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Nokia “Zoom Reinvented” event in New York on July 11, could it be the Nokia EOS launch ?

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Nokia has sent out invites to some media outlets inlcuding Pocket-Lint for an event in New York on July 11th with the tagline “Zoom Reinvented”. It is almost certain from the invite that Nokia will launch a camera centric phone. Nokia has already said that it is bringing the Lumia 925 to the US on T-Mobile during the London launch event so it is certainly not got anything to do with the Lumia 925. Could we finally have the true successor to the PureView 808 in the form of the Nokia device codenamed EOS running Windows Phone ? We have seen some recent leaks of that device.

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Broadcom announces BCM23550 quad-core chip aimed at entry-level Android Smartphones

Broadcom BCM23550

Broadcom has announced their first qaud-core chip that is aimed at entry-level mass market customers. The Broadcom BCM23550 would directly compete with MediaTek MT6589 that is being used on most of the affordable Android smartphones. Broadcom signed up for ARMv7 and ARMv8 Architecture licenses earlier this year. The new chip uses Broadcom’s own VideoCore IV technology with support for OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics processing, that is used in most of their chips including the BCM28155 on the Galaxy Grand Duos. Continue reading “Broadcom announces BCM23550 quad-core chip aimed at entry-level Android Smartphones”

Blogger app for Android updated, brings Tablet support finally

Blogger for Android Tablet support

Google has updated the official Blogger app to version 2.0.41 that brings support for Android tablets finally. The Blogger Android app was released back in February 2011. The app had seen several changes since the launch, but it took more than 2 years for Google to bring the tablet support. This update also brings improved compose screen with WYSIWYG editor for existing posts that was introduced for the iOS app in version 2.1.7.1. Blogger for iOS got iPad support back in November last year. Continue reading “Blogger app for Android updated, brings Tablet support finally”

Google releases Cloud Print app for Android

Google Cloud Print for Android

Google has released Cloud Print app for Android. This lets you send a picture or a document from your Android device to a cloud print-connected printer. You can also track the status of your print jobs from the app easily. Google Chrome for iPhone and iPad were updated recently with Cloud Print features. Google Print is already available for Chrome for Android, Google Drive for Android, Gmail Mobile app.

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Yahoo acquires iOS photography app maker GhostBird Software to improve Flickr app

Yahoo has announced that they have acquired GhostBird Software, creators of popular iOS photography apps KitCam and PhotoForge2. GhostBird Software has shut down their official website including their iOS apps that would no longer be available for purchase from the iTunes App Store. Those who downloaded the app can still use it, but it can’t be downloaded again. Yahoo introduced a redesigned Flickr app last month and offered 1 terabyte of free storage for all. Continue reading “Yahoo acquires iOS photography app maker GhostBird Software to improve Flickr app”

Indian Railways to introduce SMS-based ticket booking from July 1st

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IRCTC has announced that SMS-based ticket booking on July 1st. IRCTC would also launch the USSD (Unstructured supplementary data) based booking soon. The designated number for booking would be unveiled later. For the SMS-based ticket service, customers need to register with their banks (26 banks are supported) to generate a Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) and a one-time password (OTP). For the menu-based USSD system, the payment can be authorized through a mobile wallet which requires mPIN. 6 tickets can be booked in a single transaction similar to the online booking. Continue reading “Indian Railways to introduce SMS-based ticket booking from July 1st”

HTC Butterfly S images surface, shows dual front-facing speakers

HTC Butterfly S leak

Earlier this week HTC announced that they are planning to launch the Butterfly S in Taiwan on June 19th. Now the images of the Butterfly S has surfaced from a Chinese website VR-Zone. This reveals a simlar HTC Butterfly Design, but this one has dual front-facing stereo speakers similar to the HTC One and the Desire 600 with BoomSound. According to earlier rumors the Butterfly S is likely to come with 5-icnh 1080p full HD display, Android Jelly Bean OS with Sense 5, Ultrapixel camera and features like HTC Zoe and Blinkfeed. Continue reading “HTC Butterfly S images surface, shows dual front-facing speakers”

Whatsapp processes a record 27 billion messages in a day

Whatsapp, the ubiquitous instant messaging service, has hit a new record – a whopping 27 billion messages processed in a day. They tweeted out this announcement by explaining the split between outbound and inbound messages over a period of 24 hours. By comparison, Apple’s iMessage service processes around 1 billion messages a day which is a far cry from Whatsapp’s numbers. Having used the innovative form of tying up the service with a phone number, Whatsapp skyrocketed to popularity especially in India as it was basically used as a free SMS service when SMS rates were high and notorious in public holidays.

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HTC One mini surfaces in a new image

HTC One mini leak

Specifications of the HTC One mini (M4) surfaced first in February earlier this year. Press image of the device surfaced back in May along with the rumored specs. It was caught on camera earlier this month that showed the chin and the bottom part of the device, now the whole front part of the device have been revealed in an image from Engadget. It confirms that the device is indeed the M4 and would come with a 4.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display and powered by a 1.4 GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor. Continue reading “HTC One mini surfaces in a new image”

Apple to launch bigger 4.7, 5.7 inch iPhones with colours?

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Get your daily dozes of salts ready, the Internet is quoting anonymous sources for cheaper, colourful and bigger Apple iPhones again. No, seriously, the cheaper iPhone especially has been a long time coming, right since the iPhone 4S, but it didn’t materialize because it never made business sense for Apple. But we are now seeing Apple lose its dominance and coolness, with the latest iOS 7 re-haul being the latest effort to being cool again. Apple also knows that there is a huge demand for big screened phones, popularized by Samsung and colours, popularized by Nokia.

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Sony Mobile announces an event in Paris on July 4th, teases a slim Xperia smartphone

Sony Xperia Paris Invite

Sony Mobile has started sending press invite in France for an event on July 4th. Last week the company had announced an event in Germany on June 25th. The translation reads “Sony Mobile reserves a big surprise for you” and “Do not forget to mark your calendars!” part is shown written using a stylus. Looks like it might come with a stylus. It also shows the side part of the device which is pretty sleek with a new power button similar to the latest Xperia devices, 3.5mm audio jack, volume rocker and a dedicated camera button. Continue reading “Sony Mobile announces an event in Paris on July 4th, teases a slim Xperia smartphone”

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7-inch and Fire HD 8.9-inch tablets launched in India starting at Rs. 15999

Amazon has finally released the Kindle Fire HD and Fire HD 8.9″ tablets in India. Both these tablets were announced last year. The Kindle Fire HD has a 7-inch (1280×720 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz TI OMAP4460 Dual Core CPU. The Kindle Fire HD 8.9″ has a 8.9-inch (1920 x 1200 pixels) display with 254 ppi. Both these tablets have Dolby audio with dual stereo speakers for immersive, virtual surround sound and Dual-band WiFi with dual-antennas / MIMO for 40% faster throughput than other tablets. These run on a forked version of Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7-inch and Fire HD 8.9-inch tablets launched in India starting at Rs. 15999”

Samsung tests the reliability of the Galaxy S4 in a new video

Samsung Galaxy S4 Drop and Impact tests

Samsung has released a new video that tests the reliability of the device in several tests such as Dropping Test, Tumble test, Impact test, Sink Test, Temperature & Humidity Test. We had already seen several videos of Nokia phones undergoing such tests, but this is the first time Samsung is releasing a reliability test video for their flagship smartphone. Want to find how reliable the S4 is? Check out the official Galaxy S4 reliability test video.

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Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo now available in India for Rs. 6990

Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo (GT-S5312) is now available in India from online retailers Flipkart and Snapdeal. It was announced back in April along with the Galaxy Star and was spotted on the official Samsung India website last month. The Galaxy Star was officially launched in India last month. It has a 3-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 850 MHz processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and comes with Dual SIM support with Dual SIM Always ON that lets you receive calls on one SIM even when you are using the other one. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo now available in India for Rs. 6990”

N.O.V.A. 3 available on Windows Phone 8 as Nokia Lumia exclusive

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Gameloft’s popular game, N.O.V.A. 3 just went on sale on the Windows Phone platform as a Lumia exclusive. The game that clocks in at 1017 MB requires you to have close to 4GB of storage available before you can install it. Available on iOS and Android as well, it is a typical space themed 3D shooter that allows you to run, shoot, drive vehicles amongst other things. Continue reading “N.O.V.A. 3 available on Windows Phone 8 as Nokia Lumia exclusive”