Qualcomm has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Wilocity which is working on chips for the next-generation of Wi-Fi, known as WiGig and 802.11ad. Continue reading “Qualcomm buys Wilocity, aims to boost next-gen Wi-fi WiGig”
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NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet with LTE revealed in certification
NVIDIA launched the SHIELD gaming console last year. It also launched its Tegra Note tablets manufactured by several vendors last year. Now the NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet has been certified on Global Certification Forum or GCF. Last month it surfaced on the official NVIDIA Tegra Zone and also surfaced on FCC. The SHIELD Tablet is rumored to have GameStream system for streaming PC games to a mobile device. Continue reading “NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet with LTE revealed in certification”
HTC Volantis tablet rumored to feature 8.9″ 2560 x 1600 display and 5GB RAM
Last month’s rumors about the HTC Volantis claimed that it would be Google’s next Nexus tablet. Now @evleaks has revealed details about the tablet and has also posted a macro shot of the tablet. According to @evelaks the earlier leaks that showed the render or concept of the tablet is fake. The tablet is expected to be powered by a 64-bit Tegra K1 SoC and would have aluminum unibody design, that coincides with the earlier leak. Continue reading “HTC Volantis tablet rumored to feature 8.9″ 2560 x 1600 display and 5GB RAM”
LG trademarks G3 Beat, G3 Lite, G3 Vigor and G3 Vista
LG had a successful rollout of its flagship phone LG G3 in May. Now, it looks like the company is involved in making other variants of the G3. According to LG’s trademark filing on USPTO, LG has claimed trademark on four more G3 names for next variants of the phone.
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Spice Stellar 445 with 4-inch display, quad-core Snapdragon processor launched for Rs. 5299
Spice has launched Stellar 445, the latest smartphone in the Stellar series. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera without flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Spice Stellar 445 with 4-inch display, quad-core Snapdragon processor launched for Rs. 5299”
LG F70 LTE smartphone now available in India for Rs. 18499
LG F70, the company’s latest mid-range LTE smartphone that was spotted on official LG India website is now available from online retailer Infibeam in India. It was announced earlier this year at the MWC and packs a 4.5-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “LG F70 LTE smartphone now available in India for Rs. 18499”
Microsoft seeking beta testers for Office on Android tablets
Microsoft is preparing tablet version of its Office on Android tablets, according to a report from The Verge. The company is seeking beta testers for the same and has posted a sign-up page where individuals and companies can register their interest in testing pre-release versions of Office.
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Opera Sponsored Web Pass with free mobile internet access launched in India on Idea
Earlier this year Opera introduced Sponsored Web Pass, new mobile internet packages to consumers that lets operators team up with advertisers to sponsor mobile internet access for a limited time, free of cost. Today Idea Cellular has teamed up with Opera Software and Quikr, popular online mobile classifieds portal to offer sponsored mobile data through Sponsored Web Passes for its customers in India. Idea tied up with Opera earlier this year to launch Idea Web Pass. Continue reading “Opera Sponsored Web Pass with free mobile internet access launched in India on Idea”
Google Play Store gets dedicated Android Wear app section
Android Wear apps have paved their way to Google Play Store. Smartwatches running on the latest Android Wear are already flooding the markets and to use them efficiently, Google has released few apps that support Android Wear.
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Airtel launches 21Mbps 3G dongle, offers cashback for postpaid plans
Airtel today launched its new 3G dongle that would offer download speeds of up to 21.6 Mbps on 3G. This lets users create a Wi-Fi hotspot easily by plugging it into a laptop, phone charger or a car stereo. This can be shared with up to 5 devices simultaneously. It also has a microSD card slot and comes with SMS support. This dongle is manufactured by ZTE. Continue reading “Airtel launches 21Mbps 3G dongle, offers cashback for postpaid plans”
HTC One M8 dual SIM with Snapdragon 801, Android 4.4 announced
HTC has announced the HTC One (M8) dual SIM, the dual SIM variant of the HTC One (M8) that was unveiled earlier this year. Other than the dual SIM support, all the other features are similar to the single SIM variant, including a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass protection, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor, Android 4.4 (KitKat) with the new HTC Sense 6.0 UI. Continue reading “HTC One M8 dual SIM with Snapdragon 801, Android 4.4 announced”
Google Play Services 5.0 brings Android Wear support and more
Google has announced a major update to Google Play Services to all the Android devices worldwide. The 5.0 update to Google Play Services brings support to Android Wear. This will bring new APIs that will let developers connect their apps to wearable devices running Android Wear. It will also allow them to easily sync information between their phone apps and wearable devices.
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Microsoft and Canon ink patent licensing agreement
Microsoft and Canon have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement. The company did not disclose the exact term of the deal but said that both will share intellectual property on a “broad range of products and services,” including those for certain digital imaging and mobile consumer products.
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LG L90 Dual Unboxing
LG L90 Dual, the company’s top-end smartphone in the L Series III lineup went on sale in India earlier this year. The L90 Dual has a 4.7-inch qHD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor with Adreno 305 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Google’s custom skin on top. It also has LG Knock Code, a new customizable option to unlock the phone by tapping the lockscreen number of times in number of ways. Check out the unboxing video below. Continue reading “LG L90 Dual Unboxing”
Samsung Galaxy K zoom pre-order begins exclusively on Amazon India at Rs. 29999
Earlier this week Amazon India said that it would bring the Samsung Galaxy K zoom to India exclusively. Amazon India has just announced that the camera-centric smartphone would be available for pre-order on its website for Rs. 29,999 starting today midnight. It would launch in India exclusively on Amazon.in on July 9th, 2014 and the pre-orders will ship on the same date.
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