Earlier this year rumors about Amazon’s gaming console running Android surfaced. Today, Dave Zats spotted a gaming controller with Amazon branding at Brazilian cetification website, similar to FCC. It did not have any other details, but we can clearly see a layout, similar to the gaming controllers for Android. You can see three familiar Android buttons for back, home and menu, below the Amazon logo. Continue reading “Amazon Game controller for Android-based console surfaces”
When Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom last year, a lot of folks were confused if it was a camera or a smartphone – apparently, it was both. Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, getting its moniker from the then company flagship, was expected to come with the top of the line specs, but it wasn’t true then. Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom was modest in terms of specifications and came with a 16MP camera on its back along with a 10x optical zoom. The device looked more like a camera than a smartphone.
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Oppo is all set to unveil the Find 7, the company’s upcoming smartphones in two variants at an event on March 19th. A webio user has posted images of the Oppo Find 7 HD, the 1080p version of the device. Chinese website Mydrivers has managed to grab these images, before it was removed. A weibo user has posted the image of the retail box. It is not clear if both the variants would come with similar packing. Continue reading “Oppo Find 7 live shots and retail package surfaces”
Rumors about the Google Smartwatch started few months back, but the existence of Google Smartwatch became strong when Android Chief Sundar Pichai recently announced Google would release Android SDK for wearables later this month. Continue reading “Google Smartwatch made by LG rumored to sport 1.65-inch (280×280) screen, more specs surface”
Last month there were reports that Karbonn would launch dual-OS phones running both Android and Windows Phone by June. Huawei would also launch a similar dual-OS device, running both Android and Windows Phone, according to a recent report from TrustedReviews. This smartphone is expected to go on sale in the US in Q2, 2014, said Chief Marketing Officer Shao Yang, in an interview to the website. Continue reading “Huawei to reportedly launch Android / Windows Phone dual-OS smartphone in Q2 2014”
LG has been coming back to the Android territory rather strongly. The LG Optimus G kicked off things for the South Korean manufacturing giant as it was warmly received by people and Google thought that is how their Nexus range should look like and LG came up with LG Nexus 4 and a similar thing happened with the LG G2 as Google’s Nexus 5 takes its cues from the LG G2. LG G2 was announced sometime in August last year, but it looks like LG G3 could see a June launch giving it time before Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
Earlier this month Samsung accidentally confirmed the Galaxy Tab 4 series in three variants, 10.1, 8.0 and 7.0. Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 (SM-T530) and Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 (SM-T330) already clear FCC. Recently the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 (SM-T535), the LTE variant of the tablet has passed through FCC, that confirms LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, GSM, W-CDMA and Bluetooth connectivity. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 10.1 LTE clears FCC, specs revealed in benchmarks”
Microsoft would offer Windows Phone free, without any licensing fee for its Indian partners, according to a recent report from the Economic Times. Last month Microsoft announced nine new partners, that includes, Karbonn and Xolo from India. Karbonn recently announced that it would launch dual-boot phones in coming months. Xolo did not announce its plans for Windows Phone devices yet, but it recently unveiled Xolo Win, the company’s first Windows 8 tablet powered by AMD chip. Continue reading “Microsoft reportedly makes Windows Phone free for Indian partners”
Without any doubt the Indian smartphone market is booming and everybody wants to get their hands on this smartphone market. Flipkart, currently India’s leading eCommerce giant, has been at the center of this explosion, but only as a retailer. They have witnessed Micromax, a local manufacturer, beat Nokia, Sony, LG, HTC to become India’s second largest smartphone seller. Just recently, they also witnessed and benefitted from the explosive sales of the mid-range smartphone – Motorola Moto G.
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Oppo had been teasing about their upcoming flagship – Oppo Find 7 right from December 2013 and the announcement is more than a week away. In the meantime, there have been numerous leaks suggesting the specifications of the device. Very recently, an image with the specifications of the Find 7 seems to have surfaced online.
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ZTE is currently one of the leading manufacturers of smartphones in the world, but the company is eagerly hoping to taste success outside its home country – China. ZTE had showcased its flagship smartphones at CES 2014 earlier this year and they are rumored to be working on ZTE Grand S EXT.
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Pantech Vega Iron 2, upcoming smartphone from the Korean manufacturer would be the first smartphone to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 processor, according to a report from a Korean website Techorz. The smartphone recently appeared on red dot design website with the model number IM-A910 S,K,L along with an image. This indicates that the phone would launch on all three Korean carriers S (SKT), K (KT) and L (LG U +). Continue reading “Pantech Vega Iron 2 rumored to be the first Snapdragon 805 powered smartphone”
HTC One was a huge hit and went on to be called as one of the greatest Android phones ever made mainly because of its build quality. HTC has retained a larger part of the popular design, tweaked the internals and the camera to come up with their yet to be announced All new HTC One.
Asus was the first company that introduced the concept of Android transformer tablet which a detachable dock. Asus was also the first company that came up with Asus PadFone concept. Despite being innovations of their own, both the series failed commercially. But Asus isn;t giving up. They have launched a lot of Transformer products till now and according to rumors from Italy, the company is working on two more models of Asus Transformer series.
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The Nokia Lumia 630 (code named Moneypenny) has been rumored for a while now and thanks to Evleaks we now get a better look at the handset. The handset which’ll be announced around Build in April will run Windows Phone 8.1. The image reveals subtle breaks from the design language of the Lumia 620 and the 625. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 630 leaked, Loses camera key and flash”
