Salora International has launched Arya Z2, the company's latest budget smartphone. The company entered into the smartphone market last year by launching its PowerMaxx smartphone with 3200 mAh battery, the new Arya Z2 is packed with features. It has a 5-inch HD display based on one-glass-solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582A processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
Salora Arya Z2 specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS OGS display
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582A processor with Mali 400MP2 GPU
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP rear camera (Interpolated to 13MP) with LED Flash
2MP (Interpolated to 5MP) front-facing camera
7.55 mm thick and weighs 155 grams
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
1GB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
1800 mAh battery
The Salora Arya Z2 comes in Black color and is priced at Rs. 6,999. It is backed by Salora’s own established service network from SILCARE, which has over 250 service centers across 189 cities in India, says the company. It is available exclusively from Amazon and comes with a free 8GB microSD card and a 8 flip cover as an introductory offer.
Salora International has launched Arya Z2, the company's latest budget smartphone. The company entered into the smartphone market last year by launching its PowerMaxx smartphone with 3200 mAh battery, the new Arya Z2 is packed with features. It has a 5-inch HD display based on one-glass-solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582A processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
Salora Arya Z2 specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS OGS display
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582A processor with Mali 400MP2 GPU
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP rear camera (Interpolated to 13MP) with LED Flash
2MP (Interpolated to 5MP) front-facing camera
7.55 mm thick and weighs 155 grams
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
1GB RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
1800 mAh battery
The Salora Arya Z2 comes in Black color and is priced at Rs. 6,999. It is backed by Salora’s own established service network from SILCARE, which has over 250 service centers across 189 cities in India, says the company. It is available exclusively from Amazon and comes with a free 8GB microSD card and a 8 flip cover as an introductory offer.
Microsoft is offering iPhone users 30GB of free One Drive storage for a limited period of time. The company is doubling the free storage space as it originally offers 15GB of free space.
"We’ve been listening to the commentary about storage on the new iPhones released today and we wanted to get you more storage right away. We think you’ll appreciate having more free storage while setting up your iPhone 6 or upgrading to iOS 8"
said One Drive in a company blog post.
Microsoft is offering the additional 15GB free storage till end of this month. In order to receive the extra 15GB of space, users will need to login to the OneDrive app for iOS and enable the auto upload feature for the camera roll. Besides iPhone, Android and Windows Phone users that have already enabled the camera roll backup functionality will be automatically upgraded to 15GB of OneDrive space.
As a quick comparison, Dropbox currently only offers 2GB of free space, Box offers 10GB. Apple's iCloud Drive offers 5GB of storage while Google Drive starts with 15GB of cloud storage. Moreover, Android and Windows Phone users that have already enabled the camera roll backup functionality will be automatically upgraded to 15GB of ...
Obi Mobiles has announced that it has partnered exclusively with Jumbo Electronics, a leading IT, telecom and consumer electronics retailer and distributor to sell its devices in the Middle East. Jumbo will manage the distribution of Obi devices to all key retailer and independent retailer channels in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Iraq as a part of its partnership.
The company announced its entry into India back in April and launched several smartphones, including its flagship Obi Octopus S520 smartphone in the country in the past few months. At that time the company had announced that it plans to expand to other countries Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Latin America. Today it has announced that it would launch in the Middle East and Africa in phase two of its global expansion plans. Smartphones for the Middle East and Africa would be unveiled in UAE by the end of September. It would see phased roll-out across other markets in the region.
Commenting on the new partnership and the expansion, John Sculley, co-founder and managing partner at Inflexionpoint, said,
The smartphone industry growth in emerging markets is soaring at +32% CAGR in 2014. It is vital to have very disruptive price points for success in emerging markets. At Obi, we are brand ...
ICICI Bank has launched four new mobile apps for Android and iOS platforms. These apps include, ICICI Store, Insta Banking, Video Banking and mPassbook. These would let you initiate a transaction before visiting a branch, connect with a service executive over video call and view their transactions over the last 30 days on mobile phones. It aims to offer an enhanced banking experience for its customers with these new apps.
Highlights of new apps from ICICI Bank
ICICI Store: An app store designed to give users an aggregate view of all mobile banking applications. Facilitates easy selection, download and upgrade of the ICICI Group apps.
Insta Banking: Aims to reduce time spent in filling up paperwork for commonly used transactions in a bank branch. Lets you process desired transactions any time, up to seven days prior to visiting the branch. When the customer visits a branch to complete the transaction, it will be executed on priority. Cash deposit, cash withdrawal, request for demand draft, updation of personal information like communication address, PAN and more can be initiated with the app.
Video Banking: Enables the Bank’s Wealth and NRI customers to carry out a video chat with the customer care executives 24x7 from anywhere to resolve banking queries and get information ...
Microsoft has started phasing out the Nokia branding. In the latest move, the software and tech giant is redirecting the visitors of Nokia.com UK site to its own mobile website.
Users of the Nokia UK website are being informed that, 'Nokia devices and services have moved to a new website". The company is also urging them to "step inside our new home." At present, the company is redirecting the visitors to its own site only for the Nokia UK website, but it might soon apply the same to other Nokia websites in the world. Microsoft's Mobile Devices site now features larger images and pages focused on phones and tablets, accessories, apps, and support.
The latest move comes from Microsoft as it is trying to shed Nokia and Windows Phone branding from its products. Earlier this month, a leaked internal document from the company revealed the same. While last week, an upcoming Windows Phone was spotted with new 'Windows' branding.
via:The Verge
After Samsung, LG is the new company to launch an entry-level clamshell smartphone in Korea. Named as Wine Smart, it has a 3.5-inch HVGA touchscreen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It comes with Kakao Talk messenger with a dedicated launch key for the app, T9 keypad and high-power 1W speaker that would the best output even in noisy audio environment. It is 16.9mm thick and weighs 140.8 grams.
It also has a new safe keeper feature aimed at elderly users. This would automatically automatically send the location information or call the emergency number when the phone is unused for a long time. It has a tiny LED notification light on the outside that would offer notification for missed calls, text messages and more.
It has 1GB RAM, 4GB of internal storage with expansion slot and packs a 1700 mAh battery. It has 4G LTE connectivity and comes the usual set of connectivity features such as WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and GPS. The LG Wine Smart comes in black and white colors and would go on sale in South Korea starting September 26th. No word on pricing or availability outside Korea.
Elephone has turned out to be a Chinese OEM worth looking out for. The company dished out a handful original design phones, before taking the clone route.
Out of the various clones that we've seen in the past, those that stand out more often than not are clones of the OnePlus One. The OnePlus One, as you would know by know, is the only device from the less-than-a-year old maker. Despite facing heavy criticism, people around the world have flocked OnePlus for the device.
One reason for this interest is the specs sheet; the OnePlus One -- or OPO as it is informally known as -- comes with a top-notch specs set, rivaling flagships that often cost twice as much. Second reason would be the price; the One sells for a starting price of just US$299.
However, the Elephone G5 does neither of that, and comes with:
5.5-inch 1280 x 720p display
1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor
1GB RAM
8GB on-board ROM
13 mega-pixel rear camera
5 mega-pixel front camera
3020mAh battery
Android v4.4 KitKat
MUST SEE: OnePlus One review
So as you can see from the set above, there isn't much that's going to intimidate the original thing. The only aspect about the G5 that might lure in buyers is the price ...
Yahoo has made its first Indian acquisition by buying Bookpad for Rs 50 crores. The one year old Bangalore based start-up specializes in hosting cloud based documents. It provides end-to-end document handling technology for cloud.
As a result of the acquisition, Bookpad team will join Yahoo's team in the US. Founded by Niketh Sabbineni, Aditya Bandi and Ashwik Reddy, the start-up is best known for its Docspad product which enables easy viewing and editing content online. Bookpad’s Docspad is different from Google docs as it integrates with several other applications (via API). It works across devices, and does not require downloading of plug-ins or desktop software.
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The talks about the acquisition initiated in January this year. This is not the first time that a US based tech company has acquired an Indian based start-up. In January this year, Facebook acquired another Bangalore startup Little Eye Labs, which makes a testing and analytics tool for Android developers to improve app performance. Yahoo has not yet made the acquisition official.
via:The Economic Times.
It's only been 20 days since the official unveiling of the Meizu MX4, but the smartphone from the Far East is getting more footage than the makers would've imagined. Not long back, Meizu said that they were successful in getting a massive 7.7 million pre-orders; given that the company is only starting to step out of its home country of China, these are big numbers.
Even before the launch of the MX4, we'd been hearing about four different variants that the MX4 could have. While there's no confirmation on any of those yet, details about a higher-spec'd MX4 Pro, and a smaller, cheaper MX4 Mini have started to surface.
While the MX4 Pro is expected to rock the latest-gen Exynos SoC, the MX4 Mini on the other hand is said to make do with the MediaTek MT6592 that we've seen on loads of phones this year. Given that the original MX4 costs only about 1,799 Yuan (US$293) in China, the smaller, less powerful MX4 Mini should cost anywhere between US$220-US$250.
Sources from China report that the MX4 Mini could get a pricing of as low as 1,499 Yuan, roughly equal to US$244.
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Reports and leaks about Google's HTC made Nexus 9 tablet were looming the online world for a long time now. Today, a Wall Street Journal report is stating that Google has indeed selected HTC to make its upcoming 9 inch Nexus tablet.
The report states that HTC engineers have been flying to the Googleplex in Mountain View in recent months to work on the project. Nexus 9 tablet will mark a revival of the Google-HTC partnership that produced the original Nexus One device. Google's decision to pick HTC reflects its long-term strategy of building a broad base of partners from device to device to prevent any one manufacturer from gaining a monopoly, the report said.
Previous rumors and reports had suggested that the Nexus 9 will likely sport a 8.9″ (2048 × 1440 pixels) screen, NVIDIA Tegra K1 64-bit processor, 2GB RAM, 16/32GB internal storage, 8MP rear camera with Sony sensor, 3MP front facing camera, Stereo front-facing speakers and aluminium build. Some rumors that said it will come with 5GB RAM turned out to be fake. It will be 7.9mm thick and weigh 418 grams. It is expected to come in WiFi and LTE variants.
Earlier this month, Nvidia accidentally confirmed the Nexus 9 tablet in a legal document. The ...
Sony was expected to launch the Xperia Z3 in India last week, but it didn't happen. Today the company has sent out invites for a launch event in India on September 25th. It is expected to launch both the Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact at the event later this week. The Sony Xperia Z3 is powered by a slightly faster Snapdragon 801 SoC, has a more rounded sides and runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) out of the box, compared to the Xperia Z2. The Xperia Z3 compact also has upgraded specifications compared to the Z1 Compact.
The invite has #DemandGreat hashtag, which is the official hashtag for the Xperia Z3 and the Xperia Z3 compact. Both these smartphones were unveiled at the IFA 2014 earlier this month.
It is not clear if Sony plans to launch the Z3 Tablet Compact and the new Android Wear-powered Smartwatch 3 at the event. The Xperia Z3 also comes in a dual SIM variant, so India might get the Xperia Z3 Dual. Check out the Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact hands on from the IFA.
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Last week Apple announced that it has received four million pre-orders for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus in the first 24 hours. Today the company has announced that it has sold record-breaking 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models in just three days after the launch on September 19th. Last year's iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C saw combined sales on 9 million units in three days after the launch.
The new iPhones are now available in the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico and Singapore. It would go on sale in 20 countries this Friday, on September 26th that includes, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.
The iOS 8 update rolled out on September 17th for the iPhone and iPad, unlike last year the company did not reveal the number of devices running on new iOS 8.
Regarding the sales of the new iPhone models, Apple CEO Tim Cook, said,
Sales for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus exceeded our expectations for the launch weekend, and we couldn't be happier. We would like to ...
Chinese hardware vendor Xiaomi has launched a new Bluetooth game controller. Xiaomi has clearly put more thought into the functionality of the device than the name; it's simply called Xiaomi Bluetooth game controller. As Xiaomi often does, there's a special price for the first lot of buyers -- 300 in number in this case -- of just 1 Yuan, or US$0.16.
Tech in Asia says it's designed to work with Xiaomi's Mi Pad and Mi TV, but we have a strong feeling it will work with a lot more devices than just those two. The game controller will be available for sale starting 25th September in China.
Going through pictures of the device gives you a feeling of looking at morphed pictures of an Xbox controller. Xiaomi is known for selling its products at ridiculously low prices, or as Mario Puzo would say, Xiaomi often 'makes an offer you can't refuse'. Well, with just 3 days to go before it goes on sale, we can wait to decide for ourselves about how good the offer it would be!
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We unboxed the RAVPower Element (RP-PB07) 10400mAh Power Bank recently. Here we have the review of the power bank. Even though this is not on sale in India, it directly competes with the Xiaomi Mi Power Bank. We reviewed the compact RAVPower Luster Mini Portable Charger few months back. Unlike the portable charger, this power bank is bigger and offers more power to charge your device for several number of times.
Unboxing
We unboxed the power bank recently. Check out the RAVPower Element power bank unboxing.
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Box Contents
10400mAh RAVPower Element power bank in black
2 USB to Micro USB Charging Cables
Travel pouch
micro USB to mini USB and micro USB to iPhone 30-pin connector
Instruction manual and warranty card
Design and build
The RAVPower Element has a rectangular design and has plastic build. Since the power bank is shiny, it is prone to fingerprints. On the front there is a small power button along with four LED lights that glow in blue color. These light up to show the remaining battery left to be charge, when it's charging. You can press the button to show the remaining battery left when it's not charging. Overall the build quality is just average, and could have been better.
It has a silver colored finish on the sides, which is ...
Microsoft has updated the Skype app for iPhone to version 5.5 that brings support for interactive notifications for the users running the new iOS 8. The interactive notifications lets you answer voice and videos calls and open text in skype directly from the lock screen and the notification center. You can swipe left from the lock screen to reveal the notification options and swipe down from the notification center to reveal these options. You have to enable interactive notifications for Skype from Settings -> Notifications.
Back in June Skype for iPhone got a major redesign that brought a sleek and cleaner UI. The new version also brings some general improvements. Upcoming versions of Skype would make use of new integrations offered in iOS 8 says Microsoft. Check out the complete changelog that lists the set of interactive notifications.
Audio and Video Calls
From the lock screen and the notification center:
For incoming voice calls – swipe left on the notification to answer or decline.
For incoming video calls – swipe left on the notification to answer with voice or video.
For missed voice and video calls – swipe left on the notification to call back or send a message.
From a banner notification
For incoming voice calls – pull down on the notification to answer or ...
Manufacturers worldwide have been striving to push VFM to its extreme, but few have been as successful as those from China. If you've been following the tech scene in China, you'd know about this wily maker that makes tablets and calls itself Pipo.
That very maker has launched a device called the Work W4. It comes with a decent specs set, that includes an 8-inch display of 1280 x 800 pixels, 1GB RAM, a quad-core Intel processor and 16GB of on-board storage. That might not make for the most powerful tablet on the planet, but the fact that the Work W4 comes with a meagre 499 Yuan -- US$499 -- price tag says a lot.
It's a very, very affordable tablet that surprisingly doesn't run Android. Instead, it does a better job at hardware integration with the Windows operating system.
The device is a China-only as you would expect, but given the rising popularity of devices like this one, you can expect resellers in the country to start shipping the Work W4 at 20-30% more with worldwide shipping.
It is worth noting that a device like this is possible only because of Microsoft's relax rules on Windows copy licensing, which now allows makers producing ...
China's Huawei today launched the Honor Play 4 in its home country. The device comes with a very entry-level price of 799 Yuan (US$130 approx.), but features a 64-bit processor that's often seen in higher-end devices.
The device features a 1280 x 720p resolution on a 5-inch panel as you would expect from a mid-ranger. Under the hood lies the star of the show, which in this case is the 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC that is build on the 64-bit architecture. Thanks to the price tag that is meant to be within reach, the Snapdragon 410 only gets coupled with 1GB of RAM and 8GB of storage, with the latter being of expandable nature.
Specifications
5-inch 1280 x 720p display
1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, 64-bit
1GB RAM
8GB storage, expandable via microSD
8MP rear camera
2MP front camera
4G LTE
NFC
2000mAh battery
Another impressive feature for a $130 device is 4G LTE, and NFC. It does look like what we called 'flagship' in 2013 will be mid-range much before the end of this year, especially when you consider the two features we just talked about.
All in all, the device looks like quite a bargain for the price, barring the battery that does seem below average capacity.
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Apple started seeding the much awaited upgrade for its mobile operating system about 4 days back. The newest version brings the material design to the OS – after a visual overhaul of iOS 7. We have managed to spend some quality time with the iOS 8 and here’s what we think about it.
Apple’s latest mobile operating system is an attempt to catch up with the Android eco-system. The company has decided to make changes under the hood and doesn't focus too much on adding new features. Back at its drawing board, the Cupertino giant seems have realised the importance of opening its OS for third-party applications and extensions - of course contradicting the company’s traditional approach from time
With the new iOS operating system, developer community can rejoice as they now have access to the core capabilities of the platform. Apple has opened more than 4,000 APIs to developers, which they can use to integrate applications with Notification Center, Sharing and Action menus, Keyboard and Photos among other things. And, the TouchID can soon be used in many ways other than unlocking your iPhone, as the company is expected to open it in the coming days.
For starters, the iOS 8 ...
BlackBerry Passport is set to launch in Indian markets on September 29th. The company has sent out press invites for the event that will see the launch of the QWERTY smartphone that was announced back in June.
The press invite has a tagline that reads 'See THE big picture' indicating the large square screen of the BlackBerry Passport. Available in black and white colors the BlackBerry Passport will launch in Toronto, London and Dubai on September 24. As per rumored specs, the phone will sport 4.5 inch diagonal (1440 x 1440 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974-AA) processor , 13-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, 3GB RAM, 32GB internal memory with expansion slot, 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 LE, SlimPort, NFC, GPS + GLONASS and a 3450mAh integrated non-removable battery. It is also rumored to get 4K video recording.
The device will come pre-loaded with BlackBerry OS 10.3, BlackBerry's next-generation mobile operating system (OS). The new OS will also feature BlackBerry Assistant which is the company’s answer to Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistants. Last month, BlackBerry's leaked 2014 global roadmap revealed that it will target four main ...
Adobe has acquired photo editing firm Aviary for an undisclosed amount. Aviary offers software development kits, or mobile SDKs, to developers who want to add photo editing features to their mobile app.
"We're thrilled to leverage Aviary's technology to make our Creative SDK even more powerful for app developers. This is great news for developers because thousands of mobile apps will have the opportunity to become compatible with industry-defining desktop tools like Photoshop CC, as well as new Creative Cloud services."
said Scott Belsky, vice president of Creative Cloud Ecosystem & Behance at Adobe in an official release.
Adobe stated that the purchase will help the company as it looks to integrate its creative tools into more apps via a forthcoming Creative Cloud developer kit. Adobe Creative SDK is a software library that enables developers to tap into Adobe’s creative technologies to build mobile apps and drive new connections between mobile devices and Adobe Creative Cloud desktop applications and services. It is currently under development and Adobe plans to offer a beta version in the next few months, said the company.
"We will continue to support and enhance Aviary's SDK as part of Adobe's broader Creative SDK offering. While ensuring no interruption to Aviary's developer community, or their apps’ users, we plan to add additional ...
