December 26, 2013, 11:26 pm
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Earlier this year Airtel launched "Free Facebook on Airtel" offer for their pre-paid customers that offered Free Facebook access for Airtel customers for 1 month without any extra packs. The offer is back again, now Airtel allow pre-paid customers access Facebook both on mobile web (m.facebook.com) and through Facebook apps in 9 regional Indian languages.Airtel had offered free access on Facebook app for Java phones and free Mobile Twitter access for a period of 3 months, few years back. Recently it partnered with Google to launch Free Zone, that offered access to Search, Gmail and Google+ up to 1GB per month.
According to the new offer, Airtel customers can view or upload photos, post status updates, comment and write on walls, message others in their favorite language including, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada or Malayalam. Existing mobile internet customers on Airtel can immediately. Customers accessing the mobile internet for the first time need to register at m.facebook.com to avail of this special offer.
This limited period festive offer lets Airtel customers access Facebook free of cost with a cap of 30 MB/ month. It is not clear till when the offer would be available.
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December 27, 2013, 12:32 am
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iBall Andi4.5-K6, the company’s new smartphone in the Andi series is now available from eBay. It has a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 1600 mAh battery. The iBall Andi 4.5z that went on sale back in October had similar specifications, but this has 1GB of RAM.
iBall Andi4.5-K6 Specifications
4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display at 245 ppi
1.3 GHz dual-core Cortex A7 processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash
front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with recording
1GB DDR2 RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
3G (HSDPA: 21 Mbps, HSUPA: 5.6 Mbps), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS
1600 mAh battery
The iBall iBall Andi4.5-K6 comes in Special Wine with Chrome and White with Chrome colors and is priced at Rs. 7,395 (MOP).
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December 27, 2013, 1:10 am
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TCL has launched the Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ (S960) in China. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display at 440 PPI, powered by a 2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6592 Octa-Core processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and comes with a BOOMband Bluetooth wristband that tracks your activity and alerts you if you leave it behind by sounding an an alarm. The wrist band would be available in range of colors.
Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ specifications
5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display
2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6592 Octa-Core processor with Mali 400 GPU
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Dual SIM with dual standby
13MP auto focus camera with LED Flash, 1080p Full HD video recording
2MP front-facing camera
Dimensions - 140.4x69.1x7.9mm; Weight: 130g
3G (TD-SCDMA), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi direct Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD
2500 mAh battery
The Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ comes in Pure White, Deep Blue and Lemon Yellow colors. It is priced at 1999 Chinese Yuan (~Rs. 20,430) along with the BOOMband. It ...
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December 27, 2013, 1:39 am
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Intex has launched the Aqua i-4+, successor of the Aqua i-4 in the Aqua series. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to its predecessor. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with WeChat, OLX, Matrabhasha lets users access the phone in 22 regional languages, Intex Cloud app to store more pictures, videos and files, Intex Play and more apps. We could not find what has changed in this one compared to the Aqua i-4 since the specifications are similar.
Commenting on the launch, Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Business Head – Mobile, Intex Technologies (I) Ltd. said,
Intex Aqua i-4+ is yet another endeavour from Intex to meet the expectations of today’s consumer in terms of design and performance. With its impressive specifications and features, Aqua i-4+ promises to be a smart and powerful smartphone capable of providing smooth user-experience.
Intex Aqua i-4+ specifications
5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1.2 GHz dual-core processor
Dual SIM (GSM + WCDMA) with Dual Standby
Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
8MP Auto Focus rear Camera with LED flash
1.3MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
512MB RAM, 4GB Internal memory, expandable memory ...
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December 27, 2013, 2:20 am
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WickedLeak has announced the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Wammy Passion Z+ that was launched earlier this year. Google rolled out the KitKat update for the Nexus smartphones and tablets, and their Google Play Edition devices recently. Google-owned Motorola rolled out the Android 4.4 update for the Moto X and Moto G. WickedLeak becomes the first Indian company to roll out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for its smartphone.
WickedLeak would release the Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for the Wammy Passion Z+ on January 14th 2014 for the users who already own the device. The company would sell the Passion Z+ smartphone running on Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box starting from today. The Wammy Passion Z+ has a 5 inch Full HD display, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor and has a 13-megapixel camera. The new update will also bring improvements in the stability and the performance of the smartphone. It should almost be stock without any UI overlays.
As you can see from the screenshot above, the version is Android 4.4, and the build date is October 26th. This might not be the final version when it releases next month. Updated for the recently launched Wickedleak Wammy Titan 3 is expected sometime ...
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December 27, 2013, 3:54 am
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LG G3 to come with a fingerprint sensor, according to a recent report from Korea Herald. LG is conducting a series of tests for the product with a fingerprint sensor and it is likely to use swipe fingerprint sensor, unlike the iPhone 5S, the report adds. Apple introduced finger print sensor on the iPhone 5s that lets you just place your finger to unlock the device. HTC One Max has a finger print sensor on its back that lets you swipe to unlock the phone and also launch lets you applications by configuring multiple fingers.
LG is also working on G-Arch Smartwatch and G-Healthfitness wristband that would sync with the G3. These smart devices are rumored be unveiled at the MWC 2014 in February along with the flagship G3 smartphone. According to a recent report, the LG G3 would feature this Quad HD 2K display, powered by 2.2 GHz Octa-Core processor and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat).
Slowly OEMs have started to implement fingerprint sensor technology on smartphones and tablets. Is 2014 the year of fingerprint sensor tech? Let's wait for couple more months to find out.
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December 27, 2013, 4:32 am
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Bharti Airtel has released the results of Airtel Mobitude 2013, the 5th edition of its Indian annual survey that reveals that mobile TV, Bollywood, Hello Tunes, Re 1 entertainment store and gaming ruled customer preferences. Mobile TV witnessed 400% plus jump in viewership over last year. Airtel Re 1 entertainments store paved way for data usage growth . The number of data users jump 124% from last year and data consumption jumped 220%. About 87% of data traffic was contributed by 3G-enabled devices. Smartphones with 5.5" plus screen jumped 123% in last two quarters and Google remains in top as most visited site, followed by YouTube and Facebook.
In the image downloads category, Sunny Leone topped the charts. Sunny Leone, Sherlyn Chopra and Poonam Pandey emerged as the most downloaded, surpassing the total downloads of their male actors, breaking the records of the past five years. Aamir Khan continued to be out of top 5 for the fourth consecutive year. Megan Fox and Drew Barrymore made it to the top downloaded in the female category in Hollywood. Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise topped the download charts in male actors.
In the sports Sachin Tendulkar ruled charts with a 124% jump in download ...
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December 27, 2013, 4:53 am
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Most of the Android smartphone manufacturers fail to provide the newer Android version upgrades in time and we are inclined to believe that it is a very tough and long process. HTC too hasn't been much different from the other manufacturers in providing updates for its smartphones on time. Today, HTC have posted a huge and long infographic detailing the work flow of how an Android system upgrade is delivered to the end user.
The infographic mainly concerns users in countries where updates are sent out through the carrier(not India), but seeing the infographic, one can get a clear understanding of the various processes involved in pushing a software update to a smartphone. HTC has classified its devices into three categories - Carrier devices, Unlocked/Developer devices and Google Play Edition devices. Among the three variants, the carrier devices are the ones that take a lot of time because of the larger number of steps involved.
In addition to the infographic, HTC has also posted the status of its current update cycle. The status page is primarily concerned with only the latest flagship - HTC One and the latest software update for it - Android 4.4 KitKat. Below the HTC One status, HTC ...
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December 27, 2013, 4:57 am
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Gameloft, a leading global publisher and Japan's LINE Corporation have launched LINE Let's Golf, the first golf on LINE Game platform. This free-to-play game offer simple one-touch controls to play Golf and lets you challenge your friends in timed sessions, has different locations and weather conditions. You can unlock new characters, costumes and power-ups to help boost your skills and beat your friends to the top of the weekly rankings.
Features of LINE Let's Golf
Enjoy a casual golf game that lets you compete with all your LINE friends with the flick of a single finger.
Enjoy varied 3D golf courses, from tropical islands to beautiful gardens!
Adapt your game to weather, location, and more as you shoot for the top score!
Create a unique and impressive avatar with tons of cool unlockable characters and costumes.
Boost your skills and challenge your friends for fun and Coins!
Have a blast while finding out who's the top golfer among your friends in the weekly Friend Rankings!
Download LINE Let's Golf (Free) - Android | iPhone
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December 27, 2013, 5:16 am
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The Lava Iris 352e, an entry-level smartphone went on sale last month. Now the Lava Iris 354e has been spotted on Flipkart. It has a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to the Iris 352e. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has 2G (EDGE) connectivity. The phone is a bit thinner than its predecessor at 11.8mm and has 2GB of internal memory, instead of 512MB. The design of the phone has changed, which looks more flat with sharp edges than curved.
Lava Iris 354e Specifications
3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1GHz dual-core processor
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
Dual SIM (GSM+GSM)
2MP rear camera
0.3 MP front-facing camera
11.8 mm thick and weighs 103g
2G (EDGE), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n,Bluetooth
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
256MB RAM, 2GB internal memory (1.25 GB user memory), expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
1400 mAh battery
The Lava Iris 354e comes in Black color and is priced at Rs. Rs. 3,415. It is currently out of stock from the retailer.
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December 27, 2013, 5:55 am
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Nokia 106 was announced back in August along with the Nokia 107 Dual SIM for China. Now the phone is available in India from the official Nokia Shop. It has a 1.8-inch (160 x 128 pixels) TFT display, bit larger than the Nokia 105, the company's most affordable feature phone that was launched in India back in April. Other features are almost similar to the 105, including a dust and splash-proof keypad, 4-way Navi Key and FM Radio support.
It has the same 800 mAh Nokia BL-5CB that offers up to 9.9 hours of talk time and up to 35 days standby. It has support for single mini SIM similar to the 105. Nokia Asha 500, affordable touchscreen Asha phone went on sale earlier today.
Nokia 106 features and specifications
Display: 1.8-inch QQVGA (160 x 128 pixels ) 65k Colour TFT Display
Dual band, EGSM 900/1800
Series 30 OS
Dimensions 112.9 x 47.5 x 14.9 mm; weight 74.2 g (including battery)
FM Radio
Native games
Multiple alarm clock capabilities
32-polyphonic ringtones
Speaking clock and flashlight
Connectivity: 2.0 mm Charger Connector, 3.5 mm AV Connector
800 mAh battery with up to 35 days standby and 9.9 hours talk time
The Nokia 106 comes in Black, Red and White colors and is priced at Rs. 1399. ...
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December 27, 2013, 6:15 am
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Oppo released the Limited Edition OPPO N1 running on CyanogenMod earlier this week. Now the company has released the CyanogenMod firmware for the smartphone, as it promised last month. This installs easily on any version of the phone and is maintained by CyanogenMod team so that it will be updated with new releases, says the company.
CyanogenMod is specially tailored to support all of the N1's innovative hardware and software features like the O-Touch Panel, O-Click Bluetooth remote control, rotating camera, and also unique features from ColorOS such as double tap to wake and screen-off gestures, as it said earlier.
You can just download the ROM and install it from the stock recovery without rooting or installing a custom recovery. Remember that you will lose all your data on the phone, so backup your important data before installing it. The CyanogenMod ROM for the Oppo N1 is CM10.2, which is based on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean).
Download the CyanogenMod firmware for the OPPO N1 from the Oppo website and head over to the Oppo forums to follow the simple instructions regarding the installation process. You can also go back to the ColorOS firmware easily. We will bring you the complete overview of the Oppo N1 running on CyanogenMod soon.
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December 27, 2013, 10:12 pm
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Huawei launched the Ascend Mate in India back in June, which was one of the best mid-range large-screen smartphones at that time. Now, images of the Ascend Mate 2 has surfaced on weibo from the popular C Technology. According to the images, the Black phone is the Ascend Mate and the White one is the Ascend Mate 2. According to the leaked image, the Ascend Mate 2 has a narrow frame with a smaller bezel. It is also likely to come with brushed metal frame, but this might just have a plastic build that looks like Metal, says the user.
Another weibo user has posted an image of the back of the device that shows a larger camera sensor with a metal ring around it. The back has nice patterns that was not seen on the first Ascend Mate.
Another image shows a thinner bezel around the display, compared to the Ascend Mate, that lies next to it. According to earlier rumors, the Ascend Mate 2 is rumored to pack a 6.1-inch 720p or 1080p display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core HiSilicon Kirin 910 processor with Mali 450 GPU and run on Android 4.2 with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 2.0 on top. It is rumored to ...
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December 27, 2013, 11:23 pm
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Taking a break from the usual routine of releasing smartphones, Sony is now launching an Android app - My Cloud. Sony's My Cloud application hopes to be your one stop app for connecting all your cloud accounts. At launch, Sony's My Cloud application lets you connect with three services - DropBox, Box and Tonido.
Sony's My Cloud app aims to ease the headache that users have in organizing their content that spreads across various cloud storage accounts. Using the application, one can easily group photos, music and videos from different cloud accounts in a single place.
My Cloud is designed to ease the acces to all your musics, videos and photos stored in the most popular cloud services available, putting it all in one place and organizing in one sleek interface for your Android.
Just by adding your account from Box, DropBox or Tonido, all your media files become available into the application, making it easy to find, copy, move, organize and access it everywhere you go.
The slick user interface segregates contents into Songs, Pictures and Videos and clicking on either of these takes you to the respective content that has been organized from various cloud accounts.
Download Sony My Cloud for Android
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December 27, 2013, 11:32 pm
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Microsoft has released their classic Windows games, Solitaire, Mahjong and Minesweeper on the Windows Phone 8 platform. These games were popular on Windows PCs back in the 90s. Now Microsoft have redesigned these games to suit a new generation of players and devices.
Since these are Xbox games, this lets you log in with your Xbox account to earn achievements, compete with your friends, submit your scores to the leaderboards, and track your personal gameplay statistics. ou can also play, pause, and resume your games across Windows phone 8 devices, PCs, and Windows 8 tablets.
The Solitaire Collection five different card games in one including, Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, TriPeaks and Pyramid. Mahjong three different themes to choose from at three levels of difficulty. It has improved Undo system and players have the option of rewinding to fix mistakes. The most popular Minesweeper lets you mark the locations with a touch of your finger. It has Easy to Hard puzzles to choose from.
Microsoft Solitaire Collection - Windows Phone 8
Microsoft Mahjong - Windows Phone 8
Microsoft Minesweeper - Windows Phone 8
All these games free to download.
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December 27, 2013, 11:49 pm
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With CES just around the corner, Samsung has already started teasing what it has planned up for CES 2014. SamsungExynos's Twitter account has teased asking if we are ready to #UnlockExynos. With UnlockExynos, it could possibly mean that Samsung are planning to update their current octa-core solution to true octa-core. Samsung was the first company to announce an octa-core processor and it featured in the Samsung Galaxy S4 which was launched earlier this year.
But it wasn't a true octa-core product. There were a pair of quad-core processors that worked in tandem depending on the amount of load. This was based on ARM's big.LITTLE architecture and later in the year, MediaTek unveiled the world's first true octa-core solution that utilized all eight cores. Samsung updated their original octa-core SoC - Exynos 5410 to Exynos 5420 in Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and they claimed that the new SoC was capable of running eight cores at the same time. However, for 8 cores to work simultaneously HMP(Heterogeneous Multi Processing) has to be enabled both at the hardware as well as at the software(kernel) level. In the Galaxy Note 3 which is powered by Exynos 5420, HMP is already activated at hardware level and ...
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December 28, 2013, 12:50 am
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Samsung launched the Galaxy Star Pro, the successor of the Galaxy Star back in October. We already unboxed the device earlier this week. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. The Star Pro packs a 1 GHz single-core Spreadtrum SC6820 processor based on ARM Cortex A5 CPU and has Mali 400 GPU. The phone has a 4.0-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS with Samsung's own Touchwiz UI on top. Since this is just an entry-level chip, the performance would obviously be just average. Let's find out how it performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.
Quadrant Benchmark
The phone manages to score 2119 points in the Quadrant Benchmark.
AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3
It holds the last place in the AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
In manages to score 1113 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
In the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark, it manages to score 340 points.
Linpack Single Thread
It scores just 25.8 MFLOPS in the Linpack single thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It locks just 22.8 MFLOPS in the Linpack multi-thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
Since the phone is powered by a Mali 400 GPU, it managed to clock 39.6 FP, better than most of the phones in the similar range.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex ...
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December 28, 2013, 1:25 am
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Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (SM-T320) has been spotted at the FCC. According to earlier rumors Samsung would launched this tablet along with the Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (SM-T520/T525) and Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (SM-P900/P905) sometime in Q1 2014. The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is expected to feature a 8.4-inch screen, as the name indicates, come with Bluetooth LE and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac connectivity. It is also likely to come in a 4G LTE variant, similar to the Galaxy Tab 3.
As you can see in the FCC sketch above, the tablet has a rear camera with flash on the back. You can also see the dimensions of the tablet in the sketch, which makes it slightly larger than the 8-inch Tab 3. We don't have any other specifications of the device at the moment. Samsung already has 10-inch tablets and is rumored to launch the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 tablet with a 12.2-inch screen.
The Samsung SM-T320 Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is expected to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2014.
Source | Via
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January 1, 2014, 11:47 pm
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Carbon, one of the popular third party Twitter clients has recently received a massive overhaul. Carbon is considered one of the better Twitter clients because of its buttery smooth UI and minimal design. The Carbon team pushed the version 2 just in time for New Year and it brought along a major redesign.
The starting screen that you see is your timeline. Swiping right takes you to the mentions and swiping right once more takes you to the direct messages. This is the basic structure of the application and it makes it quite easy and smooth to navigate between them. You can swipe up or down with two fingers to reach the top or bottom of the timeline respectively. This can be particularly useful if you want to go back to the top after checking out a lot of tweets.
A single click on the tweet will make the links, hashtags and mentions clickable. It also displays a quick action menu that lets you retweet, favorite or share the tweet. When you double tap a tweet, it will let you edit and retweet it. Swiping right from edge brings the favorites menu that has your favorites, retweets and recent searches. You can ...
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January 1, 2014, 11:54 pm
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Samsung already has plans for huge line-up of smartphones and tablets for this year. Now the Samsung Grand Neo has been leaked, that has curved corners and Duos branding, similar to the Galaxy Grand. According to the SammyHub's tipster, the Galaxy Grand Neo is expected to comes with a 5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and run on 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with TouchWiz UI on top. It would also include Samsung's software features such as Multi Window.
Other specifications of the phone are not available yet. Specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Grand Lite (GT-I9060) that leaked recently, which also passed through the FCC that confirmed the dual SIM support and a 2100 mAh battery. Specifications of the Grand Neo and the Grand Lite look similar, so the Grand Neo might be the name of the Samsung GT-I9060.
We can only see the front part of the smartphone in the leaked image, so we are not sure if it would have a leather-like back cover, similar to the Grand 2. Hope we can expect the device at the MWC 2014 next month.
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Earlier this year Airtel launched "Free Facebook on Airtel" offer for their pre-paid customers that offered Free Facebook access for Airtel customers for 1 month without any extra packs. The offer is back again, now Airtel allow pre-paid customers access Facebook both on mobile web (m.facebook.com) and through Facebook apps in 9 regional Indian languages.Airtel had offered free access on Facebook app for Java phones and free Mobile Twitter access for a period of 3 months, few years back. Recently it partnered with Google to launch Free Zone, that offered access to Search, Gmail and Google+ up to 1GB per month.
According to the new offer, Airtel customers can view or upload photos, post status updates, comment and write on walls, message others in their favorite language including, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada or Malayalam. Existing mobile internet customers on Airtel can immediately. Customers accessing the mobile internet for the first time need to register at m.facebook.com to avail of this special offer.
This limited period festive offer lets Airtel customers access Facebook free of cost with a cap of 30 MB/ month. It is not clear till when the offer would be available.
iBall Andi4.5-K6, the company’s new smartphone in the Andi series is now available from eBay. It has a 4.5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 1600 mAh battery. The iBall Andi 4.5z that went on sale back in October had similar specifications, but this has 1GB of RAM.
iBall Andi4.5-K6 Specifications
4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display at 245 ppi
1.3 GHz dual-core Cortex A7 processor with PowerVR SGX544 GPU
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Dual SIM (GSM + GSM)
8MP auto focus rear camera with LED Flash
front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with recording
1GB DDR2 RAM, 4GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
3G (HSDPA: 21 Mbps, HSUPA: 5.6 Mbps), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, WiFi Direct, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS
1600 mAh battery
The iBall iBall Andi4.5-K6 comes in Special Wine with Chrome and White with Chrome colors and is priced at Rs. 7,395 (MOP).
TCL has launched the Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ (S960) in China. It has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display at 440 PPI, powered by a 2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6592 Octa-Core processor with Mali 400 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and comes with a BOOMband Bluetooth wristband that tracks your activity and alerts you if you leave it behind by sounding an an alarm. The wrist band would be available in range of colors.
Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ specifications
5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD IPS display
2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6592 Octa-Core processor with Mali 400 GPU
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Dual SIM with dual standby
13MP auto focus camera with LED Flash, 1080p Full HD video recording
2MP front-facing camera
Dimensions - 140.4x69.1x7.9mm; Weight: 130g
3G (TD-SCDMA), Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi direct Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 32GB with micro SD
2500 mAh battery
The Alcatel One Touch Idol X+ comes in Pure White, Deep Blue and Lemon Yellow colors. It is priced at 1999 Chinese Yuan (~Rs. 20,430) along with the BOOMband. It ...
Intex has launched the Aqua i-4+, successor of the Aqua i-4 in the Aqua series. It has a 5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to its predecessor. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with WeChat, OLX, Matrabhasha lets users access the phone in 22 regional languages, Intex Cloud app to store more pictures, videos and files, Intex Play and more apps. We could not find what has changed in this one compared to the Aqua i-4 since the specifications are similar.
Commenting on the launch, Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, Business Head – Mobile, Intex Technologies (I) Ltd. said,
Intex Aqua i-4+ is yet another endeavour from Intex to meet the expectations of today’s consumer in terms of design and performance. With its impressive specifications and features, Aqua i-4+ promises to be a smart and powerful smartphone capable of providing smooth user-experience.
Intex Aqua i-4+ specifications
5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1.2 GHz dual-core processor
Dual SIM (GSM + WCDMA) with Dual Standby
Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
8MP Auto Focus rear Camera with LED flash
1.3MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
512MB RAM, 4GB Internal memory, expandable memory ...
WickedLeak has announced the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Wammy Passion Z+ that was launched earlier this year. Google rolled out the KitKat update for the Nexus smartphones and tablets, and their Google Play Edition devices recently. Google-owned Motorola rolled out the Android 4.4 update for the Moto X and Moto G. WickedLeak becomes the first Indian company to roll out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for its smartphone.
WickedLeak would release the Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for the Wammy Passion Z+ on January 14th 2014 for the users who already own the device. The company would sell the Passion Z+ smartphone running on Android 4.4 KitKat out of the box starting from today. The Wammy Passion Z+ has a 5 inch Full HD display, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589T processor and has a 13-megapixel camera. The new update will also bring improvements in the stability and the performance of the smartphone. It should almost be stock without any UI overlays.
As you can see from the screenshot above, the version is Android 4.4, and the build date is October 26th. This might not be the final version when it releases next month. Updated for the recently launched Wickedleak Wammy Titan 3 is expected sometime ...
LG G3 to come with a fingerprint sensor, according to a recent report from Korea Herald. LG is conducting a series of tests for the product with a fingerprint sensor and it is likely to use swipe fingerprint sensor, unlike the iPhone 5S, the report adds. Apple introduced finger print sensor on the iPhone 5s that lets you just place your finger to unlock the device. HTC One Max has a finger print sensor on its back that lets you swipe to unlock the phone and also launch lets you applications by configuring multiple fingers.
LG is also working on G-Arch Smartwatch and G-Healthfitness wristband that would sync with the G3. These smart devices are rumored be unveiled at the MWC 2014 in February along with the flagship G3 smartphone. According to a recent report, the LG G3 would feature this Quad HD 2K display, powered by 2.2 GHz Octa-Core processor and run on Android 4.4 (KitKat).
Slowly OEMs have started to implement fingerprint sensor technology on smartphones and tablets. Is 2014 the year of fingerprint sensor tech? Let's wait for couple more months to find out.
Most of the Android smartphone manufacturers fail to provide the newer Android version upgrades in time and we are inclined to believe that it is a very tough and long process. HTC too hasn't been much different from the other manufacturers in providing updates for its smartphones on time. Today, HTC have posted a huge and long infographic detailing the work flow of how an Android system upgrade is delivered to the end user.
The infographic mainly concerns users in countries where updates are sent out through the carrier(not India), but seeing the infographic, one can get a clear understanding of the various processes involved in pushing a software update to a smartphone. HTC has classified its devices into three categories - Carrier devices, Unlocked/Developer devices and Google Play Edition devices. Among the three variants, the carrier devices are the ones that take a lot of time because of the larger number of steps involved.
In addition to the infographic, HTC has also posted the status of its current update cycle. The status page is primarily concerned with only the latest flagship - HTC One and the latest software update for it - Android 4.4 KitKat. Below the HTC One status, HTC ...
Gameloft, a leading global publisher and Japan's LINE Corporation have launched LINE Let's Golf, the first golf on LINE Game platform. This free-to-play game offer simple one-touch controls to play Golf and lets you challenge your friends in timed sessions, has different locations and weather conditions. You can unlock new characters, costumes and power-ups to help boost your skills and beat your friends to the top of the weekly rankings.
Features of LINE Let's Golf
Enjoy a casual golf game that lets you compete with all your LINE friends with the flick of a single finger.
Enjoy varied 3D golf courses, from tropical islands to beautiful gardens!
Adapt your game to weather, location, and more as you shoot for the top score!
Create a unique and impressive avatar with tons of cool unlockable characters and costumes.
Boost your skills and challenge your friends for fun and Coins!
Have a blast while finding out who's the top golfer among your friends in the weekly Friend Rankings!
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The Lava Iris 352e, an entry-level smartphone went on sale last month. Now the Lava Iris 354e has been spotted on Flipkart. It has a 3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), similar to the Iris 352e. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and has 2G (EDGE) connectivity. The phone is a bit thinner than its predecessor at 11.8mm and has 2GB of internal memory, instead of 512MB. The design of the phone has changed, which looks more flat with sharp edges than curved.
Lava Iris 354e Specifications
3.5 inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1GHz dual-core processor
Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS
Dual SIM (GSM+GSM)
2MP rear camera
0.3 MP front-facing camera
11.8 mm thick and weighs 103g
2G (EDGE), WiFi 802.11 b/g/n,Bluetooth
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
256MB RAM, 2GB internal memory (1.25 GB user memory), expandable memory up to 32GB with microSD
1400 mAh battery
The Lava Iris 354e comes in Black color and is priced at Rs. Rs. 3,415. It is currently out of stock from the retailer.
Nokia 106 was announced back in August along with the Nokia 107 Dual SIM for China. Now the phone is available in India from the official Nokia Shop. It has a 1.8-inch (160 x 128 pixels) TFT display, bit larger than the Nokia 105, the company's most affordable feature phone that was launched in India back in April. Other features are almost similar to the 105, including a dust and splash-proof keypad, 4-way Navi Key and FM Radio support.
It has the same 800 mAh Nokia BL-5CB that offers up to 9.9 hours of talk time and up to 35 days standby. It has support for single mini SIM similar to the 105. Nokia Asha 500, affordable touchscreen Asha phone went on sale earlier today.
Nokia 106 features and specifications
Display: 1.8-inch QQVGA (160 x 128 pixels ) 65k Colour TFT Display
Dual band, EGSM 900/1800
Series 30 OS
Dimensions 112.9 x 47.5 x 14.9 mm; weight 74.2 g (including battery)
FM Radio
Native games
Multiple alarm clock capabilities
32-polyphonic ringtones
Speaking clock and flashlight
Connectivity: 2.0 mm Charger Connector, 3.5 mm AV Connector
800 mAh battery with up to 35 days standby and 9.9 hours talk time
The Nokia 106 comes in Black, Red and White colors and is priced at Rs. 1399. ...
Oppo released the Limited Edition OPPO N1 running on CyanogenMod earlier this week. Now the company has released the CyanogenMod firmware for the smartphone, as it promised last month. This installs easily on any version of the phone and is maintained by CyanogenMod team so that it will be updated with new releases, says the company.
CyanogenMod is specially tailored to support all of the N1's innovative hardware and software features like the O-Touch Panel, O-Click Bluetooth remote control, rotating camera, and also unique features from ColorOS such as double tap to wake and screen-off gestures, as it said earlier.
You can just download the ROM and install it from the stock recovery without rooting or installing a custom recovery. Remember that you will lose all your data on the phone, so backup your important data before installing it. The CyanogenMod ROM for the Oppo N1 is CM10.2, which is based on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean).
Download the CyanogenMod firmware for the OPPO N1 from the Oppo website and head over to the Oppo forums to follow the simple instructions regarding the installation process. You can also go back to the ColorOS firmware easily. We will bring you the complete overview of the Oppo N1 running on CyanogenMod soon.
Huawei launched the Ascend Mate in India back in June, which was one of the best mid-range large-screen smartphones at that time. Now, images of the Ascend Mate 2 has surfaced on weibo from the popular C Technology. According to the images, the Black phone is the Ascend Mate and the White one is the Ascend Mate 2. According to the leaked image, the Ascend Mate 2 has a narrow frame with a smaller bezel. It is also likely to come with brushed metal frame, but this might just have a plastic build that looks like Metal, says the user.
Another weibo user has posted an image of the back of the device that shows a larger camera sensor with a metal ring around it. The back has nice patterns that was not seen on the first Ascend Mate.
Another image shows a thinner bezel around the display, compared to the Ascend Mate, that lies next to it. According to earlier rumors, the Ascend Mate 2 is rumored to pack a 6.1-inch 720p or 1080p display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core HiSilicon Kirin 910 processor with Mali 450 GPU and run on Android 4.2 with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 2.0 on top. It is rumored to ...
Taking a break from the usual routine of releasing smartphones, Sony is now launching an Android app - My Cloud. Sony's My Cloud application hopes to be your one stop app for connecting all your cloud accounts. At launch, Sony's My Cloud application lets you connect with three services - DropBox, Box and Tonido.
Sony's My Cloud app aims to ease the headache that users have in organizing their content that spreads across various cloud storage accounts. Using the application, one can easily group photos, music and videos from different cloud accounts in a single place.
My Cloud is designed to ease the acces to all your musics, videos and photos stored in the most popular cloud services available, putting it all in one place and organizing in one sleek interface for your Android.
Just by adding your account from Box, DropBox or Tonido, all your media files become available into the application, making it easy to find, copy, move, organize and access it everywhere you go.
The slick user interface segregates contents into Songs, Pictures and Videos and clicking on either of these takes you to the respective content that has been organized from various cloud accounts.
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Microsoft has released their classic Windows games, Solitaire, Mahjong and Minesweeper on the Windows Phone 8 platform. These games were popular on Windows PCs back in the 90s. Now Microsoft have redesigned these games to suit a new generation of players and devices.
Since these are Xbox games, this lets you log in with your Xbox account to earn achievements, compete with your friends, submit your scores to the leaderboards, and track your personal gameplay statistics. ou can also play, pause, and resume your games across Windows phone 8 devices, PCs, and Windows 8 tablets.
The Solitaire Collection five different card games in one including, Klondike, FreeCell, Spider, TriPeaks and Pyramid. Mahjong three different themes to choose from at three levels of difficulty. It has improved Undo system and players have the option of rewinding to fix mistakes. The most popular Minesweeper lets you mark the locations with a touch of your finger. It has Easy to Hard puzzles to choose from.
Microsoft Solitaire Collection - Windows Phone 8
Microsoft Mahjong - Windows Phone 8
Microsoft Minesweeper - Windows Phone 8
All these games free to download.
With CES just around the corner, Samsung has already started teasing what it has planned up for CES 2014. SamsungExynos's Twitter account has teased asking if we are ready to #UnlockExynos. With UnlockExynos, it could possibly mean that Samsung are planning to update their current octa-core solution to true octa-core. Samsung was the first company to announce an octa-core processor and it featured in the Samsung Galaxy S4 which was launched earlier this year.
But it wasn't a true octa-core product. There were a pair of quad-core processors that worked in tandem depending on the amount of load. This was based on ARM's big.LITTLE architecture and later in the year, MediaTek unveiled the world's first true octa-core solution that utilized all eight cores. Samsung updated their original octa-core SoC - Exynos 5410 to Exynos 5420 in Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and they claimed that the new SoC was capable of running eight cores at the same time. However, for 8 cores to work simultaneously HMP(Heterogeneous Multi Processing) has to be enabled both at the hardware as well as at the software(kernel) level. In the Galaxy Note 3 which is powered by Exynos 5420, HMP is already activated at hardware level and ...
Samsung launched the Galaxy Star Pro, the successor of the Galaxy Star back in October. We already unboxed the device earlier this week. Here we have the benchmarks of the device. The Star Pro packs a 1 GHz single-core Spreadtrum SC6820 processor based on ARM Cortex A5 CPU and has Mali 400 GPU. The phone has a 4.0-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS with Samsung's own Touchwiz UI on top. Since this is just an entry-level chip, the performance would obviously be just average. Let's find out how it performs in a range of synthetic benchmark tests.
Quadrant Benchmark
The phone manages to score 2119 points in the Quadrant Benchmark.
AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3
It holds the last place in the AnTuTu Benchmark 3.3.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
In manages to score 1113 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
In the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark, it manages to score 340 points.
Linpack Single Thread
It scores just 25.8 MFLOPS in the Linpack single thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It locks just 22.8 MFLOPS in the Linpack multi-thread benchmark.
NenaMark 2
Since the phone is powered by a Mali 400 GPU, it managed to clock 39.6 FP, better than most of the phones in the similar range.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex ...
Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 (SM-T320) has been spotted at the FCC. According to earlier rumors Samsung would launched this tablet along with the Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1 (SM-T520/T525) and Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 (SM-P900/P905) sometime in Q1 2014. The Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is expected to feature a 8.4-inch screen, as the name indicates, come with Bluetooth LE and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac connectivity. It is also likely to come in a 4G LTE variant, similar to the Galaxy Tab 3.
As you can see in the FCC sketch above, the tablet has a rear camera with flash on the back. You can also see the dimensions of the tablet in the sketch, which makes it slightly larger than the 8-inch Tab 3. We don't have any other specifications of the device at the moment. Samsung already has 10-inch tablets and is rumored to launch the Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 tablet with a 12.2-inch screen.
The Samsung SM-T320 Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 is expected to be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February 2014.
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Carbon, one of the popular third party Twitter clients has recently received a massive overhaul. Carbon is considered one of the better Twitter clients because of its buttery smooth UI and minimal design. The Carbon team pushed the version 2 just in time for New Year and it brought along a major redesign.
The starting screen that you see is your timeline. Swiping right takes you to the mentions and swiping right once more takes you to the direct messages. This is the basic structure of the application and it makes it quite easy and smooth to navigate between them. You can swipe up or down with two fingers to reach the top or bottom of the timeline respectively. This can be particularly useful if you want to go back to the top after checking out a lot of tweets.
A single click on the tweet will make the links, hashtags and mentions clickable. It also displays a quick action menu that lets you retweet, favorite or share the tweet. When you double tap a tweet, it will let you edit and retweet it. Swiping right from edge brings the favorites menu that has your favorites, retweets and recent searches. You can ...
Samsung already has plans for huge line-up of smartphones and tablets for this year. Now the Samsung Grand Neo has been leaked, that has curved corners and Duos branding, similar to the Galaxy Grand. According to the SammyHub's tipster, the Galaxy Grand Neo is expected to comes with a 5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Cortex A7 processor and run on 4.3 (Jelly Bean) with TouchWiz UI on top. It would also include Samsung's software features such as Multi Window.
Other specifications of the phone are not available yet. Specifications of the Samsung Galaxy Grand Lite (GT-I9060) that leaked recently, which also passed through the FCC that confirmed the dual SIM support and a 2100 mAh battery. Specifications of the Grand Neo and the Grand Lite look similar, so the Grand Neo might be the name of the Samsung GT-I9060.
We can only see the front part of the smartphone in the leaked image, so we are not sure if it would have a leather-like back cover, similar to the Grand 2. Hope we can expect the device at the MWC 2014 next month.
