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BlackBerry has started rolling out a major software update to BB 10 smartphones. The 10.3.1 update will come to devices like Z10, Q5, Q10, Z30, Z3, Porsche Design P’9983, and the Passport.
BlackBerry 10 OS 10.3.1 gives users the ability to access both the BlackBerry World appstore and the Amazon Appstore that provides access to a host of Android applications previously unavailable on the BlackBerry platform. The new software will allow its users to access its new BlackBerry Blend feature that lets users get message notifications, read and respond to work and personal email, text and other messages, while also accessing files, calendars, contacts and other media, on whatever device one is using. It works across Apple's Mac OS, Microsoft's Windows platform and tablets powered by Google's Android software.
BlackBerry has also re-introduced keyboard shortcuts like pressing “T” when in the BlackBerry Hub to get to the top of your Inbox or “B” to jump to the bottom. You can also press “A” to launch your Address Book, “N” to launch BBM, “O” to launch Settings, and more. The software upgrade will also introduce the new BlackBerry Assistant, a digital assistant that can be used with voice or text command to help users manage email, contacts, ...
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Videocon Telecom has announced that it plans to roll out 4G LTT FDD services on 1800 Mhz across 29 key cities UP (East), UP (West) and Bihar circles. It will invest over Rs 1200 crores in next 3 years for 4G roll out in the cities across these 3 circles. It holds 5Mhz liberalized spectrum in the 1800 Mhz band in the circles. In remaining coverage area it would offer 2G voice on own network.
4G LTE FDD technology is very efficient on 1800 MHz and allows greater speeds & accommodates higher subscriber base to provide an unmatched customer experience, says the company. The company will be the first telco to offer 4G LTT FDD services on 1800 Mhz in the country with digital voice.
It will first roll out 4G in 6 cities in phase 1, 12 cities in phase 2 and remaining 11 cities on phase 3 covering the key potential cities across these circles. It will be working closely with Deloitte as their consulting partner and Huawei & NSN as their technology partner. It will offer 4G data at 2G/3G rates to encourage early adoption and will also be offering bundled devices, including MiFi dongles.
Commenting on the announcement, Arvind ...
Lenovo Vibe Shot, the company's upcoming top-end smartphone in the Vibe series has surfaced on a Thai website. The main highlight of the smartphone is its 16-megapixel rear camera with triple-tone flash for providing consistent lighting in various environments. The camera also features a BSI sensor and optical image stabilization (OIS). It has metal body and comes with a dedicated shutter key for capturing images easily. The smartphone was leaked earlier this month as Lenovo Vibe Z3 Pro in China.
It would come with a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display, powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB of internal storage with expansion slot. It would run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and come with LTE support as well. No details about the front-facing camera or battery capacity yet. It is expected to come with hybrid SIM slots that would let you use the second slot as a microSD.
The Lenovo Vibe Shot is expected to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 in Barcelona next month.
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Nokia 215 Dual SIM, the company’s most affordable internet-enabled smartphone is now on sale in India through the official Nokia Store. It was announced last month and packs a 2.4-inch (320 x 240 pixels) QVGA LCD screen with numeric keypad, comes with built-in MP3 player, FM Radio, Opera mini browser, 2G (EDGE) connectivity, Bluetooth 3.0 with Slam sharing feature and a VGA rear camera without flash and a built-in torchlight. It runs on Series 30+ OS.
It is 12.9 mm thick and weighs 78.6 grams. It comes pre-loaded with Bing search, MSN Weather, Facebook and Twitter apps. It supports micro SD cards up to 32GB and packs a 1100mAh battery that promises up to 20h talk time and up to 21 days standby.
The Nokia 215 Dual SIM comes in Bright Green, Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 2,149.
WickedLeak has launched Wammy Titan 4, the company's latest smartphone in the Wammy Titan series. It has a 5-inch Full HD display based on OGS technology, is powered by a 1.7GHz Tru Octacore Processor with Mali 450 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity, similar to other Wickedleak Titan smartphones. It packs 2 GB of RAM,16 GB of internal storage with expansion slot and a huge 5330mAh.
WickedLeak Wammy Titan 4 specifications
5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD OGS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450 GPU
2GB RAM, 16 GB internal storage, expandable up to 64 GB
Android 4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
16MP rear camera with Sony Exmor RS Sensor, LED Flash and 1080p video recording
8MP front-facing camera
Fingerprint scanner
DualSIM
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth, and GPS, NFC
5330mAh battery
The WickedLeak Wammy Titan 4 comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 14,990. It now available for sale through WickedLeak’s website, which would be shipped on 1st March 2015.
A new leak has shown photos and specs of four new smartphones from Lenovo. The company is working on Vibe X3, Vibe P1, Vibe P1 Pro and Vibe S1.
All the four smartphones from Lenovo appear to be made of metal instead of plastic. The high end model from the lot is the the Lenovo Vibe X3 that sports 5.5-inch display, a 20-megapixel camera, dedicated amplifiers and the Hi-Fi 3.0 software package. Moving on the Vibe S1 is expected to come in multiple colors including purple, pink and light blue. No other specs of the phone are available at present.
Next up is the Vibe P1 that will feature a large 4000 mAh battery and a 64-bit octa-core chipset, 2GB of RAM, 4G LTE, and Android 5.0 out of the box. The P1 Pro on the other hand will have a 5000mAh battery and fingerprint sensor. Both these devices will have quick charging and ceramic nano coating for the chassis.
Finally, yesterday Lenovo Vibe Shot leaked with 16-megapixel rear camera with triple-tone flash. It will sport 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display, powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 615 processor, 3GB RAM, 32GB of internal storage. Lenovo is expected to launch them at MWC 2015 next ...
Samsung officially announced the all metal Galaxy A7 last month and the phone went on sale in India last week for Rs 30,499. We have already went hands on with the phone and seen the unboxing. Now lets take a look at walk through at the hardware of the device in this photo gallery.
The Galaxy A7 sports a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core (1.5GHz Quad A53 + 1.0 GHz Quad A53 ) with Adreno 405 GPU. Running Android 4.4 KitKat, the phone has 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD.
The phone has a 5MP front-facing camera along with the usual proximity sensors and earpiece at the center along with the Samsung branding.
It has trademark home button and on-screen touch buttons. The phone measures 151 x 76.2 x 6.3mm and weighs 141 grams.
On the left side it has the volume rockers.
While the power button is present on the right side.
There are dual nano SIM slots on the right side. Also present on the right side is the hybrid dual SIM support that lets you use the second slot for SIM or expansion.
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Google has started rolling out Android Wear 5.0.2 update for several smartwatches. The latest update is coming to Samsung Gear Live, LG G Watch, Moto 360 and the Sony Smartwatch 3.
The latest update is not a major one and does not add any new features. The Android 5.0.2 mostly introduces bug fixes and security improvements. It adds some update to Google Play Services along with bringing performance enhancements to the devices. This update also fixes Google Fit Sync issues particularly the discrepancies that users were seeing in step counting between smartwatches and smartphones.
The update is coming in batches and will roll out to the devices by next week. In order to update your watch, your battery needs to be charged to at least 80%. Once you receive the update notification, press "Download" and the update will begin. The build number for Android Wear 5.0.2 on the Moto 360 is LWX49L For the Gear Live it is LWX49K.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 2 tablets in 8-inch (SM-T710) and 9.7-inch variants soon will be unveiled soon, according to Sammobile. It has also leaked the specifications of the tablets that would come with 2048×1536 pixels 4:3 Super AMOLED displays, similar to the iPad Air', instead of 2560×1600 pixels WQXGA 16:10 displays on the first Tab S series. These tablets will just be 5.4mm thin, making it thinner than the iPad Air 2 that is 6.1mm thick, according to the leak, as rumored earlier.
According to Sammobile's sources the tablet will be powered by an Octa-Core Exynos 5433, but it expects it to be powered by an Octa-Core 7420 processor. These tablets will have metallic frame, but it is not clear the back would be similar to the first Tab S series. We still don't have an image of the tablet yet, check out the detailed specifications below.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 2 (8) rumored specifications
8-inch (2048×1536 pixel) Super AMOLED display
Octa-Core Exynos 5433 or 7420 processor
3GB RAM, 16GB / 32GB internal memory, microSD (up to 128 GB)
Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Dimensions 198.2×134.5×5.4mm, and weighs 260g
8MP rear camera with LED flash
2.1MP front-facing camera
4G LTE (Cat.6), Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, GLONASS
3,580mAh battery
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 2 (9.7) rumored specifications
9.7-inch (2048×1536 pixel) Super AMOLED display
Octa-Core Exynos 5433 or ...
Google is expanding the availability of Inbox to more devices. The standalone email app from the company is now coming to iPad and Android tablets.
"It’s always hard to know when it’s time to share a new product, because there’s always just a _few_ more things you want to do. Today we’re happy to check off some of these to-dos for Inbox, making it easier to use on more devices and browsers."
posted Taylor Kourim, Software Engineer, on Gmail blog.
Launched in October last year, Inbox was available only on Android and iPhones. The email app which is not an alternative or replacement to Gmail has a feature called Bundles, which groups together similar messages. It also comes with “Highlights" feature which makes it easier to find important emails. In addition to being available on iPad and Android tablet, Inbox can now be accessed via Firefox,Safari and Chrome.
You can download Inbox for iPad from Apple App Store and for Android tablets from Google Play Store.
IFTTT, the internet automation service has launched three new apps and rebranded its main app. The free apps - Do Button, Do Camera and Do Note are available on Android and iOS.
Do Camera allows you to create buttons specifically for quickly triggering photo-related recipes. The app lets you set up to three one-push recipes for a variety of apps. Anything you can do with an IFTTT recipe can be turned into a button in this camera app. Secondly, Do Note app enables users to send quick notes and memos, actions like emailing notes to yourself, adding items to a to-do list, and composing a tweet or Facebook status. Finally, Do Button lets you instantly access your most-used IFTTT recipes. Similar to Camera and Note, you can program Do Button with a maximum of three actions.
The new "Do" apps will be accompanied by a newly-rebranded IFTTT app, which henceforth will be known simply as "IF. IFTTT — short for "if this, then that" is known for its platform 'Recipes'that lets users automate online and mobile actions in and between different apps and services.
Swap app for iPhone has been updated to version 1.2 that adds several new features that includes option to add videos from iPhone's camera roll, group images and videos together, or create an interactive photo stack, Add bullets and numbering, emphasis, and hyperlinks to text and more. Sway app got expanded to U.S, U.K., Canada and India last month. Check out the video and the complete changelog to find out about all the new features in the latest update.
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New features in Sway 1.2 for iPhone
Add video from your phone’s camera roll
Create groups and stacks of photos
Add bullets and numbering to text
Create and apply a hyperlink to text
Emphasize words or sentences
Crop images
Pictures of documents can be straightened and cropped automatically
Performance improvements, especially when network quality is poor
Get Sway for iPhone from the Apple iTunes Store for free.
Following the report of launching new products and a software platform in 2015 earlier, Pebble is now teasing a new model for a smartwatch that will be announced next week on Tuesday as per a countdown on its official site.
The new watch from Pebble will have a wider screen and it will have a color e-paper display. It seems like that this one will be thinner in design that the existing Pebble or Pebble Steel. Moving on, it is touted that the new watch will come with a built-in microphone. The new watch will reportedly run a brand new version of Pebble’s operating system that is designed by the tea behind webOS.
Pebble's new hardware will apparently not feature a touchscreen or a heart-rate monitor. Earlier this week, Pebble for Android officially came out of beta and now supports Android Wear. The smartwatch has sold 1 million watches since its launch in 2013.
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Kingston introduced its 128GB Class 10 UHS-I Speed Class 1 (U1) microSD for smartphones and tablets last year. It is not available in India yet, but we manged to get one for review before it launches here. Since this is a class 10 Card, it promises a minimum data transfer rate of 10MB/s. The company doesn't reveal maximum read and write speed, but we will test out both the read and write speed of the card. How good is the card? Let us find out in the complete review.
Several top-end and mid-range smartphones now support 128GB microSD cards. Even low-end Lumia devices support 128GB cards, according to Microsoft. We tested this card from the top-end Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge, HTC One M8 to mid-range Samsung Galaxy A5, Galaxy A3 and several other smartphones, which worked fine without any issues. We also tried it on the Moto G (2nd Gen), but it did not work since it supports microSD card only up to 32GB.
Here are some benchmarks to show how this card performs.
Read/Write speed test using CrystalDiskMark x64 - USB 3.0
Read/Write speed test using CrystalDiskMark x64 - USB 2.0
Sequential read speed was around 87 MB/s and write speed was around 30 MB/s ...
Gionee India has announced that they have pushed a new Over-The-Air update for the Gionee Marathon M3 and Pioneer P6 smartphones. Update for P6 fixes the green shade and hanging issue while using whatsapp. It also gets notification management system, new lock screen widget for privacy issues and more. The Marathon M3 update adds new theme, fonts, updated music player and more.
Gionee Pioneer P6 OTA update changelog
Added new Fonts
Improved Touch response
Improved Camera quality
Updated new Music Player
Added new theme : Find sea
Added hide application function
Added Notification Management System
Added one key lockscreen function
Gionee Marathon M3 OTA update changelog
Added a new theme: Good mood
Access applications only when you want to. Hide application feature to hide the applications from others which you want to keep confidential.
Manage notifications from applications with new added feature, Information Management System.
Added the questionnaire of OTA.
Create any groovy playlist with the updated music player.
Now you can change the fonts follow your inclinations. Pre-installed 3 fonts and more easy to get fonts available.
Attend and ignore the right calls with the improved call receiving UI.
No more of apps disappearing in thin air. See every icon of every application.
Fixed WhatsApp Notification issue.
Improved Camera quality.
Improved Junk character in incoming Call UI issue.
Updated UC Browser, GioneeXender, Game Zone, Amigo ...
BlackBerry has started rolling out a major software update to BB 10 smartphones. The 10.3.1 update will come to devices like Z10, Q5, Q10, Z30, Z3, Porsche Design P’9983, and the Passport.
BlackBerry 10 OS 10.3.1 gives users the ability to access both the BlackBerry World appstore and the Amazon Appstore that provides access to a host of Android applications previously unavailable on the BlackBerry platform. The new software will allow its users to access its new BlackBerry Blend feature that lets users get message notifications, read and respond to work and personal email, text and other messages, while also accessing files, calendars, contacts and other media, on whatever device one is using. It works across Apple's Mac OS, Microsoft's Windows platform and tablets powered by Google's Android software.
BlackBerry has also re-introduced keyboard shortcuts like pressing “T” when in the BlackBerry Hub to get to the top of your Inbox or “B” to jump to the bottom. You can also press “A” to launch your Address Book, “N” to launch BBM, “O” to launch Settings, and more. The software upgrade will also introduce the new BlackBerry Assistant, a digital assistant that can be used with voice or text command to help users manage email, contacts, ...
Yahoo has introduced a Mobile developer suite- a set of tools that pulls in Flurry analytics. It is built on five products to help developers, measure, advertise, monetize and enhance their apps.
The suite, unveiled in San Francisco at the company’s first developer conference. The new mobile development suite combines Flurry’s analytics tools with the mobile search and advertising tools developed by Yahoo. The company had acquired Flurry, a mobile analytics company in August. Mayer said 320,000 developers have created 630,000 apps using the Flurry analytics platform.
Flurry Pulse, which lets app makers share data with partners, and measure audience size through a new integration with ComScore, the digital analytics company. Another new product, Yahoo Search in App, gives apps the ability to use Yahoo's search engine to scour the Web. Yahoo App Publishing also uses the same Flurry SDK to let developers add native ads to their apps using the Gemini ad platform. Yahoo also announced that Gemini native ads and BrightRoll video add platform are both available via the Flurry SDK.
Google has added a couple of minor tweaks to Google Drive companion apps. The Docs, Sheets and Slide Android apps are getting few additions to enhance the user experience.
First up, Google Docs is getting support for selecting, cutting, copying and pasting text along with images, tables, and charts in Office Compatibility Mode. It also adds the ability to insert links in Google documents. The action bar is now switched position with the toggle between list view and grid view for Docs, Sheet and Slides app. An Open document button has been added in place of the toggle switch.
The small redesign also looks the same on landscape mode on a table. Finally, a new product tour option has been added in the About option, which simply opens up the welcome screen as if the user is visiting it for the first time. It is surely a minor change but it makes accessing the apps more smooth and streamlined.
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Google is gearing up to launch a new YouTube app that is aimed specifically at kids, according to a report from USA Today. Dubbed as YouTube Kids, the app will be launched on February 23.
Available only on Android, the app will offer original episodes of TV shows aimed at youngsters, in addition to videos from child-centric channels on YouTube. As per the report, YouTube Kids will be separate to the main YouTube service and feature a homescreen with eight options made up of choices from kids TV shows and other popular recommendations. It will have four main option - shows, music, learning, and explore, which will let kids browse through top videos.
“Parents were constantly asking us, can you make YouTube a better place for our kids. (Year over year) we’ve seen 50 percent growth in viewing time on YouTube, but for our family entertainment channels, it’s more like 200 percent.”
Shimrit Ben-Yair, the project’s group product manager, told USA Today.
Contributors to YouTube Kids include National Geographic Kids, Thomas & Friends, DreamWorks TV, The Jim Henson company. The report further states that the new app also features settings for parents to limit the amount of time their kids spend watching videos in ...
Micromax Bolt D321, the company's latest smartphone in the Bolt series is listed on the official website. It has a 5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera.
It has 3G connectivity, dual SIM support, 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal storage with expansion slot and a 1800 mAh battery. It comes pre-loaded with MAD, Opera Mini and Truecaller apps. All the specifications of the smartphone are similar to the Micromax Bolt A82 that went on sale earlier this week. Wonder why Micromax is launching a smartphone with similar specifications again.
Micromax Bolt D321 specifications
5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1.3GHz dual-core MediaTek MT6572 processor
512MB RAM, 4GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
5MP rear camera with LED flash
0.3MP front-facing camera
Dual SIM with dual standby
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
1800 mAh battery
The Micromax Bolt D321 comes in white and blue colors. It is expected to go on sale soon.
HTC announced the Desire EYE in October last year, which went on sale in December. The selfie focused smartphone has a 13MP front facing camera. We already brought you the photo gallery of Matt White variant, let's take a look at the photo gallery of Submarine Blue. Check out the review of the phone here.
The phone sports a as a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 protection and is powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor. Running on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with new HTC Sense UI, it has a 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory and expandable memory up to 128GB.
It has a 13MP front-facing camera with dual LED Flash, f/2.0, 22mm wide-angle lens. It also has proximity sensors and a microphone.
It has on screen touch buttons and has Dual Front facing BoomSound Speakers.
On the right side we can see the volume rockers and power button.
A dedicated camera button is also present on the right side. The phone measures 151.7 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm and weighs 154 grams.
It has microphone and micro USB port at the bottom.
The 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top.
The left side of the phone sports the nano SIM and microSD card slots.
The phone has a uni-body build ...
