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Sony Stylus ES22 for Xperia Z Ultra launching soon

Sony Stylus ES22

Sony Stylus ES22, a new stylus pen for the Xperia Z Ultra has appeared on the the official website. The Sony Xperia Z Ultra with a 6.44 Inch full HD Triluminous display was launched in India back in July, and we reviewed it in August. Since the phone has a super sensitive screen, you can use any stylus, a ordinary pencil or even a standard pen to interact with the touch screen, even though it doesn’t not detect pressure changes. Continue reading “Sony Stylus ES22 for Xperia Z Ultra launching soon”

HTC M8’s back cover leaks out in pictures, specifications point to Snapdragon 800, 3 GB of RAM and Sense 6

The first pictures of the HTC One successor, codenamed M8, have leaked out. If you remember right, the HTC One was codenamed M7 and was similarly leaked well in advance of its official Pre-MWC launch. As expected, the specifications too have been tipped by the source who claims to have seen and taken those above photos of the M8. The obvious inferences we can make from the photos is that HTC will be continuing with the unibody construction that it has been lauded for, but this time, it will be even better, with the body wrapping around the sides too. The colour seems to be the cool Vivid Blue, that the HTC One was recently released in.

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LG G Flex price revealed for Korea, coming to Europe in December

LG G Flex Korea

LG announced the G Flex, the company’s latest phone in the G series last month. Earlier this week it announced that the phone would go on sale in Korea on November 12th, now it has finally announced the price of the device. The LG G Flex packs a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Curved Curved Plastic OLED display that vertically concave from top to bottom with a radius of 700mm, powered by a 2.26 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. It packs a 3500 mAh curved battery. Continue reading “LG G Flex price revealed for Korea, coming to Europe in December”

Aircel launches Paanch Ka Dum unique voice pack in Andhra Pradesh at Rs. 5

Aircel has launched Paanch ka Dum, a unique voice pack for Andhra Pradesh customers. It costs just Rs. 5 and would lets the consumers gets select any one of the voice benefit – community calling 5AM to 5PM free, community calling – 1p/ 6 seconds, Half paise local calls, Half paise Local + STD Call and ISD. Customers can dial 15105 to activate the pack and the pack is also available on paper recharge.Idea Cellular launched a similar kind of pack earlier this year called Choice Recharge that lets you choose Calling, SMS, Local Mobile Minutes and Data. Continue reading “Aircel launches Paanch Ka Dum unique voice pack in Andhra Pradesh at Rs. 5”

Sony to roll out Android 4.3 update starting from December, confirms Android 4.4 KitKat update for range of devices

Android 4.4 KitKat

Sony Mobile confirmed the first set of devices that would get the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update for range of devices back in July. Now the company has announced that they would roll out the Android 4.3 update for those devices starting from December. These devices include, Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia SP, Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1. Sony had also announced that elect (2012) Xperia devices running Android 4.1 would be updated directly to 4.3, skipping the Android 4.2. Now the company has revealed that the Xperia T, Xperia TX and the Xperia V will be upgraded to Android Jelly Bean 4.3 from next month. Continue reading “Sony to roll out Android 4.3 update starting from December, confirms Android 4.4 KitKat update for range of devices”

redBus.in launches native iOS app, updates Windows Phone app with new design and features

Redbus.in for iOS

redBus.in, one of India’s most popular bus ticket booking and reservation service has finally launched a native iOS app. This lets you search and book for more than 10,000 routes, select seats and has multiple payment options (Credit, Debit, net Banking and Cash on Delivery). The company launched the its native Windows phone 7.5 app back in November 2012, and updated the Windows Phone 8 app with new features and introduced a limited time offer for the Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 users last month. Continue reading “redBus.in launches native iOS app, updates Windows Phone app with new design and features”

Sony Xperia C Review

Sony launched the Xperia C, the company’s first smartphone to feature a MediaTek chip last this month. We brought you the unboxing and the benchmarks of the device last month, here we have the complete review of the device. It has a 5-inch qHD screen and packs a quad-core MediaTek MT6589 chip, similar to most of the smartphones from local OEMs. Is the Sony Xperia C worth the price ? Let us dive into the review to find out. Continue reading “Sony Xperia C Review”

Android 4.4 KitKat In-depth Walkthrough

Google announced the Nexus 5 a while back, and with it came the latest iteration of Android – 4.4 KitKat. Within a day, Nexus 5 made its way into the hands of talented developers and Google too helped along, with the AOSP builds instantly going live. We then rapidly saw ports and AOSP builds popping up, with one for the Nexus 4 claiming to be a direct port of the Nexus 5 ROM. That was intriguing enough for a flashing opportunity, and so we jumped on it, right away. It turned out to be exactly that, with the complete feature set, rather than the lacking AOSP builds. We used it long enough to discover and use all the user-facing features of Android 4.4 KitKat and hence, presenting you an in-depth overview of the same in a 26-minute video –

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd_fYgWEnns

Read past the break for a walkthrough in text and photos.

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Videocon Telecom launches M-health, mobile based Ayurvedic health service

Videocon Telecom from the Videocon Group has launched Ayurvedic mobile health, an IVR-based Value Added Service (VAS) service in collaboration with world renowned JIVA Ayurveda Group. The Ayurvedic health service will provide access to top Ayurvedic doctors round-the-clock and is exclusively available for the customers by dialing 535133, which costs Rs. 6/min. Continue reading “Videocon Telecom launches M-health, mobile based Ayurvedic health service”

Xolo Q2000 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera spotted on official website

Xolo Q2000

Xolo Q2000, the company’s upcoming large screen phone with a 5.5-inch HD display in the Q CORE series has been spotted on the official website. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589W processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with BSI sensor 2, LED Flash, 1080p full HD video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 2600 mAh battery. This would compete with the Spice Pinnacle Stylus Mi-550 and the Micromax Canvas Doodle 2. Continue reading “Xolo Q2000 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera spotted on official website”

Intex Aqua i6 with 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor launched for Rs. 8990

Intex Aqua i6

Intex has launched the Aqua i6, the company’s latest smartphone in the Aqua series. It had already launched the Aqua i4 back in September, this one has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) display similar to the i4, but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor. Intex had already partnered with MediaTek for the launch of the Cloud X3 with a dual-core MediaTek MT6572 chip, this one has a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with Mali 400 MP2 GPU from. It runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), packs a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Intex Aqua i6 with 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor launched for Rs. 8990”

Samsung’s Roadmap reveals 560ppi and 4K phones coming in 2014 and 2015 respectively

Samsung held their second Analyst Day yesterday and the outcome of the event is that we now have an idea regarding what Samsung is planning for the smartphone market in the next couple of years. Among the various important revelations in event, certain highlights were that Samsung will be producing their custom ARM core CPUs and are planning to introduce 560ppi display smartphones in 2014 and 4K phones in the year after.

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Google Nexus 5 Benchmarks

Google launched the Nexus 5, the company’s latest flagship smartphone last month. We brought you the unboxing of the device earlier this week, here we have the benchmarks of the device. It is manufactured by LG and is powered by a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm quad-core Krait 400 CPU with Adreno 330 GPU. We brought you the benchmarks of the Snapdragon 800 on a reference smartphone few months back. Here we have also compared it in these benchmarks to show you the difference. Since Google has optimized the processor to use the minimal use of CPU cores when the phone is idle, some benchmarks such as Quadrant, AnTuTu and Linpack shows low scores. GPU-based benchmarks doesn’t get affected.

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Sony CP-V3 portable USB charger launched in India for Rs. 1590

Sony CP-V3 Portable Charger

Sony has launched CP-V3, the company’s new portable USB charger in India. It has a capacity of 2,800 mAh and high output of 1.5A that ensures for a fast recharge of smartphones on-the-go. The charger comes in 5 vibrant colors and weighs just 84 grams. It is small, compact and easy-to-carry. It is based on Sony’s Lithium-ion polymer technology that lets the charger retain more than 90 per cent of its capacity at 1,000 charges. The CP-V3 USB Portable Charger can be charged via USB port on PC or using an AC adapter. Continue reading “Sony CP-V3 portable USB charger launched in India for Rs. 1590”

Pebble SDK 2.0 announced, brings deeper iOS integration and new APIs

Pebble has just made a couple of announcements that will make both users and developers very happy. After shipping over 190,000 Pebble watches and getting 10,000+ developers onboard, the company is today announcing a brand new SDK. The new Software Development Kit (SDK) will include support for new APIs including Javascript, Accelerometer, Data Logging and Persistent Storage. The benefits of these APIs are multifold. Developers will be able to make apps that interface directly with the web to deliver rich apps that can provide information like transit data or location based check-in. It’ll be possible to make fitness monitoring apps that will then be able to log data directly on the smartwatch even you are disconnected from the phone. Making use of the new API, Pebble is bringing onboard new watch faces from the likes of iControl, Foursquare and Go Pro. The next big addition in terms of software is the new app for iOS that’ll offer seamless integration with iOS 7. Pebble is now completely integrated with Notification Center on iOS and you’ll be able to pick and choose which updates you want to see on your wrist. This should finally help calm iOS users who have been frustrated by the limited functionality offered by Pebble on iOS. Pebble is one of the most successful smart watches out there though we feel that this market is just getting heated up and we’ll see a lot of competition in the near future from the likes of Google and Apple.