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Bringing its erstwhile flagship up to date, HTC has begun the rolling out the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean update for the One X. The update brings along the latest version of Sense UI ie Sense 5 as seen on devices like the One and Desire 600.
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We just saw Oppo reveal their latest smartphone, the R819, an effort to make a well engineered smartphone that’s not too hard on your wallet. Speaking of your wallet, we have just been notified that the R819 is now available for pre order in three countries, namely Australia, Japan and Hong Kong. For 399$ in AUD, the device seems a bit pricier for the specs, but since this is just a pre order price, we reserve judgement until Oppo reveals their global price in USD. People from Hong Kong can get it for HK$2,798 and the Japanese can get it for 36,000 JPY, all from the third party retailer online retailer Expansys.
Update: The official Oppo Style site has now listed the R819 for a 349$ USD(roughly converts to 21K INR) pre order.
Oppo, the Chinese company well known for its flagship product – the Oppo Find 5, has just revealed the latest product in its portfolio, the R819. The Oppo R819 comes with a stunningly svelte frame, measuring just 7.3mm in thickness and weighing 110g in weight. Although this is thicker than the company’s own 6.65mm Finder smartphone, it is still a considerable achievement due to all the modern specs the device boasts. It has a 4.7 inch 1280×720 resolution IPS screen that promises to have really good viewing angles thanks OGS(One glass solution). Other specs are pretty normal, which includes a 8 megapixel camera and a MediaTek MT6589 Quad Core processor. It runs on Android 4.2.1 JellyBean but can run Oppo’s own Color ROM as well as the stock Android ROM thanks to the unlocked bootloader out of the box.
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Intex has launched two new phones in the Cloud series, the Intex Cloud X4 and the Cloud Y2. The Cloud X4 is the successor of the Cloud X3 that was launched last month. Most the specifications are similar to the Cloud X3 including a 3.5-inch display and a 1 GHz dual-core processor, but this has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera instead of the 2MP camera. It also comes with a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. The Cloud Y2 packs a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. It comes with a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Both these phones runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS and has 3G support.
Continue reading “Intex Cloud X4 and Cloud Y2 with Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 4590 and Rs. 6190”
Beats Electronics, popular for Beats audio by Dr. Dre is looking to buy out its Asian partner HTC and bring in a new investor, according to a recent report from the Wall Street Journal. Beats partnered with HTC back in August 2011, in which HTC invested $300 million for a 50.1% majority stake in Beats Electronics. HTC started launching devices with Beats audio branding starting from October 2011. Continue reading “Beats Electronics likely to buy out HTC’s stake”
A report published by the Korea Economic Daily states that Samsung might be about to announce a 12 inch tablet as soon as October. The Daily mentions that the company has been engaged in development of the tablet which will dwarf Samsung’s 11.6 inch tablet. The 11.6 inch tablet is currently Samsung’s largest tablet.
The new report corroborates another report earlier this year that mentioned that Samsung plans to introduce a tablet around the 12 inch mark. It is believed that it’ll have the same screen resolution as that on the Nexus 10 ie 2560×1600. This would make it one of the most crisp displays out there. Interestingly, Apple is also believed to be working on a larger tablet of their own and this could be seen as Samsung’s move to compete with Cupertino for that audience.
[Via – Cnet]
Celkon has launched the Campus A20, the company’s latest smartphone in the new Campus series. It has a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has Dual SIM support with 3G on one SIM and 2G on the other and packs a 1500 mAh battery. Celkon launched the Campus A63 last week with similar features but it did not have 3G support. Continue reading “Celkon Campus A20 with 4-inch display, Android 4.2 launched for Rs. 5299”
Nokia Lumia 925 that went on pre-order online in India last week, is now available from the official Nokia Shop. It was announced back in May and packs a 4.5-inch (1280 × 768 pixels)Pure Motion HD+ Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen ClearBlack display, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on the latest Windows Phone 8 with the Amber update that adds glance screen and other new features. It packs a 8.7MP auto focus rear camera with 6 element lens, Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), dual LED flash and 1080p HD video recording at 30fps. Nokia Pro Camera that is present in the Lumia 1020 is now available for the Lumia 925.
Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 925 goes on sale in India for Rs. 34169”
LG is the new company to introduce buy back scheme followed by Samsung, Sony and Nokia. LG launched the Optimus G Pro (E988) in India back in July at an MRP of Rs. 42,500. Now the company offers Rs. 7000 discount when you exchange your old smartphones. This discount is on MOP (Best Buy) price, rather than MRP. It also offers EMI with 0% Interest, 0 down payment and processing free on select credit cards when you purchase the device from these LG shops in select cities in India. Continue reading “LG offers Rs. 7000 discount on Optimus G Pro in exchange for old smartphones”
Microsoft has updated its Fresh Paint app to version 1.0.3255.1 that brings support to Windows Phone 8 devices with 512 MB RAM. Microsoft launched the Fresh Paint, a free digital painting app last month. The app was originally released for Windows 8 . This app lets you create original artwork by starting with a blank canvas or turn photos or images you take using the phone’s camera into beautiful paintings automatically. Continue reading “Microsoft’s Fresh Paint app now supports WP 8 devices with 512MB of RAM”
Specifications of the upcoming tablets Asus FonePad HD 7, MeMO Pad HD 8 and MeMO Pad HD 10 has surfaced online. The Asus FonePad HD 7 codenamed ME372CG ASUS, an upgrade to the current fonepad would have a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display and run on dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 1.6GHz (Clover Trail +) CPU with PowerVR SGX544MP2 GPU clocked at 400MHz, The Asus MeMO Pad HD 8 codenamed ASUS ME180A would have Rockchip SoC and pack an 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) display, according to the leaked GFXBenchmark score. The high-end MeMO Pad HD 10 with the model number ME102A would be the cheaper version of the ASUS MeMO Pad HD 10. It would have a quad-core Rockchip 1.6GHz (graphics Mali-400 MP4) and 10.1 inche (1280 x 800 pixels) display. All these tablet would run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Asus FonePad HD 7, MeMO Pad HD 8 and MeMO Pad HD 10 specifications surface”
Xolo has announced that they have finally started rolling out the Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) update for the Xolo X1000. It was launched back in March running on Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich). At the time of launch Xolo promised to update the phone to Jelly Bean in a couple of month, the update was expected to launch back in June, but it was delayed. It took them about 5 months to release an update. Continue reading “Xolo X1000 Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean OTA update now available”
We had already heard lot of rumors about Nokia’s Windows RT tablet. Earlier this month there were rumors about Nokia launching their first Windows RT tablet at an event in New York scheduled for September 26th. Back in June, a mysterious Nokia device codenamed RX-114, running on Windows, with the Adreno 330 GPU surfaced. The Adreno 330 reference in the developer page hinted at Snapdragon 800 chipset, which has been officially confirmed to support Windows RT 8.1. Now a Chinese forum, Digi-wo has posted couple of images of the tablet that is codenamed Vanquish. Continue reading “Nokia Windows RT tablet images surface, expected to launch in September”
Huawei Ascend P1 that went on pre-order online last week, is now available for purchase from online retailer Flipkart and Infibeam in India. It has a 4.3-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) Super AMOLED display with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla glass protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It packs a 8-megapixel auto focus camera with dual LED flash, full HD video recording and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with Dolby Surround Sound and is just 7.69mm thick. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend P1 now available in India for Rs. 12490”
Primate Labs has released Geekbench 3, the company’s first major upgrade to Geekbench in 6 years. The new app has new benchmarks, a new scoring system that separates single-core and multi-core scores, new UI for iPhone and iPad and lots more. We start including Geekbench 3 scores in future benchmark tests. Continue reading “Geekbench 3 for Android, iPhone and iPad released”
