Benchmarking is considered a somewhat-suspect subject when measuring the performance of a handset but before launch, it can give us a real indication of how well a handset is likely to perform. Samsung’s new smartphones – the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge – are both likely to be announced in under a couple of weeks and as we’re now seeing from an AnTuTu leak, they could be the most powerful smartphones yet. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge AnTuTu benchmark reveals record performance”
Samsung has started rolling out Android 5.0.1 (Lollipop) update for the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) smartphone in India. It rolled out Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for the smartphone about one year back. Samsung has still not revealed the list of devices that would get the Lollipop update, but it started rolling out the update for Galaxy S5 and the Galaxy S4 users in some markets. It is surprising that the company has not rolled out the Lollipop update for Galaxy S5 and Galaxy Note 3 users in India yet. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 5.0 Lollipop update starts rolling out in India”
Sony just announced the Xperia E4 and E4 dual, two new budget smartphones ahead of MWC 2015 after several leaks. These have a 5-inch qHD IPS display and are powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek SoC, compared to Snapdragon 400 in the Xperia E3 and E3 dual that were introduced at the IFA last year. These run on Android 4.4 (KitKat), have a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Sony Xperia E4 and E4 dual with 5-inch qHD display official”
Huawei’s Shanghai Campus
As part of our tour of Huawei’s China facilities, we were given an exclusive look at the company’s Research & Development labs to understand the different steps taken to ensure a handset is fit for consumer use. In the first of a two-part series, we take a look at the ways that Huawei tests the Antenna, Network and Radiation levels of its handsets. Continue reading “Inside Huawei R&D Part 1: Antennae, Network and Radiation”
Google Search’s Knowledge Graph that powers the Google Now search cards that pop up when you search for certain things will now offer details about common health conditions when you search for them. One in 20 Google searches are for health-related information, says Google. Continue reading “Google Search gets Knowledge Graph for health-related info”
O2 has announced plans to create the world’s first Virtual Reality sports experience in partnership with Oculus Rift in the UK. As part of the company’s #WearTheRose campaign, the tour will visit cities and rugby clubs throughout the UK with fans able to experience Rugby like never before. Continue reading “O2 creates world’s first Virtual Reality sports experience with Oculus Rift”
Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) with LTE support has surfaced on the Best Buy website, few weeks after the press renders of the smartphone surfaced online. This coincides with earlier leak that revealed 4.5-inch qHD (960×540 pixels) display, 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor (could be Snapdragon 400) and 1GB of RAM. This is the single SIM variant, but it is likely to come in dual SIM variant as well depending on the market. Check out the complete specifications of the smartphone below. Continue reading “Motorola Moto E LTE (2nd Gen) with Android 5.0 shows up on Best Buy”
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy J1 smartphone few weeks back. Today Amazon has announced that the Galaxy J1 smartphone will be available with them in India starting tomorrow, February 11th with exciting offers. As we already know, the Galaxy J1 packs a 4.3-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy J1 launching in India on Amazon on Feb 11th for Rs. 7190”
Microsoft has sent out invites for their press event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month. They will be present at the MWC event between the 2nd and 5th March 2015, but the press conference it scheduled for March 2. The invite just says Come along for the ride without giving us any hints about their plans.Microsoft hinted at the recent event that they will reveal more details about Windows 10 for phones soon.
Continue reading “Microsoft sends invites for MWC 2015 event on March 2”
Live images of the Sony Xperia E4 (E2105, E2115), the company’s upcoming budget smartphone surfaced on a polish website last year along with a AnTuTu listing couple of months back. Now renders of the smartphone have been leaked by a Chinese website. These images show the smartphone enclosed in a case and another image in a flip cover, but these resemble the live image leaked earlier.
Continue reading “Sony Xperia E4 renders, detailed specifications surface”
Reliance Communications has partnered with Facebook to offer free access to useful website to Reliance customers trough Internet.org app. This you access to more than three dozen services ranging from news, maternal health, travel, local jobs, sports, communication, and local government information for free without any data charges on both 2G and 3G. Continue reading “RCom, Facebook launch Internet.org app for free access to popular websites in India”
Xolo has released Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for its Xolo Q610s smartphone, few weeks after it rolled out the Lollipop update for its Xolo One Android smartphone. Xolo already promised to release Lollipop update for their smartphones running on HIVE UI based on KitKat. Continue reading “Xolo Q610s gets Android 5.0 Lollipop update”
Skype for Android has been updated to version 5.2 that adds several new features including option to send photos to your Skype contacts even when they are offline. When they are back on Skype, photos you shared show up in the chat history, whether or not you’re online. Picture in picture view that was introduced back in 2013 in Skype 4.5 for Android is now available for phones too. Continue reading “Skype 5.2 for Android brings offline photo sharing”
Samsung Electronics and Microsoft have settled their contract dispute in U.S. court as well as the ICC arbitration, said both the companies in a joint statement. Back in August last year Microsoft sued Samsung accusing it of breaching a collaboration agreement by initially refusing to make royalty payments after it announced its intention to acquire Nokia’s handset business in September 2013. It claimed that Samsung still owed $6.9 million in interest on more than $1 billion patent in royalties.
Continue reading “Samsung, Microsoft settle contract dispute over patent royalties”
LG Electronics (LG) and Google have partnered to introduce VR for G3 that works with Google Cardboard to offer virtual reality experience to the G3 users. VR for G3 takes advantage of the visual and sound capabilities of G3 to offer a lighter and more convenient solution, unlike the head-mounted VR devices that are designed with their own processors and displays, says LG. VR-compatible apps and games can be downloaded with Google Play store. Continue reading “LG VR for G3 offers virtual reality experience”
