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Micromax has launched the Canvas Hue (AQ5000), the company’s latest smartphone in the Canvas series. It has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) AMOLED display, is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), which is upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Hue with 5-inch HD AMOLED display, 3000mAh battery launched for Rs. 10999”
Alibaba is investing $575 million in Paytm, according to a latest report from The Economic Times. The Chinese e-commerce giant is investing the sum in Indian e-commerce company and digital payments company, One97 Communication.
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OnePlus has sold close to one million units of OnePlus One in 2014. The Chinese smartphone maker made its debut in April 2014 with its critically acclaimed OnePlus One.
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Samsung may launch Windows powered smartphones this year, according to a new report from Korea Times. The report said that the company is currently testing stability on Windows 8.1 devices.
Continue reading “Samsung expected to bring Windows Phone devices this year: Report”
Micromax’s YU plans to sell 10,000 units of YUREKA smartphones on its first flash sale on January 13th, tomorrow at 2PM on Amazon.in, according to a report from PTI (via ET). The company has received over three lakh registrations for the smartphone, and it had to close the registration a day before the actual date of December 25th due to tremendous response, said Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma to PTI. Continue reading “10,000 YU YUREKA units to go on sale on Jan 13th, receives over 3 lakh registrations”
Xiaomi is expected to announce its flagship device this week. It was touted that the Chinese smartphone maker will launch Redmi Note or Mi 5 but a teaser from the company along with specs leak from @upleaks has almost confirmed the launch of Redmi Note 2 on January 15.
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Samsung has official announced the Galaxy A7, the company’s latest smartphone in the A series with a metal unibody design and 6.3mm thickness. It has a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display. It is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC in the dual SIM variant and the single SIM LTE variant is powered by s Exynos 5430 SoC. Even the dual SIM Snapdragon variant comes with LTE support depending on the market. It runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung’s own UI on top. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy A7 with 6.3mm slim metal unibody design officially announced”
Lenovo just sent out press invites for the India launch of A6000, the company’s latest budget smartphone with 4G connectivity. It was announced at the CES earlier this week and packs a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI on top. Continue reading “Lenovo A6000 4G smartphone launching in India on 16th Jan under Rs. 10000”
OmniVision Technologies introduced OV23850, its 23.8-megapixel camera sensor in the PureCel-S series aimed at high-end smartphones, few months back. At the International CES 2015, the company has announced its partnership with Wavelens to bring autofocus (AF) technology that utilizes a microelectromechanical system (MEMS). Continue reading “OmniVision partners with Wavelens to bring MEMS-based Autofocus to its 23MP camera sensor”
The BlackBerry Classic has already launched in the UK with Vodafone, Selfridges and BlackBerry Direct and now retailer Carphone Warehouse has announced it is stocking the handset from today. The retailer has the handset available on a range of contracts starting at just £26.50 per month and is also selling the handset for £329.99 SIM free. Continue reading “BlackBerry Classic lands at Carphone Warehouse”
ADATA today launched new UC340 USB flash drive in India. It features trim geometric lines, a clean glossy finish and offers USB 3.0 connectivity. It comes in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities. It has a simple and convenient design. You just need to push to click the colored head to extend the USB connector so that you don’t lose the cap. Continue reading “ADATA UC340 USB 3.0 Flash Drive (16GB to 256GB) launched, starts at Rs. 920”
Crossy Road, the popular addictive endless Arcade Hopper game has finally launched on Google Play. It was released on iOS back in November last year and became an instant hit. Later it was launched on Amazon app store in December. The gameplay is simple, you need to cross roads, train tracks and water, avoiding hazards like cars, trains and bird. Continue reading “Crossy Road finally arrives on Google Play”
Facebook has bought video start-up technology platform Quick Fire Networks for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2012, QuickFire, helps view high-quality video with low bandwidth.
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After JBL, Philips has announced its Fidelio NC1L on-ear headphones at the International CES that doesn’t require battery and draws power through Lightning Connector for ambient noise cancellation (ANC). It has 24-bit Digital to Analog Conversion (DAC), amplification and noise cancellation take places in the headphones themselves, ensuring an immerse musical experience that enables you to hear every detail, says the company. Continue reading “Philips announces Fidelio NC1L headphones with battery-free ANC using Lightning connector”
EE this morning announced that it has signed up 7.7 million 4G customers as it continues the rollout of its 4G network to towns and cities across the UK. The figures show that EE managed to increase its subscriber base by 5.7 million customers since the beginning of 2014 and its rollout continued with 210 new major towns and cities added in Q4 2014. EE’s rollout means they now offer 4G to 80% of the UK and are likely to meet their target of 98% coverage by the end of 2015. Continue reading “EE now has 7.7m 4G customers, 80% UK coverage”
