Pebble has just made the Time Steel smartwatch open to reservation worldwide at a price of US$249. The Time Steel model has already begun shipping to its Kickstarter backers and users can now reserve one for themselves through Pebble.
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Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) was launched in India last week starting at Rs. 11,999. We already brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The third-generation Moto G features a 13-megapixel camera that uses a Sony IMX214 Exmor RS sensor with f/2.0 aperture and True-Tone LED flash. This is the same sensor used in the Nexus 6, but this lacks OIS. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.2 aperture. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) Camera Samples”
With an aim to improve its market share, HTC has announced that it will slash jobs and discontinue some smartphone modes. The Taiwanese smartphone maker has been struggling to make its mark in the current smartphone market that is being dominated by the likes of Apple and Samsung.
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Xiaomi launched the Redmi 2 smartphone in India earlier this year, which recently got a price cut to Rs. 5,999. At the launch the company said that it is planning to bring the 2GB RAM with 16GB storage version of the smartphone to India. Now the top-end version of the Redmi 2 has been listed on Amazon.in as Redmi 2 Prime without a price tag.
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Flipkart launched The Freedom Sale. As a part of the sale it is offering some great deals on smartphones and some tablets that includes Google Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy S5, Asus Zenfone 2, Motorola Moto G (2nd Gen), Xiaomi Mi Pad and more. All these offers are available only through the Flipkart app.
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Microsoft has released Translator app for Android, Android Wear, iOS devices and Apple Watch. The app is mainly for smartwatches since the Android and iOS apps have a simple layout. It lets you translate instantly in 50 languages using voice or text. You can translate even faster by pinning your most commonly used translations and settings to your watch screen for easy access, and browse your history of recently used phrases, said the company. It has option to select English accents spoken in Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, United Kingdom and United States. Continue reading “Microsoft Translator for Android, iOS, Apple Watch and Android Wear released”
Visa Inc, the global payments technology solution firm has announced that it will launch a new mobile payment service in India. Dubbed as mVisa, the service will be launched next month.
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Asus also launched the ZenPad 8.0 and ZenPad 7.0 at the Zenfestival in India today. These were announced at the Computex back in June. The ZenPad 7.0 and ZenPad 8.0 come with 7-inch and a 8-inch HD displays. The ZenPad 7.0 is powered by Atom x3-C323 64-bit SoC, while the ZenPad 8.0 is powered by Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 (MSM8929) SoC. Both these run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI.
Asus has announced the Zenfone Max, the company’s latest smartphone at the ZenFestival. It packs a 5000mAh battery and has a leather back. It can also be used to charge other devices. The smartphone is just 5.2mm thick, says the company. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Max with 5.5-inch HD display, 5000mAh battery announced in India, available in October”
Asus launched the Zenfone 2 Laser in India at the ZenFestival. It comes in three variants. All these have a 13-megapixel rear camera with real-tone flash, laser auto focus and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The Zenfone 2 Laser 5.5 has a 5.5-inch HD screen, is powered by a Snapdragon 410 SoC, 2GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage. It also comes in a 3GB RAM variant with Snapdragon 615 SoC. The Zenfone 2 Laser 6 (ZE601KL) has a 6-inch 1080p display. These also have dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 2 Laser launched in India, starts at Rs. 9999”
Asus has launched Zenfone Selfie, the company’s selfie-focus smartphone in India at the ZenFestival. It has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla glass 4 protection, is powered by a Snapdragon 615 Oct-Core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It has a 13-megapixel front and rear cameras with dual-tone LED flash, laser auto focus for the rear camera for capturing images faster and better even in low-lighting conditions. Continue reading “Asus Zenfone Selfie launched in India for Rs. 15999”
Asus has launched Zenfone 2 Deluxe, the company’s latest high-end smartphone at the ZenFestival. The back cover made of the smartphone has a premium polygonal material. Other specifications are similar to the Zenfone 2 that was launched in India earlier this year, including a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor , 13-megapixel rear PixelMaster camera with Real Tone flash, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI.
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Microsoft is expanding its presentation app Sway to more platforms. The app that was launched for iOS in June this year is now coming to Windows 10.
After running 4G trails in several cities for the past few months, Airtel today launched its 4G services in 296 towns across India. Airtel launched its 4G TDD-LTE services in Kolkata back in 2012 and recently expanded its roll out to several cities. Airtel also offers integrated 4G services in some circles like Delhi NCR that uses both 2300MHz TDD-LTE (band 40) and 1800MHz FDD-LTE (band 3). Airtel 4G is available on mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in most cities. Continue reading “Airtel launches pan-India 4G services in 296 towns”
A new listing has popped up on Apple’s website that gives us an insight on the company’s plans to expand to the Android territory as well. The job listing states “looking for engineers to help Apple bring exciting new mobile products to the Android platform.”
