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Acer Liquid Leap SmartWatch First Impressions

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Wearable technology is a fast growing market and one of the companies eager to get involved is Acer; earlier this year they announced the Acer Liquid Leap (as a companion to their Liquid Jade smartphone) and as part of our weekend to Edinburgh with Acer, we had a chance to take a closer look at this smartwatch. After 36 hours with the Liquid Leap, how good is it and how does it compare to the likes of Android Wear and fitness bands like the Sony Smartband Talk and Samsung Gear Fit? Continue reading “Acer Liquid Leap SmartWatch First Impressions”

Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Photo Gallery

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Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus, the company’s first large screen smartphone in October. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery,benchmarks, battery test and review of the iPhone 6 Plus. Now let’s compare the iPhone 6 Plus with the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 that was launched last year. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 Photo Gallery”

Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Nokia Lumia 1520 Photo Gallery

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Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus, the company’s first large screen smartphone in October. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery, benchmarks, battery test and review of the iPhone 6 Plus. Now let’s compare the iPhone 6 Plus with Lumia 1520 that was launched last year in October. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Nokia Lumia 1520 Photo Gallery”

Acer Live Blog 2014 – Let the Challenges Begin

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Hello from Edinburgh where we’ve traveled on the Caledonian Sleeper train yesterday evening with Acer UK for a weekend of live blogging, challenges and mobile technology. The train yesterday evening was an interesting experience (more on that in another post) but we’re now in Edinburgh ready for the challenges – what do Acer UK have in store for us? Continue reading “Acer Live Blog 2014 – Let the Challenges Begin”

Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra Photo Gallery

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Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus, the company’s first large screen smartphone in October. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery, benchmarks, battery test and review of the iPhone 6 Plus. Now let’s compare the iPhone 6 Plus with Sony Xperia Z Ultra that was launched last year in June. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Sony Xperia Z Ultra Photo Gallery”

Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs OnePlus One Photo Gallery

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Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus, the company’s first large screen smartphone in October. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery, benchmarks, battery test and review of the iPhone 6 Plus. Now let’s compare the iPhone 6 Plus with OnePlus One that we have already reviewed and will launch in India soon exclusively on Amazon. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs OnePlus One Photo Gallery”

Xiaomi to sell 50,000 Redmi Note smartphones in India on Dec 2nd

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Xiaomi reduced the price of the Redmi Note to Rs. 8,999 and announced that it will go on sale in India on Flipkart on December 2nd. Today the company has announced that 50,000 units of Redmi Note smartphones will be available for purchase in the first batch of sales next Tuesday at 2PM. 40,000 Redmi 1S smartphones went on sale on the smartphone’s first sale on September 2nd. Continue reading “Xiaomi to sell 50,000 Redmi Note smartphones in India on Dec 2nd”

Xolo Opus 3 with 5-inch HD display, 5MP front-facing camera launched for Rs. 8499

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Xolo has launched Opus 3, the company’s latest smartphone in the Opus series  It has a 5-inch HD display, powered by 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Sony Exmor R sensor and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 88-degree wide-angle lens for better selfies. Continue reading “Xolo Opus 3 with 5-inch HD display, 5MP front-facing camera launched for Rs. 8499”

OnePlus One to get own software builds after Cyanogen goes exclusive with Micromax in India

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Cyanogen Inc. recently announced an exclusive partnership with Micromax in India to build Cyanogen OS for Yu branded devices launching in December. It also said that Cyanogen OS will not support any other devices shipping in India with future updates including Lollipop. OnePlus has now come forward to announce that it will offer own builds for the OnePlus One smartphones in India and the first community build will be available starting December, with the final build ready by February 2015. Continue reading “OnePlus One to get own software builds after Cyanogen goes exclusive with Micromax in India”

Indian tablet market soars by 10%, almost 1 million units shipped in Q3, 2014: Report

The tablet market in India has reported a strong quarter-on-quarter growth of 10%, according to a latest report from IDC. A total of 0.94 million tablets were shipped in the Q3, 2014 as compared to 0.86 million at a 9 per cent growth over the Q2, 2014.

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Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Xiaomi Redmi Note Photo Gallery

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Apple launched the iPhone 6 Plus, the company’s first large screen smartphone in October. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery, benchmarks, battery test and review of the iPhone 6 Plus. Now let’s compare the iPhone 6 Plus with the Xiaomi Redmi Note that was announced back in March. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs Xiaomi Redmi Note Photo Gallery”

Gionee Elife S5.1 Benchmarks

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Gionee launched the Elife S5.1, the company’s thinnest smartphone in India recently for Rs. 18,999. We recently brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1.66 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with 8 ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs and is based on 28nm HPM. It has Mali 450-MP4 GPU, comes with 1GB RAM, 4.8-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Amigo UI on top. Check out the synthetic benchmark results below.

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OnePlus One available to order without an invite for a limited period

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OnePlus is now offering the OnePlus One without an invite. There is no Pre-order time limit or queue. Even though the OnePlus One invite system still exists, the company introduced pre-order system in October for few hours and the second pre-order event was held on November 17th. If you live in any of the launch countries, you can order the 16GB Silk White version or the 64GB Sandstone Black version for $299 and $349, respectively. Continue reading “OnePlus One available to order without an invite for a limited period”

Jolla Tablet announces three stretch goals including 3.5G data

Jolla has now stretched three new goals for its tablet project. The company has said that it will add the option for Jolla Tablet owners in Europe to upgrade their device to a 3.5G HSDPA for $30 if the campaign hits $2.5 million.

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