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Videocon Telecom has announced that it plans to roll out 4G LTT FDD services on 1800 Mhz across 29 key cities UP (East), UP (West) and Bihar circles. It will invest over Rs 1200 crores in next 3 years for 4G roll out in the cities across these 3 circles. It holds 5Mhz liberalized spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band in the circles. In remaining coverage area it would offer 2G voice on own network. Continue reading “Videocon Telecom to rollout 4G LTE FDD services in 29 cities across UP and Bihar”
Intex has launched Aqua Y2 Remote, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series with universal remote option that would let you control TV, AC, Set Top Boxes, DVD Players and more. It has a 4-inch WVGA IPS display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Y2 Remote with Android 4.4, Universal Remote launched for Rs. 4390”
OnePlus and Amazon.in have announced that the 16GB Silk White variant of the OnePlus will go on sale in India soon. The company launched the 64GB Sandstone Black variant of the OnePlus One smartphone in India back in December last year for Rs. 21,999. The 16GB Silk White variant will also require an India-specific invite to purchase. OnePlus conducted one-time open sale in India last week, which was a huge success. Continue reading “OnePlus One 16GB Silk White variant could launch in India next week”
OPPO India has launched a Gilded Limited Edition OPPO R5 with gold frame in India. There are just 10,000 units of the smartphone available globally, says the company. The specifications of the smartphone are similar to the silver variant that includes a 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED screen, octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and Color OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “OPPO R5 Limited Gold Edition launched in India for Rs. 29990”
Uber has expanded its most recent round of funding by $1 billion,according to the New York Times. The report cited Delaware Secretary of State documents showing the Series E round of funding up to $2.8 billion.
Continue reading “Uber seeks $1 billion in latest round of funding”
With an aim to boost its fashion business even further, Snapdeal has acquired online luxury fashion store Exclusively.com (formerly Exclusively.in). Financial details of the deal are not disclosed.
Continue reading “Snapdeal acquires Exclusively.com for online luxury mall”
HTC’s Desire series of phones have traditionally been mainstream, mid-range handsets with specs to match. Over the last few months though, the Desire series has consistently tried to punch above it’s weight. The Desire Eye is the biggest example of such a strategy change. With an innovative design, high end specifications and features that keep up with ongoing trends, it has a lot going for it. Read on our full review to get a deeper look at the handset and to gauge whether it has what it takes to earn our recommendation. Continue reading “HTC Desire Eye Review”
Flipkart just teased a new Motorola device launch on their social channels. The teaser has a Motorola logo and captions Get your life Turbocharged. Accelerated Performance. Ballistic Nylon Fairing. Revving in soon. The Motorola Droid Turbo was introduced back in October last year for Verizon Wireless in the U.S. Later it was introduced as Moto Maxx for global markets. Since the Droid Turbo is only for the U.S. the device which will launch in India will be Moto Maxx. Continue reading “Motorola Droid Turbo / Moto Maxx launching on Flipkart in India soon”
Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 620, 618, 425 and 415 chipsets in their Snapdragon 600 and 400 lineup. All these chips have LTE support,including Global Mode RF360 support. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 620 is an octa-core chip with 4 ARM Cortex A72 CPUs and 4 ARM Cortex A53 and CPUs, and the Snapdragon 618 is a hexa-core chip with 2 ARM Cortex A72 CPUs and 4 ARM Cortex A53 and CPUs. Both the Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 and 415 are octa-core chips with 8 ARM Cortex A53 64-bit CPUs. Both these have Adreno 405 GPU. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon 620, 618, 425 and 415 SoCs with LTE announced”
Rather than introduce a new smartphone every six months, Sony has adopted a yearly cycle for updates and as part of this, is increasing the marketing activity around its current flagship, the Xperia Z3. One of the impressive devices introduced last year, the Xperia Z3 is being dubbed as the ultimate fitness companion and now Sony’s taken this one step further with a high-tech hamster wheel. Continue reading “Sony’s new high-tech hamster wheel aims to get you fit”
Asus has introduced Zenfone 2 ZE500CL, a smaller 5-inch variant of the 5.5-inch ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML) model that was announced at the CES last month. This was showcased at an event in Taiwan recently, but it is not listed on the official website yet, so the specifications might not be completely correct. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL with 5-inch HD display, Android 5.0 surfaces”
Micromax has launched Canvas Pep Q371, the company’s latest budget smartphone in the Canvas series. It has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Canvas Xpress A99 that was released couple of months back. It has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel VGA front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support similar to other Micromax smartphones and also has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Pep Q371 with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 5999”
Samsung has announced that it has started developing industry’s first eMMC (embedded multimedia card memory) 5.1 flash memory. This is based on the eMMC 5.1 standard approved by JEDEC recently. Sequential reads and write speed of Samsung’s 64GB eMMC 5.0 flash memory were 250MB/s and 90MB/s respectively. Samsung’s 64GB flash memory based on eMMC 5.1 would offer sequential write speed of 125MB/s, faster than eMMC 5.0. Continue reading “Samsung introduces first eMMC 5.1 flash memory”
Asus has announced Fonepad 7 FE375CL, the company’s latest Fonepad 7 variant with LTE support and Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has the same 7-inch HD display seen on Asus Fonepad 7 (FE375CG) that was introduced last year, but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3530 processor and comes with single SIM support. It also has voice calling capabilities and dual front-facing speakers with SonicMaster technology. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 FE375CL with 7-inch HD display, 4G LTE, Android 5.0 announced”
Lenovo Miix 3 (10.1), the company’s latest tablet running Windows 8.1 is now available in India from the official Lenovo Store. It has a 10.1-inch full HD display, is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3735F Processor (up to 1.86 GHz) and comes bundled with a detachable keyboard that lets you take advantage of two more modes – Laptop for productive activities and Stand for socialization, apart from Tablet. Continue reading “Lenovo Miix 3 10.1-inch Windows 8.1 tablet with keyboard goes on sale in India for Rs. 21999”
