After its 8-inch and 10.1-inch Yoga Tablet 2 models, Lenovo has announced a 13.3-inch model. It has a 13.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) WQHD IPS Display with 178-degree viewing angle and is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Processor, similar to the 13.3-inch Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro tablet.
This doesn't have a built-in projector like the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro, but comes with JBL large-chamber stereo speakers, a 5W subwoofer and Wolfson Master HiFi CODEC chip for an enhanced audio experience. It has a battery cylinder and includes four modes – Hold, Stand, Tilt or Hang. It comes with a Bluetooth AccuType keyboard cover.
Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows (13-inch) specifications
13.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) WQHD IPS Display, 178 degree viewing angle
quad-core Intel Atom processor
Windows 8.1
1.6MP HD front-facing camera
Dual Front large-chamber JBL Speakers, 5W Subwoofer, Dolby Audio and Wolfson Master Hi-Fi Codec
4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable up to 128GB
WiFi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-HDMI
3.5 mm audio jack, Microphone with noise reduction
12800 mAh battery battery with up to 15 hours of usage
The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows (13-inch) starts at US$699.99 (Rs. 43,000 approx.) including the keyboard and will be available beginning in November in the US.
After its 8-inch and 10.1-inch Yoga Tablet 2 models, Lenovo has announced a 13.3-inch model. It has a 13.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) WQHD IPS Display with 178-degree viewing angle and is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Processor, similar to the 13.3-inch Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro tablet.
This doesn't have a built-in projector like the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro, but comes with JBL large-chamber stereo speakers, a 5W subwoofer and Wolfson Master HiFi CODEC chip for an enhanced audio experience. It has a battery cylinder and includes four modes – Hold, Stand, Tilt or Hang. It comes with a Bluetooth AccuType keyboard cover.
Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows (13-inch) specifications
13.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) WQHD IPS Display, 178 degree viewing angle
quad-core Intel Atom processor
Windows 8.1
1.6MP HD front-facing camera
Dual Front large-chamber JBL Speakers, 5W Subwoofer, Dolby Audio and Wolfson Master Hi-Fi Codec
4GB RAM, 64GB internal memory, expandable up to 128GB
WiFi 802.11b/g/n (2.4 and 5GHz), Bluetooth 4.0, Micro-HDMI
3.5 mm audio jack, Microphone with noise reduction
12800 mAh battery battery with up to 15 hours of usage
The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 with Windows (13-inch) starts at US$699.99 (Rs. 43,000 approx.) including the keyboard and will be available beginning in November in the US.
Lenovos's Motorola acquisition is a done deal. Motorola Mobility is officially a part of Lenovo as the $2.91 billion acquisition that was announced in January earlier this year has been completed.
The total acquisition cost is approximately US$2.91 billion, including approximately US$660 million in cash and 519,107,215 newly issued ordinary shares of Lenovo stock, with an aggregate value of US$750 million, representing about 4.7 percent of Lenovo’s shares outstanding, which were transferred to Google at close. The remaining US$1.5 billion will be paid to Google by Lenovo in the form of a three-year promissory note. A separate cash compensation of approximately US$228 million was paid by Lenovo to Google primarily for the cash and working capital held by Motorola at the time of close, states an official press statement from Lenovo.
"The iconic Motorola brand will continue, as will the Moto and DROID franchises that have propelled our growth over the past year. We will continue to focus on pure Android and fast upgrades, and remain committed to developing technology to solve real consumer problems."
posted Rick Osterloh, Motorola President on a company blog.
Although, Motorola has been acquired, the brand will remain as a subsidiary of Lenovo, headquartered in Chicago. Google had initially bought ...
After Karbonn, Intex has partnered with Celltick to launch an intelligent interface for its Android smartphones, based on Start launcher. The company already announced that OEMs can partner with them to create own flavor of Start. Celltick will become the default start screen interface on Intex's Android smartphones.
The Start interface has a recommendation engine that learns and adapts the start screen based on big data technology and uses collaborative filtering to individualize the initial configuration and also offers ongoing recommendations based on user behavior. Other features include, themes, wallpapers, RSS feeds and more customization options.
The Celltick Start start screen app has been updated with a new user interface recently. It is available for download from the official website.
Commenting on the new partnership, Sanjay Kalirona, Mobile Business Head, Intex, said,
Intex has always been a leader in introducing innovative products and services to its customers. We strive to provide easy to use technology products at the best value. With this new interface, we believe that our users will be able to better utilize their Intex device. Start allows us to offer our customers a unique personalized experience that will help maintain brand loyalty.
Ronen Daniel, CEO of Celltick, said,
We aim to provide users with a personalized intelligent experience that ...
Amazon Appstore is back with another free apps offer. Today the company has announced that it would offer 39 paid Android apps and games worth over $115 for free on the Amazon AppStore starting Thursday, 30th October to Saturday, 1st November 2014. Last month the company offered 27 apps worth $135 for free . This time it offers some interesting apps like, Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO, Plex and games like Fruit Ninja, World of Goo, Plants vs. Zombies, Sonic Hedgehog 4 Episode I and more.
These apps are usually priced between US$ 0.99 and US$ 33.40. All you need to do is just get the Amazon App Store from here and sideload it on your Android device.
Check out the complete list of free apps below
Plex ($5.52)
Fruit Ninja ($0.99)
Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO ($5.49)
World of Goo ($4.99)
ai.type keyboard plus ($4.27)
Lapse It ($2.16)
Plants vs. Zombies ($1.11)
Sonic Hedgehog 4 Episode I ($3.79)
Alpha Wave ($1.50)
Eufloria HD ($5.58)
Can You Escape – Adventure ($1.07)
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5 ($32.48)
Braveland ($3.20)
Boxer Pro ($10.71)
Blocky Roads ($2.28)
CarbsControl ($3.35)
Devil’s Attorney ($2.12)
Repix ($1.99)
Toca Town ($1.99)
Human Anatomy Atlas ($33.40)
Easy Voice Recorder Pro ($4.26)
Trivia Crack (Ad Free) ($2.15)
Eve of the Genesis ($7.99)
Timers4Me & Stopwatch Pro ($2.16)
Unpossible ($2.12)
Amelia and Terror of the Night – Story Book for Kids ($1.59)
Knock Knock ($5.30)
MoneyWiz ...
Samsung has officially announced the Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 smartphones in its new A Series, after several rumors.Both these smartphones have full metal unibody, slim designs. These are Samsung’s slimmest smartphone to date. The Galaxy A5 is just 6.7mm thick and the Galaxy A3 is 6.9mm thick. These are aimed at young and trend conscious consumers, says the company.
Coming to the specifications, the Galaxy A5 has a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display and the Galaxy A3 features a 4.5-inch qHD Super AMOLED display. Both these are powered by 1.2GHz Quad-Core Processors, have LTE support and run Android 4.4 (KitKat). The Galaxy A5 has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and the A3 features a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Both these have a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with wide-angle lens to capture better selfies.
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Both these have Ultra-Power Saving Mode, Private Mode and Multiscreen and adjustable audio which intelligently adapts and enhances sound output based on the user’s surrounding environment.
Samsung Galaxy A5 specifications
5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display
1.2GHz quad-core processor
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable up to 64GB with microSD
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
13MP rear camera with LED flash, 1080p video recording
5MP front-facing camera
Dimensions: 139.3 x 69.7 x 6.7mm; Weight: 123 grams
4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, A-GPS/ GLONASS, NFC (LTE version ...
Google Play Books is the latest app that is being given a Material Design tweak. The Android app for Play Book is being updated with redesigned reading experience that’s optimized for nonfiction books.
The new Play Books reader lets you skim an entire book, browse all your notes and highlights, and jump back and forth between different spots similar to a physical copy of a book. A new Quick Bookmarks” tool allows users to jump between different spots within an ebook quickly.
Google has added a “Notes & Highlights” feature that provides an overview of all the notes from a particular ebook. This tool is suitable for students. Also added is a "Skim mode" that zooms out to show pages as a film strip when tapped in the center. It allows to slide between pages easily with the help of a progress slider at the bottom. In case of looks the Play Book app gets colored status bar, new animations, and a redesigned navigation menu.
Until now Google has updated Play Store, Play Music, Play Movies and TV, Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides with Material Design UI layer from Android 5.0.
You can update the Google Play Book app from Play Store.
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Xiaomi has hired Spotify's Donovan Sung to lead international product development, according to a latest report from TechCrunch. The report comes weeks after the Chinese telecom maker hired Jai Mani as lead product manager in India.
The report said that Xiaomi has poached Sung from Spotify where he was the service's first product manager in the US and had a pivotal role in the music streaming services development. Sung is also a former Googler and has worked with the search giant between 2008 and 2012. Xiaomi has not officially confirmed the appointment yet but the Sung has revealed on his Facebook account that he is quitting Spotify, said the report.
Sung who is bilingual, will act as a bridge between Barra and Xiaomi's executive team, most of whom are not fluent in English, added the report. In August last year, Hugo Barra leaved Google to join Xiaomi. Ever since then, the company is keeping the Google connection in its core team hiring. Xiaomi has quickly gained popularity with its affordable and value for money Mi devices. The Chinese smartphone maker became the third largest smartphone maker in the world in Q3 2014 as per yesterday's IDC report.
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Xiaomi introduced their first tablet, the Mi Pad back in May, now a 9.2-inch tablet with 1280 x 720 pixels display and a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor with Adreno 306 GPU has surfaced on GFXBench database. The tablet that runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), according to the listing, doesn't have a name yet. This was first spotted by Gizmobic.
A 9.2-inch 720p screen has just 160 ppi pixel density, but this could be a prototype or the tablet might not be final yet. Apart from the display and processor, the benchmarks reveal 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, the usual set of connectivity features such as Bluetooth, WiFi and SIM support.
Xiaomi is already a popular brand in Asian markets, including India for its smartphones in affordable price range. A budget tablet with SIM support and voice calling capabilities would be a great addition. We just have to wait for more details to find out if the product is real.
LAVA International has launched Iris Fuel 50, the company's first smartphone in the new Fuel series with a 3000mAh battery that promises 1.5 days of battery life. It has a 5-inch FWVGA IPS display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with dual LED flash and 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity.
Commenting on the launch of the new series, Hari Om Rai, Chairman & Managing Director, LAVA International said,
As smartphones are increasingly becoming a very integral part of our daily lives and drive a lot of tasks for us, we need devices that are able to support heavy usage without having the need to carry power banks for frequent charging. Lava’s product development and R&D team worked on this insight and with our new Fuel series of smartphones we will address just that. Lava has launched the 1st smartphone in this series, Iris Fuel 50 and shall soon come up with more products at different price points in this series.
Lava Iris Fuel 50 specifications
5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) touch screen IPS display with Asahi Dragontrail glass protection
1.3GHz quad-core processor
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory ...
Skype has updated iPhone app with an array of features based on user suggestions. The app gets an improved chat experience as chats will now load quickly after tapping a new message notification.
Photos that have been received via chat can be saved in your device's camera roll. They can also delete sent photos from a chat which can be done by simmply pressing and holding the image and selecting the necessary task from options. In addition, Skype for iPhone will also feature the display of all avatars for groups and people in chats. Finally, the update offers quicker access to the search and filter options for the people list in Skype for iPhone.
Skype has been constantly updating its iPhone app with new features and enhancements. In September it added interactive notifications for iOS 8 and earlier this month the app was optimized for large screen display for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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Android c0-creator Andy Rubin has decided to leave Google, as per latest report from the Wall Street Journal. The report said that he will be moving on to launch a hardware startup incubator.
Rubin’s departure comes roughly 18 months after he stepped down from leading the Android team at Google. James Kuffner, a research scientist in the division, will take over Rubin's job. When Rubin left Android, he was replaced by Sundar Pichai in march, who already oversaw Chrome and Apps. Rubin cofounded Android in 2003 with Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White, and Google acquired the company two years later.
“I want to wish Andy all the best with what’s next. With Android he created something truly remarkable—with a billion plus happy users. Thank you.”
said Google CEO Larry Page in a statement.
Google has seen a lot of leadership changes lately. Last week, Sundar Pichai was given additional responsibility of research, search, maps, Google+, commerce and ads.
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Google is updating a bunch of new features to Wallet. One of the key features is the ability to add money to your Wallet through recurring bank transfers.
Money will be added to your Wallet Balance automatically, and you can cancel your transfer at any time. In order to set up a recurring transfer users will need to go to "Add Money" and select "Set up a recurring money transfer". The schedule for the transfer can be selected from weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly. Google said that there would be no fees or minimum balance requirements in order to set up the automatic transfer. Users can also set up low balance alerts.
The update also brings Google's new material design to Wallet. Also, users can lock or cancel your physical Google Wallet card from within the app, in case it is lost or stolen.
Google Wallet update is rolling out in the US next week and is available on Android and iOS.
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Google Camera app version 2.4.008 that was present in the Android Lollipop Developer Preview has Material design elements. Today Google has updated the Google Camera app to version 2.4.023 on the Play Store that brings the same material design elements to the app. This update also brings compatibility with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) that would roll out for Nexus devices in coming weeks and includes some improvements and bug fixes.
After the Google Play Store, Google Chrome, Google Play Newsstand, Google Play Music, Google Play Movie and TV, Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides, and more recently the Google Play Book have got new Material redesign.
Google released the Google Camera app on Google Play earlier this year. Since then the app has been updated frequently with new features. It was recently updated with remote shutter feature for Android Wear and redesigned Panorama mode UI. Google has started updating all its apps with new Material Design interface to match Android 5.0 (Lollipop).
The new Google Camera update is now available from Google Play Store.
Sony Corporation today reported net loss of 85.6 billion yen ($785 million) for its second quarter of the financial year 2014 that ended September 30th. Even though it shipped 9.9 million smartphone in the quarter, mobile communications division has reported an operating loss of 172 billion yen ($1.6 billion) for the quarter.
Loss in the mobile communications sector is primarily due to the favorable impact of foreign exchange rates, partially offset by a decrease in sales mainly in Japan as well as an increase in marketing expenses, says Sony. It expects sales to be below the July forecast primarily due to an expected decrease in the annual unit sales of smartphones mainly in China.
Restructuring charges, recorded as operating expenses were 24.7 billion yen ( $226 million) for H1 FY14 compared to 12.5 billion yen for the same period of the previous fiscal year.
Overall sales were 1,901.5 billion yen (17,445 million U.S. dollars), a 7.2% increase compared to the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. In the first half of the financial quarter 2014, Sony has reported an operating loss of 174.7 billion yen. It forecasts operating loss of 230 billion yen ($2.1 billion) for the financial year that ends March ...
BlackBerry has rolled out an update for its BBM app on BlackBerry 10, Android and iPhone that gets new privacy features such as Timed Messages feature that lets you set a timer to control how long messages and pictures you share with contacts can be viewed and Message retraction feature that lets you cancel the message in case if you had sent it to the wrong person. Both these features were rolled out for limited beta users on Android and BlackBerry 10.
The update also brings high quality image trasfers and option to see what music your contacts are listening to in BBM Feeds. The BlackBerry 10 app also gets BBM Bulletins to learn about the latest BBM products and services and improvements to BBM feeds that now lets you see how many new updates are in BBM feeds since you last checked.
New features in BBM for BB 10, Android and iPhone
Timed Messages: Set how long contacts have access to messages and pictures shared in a chat
Message Retraction: ‘Retract’ a message to remove it from your BBM chat
A quicker sticker picker: Adding stickers to your BBM chats is now even quicker with a new picker
HD Picture Transfer: It’s easier than ever to get a ...
Details about Gmail 5.0 for Android with support for IMAP, POP3 email accounts like Yahoo and Outlook surfaced couple of weeks back. Even a promo video of the new Gmail app showed up. Now Android Police has got hold of the APK of the Gmail 5.0 app that brings all these new features, including support for Exchange accounts.
The Gmail 5.0 app also brings Material Design, as expected, rounded avatars, refreshed iconography and more. Google released Inbox, a new alternative for the Gmail app, but it doesn't support Google Apps account or other email accounts apart from Gmail. Google's stock email app already supports IMAP, POP3 and Exchange accounts, but it is available only for Nexus, Google Play edition and Android One devices.
You can download the APK for Gmail 5.0 (1520254) and APK for Exchange Services v6.5-1520254 from the source link below. Google is expected to roll out the update for Android users soon. It is not clear if Google plans to update the Gmail app for iOS with these new features.
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Xiaomi is bringing another 1,00,000 units of the Redmi 1S smartphones for India on November 4th. As a surprise, the company has announced that, lucky fans those who tried to buy Redmi 1s and failed, will find the device added to their cart on Flipkart on November 4th. It did the same thing for Mi 3 during Diwali, but it only offered 25,000 units for lucky ones. This time it did not announce how many lucky fans would get their Redmi 1S smartphone in their cart automatically.
It also offers 10% discount on select Redmi 1S covers on November 4th. Totally the company has sold about 6.4 lakh Redmi 1S smartphones in India till October 28th sale. Still it is getting lakhs of registrations every week. If you have not read the review, check out our Redmi 1S review, to know why we think it is one of the best budget smartphones ever made.
Xiaomi started selling the Redmi 1S smartphone in India from September, after it temporarily discontinued the sales of Mi 3 smartphone in the country in August. It is yet to start selling the most expected Redmi Note smartphone in India.
Apple iPhone 6 the company's next generation smartphone was launched in India few weeks back starting at Rs. 53,500. We reviewed the smartphone earlier this weeks, and you can check out the iPhone 6 review here. We introduced our battery test recently, and brought you the battery test for the Galaxy Alpha smartphone last week, here we have the battery test results for the smartphone.
The iPhone 6 has a non-removable 1,810mAh Lithium Polymer battery, which is slightly larger than the iPhone 5's 1560 mAh battery. It is powered by Apple A8 chip with dual-core custom ARMv8 64-bit cores clocked at 1.4GHz per core and has quad-core PowerVR GX6450 GPU. Let us check out the battery test.
Talk Time
In our call test, the iPhone 6 lasted for 12 and half hours, better than the iPhone 5s.
3G browsing
Battery on the iPhone 6 lasts for 3.2 hours for 3G browsing, better than the Samsung Galaxy Alpha that has a 1,860mAh battery.
Wi-Fi browsing
In the Wi-Fi browsing, the iPhone 6 lasts for 9 hours and 5 minutes, same as the iPhone 5s.
Video Playback
Video playback too consumes more battery. The iPhone 6 lasts for 10 hours in our video playback test, behind the iPhone 5s. Large screen and powerful processor might be some of the reasons for ...
Motorola launched the new Moto X in India back in September for Rs. 31,999. We brought you the complete review of the smartphone recently, here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by a Snapdragon 801 processor with four 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz and has Adreno 330 GPU. It has a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS. Check out the benchmarks below.
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Quadrant Benchmark
It scored 21545 points in the Quadrant benchmark and lies behind the Find 7.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
It scored 37987 points in the AnTuTu benchmark 4.
Linpack Single Thread
It managed to clock around 364.4 MFLOPS in the Linpack Single Thread benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
It clocked around 822.7 MFLOPS in the Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
It scored 2121 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It scored 1341 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 59.9 fps in the NenaMark 2 benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen)
It clocked 29.4 fps in the GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex OnScreen benchmark .
GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan (OnScreen)
It clocked 12.6fps in the GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan OnScreen benchmark.
Basemark X 1.0 HD (Onscreen)
It clocked around 20 fps in the Basemark X 1.0 OnScreen benchmark.
Basemark X ...
The Motorola Moto X (2014) is the latest flagship smartphone from the company. We brought you the complete review of the smartphone and the benchmarks. Here we have the unboxing of the smartphone. Check it out below.
Box Contents
Motorola Moto X (2014) in black
2-pin AC Charger
micro USB cable
The smartphone also comes in bamboo variant priced at Rs. 33,999. Check out the specifications
5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
2.5 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974-AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU
2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Front-facing speaker
13MP rear camera with dual LED Ring flash, f/2.25 aperture, 4K video recording
2MP front-facing camera with 1080p HD video
9.97 mm thick and weighs 144 grams
3G, WiFi 802.11a/g/b/n/ac (dual band), Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
2300 mAh battery
It has ring flash on the back for the 13-megapixel camera and the Motorola' logo below the camera.
The Moto X (2014) has a metal frame on the sides. You might want to check out the complete review of the Moto X (2014) to know our verdict about the smartphone.
