HTC has launched the Desire 816G dual SIM, a cheaper variant of the Desire 816 in India. It has the same 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to the Desire 816 that was launched back in April. but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, instead of a Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC and comes with 1GB RAM, instead of 1.5GB on the Desire 816.
Other features are similar including Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6.0, 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual-front-facing BoomSound speakers, comes with dual SIM support and has 3G HSPA+ connectivity, but lacks 4G support.
At the launch, Faisal Siddiqui, Vice President & Country Head, India at HTC, said,
The HTC Desire 816G dual sim brings an exciting combination of big screen, great specs at an amazing price! It is one of the most well-built and best design smartphone with a powerful specification that makes the HTC Desire 816G dual sim even more compelling. It is bringing genuine choice to the category by delivering stunning design and high-end performance at unbelievable value.
HTC Desire 816G dual SIM specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6
Dual ...
HTC has launched the Desire 816G dual SIM, a cheaper variant of the Desire 816 in India. It has the same 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, similar to the Desire 816 that was launched back in April. but this is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, instead of a Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 SoC and comes with 1GB RAM, instead of 1.5GB on the Desire 816.
Other features are similar including Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6.0, 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual-front-facing BoomSound speakers, comes with dual SIM support and has 3G HSPA+ connectivity, but lacks 4G support.
At the launch, Faisal Siddiqui, Vice President & Country Head, India at HTC, said,
The HTC Desire 816G dual sim brings an exciting combination of big screen, great specs at an amazing price! It is one of the most well-built and best design smartphone with a powerful specification that makes the HTC Desire 816G dual sim even more compelling. It is bringing genuine choice to the category by delivering stunning design and high-end performance at unbelievable value.
HTC Desire 816G dual SIM specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display
1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense 6
Dual ...
HTC has announced the Desire 820, the company's latest phablet and the successor of the Desire 816 in India. It was unveiled at the IFA 2014 earlier this month and packs a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor ( four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz per core and four clocked at 1.0 GHz) with Adreno 405 GPU / 1.2 GHz quad-core processor Snapdragon 410 processor and runs on Android 4.4 Kitkat with HTC Sense 6 UI on top, that it upgradable to upcoming release of Android L.
The quad-core variant is called the Desire 820q has 1GB of RAM instead of 2GB RAM compared to the Octa-Core variant. Both have a 13-megapixel rear camera, 8-megapixel front-facing camera, dual-front-facing BoomSound speakers and dual SIM support with 4G on both the SIMs. We went hands on with the Desire 820 at the IFA earlier this month, check out the hands on video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMn-7BGPxRc
At the launch, Faisal Siddiqui, HTC India's Vice President & Country Head, said,
Our new HTC Desire model gives entertainment lovers exactly what they are looking for; a powerful, fast, stylish smartphone that delivers their favourite content on a big screen at a competitive ...
LG G3 Vigor a variant of the LG G3 Beat will arrive on AT&T for $334.99 without contract on September 26. The mid range device from LG will also support AT&T's HD Voice for clearer calls.
The G3 Vigor will also be available for just $49.99 with a two-year service agreement, or for $13.96 or $16.75 per month under the AT&T's Next program. The G3 Vigor sports a 5-inch 1280 x 720 display and is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor. It has a 1.3-megapixel front facing camera and 8-megapixel camera on its rear. Other specs include 8GB of storage, microSD card slot, 4G LTE, HD Voice, a 2540mAh battery and Android 4.4 KitKat.
As a promotional limited time offer consumers that buy the LG G3 Vigor from AT&T will be able to bundle an LG G Pad 7.0 LTE for 99 cents with a 2-year contract and data plan.
Jolla, the smartphone start up company from Finland has launched its first Jolla smartphone in India exclusively on Snapdeal, as it promised. It has a 4.5-inch qHD screen, powered by a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Sailfish OS, which has a gesture-based user interface and supports Android apps. Jolla has an unique design. There are two parts to the smartphone, the front and the cover which Jolla refer to as the other half.
We unboxed the Jolla smartphone last year. Check out the unboxing below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdx4JgNSQ7Q
At the launch, Sami Pienimäki, Co-founder and CMO of Jolla Ltd said,
Today, we are extremely excited to announce the availability of the Jolla smartphone and Sailfish OS in India, offering a true new alternative to the smartphone market. The most widely used mobile OS is rapidly colonialising the digital world, removing any sort of differentiation and turning the once exciting smartphone business into a hardware battle. Jolla smartphone with its open and independent Sailfish OS, is bringing excitement and freedom back to the smartphone industry.
Tony Navin, Senior Vice President, Electronics & Home, Snapdeal.com, said,
This is one smartphone that a lot of people in India have been waiting for and we are glad to be exclusively launching Jolla ...
Karbonn launched the Sparkle V, the company’s first Android One smartphone recently. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. We had already seen the benchmarks of the Spice Dream UNO and the Micromax Canvas A1 smartphones that have similar specifications such as 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, 1GB RAM, 4.5-inch FWVGA display and Android 4.4 (KitKat). so the benchmarks scores should also be almost similar in this smartphone too. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7FXGS201Cw
Quadrant Benchmark
It managed to score 4179 points in the Quadrant benchmark.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
In the AnTuTu 4, it managed to score 15885 points.
Vellamo 2 HTML5
It managed to score 1400 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML 5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2 Metal
It scored 596 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU Subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It managed to clock around 40.6 MFLOPS in the Linpack Single thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It managed to clock around 137.4 MFLOPS in Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 62.3 fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU Benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen)
It clocked 9.8 fps in the GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen benchmark.
Basemark X 1.0 HD (Onscreen)
It ...
A Tech Crunch report revealed that Apple is planning to shut down Beats Music, the streaming service it acquired in May for $3 billion. However, Apple has denied the reports about this plans to Re/Code.
Apple PR representative Tom Neumayr told Re/Code "This is not true" but did not mention or comment anything else. The report further said that Apple might not want to shut down Beats Music, but will "modify" the Beats Music brand overtime. At present Apple's plans for Beats Music is unclear however a couple of Wall Street experts and industry analysts are suggesting that that the name would eventually be retired and streaming music would be incorporated into iTunes, with the Beats brand preserved for headphones and other audio products.
Currently, it looks the Beats streaming service will remain active and we will have to wait and see what plans Apple has in mind for the service.
via:Re/Code
Xiaomi sold 60,000 units of Remi 1S smartphones in 5.2 seconds in the fourth flash sale in India today. The company put up 20,000 units more than first three Redmi sales, and over 3.5 lakh people had registered for today's sale. It took 3.4 seconds for the company to sell 40,000 units in its third sale last week.
The Redmi 1S is still one of the popular smartphones in India due to its value for money offering. So there is a huge demand for the smartphone every week. Totally the company has sold over 1.8 lakh Redmi 1S smartphones in India till the fourth sale. Sill it is getting over 3 lakh registrations every week.
The company would start registrations for 30th September sale at 6PM today. As usual, registration is compulsory, even if you had already registered for previous sales. It is expected to sell 60,000 smartphones again, just like the fourth sale. It is not clear if it would discontinue the smartphone after the next sale, like did for the Mi 3, to concentrate on the Redmi Note.
Teamchat, a messaging app that specializes in enterprise messaging has been launched. Available on Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Firefox and web devices, the app enables organizations to improve communications amongst its employees, partners, agents, distributors, and suppliers.
Touted as 'Smart mobile messenger', the app comes with an admin panel that enables organizations to manage users, groups, downloads, integrations and customizations. Teamchat offers server- and client-side APIs (application programming interfaces) to enable integration with popular third party tools and apps. It contains smart messages that automatically aggregate replies and update themselves.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUVlYVBATRw#t=27
For example, when a user posts a poll in the group, the message updates itself automatically with the aggregate result when other group members reply to it. A single message is seen in the conversation thread no matter how many users respond to the poll. It comes with numerous templates including poll, survey, number tracker, comment, multi-field forms, comment, location, nominate.
Fashion watch maker Martian Watches has introduced a smartwatch in India that is exclusively available on Flipkart. Priced at Rs 9,999, the Martian Notifier smartwatch is compatible with iPhone and Android devices.
Users can easily pair the smartwatch with their smartphone by using the Martian Notifier App. Martian Notifier analog smartwatch gives the wearer the ability to receive real-time alerts and notifications on your wrist –including caller ID, texts, Facebook, Twitter, Weather and email. It is compatible with 5th Generation iPod Touch, iPad Air, iPad Mini, 3rd Generation iPad, iPhone 5S, 5C, 5, 4S, Android Smartphones with 2.3.3 or Later, Android Tablets with 2.3.3 or Later, 96 x 16 Pixel Graphic OLED Display.
"Bringing the Martian Notifier to a worldwide market, especially a major growth market for consumer electronics such as India, provides a unique opportunity to set standards in the Indian wearable tech market with our world class quality and great value.Consumers in India are looking for wearable technology that melds well into their daily lives with a personalized digital experience, and we feel a smartwatch design with style like ours is just the thing they are looking for and Flipkart is the ideal partner to help make this available to them.”
said Jeffrey Hsieh, ...
Xiaomi introduced the Redmi Note in India back in July. It would go on sale in India in coming weeks. We managed to get one before it’s on sale in the country. Check out the unboxing video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8kQmD5PntQ
Box Contents
Xiaomi Redmi Note in white
3100 mAh battery
micro USB cable
User manual
Our unit from Hong Kong didn't have a USB charger in the box, but the Indian variant is expected to come with a charger.
The Redmi Note has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS OGS screen, 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with MIUI v5 on top, unlike the Xiaomi Mi3 that runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat).
It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. It packs 2GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot. It has two full sized SIM card slots.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note is priced at Rs. 9,999 in India, but Xiaomi could reduce the price when it goes on sale, just like it did for the Redmi 1S. Last month Xiaomi had events for the Redmi 1S, a week before the launch, so it could host Redmi Note launch events in ...
Apple has revealed the latest adoption numbers of iOS 8, its latest operating system. The company has stated on its websites that a total of 46% of Apple mobile devices are running on iOS 8.
Apple displayed the latest numbers on company's App Store Distribution Page. The numbers from Apple come merely six days after the mobile operating system was released on September 17th. Moving on, iOS 7 is still present on 49 percent of devices while 5 percent of consumers are using the older versions of the operating system. Earlier this month, Apple's analytics indicated that 92% of devices connected to the App Store were using iOS 7, while 7% were using iOS 6 and 1% were on earlier versions of the mobile operating system.
In comparison, Google recently revealed that Android KitKat is now present on 24.5% of Android devices.
via:App Store Distribution
Micromax launched the Canvas A1, the company’s first Android One smartphone recently. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor with ARM Cortex A7 cores and Mali 400 GPU, has a 4.5-inch FWVGA display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Since the specifications are similar in all these Android One smartphones, the benchmarks scores should also be almost similar in all these. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WX2IzDtQHE
Quadrant Benchmark
It scored 4444 points in the Quadrant Benchmark, better than other Android One smartphones.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
Again, it scores slightly better than the other two Android One phones and lies just behind the Moto G.
Vellamo 2 HTML5
It managed to score 1418 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2 Metal
It scored 580 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU Subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It managed to score around 40.5 MFLOPS in the Linpack Single Thread benchmark, almost similar to other Android One smartphones.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It managed to clock around 136.5 MFLOPS in the Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 62.3 fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU Benchmark, similar to the other two ...
Motorola launched the Moto 360 smartwatch in the US earlier this month. We attended the Google I/O back in June, so Google sent us one Moto 360 smartwatch. It comes in a circular box, similar to its round display. Check out the unboxing below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktt6LhSxmc4
Box Contents
Motorola Moto 360 in black with leather strap
Wireless charging dock
micro USB charger that connects to the charging dock
Quick start guides
Box contents and other details are mentioned on the back of the box. It has pedometer, optical heart rate monitor and has IP67 rating for water resistance.
The Moto 360 has a 1.5-inch touchscreen display with a 320 x 290 resolution. It has a round dial with a small gap on the bottom and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass. It is powered by TI OMAP 3 SoC, unlike other Android Wear watches that have Snapdragon 400 SoC, but it has 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage, similar to other Android Wear smartwatches.
It has a 320mAh battery and charges wirelessly just by docking it on the charging cradle. It went on sale in the U.S. for $299.99 and would launch in India by the end of this month.
Srivatsan contributed to this report
Remember we'd told you about OnePlus' plans of scrapping the StyleSwap covers? Well, that still holds true but the company is allowing users to purchase the Bamboo covers that they had already produced.
If you don't remember (or simply want clarification), OnePlus has stated that they had been having production issues wherein very few StyleSwap covers that were produced passed through the company's stringent quality checks. This prompted the company to give up the idea of making the StyleSwap covers available for purchase altogether.
However, there were a few (number not specified) Bamboo cases that did pass through the quality checks, and OnePlus wants to make them available for the public.
What OnePlus is doing is that instead of selling the covers separately, they're pushing a limited edition Bamboo edition of the OnePlus One. The specifications remain the same of course, but this limited edition costs a bit more at 2,599 Yuan or US$423. There'll only be a 64GB version which otherwise sells for about the equivalent of US$350.
The Bamboo edition OnePlus One will be available for sale in limited numbers starting tomorrow in China.
Source
Gameloft unveiled the Asphalt Overdrive back in June at the E3, today the company has announced that it would launch for Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms this Thursday, September 25th. It's the first spinoff in the Asphalt series that is set in a “new '80s” version of California.
Unlike the other games in the Asphalt series, this is an endless racer and has portrait orientation, similar to other arcade games from Gameloft. This offer fast racing, exotic cars, and cutting edge mobile graphics. It brings new control schemes that lets you swipe to change the lanes. This lets you smash other cars off the road to perform takedowns, outrun the cops, compete with your friends, challenge bosses, avoid obstacles, perform crazy stunts and much more.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n16cBqpCso
The Asphalt Overdrive would be free on all these three platforms and would include in-app purchases. It would work on Windows Phone devices that has 512MB RAM. We will let you know once the game goes live.
Xiaomi's products are often affordable enough for the general public. However, if you thought there was scope for improvement, Xiaomi has you covered. According to outlets based in China, Xiaomi is working on an updated version of the Redmi Note, and a more affordable, knocked down variant of the flagship Mi 4.
WATCH: Xiaomi Redmi Note Unboxing
The current crop of Redmi Note phones come with either the 1.7GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592 processors or the slower, 1.4GHz octa-core MT6592m processors. The updated version though, is said to feature the new and improved MediaTek MT6595 that powers the Meizu MX4. It's worthy to note that although the MediaTek MT6595 is an octa-core chip, not all eight cores function at once.
This version of the Redmi Note, besides getting a faster processor, will also come with more RAM (3GB) and more pixels (1080p, vs. 720p).
Moving on to the knocked-down Mi 4, its being said that this version will feature just 2GB of RAM instead of the standard 3GB that we see on the device. This will certainly help keep costs down, and bring the phone to a more MX4-rivaling category in terms of price (the MX4 sells for 1799 Yuan/US$293 in China).
What's more, this version ...
Google has updated Chrome apps for mobile with a bunch of new features. The company had announced in January that Chrome apps for iPhone and Android are coming later this year. Latest update brings Chrome apps closer to native built mobile apps with richer notifications and sign-ins.
"The newest version of Chrome Apps for Mobile includes Chrome APIs for identity, Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) and rich notifications, as well as an improved developer workflow and modern WebView capabilities extended to older versions of Android."
posted Michal Mocny, Chrome Apps for Mobile Engineer and Mobile Magic Maker in a company blog post.
In order to show off some of the new functionality, Google has packaged its Topeka Polymer web app as a Chrome App for Mobile. Moreover, Chromium WebView, which was introduced as part of Android 4.4 KitKat, is now available on any device running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and higher. A new feature dubbed as live deploy will now give you the ability to instantly preview the Chrome App you are editing on your Android or iOS device.
Google is aiming towards reducing the difference between Chrome and Android platform. Earlier this week, the company launched four Android apps for Chromebooks.
via:Google Chromium Blog
Last week Apple released iOS 8, its latest operating system for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Soon after the release, an array of apps were modified to work more efficiently on the iOS 8 mobile devices. Dropbox has joined the league of such apps and updated its app for iOS 8.
First up, the app now displays recent activity inside notification center, just like it does on desktops. All the recent activites are seen in the Today view widget in the Notification Center. Moving on, users can now easily save files to Dropbox and open your them directly from within other apps. They can easily create and manage shared folders straight from the Dropbox app on your iPhone or iPad.
With the latest update, users now get a better control over what is being shared. Dropbox for Business or Pro users gets the ability to set and manage read-only permissions on shared folders via the Dropbox app. Finally, the app now allows users to import and export Dropbox files to and from iOS apps that also support Apple’s new Storage Provider App Extensions. This essentially means that users can access their Dropbox files within other apps and transfer their files from other apps into Dropbox. In order to ...
Microsoft has announced the launch of Wireless Display Adapter that is a Miracast-based wireless streaming device for HDMI monitors and televisions. The device was rumored to be in making and had been leaked last month.
The Miracast streaming stick supports devices running on Windows and Windows Phone. Users can also stream content from a phone or tablet running Android 4.2.1 or later. It connects to an HDTV, monitor or projector and allows users to share audio and visual content from Miracast-enabled devices, within a 23-foot range.
"All you need to do is plug the USB end and HDMI end of the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter into an HDTV, monitor or projector. Then select the right input on your TV, pair it with your laptop, tablet, or smartphone and you’ll be ready to go. Then just wirelessly project your screen from your Miracast-enabled device."
said Microsoft in a company blog post.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaWRJtn7zFc
The small dongle can either mirror your screen to a TV, or turn the TV into an additional display. Priced at $59.95, the Wireless Display Adapter is up for pre-order on the Microsoft Store website in the US and Canada. It will be due out sometime in October. Google has a similar popular device Chromecast that mirrors your ...
Motorola has launched the new Moto X (2nd Gen) in India, as it promised earlier this month. It was unveiled earlier this month and packs a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel camera with an f/2.25 lens, dual LED flashes with a circular ring around it and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
It has 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage and 2300 mAh battery. It uses a single nano SIM and several rear finishes including wood and leather.
Motorola Moto X (2nd Gen) specifications
5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974-AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Front-facing speaker
13MP rear camera with dual LED Ring flash, f/2.25 aperture, 4K video recording
2MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video
9.97 mm thick and weighs 144 grams
3G, WiFi 802.11a/g/b/n/ac (dual band), Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
2300 mAh battery
The new Motorola Moto X is priced at Rs. 31,999 for the base variant. Leather and Bamboo variants of the new Moto X cost Rs. 33,999. It would go on sale today ...
