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Ashton Kutcher is Lenovo’s new Product Engineer

That 70s show, Jobs and Two and a Half Men star Ashton Kutcher has been hired by Lenovo as its new Product Engineer. While the job title might be reaching, Ashton’s role in the Chinese company seems far more detailed than the other celebrity associations in the past have been. Lenovo is fresh off the announcements of its new 8 inch and 10 inch Yoga Android tablets, with a refreshing design and an affordable price point, and they actually did a live stream from YouTube Space LA with Ashton Kutcher playing host. There was a promo that played during the live stream which clearly wanted to showcase Kutcher’s geek chops, which is not surprising, having known for being a tech investor.

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Lenovo announces new Android based Yoga multimode tablets

Lenovo launched their new series of Yoga tablets with Ashton Kutcher who is now one of the Product Engineers of the company. The new Yoga tablet series follows up with the Yoga convertible laptop series and brings multimode experience to the tablet category. Lenovo Yoga allows the users to experience the tablet in three modes – hold, tilt and stand mode.

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Xolo Q900 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 12999

Xolo Q900

Xolo has launched the Q900, the company’s latest smartphone in the Q CORE series. It appeared on the official website yesterday and packs a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display at 312 ppi and is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6589 processor with PowerVR SGX 544 GPU. It runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to most of the recent smartphones from Xolo. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor, LED flash and 1080p full HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Q900 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor launched for Rs. 12999”

Facebook Messenger for Android gets a new design and new features

Facebook has updated the Messenger app for Android to make it faster and more reliable. The new app is still in testing stage, that brings a completely new design with new tabs for conversations, people and settings and new features. You can just tap across the top of the app or swipe left and right to switch between these tabs. This update lets you reach people faster and message your contacts easily, says Facebook. Continue reading “Facebook Messenger for Android gets a new design and new features”

More than 250 million Smartphones shipped in Q3 2013, market posts a record 38.8% growth – IDC

We have been taking a look at the Smartphone market through the regular analyses from the folks at IDC, and the report for the 3rd quarter of 2013 is now out. The key takeaways from this quarter is that the overall smartphone market has grown at a record breaking pace, with 38.8% growth. The total Smartphone shipments are now at 258.4 million, higher than the earlier record last quarter, which was 237 million. The overall mobile phone market is now at a healthy 467.9 million shipments, with over 55% of the shipments being Smartphones. We saw smartphones surpass the feature phones this year, and the gap has widened even further. This is all attributed to the explosive growth in China, which contributes to more than 1/3rd of the total smartphone shipments.

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Xolo Q900 with 4.7-inch HD display and A600 with 4.5-inch qHD display spotted on official website

Xolo Q900

Xolo is all set to launch two new smartphones, Xolo Q900 in the Q CORE series and the A600 in the A Series. These smartphones have appeared on the official website. The Q900 has a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display at 312 ppi similar to the Xolo Play, but this one is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6589 processor with PowerVR SGX 544 GPU. The A600 has a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display and is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572W processor with Mali 400MP GPU. Both these phones run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and have dual SIM support with dual standby. Continue reading “Xolo Q900 with 4.7-inch HD display and A600 with 4.5-inch qHD display spotted on official website”

BBM for Android and iPhone brings over 20 million new users in the first week

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BlackBerry has announced that there are 20 million new users of BlackBerry Messenger (BBM), a week after its roll out of Android and iPhone apps. Last week BlackBerry revealed they saw more than 10 million downloads after 24 hours they resumed the launch of BBM for Android and iPhone. Totally BBM has 80 million monthly active users, says BlackBerry. The app topped as free overall app in 35 countries on Google Play and in 107 countries in the Apple iTunes Store. It is top in markets such as Canada, the US, the UK and Indonesia. Continue reading “BBM for Android and iPhone brings over 20 million new users in the first week”

Viber for Windows Phone 8 updated with redesigned UI and Viber desktop support

Viber is a well known app, popular mainly for its VOIP services and chat. The company has been having its own Windows Phone 8 app for a while but it lacked some much needed features. With the announcement of the new desktop app, the integration was curiously missing out on the Windows Phone platform with the 3.0 update, but finally, the app has been now updated with a nicely refreshed UI with custom backgrounds support and better integration with Viber desktop that lets you take calls and transfer them over to phone from the PC or vice versa. You can download the update from the Windows Phone Store here.

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LG G Health Smartwatch trademark filing surfaces

LG has filed for G Health Smartwatch trademark to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Gear, its Korean competitor. Rumors of the LG Smartwatch surfaced back in March. Back in July Apple filed filed the iWatch trademark in Japan, Russia & Mexico, but it is not clear when we can expect a watch from the company. LG filed the G Health trademark on October 23rd, 2013. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filing doesn’t reveal anything other than the smartwatch identification. Continue reading “LG G Health Smartwatch trademark filing surfaces”

Man who stole more than $12 million worth of LG G2 smartphones caught

Just a few days after we reported of the stolen LG G2 truck incident, the thief, or at least one of the thieves that managed to hijack a truck full of LG’s G2 smartphones, seems to have been caught today. It is believed that the truck was spotted in Louisville after the driver of the stolen truck foolishly crashed into an utility pole. This is akin to getting busted on a single star wanted level in GTA V.

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Swipe Halo Value + with 7-inch display and voice calling launched for Rs. 6699

Swipe Halo Value Plus

Swipe Telecom has launched the Swipe Halo Value +, successor of the Swipe Halo Value that was launched back in March. It has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. Continue reading “Swipe Halo Value + with 7-inch display and voice calling launched for Rs. 6699”

Celkon AR40 RahmanIshq smartphone with 4-inch display launched for Rs. 5999

Celkon AR40 launch

Celkon launched the A45 smartphone and AR50 smartphones in the RahmanIshq series recently, now the company has launched the AR40 smartphone in the series. The AR40 has a 4.0-inch display, powered by 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It also comes pre-loaded with AR Rahman’s chartbusters and a special tune created for the Rahmanishq Music Smartphones, similar to the AR45 and the A50. Continue reading “Celkon AR40 RahmanIshq smartphone with 4-inch display launched for Rs. 5999”

Spice Smart Flo Edge Mi-349 with 3.5-inch display launched for Rs. 3299

Spice Smart Flo Edge Mi-349

S Mobility has launched the Spice Smart Flo Edge Mi-349, an entry-level Android smartphone in the Smart Flo series. It went on sale online yesterday along with the Spice Smart Flo Ivory 2 Mi-423 and packs a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display. It is powered by a 1 GHz processor, runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and comes with 2G (EDGE) support and dual SIM capabilities. It has a 1.3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It packs a 1500mAh that offers up to 6 hours of talk time and up to 120 hours standby.
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Google Nexus 5 full specifications revealed by a Canadian Retailer

Google is either very bad at keeping things under wraps or it has just found a new way of promoting its future products. Last year’s Google Nexus 4 launch happened only after everyone was familiar with its specifications and because of that, Nexus 4 was declared as one of the worst kept secrets prior to launch. Like how the Nexus 5 is expected to succeed over the Nexus 4 in terms of specifications, it has also succeeded in leaking more times than its predecessor. After all the numerous rumors and leaks, WIND Mobile from Canada made the pre-registration page for Google Nexus 5 live even before Google announced their next flagship.

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Asus Fonepad 7 with 7-inch HD display and 3G voice calling launched in India for Rs. 17499

Asus Fonepad 7

Asus has launched the Fonepad 7, the company’s latest tablet in India. It was announced as the successor of the Fonepad at the IFA 2013 in Berlin last month and packs a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display with new smudge-resistant coating to prevent fingerprints, runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and is powered by a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Z2560 processor with Hyper-Threading technology. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 1080p full HD video recording and a 1.2 MP front-facing camera. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 with 7-inch HD display and 3G voice calling launched in India for Rs. 17499”