Obi Mobiles, based in Gurgaon announced the launch of India operations back in April. The company is promoted by Inflexionpoint, popular IT supply chain company co-founded by John Sculley, Ex CEO of Apple. The Obi Octopus S520 that was launched earlier this month is the company’s first smartphone. Priced at Rs. 11,990, it is one of the cheapest smartphones powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek processor in India. Check out the unboxing below.
Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, the company’s latest flagship tablet in the Tab S range in India earlier this month. Even though the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Edition and the Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 had 2560×1600 WQXGA resolution screens, this is the first time Samsung has used WQXGA Super AMOLED display on a tablet. The main USP of the tablet is its display, and Samsung has implemented new technologies to improve the display. Is this the best high-end Android tablet? Let us find out in the complete review. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Review”
Users of Windows Phone devices have long been left out of the fitness bands and wearables group due to lack of official applications on the platform. Earlier this year, Microsoft had claimed that it was working on changing that. With the Windows Phone 8.1 update, the mobile operating system got much improved bluetooth support including much needed Bluetooth LE support which is most important for low power wearables. Fitbit is the first company to take advantage of it. Continue reading “Fitbit comes to Windows Phone 8.1”
Users of the unlocked HTC One M8 based in Europe are now receiving the Android v4.4.3 update for their devices. This comes only a handful days after US folks got treated to the update.
The update takes the software version to 2.22.401.4, and measures a hefty 613MB. So make sure you’re loaded with either WiFi or a high-speed 3G pack before you head out for the update.
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The duo of China’s Xiaomi and India’s Flipkart is all set to open sale for the Xiaomi Mi3 smartphone later today.
This will now be the second time that the device goes on sale in the country on Flipkart. Earlier, the Mi3 went on sale on the 22nd this month when stocks vanished in a matter of under 40 minutes. Flipkart and Xiaomi would hope to repeat the successful sale sans the server crash that Flipkart had to face.
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Samsung launched the Galaxy K zoom in India earlier this month, exclusively on Amazon.in. As a launch offer, it offers Auto PoP cover worth Rs. 1,999 free with the smartphone . We already unboxed the camera-centric K zoom smartphone, here we have the unboxing of the Auto Pop Cover for the K zoom. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy K zoom Auto PoP Cover Unboxing”
Google has added a brand new section to Play Store that is dedicated to offline games. Offline games are those which require no internet connection at the time of playing of them.
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Microsoft’s mobile division today started rolling out Nokia X software platform 1.2 update for the Nokia X, X+ and XL When the company launched the Nokia X2, based on Nokia X Software Platform 2.0, it announced that older Nokia X devices would not get the 2.0 update due to hardware constraints. Continue reading “Nokia X Software Platform 1.2 update starts rolling out for Nokia X, X+ and XL”
In a surprising incident, a customer who had ordered Windows Phone powered Xolo Q900s has received an Android variant of the same device from Flipkart. Xolo unveiled the Android version of the Q900s last week almost a month after launching a Windows model of the same variant.
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Samsung Galaxy Star 2 Plus (SM-G350E), an entry-level smartphone has been listed on the official Samsung India eStore. It is the same Samsung Galaxy Star Advance smartphone that was said to be launching in India. It has a 4.3-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Star 2 Plus with Android 4.4 listed on official India eStore”
Apple is all set to acquire radio service Swell for $30 million, according to report from Re/Code. The iOS app will shut down its service and CEO Ram Ramkumar along with other members will join Apple, a result of the acquisition, added the report.
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ACT (Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.), popular for its Fiber Optic home broadband has launched its new broadband brand called ACT Fibernet. It has also updated its plans for Bangalore. Customers who are currently in older plans would be automatically upgraded to new plans automatically without extra cost.
Earlier this month LG G Vista surfaced via press images. Today a user manual of LG G Vista for AT&T has leaked, confirming that along with Verizon, the smartphone will also be available with AT&T.
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LG is working on a 5 inch Windows Phone under the model number LG D635. According to Alan Mendelevich, the founder of cross-promotion network AdDuplex, the handset has showed up in the network’s database.
Continue reading “LG’s 5 inch Windows Phone 8.1 handset launching soon?”
Airtel today announced that it has cross 300 million customers across its operations globally. This includes, mobile, fixed line & DSL, and DTH services. Earlier this year the company crossed 200 million mobile subscriber mark in India. Since it began its operation in 1995, Airtel reach 100 million customers mark in 2009 and crossed the 200 million mark in 2012. The latest 100 million customers have joined the Airtel family in less than two years, says the company. Continue reading “Airtel reaches 300 million customers”
