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Hardware

ARM’s Latest Processor – Cortex A72 – To Boost Performance Parameters

February 5, 2015 0 Ronak

Every user wants his smartphone to be fast and crisp, provide support to high resolution videos and battery to last longer than ever. ARM, a British semiconductor and software design company, which powers about 90 percent of smartphones around the…

News

Samsung To End Partnership With Qualcomm For Galaxy S6

January 30, 2015 0 Pranav Prateek

Samsung and Qualcomm have enjoyed success together in the past with Qualcomm Snapdragons being used by Samsung in almost every major device. However, Samsung has decided to put an end to this partnership. According to some reports, it looks like Samsung…

Hardware

Snapdragon 810: Is it Revolutionary?

January 15, 2015 0 Ronak

Amidst of all the exciting gadgets announced at the CES this year, what caught our eye is the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor featuring in the LG’s latest ‘G Flex 2’. Qualcomm touts about the same by claiming it to…

Google

Project Ara Comes Closer to Reality as Google Releases a New MDK 0.2 Developers Kit

January 14, 2015 0 Ronak

Every smartphone manufacturer is trying to equip their devices with as many innovative features as they can. Out of all these, Google’s Project Ara has been making remarkable developments with their revolutionary concept of a modular smartphone which they claim…

Apps

WhatsApp To Launch For Desktop: Buckles Up Among Competitors

December 15, 2014 0 Riya

There is no denying the fact that WhatsApp is the most dominant messenger among the other messaging apps when it comes to carrying out daily conversations. But what it lacked so far was a desktop client through which one need not…

Android

PriceBaba’s Android Consumption Report for India: Jelly Bean Rules with 52%

December 11, 2014 0 Riya

The smartphone market in India has changed drastically over the last few years. There are smartphones been launched every alternate days, the number of people adopting to new technology has constantly been on rise. And with affordable Indian and China-based…

News

The Futuristic Bracelet ‘Cicret’ Projects Your Phone Screen On Arm

December 11, 2014 6 Riya

Samsung has increased the size of its smartphones considerably with its Galaxy series and has made us familiar to the term ‘phablet’. Apple, too who took pride over their smaller screen phones had to now cater to the changing choices…

News

WhatsApp About To Take A Step Ahead Before Google Catches Up

November 4, 2014 0 Criselle Lobo

Mobile messaging app WhatsApp now has 70 million active users alone in India. It is used by 600 million people globally out of which more than one-tenth users are now Indians. WhatsApp is the most simple messenger with an easy-to-use…

Android

Android 5.0 – Lollipop Not Ladoo

October 16, 2014 0 Sharma Karan

Google’s much-awaited android platform update has been officially released and it has been named Lollipop. Later today, a giant lollipop will be erected outside Google’s campus in mountain view California. This 10 foot statue will join the existing sculptures of…

India

India’s Love For All Things Chinese

October 14, 2014 0 Sharma Karan

For long, phones coming across the Indo-China border were considered as cheap substitutes for Apple and Samsung. If you told the Indian consumer that soon these Chinese phones would vie for a significant share of the Indian Smartphone market, they…

India

Lenovo Launches a Smart Devices Connected Store in Delhi And The A8-50 Tablet

October 8, 2014 0 Criselle Lobo

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Lenovo is now aggressively targeting India as a market to sell their smartphones and tablets. They have launched a Smart Connected Devices store in Delhi. This store opened after the success of their first store in Pune…

News

Nokia shutting down its Chennai plant by Nov 1

October 7, 2014 0 Aditya Shenoy

Nokia, once the market leader of mobile phones in India is now shutting down its only operational plant here. The plant was earlier manufacturing handsets for Microsoft which currently is the parent company.

Tech Industry News

Blaupunkt India offers support for e-tailers; launches DIY product range

September 9, 2014 0 Aditya Shenoy

Blaupunkt has been a key player in the car audio segment. They also used to sell aftermarket car audio equipment along with being the OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) for a lot of car brands like VW, Tata, Mahindra etc. The…

Tech Industry News

Five Things The Internet Has Ruined for Telecom Operators

June 10, 2014 0 Criselle Lobo

Back in 2008, when I joined college after completing my Std X, SMS packs were very common. In fact, everyone boasted to have a larger pack (they ended up spamming actually). As far as I can recollect, Vodafone used to…

Tech Industry News

Google Play Music Arrives For iOS

November 18, 2013 0 Rahul S

Google’s iTunes Match competitor and subscription music service has officially made its entry in to the iOS App Store. Apart from offering standard Google Play Music features, the app will provide access to All Access subscriptions. The iOS version of…

Micromax

Micromax Canvas Turbo launched For Rs.19,990/-

October 24, 2013 0 Krishnan

Micromax caused a lot of stir in the media when they got hold of Hugh Jackman as their brand ambassador to launch their new flagship phone. Today, the Indian Mobile Manufacturer has finally launched the Canvas Turbo smartphone, its newest…

Microsoft

Windows 8.1 Now Rolling Out: Here’s how to download it in India!

October 17, 2013 0 Harshit

Microsoft has just released the latest update to its touch-centric desktop OS, Windows 8.1. The update is available to install for all devices running Windows 8 free of cost. The rollout started an hour ago at 4:30PM but it is…

Apple

iPhone 4S Price Slashed In India; Now Available for Rs 31,500/-

October 15, 2013 0 Krishnan

Just over a fortnight to go for the launch of the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C in India and we have news coming in about the good old iPhone 4S getting a steep price cut. Earlier this week, two giants…

Android

HTC One Max Debuts; 5.9 inch Display, Snapdragon 600

October 14, 2013 0 Rahul S

HTC has officially taken covers off its brand new phablet, the 5.9 inch display toting One Max. The handset also includes a fingerprint scanner akin to the iPhone 5s – but this one is situated at the rear of the…

Android

LG G Flex Curved Smartphone Images Leaked!

October 14, 2013 0 Rahul S

Days after Samsung came up with its Galaxy Round – its first handset with a curved display, we have its compatriot and competitor from Korea, LG coming up with its own implementation of a curved display on an Android smartphone.…

Tech Industry News

Aircel Intros Unified Data Charges Across India

October 12, 2013 0 Rahul S

Aircel has announced a bunch of new data plans along with unified data charges across all its circles in India. The company claims that this is being done in order to boost mobile data usage in the country and also…

Samsung

Samsung Announces the Galaxy Round Smartphone With Curved Display

October 9, 2013 0 Rahul S

The rumors were true! We have been talking on and on for days about the imminent arrival of a handset from Samsung with a curved display. Earlier today, Samsung officially took wraps off this hitherto mythical handset. They have chosen…

Android

Gionee Launches The Elife E6 for Rs. 22,999

October 3, 2013 0 Harshit

We are live from Gionee’s event in Delhi where they have just launched their latest smartphone, the Elife E6. The E6 will be available for the price of Rs. 22,999 and has the specs of a much higher end phone:…

Tech Industry News

Rumor: Leaked Video Showcases Leaner iPad 5

October 1, 2013 0 Rahul S

Now that the iPhone 5S and its plasticky counterpart – the iPhone 5c are here, rumor mongers have turned their attention to the obvious next update – to that of the Apple iPad line-up. A few days ago, there was…

Android

BBM for Android and iPhone still Astray; BlackBerry Ltd 100% Committed on Bringing It

October 1, 2013 0 Krishnan

BlackBerry Messenger aka BBM was supposed to be globally launched for Android and iPhone devices on September 21st. It was released as scheduled for iPhone, but an unreleased version of BBM for Android was making rounds on the internet. Earlier…

Android

First Impressions of the LG G2 [Now with Video!]

September 30, 2013 0 Harshit

We got an opportunity to play around with LG’s latest all-singing, all-dancing flagship phone, the LG G2 at their launch event in Gurgaon today. Overall, we came away pretty impressed with the phone. It ticks a couple of very interesting…

Android

Live from the LG G2 Indian launch!

September 30, 2013 0 Harshit

We’re live from LG India’s launch of their latest flagship, the LG G2. To recap, the phone features a 5.2″ 1080p display, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor clocked at 2.3 GHz paired with 2 GB of RAM and a…

Samsung

Samsung’s Region Lock and What it Means For Buyers

September 28, 2013 0 GizmoBaba

As smartphone enthusiasts might have read by now, Samsung has begun to region–lock its phones. Moreover, this lock is no ordinary one. Experts across the world have been pondering over this and are talking about the serious implications this region–lock…

Android

Lenovo launches a Whole Host of Dual-SIM Android Smartphones in India

September 27, 2013 0 Harshit

Lenovo just augmented its affordable “A” series with four new dual-SIM Android smartphones, namely the A269i, A369i, A516 and A850. They’ve also been quite stingy in terms of disclosing the full specs of these devices, so until we are able…

Tech Industry News

Rumor: iPad Mini 2 Will Get A7 Chip, Come in Space Gray, Silver and Gold Colors!

September 27, 2013 0 Rahul S

Hardly two weeks after the brand new iPhones arrived, people now have turned their attention towards the next big announcement from Apple – its refreshed iPad line-up! Australian blogger Sonny Dickson who has in the past accurately predicted and revealed…

Featured

When is Google’s Actual Birthday?

September 27, 2013 0 Rahul S

Google – the company that virtually dominates the Internet with its wide array of services and is arguably the most successful “Internet” company ever – has just turned 15! While everyone else is congratulating Google for its tremendous success, I…

Cameras

Nokia Lumia 1020 to Hit Indian Markets October 11; Pricing to be Revealed One Day Before Launch

September 26, 2013 0 Harshit

In a baffling maneuver, Nokia held a press conference today to announce the availability of the Nokia Lumia 1020 in the Indian market. The catch here is that they did not announce any pricing information for the device and though…

BlackBerry

BlackBerry Z10 Festive Offer Price in India; Rs. 29990/-

September 25, 2013 0 Krishnan

BlackBerry announced the launch of Z10 way back in January this year. It was launched in India for a staggering price of Rs. 43,490/-; even though people hoped it will cost less than Rs. 40,000/- BlackBerry announced their new device,…

Android

BlackBerry Limited Developer Account back on Google Play Store

September 24, 2013 0 Krishnan

The BlackBerry Limited developer account is back on with the three applications i.e. BES 10 Client, Work Space Manager for BES10 and Secure Work Space for BES10. Last night, we had reported about BlackBerry removing their developer account from the…

Android

Panasonic Launches the P11, T21 and T11 in India

September 24, 2013 0 Harshit

Panasonic has just announced the launch of three new smartphones in India, called the P11, T21 and T11. They are targeted at the mid-to-low end of the market and bring some worthy specs to the table on paper. They come…

Tech Industry News

Breaking: BlackBerry Removes Google Play Developer Account (Updated with BBM Announcement)

September 24, 2013 0 Harshit

As news about Blackberry’s recent buyout has started to break out, Blackberry’s developer accounts on the Google Play Store seems to have been removed. This basically means that we might need to temper our expectations with regards to BBM for…

events

Everything You Need to Know About the Microsoft Surface 2 Event

September 23, 2013 0 Harshit

At 8 P.M. IST, Microsoft is going to pull the wraps off the sequels to last year’s Surface and Surface Pro tablets. Due to leaks over the past few weeks, we already know pretty much all there is to know…

India

Snapdeal puts Nokia Lumia 1020 for pre-order in India; Sold Out

September 23, 2013 0 Krishnan

Launched in the US on July 11, Nokia’s new flagship Lumia 1020 was announced with a 41-megapixel camera. As Nokia is all set to announce its flagship and successor to the Nokia Pureview 808 in India; online retailer Snapdeal is…

Android

LG’s G2 Launching In India On September 30

September 23, 2013 0 Rahul S

LG’s recently announced flagship Android handset (if you discount the Optimus G Pro) the G2, is already available across a bunch of countries internationally. If you were wondering as to when this one would land here in India, we might…

Android

iPhone 5’s Touchscreen Reportedly 2.5 Times Faster Than its Android Competitors

September 22, 2013 0 Harshit

Apparently the game and app streaming company, Agawi, has been conducting tests to measure the responsiveness of touchscreens in modern smartphones, including devices based on iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8. Agawi provides multi-platform cloud streaming solutions which stream apps…