Oppo Find 7 launching in India by mid-2014, plans to launch six more smartphones by Dec 2014

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Oppo India has announced that it would launch the Find 7, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in the country by mid-2014. Oppo entered into the Indian market with the Oppo N1 and later introduced the Oppo Neo, Find 5 Mini and Oppo R1 in the Indian market. It plans to expand its portfolio to over 10 mobile phones across different categories in India by December 2014. Continue reading “Oppo Find 7 launching in India by mid-2014, plans to launch six more smartphones by Dec 2014”

Hike Messenger now lets users enjoy unlimited SMS

With competition in the instant messaging platform heating up by day, players are finding ways to attract users. Hike messenger which recently clocked 15 million users has announced a new offer to increase its user base. The instant mobile messaging platform from Bharti Soft Bank (BSB) is now offering unlimited SMS to its users.

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Sprint rolls out Android 4.4.3 update for Nexus 5

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U.S. carrier Sprint has announced that it would roll out Android 4.4.3 update (Build KTU84F) for the Nexus 5 users starting from April 14th. This is a minor upgrade that would enable LTE bands 26 and 41 and also bring some enhancements and bug fixes. Earlier reports revealed that Google would roll out Android 4.4.3 update for the Nexus devices to fix several bugs, including camera related fixes. Continue reading “Sprint rolls out Android 4.4.3 update for Nexus 5”

Gionee Elife E7 mini officially launched in India for Rs. 18999

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Gionee Elife E7 mini that went on sale online in India online last week has been officially launched in India. It was announced in India back in December last year and has a 4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.7 GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450-MP4 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Amigo UI 2.0. It packs a 13-megapixel swivel camera with LED flash and has 12 Levels of Auto Beauty feature for capturing better selfies. Continue reading “Gionee Elife E7 mini officially launched in India for Rs. 18999”

Samsung Galaxy S5 breaks launch day sales record of Galaxy S4

Samsung has announced that its recently launched Galaxy S5 has selling better that its predecessor Galaxy S4. The latest flagship smartphone has set a new record for the company with opening day sales being 30% higher to that of the S4, according to reports from ZDnet Korea. The Galaxy S5 has reportedly sold twice as well in some European market.

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Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 12999

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Asus has launched the Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM (ME175CG) with dual SIM support in India as we reported last week. It was announced at the MWC 2014 earlier this year and packs a 7-inch (1280 x 800) HD LED Backlit IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2520 processor and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean). Asus launched the Fonepad 7, a 7-inch tablet with 3G, 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 processor and voice calling capabilities in India last year. Continue reading “Asus Fonepad 7 Dual SIM launched in India for Rs. 12999”

Google Glass to get Android 4.4 KitKat update with several new features

Google has announced that it is rolling out Android 4.4 update to Google Glass along with other improvements. The company is launching the update soon after last week’s announcement which will allow the US buyers to shop the Google Glass for a limited period of time on April 15th.

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Universal Windows apps start showing up on the Windows Phone 8.1 Store

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Just after rolling out the Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview, universal Windows apps, the key factor Microsoft aims to attract developers with, are already starting to show up on the store. Microsoft announced this new addition, along with several other enhancements to the developer side of things on Windows Phone, in a blog post today. Developers can now link their Windows Phone apps and Windows apps, as Microsoft has unified the Store front on both the platforms, with the same pricing and even streamlined in-app purchases. Apple has been allowing universal apps between the two form factors iOS is based on, but Microsoft is taking it to another level with support for all of its consumer platforms that occupy a wide range of form factors, from phones to tablets to desktops and even its Xbox gaming console on a TV.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Benchmarks

The Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 stands out as perhaps the biggest Android tablet that you can get at the moment. The tablet is not only physically large, it also packs in it some serious firepower in the form of specifications. Under the hood is a 1.9Ghz Exynos 5 Octa processor paired with 3GB of RAM. The Exynos 5 Octa or the Exynos 5420 SoC has the big.LITTLE architecture where it pairs two clusters of four cores each. By switching between two clusters of Cortex A7 or Cortex A15 cores depending on the task load, the OS can optimize for battery life and performance.Samsung Note Pro 12.2 -13

Unlike the Exynos 5422 variant of the chipset that is found in the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 does not have HMP (Heterogeneous Multi Processing) enabled which means that the OS cannot schedule task threads on all 8 cores simultaneously. While we’ll talk in detail about real life performance in our full review, here’s a couple of benchmarks to give you a comparative idea of how the Note Pro 12.2 fares against other popular Android tablets across categories. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 Benchmarks”

Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview Update is now live

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As promised, Microsoft has initiated the Developer Preview program today, for its latest and greatest mobile operating system, Windows Phone 8.1. Touting a new virtual assistant, tile backgrounds and a lot more, the update is now available for download as a part of the enthusiast program that officially started with the GDR3 update for Windows Phone 8. Microsoft had its grand reveal of the newest operating system at the Build developers conference, with them showing off all the new features in a lengthy keynote. The highlight was, of course, Cortana, the new virtual assistant that provides a combination of functionality from Apple’s Siri and Google’s own Voice and contextual assistant.

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Lenovo S660 with 4.7-inch display, 3000 mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 13999

Lenovo S660 Lenovo has launch the S660, the company’s latest smartphone in the S Series in India. It was announced  at the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona earlier this year and packs a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Lenovo’s custom UI on top. Continue reading “Lenovo S660 with 4.7-inch display, 3000 mAh battery launched in India for Rs. 13999”

India leads in highest Facebook content censorship requests

India has become the number one country in the world to make maximum requests for content censorship on Facebook. The world’s largest social revealed in its Second Transparency Report that the Indian Government made 3,598 requests and asked for access to over 4,711 accounts.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Galaxy S4 Photo Gallery

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We hope that you’ve already checked out our photo gallery of the Samsung Galaxy S5. We’ve also released the Benchmarks for the Exynos version of the device. Now here is a photo gallery comparing the Galaxy S5 to the Galaxy S4.

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44% of registered Twitter users never Tweeted: Report

A recent report from Twopcharts has revealed that users on Twitter are not that engaged as it might look. The site that monitors Twitter account activity has stated that 44% of 974 million registered users have never sent one single tweet, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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Samsung Galaxy S5 Exynos 5 Octa Benchmarks

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Samsung launched the Galaxy S5, the company’s latest smartphone powered by the latest Exynos 5 Octa chip last week . We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the device, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 5422 processor based on ARM big.LITTLE architecture and 28nm High K Metal Gate Process technology, similar to the previous Exynos 5 chips. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S5 Exynos 5 Octa Benchmarks”