Category: News

most important news

LG grabs Red Dot awards for G3’s UI, Smart Keyboard and Knock Code

LG G3 Red Dot award 2014

LG Electronics has grabbed nine awards at the 2014 Red Dot awards in Communication Design category. This includes Best of the Best awards for LG G3’s graphic user interface (GUI), Smart Keyboard and Knock Code. LG also grabbed awards for webOS Smart+ TV platform for its new approach to smart TVs and intuitive user interface. The LG G Flex, the company’s first smartphone with a curved display got Best of the Best award earlier this year. Continue reading “LG grabs Red Dot awards for G3’s UI, Smart Keyboard and Knock Code”

BBM for Windows Phone out of beta, update brings bug fixes and performance improvements

BBM for Windows Phone

BlackBerry launched BBM Beta for Windows Phone few weeks back for all the Windows Phone 8 users. Recently BlackBerry pushed a minor v1.01 update for the Windows Phone app that removes the beta tag and also brings bug fixes, performance improvements and speeds up the app load time. It recently said that it has 85 million monthly active users worldwide. Continue reading “BBM for Windows Phone out of beta, update brings bug fixes and performance improvements”

20,000 units of Asus Zenfone 5 smartphones to be available on Flipkart from August 18th

Asus Zenfone 5 August 18th sale

Earlier this month Asus stocked 10,000 Zenfone 5 units on Flipkart, after it went out of stock in four days after the launch. It went out of stock again. Now the company has announced that Zenfone 5 would be back on stock on Flipkart with 20,000 units available for sale starting this Monday, August 18, 2014. Continue reading “20,000 units of Asus Zenfone 5 smartphones to be available on Flipkart from August 18th”

Xiaomi Mi 3: Startup creates Chrome extension to automate Mi 3 purchase on Flipkart

There have been some interesting startup ideas in India in the past, but what BuyHatke has managed stands out in more ways than one. The Indian firm has created a Chrome extension, which according to them greatly increases your chances of being able to purchase the elusive Xiaomi Mi 3.

xiaomi-mi3-review (16) Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 3: Startup creates Chrome extension to automate Mi 3 purchase on Flipkart”

Xolo Q510s with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 announced for Rs. 6499

Xolo Q510s

Xolo Q500s IPS in the 500 series was unveiled last month, now the company has announced the Q510s. It has a 4-inch WVGA IPS screen, 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat), 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to the Q500s IPS. Continue reading “Xolo Q510s with 4-inch display, Android 4.4 announced for Rs. 6499”

Acer Iconia One 7 B1-730HD with 7-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 8499

Acer Iconia One 7

Acer launched the Iconia A1-713 and the Iconia A1-830 tablets in India recently. Now the company has launched the Iconia One 7 (B1-730) in India, exclusively on Amazon.in. It was announced back in April and packs a 7-inch (1280 × 800 pixels) HD display, powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 with PowerVR SGX544 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS that is upgradeable to Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Acer Iconia One 7 B1-730HD with 7-inch HD display launched in India for Rs. 8499”

Micromax partners with Corning to use Gorilla Glass 3 for its smartphones

Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Micromax has partnered with Corning to use Corning Gorilla Glass 3 with Native Damage Resistance for premium line of Micromax smartphones. Even though Micromax smartphones like A90S, Micromax Canvas 4,  Canvas Knight and other Micromax smartphones already use Corning Gorilla Glass protection, the company’s upcoming premium line of smartphones would use Gorilla Glass 3. Continue reading “Micromax partners with Corning to use Gorilla Glass 3 for its smartphones”

Acer Iconia A3-A20 with 10.1-inch HD display, Android 4.4 surfaces

Acer Iconia A3-A20

Acer Iconia A3-A20, successor of last year’s Iconia A3 (A10) has surfaced on the official Acer website and official online store. It has the same 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display, but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MT8127A processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.  Continue reading “Acer Iconia A3-A20 with 10.1-inch HD display, Android 4.4 surfaces”

Samsung acquires home automation company SmartThings

Samsung SmartThings

Samsung Electronics has acquired SmartThings, a home automation company that builds open platform for the Internet of Things (IoT). It will operate as an independent company within Samsung’s Open Innovation Center group . The team will remain the same and will relocate to a new headquarters in Palo Alto, CA, said CEO of SmartThings, Alex Hawkinson on their official blog. Continue reading “Samsung acquires home automation company SmartThings”

HTC releases Zoe (Beta) app for select Android smartphones

HTC Zoe

HTC introduced Zoe with the first HTC One smartphone last year. Now the company has released Zoe (Beta) app for select non-HTC devices running Android 4.4 (KitKat) as it promised earlier this week. This collaborative video editing application that lets you create, remix and share videos easily. Continue reading “HTC releases Zoe (Beta) app for select Android smartphones”

Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290 with Octa-Core processor now available for Rs. 11490

Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290

Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290, the latest Micromax smartphones in the Canvas series is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 4.7-inch HD display, powered by a 1.4 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, compared to the 16-megapixel camera on the Canvas Knight, but this has the same 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Knight Cameo A290 with Octa-Core processor now available for Rs. 11490”

MIUI V6 compared to V5 in series of screenshots

Xiaomi isn’t known just for the incredibly well priced phones it sells. Another aspect that has added value to the company’s popularity is the MIUI ROM.

MIUI started off an a ROM for the Mi Phone or the first phone from Xiaomi, back in 2011. However, the ROM got so popular that more than a 100 devices from various manufacturers (other than Xiaomi) gained official MIUI support.

fone

Continue reading “MIUI V6 compared to V5 in series of screenshots”

Goophone N4: A clone of the upcoming Galaxy Note 4

When talking clone makers, China’s Goophone is the one that comes to mind before any other manufacturer. Goophone has been cloning flagship phones from Apple, Samsung, etc. for years now, and according to some the maker has gained quite a reputation for that. Although we doubt the reputation part, Goophone is certainly getting the footage it would’ve been after.

gp Continue reading “Goophone N4: A clone of the upcoming Galaxy Note 4”

Group of Android developers launch their first Android TV box – Freakbox

FreakTab is a growing community of developers that focuses on development for the less fortunate devices, such as those coming from China.

Not only TV boxes, the FreakTab community have done some great work for tablets and other Android devices as well. A few devs from the very community recently came together to launch their own hardware – the Freakbox.

freakbox Continue reading “Group of Android developers launch their first Android TV box – Freakbox”