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Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand has launched MTS Blaze 5.0, the company’s latest dual SIM (CDMA+GSM) smartphone in the Blaze series. It packs a 4.5 FWVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera.
MTS would offer 1,00,000 MB of bundled data valid for one year on first recharge of Rs. 198 in all its circles that includes, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, UP West, West Bengal and Kolkata. It also comes with bundled applications, Live TV, integrated music player, on-call support, Piano lock and more.
Regarding the new launch, Leonid Musatov, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer – MTS India, said,
Smartphones today are one of the biggest drivers of data consumption in the country. Given this reality, MTS India is focused on introducing products and services that are built for a fantastic data experience. Our latest smartphone – Blaze 5.0 sports a five-inch screen, which is an ideal screen size for multimedia and mobile gaming. Leonid further added, “Blaze 5.0 has been powered by the best in class ...
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Facebook is adding more power to Messenger with updates and features. Today, the social network has rolled out instant video messaging feature that will enable users to send 15 second videos within the app. Currently, the video messaging feature has launched to the Facebook Messenger's iOS app and it will soon land on Android as well.
Users will to have to tap and hold in order to send videos similar to Snapchat and Vine. Prior to this update, users could only send in-app pictures and pre-recorded videos stored in the iOS Camera Roll. The update also includes the ability to tap and hold the “thumbs up” button to send a bigger “like.”
Instant video messaging comes to Messenger only few days after Facebook accidentally launched Snapchat rival Slingshot app that enables users to send disappearing photo and video messages. Also earlier in April, Facebook Messenger for iOS and Android received better photo sharing from within the app itself. It also got free voice calling on both of these platforms in March.
You can update the Facebook Messenger iOS app from the Apple iTunes Store here
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Last month Flipkart announced its annual priority subscription service, Flipkart First. Today, the Indian e-commerce giant has rolled out Scheduled Delivery service in selected cities. This will let Flipkart customers to choose a specific date and time for delivery of their orders.
Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata will be the four cities to get the Scheduled Delivery service first. Flipkart will soon extend the service to other cities. The service which is free will let customers can choose delivery slots as early as the next day. Also, in the beginning the it will be available for the large appliances category and will soon include other categories as well.
Schedule Delivery as a feature, serves to enhance the online shopping experience, especially in metros where time constraints are a huge bottleneck for customers. While this is especially true of large appliances – we intend to extend this benefit to other categories soon,
said Rahul Chari, VP, Supply Chain Engineering, Flipkart.
Flipkart is claiming that the Scheduled Delivery service is not offered by any other e-commerce player in India. The Indian e-commerce giant recently acquired fashion portal Myntra and secured $210 million in funding from DST Global and others. Earlier this week, Flipkart announced that ...
Micromax launched the Unite 2, the company's latest budget smartphone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash. It has a 4.7-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with Mali 400 GPU and packs 1GB of RAM. It also comes with 3G connectivity, dual SIM support and a removable 2000 mAh battery.
Here are the specifications of the Micromax Unite 2 A106 before you take a look at the camera samples
4.7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor
Android 4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to future Android version
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with dual standby
5MP rear camera with LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
1GB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2000 mAh battery
Here are some camera samples (click the image to view full resolution picture)
Daylight
Macro
HDR
Flash
Low Light
The smartphone can record videos at 1080p full HD resolution. Since this is just a 5-megapixel module, full HD videos doesn't offer much details. Here is the full HD video sample
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2_89G09IGM
The camera is decent, compared to Moto E's fixed-focus camera. You can check out the complete review of ...
Apple has made app browsing simplified by adding 'Browse by Category' section to both the desktop and iOS App Store. The introduction of this section enables users to easily click on a certain category. Prior to this, users had to ad to select their chosen category from a drop-down list in the top-left of the App Store .
Available in the Featured section of both the app stores, the section shows visually attractive display which boasts of a wide variety of curated app collections. The App store also gets Featured Apps, Best New Apps, Collections and various other category-specific tabs. Earlier only five App Store categories viz, games, kids, education, food and Newsstand were curated
A ton of changes are coming to iOS 8 that will feature new ‘Explore’ tab, trending searches and related searches. The latest move from Apple is aimed at improving app discovery at the App store. Since its inception in 2008, the App Store now has 1.2m apps, and attracts 300m visitors a week, having generated more than 75bn app downloads.
Via:Mac Rumors
Evernote has updated its Skitch for iPhone and iPad to version 3.2. The new version brings up a major redesign to the app. You can now swipe to pick the content you want to annotate, easily preview different tabs that you want to markup, faster annotation and just swipe to share. Evernote sharing has become simple, that now lets you select a notebook where you need to save the image and it also shows a short link to share it easily. Evernote premium users now get a link to share annotated PDFs on Facebook or Twitter. Check out the complete list of features in the changelog below.
New features in Skitch 3.2 for iPhone and iPad
New swipe design for starting new Skitch markups.
Swipe between Photo, Camera, Web, Maps, PDF, Drawing, and more.
Now you can pick a notebook to save to or get a share link by saving and sharing from your account.
Evernote related favorites will show the notebook name and an icon to make it easy to tell which ones save to a Notebook and which ones save & share.
PDFs can be shared via social services. Premium users can automatically save the annotated PDF to Evernote and it returns a share link to use.
Improved the ...
Celkon has launched Campus A35K, the company's latest budget smartphone and the cheapest smartphone running on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1GHz processor. It has a 3.2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and also has 3G connectivity, which is definitely great at this price.
Celkon Campus A35K specifications
3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1 GHz processor
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
3.2MP rear camera with LED flash
0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
G-Sensor, Proximity Sensor
10.7 mm thick and weighs 102 grams
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth with A2DP
256 MB RAM, 512MB Internal memory, Expandable memory with micro SD
1200 mAh battery
The Celkon Campus A35K comes in blue and white colors and is priced at Rs. 2,999. It would be exclusively available through Snapdeal.
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab S series at an event in New York. We got some hands on time with the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 at the event. The tablet has a stunning 8.4-inch (2560×1600 pixel) WQXGA Super AMOLED display at a pixel density of 359 ppi. The display is sharp and it offers 90% of Adobe RGB color coverage for accurate color output.It comes in Octa-Core Exynos and Snapdragon 800 variants depending on the WiFi and LTE models. Check out the hands on video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpdh9nfNmss
It has a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera and an ambient light sensor on the top. The 3G or LTE variant would also have an ear piece for voice calling an a proximity sensor. It has Samsung's signature home button below the display along with menu and back buttons on either sides. There is a fingerprint sensor on the button, similar to the Galaxy S5 for secure biometric screen locking feature and mobile payments.
It has S5-like dotted texture on the back for a comfortable grip. There is a 8-megapixel camera on the back with LED flash.
On the right side there is a power button, volume rocker, Infrared LED and a micro SD card slot. The tablet is just 6.6mm thick.
Over at the ...
Micromax just sent over an invite signalling the launch of its upcoming Windows Phone handset. The phone will be a part of the Canvas range of products as expected. The event invitation also indicates that the phone will be based on a Qualcomm chipset. If rumors are to be believed, two handsets will be launched at the event slated for 16th June.
The devices are expected to straddle the lower to mid range spectrum. Over at BUILD, Microsoft unveiled an updated edition of Windows Phone that was further tuned for lower cost handsets despite adding much needed features. Additionally, the company has removed the licensing fee for Windows Phone handsets making it a viable alternative for local cost smartphone manufacturers.The two handsets are expected to be priced at between Rs. 6,000 - 7,000 for the lower end model and Rs. 10,000 - 11,000 for the mid range phone.
It is believed that Micromax is also working on a higher end Windows Phone handset that will be powered by a Snapdragon 800 processor with 2GB of RAM. It might also include a 5inch Full HD display, 13MP rear camera. This particular device however is not expected to be unveiled on Monday. Local competitors ...
Firefox OS was targeted at the lower end smartphone segment, but it hasn't really made an impact yet as no phones running on Firefox OS has been launched in India. As Mozilla mentioned, the Firefox OS is based on Open Web Standards and any web app can be wrapped into a Firefox App with just a few lines of code.
Now, Firefox OS allows users to do the same with web apps like adding it to the home screen, app drawer and so on. Another significant update is that the latest Firefox for Android(version 29) now runs Web apps like native apps. It also allows the users to install, uninstall and update the application. In addition to that, it behaves very much like an Android app by giving up the flexibility of adding the application to the app drawer screen or the recently used apps list.
What this means for developers is that, just by creating a web app with Open Web Standards, they reach millions of Firefox for Android users and provide them an Android application like experience without changing a single line of their application code.
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Indian manufacturers are known for creating value for money smartphones that offer most of what higher end smartphones offer, but all that in a much more affordable package. Xolo is one among them and it is the first company to produce an Intel chip powered smartphone. The company has fallen behind other Indian brands like Micromax and Karbonn, but is still producing budget Android smartphones.
The latest piece of information is that Xolo is planning to launch the lightest smartphone yet, but at a budget pricing. The company has so far been producing only Android smartphone, but this ultra-light smartphone will mark the beginning of Windows Phone 8.1 powered Xolo Win series smartphones. This particular smartphone will be company's first Windows smartphone and will also take the mantle of being the lightest smartphone in the world.
The pricing is expected to be less than Rs. 12,000 and the weight is expected to be less than 100g which is a significant feat considering that most phones these days weigh above 130g. Microsoft had announced during its MWC 2014 briefing that it will be partnering with Xolo to manufacture Windows Phones and we noticed at that time that Micromax was missing from the list. ...
Samsung was long rumored to be launching a Super AMOLED display laden Galaxy Tab and as expected, they announced the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 tablet at an event on June 13. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5's key point feature is its gorgeous and jaw dropping high resolution Super AMOLED display that will definitely knock you out thanks to the punching colors.
We managed to get our hands on the device and you can check out the quick hands on video right below (Spoiler alert:Display is absolutely gorgeous).
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob7WE1xul00
The specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 are as follows
10.5-inch (2560×1600 pixel) 16:10 Super AMOLED display
Octa-Core Exynos (A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor / 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Dimensions: 125.6 x 212.8 x 6.6mm; weighs 294g (Wifi) /298g(LTE)
8MP rear camera with LED flash
2.1MP front-facing camera
4G LTE/3G HSPA+, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac MIMO, Wi-Fi Direct, IrLED, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
3GB RAM, 16GB / 32GB internal memory, microSD (up to 128 GB)
7900mAh battery
On the front, we have the gorgeous Super AMOLED display punching us in the face and I am personally a huge fan of the Super AMOLED display, so I absolutely love it. Yes, there are purists who will argue ...
After LG and Motorola, it looks like Samsung is the next company which is making a smartwatch that is powered by Google's Android Wear. SammyToday has spotted a smartwatch filing by Samsung that was posted on FCC website. Dubbed SM-R382, the FCC documents reveal that the smartwatch is smaller than than the Gear 2 by 10 mm / 0.39 inches.
The smartwatch will have WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity as per reports. The FCC does not provide any more details, but the dimensions and images indicate towards a possible Android Wear smartwatch. Also, a leak last month had revealed that Samsung is working on an unknown Gear wearable device with the same model number SM-R382.
Samsung first launched its Galaxy Gear line of smartwatches that were powered by Android. However,soon the company made a shift to Tizen OS with an update. If these reports are true, will Samsung chuck out its Tizen powered smartwatches completely and foray into Android Wear?
LG G watch and Moto 360 smartwatches that are powered by Android Wear are already expected to be shown off at Google's I/O developer conference. So will Samsung join these two companies and launch a third smartwatch with Android Wear? We will have to wait till the ...
Samsung Galaxy F aka Samsung Galaxy S5 Prime has been spotted in gold colour in the latest leak. The phone with a possible 5.3 inch screen first surfaced online a week ago in a metal body.
The latest leak by @evleaks shows the Galaxy F in 'perfect gold' variant and boasts of a brushed metal back or 'metal like' plastic similar to the LG G3. It also confirms the presence of a heart rate sensor at the rear as first seen on the Galaxy S5. The Galaxy F has been rumored to sport a QHD (2560x1440 pixels) AMOLED touchscreen, and it may be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 and 3GB of RAM. It is also alleged that the phone will have a 16MP rear camera with OIS.
Major smartphone makers are introducing their flagship phones in gold, silver and other metallic colours. The trend first started with Apple's iPhone 5 which was soon followed by Samsung and HTC. Samsung's Galaxy S5 is already available in copper gold variant and it looks like the Galaxy F or the Galaxy S5 Prime will be available in gold colour.
Last week Forbes claimed that Google is making its foray into fitness wearable with Google Fit. Today, more details about the service which will help users track and aggregate their fitness data is being reported by Android Police.
The report states that the service will be called as 'Google Play Fitness' and its working will be similar to that of Google Play Games. It will present your fitness and health info into a single location on your device. Google Play Fitness is also expected to backed by Google Play Service.
Android Police also touts that Google Play Fitness will be integrated with fitness apps and it will also show user data like motion, speed and distance traveled. The report further goes on saying that Google's Android Wear will also play an important role in Google Play Fit and will be probably integrated into the fitness platform.
Finally, the report concludes saying that the Google is expected to announce Google Play Fitness at the I/O conference which is scheduled next week.
Source: Android Police
Karbonn Titanium S9 Lite, a new smartphone and a variant of last year's Titanium S9 is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 5.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and 3G connectivity.
It has 512 MB RAM and 4GB of internal storage, compared to 1GB RAM and 16GB of internal storage on the Titanium S9. The battery has also been reduced to 2100 mAh. It is to be noted that Titanium S9 with better specifications is available for less than Rs. 12,500 in the market.
Karbonn Titanium S9 Lite Specifications
5.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) qHD IPS display
1.3 GHz quad-core processor
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP rear camera with LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack
512 MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
2100 mAh battery
The Karbonn Titanium S9 Lite comes in black and white colors and is priced at Rs. 8,990 online.
Lenovo launched the Lenovo A7-50 tablet in India earlier this month. Today the Lenovo A7-30 tablet is available in India through the official Lenovo online store. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive multi-touch display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8382M processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 2-megapixel fixed-focus rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera.
It has a SIM card slot that supports 2G (EDGE) connectivity and voice calling capabilities. It has powerful stereo speakers with Dolby Digital Plus, similar to the Lenovo A7-50 tablet.
Lenovo A7-30 specifications
7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive Multi-touch IPS display
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8382M processor
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
10.7 mm thick and weighs 340 grams
2MP rear camera
0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, dual front-facing speakers, Dolby Digital Plus
1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage, expandable up to 32 GB
2G (EDGE), 3G (via Dongle), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS / A-GPS
3500 mAh battery
The Lenovo A7-30 tablet comes in white color and is priced at Rs. 9,979.
Micromax has entered into the Windows Phone market with Canvas Win W092 and Canvas Win W121 in the Canvas Win series. The company partnered with Microsoft earlier this year to launch Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones. These are powered by quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processors and run on Windows Phone 8.1. The Canvas Win W092, an affordable Windows Phone handset has a 4-inch WVGA IPS screen, a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. The Canvas Win W121 has a 5-inch HD display, a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has leather finish back panel.
Micromax Canvas Win W092 Specifications
4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touchscreen IPS display
1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor
Windows Phone 8.1 OS
Dual SIM
5MP rear camera with LED Flash
0.3MP front-facing camera
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD
1500 mAh battery
Micromax Canvas Win W121 Specifications
5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touchscreen IPS display
1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor
Windows Phone 8.1 OS
Dual SIM
8MP camera with LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD
2000 mAh battery
Commenting on the launch, Sanjay Kapoor, Chairman, Micromax said,
With our vision ...
Twitter is testing a new tweet embedding functionality for its mobile apps on iOS and Android. According to a report from The Next Web, the micro blogging site is testing a new feature that allows you to embed individual tweets within your tweets.
In order to embed a tweet, you have to copy the link to the tweet and paste it in the text box of the app. When it is posted, instead of a plain simple URL, you can add a message or few customized lines about the tweet which is not possible at the time of retweeting. The report states that this is a move by Twitter to redesign retweets.
According to Engadget, you'll have to tap on each tweet in order to see the new embedded layout — within the normal Twitter timeline, the "embeds" will show up as normal URLs. Currently, the feature will be available only on mobile apps and not the web. Twitter has not officially announced this feature and it looks like this will be a gradual rollout.
Via: The Next Web
Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) that nationally operates its telecom services under the MTS brand has launched MTS Blaze 5.0, the company’s latest dual SIM (CDMA+GSM) smartphone in the Blaze series. It packs a 4.5 FWVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera.
MTS would offer 1,00,000 MB of bundled data valid for one year on first recharge of Rs. 198 in all its circles that includes, Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, UP West, West Bengal and Kolkata. It also comes with bundled applications, Live TV, integrated music player, on-call support, Piano lock and more.
Regarding the new launch, Leonid Musatov, Chief Marketing & Sales Officer – MTS India, said,
Smartphones today are one of the biggest drivers of data consumption in the country. Given this reality, MTS India is focused on introducing products and services that are built for a fantastic data experience. Our latest smartphone – Blaze 5.0 sports a five-inch screen, which is an ideal screen size for multimedia and mobile gaming. Leonid further added, “Blaze 5.0 has been powered by the best in class ...
