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Xiaomi has introduced a new 40-inch Mi TV 2, a year after introducing the first Mi TV 2 with a 49-inch 4K display. The new Mi TV 2 has a 40-inch (1920 x 1080) Full HD display from Sharp with 176-degree viewing angle. It is powered by a 1.45GHz quad-core MStar 6A908 Cortex-A9 processor, has 1.5GB RAM and supports a range of apps from the Mi Store. It lacks a microSD slot that was present on the 49-inch Mi TV 2 4K TV.
It supports H.265 10-bit hardware video decoding and Dolby MS12 virtual surround sound. It has 14.5mm slim frame, minimal aluminium brackets for a better viewing experience and has 11 key minimal remote control.
Xiaomi Mi TV 2 (40") specifications
40-inch (1920 x 1080) Full HD display from Sharp with 176-degree viewing angle, 6 ms dynamic response, 5000: 1 contrast ratio
1.45GHz quad-core MStar 6A908 Cortex-A9 processor with Mali-450 MP4 GPU
1.5GB RAM, 8GB internal memory (eMMC 4.5)
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Dual-band 2.4 / 5GHz, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, 3 x HDMI 1.4, VGA, AV, Analog TV, 1 x USB 2.0 and 1x USB 3.0, Ethernet
Supports H.265 1080P at 60 fps, H.263 1080P at 30 fps, MPEG1 / 2/4 1080P at 30 fps, VP8 1080P at 30 fps, REAL7 / 8/9 1080P at 30 fps, MJPEG 1080P at 30 fps
2.25-inch full-range stereo speakers with acoustic ...
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With an aim to bolster its Appstore installs, Amazon is said to be launching a new "Unlocked" program, as per Tech Crunch. This service will offer paid apps and games absolutely free.
The report describes Unlocked as "Amazon Prime for apps," and it would offer paid apps for free, and even unlock all in-app purchases for “free-to-play” games. Developers can leave Unlocked, and when they do, users will have to begin paying for in-app purchases again.
The document showed off a few examples of games and apps that may be offered through the Unlocked program. Some of the apps and games in the Unlocked program are Sonic Dash, and Monument Valley , OfficeSuite 8 + PDF Converter and Ultimate Guitar Tabs & Chords.
It is not clear when Amazon Unlocked will launch, how it will work, where the free apps will be located, and how much it will cost. Moving on the report further adds that Amazon plans to promote Unlocked heavily in its main shopping app — and Unlocked users will in fact need to have that main shopping app installed
Although Instagram is a great photo sharing app it lacks one of the important feature of making photo collages. But this is about to change as the app has finally responded to every users constant request and launched a collage app. Dubbed as Layout, the app lets iPhone users combine up to nine photos in a single shot.
Users can select upto nine photos from their Camera Roll and they can be organized in three sections: recent photos snapped, photos with people's faces in them, and an area with all your shots. The Layout app offers 10 custom layout options for your photo collage but you can also customize the photos with editing controls for layout, sizing, flipping, and rotation.
A fun addition in the Layout app is a “Photo Booth” button that lets you use capture more spontaneous moments. When you tap this button, the app starts a countdown timer and then captures a series of photos that you will see appear instantly in a layout. Instagram said that one in five of the app's 300 million monthly active users post collages and it this has led the company to build Layout. This is the second creative app to come out of Instagram in the ...
Twitter has teamed up with Foursquare to provide tweets more precise locations, the micro logging site announced via a tweet. With the latest partnership users can tag specific locations to Tweets via official apps and the web.
Twitter currently supports the tagging of general areas, like a city or neighborhood, but with this partnership, tweets will soon be able to include more specific locations, like landmarks, businesses, hotels, place that are already available on Foursquare. Users will be able to choose from a drop-down menu of nearby places based on data provided . Mobile Twitter users will still have tweets labelled with their precise location in addition to any label selected.
Twitter did not said when the Foursquare integration is coming and just said that it is coming soon.
Samsung and Microsoft has collaborated to expand later's service on Android devices. Under the partnership, the Office apps will be pre-installed on some Samsung tablets running Android.
“Great things happen when you converge services and devices. Our partnership with Samsung is emblematic of our efforts to bring the best of Microsoft’s productivity services to everyone, on every device, so people can be productive wherever, however and whenever they want.”
said Peggy Johnson, executive vice president of business development, Microsoft.
The apps include Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype. The packages will start shipping in the first half of this year. The companies previously announced a deal to give Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge owners 100GB of additional free cloud storage for two years with OneDrive.
“Our goal is to meet the ever-evolving needs of both consumers and business customers and give them more power to discover new mobile experiences. We believe our suite of premium mobile products coupled with Microsoft’s productivity services will offer users the mobility they need in both their personal and business life.”
said SangChul Lee, executive vice president of the Strategic Marketing Office, IT & Mobile Division at Samsung Electronics.
Samsung is also planning on releasing a new Microsoft Office ...
It looks like LG is giving a miss to the metal casing on its next flagship phone the G4. LG may not feature metal in the G4, according to a report from Zdnet Korea.
The report states that LG will instead use the metal design on G4 Note that will come later this year. It is claimed that LG is looking to switch to new CNC (computer precision control) methods to create its own metal cases, which could prove to be costly in both the financial and time sense. The G3 had a plastic back and it was expected that the company will shift to metal design owing to the recent trend of metal seen by manufacturers like Samsung, Apple and Xiaomi.
LG has made no official announcement so far regarding its upcoming LG G4, but various leaks and reports tried to paint a picture of what to expect. The LG G4 is rumored to come with 5.3 to 5.7 inches screen with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels or 2880×1620 pixels, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor S810, 3GB of RAM and 16-megapixel or a 20.7-megapixel rear camera. LG is looking forward to sell 10 million G4 smartphones in 2015.
Zebronics has launched Zebpad 7t500 3G, the company's latest tablet. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It comes with a 5-megapixel interpolated rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G connectivity, dual SIM support, voice calling and FM Radio.
It has glossy metallic brushed back and comes with USB on-the-go (OTG) support.
Commenting on the launch, Pradeep Doshi - Director, Topnotch Infotronix India Pvt ltd(Zebronics) said:
Zebronics has been offering innovative yet affordable products across various categories for over a decade now and our loyal customer base is a living testimonial to our claim. Empowering and delighting our customers through technology has been at the core of all our offerings. This makes us consistently innovative and diversifying into newer portfolios enabling customers to harness the power of computing technology. The Zebpad will surely offer an engaging, entertaining and enriching experience for our customers.
Zebronics Zebpad 7t500 3G Specifications
7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1.2 GHz dual-core Cortex A7 processor with Mali 400 GPU
1GB DDR3 RAM, 8GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS
Dual SIM
5MP rear camera, Interpolated, with ...
Cyanogen has received $80 million in latest round of funding from Premji Invest. This funding comes just a week after it was reported that the company raised $110 million.
Cyanogen plans to utilize the newly raised capital to hire talent and speed up the development of its OS platform. Investors included Premji Invest, Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated, Telefónica Ventures, Smartfren Telecom, Index Ventures, and Access Industries. The company has its own mobile operating system, called Cyanogen OS, that's built completely on Android.
"We're committed to creating an open computing platform that fundamentally empowers the entire mobile ecosystem from developers to hardware makers, and most importantly, consumers around the world. We're excited to have the backing of an amazingly diverse group of strategic investors who are supporting us in building a truly open Android."
said Kirt McMaster, CEO of Cyanogen Inc.
Cyanogen Inc. partnered with OnePlus last year for the OnePlus One, which is the first official Cyanogen OS smartphone. Micromax’s YU partnered with Cyanogen few months back to use the OS in their YU series of smartphones starting with YU YUREKA in India. The company recently partnered with Alcatel One Touch by TCL Communication to introduce Alcatel One Touch Hero 2+ running on Cyanogen OS. Alcatel OneTouch had said at that ...
Honor, the global brand under Huawei has launched the Honor 6 Plus smartphone in India, as it promised. The Honor 6 Plus was announced back in December last year. The main highlight of the smartphone is its unique dual 8-megapixel cameras on the back with dual LED flashes for effective pixel size to 1.98 microns resulting in sharper images. It also has an adjustable aperture that can be set between f/0.95 and f/16.
It has a 5.5-inch 1080p screen from JDI with 72.8% screen-to-body ratio and 2.8mm slim bezels on the sides, is powered by a Octa-Core (4×1.8GHz + 4×1.3GHz) Hisilicon Kirin 925 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI 3.0 on top. It has promised to offer OTA updates, but not word on the exact roll out of Lollipop update. It also has 4G LTE support.
We went hands-on with the Honor 6 Plus at the MWC 2015 earlier this month. Check out the video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1cFkdqipkg
Honor 6 Plus specifications
5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) in-cell LTPS display with 10-finger multi-touch
Octa-Core (4×1.8GHz Cortex A15 4×1.3GHz Cortex A7) Hisilicon Kirin 925 processor with Mali T628-MP4 GPU
3GB RAM, 32GB internal memory, expandable up to 128GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI 3.0
Dual ...
Honor, the global brand under Huawei has launched the Honor 4X smartphone in India. It was announced back in October last year, packs a 5.5-inch HD display, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Emotion UI 3.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has dual SIM support and 4G LTE connectivity on both the SIM cards, including support for 4G LTE bands (TDD B40 2300MHz and FDD B3 1800MHz) for India.
Honor 4X specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display
1.2 GHz Quad-Core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor with Adreno 306 GPU
2GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with MicroSD
Dual (Micro) SIM
Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Emotion UI 3.0
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI sensor, f/2.0 aperture
5MP front-facing camera
Dimensions:152.9mm × 77.2mm × 8.65mm; Weight: 165 grams
4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3000 mAh battery
The Honor 4X comes in Black and White colors and is priced at Rs. 10499. It will be available exclusively from Flipkart on the first flash sale from March 30th. Registrations for the sale will be live later today. It comes with free screen ...
Xiaomi has introduced a new 40-inch Mi TV 2, a year after introducing the first Mi TV 2 with a 49-inch 4K display. The new Mi TV 2 has a 40-inch (1920 x 1080) Full HD display from Sharp with 176-degree viewing angle. It is powered by a 1.45GHz quad-core MStar 6A908 Cortex-A9 processor, has 1.5GB RAM and supports a range of apps from the Mi Store. It lacks a microSD slot that was present on the 49-inch Mi TV 2 4K TV.
It supports H.265 10-bit hardware video decoding and Dolby MS12 virtual surround sound. It has 14.5mm slim frame, minimal aluminium brackets for a better viewing experience and has 11 key minimal remote control.
Xiaomi Mi TV 2 (40") specifications
40-inch (1920 x 1080) Full HD display from Sharp with 176-degree viewing angle, 6 ms dynamic response, 5000: 1 contrast ratio
1.45GHz quad-core MStar 6A908 Cortex-A9 processor with Mali-450 MP4 GPU
1.5GB RAM, 8GB internal memory (eMMC 4.5)
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Dual-band 2.4 / 5GHz, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, 3 x HDMI 1.4, VGA, AV, Analog TV, 1 x USB 2.0 and 1x USB 3.0, Ethernet
Supports H.265 1080P at 60 fps, H.263 1080P at 30 fps, MPEG1 / 2/4 1080P at 30 fps, VP8 1080P at 30 fps, REAL7 / 8/9 1080P at 30 fps, MJPEG 1080P at 30 fps
2.25-inch full-range stereo speakers with acoustic ...
Google's Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt has dismissed rumors about killing the Google Glass. He told The Wall Street Journal Google Glass is not dead, in fact it has started.
"It is a big and very fundamental platform for Google. We ended the Explorer program and the press conflated this into us canceling the whole project, which isn't true. Google is about taking risks and there's nothing about adjusting Glass that suggests we're ending it."
Schmidt told the WSJ.
Google stopped the sales of the Google Glass in January and moved the device out of its research lab, Google X, and into a standalone unit. Schmidt added that like all long-term projects that are too futuristic for the present day, Glass will take some time to perfect. He said that Glass remained "a big and very fundamental platform for Google" and added that just like the firm's self-driving cars, it was a work in progress and will take years to make a final product.
The Explorer programme, which gave software developers the chance to buy Glass for $1,500 was launched in the United States in 2013. It was then opened up to anyone and was launched in the UK last summer.
Aircel has launched My First Internet service that would let you choose the best internet plan. This can be accessed using the USSD code *121*0#. This lets you identify a host of other things one can do or access using Aircel internet, including high-rated free applications for smartphones and also helps customers save internet settings.
It also provides access to relevant ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ to know about internet usage.
Commenting on the launch, Anupam Vasudev, Chief Marketing Officer of Aircel, said:
The power of the internet is far from being unknown today, when it is transforming billions of lives across the world. However, our country is one that has not harnessed the internet’s benefits to the same degree and more than 60% of India’s population is yet to get online. As a data-led telecom player, we’re committed to accelerating the pace of this process and are delighted to launch ‘My First Internet’ service, which will bring in a great deal of transparency for customers to access mobile internet on their phones. We’re confident that our effort will simplify internet subscription and usage to open up a world of opportunities for all our customers.
LG has announced that it will start rolling out Android 5.0 (Lollipop) update for the G Pad (7.0/8.0/8.3/10.1) smartphones in Korea starting this month. It rolled out Lollipop update for the LG G3 smartphone last year and the GPad 8.3 Google Play Edition got the Lollipop update in December last year.
LG unveiled the G Pad 8.3, the company's first tablet in the G Pad series back in September 2013. It announced the G Pad 7.0, G Pad 8.0 and G Pad 10.1 tablets in May last year.
The Android 5.0 Lollipop brings Material Design with bold, colorful, and responsive UI design, better notifications, battery saver feature, better security including Android Smart Lock, New Quick Settings, Improved network handoffs, flexible sharing, faster, smoother and more powerful experience with ART, 15 new languages and more.
The LG G Pad series will get the Lollipop update in Korea later this month. LG did not reveal when the update would roll out for the G Pad series globally.
Apple and IBM are rolling out MobileFirst suit for iOS apps in Japan. The move comes from the duo after launching the suit in the U.S in December.
IBM Japan is making seven of the 14 MobileFirst apps available in Japan, including: banking and financial apps Advise & Grow, and Trusted Advice, insurance app Retention, the Case Advice app for government organizations, Expert Tech for telecommunications, Sales Assist, and Pick & Pack apps for the retail industry.
The business focused iOS apps are specialized and designed for businesses including banking, retail, insurance, financial services, telecommunications and for governments and airlines, Unlike other iOS apps, IBM MobileFirst apps are not available in the iTunes app store. Companies will have to work directly with IBM to have them installed on iOS devices. These apps can also be managed and deployed via IBM’s cloud services.
Karbonn, one of the popular mobile phone makers in India has entered into accessories segment with Power Banks and Screen Guards. These power banks come in Polymer 5 - 5,000mAh, Polymer 7 - 7,000mAh and Polymer 10 - 10,000mAh variants. The Polymer 7 and Polymer 10 have dual charging ports for charging more than one device at a time and LED indicators that shows the amount of battery capacity. These have 1.5v DC input and 1A/2A out in each ports. The Polymer 5 takes in 1A input and offers 2A output.
The 10,000mAh power bank is a multi-functional device that has an LED torch, TF card reader and has dual charging ports with a LCD display for power indications. This is the first power bank in India to come with all these features, says Karbonn.
Karbonn has also launched screen guards under the brand “Ultra Clear” customized for Karbonn phones. These promises high touch sensitivity, has special anti fingerprinting coating for smooth operation and are extremely sturdy and scratch-proof for minimal wear and tear.
The new Karbonn Polymer series of 5,000mAh, 7,000mAh and 10,000mAh power banks are priced at at Rs. 999, Rs. 1,299 and Rs. 1,599 respectively. The Polymer 5 comes in Blue, Copper and White colors, Polymer 7 comes in Pink, ...
Samsung showed off foldable display at CES 2014 but not for general public. Now a fresh report from Business Korea is stating that the company is working on foldable smartphones that are expected to release by next year.
There are four different stages in the evolution of flexible display technology and the industry came to identify these steps as “curved”, “bent”, “foldable” and “rollable”. LG's G Flex 2 and Samsung's curved edge displays, which can bend up and down and side to side, are between the first and second stages. Samsung told the publication that “the commercialization of foldable smartphones will be possible in 2016″. The IHS recently released a report claiming that foldable tablets might hit the market by the end of this year.
LG on the other hand has been experimenting with transparent displays and told the publication thatis completed and a promotional prototype is already available.
Toshiba has introduced its eMMC (embedded multimedia card memory) 5.1 flash memory in 16GB, 32GB, 64GB and 128GB densities. The new flash memory is designed for a wide range of products, including smartphones, tablets and wearable devices. Samsung introduced its eMMC 5.1 flash memory last month.
These new flash memory has command queuing and secure write protection. The command queuing feature enables users to store multiple tasks in a queue, which are then performed in order of the user's preference to enhance performance.
It improves the random read performance speed by up to 30 percent compared to existing Toshiba memory modules that do not have command queuing. This improves the user experience, allowing the simultaneous execution of multiple applications at the same time. The secure write protection feature expands the conventional write protect feature and protects important data stored in assigned, secure areas from being overwritten or erased by unauthenticated users.
The modules integrate NAND chips fabricated with Toshiba's 15nm second generation process technology and are fully compliant with the latest e-MMCTM standard, said the company.
The new Toshiba embedded NAND flash memories in densities from 16GB and 64GB will start shipping today, memory in densities 32GB and 128GB will begin shipping sometime in Q2 2015.
GottaGo is a new app that lets you find nearby public restrooms and will direct you to it using GPS. These restrooms are displayed on a map with the distance from your location and directions of how to get there. This is definitely a useful and much need app for a country like India where it is hard to find restrooms.
The idea was born when the founders recognized the importance of finding a clean restroom when traveling within the city for shopping or simply hanging out with friends and family, says the company.
Features of GottaGo
Display nearby toilets in a List or on the Map
1000's of toilets listed and Geolocated, with address and direction guide.
Malls, Hospitals,Hotels, Restaurants, Railway Stations, Museums all mapped.
Ranking by users and the expert team.
Regarding the app, Kunal Sheth, the tech entrepreneur behind the idea of GottaGo, said:
We started a website that listed information of restrooms, area-wise on a website called p911.in back in 2010. With the smartphone medium, the experience got better with detecting the location of the user using GPS and then directing the user through navigation that they are already familiar with.
With the growing risk of infectious diseases such as urinary tract infection or other ...
Sony India has launched PumpX SRS-X2, the company's new portable speaker. It has Virtual Surround Sound, which can be activated when the speakers are switched to Sound Mode, delivering a more impressive and wider sound quality, says Sony. It also has Near Field Communication (NFC) to pair with your smartphone or tablet easily.
It even has hands-free using the built-in microphone. The PumpX comes in a rugged versatile design and offers frequency response of up to 20 kHz.
Features of Sony PumpX SRS-X2 speaker
Powerful & Clear Sound(10W + 10W)
One touch wireless listening with Bluetooth & NFC
Continuous playback time (Approx. 5 hrs. using Bluetooth)
Built-in for Hands free calling
2-channel bass-reflex speaker system
LED operating indicator
Virtual Surround Sound
USB Charging
Audio-in
Dimensions: 171 x 60.5 x 56.5 mm; Weight: 500g approx.
Sony PumpX SRS-X2 comes in Black, White and Red colors and is priced at Rs. 7,990 (MRP). It also comes with a pouch in the box. It is available at Sony Center and major electronic stores across India.
