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Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3-VE goes on sale for Rs. 6650

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3-VE (SM-G316HU), successor of last year’s Galaxy S Duos 3 (SM-G313HU) is now on sale in India from official Samsung India eStore. It has the same 4-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) display, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung TouchWiz UI, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, but this is powered by a slightly faster 1.2GHz dual-core processor and lacks a front-facing camera. It also has support for 14 regional languages. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3-VE goes on sale for Rs. 6650”

KT, Samsung and Qualcomm join to demo 600Mbps LTE-H tech at MWC 2015

Samsung KT LTE-H

Korean operator KT has announced that it has partnered with Samsung and Qualcomm to showcase world’s first LTE-H (HetNet) technology at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 in Barcelona next week. LTE-H merges existing 150Mbps LTE-A and 450Mbps GiGA WiFi, offering top speed of 600Mbps. Continue reading “KT, Samsung and Qualcomm join to demo 600Mbps LTE-H tech at MWC 2015”

WhatsApp Web client expands support to Firefox and Opera browsers

WhatsApp for Web is extending its support to two more browsers after its launch on Chrome last month. The web client is now coming to Firefox and Opera browsers.

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iBall Andi 5M Xotic with 5-inch display, 2GB RAM now available for Rs. 8950

iBall Andi 5M Xotic

iBall Andi 5M Xotic surfaced earlier this month revealing 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Now the smartphone is available for sale from eBay. It has a 5-inch qHD display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) that is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 3.2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5M Xotic with 5-inch display, 2GB RAM now available for Rs. 8950”

Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 3G launching in India soon for Rs. 6999

Moto E 2nd Gen

Motorola introduced Moto E (2nd Gen) yesterday that starts at US$119.99 (Rs. 7,430 approx.) for the 3G variant. Even though Motorola India just confirmed that it will be available soon on Flipkart without revealing the price, a promo video that was uploaded few hours back reveals that the 3G variant of the smartphone will be priced at Rs. 6,999. The first Gen Moto E got a price cut from Rs. 6,999 to Rs. 5,999 recently. This was first spotted by Android advices. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) 3G launching in India soon for Rs. 6999”

Broadcom launches smartwatch platform, improves Android Wear battery life

Broadcom has introduced a new platform for Android Wear smartwatch that reduces power consumption on these device. The company has announced that its latest products can be used in wearables to boost battery life and improve other features.

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LG Watch Urbane LTE with VoLTE calling and NFC payments announced

LG Watch Urbane LTE

LG has announced LG Watch Urbane LTE, few days after it introduced its LG Watch Urbane Android Wear smartwatch with metal build. This has the same 1.3-inch (320 x 320 pixels) P-OLED Display and has metal build, but it runs on LG’s own wearable platform with new UX and not Android Wear. It comes with voLTE voice calling support since it has a speaker and a microphone and also comes with NFC support for easy payments. Continue reading “LG Watch Urbane LTE with VoLTE calling and NFC payments announced”

Samsung begins mass production of 128GB UFS 2.0 flash memory for next-gen flagship smartphones

Samsung 128GB UFS 2.0 memory

Samsung today announced that they have started producing world’s first 128GB ultra-fast embedded flash memory based on Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 2.0 standard for next-generation flagship smartphones. The company already has 128GB eMMC Pro that uses eMMC 4.5 standard, this one uses UFS 2.0 standard, which promises better sequential read and write performance, closer to SSD and 50 percent decrease in energy consumption. Continue reading “Samsung begins mass production of 128GB UFS 2.0 flash memory for next-gen flagship smartphones”

Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced

Moto E 2nd Gen

Motorola has announced Moto E (2nd Gen), successor of the first generation Moto E that was introduced last year. The new Moto E has a slightly larger 4.5-inch display, but has the same qHD resolution. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, comes with 4G LTE connectivity and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It also comes with 3G variant (XT1505) that has a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) with 4.5-inch qHD display, Android 5.0 announced”

Pan-India Mobile Number Portability will be available from May 3

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had released recommendations for Pan-India Mobile Number Portability (MNP) back in September 2013. At that time it said that it would recommend 6 months for the operators to roll out full MNP across the country. Later on 3rd November it had issued amendment to implement Full MNP in the country in 6 months from the date of amendment, i.e 3rd May. Today it has made some changes to it and issued a 6th amendment to the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009. Continue reading “Pan-India Mobile Number Portability will be available from May 3”

Microsoft to discontinue support for Google and Facebook Chat on Outlook.com

Microsoft will discontinue support for Facebook Chat and Google Chat in Outlook.com. In an email to Outlook.com customers, Microsoft said it is removing Google Talk integration “due to Google’s decision to discontinue the chat protocol used by the Google Talk platform.”.

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Fly Qik and Qik+ smartphones with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 6999

Fly Qik India launch

Fly Mobile has launched its Qik and Qik+ smartphones in India. Both these smartphones are powered by a 1.7GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor, run on Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Fly Qik has a 4.5-inch FWVGA and features a 8-megapixel rear camera, while the Qik+ comes with a 5-inch HD display and a 13-megapixel rear camera. Both these have a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Fly Qik and Qik+ smartphones with Octa-Core SoC launched for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 6999”

Huawei Introduces Nova world’s first 16nm FinFET 64-bit network processor

Huawei Nova

Huawei has introduced Nova, which is the world’s first processor based on 16nmFinFET technology. It is networking processor, supports GSM/UMTS/LTE FDD/LTE TDD on a single chip. It is based on ARM64 architecture and the 16FinFET process. Huawei promises that it will be 67% more efficient than traditional processors offering enhanced performance and flexibility.

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NTT Docomo to launch 225 Mbps LTE-Advanced service in March

NTT docomo 4G LTE-A

NTT Docomo has announced that it will launch its LTE-Advanced service in Japan next month that would offer download speed of up to 225Mbps and upload speed of up to 50Mbps. It uses carrier aggregation technology that would allow the operator achieve its ultra-high speed download speed, which will be further accelerated to a maximum 300Mbps towards the end of the next fiscal year ending in March 2016. Continue reading “NTT Docomo to launch 225 Mbps LTE-Advanced service in March”

India smartphone market declines for the first time in Q4, 2014: IDC

Indian smartphone market has shrinked for the first time in Q4, 2014, as per latest report from IDC. Mobile shipment stood at 64.3 million units in Q4 2014, reflecting a quarter-on-quarter drop of 11% over Q3 2014 and an annual drop of 5%.

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