months. Some of these games that costed $6.99 is now available for $2.99. This is the first time Gameloft has put up a huge sale for Windows Phone devices. Continue reading “Gameloft Sale: Up to 67% off on 10 Windows Phone games”

Air Camera for iPhone and iPad lets you stream live camera content to an Apple TV via AirPlay

Air Camera for iPhone and iPad

Air Camera + Live Streaming for Camera and Voice is an app for iPhone and iPad that lets you stream live sound and image from iOS devices directly from the camera and microphone input to your Apple TV. This uses AirPlay feature in the iOS to connect to the Apple TV. In addition this also lets you add effects to the streaming video and also switch between the front and rear camera. Continue reading “Air Camera for iPhone and iPad lets you stream live camera content to an Apple TV via AirPlay”

Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 now available in India for Rs. 30990

Samsung launched the Galaxy Mega 6.3 (GT-I9200) in India at a price tag of Rs. 31,490 along with the Mega 5.8 last month. The Galaxy Mega 6.3 went on pre-order from online retailers last week, the phone is now available from those retailers. The official Samsung eStore is still taking pre-orders for the device. It has a 6.3-inch HD ( 1280 x 720 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 now available in India for Rs. 30990”

Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage released for iPhone and iPad

Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage

Rovio, the creators of the popular Angry Birds franchise has published Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage through Rovio Stars, the new mobile game publishing program. It is a new adventure based on the award-winning flash game developed by UK-based studio Nitrome and is built using native iOS languages rather than the flash. In Icebreaker, You play as lone icebreaker apprentice and need to save your fellow vikings by cutting through tangles of ice, ropes, traps, troll snot and chicken. It has 95 levels with puzzles, side quests, epic final bosses and offbeat humor. Continue reading “Icebreaker: A Viking Voyage released for iPhone and iPad”

Google to open Android Nation Stores in India

Google would open their first Android Nation Store in New Delhi to promote and sell Android smartphones and tablets, according to a report from Economic Times. Google would partner with Spice Global to set up the stores in various Indian cities and the first store would open up in New Delhi’s Select Citywalk mall and the company is supposedly seeking a location the size of 1200 to 1500 square feet, the report says. Continue reading “Google to open Android Nation Stores in India”

Spice Coolpad Mi-515 with 5-inch display, quad-core processor now available for Rs. 9990, Stellar Prime Mi-510 coming soon

Spice Coolpad Mi-515

Spice Coolpad Mi-515, the company’s latest mid-range Android smartphone is now available from online retailer Saholic. It has a 5-inch qHD (960 × 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and DTS audio. The Spice Stellar Prime Mi-510 with 5-inch FWVA display and Android 4.2 has been listed on the Spice website with the complete specs. Continue reading “Spice Coolpad Mi-515 with 5-inch display, quad-core processor now available for Rs. 9990, Stellar Prime Mi-510 coming soon”

Samsung Galaxy Core launching in India soon

Samsung Galaxy Core (GT-I8262), a mid-range Android smartphone has been spotted on Samsung India website. It was announced last month and packs a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) LCD capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash and a 0.3MP (VGA)front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support with Smart dual SIM feature that lets you receive calls on SIM 1 even when utilizing SIM 2. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Core launching in India soon”

Facebook v6.2 update for iPhone and iPad brings icons with action status updates

You might have noticed the icon with action status on the Facebook for desktop. The Facebook app for iPhone and iPad has been updated to version 6.2 that brings option to share you mood using icons along with an action you are doing in your status. This update also brings option to easily change who can see something you’ve shared which would let you keep the shared items within a group and start a new conversation with photos. This feature was introduced for Android in the 3.3 update last week. The Android app did not get the new action and icon status updates yet. Continue reading “Facebook v6.2 update for iPhone and iPad brings icons with action status updates”

Gaana for Android v2.0 update brings Gaana+ premium service and improved search

Gaana 2.0 for Android

Gaana app has been updated to version 2.0 for Android that is now more stable, brings significantly improved search and Gaana+ music service that offers multi-bit rate streaming and more. Gaana Music app for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and Java phones were released earlier this year, and the Gaana app for Windows Phone was launched back in March. Gaana 2.0 for iPhone with Gaana+ subscription was launched back in April. Continue reading “Gaana for Android v2.0 update brings Gaana+ premium service and improved search”

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Benchmarks

Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 Reference devices

We are here in San Francisco on invitation from Qualcomm to benchmark their Snapdragon 800 processor (MSM8974) which features a 28nm HPm quad core Krait 400 CPU capable of running at 2.3 GHz per core and the new Adreno 330 GPU. It is expected to be the fastest mobile processor in the market and even beat the Samsung Exynos 5 Octa and Qualcomm’s own Snapdragon 600 processor in terms of benchmarks and performance. Dive in and take a look at the jaw dropping numbers in the Benchmarks. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Benchmarks”