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Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Game Edition with bundled GamePad controller revealed

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Game Edition

Earlier this week Samsung unveiled the Smartphone Gamepad, a gaming controller for smartphones to improve the gaming experience. Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Game Edition with GamePad bundle has been outed by a German website, AllaboutSamsung.de, who got hands-on the retail box. Even though Samsung announced that the GamePad has been optimized only for Android 4.3 devices like Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3, Note 2 and Note 3, the Galaxy Tab 3 Game Edition is likely come with Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) out of the box. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Game Edition with bundled GamePad controller revealed”

Xolo A600 Review

Budget Android smartphones with dual SIM capabilities never seem to stop coming and today we have another budget Android smartphone from another Indian manufacturer. Xolo A600 is a budget Android smartphone that is currently priced around Rs. 7,100 and comes with a decent display, a dual-core processor and a 5MP back on its back. Is it worth buying? Lets find out.

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Xolo LT900 with 4.3-inch HD display, 4G LTE listed online

Xolo LT900

Xolo LT900, the company’s first smartphone with 4G TDD-LTE support has been listed on Flipkart. This would launch on Airtel’s 4G network in India and comes with Airtel Mobile TV. It has a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720pixels) IPS Display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor with Adreno 225 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo LT900 with 4.3-inch HD display, 4G LTE listed online”

Whatsapp crosses 400 million Monthly Active Users, 1/4th added in 4 months

It’s always fascinating to see the growth of a communications platform. The mobile phone grew worldwide thanks to a company called Nokia that connected people with calls and SMS as the medium, but in this age of apps and Smartphones, it’s Whatsapp that’s doing all the connecting. We have been watching its explosive growth over the course of two years, and it has been really interesting. Today, the company’s blog has announced that the service has crossed a whopping 400 million monthly active users, with almost a quarter of them – 100 million added in the last four months. This is seen as a huge growth for a space, in which there is suddenly a lot of competition, with some of them even willing to shell out big bucks for TV promotions and so on. However, it remains to be seen if people embrace choice or go for ubiquity.

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Xolo Q3000 with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and 4000 mAh battery listed online

Xolo Q3000

Xolo launched the Q2000 with a 5.5-inch HD screen, now the Q3000 with a 5.7-inch Full HD screen has been spotted on Flipkart. It has a 5.7-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash, BSI 2 sensor, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with a BSI sensor similar to the Q1000S. This is the first Xolo to come with 2GB RAM and 4000 mAh battery. Continue reading “Xolo Q3000 with 5.7-inch 1080p display, 2GB RAM and 4000 mAh battery listed online”

Nokia Lumia 1520 Camera Samples

At the Abu Dhabi event earlier this year, Nokia announced their first phablet – Nokia Lumia 1520. The Nokia Lumia 1520 is the first in various aspects – first Windows Phone phablet, first Windows Phone to sport a Full HD 1080p display and the first Windows Phone device to run on a Snapdragon 800 SoC. The specialty about the Lumia 1520 is that it retains the goodness of a PureView camera from the Nokia Lumia 1020. Though it doesn’t have the huge 41MP sensor like the one on Lumia 1020 or Nokia 808, it comes with a little modest 20MP PureView camera that comes with a similar over-sampling algorithm.

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Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503 launched in India, priced between Rs. 4499 and Rs. 6799

Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503 India launch

Nokia Asha 502 Dual SIM went on sale in India silently earlier this week. Today, Nokia has launched the Asha 500, Asha 502 and the Asha 503 in India. All these phones have a new crystal-clear look fusion of ice-like transparency and bold inner color. The Nokia Asha 500 comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA (320 x 240 pixels) and is based on the latest Nokia Asha software platform with Swipe UI. It has a 2 MP rear camera, 2G, WiFi, Bluetooth and FM Radio. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 500, 502 and 503 launched in India, priced between Rs. 4499 and Rs. 6799”

Nokia Lumia 525 announced in India, goes on sale in the first week of January 2014

Nokia has just announced the Lumia 525 in India at the 6th Annual Strategy Sharing Summit in Goa. The Lumia 525 is the successor of the most popular Lumia 520, which is the cheapest Lumia smartphone. Main upgrade is the RAM, which has been upgraded from 512MB to 1GB. It was unveiled last month and has a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) IPS display at 235 ppi, super sensitive touch for finger nail and glove use and is powered by a 1 GHz dual core Snapdragon S4 processor. It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with 720p HD video recording, packs 1430 mAh battery. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 525 announced in India, goes on sale in the first week of January 2014”

Lava Iris 402+ with 4-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor up for pre-order at Rs. 5678

Lava Iris 402 Plus

Lava launched the Iris 402 back in August along with the Iris 356, an affordable 3G smartphone. Now the Iris 402+ has appeared on the official website. Most of the specifications are similar to the Iris 402, but the Iris 402+ packs a faster 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, comes with 4GB of internal memory and has 512MB of RAM. It has a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has 3G support, Dual SIM with dual standby, 3MP rear camera and VGA front-facing camera. Continue reading “Lava Iris 402+ with 4-inch display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor up for pre-order at Rs. 5678”

Motorola Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update

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Motorola has started rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Moto G earlier than expected. Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 update directly, skipping the Android 4.4.1 update. The new update brings Android KitKat features such as restyled status and navigation bars, full-screen mode, color emoji, smarter power use and more. In our Moto G review we felt the camera was too plain and lacked some important features. This update finally brings new camera features, including the most expected manual focus and exposure control. Continue reading “Motorola Moto G gets the Android 4.4.2 KitKat update”

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas now available for Android

GTA San Andreas

Rockstar Games released the Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for iOS devices earlier this month, as they promised. The game is now available for Android smartphones and tablets.It is available only for select Android devices at the moment, since it might not be optimized for your device yet. The game is likely to get an update soon to support more devices. As usual it supports select Bluetooth controllers and USB gamepads. Continue reading “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas now available for Android”

Nokia Moneypenny rumored to launch as Lumia 630 or Lumia 635

Last month evleaks revealed codenames of upcoming Nokia phones – Goldfinger, Moneypenny, Normandy, Phantom and Spinel. We had already heard that Goldfinger would be one of the first Windows Phone Blue devices with 3D Touch features. Now @evleaks has revealed that Nokia Moneypenny would be launched in two variants, Lumia 630 or Lumia 635, based on the configuration. Continue reading “Nokia Moneypenny rumored to launch as Lumia 630 or Lumia 635”

Pebble SmartWatch App Store heading your way early 2014

The Pebble Smartwatch has proven to be quite popular and has amassed a fair amount of developer support. Due to the lack of a consolidated place to get hold of these applications and watchfaces, users have to hunt through third party apps and websites to download them. Pebble aims to solve this problem with the launch of their app store early 2014.

The new App Store will be a part of an updated application for both iOS and Android and will have subdivisions in seven categories. Continue reading “Pebble SmartWatch App Store heading your way early 2014”

Camera+ 5 for iPhone brings The Lab with photo editing features and a new UI

Camera Plus 5 for iPhone

Camera+ has received a huge update to version 5.0 that brings a lot of new features including The Lab with world-class photo editing features, Shooting refinements, iPhone wallpaper crops, New icons and more. This update also brings a Slick, intuitive user interface to match iOS 7’s new design.

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Dolphin Zero privacy-focused browser launched for Android

Dolphin Zero for Android

Dolphin Browser has launched Dolphin Zero, a new private browser that automatically deletes your data including browsing history, cache, passwords and cookies to make your browsing experience completely private. The browser has aggressive shredder to make sure to automatically delete any traces from your browsing, so no data is stored, says the company. Continue reading “Dolphin Zero privacy-focused browser launched for Android”