Asus has announced the MeMO Pad FHD 10 the company’s latest high-end Android tablet at the Computex 2013. It is powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 Clover Trail+ processor, has a 10.1-inch (1920 x 1200) WUXGA display and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixels auto focus rear camera and a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera. The company unveiled the MeMO Pad Smart with a 10.1-inch HD display earlier this year. Continue reading “Asus MeMO Pad FHD 10 with 10-inch Full HD display, 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom processor announced”
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ARM unveils Cortex-A12 Processor and Mali-T622 GPU aimed at mid-range smartphones and tablets
ARM has unveiled the the Cortex-A12 Processor and Mali-T622 GPU at the Computex 2013 in Taipei aimed at mid-range smartphones and tablets. The Cortex-A12 would offer 40 percent more performance than Cortex-A9, brings premium features such as virtualization, TrustZone and ARM’s big.LITTLE processing, It is based on 28nm technology and is about 30 percent smaller in area compared to the Cortex-A9 processor in 40nm technology using the same configuration. The Mali-T622 GPU in the Mali-T600 series would offer 50% improvement over the first generation of the Mali-T600 series and supports OpenGL/ES 3.0. ARM unveiled the 2nd Gen T-600 GPUs, Mali-T624, Mali-T628 and Mali-T678 last year. Continue reading “ARM unveils Cortex-A12 Processor and Mali-T622 GPU aimed at mid-range smartphones and tablets”
LG Optimus L5 II now available for Rs. 10499
LG Optimus L5 II (E450) got priced earlier this month along with the L3 II. The Optimus L3 II went on sale recently, now the L5 II is available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 4-inch (800 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and packs a 1700 mAh battery. These run on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). These phones use the LG L Style design with Smart LED Lighting on the home button. Continue reading “LG Optimus L5 II now available for Rs. 10499”
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active press image for AT&T and Galaxy S4 Zoom specs surface
Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 mini earlier this week globally. We had already seen the Galaxy S4 Active in photos and video. Now we have the press image of the rugged device for AT&T, thanks to Unlockr / @evleaks. The device is codename: J Active and it would be sold under model number SGH-I537. The phone would come with a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD Super AMOLED display, powered by a 1.9GHz quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor with Adreno 320 GPU run on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with Touchwiz Nature UX on top. It has hardware buttons on the bottom of the display. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Active press image for AT&T and Galaxy S4 Zoom specs surface”
Nimbuzz introduces enhanced app with lower memory consumption for Blackberry devices
Nimbuzz today introduced a new version for Blackberry devices. The popular multiplatform instant messaging application has worked to drastically reduce the run time memory footprint for low powered Blackberry devices. The updated application is also geared towards better performance on slow data networks keeping in mind the popularity of both the service and Blackberry devices in emerging markets.
Vikas Saxena, Chief Executive Officer, Nimbuzz said, ‘’ Nimbuzz has always believed in delivering a communication platform that understands the evolving needs of its users. With a majority of conversations moving towards apps like Nimbuzz, it is extremely important for us to innovate solutions that enhance the communication lifestyles of our existing and new users. The newNimbuzz for Blackberry is a testament of our commitment to make our app more relevant to our audience.”
Additionally, Nimbuzz has added new features like bubble chat and contact list separation from the chat list making it more convenient for the end users. Nimbuzz plans to add phone number verification in the future to facilitate secure and efficient communication. The application is currently available in 19 languages including English, French and Arabic.
Google Calendar for Android updated with custom colors, new date and time pickers
Google has updated the Google Calendar app for Android ( version 201305280) that brings new features including option to customize event and calendar colors, redesigned date and time picker, redesigned timezone picker now lets you search time zones and option to schedule repeating events easily. The Google Calendar app for Android was released back in October last year. Continue reading “Google Calendar for Android updated with custom colors, new date and time pickers”
Sony Xperia S, SL and acro S Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out
Sony has announced that they would start rolling out the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the Xperia S, Xperia SL and Xperia acro S starting from today as they announced last month. The Sony Xperia P, Xperia go and the Xperia E dual got the Jelly Bean update last month. Sony confirmed Jelly Bean update for range of 2012 Xperia devices back in October. Continue reading “Sony Xperia S, SL and acro S Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update starts rolling out”
Google’s Sundar Pichai sounds off on the future of Nexus at D11
Google’s Sundar Pichai introduced a Google edition of the HTC One at the ATD D11 conference yesterday which we’d reported on earlier. But the announcement was just the first of many interesting tid bits dropped by the Chief of Android and Chrome during his keynote session. While two top end phones by Samsung and HTC might signal the end of the Nexus device program, Pichai was quick to point out that, “The goal with Nexus was to push forward hardware as well. That will continue.”
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HTC T6 specifications surface, 5.9-inch 1080p display and 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor
HTC T6, the company’s first phablet surfaced earlier this week. We did not hear anything about the specifications at the time. Thanks to @evleaks, now we have the specifications of the device even though these is no image of the device. According to the report by The Unlockr the phone is expected to come with a 5.9-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) full HD display, powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. It would run on the yet to be announced Android Key Lime Pie with enhanced HTC Sense UI with new BlinkFeed with more content, better customization and offline support. It is expected to come with a UltraPixel rear camera with LED Flash, OIS, BoomSound speakers and Beats audio support support similar to the HTC One. Continue reading “HTC T6 specifications surface, 5.9-inch 1080p display and 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor”
LG Optimus L4 II and L4 II Dual with 3.8-inch IPS display, Android 4.1 announced
LG Optimus L4 II (E440) and L4 II Dual (E445), new L Series II devices has been announced in Russia. LG unveiled the Optimus L Series II devices, the Optimus L3 II, the Optimus L5 II and the Optimus L7 II and their dual SIM variants earlier this February. These phones have 3.8-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz MediaTek MT6575 and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “LG Optimus L4 II and L4 II Dual with 3.8-inch IPS display, Android 4.1 announced”
HTC One with stock Android launching on June 26th in USA, priced at $599
HTC has finally confirmed the rumors about the HTC One running stock Android. The company just announced on its official blog that a HTC One with Nexus User Experience will be going on sale soon in the US market first. They would continue to sell the developer version and unlocked version directly to users. The HTC One with stock Android will be going on sale on Google’s Play store starting from June 26th but sadly only in the US. The handset has been priced at $599 which is lower than the price of the Galaxy S4 running stock Android which will also be going on sale on the same day for $649. Continue reading “HTC One with stock Android launching on June 26th in USA, priced at $599”
Wikipedia Nearby for mobile web launched, shows location-based information
WikimediaFoundation has launched Nearby feature for mobile web that shows Wikipedia articles near your location that would let you explore the nearby places and view images. The photo upload features was launched for mobile web back in March. You can log in using your Wikipedia credentials to upload photos. Now you can also take part in improving details about your nearby location by adding an image to the article if it’s missing. You can notice the missing image with a camera icon next to the articles. Continue reading “Wikipedia Nearby for mobile web launched, shows location-based information”
Huawei Ascend W2 press image surfaces
Press image of the Huawei Ascend W2 has surfaced online. The phone appeared on a Chinese forum last year and specs of the phone appeared last month. The Huawei Ascend W1, the company’s first Windows Phone 8 device leaked last October, which as unveiled at the CES 2013 earlier this year. It is yet to release in India, looks like the company would unveil its successor with high-end specs soon. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend W2 press image surfaces”
Windows Phone 8 sync app for the desktop comes out of beta, adds new features
The Windows Phone desktop app for Windows Phone 8 devices has finally come out of the beta, after over six months in preview form. The app, which is used to manage files and sync media with your Windows Phone 8 device has been hardly a replacement for the excellent Zune solution for the earlier generation Windows Phone 7 devices. But with Windows Phone 8 adding the MTP protocol for file management, the Zune app has been useless, while the Windows Phone app, with its limited features, proved of little utility. Anyway, the app has now added more features and is now available for download, in case you are craving for a decent sync app for Windows Phone 8, and don’t want to go down the explorer route.
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MediaTek announces new MT8125 Quad Core chip for tablets
MediaTek, the well known chip manufacturer, famous for the low cost powerful SoCs, has launched another SoC, codenamed the MT8125 specifically aimed at tablets. The tablet market as we know is currently dominated by the smaller ones, that are of the mid range segment, driving volume for the overall market, according to IDC. At this crucial time, MediaTek seems to want to take advantage, by releasing its own solution for tablets after the success of its MT6589 Quad Core chips in various phones in the low-mid range. The Quad Core Cortex A7 processor will support frequencies upto 1.5 GHz and will be powered by the PowerVR Series5XT graphics.
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