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Google introduced the Nexus 6, the latest flagship Nexus smartphone made by Motorola last mnoth. Soon after the announcement Motorola India revealed that the smartphone would roll out in 28 countries, including India starting later this year. It even appeared on Flipkart with a 'Coming Soon' tag. Now the smartphone has appeared on Google Play Store in India that reveals the pricing of the smartphone.
It lists both the Midnight Blue and Cloud White colors.The 32GB variant is priced at Rs. 44,000 and the 64GB variant would cost Rs. 49,000. The listing says coming soon, and it is expected to go on sale in several countries starting from December.
The Google Play support page has also been updated with 12 countries, where the Nexus 6 would be available soon. This includes, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. The smartphone went on pre-order in the United states, but it ran out of stock soon after.
Google recently said that the company would stock more Nexus 6 devices in the U.S., with more devices available each Wednesday. It would be available from AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular stores late November.
Samsung has reduced the price of the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S5 LTE smartphones in India once again. The Galaxy S5 got a price cut to Rs. 37,500 few weeks back, now the smartphone is available from the Samsung India eStore for Rs. 34,900. The LTE version of the Galaxy S5 that got a price cut to Rs. 40,300 recently is now available for Rs.36,900. The Galaxy S5 was launched in April in India for Rs. 51,500 and its LTE version was launched in July for Rs. 53,500.
Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 (T231) gets a price cut
Samsung has also reduced the price of the Galaxy Tab 4 7.0 (T231) in India to Rs. 15,700. It went on sale in India back in June at a price tag of Rs 17,825. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 8.0 and Tab 4 10.1 that went on sale for Rs. 23,960 and Rs. 30,498 in India at the same time have also received minor price cuts and are selling for Rs. 23,500 and Rs. 29,900, respectively.
It has a 7.0-inch (1280 x 800 pixel) WXGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 3MP Fixed Focus rear camera and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. It has 3G HSPA+ with ...
When you think Amazon, you think e-commerce, but closer to the present, you'd also think about the Fire phone, its failure to make money and so forth, but you never would have imagined that the same company, at this time, would come up with a virtual assistant in the form of a speaker. It is surprising and yes, that's Amazon's new product, called Echo, a cloud-powered home speaker that you can talk to. The Echo, always listening and connected to Amazon's cloud aka AWS, accepts input primarily in voice and can perform many of the functions of already existing virtual assistants like Siri and Cortana. It's also a bold play for the living room, where information is less personal. The device, priced at $199 for regular people and $99 for Amazon's Prime customers, is set to launch in the coming weeks, and is currently invite-only.
When it comes to hardware, the Echo is pretty simple. It's designed to look like any modern wireless speaker, with size-appropriate audio power. There's a 2.5 inch woofer and a 2 inch tweeter, with placement meant to provide omnidirectional sound. Amazon claims it can easily fill a room, and it certainly looks like it can. The ...
Waiting to get your hands on the Nexus 6 in the UK? The wait appeared to be nearing an end after we saw an online retailer put the handset up for contract pre-orders earlier this week. Now Google has released the UK pricing for the Nexus 6 on Google Play and it's certainly much dearer than past Nexus handsets.
The Nexus 6 will be available in both 32GB and 64GB variants like its American siblings and will cost £499 and £549 respectively. At present, both the midnight blue and cloud white colour variants are showing as coming soon with a release expected on December 1st. For users who purchase the Nexus 6 before 31st December, Google is offering 6 months free access to Google Play Music, which normally costs £9.95 per month and has a library of over 20 million songs.
Looking at the Nexus 6 page on Google Play, it's not immediately clear if the handset is sold out - within minutes of the handset launching on Google Play in the US, all stocks were exhausted and we're not sure whether the same applies in the UK.
With the handset set to launch in a few weeks time, there's plenty of time for ...
Google introduced the Nexus 6, the latest flagship Nexus smartphone made by Motorola last mnoth. Soon after the announcement Motorola India revealed that the smartphone would roll out in 28 countries, including India starting later this year. It even appeared on Flipkart with a 'Coming Soon' tag. Now the smartphone has appeared on Google Play Store in India that reveals the pricing of the smartphone.
It lists both the Midnight Blue and Cloud White colors.The 32GB variant is priced at Rs. 44,000 and the 64GB variant would cost Rs. 49,000. The listing says coming soon, and it is expected to go on sale in several countries starting from December.
The Google Play support page has also been updated with 12 countries, where the Nexus 6 would be available soon. This includes, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. The smartphone went on pre-order in the United states, but it ran out of stock soon after.
Google recently said that the company would stock more Nexus 6 devices in the U.S., with more devices available each Wednesday. It would be available from AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular stores late November.
Samsung announced the Galaxy Mega 2, its latest Galaxy Mega series smartphone in September. The 6-inch phablet then went on sale in India last month for Rs 20,900. We have already seen the unboxing, photo gallery and benchmarks of the Mega 2. Now lets compare the Galaxy Mega 2 with OnePlus One that we have already reviewed and is expected to launch in India soon.
The Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 has a 6-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) display while the OnePlus One sports a 5.5-inch (1920 ×1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass 3 protection. The former measures 8.6mm thick and weighs 196 grams while the latter measures 152.9 x 75.9 x 8.9 mm and weighs 162 grams.
Both the devices sport a 5MP front facing camera.
Galaxy Mega 2 has trademark Samsung's physical home button and two capacitive touch buttons and the OnePlus One has no physical button, and have three capacitive buttons.
The Mega 2 has a back cover with leather-like finish and the loudspeaker grill is seen at the lower end of the phone. In case of OnePlus One, the non-removable back cover offers rugged feel.
The rear camera on the Galaxy Mega 2 is 8MP auto-focus rear camera with LED Flash ...
Lenovo has not been a go to brand when it comes to high-end smartphones. Even though, Lenovo is the third biggest manufacturer in its homeland, the company hasn’t managed to make a name for itself in other global markets.
The Chinese manufacturer seems to be determined to change its course and with their latest product – Vibe Z2 Pro the OEM is aiming to become one of the house hold names when it comes to purchasing power packed smartphones.
With K900 and Vibe Z, the company made a statement that it’s not out of its depth to produce smartphones for high-end market. Yet, it’s smartphones like the recently launched Vibe Z2 Pro is what Lenovo has to come up with to strengthen its position in the market. We had a chance to spend some quality time with the phablet, which ranks very highly on paper. Does the device make enough justice in the real world? Well, let's find out.
Unboxing
Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro comes in an elegant looking retail package. The box has the ‘vibe’ branding on top and a mention of some of the key specifications of the device on the back.
Opening the pack, you find the phablet itself and ...
Last week Huawei unveiled their latest attempt to crack the European market; dubbed the Honor 6, it's something different from Huawei's usual handsets and unlike the Ascend range, the Honor 6 (and presumably future devices in the range) do not come with Huawei branding. The Chinese manufacturer has previously suffered bad publicity in the UK and Europe - over allegations that it sends user data back to servers in China that the Chinese government can access - and the Honor 6 is designed to offer the complete Huawei package without any negative stigma attached.
Our Honor 6 review sample has arrived and we're interested to see whether the handset lives up to its early billing of an accomplished handset at an affordable handset. Before we can do that, let's take a look at the box, the box contents and the handset itself in our unboxing video:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyfkLMdweTY
As we touched on in the video, the Honor 6 feels unique yet somewhat familiar; unique as design-wise it looks closer to the Xperia range than Huawei's own devices but familiar as the Huawei have added their own custom interface on top of the Android 4.4.2 KitKat operating system. As soon as you've navigated the set up ...
Microsoft has unveiled free Office for iPhone and iPad allowing users to create and edit documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint. The company also released standalone Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for the iPhone, along with a new preview of these apps for Android tablets.
"Starting today, people can create and edit Office content on iPhones, iPads, and soon, Android tablets using Office apps without an Office 365 subscription.
said Microsoft in a company blog post.
Users can create, view and edit in Word, Excel and Powerpoint for free. However, an Office 365 subscription is needed for premium features, including more advanced editing of Word docs, images and charts. All the three Office apps have received phone-optimized user interfaces. The new apps for iPhone for Word, Excel and PowerPoint will replace the existing Office Mobile app. Office for iPhone arrived last year, while the iPad version landed in March and has seen over 40 million downloads.
In case of Android, users will have to sign up for the preview and tablets need to be of screen size between 7 and 10.1 inches. The free versions of Office for iPhone and iPad are available today. The Android version is available as a preview and will get a full release in 2015. Yesterday, ...
HTC launched the Desire 516c smartphone, the Dual SIM (CDMA + GSM) variant of last year's Desire 516 in India last month for Rs. 12,990. It is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 200 Processor with four ARM Cortex A7 cores clocked at 1.19 GHz per core and has Adreno 302 GPU. But the CPU-Z and other benchmark apps show that it has a Adreno 305 GPU. It has 1GB RAM, 5-inch (960 × 540 pixels) qHD screen and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) OS with Sense UI on top. Let us check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02jpSU2Agwk
Quadrant Benchmark
It scored 8259 points in the Quadrant benchmark and lies behind the G3 Beat, and above the first-gen Moto G .
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
It scored 16442 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 4.
Vellamo 2 HTML5
It scored 1485 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML 5 browser benchmark and lies behind the second-gen Moto G.
Vellamo 2 Metal
It managed to score 482 points in the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test.
Linpack Single Thread
It clocked around 87.6 MFLOPS in the Linpack Single Thread Benchmark.
Linpack Multi-Thread
In the Linpack Multi-Thread benchmark, the Desire 516c clocked around 212.4 MFLOPS.
NenaMark 2
It managed to clock 54fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On screen)
It ...
Motorola launched the new Moto X in India back in September starting at Rs. 31,999. We already brought you the review of the smartphone. Here we have the battery test results for the smartphone.
The new Moto X has a removable 2,300 mAh Lithium Ion battery, which is slightly larger than the 2200 mAh battery on the first Moto X. It is powered by Snapdragon 801 processor with four 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz and has Adreno 330 GPU. Let us check out the battery test results.
Talk Time
The 2300mAh battery lasts for 14 hours and 28 minutes in our talk time test, slightly better than the Samsung Galaxy Alpha.
3G browsing
3G browsing is almost similar to the 2nd Gen Moto G. It lasts for 3 hours and 33 minutes.
Wi-Fi browsing
Wi-Fi browsing is the part where the phone struggles. It lasts for just four hours in our test.
Video Playback
Even though the smartphone has a huge 5.2-inch 1080p screen, it lasts for 8 hours and 33 minutes in our video playback test, better than the new Moto G and the Galaxy Alpha.
Our 24 hour charge rating for the Moto X (2014) is 7:48 hours. So the new Moto X can be used for 7 hours ...
Google is allowing users in India the ability to make international voice calls via Hangouts. This service is already available for users living in the US and Canada.
"Starting today, the Hangouts app on your phone will help you stay connected with your family and friends around the world in more ways than ever. Now you can make voice calls to phone numbers outside of India on Android"
posted Google India in a Goolge+ post.
In order to place a Hangouts call from an Android device, you need to be sure you have the Hangouts dialer app installed in addition to the latest version of Hangouts app. Also, Google is offering only one minute free of the voice call to any 24 countries and they will be charged for every minute after that. You can check the full list here. Calls that are eligible for the free minute will display “first minute free” on the call screen.
The LG G Watch R has arrived on Google Play Store in the United States. Announced in August, the Android Wear smartwatch from LG is priced at $299 and will ship out in 1-2 days after the order is placed.
The circular smartwatch from LG has 1.3-inch (320 x 320 pixels) P-OLED Display and is powered by a quad-core 1.2GHz Snapdragon 400 SoC, 512MB RAM and 4GB internal storage. It is dust and water resistant and can stay in water up to meter deep for 30 minutes and packs a 410mAh battery.
LG G Watch R sports a circular display encompassed in a stainless steel frame and comes with a genuine 22m leather belt that can be changed as per your choice. It is compatible with Android devices running Android 4.3 and higher. The watch has the photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor at the back that measures your hearbeats.
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Samsung was one of the first consumer electronics giants to dive head-first into the world of wearables with its own line of Smartwatches, starting with the Gear. The original Gear that initially ran on Android, now runs on Tizen, and Samsung's already iterated on it a couple of times, with the Gear 2, the Gear Fit, the new Gear S, all variations and experiments on the hot new market.
But then Android Wear happened, with Samsung announced as one of the partners. Rival LG had already announced its first Watch, but Samsung waited until IO to announce their first smartwatch that will work across all Android devices, not just Samsung ones, the Gear Live. The Gear Live, the stripped down Android variant of the Gear 2, joins the other Wear watches, in the effort to appeal to consumers willing to invest in a new category of devices. With Android Wear as the platform of choice, does the hardware push the boundaries, or does it play a safe losing game? Let's find out.
Design, ergonomics and walkthrough
The Samsung Gear Live heavily borrows its design from the Gear and its successors/variants. A blocky rectangle dominates the face of the watch, enclosed in a stainless ...
Samsung launched the Galaxy Alpha smartphone in India back in September. We already brought you the review of the Galaxy Alpha, here we have the camera samples from the smartphone. The Galaxy Alpha has a 12-megapixel sensor, which is completely new. It has panorama, shot & more, virtual tour, dual camera and beauty face camera options.
Images were sharp with vibrant color output and even low-light images were good with less noise, since it automatically adjusts the mode for low-light images. The selective focus mode lets you select the focus after shooting the image. Check out the camera samples below (Click the image to view the full resolution sample).
Daylight
Macro
HDR
Low Light and Flash
It can record 2160p 4K videos at 30fps and 48Mbps bit rate. Check out the 4K video sample below
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnqa6sGNyXY
It can record 1080p videos at 30fps and 60fps. Here is the 1080p video sample.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZQz2QA1r8
It can also record slow motion videos at 720p, but it drops the frame rate to 15fps at the slowest 1/8x option. Here is the slow motion sample.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsb77c5LkgY
Google has introduced a couple of accessories for the recently launched Nexus 6. A Stand Folio Case and a Naked Tough Case are listed on the Google Play Store and are marked as "coming soon".
The Stand Folio Case which is from Casemate is a flip case with microfiber lining that has card slots for your ID, credit cards and more. It covers the screen of the device and comes with a built-in stand for viewing your device in landscape mode. The folio case is listed at $40 on Play Store. The second accessory on the Play Store is the Naked Tough Case is a completely transparent hard cover for the Nexus 6. Even this case offers a kickstand that is also transparent and is listed at $35 on the Play Store.
As the accessories are touted to be coming soon, there exact availability date is not known as of yet. Earlier today, Nexus 6 was listed on Indian Google Play Store for Rs, 44,000 (32 GB) and Rs, 49,000 (64GB).
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Microsoft recently announced that it would replace the Nokia branding on upcoming Lumia smartphones with Microsoft. Today Microsoft Mobile has released a teaser image for a new Lumia smartphone for November 11th, which could be the first Microsoft Lumia Branded smartphone.
Microsoft had already released an image of a smartphone with Microsoft branding on the back, replacing the Nokia branding. Recently a smartphone codenamed RM-1090 from Microsoft got certified in China with Microsoft branding. According to the listing this has a 5-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) display, rear camera with LED flash, front-facing camera, dual SIM support and a 1905 mAh battery. It would be available in a range of colors.
This could be the first Microsoft Lumia handset. According to rumors and the Zauba import listing, the smartphone could be the Lumia 535, successor of Lumia 530. We will have to wait for few more days for Microsoft to announce the smartphone officially.
Google has updated Drive for iPhone and iPad with a couple of iO8 specific features. Users can now open files from Drive, and save back to Drive from other apps on your device if you’re using iOS 8.
The version 3.3.0 secures the Drive app with Touch ID support that will unlock the app with a fingerprint scanner. Drive app has also been optimized for the large screens on iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Finally, users can now save videos from Google Drive to your device’s camera roll.
Here is a full changelog
• Open from and save to Drive in other apps (iOS 8 only)
• Unlock Drive using Touch ID (iOS 8 only)
• Save videos from Drive to your device (tap File Info icon > Open In > Save Video)
• Support for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
• iOS 8 compatibility
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
Google Drive for Android was recently updated with Material Design UI and new features.
App Link - Google Drive
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Google Hindi input app is the latest one from Google that is getting the Material Design update. The app has been updated with handwriting support which was not present earlier.
The keyboards are also getting updated with new themes. Users are now being offered with suggestion for Hinglish words thanks to a Hinglish Dictionary. They now have choice of selecting a keyboard either from English and Hinglish, Hindi and Hindi handwriting.
Here is the official changelog of the Hindi Input app
- New Material dark and light UI
- Hindi Handwriting
- Voice Input
- Hinglish Dictionary, which suggests Hinglish words when user types English / Hinglish
- Dynamic change of the consonant / vowel compound forms: In the Hindi keyboard, when user types a consonant, the vowels on the top row changes into the consonant / vowel compound forms
- Emoji keyboard
- New Hindi keyboard on tablet
- More accurate transliteration and Hindi candidate suggestions
Along with Hindi, Google Japanese Input, Google Korean Input, Google Pinyin Input, and Google Zhuyin Input have also been updated with Material Design.
Play Link - Google Hindi Input
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Sony had confirmed last month that Android 5.0 update is coming to the entire Xperia Z line. Now, the company is revealing that it has received the AOSP of the latest Android 5.0 from Google and has started the beta testing.
Google pushed the Android 5.0 Lollipop source code to AOSP earlier this week. Sony currently has AOSP Android 5.0 running on the Xperia Z1, Z2 and Z3. The company has announced a new 3Beta program under which it has teamed up with Swedish carrier 3 and give users the chance to try out Android 5.0 Lollipop updates on Xperia phones before their public launch. Sony plans to use this effort to gather feedback on the updates before pushing them to everyone.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFxnj2mb2hg
"The premise is pretty simple – gather as much early feedback as humanly possible in order to make the Sony User Experience on Android Lollipop as good as it possibly can be, before commercial rollout next year. We’ll be monitoring interest, reaction and the success s of this project with a view to rolling out similar initiatives in other markets next year.
posted Fredrik Ekstrand, Head of Software Portfolio Planning, Sony in a blog.
Unlike HTC, Sony has not given a specific date and just ...
Samsung announced the Galaxy Mega 2, its latest Galaxy Mega series smartphone in September. The 6-inch phablet then went on sale in India last month for Rs 20,900. We have already seen the unboxing, benchmarks and photo gallery of the phone. Now, lets compare the device with last year's Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 which we have already reviewed.
The Galaxy Mega 2 sports a 6-inch ( 1280 x 720 pixels) HD display while the Mega 6.3 has a 6.3-inch HD ( 1280 x 720 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display. The former device is powered by 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and the latter is powered by a 1.7 GHz dual-core processor. Both the phones sport 1.5 GB RAM, 8/16GB Internal Memory that can be expandable up to 64GB with micro SD.
The Mega 2 has a 5MP front facing camera and 6.3 has 1.9MP front facing camera. Both the devices have the trademark physical home button and two capacitive buttons on the side.
Both the phones have power button on the right side.
The micro USB port is present at the bottom along with the microphone.
The volume rockers are on the left side of both the phones.
The 3.5 mm audio jack is seen on both the devices at the top along ...
