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ZTE has launched its Blade S6 smartphone globally via eBay soon after it was launched on Amazon in the UK. It was already release on eBay in UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. It was announced back in January and packs a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xg8GzD-rw
ZTE Blade S6 specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on in-cell technology
Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) (ARM Cortex A53 – 4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor with Adreno 405 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD
Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with MiFavor 3.0 UI
Dual Nano SIM
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Sony IMX214 sensor
5MP front-facing camera, wide-angle lens
Dimensions: 144×70.7×7.7mm
4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2400mAh battery
The ZTE Blade S6 is available via eBay in the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Brazil, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, France, Spain and Italy. It is priced at $299.99 (£199.99 and €276.99 in the UK and Europe). No details about its release in India yet. ...
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LG has introduced its LG UX 4.0 for its upcoming flagship smartphone, the LG G4 that will be unveiled on April 28th. The LG UX 4.0 will have easy-to-use interface and offer high level of functionality through user settings, says the company. As you can see from the image, this is based on Android Lollipop. The UX 1.0 brought Q memo and Q Slide, UX 2.0 introduce Knock On, Knock Code and Quick Cover support and last year's UX 3.0 on the LG G3 introduced Gesture Shot and Touch and Shoot, the new UX 4.0 brings Quick Shot, Expert Mode in Camera, new gallery, Smart Alerts and more.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXjlzW2P-jA
New features in LG UX 4.0
Quick Shot - Easily capture scenes often missed, even when the screen is turned off. Press volume down button twice for the camera to capture the moment.
Smart Board - Collects information in the calendar, music, health, etc. Each app has a widget form so that the user can see them at a glance.
Expert Camera mode - Adds professional-level features through a variety of settings.
Calendar - If you set multiple schedules in one place, those can be managed together. You can also drag an event from SNS such as Facebook to calendar.
Gallery - Images are arranged in separate albums as ...
Facebook announced the WhatsApp acquisition in February last year that finally completed in October for $22 billion. Now the social network its testing WhatsApp integration for its Android app, as per a latest report from Geektime.
Facebook is rolling out a new update that bumps the Android app to version 31.0.0.7.13. Under this update, some users are seeing a WhatsApp send button that has the WhatsApp icon above it. This button is present next to the "Like", "Comment" and "Share" button under each status update on Facebook. The integration will allow users to send photos,videos and other content from Facebook to WhatsApp with the use of this "Send" button.
It must be noted that this feature has not rolled out to all users and is in the process of testing period. This marks as the first initiative from Facebook to integrate WhatsApp which are more than 700 million active mobile users. According to reports, teams are already working on a deeper integration that will include the ability to send messages between Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Facebook is the biggest social network in the world with over 1.35 billion users and WhatsApp is the largest mobile messaging platform that has more than 700 million monthly ...
We recently brought you the unboxing of the Zenfone 2 ZE500CL, the budget variant in the Zenfone 2 lineup. Here we have a video demo of new Zen UI that is based on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and another video to show the gaming performance.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUBhg0NFDnU
Even though the look of the Zen UI is similar in the Zenfone 2, Android 5.0 several adds new features including Multi user support that lets you create separate users. This keeps the UI and apps separately for each users, but the app updates are common.
The Zenfone 2 also has built-in call recording feature that lets you records your calls without rooting your phone or installing any external apps. The quality of the audio recorded it pretty good.
Another interesting feature in Zenfone 2 is screen pinning. This can be accessed from the multitasking screen. There is a pin icon which you can click to lock the display in a single view. This is more useful when you don't want to get you to the homescreen accidentally when you are playing a game. To unlock you can press and hold the back and menu / overview buttons at the same time.
Kids mode lets you restrict the apps that you ...
Sharp is planning to spin off its smartphone LCD panel unit owing to financial downslide. The Tokyo based company is seeking help from government-supported Innovation Network Corp. of Japan to invest in its small and medium LCD unit, sources told The Wall Street Journal and Reuters.
As per the report, the move will reportedly happen during the company's current fiscal year i.e. by next March. Government backed Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) could fund the new corporation with 100 billion yen ($840 million). Sharp's display unit provides about one-third of the company's sales and Sharp has denied plans to sell the unit.
The report further stated that Sharp still wants to retain a majority ownership of the LCD unit. A company spokesperson said that while it is looking at various options for its LCD panel business, a final decision has not been made. Sharp is expected to report third annual net loss in four years and has been trying to negotiate its second major bailout since 2012, said Reuters. The company developed ultra sharp 4.1 inch LCD display with 736ppi in November last year.
Customers will not be able to shop from Myntra's website as the fashion portal is shutting down its website on May 1st, as per a report from The Economic Times. Myntra will now be a mobile app retailer and allow purchase only from its dedicated mobile app.
The move comes from Myntra as it draws 80% of its traffic and 70% of sale from mobile app. This marks the first time an e-commerce platform is heavily betting on its mobile only presence owing to increasing usage of mobile shopping. Myntra had said in February that it may shut down its website once its mobile traffic reaches 90% of the total sales. As per the report, there is a 360-degree advertising and marketing campaign being planned by Myntra for announcing its app-only presence, which is expected to be unveiled in the coming weeks.
Flipkart, which acquired Myntra in May last year may also follow suit if the experiment goes down well with the fashion e-tailer. Both Flipkart and Myntra have already stopped their mobile websites from directing visitors to their respective apps.
Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab A series in Russia last month, last week it launched the Galaxy Tab A 9.7 tablet in Germany. It has a 9.7-inch (1024×768 pixels) display, is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It also comes in LTE variant with voice calling and 2GB of RAM.
The WiFi variant has 1.5GB RAM. Other specifications are similar in both, including a 5-megapixel rear camera, 2-megapixel front-facing camera, microSD expansion slot and a 6000mAh battery.
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 specifications
9.7-inch (1024×768 pixels) 4:3 display
1.2 GHz quad-core processor
1.5GB (Wi-Fi) / 2GB (LTE) RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory (up to 128GB) with microSD
Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
5MP rear camera
2MP front-facing camera
Dual speakers
Dimensions: 166.8 x 242.5 x 7.5 mm; Weight: 450 grams (Wi-Fi), 453 grams (LTE)
4G LTE Cat.4 / 3G HSPA+ (Optional),WiFi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS + GLONASS
6000mAh battery
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 WiFi is priced at 299 Euros (US$328 / Rs. 20,408 approx) and the LTE variant costs 349 Euros (US$383 / Rs. 23,814 approx). It comes in Black and White and will go on sale in Germany later this month.
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Google is said to be in talks with Hutchison Whampoa, the owner of the mobile operator Three to make overseas calling cheap, as per a report from The Telegraph.
The main aim for the talks is to allow US users to access their phones internationally at no extra costs. Google is reportedly planning to create a global network that will charge the same cost for calls, text message and data irrespective of the customer location. If the collaboration with the Hutchison takes place, Google could gain wholesale access to mobile service in the UK, Ireland, Italy and several more countries where the Hong Kong conglomerate owns mobile networks.
Moving on, the report states that Google is also seeking to eliminate roaming charges for Three customers. Google announced its plans to launch a mobile network last month. The tech giant will not build mobile masts but rely on wholesale deals to use existing infrastructure both at home and abroad. This move will put pressure on the pricing of America’s biggest mobile operators, AT&T and Verizon, who enjoy higher profit margins than their European counterparts. In addition, the "small scale project", as Google calls it, could encourage operators to invest in new technology to improve mobile coverage via ...
We unboxed the Zenfone 2 ZE500C, showed off the Zen UI based on Android Lollipop and gameplay demo recently. The Zenfone 2 ZE500CL has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 processor. The smartphone has Miracast screen mirroring support and also has USB OTG. Here is a demo video that shows both these features.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJXjgVbr4dE
Miracast screen mirroring feature was already present in the first generation Zenfone series, but in the new Zen UI, Miracast function is replaced by PlayTo, which is the new name for this feature. Once you have a Miracast dongle or device connected to a monitor, you can mirror the phone's screen to the monitor. It doesn't show any lags, as you can see from the video.
The phone also has USB on-the-go (OTG) support that lets you connect a pen drive to it. You can even use a USB hub to connect a keyboard and a mouse to the phone. Even though Asus says that the phone supports microSD cards only up to 64GB, we tried out 128GB microSD card, and it worked perfectly fine.
Samsung is working on a another Galaxy S6 model that is the Galaxy S6 Active. The phone which is listed under the model number (SM-G890A) was just spotted in the Bluetooth SIG database.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Active is expected to arrive with a 5.1-inch QHD Super AMOLED+ display, Exynos 7420 SoC coupled with 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage, and all of that will be powered by a 3,500 mAh battery. It will have a 16MP primary camera and a 5MP secondary shooter. The S6 Active is expected to be a bit thicker and larger than the Galaxy S6 and the S6 edge. The S6 Active will measure 73.6 x 146.9 x 8.8 mm as compared to 70.5 x 143.4 x 6.8 mm of the Galaxy S6. There is a possibility that Samsung might announce the phone soon.
Airtel has launched Airtel Zero, a new platform that will offer users access to selected applications and services such as chat apps, e-commerce apps, gaming portals and other Internet-based services without any data charges for Airtel customers. Airtel will be partnering with several e-commerce companies and start-ups to offer free access to their apps. It will launch first on Android and iOS platforms.
Commenting on the new platform, Srini Gopalan, Director, Consumer Business, Bharti Airtel, said:
We are excited to launch 'Airtel Zero', which is an open and non-discriminatory marketing platform for all developers in India - irrespective of the size of their business. We believe that this platform is consistent with India's Digital Inclusion agenda and also contributes to the government's 'Make in India' vision by providing a platform to millions of small businesses to reach out to the end consumer. Following an extremely successful pilot phase, we are seeing a lot of interest from businesses across the board, including several small startup firms, and expect a large number of applications to sign on.
Talking to The Hindu Business Line if this platform goes against net neutrality, Srini Gopalan said "This is an open platform with non-discriminatory pricing, and we believe it will be a win-win for customers and e-commerce players". Reliance Communications ...
The Micromax Canvas Selfie is one of the first mid range phones to completely embrace the selfie revolution, with the same 13 MP camera on both sides. But as we have seen earlier, megapixels do not always mean better images. So, to find out if the Canvas Selfie is good enough, we pitted it against the HTC Desire 820, a higher-priced mid-range smartphone.
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The Desire 820 comes with an 8 megapixel front facing camera and a BSI sensor, while the Micromax Canvas Selfie comes with a 13 megapixel camera that sports a f2.0 autofocus lens along with a Sony BSI sensor. Let's take a look at some samples now.
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In this first photo which was taken up close, the Canvas Selfie manages to use auto focus to its advantage, while the Desire 820 just produces a flat image. In another example, when we examine the detail, the Canvas Selfie is sharper and more detailed, naturally due to the higher resolution. Not only that, the Canvas Selfie's camera app comes with various tools in-built, to make faces in selfies better. You can check out all the details of these features here. The Desire 820 on the other hand comes only with ...
Evernote updated its Android app in February to version 7.0 with Material Design features and now the popular note taking app is bringing the updated version to Android tablets.
Evernote has created a new split toolbar that allows users to take key actions and manage more content simultaneously. The primary navigation still expands and collapses for quick access to all your content while keeping you oriented on the larger screen size. As expected the app gets Material Design features like " flatter look, bolder colors, and improved typography". There is an additional improvement to typography and alignment that results into a cleaner interface.
The app also offers more functionality, including an updated new note button, an enhanced note editor and note view with a cleaner layout and controls. Finally, there are the usual bug fixes and performance improvements for the Evernote tablet app.
Play Link - Evernote for Android
HTC is said to be working on Android Auto in car system, as per a latest post from Reddit. The post says that the company is naming the in-car system as 'HTC Cello".
Similar to Android Auto, the HTC Cello will integrate into your car's dashboard. As per the most, the HTC Cello will include features like Night Vision, Sonar, Mini HMI (Human Machine Interface), DVD, Tire Pressure Monitoring System, Lane Departure Warning System, Navigation and GPS. Some of these are not available through Android Auto at this time.
It also seems like HTC could be developing a special version of their Sense UI which could be integrated into its system. Also, HTC Cello has been in testing since the fourth quarter of 2014 and is currently powered by Android 4.4 KitKat. At present Google’s Android Auto and Apple’s CarPlay, are already available in the market. No details about the official launch of the HTC Cello are known as of yet.
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ZTE has launched its Blade S6 smartphone globally via eBay soon after it was launched on Amazon in the UK. It was already release on eBay in UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain. It was announced back in January and packs a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). It features a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xg8GzD-rw
ZTE Blade S6 specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display based on in-cell technology
Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) (ARM Cortex A53 – 4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor with Adreno 405 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD
Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with MiFavor 3.0 UI
Dual Nano SIM
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Sony IMX214 sensor
5MP front-facing camera, wide-angle lens
Dimensions: 144×70.7×7.7mm
4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2400mAh battery
The ZTE Blade S6 is available via eBay in the United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Brazil, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, France, Spain and Italy. It is priced at $299.99 (£199.99 and €276.99 in the UK and Europe). No details about its release in India yet. ...
Motorola launched the Moto Turbo smartphone in India last month. We already brought you the unboxing of the smartphone, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by an Quad-Core Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084) 28nm HPm Krait 450 CPU clocked at 2.65 GHz with Adreno 450 GPU and has 3GB RAM. It has a 5.2 (1440×2560 pixels) Quad HD AMOLED display and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Check out the benchmark charts.
AnTuTu Benchmark 5
It tops the AnTuTu Benchmark 5 by scoring 50714 points, slightly better than the iPhone 6 Plus smartphone.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
It scored 2734 points and grabs the third spot in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It managed to score 1392 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem benchmark.
Geekbench 3 Single Core
It managed to score 1056 points in the Geekbench 3 Single-Core benchmark and lies behind the Galaxy Note 4 with the same processor.
Geekbench 3 Multi-Core
It lies behind the Galaxy Note Edge by scoring 3173 points in the Geekbench 3 Multi-Core benchmark.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 59.6fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen)
It clocked 20.7 fps in the GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen benchmark, slightly better than the LG G3.
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan (On screen)
It managed to clock around 10.2 fps in the GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan ...
We have already seen a bunch of leaks related to the LG G4 that will be announced on April 28. Now, Spigen has revealed lineup of cases for the upcoming flagship phone from LG.
The cases show the alleged LG G4, which looks like the LG G3 in terms of design with the volume and power rocker buttons at the back, with a large camera sensor on the back of the device. Also, the chassis of the device looks like it sports a similar brushed aluminum texture to what we saw on the LG G3. Earlier today, LG introduced LG UX 4.0 that will have easy-to-use interface and offer high level of functionality through user settings,
According to GFX Bench listing the LG G4 is rumored to come with a 5.5-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD display, Android 5.1 (Lollipop) with new UX, Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Hexa-Core SoC (4 x ARM Cortex-A53 and 2 x ARM Cortex-A57) with Adreno 418 GPU, 16-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 8-megapixel front-facing camera, 3GB DDR3 RAM, 32GB of internal memory and 4G LTE.
Asus already announced that it will be launching the Zenfone 2 smartphone in India in the last week of April. There was a confusion which variant would launch in India. Today the company has announced that it will be launching all the three variant of the smartphone in India. This includes ZE500CL, ZE550ML and high-end ZE551ML.
We unboxed the Zenfone 2 ZE500CL, the entry-level model recently. Check out the unboxing video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g_GEUiTa7c
We went hands-on with the high-end Zenfone 2 ZE551ML at the MWC last month. Check out the hands-on below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMIG-cTMcmA
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE500CL specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection
1.6 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2560 processor
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 64GB via micro SD
Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
8MP rear camera with LED flash
2MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 148.1 x 71.5 x 10.9mm; weight 155g
4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
2500 mAh battery
Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display with Corning gorilla glass 3 protection
1.8GHz quad-core Intel Atom Z3560 with PowerVR G6430 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 64GB via micro SD
Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
Dual SIM
13MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, Real Tone flash
5MP front-facing camera, f/2.0 aperture
Dimensions: 152.5 ...
Twitter has officially launched "quote tweet" functionality that will now embed the actual tweet instead of simply quoting it as text. The feature is coming to iPhone and Web first and will soon land on Android.
Prior to this update, when you hit “quote tweet” on mobile, it just loaded the text of the entire tweet into the compose window. This will change from today and iPhone users as it will embed the tweet instead. In order to quote a tweet, users will have to Tap Retweet icon> Tap quote tweet> Add comment and tap tweet> The Tweet will then be shared with your followers as a quote Tweet.
In addition, the update also lets you add 116 characters of comments to any tweet. The latest functionality addresses to most of the user complaints that it left little or no room for other users to add comments to the retweets.
Sony Xperia Z4 has surfaced in live images on a Vietnamese website. This shows the smartphone featuring Omnibalance design language, similar to the Xperia Z3. These live images coincide with the unofficial renders of the smartphone that appeared a few weeks back.
The smartphone codenamed E6553 appeared on GFX benchmark recently. According to the benchmark leak, the smartphone will feature a 5.1-inch 1080p screen, will be powered by a 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 810 SoC and run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Even the UI shows the smartphone running on Android Lollipop. It could come with Android 5.1 (Lollipop) when it launches.
More live images from a Greek website reveals the same model number E6553 and MSM8994 processor, which is the Snapdragon 810 chip.
It also reveals the same 20.7-megapixel camera on the back. Earlier leaks revealed 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, 5-megapixel front-facing camera and a 3400mAh battery.
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Mailbox for Android has been updated with Material Design features. The latest update will bump the app to version 2.0 with a refreshed UI and other enhancements.
First up, Mailbox has reduced the steps to undo your actions by making it easier than ever to delete, snooze and archive emails with just a few swipes. The Mailbox team has added in a floating compose button which makes it easier to create an email when you are in your inbox. The slide-out navigation drawer now reaches to the top of the screen.
The app now can be easily scanned and lets you find unread emails. Signatures can now be displayed while you compose your email and users can edit HTML emails before replying or forwarding. Finally, Google Calendar invite emails are rendered in mobile-friendly format.
Play Link - Mailbox
