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Infocus entered into the Indian smartphone market with the launch of Infocus M2 smartphone that has 8-megapixel front and rear cameras with LED flash at an affordable price tag of Rs. 4,999. Now its official partner Snapdeal has listed the Infocus M330, a mid-range smartphone with a 5.5-inch HD display and an Octa-Core MediaTek processor. It runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Sony Exmor R sensor and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
Infocus M330 specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection
1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory with micro SD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with InLife UI
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Sony Exmor R sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 1080p video recording
8MP front-facing camera, Sony Exmor R sensor, f/2.4 aperture, 75-degree wide-angle lens
Dimensions: 53.4 x 78.1 x 9.3mm; Weight: 167g
3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB OTG
3100 mAh battery
The Infocus M330 is priced at Rs. 9,999 and it directly competes with the Xiaomi Redmi Note in India, which has almost similar specifications and the same price tag. The smartphone is currently out of stock on Snapdeal, but it is expected to go on sale soon ...
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LG Display has introduced a 5.5-inch QHD (Quad High Definition) IPS display panel for mobile devices. LG display has confirmed that the new Quad HD LCD panel will be unveiled with the forthcoming LG’s flagship smartphone to be launched at the end of the month. It is clear that the LG G4 scheduled to be unveiled on April 28th will use this display. Even the LG G3 used a 5.5-inch Quad HD display, but this will offer richer and more accurate colors with a 120 percent color gamut, compared to the 100 percent gamut that was present in the LG G3's display , says LG Display.
It offers a resolution of 1,440 x 2,560 resolution and 538 PPI (Pixels Per Inch) pixel density on the 5.5-inch panel size, same as LG G3's screen, but the company did not reveal thickness or bezel size for the display. The contrast ratio is 50 percent higher than conventional QHD LCD panels and the brightness has increased by 30 percent without any increase in power consumption, making it easier for users to view the smartphone display in bright outdoor conditions, says LG Display. Renowned testing firm Intertek has officially certified the results for the superiority of the color gamut, brightness, and contrast ratio.
It uses high color gamut ...
Motorola has announced a good news for Motorola device owners. First generation Moto X, Moto E and Moto G LTE are getting Android 5.0 Lollipop update.
All the aforementioned first generation devices are skipping Android 5.0 Lollipop and directly getting Android 5.1 update, said David Schuster, Motorola’s Senior Director of Product Management in a Google+ post. At present Moto X, Moto E , Moto G LTE are running Android 4.4.4. Schuster also said that it has been testing 5.0.2 update on all the three devices and hence it is directly rolling out 5.1 update.
Unfortunately, Schuster did not mention as to when the company will update these devices with the latest Android OS. Other devices from Motorola have received updates to Android 5.0, including the second-generation versions of the Moto X and the Moto G.
Microsoft launched the Office Lens app for Windows Phone last year in March. Today, the company is bringing its document scanning app to Android and iOS platform.
Office Lens allows users to convert photos of paper documents into Jpeg, Word, PowerPoint and PDF files. The app even allows users to take photos of receipts, business cards, whiteboards, sticky notes and save them to OneNote app. It can also capture business cards and generate contacts you can add to the phone. The captured photos can be cropped, rotated, resized and enhanced before sending to OneNote or OneDrive. It also enables users to search for key words in the images via optical character recognition.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzZ3WVhgi5w
The app uses OneNote’s cloud-based optical character-recognition (OCR) software and the new OneNote Service API to make it a editable text. Office inserts images to OneNote or OneDrive (as DOCX, PPTX, JPG or PDF format) and gives you options to save, export, and share the image.
App Link - Android and iOS
Skype has updated its Android and iOS apps with a handful of features. The Android app is being bumped up to version 5.3 and brings refreshed UI, animated emoticons and more.
Skype for Android now features a bubble style chat layout that resembles to the one present on its desktop and iPhone platform. The update improves the chatting experience as Skype chats will no longer auto-scroll to the latest as new messages come in. Users can now change and view avatars for all of your group chats. They will just have to use the “Participants” option in a group chat to get started. Finally, Skype now allows users to express better with large and animated emoticons and emoji support.
Moving to the iPhone app, Skype has added support for more languages and updating the version to 5.12. The Skype for iPhone app will now support Croatian, Slovak, Catalan, Vietnamese, Thai, Hindi, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Turkish, and Estonian. Moreover, Skype has also updated its video messaging app Qik that was launched last year in October. With the latest update, Skype Qik users can use 8 new effects while recording videos like irror, x-ray and Minecraft to make them more fun and playful. Once you open the viewfinder, ...
Just two days after releasing a Comp CC app for iPad, Adobe is now launching a visual storytelling app. Dubbed as Slate, the app allows users to layout, design and publish content to any device.
The app is useful for students, teachers, non-profit organizations, small business owners or corporate communicators. It lets them transform their next report, travel stores, photo albums or newsletter into a magazine-style layouts with elegant fonts, beautiful colors and eye-catching motion. Content created for Slate automatically adapts to fit any viewing device, including tablets, smartphones or computers. Slate stories, via a single Web link, can also be shared by text message or email, embedded in Websites or posted on social media.
The app uses Adobe’s animation engine to apply transitions and other visual elements as needed. Users get photo layouts in grid or window view where they can add a caption overlay. The app includes popular call-to-action buttons like Donate Now, Volunteer and Learn More. Adobe Slate is available immediately as a free download in the App Store in English only. The app requires iPad 2 or higher and iOS 8.1.2.
App Link - Adobe Slate
SwiftKey has updated its iPhone app with support for three new languages along with an addition of a new feature called Tap Map and usage statistics.
SwiftKey is getting support for Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi languages. In February, the app received a major update with support for additional 11 languages including Bulgarian, Turkish, Croatian, Greek, Hinglish, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Russian, Serbian and Slovak. Any of these can be downloaded via the ‘Languages’ section in the app, and enabled by long-pressing the spacebar to switch between two languages at a time if you’re a multilingual typer. SwiftKey also got a separate emoji keyboard and gesture typing feature Flow.
The latest update also adds Tap Map feature that is similar to the heatmap on SwiftKey on Android. It show SwiftKey uses artificial intelligence to adjust the keys on your keyboard ‘behind the scenes’ to better fit your typing style. For example, if you typically hit the right half of the F key when you’re aiming for G, the shape of G on your Tap Map will probably be larger and skewed to the left. Finally, the update offers users typing stats and personal Tap Map that are present under ‘Personalize’ in your SwiftKey Settings menu.
Typing stats give users facts ...
LinkedIn has acquired Refresh, a startup that provides predictive insights before professional meetings with its iOS app. The financial terms of the deal has not been disclosed.
Founded in 2011 by Bhavin Shah and Paul Tyma, Refresh is a digital briefing book that can be used to "discover common ground and build stronger relationships with people they were meeting." The app syncs with a user's LinkedIn or Facebook account and analyzes profiles, photos and other public data online as well as users’ email, calendar and notes to aggregate details about a particular person.
"Our joint passion for delivering insights that help professionals be more productive is what makes joining LinkedIn so exciting. Plus, LinkedIn gives us an opportunity to share insights with more than 347 million professionals across the globe. Our team will focus its efforts on providing LinkedIn members with more insights to help them better do their jobs."
posted Refresh on a company blog.
The app will stop accepting new users today and will shut down completely by April 15. As a result of the acquisition, 12 team members from Refresh out of 15 is expected to join LinkedIn. The professional social network plans to build new features using the Refresh technology, although it is ...
Xiaomi Mi Band is about to offer something more than fitness health details.The smart wearable is all set to support mobile payment thanks to a new partnership with Alibaba’s payment service Alipay, as per a Reuters report.
Xiaomi and Ant Financial, an Alibaba affiliate which includes China's most popular online payment service Alipay, will enable the Alipay Wallet mobile app to link with Xiaomi's Mi Band smart fitness bracelet. That will let users smooth the process of making payments, bypassing the need for passwords.
The report claims that the Mi Band 2 will use the industry standard encryption methods in order to offer secure payments. Also it is said that the payment system will work on the current version of Alipay Wallet for Google’s Android operating system and the next version will be compatible with Apple’s iOS. Alibaba on the other hand is looking to partner with more manufacturers to bring contactless payment via Alipay to more wearables.
Alipay has opened mobile payment, alerts and voucher verification access to Huami, the manufacturer of Mi Band. The Mi Band had shipped over 1 million units as of early December last year, four months after going on sale in August last year, according to Xiaomi.
Google Nexus 5 has started receiving Android 5.1 Lollipop OTA update in India. The company had released Android 5.1 factory images for Nexus 5, Nexus 10 and Nexus 7 (WiFi) last month.
The 5.1 Lollipop update weighs 220.7 MB and has the build number LMY47I. It is now available to the Nexus 5 users for download and Google said the upgraded version "improves performance and stability and fixes bugs." The update is said to aid to improve upon performance via an enhanced ART (Android Run Time) that according to Google will make apps open faster than before.
There is a new addition to the update that lets Nexus 5 users can to search for different Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections directly from the 'Quick Settings' option in the notification panel without opening the 'Settings' page. In addition, issues with "Okay Google" have also been fixed. Other tweaks include option to change system volume while playing audio; improved heads-up notifications; improved HD voice-calling and battery life among others. It is also said that there are minor changes in the UI has icon size has reduced thereby making them sharper.
The Lollipop 5.1 Android update is gradually rolling out to users. You can manually check if the update is available for your handset ...
HTC has updated its BlinkFeed app with a bunch of features and renamed it as Sense Home. The update now includes HTC Themes and the Sense Home widget.
The Sense Home also includes few other tweaks that bring some of the features from the M9 over to existing devices. Users will find complete themes that lets you customize the phone by changing colors, fonts and wallpapers and icons. Themes and high quality designed can also be browsed from the app's catalog. In addition, the app has gained support for Tumblr.
The Sense Home widget will present recently apps as per users location like work and home. It even offers suggestions for apps you haven’t downloaded yet. All these features are present in the Sense Home app that is compatible with the HTC One M8 while only some features run on the M7. Users will also need to have the latest version of the HTC Service Pack. Last month, HTC released BlinkFeed and Service Pack apps to Play Store.
Play Link - HTC Sense Home
The Asus Zenfone family did a lot of good for Asus last year to make inroads into the Indian mobile market and it was a success globally too. The Zenfone 2 which was announced at CES 2015 earlier this year looks to capitalize on the success of the Zenfone with some improvements and different versions. We got our hands on the ZenFone 2 ZE500CL version, which is the entry level version of the device which has gone on sale in Taiwan and Europe. We are expecting to get our hands on the top of the line ZE551ML version pretty soon too!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g_GEUiTa7c
Box Contents
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL smartphone in Black
2-pin Wall charger
Micro USB cable
In-ear headset with earbuds
User manual
The Zenfone 2 ZE551ML has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection, similar to the Zenfone 5. It is powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 processor. It has a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. This runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI on top. Here we have a single SIM version of the phone and it has LTE support as well that the Zenfone 5 lacked.
The volume rockers are present on the back and there is a 8-megapixel Asus PixelMaster camera with LED flash ...
HTC has officially launched the Desire 826 smartphone in India, as expected. It was announced at the CES earlier this year and packs a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display, is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor ( four Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.5 GHz per core and four clocked at 1.0 GHz) with Adreno 405 GPU and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI on top. It adopts the Desire 820's design and even has dual front-facing stereo HTC BoomSound speakers with Dolby Audio. It comes with dual SIM support and has 4G connectivity.
Commenting on the launch, Faisal Siddiqui, President, South Asia, HTC said:
Our consumer today represents an individuality that has quite a resolute fabric, each one being a strong and special personality in their own stride. We at HTC understand our consumer and design products to sit their being. The HTC desire 826 is yet another effort of ours to combine superior quality features in a stunning smartphone at a smart price.
HTC Desire 826 specifications
5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display
Octa-Core (1.5 GHz & 1.0 GHz) Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
Android 5.0 Lollipop with ...
Vine for Windows Phone has been updated to version 2.5 that brings several new features, including option to import videos from the camera roll. It also brings option to send and receive direct messages that is already available for Vine on iOS and Android. The update adds several other features, check out the complete changelog below.
New features in Vine for Windows Phone v2.5
Upload videos from your camera roll
Edit your Vine by rearranging clips or deleting those you don’t want to use
Save your drafts, so you can come back to them later
Privately send Vine videos and texts back and forth with a friend
Find out when you get a lot of activity – loop counts, likes, new followers, and more
Customize your profile by picking a color from Settings
Download Vine 2.5 for Windows Phone from the Windows Store for free.
Last month, Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing accidentally leaked a photo that showed a possible Moto 360 successor. Today, some more information about the Moto 360 successor has surfaced.
A popular app developer" recently had an unknown Motorola-made Android Wear device connect to his Android developer console. The location of the ping came from Mundelein, a city which is actually not too far from Motorola’s HQ in Chicago, thus increasing suspicion and speculation that the device could be an upcoming wearable. The name of the device is not revealed and has the codename “Smelt” . It is said to be running on Android 5.1. with a display resolution of 360×360 which is a slight increase over the Moto 360 which has a 320×290 display. The processor is said to be “armeabi-v7a”, which also seems like a codename.
Previously leaked photos had suggested that there will be two different sizes for the Moto 360 successor and there is a possibility that is might support normal watch straps.
Microsoft has announced that it will no longer have "Do No Track" as the default setting for its future web browsers which also includes "Project Spartan".
"We are updating our approach to DNT to eliminate any misunderstanding about whether our chosen implementation will comply with the W3C standard. Without this change, websites that receive a DNT signal from the new browsers could argue that it doesn’t reflect the users’ preference, and therefore, choose not to honor it."
Microsoft said in a blog post.
The decision comes more than two years after Microsoft first turned on Do Not Track (by default) in Internet Explorer. It was praised by privacy groups but was heavily criticized by online advertising companies.Users will have to enable DNT themselves, Microsoft argues that the websites they visit may not honor the DNT request. The disabling of DNT will apply either when a user sets up a new PC, or when they upgrade from a previous version of Windows or Internet Explorer.
Google started rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop update to Android One devices in February this year. Now, the company has released a commercial on its official Google India YouTube account, that shows its future plans for Android One.
The latest commercial has the Androidify characters that are playing musical instruments and dancing on a Hindi Bollywood track which suggests that this is definitely targeted at India. The video then reads "Things just got even better,” and says “Android One upgrades to Lollipop 5.1.” The ad finishes out with a “Always the latest from Google”.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFN8NsgYiD0
This clearly suggests that Google is preparing Android 5.1 Lollipop update for Android One devices. It looks like Google is keeping its promise and bringing latest updates to its ambitious Android One project that includes three smartphones - Micromax Canvas A1, Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 and Karbonn Sparkle V.
Gionee has launched the Elife S7, the company's latest flagship smartphone in the S series. It was announced at the MWC last month and packs a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, is powered by a 1.7 GHz Octa-core MediaTek MT6752 64-bit processor and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with Amigo 3.0 UI on top. Even the back is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It is 5.5mm thick and has aircraft grade Al-Mg alloy frame.
"The S5.5 & S5.1 witnessed huge acceptance amongst Indian consumers and we are certain that the S7 will create its own benchmark. Gionee has been setting high standards in various aspects and believes in giving the consumers better than the best. Having sold over 4 million devices in India our smartphones are a manifest of our in-depth R&D, design expertise and manufacturing ability. 2015 Gionee will be expanding its India wing to imitate the manufacturing here in India and we believe this will add a sensational dimension to our profile”
said Arvind.R.Vohra, Country CEO & MD - Gionee India in a press release.
The S7 will include a Hi-Fi level headphone and offer superior sound quality with instinctive Hi-Fi standard sound system ...
OnePlus has finally released their own OxygenOS ROM based on Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop), after a few days of delay. The OxygenOS is almost stock offering beautiful, clean, and simple interface without any bloatware.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn4hHhIHLxk
Regarding the OxygenOS, Carl Pei, Director, OnePlus Global on the official blog, said:
Developing OxygenOS has been an incredibly fun and challenging experience for all of us. In this environment where everyone is fighting to standout with custom ROMs, we think it’s important to go back to basics. We place things like performance and battery life over gimmicks and bloated features.
We want to be careful that we aren’t adding features simply for the sake of differentiation. We’ve implemented some important features thus far, but they are subtle and meaningful. That’s our philosophy behind OxygenOS: keep it light and essential.
You can download OxygenOS ROM from the OnePlus website and manually flash it on your OnePlus One smartphone. You can find the instruction to install it on the OnePlus One from the official OnePlus forum. There are some issues since this is the first version, which will be improved eventually.
Infocus entered into the Indian smartphone market with the launch of Infocus M2 smartphone that has 8-megapixel front and rear cameras with LED flash at an affordable price tag of Rs. 4,999. Now its official partner Snapdeal has listed the Infocus M330, a mid-range smartphone with a 5.5-inch HD display and an Octa-Core MediaTek processor. It runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, Sony Exmor R sensor and a 8-megapixel front-facing camera.
Infocus M330 specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection
1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6592 processor with Mali 450 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory with micro SD
Android 4.4 (KitKat) with InLife UI
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Sony Exmor R sensor, f/2.2 aperture, 1080p video recording
8MP front-facing camera, Sony Exmor R sensor, f/2.4 aperture, 75-degree wide-angle lens
Dimensions: 53.4 x 78.1 x 9.3mm; Weight: 167g
3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB OTG
3100 mAh battery
The Infocus M330 is priced at Rs. 9,999 and it directly competes with the Xiaomi Redmi Note in India, which has almost similar specifications and the same price tag. The smartphone is currently out of stock on Snapdeal, but it is expected to go on sale soon ...
iBall launched the Slide WQ32 Intel-powered Windows 8.1 tablet with 3G support last year. Launched at Rs. 16,999, it now retails for as low as Rs. 9999. Here we have the unboxing of the tablet.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0T0ru2HqcIE
Box Contents
iBall Slide WQ32 in Silver
2-pin charger
Micro USB cable
USB OTG cable
Keyboard case
User Guide and warranty information
The iBall Slide WQ32 has a 8-inch (800 x 1280 pixels) multi-touch IPS display with 178-degree viewing angle. It is powered by a 1.33GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3735D processor with speed burst up to 1.86GHz and has 2GB of RAM. There is a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and a Windows capacitive touch button on the bezel.
The back cover is not removable, but there are slots for SIM card and a microSD card. It also has HDMI support. On the back there is a 5-megapixel auto focus camera without flash. It has 16GB of internal storage and packs a 14Wh battery.
The keyboard keys comes in handy and the case also acts as a stand to work comfortably. Since it runs on Windows 8.1, it can run software that you normally run on your PC. The tablet also comes with free Microsoft Office 365 license for one year.
