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Spice Mobiles has launched XLife 404, XLife 431q, XLife 431q Lite and XLife 512 smartphones in the new X Life series. The X Life series is specially designed for consumers seeking an exciting combination of innovation and great design, said the company. Check out the specifications of these smartphones. Continue reading “Spice XLife 404, 431q, 431q Lite and 512 smartphones launched, priced between Rs. 3190 and 4499”
Last week it was rumored that BlackBerry is developing an Android smartphone that might be the same or a variant of the touchscreen slider that was shown off by BlackBerry a couple of months back. Today, BlackBerry CEO is commenting about its plans about the Android phone from the company.
Continue reading “BlackBerry will make an Android smartphone provided it offers security: CEO”
Homelane has just announced a new VR headset that is aimed at enriching the user experience for the home décor market. The headset is called Kaleido and was launched today in Bangalore and we went ‘eyes-on’ with the device to see how they have implemented it.
Continue reading “Homelane announces Kaleido – A VR headset for the home décor market”
The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has announced a new version of Qi specification that would deliver 15 watts of power to mobile phones that support wireless fast charging. This would decrease the charging time and bring fast charging capabilities present in devices that offer wired fast charging, to Qi-compatible wireless charging products, said WPC. Continue reading “Qi Wireless standard specification improved for faster charging”
Ily is a new device that is meant to allow users to stay connected to their friends and family while they are at home. It is aimed at replacing your conventional outdated home telephones with something more technologically advanced and useful. Although it functions very similar to a smartphone, it in fact is more similar to a tablet especially in terms of size.
Continue reading “Insensi launches Ily – A smartphone for your home for US$199”
Amazon Echo is a smart speaker that doubles up as a virtual assistant. It was announced by Amazon late last year in November. It was a pretty neat piece of tech but the issue is that hardly anyone had access to it since it was based on an invite only system of purchase. Now happily that invite system has been removed and everyone can get their hands on the device.
Continue reading “Amazon Echo now available without an invite for US$179.99”
Back in March, WhatApp started rolling out voice calling functionality to Android users. The company updated their iOS application next to bring the much awaited feature to the vast number of users of Apple’s hardware. Today, the company is finally bringing voice calling to WhatsApp users on Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform. Continue reading “WhatsApp voice calling now available on Windows Phone”
Another day another foreign company has announced its plans to kick start smartphone manufacturing in India. This time it is the Taiwanese contract manufacturer, Foxconn who will make Xiaomi phones in the country.
Continue reading “Foxconn to manufacture Xiaomi phones in Andhra Pradesh”
Still holding out on the music streaming bandwagon? With the impending launch of Apple Music, Google wants to try to get you onboard first and on that note, the company today announced a new free tier to their music streaming service. Continue reading “Google Play Music update brings free ad-supported streaming for all”
Google X, the not-so-secret lab behind the company’s esoteric technological experiments, has developed a brand new fitness wearable. News has emerged that the life sciences division at Google is developing a highly advanced medical grade fitness tracker that will be intended for use in clinical trials and for medical patients. Continue reading “Google develops medical grade health tracking wearable to be used in clinical trials”
iOS has been notorious for requiring massive amounts of free space available on a handset before proceeding with a software update. This has traditionally proven to be a hindrance for users of iOS devices with low internal storage. Devices like the 16GB iPhone and iPad remain amongst the highest selling devices for Apple and with the limited amount of storage on offer, the devices invariably lack enough free storage onboard to facilitate the update. With iOS 9, Apple is rolling out changes that will make it foolproof for users to get said update. Continue reading “iOS 9 can temporarily delete apps to make space for system update”
LG has announced Band Play, the company’s latest smartphone in Korea. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Laser Auto Focus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “LG Band Play with 5-inch HD display, Snapdragon 410 SoC, 13MP camera announced”
Meizu launched the m2 note at the beginning of this month as the successor to the m1 note. Now the device has just been made available for purchase and online stores have it listed for under US$ 200.
Lenovo has introduced ideacentre Stick 300, a compact PC stick running full Windows 8.1 with free upgrade to Windows 10. This is similar to the Intel Compute Stick that will let you transform your TV or monitor with a HDMI port to a full-fledged PC. This will be more useful for travelers since it’s portable. Continue reading “Lenovo ideacentre Stick 300, a compact PC running Windows announced”
Google has expanded its Android One program to Myanmar, which becomes the eighth country to get Android One smartphones officially after India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines and Turkey. Google has partnered with Cherry Mobile to launch the Cherry Mobile One smartphone in the country.
