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Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM Review

Microsoft recently announced its Lumia 640 series, consisting of two devices – Lumia 640 Dual SIM and Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM. We already reviewed the former, but the 640 XL is the better-equipped smartphone.

Microsoft with its 640 series is trying to offer a smartphone to everyone out there and thus we have these diversities. We have spent some quality time with Lumia 640 XL to understand if it offers any value to its price tag and here’s our detailed review. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 640 XL Dual SIM Review”

Worldwide smartphone shipments to grow 11.3% in 2015: Report

Global smartphone shipments are expected to grow 11.3% in 2015, which is down from 27.6% in 2014, as per the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

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Microsoft Lumia 840/840 XL enters India for testing

Back in April, we informed you that Microsoft was readying the Lumia 840 to replace the Lumia 830. Now, a new import listing at Zauba shows two devices being imported into India from Finalnd for testing and it might very well be the Lumia 840 or perhaps the Lumia 840 XL.

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Samsung patents dual-OS notebook with a built-in phablet dock

Samsung has just been granted a patent for a dual-OS notebook that has a built-in phablet dock. The theoretical notebook would for example allow users to use Windows 10 by default and then switch over to Android OS and control their smartphone by placing it in the dock.

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Microsoft Surface 3 Unboxing

Microsoft introduced the Surface 3, an affordable version of the Surface Pro 3 tablet back in March. Here we have the uboxing of the 4GB RAM + 128GB WiFi version of the Surface 3 that costs $599 in the U.S. Check out the video below.

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Micromax Canvas Laptab Unboxing

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Micromax launched the Canvas Laptab (LT666), Intel-powered tablet running on Windows 8.1 priced at Rs. 14,999 last month. We brought you the hands on impressions of the tablet from the launch event, here we have the unboxing of the tablet.

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Panasonic Toughpad FZ-E1 and FZ-X1 rugged handheld tablets launched in India, starts at Rs. 109000

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-X1

Panasonic has launched Toughpad FZ-E1 and Toughpad FZ-X1, new rugged smartphone in India. The Toughpad FZ-E1 runs on Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld and is powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974AB) processor, and the Toughpad FZ-X1 runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and is powered by a 1.7 GHz Qualcomm S4 Pro (APQ8064T) processor. These are aimed at enterprise and B2B market. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-E1 and FZ-X1 rugged handheld tablets launched in India, starts at Rs. 109000”

MixRadio free music streaming service now available for Android and iOS

MixRadio, the personalized music streaming service, finally arrives on Android and iOS platforms as well. Until now, the service was only available to Windows Lumia devices.

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iBall Slide i701 cheapest Windows 8.1 tablet launched for Rs. 4999

iBall Slide i701

iBall has launched the Slide i701, the company’s latest Windows 8.1 tablet. It has a 7-inch IPS screen and is powered by an quad-core Intel Atom processor. It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a VGAl front-facing camera. It comes with free Microsoft Office license for one year and 1TB OneDrive cloud storage. Continue reading “iBall Slide i701 cheapest Windows 8.1 tablet launched for Rs. 4999”

Microsoft says that they will take control over Windows 10 firmware updates

Microsoft has stated that they will be taking full control over the firmware updates on devices running Windows 10 including PCs, tablets and smartphones. This will be done in order to avoid fragmentation in the OS ecosystem.

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Microsoft now says that non-genuine users won’t get free upgrade to Windows 10

Earlier on in the year, Microsoft had stated that both genuine and non-genuine users of Windows 7, Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 will get an upgrade to Windows 10 free of charge during the first year since its release. But now Microsoft is stating that the upgrade will not be available free of charge to those who are using non-genuine versions of Windows.

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Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual-SIM hands on

Microsoft took wraps of its Lumia 540 smartphone yesterday. We were present at the launch and we even hand a chance to play with the device for a while. Here’s our hands-on report.

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The Microsoft Lumia 540 is the down-graded version of Lumia 640 and is targeted towards entry-level users. The latest mid-range smartphone from Microsoft will compete against the likes of Xiaomi Redmi 2, Moto E 2015 and Lenovo A7000. Continue reading “Microsoft Lumia 540 Dual-SIM hands on”

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