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Oppo Find 5 Unboxing ( Midnight Black Version )

Oppo Find 5 Unboxing

The Oppo Find 5 was announced back in December 2012 and we did get our sweet short hands-on time with this device with jaw-dropping looks. It is a great looking phone which is solidly built and has powerful internals and an excellent display and priced very reasonably. The package is very well designed and premium and we felt like we were dealing with an expensive piece of jewellery or an high-end electronic device.

Here is the unboxing video of the Find 5 which comes in rather special packaging for a mobile phone.

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Acer Iconia A1 tablet with 7.9-inch IPS display, Android 4.2 goes official

Acer has officially announced the Iconia A1-810 tablet that surfaced last month. It has a 7.9-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a VGA (0.3MP) front-facing camera. It comes in Wi-Fi-only and 3G + WiFi variants. Acer launched the Iconia B1 with a 7-inch display and a dual-core Mediatek processor in India earlier this year, so we can expect this table to launch in India. Continue reading “Acer Iconia A1 tablet with 7.9-inch IPS display, Android 4.2 goes official”

Gangstar Vegas open-world action game coming soon to Android, iPhone and iPad

Gangstar Vegas

Gameloft has released a teaser for their upcoming game Gangstar Vegas. It is an open-world action game, just like the GTA franchise. Rockstar games released the Grand Theft Auto: Vice City game for Android and iOS last year to celebrate the 10th anniversary of game, and the Grand Theft Auto III was released back in 2011. Gameloft released the Iron Man 3 game for Android and iOS recently as a free game, but this is likely to be released as at a premium price just like GTA.

Here is a teaser for the Gangstar Vegas game from Gameloft

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Samsung Galaxy S4 vs HTC One Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One are the latest and hottest Android smartphones. Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 in India last week. We brought you benchmarks of the Galaxy S4 powered by the Exynos 5 Octa last week, and benchmark comparison between the Snapdragon 600 and the Exynos 5 Octa earlier this week. The HTC was the first to release in the global market, but it yet to go on sale in India. We brought you the benchmarks of the HTC One last month. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 vs HTC One Benchmarks”

Motorola X Phone images show up on the internet

Motorola has long been known to be working on a flagship product to finally make them relevant in the Android smartphone segment. Despite being a part of Google, the company has struggled to be of any significance. The Motorola X is supposed to be the answer to those problems and thanks to Evleaks, we might have got our first look at the handset.

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Qatar Foundation buys 5% stake in Bharti Airtel for $1.26 billion

Bharti Airtel, India’s largest telecom operator will sell 5 percent stake to Doha-based Qatar Foundation Endowment for $1.26 billion (~Rs. 6,800 crore) by issuing 199,870,006 new shares at a price of Rs. 340 apiece, according to a recent report from Economic Times. Bharti reported its 13th successive drop in quarterly profits yesterday, with a near 50 percent fall in profits compared with a year earlier. This move would ease the debt burden on Airtel. Continue reading “Qatar Foundation buys 5% stake in Bharti Airtel for $1.26 billion”

Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali App now available for Windows Phone

Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali for Windows Phone

Green Gold Animation and Microsoft India has launched Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali application for Windows Phone. This app offers exclusive images, song previews, trailers and a lot more from the movie is releasing today May 3rd 2013. The app is already available for Android and iPhone. Chhota Bheem and the Curse of Damyaan app was released last year. You can read about the cast, watch trailers, listen to movie songs and shop for favorite Chhota Bheem merchandise. Continue reading “Chhota Bheem and the Throne of Bali App now available for Windows Phone”

Instagram for Android and iPhone updated with Photos of You feature

Instagram Photos of You

Instagram has updated the Android and iPhone apps to version 3.5 that brings the new Photos of You feature that would let you tag people to your photos. You can view all the photos you have been tagged in the Photos of You section on your profile. Once a person adds you, you’ll receive a notification and the photo will appear in your Photos of You. Continue reading “Instagram for Android and iPhone updated with Photos of You feature”

Wynncom launches G58, G51, G32 and G1 Android smartphones, starts from Rs. 4499

Wynncom G58

Wynncom Mobiles has launched 4 new Android smartphones, G58, G51, G32 and G1 under their Wynncom Wiz G-series in India. The Wynncom G58 has a 5-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and has 3G support. The G51 comes with a 5-inch (480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor, but comes only with 2G (EDGE) support. Both these phones run on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Both the Wynncom G32 and the G1 come with a 3.5-inch (480 x 320 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor and run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Wynncom launches G58, G51, G32 and G1 Android smartphones, starts from Rs. 4499”

Samsung Galaxy Note 510 officially launched in India for Rs. 30900

Samsung has officially launched the Galaxy Note 510, their latest tablet in India. It was first announced as the Galaxy Note 8.0 at MWC 2013, and it was unveiled in India as the Note 510 back in March. Samsung started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Note 510 (GT-N51000) and it went on sale from the official eStore earlier this week. It has a 8.0-inch (1280 × 800 pixels) TFT display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It also comes with 3G support and voice calling. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 510 officially launched in India for Rs. 30900”

Huawei Ascend Mate coming soon to India priced under Rs. 30000

Huawei has confirmed that the company would launch the Ascend Mate in India soon priced under Rs. 30,000. Huawei unveiled the Ascend Mate along with the Ascend D2 earlier this year at the CES 2013. The Ascend Mate has a 6.1-inch 720p display, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Hi-Silicon K3V2 processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s EmotionUI 1.5 on top. It is 9.9 mm thick and weighs 198 grams. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend Mate coming soon to India priced under Rs. 30000”

Samsung Galaxy S4 gets first software update to improve stability

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It’s been barely a week since Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 in India and the device has already got a software update via OTA.The update brings stability improvements to the S4 and looks like an initial bug fix update.The phone is already running on Android 4.2.2 and this looks like a low level firmware update and not an OS update. The size of the update is 53.76MB. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 gets first software update to improve stability”

Angry Birds for Windows Phone gets 100 new levels, available for free till 15th May

Rovio has announced that the most popular Angry Birds game would be available for Windows Phone devices for free till 15th May 2013. The Angry Birds game for Windows Phone 8 has over 400 levels and has Xbox Live integration with new achievements and leaderboards! Amazing Alex is the latest game from Rovio to arrive for Windows Phone 8 devices. Both the Angry Birds Star Wars and Angry Birds Space were released for Windows Phone devices last year. Continue reading “Angry Birds for Windows Phone gets 100 new levels, available for free till 15th May”

Zync Quad 10.1 with Full HD display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 14990

Zync Quad10.1

Zync has launched the Quad 10.1, the company’s new Android tablet with a 10.1-inch (1920 x 1200) Full HD display. The company launched 3 new tablets, Dual 7.0, Quad 8.0 and Quad 9.7 tablets running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) back in March. We revieed the Quad 9.7 that has a 9.7-inch display at a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels, similar to the iPad’s Retina’s display. The Zync Quad 10.1 is powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus camera on the back and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Zync Quad 10.1 with Full HD display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 14990”

iBall Andi 5L with 5-inch display gets priced at Rs. 10490, Andi 5Li coming soon

iBall Andi 5L

iBall Andi 5L, the company new Android smartphone in the Andi series is priced at Rs. 10,490 on online retail site Flipkart. This would be the company’s second Android smartphone with a 5-inch display after the Andi 5c that was released last August. Andi 5Li, an upgraded version of the Andi 5L has been spotted on the official iBall website. Both the Andi 5L and the 5Li would come with a 5-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display and powered by a dual-core 1GHz Cortex A9 processor. The Andi 5L runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and the Andi 5Li is expected to come with Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) on-board. These phones would also have dual SIM support. The Andi 5L would come with a Stylus. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5L with 5-inch display gets priced at Rs. 10490, Andi 5Li coming soon”