Samsung bags advertising deal at London’s Heathrow airport for its Galaxy S5

Samsung has never failed to create hype around a product and the Galaxy S5 was no exception. Ahead of the launch, Samsung Galaxy S5 was expected to sport a QHD display, but things did not go as rumored and Galaxy S5 came with a 1080p Full HD display. Samsung has managed to market it very well to the people and the latest deal with Heathrow airport is an icing on the cake.

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Cygnett launches range of in-ear earphones starting from Rs. 599

Cygnett Atomic II

Cygnett, popular international digital accessories brand has launched new range of in-ear earphones – Cygnett Atomic II, Cygnett Fusion II and Cygnett Space Buds. These come with interchangeable rubber caps and promises comfortable prolonged usage. It dynamic sound with powerful bass and has sound isolation technology for better listening even in crowded/noisy surroundings, says Cygnett. All these are compatible with smartphones with 3.5mm audio jack. Continue reading “Cygnett launches range of in-ear earphones starting from Rs. 599”

Reliance Jio, Tower Vision tie up to share telecom infrastructure

Reliance Jio Infocomm, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and Tower Vision India, an independent tower company in India have signed a new deal. Under this MSA (Master Service Agreement), Reliance Jio would utilize Tower Vision’s 8400 towers across India for its 4G roll out. Continue reading “Reliance Jio, Tower Vision tie up to share telecom infrastructure”

Motorola Moto E Benchmarks

Moto E Benchmarks

Motorola launched the Moto E, the company’s latest budget smartphone in India earlier this week for Rs. 6,999. We already brought you the unboxing of the Moto E. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. The Moto E is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM8610) processor with Adreno 302 GPU. It has a 4.3-inch qHD screen and runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat). Let’s check out how the smartphone performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E Benchmarks”

Panasonic P81 with Octa-Core processor launching this month

Panasonic P81 teaser

Panasonic started teasing their upcoming P81 smartphone recently. It released two teaser images and a video that hinted at colorful removable back covers, new software features such as smart app switch and Multi Window. It has released a new teaser image and a video that reveals that the phone would come with a Octa-Core processor. Continue reading “Panasonic P81 with Octa-Core processor launching this month”

Google Play v4.8.19 update brings new UI and features

Google Play 4.8.19

Google has started rolling out a Play Store update (v4.8.19) that brings a redesigned user interface and a lot of new features. This includes, new headers for specific areas such as books, additional information section, new and simple permission list with icons and clear description, new interface for posting reviews and adding stars and more. Continue reading “Google Play v4.8.19 update brings new UI and features”

Google adds PayPal support to Play Store, expands carrier billing

Google is now improving its payment system for Google Play Store. The company is adding PayPal as new payment option which will enable users to pay for apps, movies, games and books. This is the first time Google has integrated PayPal as its app payment option.

Google Play PayPal

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Intex Aqua i5 mini with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor coming soon

Intex Aqua i5 mini

Intex launched the Aqua i5 HD in the Auqa series at an event yesterday. Today, the Aqua i5 mini has surfaced on the official Intex website. It has a 5-inch FWVGA (854 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera (mentioned as 5MP on the phone) with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and has 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 mini with 4.5-inch display, quad-core processor coming soon”

Swarm by Foursquare for Android and iPhone now available for download

Swarm, the new check-in app by Foursquare that was announced earlier this May is ready for download. The app which enables users to find nearby friends and check in to various places is available for download on Android and iPhone.

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LG G Pro 2 Photo Gallery

LG G Pro 2 -8

Earlier this year, LG showed off its next large format device ie the G Pro 2. Launched in India earlier this month, the phone brings high end specifications and a giant sized display that is well suited for multimedia consumption. Powered by a 2.26Ghz Snapdragon 800 processor paired with 3GB of RAM, the G Pro 2 packs enough firepower to drive any game or high resolution content that you might throw at it. Unlike the LG G2 that had absolutely stellar battery life, we feel that the 3200 mAh unit here wasn’t entirely adequate which is in all likelihood because of the large 5.9 inch panel. While we work on our full review of the phone, we decided to slap together a photo gallery for your perusal. Got questions? Let us know in the comments section. Continue reading “LG G Pro 2 Photo Gallery”

Flappy Bird creator tweets screenshot of new game

Dong Nguyen, the creator of popular game Flappy Bird revealed yesterday that he will bring the game back sometime in August. Today, Nguyen has released a screenshot of his next game on Twitter which is under making.

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Intex Aqua i5 HD Hands On

Intex Aqua i5 HD -3

Intex today introduced the latest smartphone in its Aqua series. Called the Intex Aqua i5 HD, the phone isn’t really going to be a breakthrough for the budget segment but it does bring with it a balanced outlook between price, performance and looks. We spent some time with the device today and Intex was quick to point out that camera performance, screen size and design was amongst the top priorities while designing the phone. Here are our first impressions. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i5 HD Hands On”

Samsung to unveil new tablets at Galaxy Premiere 2014 event on June 12th

Samsung Galaxy Premiere 2014 invite

Samsung has just sent out invites for the Galaxy Premiere 2014 to announce new Galaxy tablets as expected. The invite is more colorful and the Tab into Color caption in the invite hints at the upcoming Galaxy Tab Series rumored to be called Galaxy Tab S. Looking at the images, we can guess that it would be a sleek tablet. Continue reading “Samsung to unveil new tablets at Galaxy Premiere 2014 event on June 12th”

Samsung introduces Samsung App store operator billing in India

Samsung Apps

Samsung has introduced operator billing integration for its Samsung App store in India. The company has partnered with Indian operators Aircel and Vodafone in India to offer the new service for the first time for Android App store within India. The operator billing integration is available for both prepaid and postpaid customers and is available since May 1st.
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Nokia XL goes on sale in India for Rs. 11489

Nokia XL, the company’s Android smartphone based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is finally available in India from the official Nokia Shop. as it promised at the Nokia X launch in March. It was announced at the Mobile World Congress 2014 at Barcelona. It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 play (MSM8225) processor and runs on Nokia X software platform based on AOSP Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Nokia XL goes on sale in India for Rs. 11489”