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Spice Mobility launches AndroidLand stores in Bangalore and Noida in India

Spice AndroidLand

Spice Mobility, one of the popular Indian retailers has launched the first two AndroidLand stores in India. These two AndroidLand, Android branded retail experience stores are located in Koramangala, Bangalore and at The Great India Place Mall, Noida. These multi-location stores will offer Android experiences created for its customers and will showcase a comprehensive range of Android devices, services and accessories, says Spice. There were reports about the store back in June. Continue reading “Spice Mobility launches AndroidLand stores in Bangalore and Noida in India”

Firefox OS Update (1.1) brings new features, performance improvements and more

Hardly a monthly has passed since the first Firefox OS hit the market and we are already seeing an update being rolled out to those phones. The Firefox OS has been updated to version 1.1 bringing along a plethora of features and significant performance improvements. According to Firefox, a number of improvements have been made under the hood.

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Xolo Q700i with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 11999

Xolo Q700i, the new Xolo phone in the Q CORE series that was spotted online earlier this week, is now available from online retailers Flipkart and Infibeam. Xolo launched the Q700 back in May, and most of the features in the Q700i are similar to the Q700. It has a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) 16M color capacitive touch screen IPS display based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 2400 mAh battery. Continue reading “Xolo Q700i with 4.5-inch display, Android 4.2 now available for Rs. 11999”

Microsoft to release Remote Desktop apps for iOS and Android this month

Remote Desktop has been a popular feature for Windows PCs for a long time, mainly used to remotely help your friends or family, usually for troubleshooting. The Server-Client methodology has enabled the clients to exist on many platforms. In fact, the Remote Desktop Protocol is widely known to be used in third party apps, but as always, nothing comes close to the apps done by the people who created it. Microsoft are doing just that, by releasing Remote Desktop apps for iOS and Android later this month, according to the company’s own press release.

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DataWind launches UbiSlate 7Cx, 3G7 and 9Ci Android tablets starting from Rs. 3999

DataWind 7Cx

Datawind, the company behind the low-cost Aakash tablets has launched three new tablets, UbiSlate 7Cx, UbiSlate 3G7 and the UbiSlate 9Ci. The UbiSlate 7Cx is the cheapest among these, which comes with a 7-inch capactive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (ICS). It also comes with 2G (EDGE) connectivity. The UbiSlate 3G7 also has a 7-inch capactive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz Cortex A8 processor and runs on Android 4.0 (ICS). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It also has 3G data connectivity, WiFi and Bluetooth support. Continue reading “DataWind launches UbiSlate 7Cx, 3G7 and 9Ci Android tablets starting from Rs. 3999”

Apple iPhone 5s Leather Case Unboxing and Demo

We have had the Apple iPhone 5s with us for a while now. You might have seen us mention in the 5s Dock Unboxing that we had picked up a couple of accessories for the device from the Hong Kong Apple Store and the Yellow leather case is one of them. Launched with the iPhone 5s, the leather case comes in various colours. The “Yellow” one is more of a flourescent green in real. Want to know how it looks and fits on the iPhone 5s? Check out our unboxing and demo video –

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Amkette launches Metal and Solo portable speakers in India, starts from Rs. 1295

Amkette Metal

Amkette has launched Metal and Solo, new speakers in the Trubeats range along with the Free Spirit and Slix headphones in India. The Amkette Metal is designed to produce the loudest sound from possibly the smallest space, while the Solo range is a colorful range aimed at youth segment. The Metal is Bluetooth-enabled speakers which also has a built in microphone so that you can answer calls when it’s connected to a phone. Solo is a ultra-portable speakers which connects to devices over a 3.5mm audio jack and the Solo Wireless has Bluetooth connectivity. The Solo series also has bass amplification tunnel. The Solo speaker has inbuilt microphones for calls. Continue reading “Amkette launches Metal and Solo portable speakers in India, starts from Rs. 1295”

Amkette Free Spirit and Slix headphones launched in India

Amkette Slix

Amkette just announced the launch of a couple of headphones in India. The newly launched headphones include the Amkette Free Spirit and Slix.

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iBall Andi 4a Projector Smartphone Unboxing

iBall Andi 4a Projector Unboxing-11

Remember Samsung Galaxy Beam Projector Smartphone? If you don’t, no problem. Today we have iBall Andi 4a Projector smartphone that comes with a very unique feature of having a projector on it. Just like the other phones in the Andi series, the Andi 4a runs on Android and it features mid-range specifications. It has a 4.0-inch (480×800 pixels) display, powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Cortex A9 Processor, runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and a 8MP rear camera. It has 35 lumens projector that allows users to project instantly up to 10 feet by 8 feet in VGA (480 x 640 pixels) resolution. The projector has a contrast ratio of 1200:1. You can check out the unboxing video of the projector phone right below.

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HTC Desire 500 officially launched in India for Rs. 21490

HTC Desire 500 Dual SIM

HTC has officially launched the Desire 500, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone in the Desire series. It went on sale in India online earlier this week and packs a 4.3-inch (480 × 800 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean) with Sense 5. It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and BSI sensor and a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera with BSI sensor. It has BlinkFeed and Video Highlight features and has dual SIM support. Continue reading “HTC Desire 500 officially launched in India for Rs. 21490”

MediaTek licenses ARM Cortex-A50 Series CPUs and new Mali GPUs

MediaTek has announced that they have acquired a broad license to Cortex-A50 Series processor cores and the next generation of ARM Mali Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) solutions. MediaTek already uses ARM Coretex A7, Cortex A9 and Cortex A15 CPUs for their quad-core and dual-core chips. The company recently announced a True Octa-Core chip solution and also revealed MT8135 quad-core chip based on ARM big.LITTLE and with PowerVR Series6 GPU. Continue reading “MediaTek licenses ARM Cortex-A50 Series CPUs and new Mali GPUs”

Samsung SM-G910S Curved Display phone gets leaked

Prolific leaker of upcoming devices ie Evleaks just tweeted out two images of Samsung’s new curved display handset. The SM-G910S which will most definitely be given a more consumer friendly name by launch is expected to be a variant of the Galaxy Note 3. Continue reading “Samsung SM-G910S Curved Display phone gets leaked”

Twitter for Windows Phone updated with Dark Theme option and Lock Screen highlights

It’s been a while since the official Twitter for Windows Phone app got its updates. It had unsurprisingly missed the conversation thread update iOS and Android received. While that feature has still evaded the platform, we have news of an update for the app. The app now arguably brings more choices and interesting changes to the Twitter experience on your Windows Phone. Most notable of the new additions are the new dark theme option and lock screen highlights. Users can now choose between a light and dark theme and have Twitter set as the lock screen picture(using Windows Phone 8’s unique feature) to show recent highlights from your feed.

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Spice Smart Flo Pace 3 Mi-502n with 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor launched for Rs. 7499

Spice Smart Flo Pace 3 Mi-502n

S Mobility has launched the Smart Flo Pace 3 Mi-502n, the company’s latest smartphone in the Smart Flo series. The Spice Smart Flo Pace 2 Mi-502 was launched back in April, and this has a similar 5-inch (480 x 800 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display. This is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flah and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Spice Smart Flo Pace 3 Mi-502n with 5-inch display, 1.3 GHz dual-core processor launched for Rs. 7499”

Vodafone plans to increase its stake in the Indian unit

Vodafone in planning to buy out minority shareholders in its Indian arm for about US$2 billion, according to a recent report from the Financial Times. Vodafone owns about 64% of Vodafone India. Piramal Healthcare run by Billionaire industrialist Ajay Piramal has 11% stake and the remaining 25% stake is controlled by undisclosed minority shareholders. Continue reading “Vodafone plans to increase its stake in the Indian unit”