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Lenovo has launched RocStar A319, the company's latest music smartphone in the A series smartphones. It comes with Dolby Digital Plus technology for enhanced music listening experience, top-end earphones that offers better quality sound compared to standard earphones, Guvera Music App- Access to over 10 million songs. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
It has dual SIM support, has 3G connectivity and packs a 1500mAh battery. It has proprietary Lenovo DOit apps, including SHAREit, SYNCit and SECUREit.
Lenovo RocStar A319
4.0-inch (800 x 480 pixels) IPS display with wide 178 degree viewing angle
1.3 GHz dual-core processor
512 MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
5MP fixed focus rear camera with LED flash
2MP front-facing camera
10.2mm thick and weighs 130 grams
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
1500mAh battery
The Lenovo RocStar A319 comes in Black, White and Red colors and is priced at Rs. 6,499. It will be available at thedostore.com, across 1,400 Lenovo exclusive stores and all leading telecom outlets across India starting today.
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Mitashi has launched Mitashi PLAY Senior Friend, the company's latest Android smartphone for senior generation. It has large font dialer, large font for storing contacts and reading messages, FM radio, SOS button for emergencies and coded icons for seniors.
It has a 4-inch display, powered by a 1.2 G Hz Dual Core Processor, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of in-build memory with expansion slot and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has dual cameras and comes in special see-through box that allows you to inspect the aesthetics of the phone before you purchase it.
Commenting on the launch, Adnan Chara, Vice President - Gaming, Toys & Telecom – Mitashi Edutainment Pvt. Ltd., said,
A detailed market research done by us suggested that the senior generation, while being largely technophobic is also looking at their grand kids engaging actively on android platform and definitely want to get into the bandwagon – all they need is a little push! Research also indicated that current generation smartphone users were guilt conscious while using a high priced smartphone for themselves because their parents & grandparents at home were still active on a low priced feature or bar phone. Thus we thought of addressing the need of a smartphone exclusively made ...
Philips mobile has launched Philips Xenium X2566, the company's latest phone for senior citizens. This has large fonts, SOS function and long lasting battery life, making it more comfortable and accessible to the elderly. It has mellow and full design, unique crystal double colour injection moulding technology and the keypad has large keys so that elders can read or text comfortably without straining their eyes.
It also has unique Magnifier, which allows users to magnify letters, powerful flashlight that can be used even when the phone power is switched off and emergency SOS feature so that users can press the SOS button hidden under the flashlight to dial out the pre-set SOS numbers in case of emergency.
Philips X2566 specifications
2.4-inch (320x240 pixels ) display
Wireless FM Radio
Powerful Loudspeaker
VGA rear camera
Dual SIM
Large buttons and big fonts
Digital text magnifier
Bluetooth V2.1
1630mAh battery with up to 1128 hours standby time and up to 24 hours talking time.
Commenting on the launch S.S. Bassi, Country Manager – SAARC, Sangfei Mobility said,
Philips has always pioneered in cutting-edge innovations that matter to our customers. With changing lifestyles in metros in India and increasing incident of elderly abuse, senior citizens are often left to support themselves by choice or otherwise. We specially designed this phone to make technology ...
AOC, popular for its displays and monitors entered into tablet market with the launch of two new Android tablets under the Breeze category in India back in April 2013, now the company is back with another tablet and also plans to enter into the smartphone market next month, according to a report from ET. The AOC D70V50G that has been listed on the official website has a 7-inch display, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has 3G connectivity with voice calling capabilities and is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor. Check out the complete specifications below.
AOC D70V50G tablet specifications
7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive multi touch display
Dual SIM with dual standby
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
1.3 GHz dual-core processor
2MP rear camera
0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G HSPA+ (via SIM card slots), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n , Bluetooth, GPS / A-GPS
1GB DDR3 RAM, 4GB internal memory, up to 32GB expandable memory with microSD
3,000 mAh battery
The tablet comes with F-Secure Antivirus and Anti-theft worth Rs. 1000, Adaptxt keyboard with 21 regional languages, Your Movies app to download movies worth Rs. 2000 for 60 days, Music downloads and streaming using Hungama worth Rs. 1000 and more.
The 6-inch AOC phablet is listed as coming soon with much details. According to ...
Apple introduced the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 smartphones last month with new Apple A8 chips. These were launched in India last week. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the iPhone 6, here we have its benchmarks. The Apple A8 chip in the iPhone 6 has dual-core custom ARMv8 64-bit cores clocked at 1.4GHz per core . It is based on 20nm HKMG process, compared to 28nm on Apple A7 chip. This has quad-core PowerVR GX6450 GPU, more powerful compared to the PowerVR G6430 on the Apple A7 chip. Check out the benchmarks below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10EsERX8FSw
AnTuTu Benchmark 5
It scored 49357 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 5.
Geekbench 3 Single-Core
It tops the Geekbench 3 Single-Core benchmark by scoring 1631 points.
Geekbench 3 Multi-Core
It tops the Geekbench 3 Multi-Core benchmark too.
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited
It scored 17510 points in the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen
It tops the GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen GPU benchmark by clocking 49.5 fps.
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
It tops the GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan too by clocking 26.3 fps.
Basemark X 1.1
It scored 31,801 points in the Basemark X 1.1 GPU benchmark.
Basemark OS II
It scored 1225 points in the Basemark OS II benchmark. We will be brining you the complete review of the iPhone 6 soon.
Uber has announced a 25% price cut for both Uber Black and uberX in Delhi. This is effective immediately without any promo codes and is available for a limited period. This makes Uber almost as cheap as auto-rickshaw fares, says Uber.
This reduces the base fare, fare per kilometer and fare for the time. Check out the new rates below
Base Fare (INR)
Per km (INR)
Per minute (INR)
UberBLACK (Old Fare)
75
18
2
UberBLACK (New Fare)
56.25
13.5
1.5
UberX (Old Fare)
50
15
2
UberX (New Fare)
37.5
11.25
1.5
The new discount is applied automatically applied on your Uber receipt. Delhi users get Rs. 400 off their first Uber ride by using the promo code TRYUBERDELHI.
Uber is now present in 10 Indian cities by launching its services in four new Indian cities – Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh and Kolkata in August. It expanded the UberX, low-cost variant of UberBLACK to Chennai, Mumbai and Pune last month
OnePlus has announced that it would start their OnePlus One pre-order system on October 27th at 15:00 GMT (08:00 PST, 11:00 EST, 20:30 IST), as it promised, but it will last for one hour only. You can add your OnePlus or accessories in your shopping cart right now from the pre-order page. You can order once the pre-orders begin.
As OnePlus said earlier, the item in stock would ship immediately, if it’s not in stock you will get an approximate shipping time before you pay. More the pre-orders, longer the shipping estimation date. Pre-order system will be useful for those who are not able to get invites.
It still has the invite system. You can cancel the order any time, so that you can skip the pre-order queue and have your order shipped immediately if you get hold of an invite during the waiting time for the device to get shipped.
All the accessories will be sold at celebratory sale prices during the one hour period. The JBL E1+ Earphones will be available for $24.99, compared to the normal price of US$39.99.
We will have to wait till next week to know how many pre-orders OnePlus receives in the one hour. The One Plus One is expected to launch in India by ...
Apple has reported revenue of $42.1 billion with a net profit of $8.5 billion in their earnings for Q4 2014 that ended September 27, 2014. The international sales in this quarter is 60% of the quarter’s revenue, 1% up compared to last quarter. Apple sold 39.3 million iPhones, 12.3 million iPads, 5.52 million Macs and 2.64 million iPods during the quarter.
iPhone sale is up 16% YoY, but the iPad sales were down 13% YoY. iPod sales continues to go down. No wonder Apple didn't refresh it. iPhone and Mac sales boosted the quarter’s performance, which are more compared to the previous quarter and the same quarter last year. iPhone remains strong with 69% of U.S. commercial market.
Apple sold 68 million iPads in the past one year. The CEO says that the sales declines is just a speed bump, and he doesn't see market as saturated. App Store revenue was up 36% from a year earlier and the cumulative app downloads have topped 85 billion.
It has acquired 20 companies in the fiscal year and seven in the quarter. Retail stores saw revenue of $5.1 billion, up 15%. Apple plans to open 25 new stores in fiscal year 2015, about 75% of them outside the U.S.
Apple plans to release the Apple Watch in early ...
Apple iOS 8.1 is now available for download with a range of new features including Apple Pay, iCloud Photo liabrary and the return of the Camera Roll.
iOS 8.1 update hits iOS devices just a few weeks after the launch of the first iteration of iOS 8. One of the most important update is the Apple Pay that will allow users to shop and make payment with their iPhone 6 , iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 instead of a physical credit card. The mobile wallet from Apple integrates into the existing Passbook feature on iOS 8.1, allowing you to setup and store credit and debit cards.
The iCloud photo library offers users the option of either backing up their photos to iCloud or using the service as primary storage to clear up space on their devices. In addition, the Camera Roll feature is back on popular demand as Apple had removed it at the time of iOS 8 launch. It instead replaced it with 'Recently Added'section includes photos and videos that were taken within the last month.
Continuity features like SMS Relay (also called Text Message Forwarding) and Instant Hotspot are also available in the latest iOS version. iOS 8.1 ...
AT&T has announced that it will launch the Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 on October 24. The smartphone will be priced at $149.99 for a two-year contract $474.99 with no contract.
The phone that was made official by Samsung last month sports a 6-inch HD ( 1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Cortex A9 processor (Exynos 4412 likely) and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 2.1 MP front-facing camera. The phone has 1.5GB RAM, 16GB internal storage that can be expanded upto 64GB with micro SD.
Other features include Bluetooth and LTE connectivity along with 2800 mAh battery. It runs on Android KitKat 4.4 and has Samsung's TouchWiz UI. The Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 comes in Cosmic Black and Blizzard White colors.
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Microsoft has updated Skype app for Windows Phone with a drawing tool that allows users to draw images and text on photos before sharing. The feature is arriving first on Windows Phone and Skype has not mentioned anything about iOS and Android release.
"Today we’re excited to release Skype 2.24 for Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows Phone 8, which brings drawing to Skype for the first time! Get creative and draw on a canvas, add silly touches to a photo or draw the fastest route on a map and share it with your friends and family."
posted Skype on a company blog post.
In order to draw on a blank canvas, users will have to tap "+” icon in any chat window and select “drawing.” You can also draw on top of photos as well as annotate Bing maps. The feature is similar to Snapchat app that lets you doodle on you photos. Also most recently, Facebook Messenger updated its Android and iPhone app with similar feature.
The recent update also brings HD screen support for phones with high-definition screens, adding some clarity to your video chats. Moreover, there is an improved background resuming and launching. Finally, users can now automatically sign in using the Microsoft ...
Dropbox has been optimized for recently launched iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The app takes advantage of the large screen and powerful resolution on the iPhones.
In addition, the app now supports TouchID fingerprint sensor allowing users to protect any Dropbox documents. iPhone 5S users can also use the updated Dropbox app as it also has the Touch ID support. Other updates include, stability and performance improvements, as well as a fix for previewing RTF files on iOS 8.
Dropbox was recently updated with iOS 8 features like Notification center that shows all your activities in Today View widget. It also added a new Share extension that allows files from other apps to be opened and saved and the ability to manage shared folders in the app.
You can update the Dropbox app from Apple App Store.
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Samsung launched the Galaxy Alpha in India for Rs. 39,990 few weeks back. This is the company's first Android smartphone with a metal frame and 6.7mm slim body. We got to unbox the smartphone recently. Check out the unboxing below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcobwDaZWBw
Box Contents
Samsung Galaxy Alpha in Charcoal Black color
2-pin AC charger
micro USB cable
in-ear headset
1860 mAh Battery
Quick start guide
Check out more images of the box contents below
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Here are the specifications of the smartphone
4.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) Super AMOLED display
Octa-Core Exynos (1.8 GHz Quad + 1.3GHz Quad) processor
Android 4.4.4 (KitKat)
12MP rear camera with LED Flash, 4K Video recording
2.1MP front-facing camera
6.7mm thick and weighs 115 grams
2GB RAM, 32GB internal memory
S Health 3.0, Heart rate sensor
4G LTE-A Cat.6 / 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2X2 MIMO), Bluetooth v4.0 LE, GPS, NFC
1860 mAh Battery
The Galaxy Alpha also comes in Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Sleek Silver and Scuba Blue colors. It even has a Finger Scanner and a built-in heart rate monitor, similar to the Galaxy S5 the latest Note 4 smartphones. We already brought you the hands-on and the photo gallery of the smartphone from the IFA last month. We will be bringing you the benchmarks and the complete review of the smartphone soon.
Samsung has officially reduced the price of the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S5 LTE smartphones in India. The Galaxy S5 was launched in April in India for Rs. 51500. Now the smartphone is available from the Samsung India eStore for Rs. 37500. The LTE version of the Galaxy S5 that was launched as Samsung Galaxy S5 4G in July for Rs. 53500 is available for Rs. 40300.
Days after the Galaxy S5 went on sale, several online retailers started selling the smartphone for cheaper rates, but Samsung denied slashing the price of the smartphone. Several retailers have already slashed the prices of both these smartphones for even cheaper rates. Samsung usually cut the prices of older smartphones when it launches a new flagship.
Hope the Galaxy Note 4 that was launched for Rs. 58,300 in the country gets a price cut soon.
E-FUN has announced a 10.1 inch Windows hybrid tablet that comes with a detachable POGO keyboard. Priced at $179 the Nextbook will be available in mid November.
The 10.1 inch screen has a 1280×800 IPS display with capacitive multitouch. It is powered by an Intel Atom Z3735G processor and has just 1GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. It comes with 32GB of storage that can be expandable with a MicroSD card up to 64GB. It also has 802.11 b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth 4.0, a micro USB port, mini HDMI port, audio jack, .3 megapixel front-facing camera and 2 megapixel back-facing camera with microphone, and a 3-axis g-sensor for apps and games. Battery on the device is 6000mAh.
Microsoft is tossing in a one-year free subscription to Office 365 Personal plus 1TB of OneDrive cloud storage, and 60 Skype world minutes per month. The Nextbook Windows 2-in 1 device will be available at Walmart stores nationwide with pre-orders via Walmart.com beginning October 23rd. It will be available via SamsClub.com in December.
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Google Play Music is gearing up to receive the Material Design feature from Android 5.0 Lollipop. Earlier this month, we saw Play Store receiving the update with revamped UI and bold use of color palette. Now, some leaked screenshots show the Material Design update for Google Play Music.
We can see that Google has used bold colors even for the Play Music app. One of the first changes is the use of larger images for Album Art. The app now boasts of an orange theme that is seen on the status bar as well as few keys. Icons have now become small and the typography has changed. The hamburger menu that was seen even on the Play Store is now available for Play Music.
The individual track playback interfacehas new iconography for playback and ratings, along with new queue, repeat, and shuffle icons. "I am feeling lucky radio" shortcut is now seen on top of Recommendations. It is not known when will Google update the Play Music but it looks like it will be updated soon.
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Apple launched the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus smartphones in India last week. We already brought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the iPhone 6, Plus here we have its benchmarks. The Apple A8 chip in the iPhone 6 Plus has dual-core custom ARMv8 64-bit cores clocked at 1.4GHz per core . It is based on 20nm HKMG process, compared to 28nm on Apple A7 chip. This has quad-core PowerVR GX6450 GPU, more powerful compared to the PowerVR G6430 on the Apple A7 chip. Check out the benchmarks below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMbDQu5IAos
AnTuTu Benchmark 5
It scored 50705 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 5, better than the iPhone 6.
Geekbench 3 Single-Core
It scored 1626 points in the Geekbench 3 single-core benchmark and lies behind the iPhone 6.
Geekbench 3 Multi-Core
It lies just behind the iPhone 6 with 2910 points in the Geekbench 3 Multi-Core benchmarks.
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited
The iPhone 6 Plus tops the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited GPU benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen
It manages to clock 41.1 fps in the GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen benchmark.
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan
The iPhone 6 Plus lies just behind the iPhone 6 in the GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan GPU benchmark.
Basemark X 1.1
The iPhone 6 Plus tops the Basemark X 1.1 benchmark too with 33004 points.
Basemark ...
HTC has confirmed last week that Android 5.0 Lollipop update is coming to One (M7) and One (M8) "within 90 days of receiving final software". Now, the company has extended the update to more of its devices, according to latest report from LlabTooFeR.
The HTC One (M7) and (M8) remain the first in line for the update. Google Play Edition versions of the handsets will receive an update in late November-December, as expected, and Sense based versions will see an update in January-February. Meanwhile, other devices like, HTC Desire EYE, HTC One Dual Sim, HTC One E8, HTC Butterfly 2 any many other smartphones will receive the Android 5.0 update anytime between January and March. The One Mini 2 and Desire 816 should receive Lollipop sometime in March or April, while the One Max, One Mini, and Butterfly S are slated for the update sometime between March and May.
The report further claims that the Android 5.0 Lollipop update will also bring the Eye Experience features on some of HTC’s older devices. It concludes saying that other Media Tek processor powered devices are still under evaluation and it is not sure if it will or will not receive the update.
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Philips has unveiled Aurora i966, the company's latest flagship smartphone in China. It has a 5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD display with 2.5D arc glass, slim bezels with 63.8% screen-to-body ratio and Corning gorilla glass protection, powered by a 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and runs on Alibaba's YunOS 3.0 based on Android.
It has a 20.7-megapixel camera Sony IMX220 Exmor RS sensor with 6-element lens, f/1.8 aperture and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture. It packs 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage and a 3000 mAh battery. It even has a fingerprint sensor on the back that has high sensitivity to work even with wet hands. It has Sabre ES9018 DAC chip.
Philips i966 Aurora specifications
5.5-inch (2560×1440 pixels) Quad HD display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor
3GB RAM, 32GB internal memory
YunOS 3.0 OS based on Android
Dimensions – 1523x76x8.2mm
20.7MP rear camera with LED Flash, Sony IMX220 Exmor RS BSI sensor, f/1.8 aperture
8MP front-facing camera
4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3000mAh battery
The Philips i966 Aurora comes in Black color and is priced in China at 3699 Chinese Yuan (Rs. 37,000 / US$600 approx.)
Lenovo has launched RocStar A319, the company's latest music smartphone in the A series smartphones. It comes with Dolby Digital Plus technology for enhanced music listening experience, top-end earphones that offers better quality sound compared to standard earphones, Guvera Music App- Access to over 10 million songs. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core processor, runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
It has dual SIM support, has 3G connectivity and packs a 1500mAh battery. It has proprietary Lenovo DOit apps, including SHAREit, SYNCit and SECUREit.
Lenovo RocStar A319
4.0-inch (800 x 480 pixels) IPS display with wide 178 degree viewing angle
1.3 GHz dual-core processor
512 MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
5MP fixed focus rear camera with LED flash
2MP front-facing camera
10.2mm thick and weighs 130 grams
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
1500mAh battery
The Lenovo RocStar A319 comes in Black, White and Red colors and is priced at Rs. 6,499. It will be available at thedostore.com, across 1,400 Lenovo exclusive stores and all leading telecom outlets across India starting today.
Nokia has finally launched HERE Maps for Android devices running 4.1 or higher. The news comes after Nokia made maps available on select Samsung Galaxy devices.
Prior to this launch, the beta HERE Maps APK was leaked last month. The app is still in beta and the company says that it runs best on devices with 1 GB of RAM or more, and a screen size between 4 and 6 inches. It must be noted that the app is not yet available on the Google Play Store and users will need to "side-load" the app on their devices from Nokia’s website or by side-loading the app to the phone from a PC.
We’ve discovered that some ‘cache cleaner’ apps accidentally delete the navigation voices in the HERE app. We’re very close to a fix, which will be released in the next weeks, but in the meantime we’d ask you not to use such apps if you want to use voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation."
posted Nokia in a blog.
Nokia HERE Maps includes turn-by-turn directions and points-of-interest, live traffic info and public transport maps and directions. One of key features of the HERE maps is that it allows users to download the map of entire region and use it ...
