Aircel has launched Grand Online Data Sale, an online shopping sale exclusively for data products and services. This offers great deals on data recharges, massive discounts on exciting WAP content of 2015 such as games, videos, mp3 music, movies and wallpapers, exciting bundled packs with exclusive data benefits from Aircel on select handsets and other internet-enabled devices. Customers can avail these an attractive discount of up to 80%.
Commenting on the new initiative, Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel, said,
With the growing adoption of smartphones, the usage of Data products and services has almost become a way of life today for millions of Indians, especially the youth. Aircel has always pushed the envelope on innovating in this sphere and ensured great affordability for it at the same time. We’re proud to pioneer this concept, and are confident that our valued customers will enjoy the experience of online shopping for all their data needs on a single platform, adding more joy to their celebrations this festive season.
Aircel Grand Online Data Sale starts on January 7, 2015 and lasts for a month. Customers can head to gods.in and Aircel’s mobile site m.aircel.com to buy the devices, WAP content and recharges.
Aircel has launched Grand Online Data Sale, an online shopping sale exclusively for data products and services. This offers great deals on data recharges, massive discounts on exciting WAP content of 2015 such as games, videos, mp3 music, movies and wallpapers, exciting bundled packs with exclusive data benefits from Aircel on select handsets and other internet-enabled devices. Customers can avail these an attractive discount of up to 80%.
Commenting on the new initiative, Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer, Aircel, said,
With the growing adoption of smartphones, the usage of Data products and services has almost become a way of life today for millions of Indians, especially the youth. Aircel has always pushed the envelope on innovating in this sphere and ensured great affordability for it at the same time. We’re proud to pioneer this concept, and are confident that our valued customers will enjoy the experience of online shopping for all their data needs on a single platform, adding more joy to their celebrations this festive season.
Aircel Grand Online Data Sale starts on January 7, 2015 and lasts for a month. Customers can head to gods.in and Aircel’s mobile site m.aircel.com to buy the devices, WAP content and recharges.
K Touch has launched A20, one of the cheapest smartphones with 3G connectivity and Android 4.4 (Kitkat) in India. It has a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It also has dual SIM support.
K Touch A20 specifications
3.5-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1 GHz processor
256MB RAM, 2GB Internal memory, Expandable memory with micro SD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
Dual SIM
3MP rear camera with LED flash
0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
Dimensions: 113.8mmx62mmx12mm
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth with A2DP, GPS
1300 mAh battery
The K Touch A20 comes in Black, Blue and White colors and is priced at Rs. 2,999. This competes with Intex Aqua V4 and Celkon Campus A35K that have almost similar specifications.
Motorola is making its way to China with Moto X, Moto X Pro and Moto G with 4G LTE. All the three devices will go on sale in China early this year.
The Lenovo owned company is coming to China after being acquired for $2.9 billion last year. Motorola will first sale the Moto X in February in China followed by the Moto G, as well as a new 6-inch screen variant of the Moto X — the Moto X Pro. The Moto X Pro is similar to the Nexus 6, but designed exclusively for China. It has has a 6-inch 2560x1440 display, 13-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization, 2.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor, front-facing speakers, and a 3220mAh battery.
Finally, the LTE-equipped 2nd gen Moto G will go on sale after the Chinese New Year. These three devices are the first new smartphones Motorola has debuted in China since 2012.
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Nokia's return to the hardware market looks set to become official later this month as the N1 tablet will begin shipping in China on January 28th. Pre-orders for the Nokia N1, which is manufactured by Foxconn and sold under the Nokia brand, will begin tomorrow and the N1 tablet will cost 1599 RMB (equivalent to around $258 or £170).
When it was announced back in November, the Nokia N1 was received as offering a key challenge to the Apple iPad Air and Nokia's first Android tablet shares many characteristics of Apple's mini tablet. It sports a 7.9 inch IPS display with 2048 x 1536 pixels resolution and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It runs on the Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system and comes with Nokia's Z launcher user interface on top.
The Nokia N1 is powered by a 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Atom 64-bit processor with PowerVR graphics along with 2GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. On the back is a 8MP camera with Full HD 1080p video recording whilst the front facing snapper is a 5MP sensor. It's unclear whether either of these feature old Nokia's PureView technology and camera quality. The whole package is powered by a 5300 mAh batter which offers ...
Microsoft has announced the expansion of Office for Android tablet preview. The software giant had first released the tablet preview in beta in November last year.
The Office for Android tablet preview includes tablet-optimized version Word, Excel, and PowerPoint which is now open to general public. Prior to this, the beta required users to sign up to be eligible, but now Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are available for anyone to install. In order to use Office for Android tablet, users will need to have an ARM-powered tablet with a screen size between 7 and 10.1 inches and they must be running Android KitKat 4.4 or Lollipop 5.0.
"Today, we are excited to announce that we are further expanding the preview. We want more feedback from more users to ensure that Office apps work well on a range of different Android tablets before launching the official apps. "
posted Office in a company blog.
You can download the Office for Android tablet preview app - Word, Excel and Powerpoint from the Google Play Store.
Xiaomi usually teases launch of its new devices few days ahead of its launch. It already announced that it will launch its flagship device on January 15th. Today the company has released a teaser that hints a sleek flagship smartphone.According to the translation, it will be thinner than cicada insect's wings, as noted in the official forum.
Along with the caption, the teaser also shows a hand and a small gap between the thumb and the forefinger that clearly hints a sleek device. According to earlier rumors Xiaomi's next flagship smartphone is expected to have ultra-narrow bezels.
Xiaomi sold 61.12 million smartphones in 2014 and aims to sell 100 million devices in 2015. It posted revenue of RMB 74.3 billion yuan (US$12 billion approx.) including taxes, an increase of 135% compared to 2013. Xiaomi will sell 1000 tickets for the event through Xiaomi Mall app from 12PM on January 8. Tickets are priced at 99 Yuan ($16 approx).
The event happens at the National Conference Center, Beijing on January 15th at 2PM Beijing Time (11:30 PM IST). We can expect the company to release more teasers before the announcement, which is a week away.
Google announced the Android TV back in June I/O 2014. Today, Goolge has announed some hardware parteners for the the Android TV at CES 2015.
The Android TV is getting a set of hardware partners like Sony, Sharp and Philips. All these companies will start shipping televisions powered by Android TV from March. Users can use a single remote to watch live TV channels and play games, movies or shows from Google Play and your apps. All the aforementioned These televisions feature voice search, to help users quickly find what you want. These TVs will also be Google Cast Ready so users can cast their content from phone or tablet to the big screen.
Google is also teaming up with Huawei, Razor and others for Android TV. Moreover, all the major device chip makers like ARM, Broadcom, Imagination Technologies, Intel, Marvell, MediaTek, MStar, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and STMicroelectronics are participating for Android TV. MediaTek has announced that it will be powering Sony's upcoming 2015 Android TV-enabled Bravia sets.The Ultra HD platform uses MediaTek's MT5595 SoC and enables streaming and casting of Ultra HD content. MediaTek-powered Sony Android TV devices are expected to be commercially available by March 2015.
Finally Google has announced that it will ...
MediaTek has announced its MT2601 SoC for wearable devices based on Google’s Android Wear software. The chipmaker says that its new SoC features 41.5 percent fewer components and lower current consumption.
The MT2601 includes a 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A7, ARM Mali-400 MP GPU and support for qHD display resolution. The MT2601 interfaces with external sensors and the wireless connectivity SoC MT6630 for Bluetooth. It is currently in mass production and will be ready for inclusion in Android Wear devices.
"The MT2601 has an incredibly small die size and is highly optimized for cost and power performance. The platform solution, comprised of MT2601 integrated with Android Wear software, will fuel the maker revolution and empower the application developer community worldwide to create a broad range of innovative applications and services,"
said J.C. Hsu, General Manager of New Business Development at MediaTek.
MediaTek says that MT2601 results into lower bill of materials (BoM) costs, smaller printed circuit board (PCB) size and longer battery life.
ZTE launched the Grand S2 smartphone in India at a price tag of Rs. 13,999 last month. We bought you the unboxing and the photo gallery of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) 28nm HPm quad-core Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.15 GHz and has Adreno 330 GPU clocked at 450 MHz. It has a 5.5 inch 1080p display, has 2GB of RAM and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
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Quadrant Benchmark
It managed to score 20144 points in the Quadrant benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
It scored 2637 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It manged to score just 1070 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU Subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It clocked around 417.08 MFLOPS and topped the Linpack Single Thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It clocked around 743.02 MFLOPS in the Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark.
Geekbench 3 Single-Core
It managed to score just 744 points in the Geekbench 3 Single-Core benchmark.
Geekbench 3 Multi-Core
It managed to clock just 2068 points in the Geekbench 3 Multi-Core benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 60fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU benchmark.
3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited
It scored 16086 points in the 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited benchmark.
Basemark X 1.0 ...
Asus Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 5 smartphone have received a price cut in India. The Zenfone 4 (A400CG) was launched in India for Rs. 5,999 last year and the Zenfone 5 was launched for Rs. 9,999 for 8GB and Rs. 12,999 for 16GB. There is no price cut for the Zenfone 4 (A450CG), which still retails Rs. 6,999. The Zenfone series received Android 4.4 (KitKat) update last year. Check out the new pricing below.
Asus Zenfone 4 A400CXG with Soda Lime Glass - Rs. 5,299
Asus Zenfone 4 A400CG with Corning Gorilla Glass - Rs. 5,399
Asus Zenfone 5 A501CG 8 GB - Rs. 9,499
Asus Zenfone 5 A501CG 16 GB - Rs. 9,999
The Asus Zenfone 4 and Zenfone 5 are now available for purchase from Flipkart, which is the exclusive online partner for Asus Zenfone series in India. Since the Zenfone smartphones still have huge demand in India, it might go out of stock soon.
Kingston has introduced its latest UHS-I Speed Class 3 memory card. It offers 90MB/s read and 80MB/s write speed, which exceeds the SD Association’s latest specification release, UHS-1 U3 (Ultra High-Speed Bus, Speed Class 3) rated for 30MB/s read/write, says the company.
Since it is faster than other UHS-I Class 1 cards, it lets you capture Full HD (1080p), Ultra HD (2160p), 3D and 4K2K videos smoothly, video playback at all resolutions up to 4K2K without stutter or interruption and faster file transfer to PCs when using USB 3.0 card readers.
Commenting on the new microSD card, Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director, APAC Region, Kingston, said:
The growing adoption of high performance cameras and Android-based mobile devices has prompted Kingston to provide fast microSD cards to maximize device performance. We are confident that our new 90-80MB/s microSD card is built for extreme conditions and users will be able to capture all the memories they want on the card.
Kingston SDHC/SDXC UHS-I U3 Flash Card Features & Specifications
Fast/Performance: UHS-I Speed Class 3: up to 90MB/s read and 80MB/s write for continuous shooting, video recording and fast file transfer
Resistant: waterproof1, shock proof, X-ray proof and temperature proof to perform even in harsh environments
Compliant: with the SD Association specifications
Compatible: with microSDHC & microSDXC ...
Micromax’s YU launched the YU YUREKA (AO5510), the first smartphone under YU brand last month for Rs. 8,999. We brought you the hands on, unboxing and the photo gallery recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.54 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.0 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz. It has 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5.5-inch HD screen and runs on Cyanogen OS 11 based on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below.
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Quadrant Benchmark
The YU YUREKA scores 17178 points in the Quadrant benchmark and grabs the third spot, behind the Desire 820.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
In AnTuTu 4, the YUREKA scored 28328 points and grabs the fourth spot.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
It managed to score 1860 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It scored 777 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It managed to clock around 132.2 MFLOPS in the Linpack single thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It managed to clock around 281.5 MFLOPS in the Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 55 ...
Xolo has launched Q700 Club, the company’s first smartphone with IP55 ratings for dust and water resistance. It was introduced last week, packs a 4.5-inch FWVGA display, is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has 3G connectivity and dual SIM support.
It has dual front speakers and has DTS support. It comes pre-loaded with Hungama Music app that comes with 3 months of unlimited music and video downloads.
Xolo Q700 Club Specifications
4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) IPS display
1.3 GHz Quad-core Mediatek MT6582M processor
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
5MP rear camera with LED Flash
0.3MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 134.6 x 67 x 10.8 mm
IP55 ratings for dust and water resistance
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, dual front speakers, DTS
3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2000mAh battery
The Xolo Q700 Club comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 6,899. It is available exclusively from Snapeal.
After revealing the Galaxy Grand Max (SM-G720N0) in its brochure last month, Samsung today officially launched the smartphone in Korea. The Grand Max has a 5.25-inch HD screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone is just 7.9mm thick.
It has a unique pattern on its back cover. It comes with single SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity, but we can expect it in dual SIM variants if it is launched in the Asian markets.
Samsung Galaxy Grand Max specifications
5.25-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD TFT LCD display
1.2GHz quad-core processor
1.5GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
13MP rear camera with LED flash
5MP front-facing camera with 120-degree wide viewing angle
Dimensions: 146 x 75 x 7.9mm; Weight: 161 grams
4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2500mAh battery
The Samsung Galaxy Grand Max comes in White color and is priced at 319,000 South Korean Won (US$ 290 / Rs. 18302 approx.). It is available for purchase from the official Samsung Online Store in Korea. It will also be released on all the three major carriers in the country. The company has not revealed any details regarding the global roll out yet.
Shortly after the global launch of the iPhone 6, Apple called its latest smartphone the greatest yet and according to recent figures, this has translated into sales and a noticeable improvement in Apple's UK market share. Kantar Worldpanel Comtech report that strong sales of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus resulted in Apple's market share reaching 42.5 percent in November.
In the UK, the sales of both new iPhones saw the Cupertino company's market share rise to a record 42.5 percent in November which is up from 30.3 percent a year earlier and up from 39.5 percent in Q3. The folks at Kantar accredited this to the sales of the iPhones and whilst the rise is great news for Apple, it spells bad news for Google.
Apple's rise meant that Android market share dropped by 6.7 percent year on year to 49.7 percent in November. Kantar note that this was largely driven by the rapid and unexpected decline in Samsung smartphone sales although it was arrested somewhat by sales from other OEMs such as HTC, LG and Motorola.
Carolina Milanesi, Chief of Research at Kantar, said:
"The iPhone 6 was the best selling phone in the three months through November 2014, capturing 19 percent ...
Off late, we have been receiving a lot of requests from you folks asking us to detail about the smartphone benchmarking. We heard you and today, we try to explain what these numbers really mean to you.
First up what is smartphone benchmarking? Well, it’s quite impossible for anyone of us to numerically and even scientifically evaluate the performance of a mobile phone by just using it. Of course, we can gauge how smooth is its performance, how cool is the animations, how quickly applications open and close among other similar aspects.
However, it’s almost impossible to evaluate the internal performance of a mobile device and you never know how well the hardware performs. This is where the smartphone benchmarking applications come in handy and to an extent they solve the issue.
You might have noticed we at FoneArena run multiple benchmarking tests for every smartphone that makes its way to our labs. The reason behind running different benchmarking test is the fact that some applications are designed to evaluate only a particular segment of the phone.
Today, we would like to give you an insight of what we do and if you ever thought reviewing a smartphone is a simple task – we ...
BlackBerry has announced BBM for Android Wear at CES 2015. The popular messaging service from BlackBerry will be available on Android Wear smartwatches early this year.
BBM for Android Wear will allow users to see who has sent the message and access them on their smartwatch directly. It will enable them to read full BBM messages, accept BBM invites, and even respond to BBM messages via voice or from pre-defined messages. There will also be a list of pre-canned responses for when you really don’t have time to reply.
Receive alerts on the watch when new BBM messages come in, see the sender and discreetly preview messages.
Read BBM messages in their entirety, navigate among messages and dismiss notifications with a simple swipe.
Respond to messages hands-free with Google Now or choose from pre-defined messages to quickly send a response.
Accept BBM invites from the watch without the need to access their smartphone.
BlackBerry launched BBM for Android and iPhone last year. The BBM app has been installed by more than 50 million users on Android.
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HTC is expanding into other areas of technology, starting with Connected Devices and Internet of Things. The company will develop both hardware and software for different categories.
HTC has announced that it will be collaborating with Under Armour, one of the largest US-based sports clothing and accessories company. The Taiwanese smartphone maker will design a series of products to work in conjunction with Under Armour's fitness apps and website. The UA Record app will give you fitness tracking tools, including motion and GPS data, but will also support steps, sleep, heart rate and weight tracking for a complete picture of your physical state, drawn from linked devices.
The Connected Products business is divided into four main categories viz, Connected Life, Self, Entertainment and Home. The Life category will include imaging products such as the action RE camera. The Self category will boast of health and fitness products that will be from the Under Armour partnership. The Entertainment product will include a variety of items and finally the Connected Home category will have items such as appliances and home security.
At present it is not known what kind of products will turn out from the HTC and Under Armour partnership. However, it is known that the devices will be ...
Celkon Campus A400, the company’s latest entry-level smartphone in the Campus series is now available from HomeShop18. It has a 4-inch WVGA screen, is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera.
This joins the Intex Aqua KAT as one of the cheapest Android smartphones in the country with a 4-inch screen, Android 4.4 and 3G connectivity. Apart from the design, dual-core Spreadtrum SC7715 processor instead of dual-core MedisTek MT6572 processor and a slightly larger 1400mAh battery compared to the Intex Aqua KAT that was launched last month, other specifications are similar.
Celkon Campus A400 specifications
4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) display
1GHz dual-core Spreadtrum SC7715 processor with Mali 400 GPU
256MB RAM, 512MB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
Dual SIM
2MP rear camera with LED Flash
0.3MP (VGA) front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
12.6mm thick and weighs 95 grams
3G HSPA+,WiFi 802.11 b/g/n,Bluetooth, GPS
1400mAh battery
The Celkon Campus A400 comes in Black color and is priced at Rs. 2,999.
Apple's Beats has been sued by audio-equipment maker Monster over stealing headphone technology. The company says that it had played an important role in design and engineering the popular headphones.
Monster has filed a lawsuit against Apple's Beats Electronics, claiming that the high-end-headphone maker's co-founders allegedly conspired to sever the headphone line from Monster before Apple bought the company last year for $3.2 billion. The law alleges Beats co-founders Jimmy Iovine and rapper Dr Dre pirated the "Beats By Dr Dre" headphone line from Monster and its CEO Noel Lee. The company alleges in the suit that Beats hid the co-created work Monster and Lee put in to the design, manufacture and distribution of the original Beats headphones, then sold 51 percent of the company to HTC for $300 million. Soon after the HTC deal, Iovine and Dre reacquired 25.5 percent of Beats, by using a "change of control" clause in the contract that effectively severed ties with Monster. Monster also claims that the company has lost millions owing to the "fraudulent activities" and "sham transactions".
This is the second lawsuit on Beats as the first one was brought by the Bose Corporation over patented technology for canceling noise in earphones ...
