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Asus Zenfone Selfie with 13MP front and rear cameras with flash announced

Asus Zenfone Selfie

Asus just announced the Zenfone Selfie, the company’s latest selfie-focus smartphone with a 13-megapixel front and rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash at the Computex 2015. It even has a laser auto focus for the rear camera for capturing images faster and better even in low-lighting conditions. It has the same 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display seen on the Zenfone 2, but it has the latest Corning Gorilla glass protection. It is powered by a Snapdragon 615 Oct-Core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Selfie with 13MP front and rear cameras with flash announced”

LG G4 Dual now available in India for Rs. 49999

LG G4

LG G4 Dual (D818N), the company’s latest flagship smartphone was expected to launch in India this June at Rs. 51,500. Now the smartphone is available from online retailer Infibeam (Via) for Rs. 49,999. The smartphone is also expected go on sale from retail stores starting from today. Continue reading “LG G4 Dual now available in India for Rs. 49999”

LibreOffice Viewer for Android out of Beta, available as a separate app on Google Play

LibreOffice Viewer Beta for Android

LibreOffice, a community-driven software for desktop launched LibreOffice Viewer for Android as Beta earlier this year. Now the app is out of beta and is available as a separate app on Google Play. This Open Source app for smartphones and tablets lets you view documents, spreadsheets, and basic presentations in Open Document and Microsoft Office formats. Continue reading “LibreOffice Viewer for Android out of Beta, available as a separate app on Google Play”

LG G4 Dual might launch in India at a price of Rs. 51500

LG G4

LG is finally launching the LG G4 (D818N), the company’s latest flagship smartphone in June. It will be the dual SIM variant that was introduced recently, and will priced at Rs. 51,500, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. It was announced last month and has a 5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD Quantum display, is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor and runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with LG UX 4.0. Continue reading “LG G4 Dual might launch in India at a price of Rs. 51500”

Intex Cloud Power+ with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.0 launched for Rs. 8599

Intex Cloud Power Plus

Intex has launched Cloud Power+, the company’s latest smartphone in the Cloud series. It packs a 5-inch HD screen, it is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and comes with a 4000mAh battery. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera, dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Cloud Power+ with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM, Android 5.0 launched for Rs. 8599”

Huawei Honor 7 variants leaked – One with 4GB RAM and Fingerprint Sensor

Details of the upcoming Huawei Honor 7 smartphone have just been leaked. The device will apparently come in two versions – one regular and one high end. Both the devices are expected to pack fingerprint sensors on the back.

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Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z3+, C4, M4 Aqua, Coolpad Dazen 1, Dazen X7, Xiaomi Power Banks and more

In this week’s weekly roundup of major announcements and launches, Sony and Coolpad took the center stage. Sony brought its M4 Aqua and Xperia C4 to India, and announced a global variant of the Xperia Z4 dubbed Xperia Z3+. Coolpad launched two Dazen smartphones – Dazen X7 and Dazen 1 – in the country. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z3+, C4, M4 Aqua, Coolpad Dazen 1, Dazen X7, Xiaomi Power Banks and more”

Google announces new APIs for Google Cast

Google Cast helps developers to extend their mobile experiences to larger screens using devices such as Chromecast and Android TVs. Google has just announced new tools for developers to bring new app and game experiences onto TVs.

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Qualcomm Snapragon 810-powered Project Tango smartphone coming in Q3 2015

Qualcomm Project Tango

At the Google I/O 2015 yesterday, Google announced its partnership with Qualcomm for its next generation Project Tango smartphone development platform. Project Tango combines the camera, gyroscope, and accelerometer to estimate six degree of freedom motion tracking, providing developers the ability to track 3D motion of a device while simultaneously creating a map of the environment. We still don’t have the complete specifications of the smartphone. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapragon 810-powered Project Tango smartphone coming in Q3 2015”

Micromax Unite 2 gets Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA update

Micromax Unite 2 Android 5.0

Micromax said that it will release Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Unite 2 A106 smartphone starting from early April. Now the company has finally released Lollipop update for the smartphone. It recently launched the Unite 3 Q372 that runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box. Continue reading “Micromax Unite 2 gets Android 5.0 Lollipop OTA update”

HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra and Slate 8 Plus with 4G LTE launching in India soon for Rs. 29990 and Rs. 22990

HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra

HP Slate 7 VoiceTab Ultra and Slate 8 Plus that appeared last year are coming India soon, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. The HP Slate 7 (VoiceTab) Ultra has a 7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, while the Slate 8 Plus comes with a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display. These are powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Huawei HiSilicon processor and run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The have single SIM support with voice calling capabilities and also have 4G LTE support with support for Band 3 and Band 40 for India.

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Micromax Canvas Doodle 4 Q391 with 6-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 launched for Rs. 9499

Micromax Canvas Doodle 4 Q391

Micromax has officially launched the Canvas Doodle 4 Q391, successor of last year’s Canvas Doodle 3 A102 smartphone, few days after it went on sale online. It has a 6-inch qHD screen with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to most other Micromax smartphones. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle 4 Q391 with 6-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 launched for Rs. 9499”

Lava Flair P1 with 4-inch display, 3G support launched for Rs. 3399

Lava Flair P1

Lava has launched Flair P1, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Flair series. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz single-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Lava Flair P1 with 4-inch display, 3G support launched for Rs. 3399”

Nvidia Shield Android TV and streaming console now available for order

Nvidia announced its Shield Android Android TV and streaming console in March and today the device is officially going on sale. The console is powered by NVIDIA Tegra X1 processor with 256-core Maxwell architecture GPU, 64-bit CPU and runs on Android TV OS.

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SwiftKey Keyboard v5.3 for Android brings 9 new Indian languages, SwiftKey Hub and more

SwiftKey Indian language layout

SwiftKey for Android has been updated to version 5.3 that adds nine new Indian languages – Bodo, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani (in both Devanagari and Kannada scripts), Maithili, Manipuri, Sanskrit, Santali and Sindhi. It also adds a new adaptive new layouts to our Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi and Nepali languages. It also adds Emoji Prediction for Tamil, Gujarati, Nepali and Marathi keyboards for the first time. Continue reading “SwiftKey Keyboard v5.3 for Android brings 9 new Indian languages, SwiftKey Hub and more”