LG launched the G3 Beat smartphone in India back in September. We brought you the unboxing of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the G3 Beat. The phone is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 (MSM8928) processor with ARM Cortex-A7 cores clocked at 1.19 GHz per core. It has Adreno 305 GPU. It has a 5-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) HD IPS display, runs on Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) and has 1GB of RAM. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores. Continue reading “LG G3 Beat Benchmarks”
Gionee Marathon M3, the company’s latest smartphone in the M series and the successor of Gionee M2 is now available from eBay in India. This packs a huge 5000mAh battery, compared to the 4200 mAh battery in the Gionee M2. It has a 5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, similar to its predecessor. Continue reading “Gionee Marathon M3 with 5000mAh battery, 5-inch HD display now available in India for Rs. 13999”
It was only a couple of years ago that we had no way of staying in contact when travelling beneath the streets of London but one lasting legacy of the 2012 Olympics Games has been Tube WiFi. Provided by Virgin Media, the service began shortly before the launch of the 2012 Games with a handful of stations but is now available in 150 in total.
To mark the occasion, the folks over at Virgin Media have created a rather stylish infographic showing some pretty impressive statistics for WiFi-usage on the Underground. One such stat is that there are now 2.5 million devices registered and there is more than 3 terabytes (1,000 GB) worth of data consumed on the network each day.
The top 10 busiest stations are: Euston, Warren Street, Oxford Circus, Green Park, Bank, Victoria, London Bridge, Waterloo, Canada Water and King’s Cross St. Pancras (which is the busiest station with an average of 50GB data downloaded per day). Unsurprisingly these are all underground where there is no cellular signal.
The six recently added stations include Wimbledon, Morden, Richmond, Barking, Upminster and East Ham. London Underground Wi-Fi is available without charge to Virgin Media broadband and mobile subscribers and EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three customers. Joe Lathan, Director of Broadband at Virgin Media, said:
This is a milestone moment for Virgin Media with 150 Tube stations and more than two and a half million devices now connected to WiFi on London Underground. Tube passengers have loved the WiFi service ever since we launched in time for London 2012. Now they can benefit from live travel information, news and social media in Tube stations across the capital.
Gareth Powell, London Underground’s Director of Strategy and Service Development, said:
WiFi on the Tube is one of many ways we’re improving our customers’ journeys and the service has moved from strength to strength since it launched in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games. We’re delighted that 150 stations on the Tube now have WiFi which will help our customers benefit from live travel information, news and social media while they are on the move across the capital.
Check out the full infographic below.
Couple of weeks back Microsoft officially announced that it would replace the Nokia branding on upcoming Lumia smartphones with Microsoft. Today a smartphone codenamed RM-1090 from Microsoft has surfaced on China’s TENAA certification website with Microsoft branding on the front and back of the smartphone, replacing Nokia’s branding. Continue reading “Lumia RM-1090 with Microsoft branding gets certified in China”
Apple introduced the iPad Air 2, the second generation iPad Air tablet last month. The tablet would go on sale in India soon starting at Rs.35,900. We got to check out the iPad Air 2, which is currently the world’s thinnest tablet. Check out the unboxing.
Samsung has launched the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Broadband LTE-A in Korea. It the same 10.5-inch Super AMOLED display at WQXGA resolution, powered by a Octa-Core Exynos (A15 1.9 GHz + A7 1.3 GHz) processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), but this supports Category 6 LTE Advanced support that would offer download speed of up to 225 Mbps, faster than the Cat.4 LTE that supports download speed only up to 150Mbps. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Broadband LTE-A (Cat.6) launched in Korea”
Panasonic T9, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the T series is now available from Indiatimes Shopping. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA display, powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support, but lacks 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Panasonic T9 with 3.5-inch display, Android 4.4 now available for Rs. 3750”
Lenovo India just sent out press invites for the launch of the Vibe X2 on November 6th, the company’s latest high-end smartphone in the X series. The Lenovo Vibe X2 was announced at IFA back in September and packs a 5-inch 1080p display, powered by a 2 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6595 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Vibe UI 2.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel wide-angle front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lenovo Vibe X2 launching in India on November 6th”
Motorola has published the Android 4.4.4 KitKat build Kernel Source Code for Moto X(2014) and Moto(2014), according to Android Police. The initial kernel source code for Motorola Moto X (2014) is codenamed ‘Victara’, while that of the Moto G (2014) is dubbed ‘Titan’.
Continue reading “Motorola releases Kernel Source Codes for Moto X(2014) and Moto G(2014)”
Flipkart, India’s e-commerce giant has launched its app for Android Wear platform. This lets users receive push notifications from Flipkart app pushed to the smartwatch and viewing Flipkart wishlist, but the company plans to include accessing order tracking related information, price drop notification and personalized offer notification for the Android Wear app soon. Flipkart becomes the first e-commerce website in the country to launch Android Wear app. Continue reading “Flipkart launches Android Wear app”
It looks like Apple is not stopping itself after launching the next generation iPhones and iPads. As per latest rumors, the company’s next iPad will sport a 12.2 inch screen and that will compete with Microsoft’s Surface tablet.
Continue reading “Apple’s rumored iPad Pro to have 12.2 inch screen, stereo speakers and more”
Last month Google announced the Nexus 6, the company’s flagship Nexus smartphone made by Motorola. Soon after the announcement Motorola India revealed that the smartphone would roll in 28 countries, including India starting later this year. The 32GB variant of the smartphone has been listed on Flipkart as Coming Soon, but the pricing is not mentioned. Continue reading “Google Nexus 6 coming soon to Flipkart”
Back in August OnePlus said that it’s looking for an executive who could lead its operations in India. Recently the company has announced that it has appointed Vikas Agarwal as the manger of OnePlus India. Last week the company said that it there will be India-specific invite system to purchase the smartphone once it rolls out in India. Continue reading “OnePlus appoints Vikas Agarwal as General Manager for India”
Google today launched Indian Language Internet Alliance (ILIA), a group formed to promote growth of Indic-language content online, at an event in India. Google hopes to enable 300 million Indian language speakers to become highly engaged Internet users by 2017. Google rolled out Hindi language Voice Search in India few months back, today it launched it in the country officially, and also demoed it at the event. Google Search lets users enable voice search in five languages, out of more than 50 supported languages and dialect. Continue reading “Google launches Indian Language Internet Alliance, introduces Hindi Voice Search”
One benefit to having previously worked in the retail industry is that I often receive tips from people who work for major networks in the UK. As I can attest to, some of these tips can be absolute gems as people in retail often overhear things and the latest reveals tip some interesting information about iPhone 6 sales in the UK.
