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Google is finally pulling the plug on Orkut, its first effort in social network. The ten year old social network will shut down its operations on September 30 and existing users will be able to export their information using Google Takeout until September 2016. However, new users will not be able to create accounts.
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Sony announced the Xperia Z2 Tablet, the company’s latest flagship tablet in the Z series at the MWC 2014 earlier this year. It is now available in India through online retailer Infibeam. It packs a 10.1-inch Full HD (1920 x 1200 pixels) WUXGA Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2, scratch-resistant glass with Anti fingerprint coating, powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Android Android 4.4 (KitKat).
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Swipe launched Konnect 5.0, the first smartphone in the Konnect series. We brought you unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, seen on most smartphones from Indian companies recently. It has a 5-inch ( 960 ×540 pixels) qHD capacitive touch screen IPS display and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Swipe Konnect 5.0 Benchmarks”
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy K zoom at an event in Singapore back in April. Samsung is planning to launch the smartphone in India soon and it would go on sale exclusively on Amazon.in. Amazon is also running a social contest that ends July 13th. Hope we can expect the India launch sometime in July. This was first spotted by BGR.in. The Galaxy K zoom has a 20.7-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor, 4.4-44mm lens with 10x optical zoom, Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS) and Xenon Flash. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy K zoom launching in India soon exclusively on Amazon”
Aircel has launched Design your own plan, a new online service that enables prepaid and postpaid subscriber create a plan of their choice. This enables users customize their plans across calling, texting and surfing using the Plan Designer tool. Customers can also redesign the plan or add extra packs for calling or SMS depending on their needs. Continue reading “Aircel launches ‘Design your own plan’ service for prepaid and postpaid customers”
Xolo released KitKat update for the Q1000 Opus last month, now it has released Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) update for the Xolo Q1010i that was released back in April running Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Xolo Q600s was the company’s first smartphone running Android 4.4 out of the box. Xolo also released Q1011 and Q2000L recently running KitKat. Continue reading “Xolo Q1010i gets Android 4.4 KitKat update”
One of the many significant announcements at the recent Google I/O developers conference was Android One. The program was formally unveiled with one central goal in mind, reaching the next 5 billion people in the world. These are the ones without a smartphone, mostly in emerging markets like India, China and so on. Google will be partnering with companies in the supply chain to provide a turnkey solution for many OEMs that are currently driving the budget smartphone segment in emerging markets. Android One involves a combination of affordable reference hardware, handpicked by Google, and stock Android software, with updates directly from Mountain View. The first three OEMs to sign up for this program are from India, which has familiar, but rather important, implications for the budget smartphone market.
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Micromax Canvas Gold A300 went on sale online last week priced at Rs. 23999. Now the smartphone is available on Flipkart for Rs. 20,999 for the Gold variant. The White with Gold variant comes at a slightly higher price tag. The Canvas Gold has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 2 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It features a 16-megapixel auto focus rear camera with Sony sensor, LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Gold A300 price drops to Rs. 20999”
LG F70 started rolling out globally globally in May, few months after if was announced at the MWC 2014. Not the smartphone has been listed on official LG India website with a price tag. It has a 4.5-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It is the company’s first mid-range smartphone with LTE support. It comes with tri-band LTE connectivity, including the 2300 MHz LTE (Band 40).
Continue reading “LG F70 with LTE gets priced on official India website at Rs. 19500”
Xolo has announced Xolo Win Q900s, its first Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone as a result of its partnership with Microsoft earlier this year. It launched Xolo Win, its first Windows 8.1 tablet earlier this month, months after the announcement. The Q900s has a 4.7-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM 8212) processor with Adreno 302 GPU, a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Win Q900s with 4.7-inch HD display, Windows Phone 8.1 announced for Rs. 11999”
Samsung India has just sent out press invites for the launch of Galaxy Tab S series in India on July 1st. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 and the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 that were announced couple of weeks back comes with a 8.4-inch and 10.5-inch Super AMOLED displays at high WQXGA resolution, Android 4.4 (KitKat) and have Adaptive Display. These have 6.6mm slim profile. The Indian variant is likely to be powered by Octa-Core Exynos processor. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S launching in India on July 1st”
Swipe launched the Konnect 5.0, its first smartphone in the Konnect series priced at Rs. 8,999 earlier this month. It has a 5-inch qHD screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The company has already started rolling out the KitKat update for the smartphone. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Swipe Konnect 5.0 Unboxing”
Micromax Canvas Duet II (EG111) went on sale earlier this year, now the Micromax Canvas Duet AE90 is available from eBay.in. It has a 4.5-inch qHD 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 front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Duet AE90 with 4.5-inch qHD display, Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) available online for Rs. 9299”
Apple has launched a new 16GB variant of the iPad touch that now comes with a 5-megapixel iSight camera on the back, similar to the 32GB and 64GB variants. The 16GB variant now comes in pink, yellow, blue and silver colors in addition to space grey. Continue reading “Apple launches 16GB iPod touch with iSight camera in India for Rs. 16900”
Few weeks after launching the Swipe Konnect 5.0 in the Konnect series, the company has launched Konnect 4 and Konnect 4E, two new budget smartphones. Both these have a 4-inch WVGA screen based on One Glass Solution, powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Konnect 4 has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and the Konnect 4E features a 2-megapixel rear camera. Both these have a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Swipe Konnect 4 and Konnect 4E with 4-inch display launched for Rs. 4490 and Rs. 3750”
