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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The Black Friday sale has a number of luring deals on a range of devices. One such deal is on the Pebble smartwatch which is available at just $79 against the original price of $99.
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Gionee launched the Elife S5.1, the company’s thinnest smartphone in India earlier this week at a price tag of Rs. 18,999. This even holds a Guinness record for the world’s slimmest smartphone, but it is now dethroned by the Oppo R5 that is just 4.85mm thick. We brought you the unboxing of the Gionee Elife S5.1 recently, here is the photo gallery and a quick hardware walk-through of the smartphone.
Amazon Appstore is back with another free apps offer, this time for Black Friday. The company has announced that it would offer 39 paid Android apps and games worth over $130 for free on the Amazon AppStore only for this Friday, 28th November. Last month the company offered 39 apps worth $115 for free . This time it offers some interesting apps like, WiFi File Explorer PRO, MyBackup Pro and games like Sonic Jump, Angry Birds Seasons HD, Shredder Chess and more. Continue reading “Amazon Appstore offers over $130 worth apps and games for free for Black Friday”
Today is Black Friday, an US phenomenon that has made its way across the pond and inspired shoppers to spend like crazy. Every year on the day after Thanksgiving in the USA, companies go wild and discount products as they officially welcome the Christmas shopping season. In the UK, we actually have Cyber Monday (the Monday after Black Friday), which is when traditionally consumers go wild on the internet but this year a common trend is occurring – UK retailers are celebrating both Black Friday and Cyber Monday with a weekend of bargains. With that in mind, here’s 5 UK Black Friday tech deals you definitely won’t want to miss. Continue reading “Five Unmissable UK Black Friday Tech Deals”
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 lets compare the iPhone 6 Plus with HTC One M8 that was launched in India back in April. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 Plus vs HTC One M8 Photo Gallery”
Lava Iris 401, the latest entry-level smartphone in the Iris series has appeared on the official website. It has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera.. It also has dual SIM support with dual standby similar to other Iris smartphones, but lacks 3G support. Continue reading “Lava Iris 401 with 4-inch display, dual-core processor listed on official website”
Chinese phone maker Meizu has signed a strategic agreement with Canonical, the company confirmed on their Facebook page. The reason for the deal signed by Canonical CEO Jane Silber on November 25 at Meizu’s HQ in Zhuhai, China is not know yet. According to Chinese website MyDrivers, Meizu said that Ubuntu-powered Meizu MX series smartphone would be released in Q1 2015 in China and Europe. Continue reading “Meizu, Canonical sign strategic agreement, Ubuntu-powered Meizu MX smartphone coming in Q1 2015?”
One of the biggest trends in technology at the moment is wearable devices such as smartwatches and whilst many manufacturers have begun launching their first devices this year, Sony’s already on the third generation of the Sony Smartwatch range. Whilst this year’s smartwatch shares many similarities with its predecessors (such as durability and overall design), it features a few major differences and the biggest of these is its powered by Google’s new Android Wear operating system.
Whilst previous devices were powered by Sony’s proprietary user interface, the adoption of Android Wear has meant Sony can stop focusing on the software and instead look to innovate in hardware and design. Has this move paid off or should Sony have continued using its proprietary OS? Continue reading “Sony SmartWatch 3 Review”
Aircel has launched Extra Credit Service for its customers in India by partnering with mCarbon, a leading mobile technology solution innovator. This provides Aircel customers an instant loan of Rs 10 by dialing *414# or IVR dialing 12880 or by sending an SMS as LOAN to 55414, which can be availed when the balance drops below Rs. 10. Continue reading “Aircel launches Extra Credit Service for prepaid customers, offers instant loan of Rs. 10”
Cyanogen Inc. has launched Themes Design Challenge that lets artists and content creators submit original theme packs for the Cyanogen OS that comes pre-installed on smartphones. You can customize user interface, including wallpapers, icons, fonts, boot animations, and controls of the operating system. Continue reading “Cyanogen Inc. launches Themes Design Challenge, introduces Themes Studio”
Celkon has launched Celkon Win 400, the company’s first Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone exclusively on Snapdeal. It has a 4-inch WVGA display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 (MSM 8212) processor with Adreno 302 GPU, has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity and Dual SIM support. Continue reading “Celkon Win 400 with quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor, Windows Phone 8.1 launched for Rs. 4999”
Google launched the Android One series in India at an event back in September. Now the Karbonn Sparkle V, the company’s first Android One smartphone is on sale in the UK via Amazon for £129.99 or £99 as part of a Black Friday promotion. This becomes the first Android One smartphone to sell in the UK. It was launched in India for Rs. 6,399 and got a price cut to Rs. 5,999 last month. Pricing in UK is definitely a bit more compared to India. Continue reading “Karbonn Sparkle V is the first Android One smartphone to launch in the UK”
Microsoft has released Office for Android tablet preview in closed beta. The company said that is will soon release the Office for Android tablet apps in 2015.
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Opera has launched Opera Mini 8 beta for Android that brings new user interface similar to the Opera Mini browser for Android. This is a lightweight browser that runs on Android 2.3 and higher. It has all the features present in the Opera Mini for Android, including data-saving compression, bookmarks, Speed Dial folders, private tabs and bookmark syncing. Continue reading “Opera launches Opera Mini 8 beta for Android”
