Celkon has launched Millennium Power Q3000, the company's first smartphone in the new Millennium series that packs a 3000 mAh battery. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. As usual it has dual SIM support and also features 3G connectivity.
Commenting on the launch Y Guru, Chairman and Managing Director, Celkon Mobiles said,
We believe in constantly challenging ourselves to offer innovative and exciting products to our customers. Currently India is facing a need-gap of slim smartphones with a long battery backup. Customers are facing a challenge to find smartphones with long battery backup. Our Millennium Power Q3000 is the perfect solution with powerful 3000mAh battery backup with 9.9 mm slim exterior powered with 1GB Ram and 4GB ROM. This extremely powerful phone is designed to run for 2 days even with usage of applications which currently no other phone offers and priced very affordable at 8999/-.
Celkon Millennium Power Q3000 specifications
5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor with Mali 400 GPU
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP ...
Celkon has launched Millennium Power Q3000, the company's first smartphone in the new Millennium series that packs a 3000 mAh battery. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. As usual it has dual SIM support and also features 3G connectivity.
Commenting on the launch Y Guru, Chairman and Managing Director, Celkon Mobiles said,
We believe in constantly challenging ourselves to offer innovative and exciting products to our customers. Currently India is facing a need-gap of slim smartphones with a long battery backup. Customers are facing a challenge to find smartphones with long battery backup. Our Millennium Power Q3000 is the perfect solution with powerful 3000mAh battery backup with 9.9 mm slim exterior powered with 1GB Ram and 4GB ROM. This extremely powerful phone is designed to run for 2 days even with usage of applications which currently no other phone offers and priced very affordable at 8999/-.
Celkon Millennium Power Q3000 specifications
5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor with Mali 400 GPU
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP ...
Nokia Camera app has been updated with few tweaks. The version 4.8.1.1. brings improved Inline Video Playback and living images playback in Camera Roll. In addition, the camera has got improved focus indicator on devices with continuous Autofocus. Other than this the app gets bug fixes and improvements.
Besides updating the camera app, it looks like the app is getting a name change from Nokia Camera to Lumia Camera. The changed name can be found under the app settings, as noticed by WP Central. The name tweak has not been made official yet and it is not clear when will it happen. Microsoft completed the Nokia acquisition in April this year and since then has tried to add more focus on its ownership. Earlier this month render images of the Lumia 830 was spotted with Nokia by Microsoft branding.
The Nokia Camera app update is available at the Windows Phone Store.
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Celkon has launched Millennium Elite Q470 along with the Millennium Power Q3000 in the new Millennium series. It has a 4.7-inch HD screen based on One Glass Solution (OGS), powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. It has 1GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage with expansion slot and packs a 1800 mAh battery.
Celkon Millennium Power Q3000 specifications
4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touchscreen IPS display based on One Glass Solution (OGS) technology
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with Mali 400 GPU
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP auto focus camera with LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 138.4x68.8x8.3; Weight: 137 grams
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
1GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
3G HSPA+,WiFi 802.11 b/g/n,Bluetooth, GPS
1800 mAh battery
The Celkon Millennium Elite Q470 comes in White color and is priced at Rs. 11,999. It comes with a free flip cover and would be exclusively available from 21st July through Snapdeal.
LinkedIn has bought Newsle, a news alert service that brings news about people that are important to you. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Founded in 2011, the web app uses machine learning algorithms and natural language processing to highlight news about your connections on Facebook and LinkedIn. Whenever a friend or contact is mentioned in a news article, Newsle will send an email about it in near real-time. Newsle will continue to be a standalone app and LinkedIn will integrate its technology into companies products and services.
"LinkedIn and Newsle share a common goal: We both want to provide professional insights that make you better at what you do. For example, knowing more about the people in your network – like when they're mentioned in the news – can surface relevant insights that help you hit your next meeting with them out of the park", announced LinkedIn in a company blog post
Last year, LinkedIn acquired a news-reader app Pulse which shows that the company wants to be more than a social network. The professional social network has more than 300 million users globally of which 26 million are from India. Last month, LinkedIn added profile redesign from Premium users.
Samsung Galaxy Core 2 (SM-G355H), the company's latest mid-range smartphone and the successor of Galaxy Core is now on sale through the official Samsung India eStore, as expected. It packs a 4.5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Samsung TouchWiz Essence UI.
It has a 5-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support, has 3G HSPA+ connectivity, 768MB RAM, 4GB of internal storage with expansion slot and 2000 mAh battery. It has leather-like back cover.
Samsung Galaxy Core 2 specifications
4.5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) display
1.2 GHz quad-core processor
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
Dual SIM
Dimensions: 130.2 x 67.9 x 9.8mm; Weight: 138 grams
5MP rear camera with LED Flash
0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with RDS
768MB RAM, 4 GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD
3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS + GLONASS
2000 mAh battery
The Samsung Galaxy Core 2 comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 11,900.
Amazon has introduced its popular shopping service #AmazonCart in India. The latest shopping experience enables Indian customers to buy products from Amazon directly through Twitter.
The feature which was first launched in the US in May, lets buyers in India add products they discover on Twitter to their Amazon.in shopping carts without leaving Twitter. In order to use the service, customers will first have to connect their Twitter account to Amazon. Next, they can add items to their carts just by tweeting the link of an Amazon.in product along with the #AmazonCart hashtag.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAm6pa9hPKA
"The Twitter and Amazon agreement now extends to India to provide the maturing e-commerce industry here with another tool to engage online shoppers as well as to extend relationships on Twitter to the core of their e-commerce platforms,”
said Arvinder Gujral, business development director, south-east Asia and India, at Twitter.
Customers will get a reply tweet from @MyAmazonIN along with an email from Amazon.in when an item is successfully added to their cart. For the customers who have not connected their Twitter and Amazon accounts, they will receive a reply tweet asking them to connect their accounts to enable the new feature. The product will be added to the customer’s Amazon.in shopping cart after ...
Xiaomi launched the three new smartphones in India today. The Xiaomi Mi3 would go on sale in India for Rs. 13,999 next week, cheaper than the price tag that was announced last week. The Xiaomi Redmi Note is priced at Rs. 9999 and would go on sale in coming weeks. We got to check out the smartphone at the launch event. Check out the quick hardware walkthrough below.
The Redmi Note has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on OGS technology and 178-degree wide viewing angle. The variant that is launching in India has a 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450 GPU and has 2GB RAM. It runs on MIUI v5 ROM based on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera that would let you shoot better selfies.
It has capacitive touch buttons below the display that has a glows in Red color.
It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with single LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture and supports 1080p video recording.
The loudspeaker grill is present on the back. The removable back cover houses a 3100 mAh removable battery, Dual SIM slots and a microSD card slot. It has 8GB of internal storage. Xiaomi would also ...
MediaTek has just announced MT6795, the world's first 64-bit Octa-Core smartphone SoC with built-in 4G LTE and 2K display support. It has 8 ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs with clock speed of up to 2.2GHz and True Octa-Core capabilities. It has MediaTek CorePilot technology for Heterogeneous Multi-Processing (HMP) that uses all the eight cores and thermal control. It has support for dual-channel LPDDR3 clocked at 933MHz, H.265 Ultra HD (4K2K) video recording & playback, support for 2K displays and more.
It has support for 120Hz displays and Super-Slow Motion Technology capability that captures high fps videos and uses MediaTek’s advanced image processing pipeline to view the 1080p videos at 480 frames per second (fps). Unlike the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 that is based on 20nm processor technology, this still uses 28nm processor. MediaTek announced the MT6595 SoC earlier this year that has built-in LTE and 2K display support, but it has 4 ARM Cortex-A17 and 4 Cortex-A7 CPUs.
Highlights of MediaTek MT6795 SoC
8 ARM Cortex-A53 64-bitCPUs clocked up to 2.2 GHz per core
Integrated Imagination Technologies PowerVR Series6 GPU
MediaTek CorePilot unlocks the full power of all eight cores
Dual-channel LPDDR3 memory clocked at 933MHz
2K on device display (2560x1600)
20MP camera ISP capability
120Hz mobile display with ClearMotion and Response Time Enhancement Technology
480fps 1080p Full HD Super-Slow Motion video recording and ...
Samsung launched the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 tablet in India at Rs. 37,800 along with the Tab S 10.5. This version is powered by 1.9 GHz Exynos 5420 Octa ( A15 1.9 GHz ＋ A7 1.3 GHz) processor with ARM Mail T628 GPU. It has a 8.4-inch (2560×1600 pixel) WQXGA 16:10 Super AMOLED display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has 3GB RAM and comes with and voice calling capabilities via SIM card slot. Let’s find out how it performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYaMKwbsb9E
Quadrant Benchmark
It tops the Quadrant benchmark by scoring 21617 points.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
It scored 34168 point in the AnTuTu Benchmark 4 and tops again.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
It managed to score 1724 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It scored 1187 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It clocked around 271.3 MFLOPS in the Linpack Single Thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It clocked around 743 MFLOPS in the Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 59.4 fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen)
In GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex Benchmark, it clocked 14.1 fps.
Basemark X 1.0 HD (Onscreen)
It clocked around 7.57 fps in the Basemark X 1.0 HD OnScreen benchmark.
Basemark X 1.0 HD (Offscreen)
It clocked 11.56 fps ...
At the launch of Xiaomi Mi smartphones in India, the company also showcased the Mi Pad in India. We got to check out the tablet with a 7.9-inch display at the launch event. It was announced in China back in May and sold 50,000 units in just 3 minutes and 59 seconds on the launch day. It is still in beta testing in China and would come to India in future. Check out the hardware walkthrough of the tablet.
The tablet has a 7.9-inch (2048 × 1536 pixels) display at 326 ppi with 4:3 aspect ratio, manufactured by Sharp / AUO and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The iPad mini has a similar screen. It is powered by a 2.2 GHz NVIDIA Tegra K1 processor with 192-core Kepler GPU. It runs on Android-based MiUI ROM.
The tablet has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture.
The tablet has minimal bezel around the display. It doesn't have capacitive touch buttons.
The power button and the volume rockers are present on the right side. These have chrome finish.
On the left side there is a micro SD card slot that accepts cards up to 128GB. It has 2GB of RAM and comes in 16GB or 64GB memory variants. ...
Cube, Pipo, Ramos... these are 3 of the most popular names in the Chinese tablet industry, ones that have managed to find a place on the world map thanks to the often very high VFM aspect that their devices bring along. If Chinese tablets aren't your thing, its time for you to start celebrating, for budget tablets powered by the Windows OS are all set to go on sale later this year.
Microsoft had previously announced their relaxed policy for Windows licenses, which meant that any manufacturer wanting to produce devices with screens lesser in size than 9 inches could obtain a license free of cost. We believe that Microsoft's latest announcement regarding $99 Windows tablets revolves around the same idea.
We now measure ourself by total device space. We have a much bigger opportunity than we've ever had in the past to grow our business, but we have to rethink how we look at our business.
- Microsoft COO, Kevin Turner
Once the world leader is the OS space, Microsoft is now left with a mere 14% share revealed Turner in his presentation. Turner attributed this to the rising smartphone and tablet usage, a market Microsoft seemingly wish to exploit in the coming months.
The ...
Spearhead of the Google Nexus lineup of affordable smartphones, the Nexus 5 is now receiving an OTA update to Android v4.4.4_r2. As you'd have guessed from the name, there's nothing major here.
However, unlike most OTA updates that the Nexus 5 received, this ones limited only to India, Australia and New Zealand, as Android Police reports. It is believed that the update addresses some network issues by installing a completely new radio image.
The update comes with the official build number KTU84Q, and name kitkat-mr2.2-release. Although the image can be downloaded by users in regions other than those mentioned above, the update page clearly says 'For 2Degrees/NZ, Telsta/AUS and India ONLY', which means you probably shouldn't tinker around much if you aren't based in those countries.
Since there's no real functionality that you're going to gain by flashing the update, we recommend not doing so if you aren't in the list of countries mentioned above.
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Nokia has announced that they have started rolling out Lumia Cyan update with Windows Phone 8.1 along for their Lumia devices running on Windows Phone 8. This would bring a lot of features for Lumia devices including, updates to Nokia Camera, Creative Studio and Storyteller apps, better audio quality when recording videos on Lumia 1520 and Lumia Icon and more.
New features in Lumia Cyan
Nokia Camera gets simplified user interface with one-tap access to edit and share pictures, and full-resolution zooming, re-framing
Creative Studio 6 (CS6) (coming to Windows Phone Store soon) with new filters and image enhancement tools would be available directly from the renewed Camera Roll.
Updated Storyteller app allows you to share your best shots as a short Story Video on social networks
Nokia Device Hub helps you track down a missing accessory by showing you where you last used it
SensorCore Beta SDK for Lumia 1520, Icon, 930, 630 635 can record real-time data for fitness with Bing Fitness & Health app and other gadgets
The Lumia 1520 and Lumia Icon gets new Dolby Surround Sound support for video recording with Nokia Rich Recording
Miracast support for Lumia 1520 and Lumia Icon lets you project content to connected screens like a smart TV
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sLmEGcbZzc
Highlights ...
Microsoft has updated Skype for Windows 8.1 by adding support for free group video calling. The feature will let Windows 8.1 tablet or two-in-one device users enjoy free group video calls.
The free group video calling support was rolled out to Mac, Windows and Xbox in April this year. Now, users can add upto 10 people in video calls at one time. Prior to this update, only Premium users could use this service at $9.99 per month.
"We’ve found that most group calls take place between three or four participants. When building the group video calling experience for modern Windows, we optimized so that the three most talkative people – plus yourself – are visible at the same time"
said Skype in a company blog post.
Skype further stated that users could now double tap on people who are not talking during a group video call to see their video feed in full-screen. Unfortunately, free group video calling feature still has to make way to its app on mobile platforms like Windows, Android and iOS.
Check out the video below to know more about group video calling
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjmdX4ZYKAw
The updated Windows 8.1 app is now available for download in the Windows Store.
With an aim to bring iPhones and iPads to enterprise customers, Apple has teamed up with IBM. As a result of the partnership, IBM will create more than 100 business-focused apps and Apple will sell iPhones and iPads pre-loaded with specific apps to companies across the globe.
IBM will develop iOS apps serving the retail, banking, insurance, transportation and telecommunications industries under the umbrella of IBM MobileFirst for iOS Solutions. Apple will add a new class of service to its AppleCare program and support aimed at enterprise customers. This program will provide IT customers with 24-hour, all-day support via phone and online, while IBM’s workforce will offer on-site support as well.
“iPhone and iPad are the best mobile devices in the world and have transformed the way people work with over 98 percent of the Fortune 500 and over 92 percent of the Global 500 using iOS devices in their business today. For the first time ever we’re putting IBM’s renowned big data analytics at iOS users’ fingertips, which opens up a large market opportunity for Apple. This is a radical step for enterprise and something that only Apple and IBM can deliver.”
said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO in a company statement.
According to the press release, ...
Even though HTC reported profits of US$ 81 million after losses, it is still seeing tough times ahead with difficult smartphone sales and declining revenues. Now, two more top executives of the company are resigning from the company at a crucial time. The news comes after the company's head of the design Scott Croyle announced his departure in April.
According to a report from Bloomberg, HTC's chief marketing officer Ben Ho and Fred Liu its president of engineering and operations have put their papers. Liu has retired, having spent 16 years with the Taiwan-based manufacturer, while Ho has opted to stay with the company under a different role until the end of the year.
The Verge, report however, suggests that the two executives are not leaving the company but are being 'fired in a nice way'. The exit of the duo come at an important time when reports about HTC's foray into wearable tech are looming around.
Source: Bloomberg
Google announced its ambitious Android One program at the I/O conference last month. Under this initiative aimed at creating low cost Android smartphone, the company had partnered with three smartphone markers from India viz; Karbonn, Micromax and Spice.
Now, the tech giant has added two more homegrown handset makers for this project viz; Celkon and Intex. Celkon’s executive director Murali Retineni told The Economic Times that the company will be releasing their Android One devices in October this year. He added that the Hyderabad based company is planning to launch Android One devices that are 20 to 30 percent cheaper than their earlier products. Intex has not officially sealed the deal but is in talks with Google for the same and will release more details in near future.
Meanwhile, the report also states that HTC is is also considering to join hands with Google for the same program in an attempt to boost its dropping market share in developing nations. The Taiwanese company's President of global sales and CFO, Chia-Lin Chang told the publication in an interview.
Under the Android One programme, Indian handset makers will get hardware reference models to create high-quality phones priced below $100 (around Rs 6,000). These devices will run on a standardised version ...
Aircel today launched its 4G services in India finally. It is available across four circles - Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar and Odisha. Aircel becomes the second operator in India to offer 4G services after Airtel that already has 4G service in several cities. Reliance Jio recently announced that it would offer 4G services in 2015.
Other than these four circles, Aircel holds 20MHz of spectrum in the 4G LTE 2300 MHz band in four more circle that includes, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, North East and Jammu and Kashmir. The company is yet to announce 4G pricing.
Commenting on the launch, Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel said,
Our existing technological leadership position further lends to providing a promising and reliable 4G LTE service to our customers. The wireless broadband services offered will help customers transform their workplaces and homes into ‘smarter’ entities. The parameters that will differentiate Aircel’s 4G LTE services include customized offerings with a quick turnaround time for deployment of services to Enterprise and Home customer, beating existing industry standards; high speed and low latency, which are critical to any enterprise service experience, will be Aircel’s key focus deliverable building on Reliable MPLS (Multiple Protocol Label Switching) core network. It is with this targeted ...
Snapchat has added a new feature to its Android and iOS app that special image filters depending on your location. The ‘geofilters’ add a custom sticker to your photo and are unlocked only when you are in a specific place or city.
These geofilters are currently available only in neighborhoods inside Los Angeles and New York. A user merely needs to swipe right on the preview scree in order to unlock them. The filters will change depending on which neighborhoods you're in. You'll need to enable location services for this new feature to work, but Snapchat promised that it will not store your location.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJx6R5zbIfk
It must be noted that the filters don’t offer any photo-editing effects and are clear filters with a graphic overlay. They look similar to they type of stickers that have been popularized by stand-alone photo editing applications. With this move it looks like Snapchat is planning to start a new revenue stream.
Micromax has partnered with Vodafone India to launch Canvas Knight with 2GB of free data for customers not active on a data pack. The pack would be activated in 48 hours on first Vodafone SIM inserted in the Canvas Knight before October 31, 2014. This offer would be extended to a wider portfolio of Micromax devices soon, says the company. Micromax started selling Canvas Knight A350 with Android 4.4 (KitKat) since last month. It is not clear when current Canvas Knight users would get the Kitkat update.
The Canvas Knight has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 2 GHz octa-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It features a 16-megapixel auto focus rear camera with M8 Largan lens, LED Flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera. Check out the Canvas Knight Review.
It is priced at Rs. 19,999 (MOP) and comes in All-Black, White & Gold and Black & Gold colors. It would be available at all leading retail outlets across India.
Commenting on the partnership, Shubhodip Pal, CMO, Micromax, said,
At Micromax, we design and develop mobile products which act as solutions to the needs of the fast-evolving consumers, aiming to provide an enriching device experience. This partnership embodies our endeavor of democratizing technology for the ...
