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Rovio has released Angry Birds Stella, a new game in the Angry Birds franchise aimed at female fans. This include the main Stella bird and her group who are on a quest to protect Golden Island from the greedy Bad Princess. The game is available for Android, iOS and BlackBerry 10, but there is no sign of Windows Phone app yet. The game is free to download and includes in-app purchases in the form of coins. Continue reading “Angry Birds Stella released for Android, iOS and BlackBerry 10”
Microsoft has announced Nokia Wireless Charging Plate DT-903, the latest wireless charging accessory. It uses Qi wireless charging standard to charge Nokia smartphones with wireless charging support, similar to the DT-900 charging plate, but this also includes Bluetooth 4.0 LE and NFC pairing support so that the LED light glows when it senses that phone needs charging. Continue reading “Nokia Smart Wireless Charging Plate DT-903 with Bluetooth LE announced”
Sony has launched three wireless bluetooth headphones that specializes in a different features. The first Bluetooth headphone from the company is MDR-XB950BT Extra Bass Bluetooth Headset. As the name implies it puts more emphasis on the bass to deliver what Sony says is “a powerful audio experience.”
Continue reading “Sony rolls out Bluetooth wireless headphones and wearable MP3 player”
Microsoft has announced the Lumia Denim, the next firmware update that brings several new features including 4K video recording (only in Snapdragon 800-powered devices), improvements to Lumia Camera and combines new enhancements from the latest Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 such as Cortana, Live folders, Apps Corner and more. Continue reading “Lumia Denim update announced, brings 4K video recording and more”
Samsung just announced the Galaxy Tab Active, the company’s first rugged Galaxy Tablet with anti-shock covering that can withstand a 1.2-meter drop, with the protective cover on. It is also water and dust resistant with IP67 certification. It has 8.0-inch WXGA displays, powered by 1.2 quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It comes in WiFi and 3G / LTE variants. It has physical keys below the display.
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Qualcomm has unveiled a 3D printable robot Snapdragon Micro Rover with an aim to harness the computing power and capabilities of a smartphone and apply that to interesting applications in robotics.
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Microsoft has finally announced the most expected Lumia 730 Dual SIM and the Lumia 735, selfie-focused smartphone at the IFA 2014. These have a 5-megapixel wide angle front-facing camera with a focal length of 24mm to capture better selfies and for video chats. These have a 4.7-inch HD ClearBlack OLED display with Super Sensitive Touch for glove and nail usage, powered by 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and run on Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim update with Live Folders, Apps Corner, an updated Glance screen and more. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 730 Dual SIM and Lumia 735 selfie-focused smartphones announced”
Microsoft has announced the Lumia 830, the company’s latest high-end smartphone with a 10-megapixel PureView camera with Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) and ZEISS optics. It has a 5-inch HD ClearBlack IPS-LCD curved glass display with Super Sensitive Touch for glove and nail usage, powered by 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim update with Live Folders, Apps Corner, an updated Glance screen and more. It also has a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 830 with 10MP PureView camera with OIS announced”
Retail box of the upcoming Motorola Moto G successor surfaced earlier this week, now Brazilian website TecMundo has got hold of new images of new Moto G (XT1069) and the retail box. According to the retail box, the smartphone will be called Moto G (2nd generation). In Brazil it comes with digital TV support, similar to the first Moto G. Continue reading “More images of second gen Moto G and its retail box leaked”
HTC has unveiled the Desire 820, the company’s latest phablet at the IFA 2014 as expected. It has the 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to the Desire 816, but this is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor ( four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz per core and four clocked at 1.0 GHz) and has Adreno 405 GPU. It runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat with HTC Sense 6 UI on top, and it will be supported by the upcoming release of Android L. Continue reading “HTC Desire 820 with 5.5-inch HD display, Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 SoC announced”
Micromax has sent out press invites to launch a new smartphone on September in New Delhi. The event was supposed to happen on September 1st, but it got postponed. The invitation doesn’t reveal anything apart from the time, date and location, but the company today teased a new smartphone on their Facebook page back that reveal few details about the smartphone. It also says that it would launch exclusively on Snapdeal.
Continue reading “Micromax sends invite to launch a new smartphone on September 8”
Along with the 7 inch Encore Mini Windows 8.1 tablet, Toshiba unveiled its next generation Chromebook. The company has annonced two models that are dubbed as Chromebook 2.
Continue reading “13.3 inch Toshiba Chromebook 2 announced, price starts from $249”
Acer unveiled the Liquid Z500 at the IFA 2014. It has a 5-inch HD display with 900:1 high contrast, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 1080p video capture and a front-facing camera. Continue reading “Acer Liquid Z500 with 5-inch HD display, Android 4.4 announced”
Along with their first E-mount camera, Sony has also announced the most expected DSC-QX30 camera lens for smartphones that has 30x optical zoom lens. It is supported by Optical SteadyShot image stabilization to eliminate blurring. Continue reading “Sony DSC-QX30 camera lens with 30x optical zoom announced”
Sony has announced the ILCE-QX1, the company first Interchangeable lens style camera for smartphones that can be used with E-mount lens collection such as zoom, wide angle, tele or macro lens. It has APS-C size Exmor CMOS sensor that can capture 20.1-megapixel images. The BIONZ X processor has improved area-specific noise reduction. Continue reading “Sony ILCE-QX1 E-mount Interchangeable lens style camera announced”
