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Smart Assistant now rolling out to MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM users

MIUI 9

Xiaomi announced the latest iteration of its android skin on 25th July in an event in China with new features like Smart Assistant, Split Screen and Universal Image Search. MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM started rolling out to Global ROM users on 11th July but many of these features were exclusive to MIUI China ROM till now. This Tuesday Xiaomi started rolling out some of these features to closed Beta users with MIUI Global 7.10.31. Continue reading “Smart Assistant now rolling out to MIUI 9 Global Beta ROM users”

Razer Phone with 5.7-inch QHD 120Hz UltraMotion display, Snapdragon 835, 8GB RAM announced

Razer Phone

Razer today announced the most expected Razer Phone at an event in London, months after it acquired Nexbit. The phone packs a 5.72-inch Quad HD 120 Hz UltraMotion display delivering fastest refresh rates and smooth graphics suitable for gaming. UltraMotion’s adaptive refresh technology synchronizes the GPU and display to remove image tearing or lag while driving efficient power usage, says Razer.

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Motorola sends invites for Moto X4 India launch on November 13

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Moto India has sent out invites for the the launch of Moto X4 smartphone in the Moto X series in India on November 13th. The phone was supposed to launch on October 3rd, but it was postponed later. It was unveiled IFA event recently and packs dual 12MP and 8MP rear cameras to take images with blurred background, portraits, selective black and white and has dual Autofocus Pixel technology for faster focus in low light. It has a 16MP front camera with a 4MP new adaptive low light mode. Continue reading “Motorola sends invites for Moto X4 India launch on November 13”

Amazon Kindle Lite Beta for Android released

Kindle Lite

A week after updating the Kindle app, Amazon has released Kindle Lite app for Android in Beta for low-end Android smartphones. Amazon says that the app has been crafted specially for Indian readers. The app is less than 2MB in size so takes significantly less space on the smartphone, works smoothly even on 2G networks and lets you monitor your data usage and manage storage.
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Microsoft HoloLens expands to 29 new markets

Microsoft Hololens

Since the announcement of Microsoft HoloLens handsets, the company never opened up about the number of units that have been sold, nor the complete availability of it. However, that changes today as Microsoft at the Future Decoded event in London has confirmed that HoloLens is expanding to 29 more markets.

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Karbonn K9 Smart Selfie with 8MP front camera, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 4890

Karbonn K9 Smart Selfie

Karbonn Mobiles has launched K9 Smart Selfie, the company’s latest budget selfie smartphone with 8-megapixel front camera with Night shot mode and Beauty mode and 4G VoLTE support. It has a 5-inch FWVGA 2.5D curved glass display, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 7.0 Nougat and has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Karbonn K9 Smart Selfie with 8MP front camera, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 4890”

iPhone X will be available from Airtel Online Store starting November 3

Apple iPhone X screen

Airtel today announced that the iPhone X will go on sale on Airtel’s Online Store starting 6.00 pm, November 3, 2017. It will be available exclusively to Airtel postpaid customers as an unlocked device on a first come first serve and full payment basis, till stocks last, said Airtel. It will also deliver the phone in 21 cities across India free of charge to customers’ doorstep. The company did not introduce any special plans for the iPhone X.

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Sony mobile sales down in Q2 FY17, 3.4 million smartphones shipped

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Sony Corporation has reported its revenues for the second quarter of the financial year 2017 that ended September 30, 2017. Sales increased by 22.1% to 2,062.5 billion yen compared to the same quarter last year due to the impact of foreign exchange rates and an increase in Game & Network Services (G&NS) segment sales. Continue reading “Sony mobile sales down in Q2 FY17, 3.4 million smartphones shipped”

itel S21 with dual front cameras, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5999

itel S21

itel Mobile has launched S21, the company’s selfie-focused smartphone with dual (5MP + 2MP) front-facing cameras, one for normal photos and other with a field view of 120-degrees for group selfies. You can easily toggle between selfie and group selfie options. Continue reading “itel S21 with dual front cameras, 4G VoLTE launched for Rs. 5999”

Microsoft Andromeda foldable device could feature holographic display and cellular connectivity

Microsoft_Andromeda

For the past few weeks, we have heard about the Microsoft’s foldable device ‘Andromeda.’ Last we heard is that the company isn’t entirely pulling itself away from the mobile division, with Andromeda, Microsoft still wants to stay in the mobile conversation.

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Arm announces Mali-D71 display processor, MMU-600 and Assertive Display 5 for 4K VR and HDR

ARM

Arm today at the Arm Taipei Tech Symposium has introduced new advanced display processor; the Mali-D71 and two new IP blocks; the CoreLink MMU-600 and Assertive Display 5 focusing on VR and HDR capabilities and implementations.

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Google’s first India Cloud Platform region launched in Mumbai

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Google today has announced the first cloud region in India which goes live in Mumbai. India’s cloud region will join other regions like Singapore, Taiwan, Sydney and Tokyo in Asia Pacific region. Google said that hosting applications in the new region can improve latency from 20-90% for end users in Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and of course Mumbai, compared to hosting them in the closest region, Singapore.

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Sony announces new Aibo Robot Pet dog

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More than a decade later, Sony has revived the Aibo iconic robot pet brand with a new pet robot dog simply called ‘Aibo’ in Japan. Sony says that Aibo’s behavior is adaptable and can form an emotional bond with the household members.

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TP-Link Neffos smartphone with 6-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 835, dual rear cameras surface

TP-Link Neffos leak

TP-Link is a well-known brand mostly for their networking products, they did launch few smartphones a while ago. But now it looks like the company is readying a flagship according to the sources. Continue reading “TP-Link Neffos smartphone with 6-inch full-screen display, Snapdragon 835, dual rear cameras surface”

Google launches Fast Pair Bluetooth pairing for Android devices running 6.0 Marshmallow and above

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With an aim to simplify the wireless connectivity between gadgets, Google has introduced ‘Fast Fair’ which is now a more convenient way of connecting all wireless accessories to your Android phones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow and above.

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