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Videocon has launched Infinium Z50 Quad, the company's latest smartphone in the Infinium series. It has a 5-inch qHDdisplay, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
It comes pre-installed with V-Secure, V-Safe, Hungama, Fun Zone, GT Racing 2 and Modern Combat 4. Videocon launched the Infinium Z40 Quad smartphone last month, but this has a larger screen, has 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage and packs a 1900 mAh battery.
Commenting on the new launch, Jerold Pereira, CEO, Videocon Mobile Phones said,
The emerging smartphone users in India are increasingly becoming style and design conscious and along with hot features, they always look for a device that is stylish and comes equipped with stunning looks. With the Infinium Z50 Quad, we aim to capture the emerging budget smartphone market of the country by offering latest technology at affordable pricing.
Videocon Infinium Z50 Quad
5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1.3 GHz quad-core processor
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Dual SIM
5MP rear camera with LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
1900 mAh battery
The Videocon Infinium Z50 Quad comes in ...
Press shots of the Acer Iconia Tab 7 A1-724, the company's upcoming tablet with voice calling capabilities surfaced last month. Now the tablet has surfaced on GFXBench database that reveals the specifications of the tablet. According to the listing, the tablet has a 7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 64-bit SoC with Adreno 306 GPU and Android 4.4.4 (KitKat).
It would come with a 5-megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Other details revealed in the benchmarks include, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and the usual set of connectivity features such as WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. It has single SIM card slot for data and voice calling capabilities, you can also see dual front-facing speakers from the image.
Acer unveiled the Iconia Tab 7 A1-713HD tablet with a 7-inch display and voice calling capabilities earlier this year, but that is powered by a quad-core MediaTek chip. The new Acer Iconia Tab 7 A1-724 tablet is expected to be announced soon.
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Samsung at its annual developer conference in San Francisco announced a new 3D camera, which is unique in a lot of ways. The global market leader calls it Project Beyond and says they designed is exclusively to capture 360 degree videos – which can be utilized on the upcoming Gear VR virtual reality headset.
Pranav Mistry, Vice President of Research and head of the Think Tank Team at Samsung introduced in the Project Beyond.
For starters, the camera looks like a hockey puck, but it actually contains about 16 side cameras with ultra-wide lenses, which have the ability to capture video footage at the rate of one giga-pixel per second.
Furthermore, there’s a camera on the top of the Project Beyond camera and it captures all the overhead shots. Unfortunately, Samsung did not reveal the product availability details, but one thing is certain – Samsung is very serious on offering great content for all its Gear VR consumers.
Meanwhile, we are on the show floor and we might get a chance to check out the latest Project Beyond camera. So, stay tuned to our website to know more about the new innovation from Samsung.
At the Samsung Developer Conference, Samsung today announced that the Gear VR Innovator Edition will be made available in the US starting early December. The product combines the display and sensors of the Galaxy Note 4 with the technical know how provided by Oculus to create an interesting virtual reality experience.
“Samsung is excited to launch our first virtual reality experience, Gear VR Innovator Edition. We are looking forward to working with developers and partners on building amazing, accessible Virtual Reality experiences, that help bring the immersion of VR mainstream over the coming months and years,” said Nick DiCarlo, Vice President and General Manager of Immersive Products and Virtual Reality.
The Gear VR uses the 5.7 inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display on the Note 4 to create a compelling 360 degree viewing experience. The headset itself has a focus adjustment ring, a touch pad and a back button for basic UI navigation. Samsung is aiming the device to be used by innovators in the enterprise ecosystem who would work to create simulations of industrial projects.It is also being targeted at designers and healthcare professionals.
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As the name suggests, the Korean giant is not expecting this to be a mass market product, not ...
Samsung introduced a new feature named ‘Flow’ at its annual developer conference here in San Francisco. The latest software from the South Korean giant takes on Apple’s Continuity feature that was released a coupleof months ago.
Samsung Flow makes a lot of sense considering the fact that the company makes a lot of products, ranging from wearable’s to wide screen television. So, you can now start working on any of your Samsung device and easily end it on another.
If you haven’t got it yet, the Samsung Flow basically allows you to move your tasks from one device to another and guess what? You can even view incoming calls and messages on your Samsung televisions – isn’t that cool?
The functionality of Samsung Flow revolves around three components – transfer, defer and notify. With the first option you can read shared articles on your tablets or movie video calls from your laptops to phones or tablets.
The Defer component offers you to put off your task until you are actually ready, for example, if you are on a go, you can complete if your work once you reach your destination or you can start watching a movie once you are in a ...
The Samsung Galaxy Note Edge will go on sale in the UK on November 28 after Samsung announced Old Blighty had been chosen as one of the launch countries. Announced back at IFA 2014, the Galaxy Note Edge is almost identical to the Galaxy Note 4 aside from the unique curved Edge Screen secondary display.
In a statement to The Inquirer, Samsung said:
Samsung can confirm that the UK is one of the markets that has been chosen to range the Galaxy Note Edge.
The device will be available to buy from selected retailers from Friday 28th November, with the option to pre-order from Samsung eStore and Carphone Warehouse on Friday 14th November.
Alongside the Samsung eStore and Carphone Warehouse, the Galaxy Note Edge will also be available from Vodafone after the network added the handset to its coming soon page. There's no word on price however but Samsung have previously said the Galaxy Note Edge will not have a massive launch and it's likely the handset will cost considerably more than the Galaxy Note 4.
Both Mobicity and MobileFun have listed SIM free versions of the handset at £649.99 and £645 respectively which is quite a bit more than the Galaxy Note 4 which retails ...
Google has started rolling out Android 5.0 Lollipop over-the-air(OTA) update for Nexus 5, WiFi variants of both Nexus 7 2012 and Nexus 7 2013 and Nexus 10. Update for the 3G/LTE versions of the Nexus 7 2012 and 2013 and Nexus 4 haven't started yet. The Nexus 6 and the Nexus 9 have received a minor update to address bugs.
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Some of the major changes in Android 5.0 Lollipop update are as follows.
Material Design: A bold, colorful, and responsive UI design for consistent, intuitive experiences across all your devices
Notifications: New ways to control when and how you receive messages - only get interrupted when you want to be
Battery: A battery saver feature which extends device use by up to 90 mins
Security: Encryption automatically turned on to help protect data on lost or stolen devices
Device Sharing: Multiple users for phones, Guest user for phones and tablets
New Quick Settings
Connectivity: A better internet connection everywhere and more powerful Bluetooth low energy capabilities
Runtime and Performance: A faster, smoother and more powerful computing experience
Media: Bolder graphics and improved audio, video, and camera capabilities
OK Google: Easy access to information and performing tasks
Accessibility: Enhanced low vision and color blind capabilities
68+ languages with 15 new additions including Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Sinhala, Tamil and Telugu
The Android 5.0 Lollipop ...
Immediately after it started rolling out the Android 5.0 Lollipop over-the-air (OTA) update, Google has released factory images and binaries for the Nexus 5, WiFi variants of both Nexus 7 2012 and Nexus 7 2013 and the Nexus 10. Factory images and binaries for the Nexus 4 and the Nexus 6 are not available yet. Google released factory images for Nexus 9 and the Nexus Player last week. Now a minor bug fix update takes the Nexus 9's build version from LRX21L to LRX21Q.
The Android 5.0 Lollipop update brings Material Design with bold, colorful, and responsive UI design, better notifications, battery saver feature, better security including Android Smart Lock, New Quick Settings, Improved network hand offs, flexible sharing, faster, smoother and more powerful experience with ART, 15 new languages and more.
If you don’t have the update yet, you can download the factory images for these devices from the Google Developers website here. This will wipe your device clean, so remember to backup your device before flashing.
Soon after releasing Android 5.0 soak tests for second generation Moto X and Moto G, Motorola is now kick starting the roll out of Lollipop on Moto X (2nd Gen), Moto G (2nd Gen.) U.S. GSM and Moto G (2nd Gen.) Global GSM versions sold in the U.S.
"We’re working hard with our carrier partners to bring this update to more of our devices as soon as we can."
said Motorola in a company blog post.
The company is rolling out updates in phases. As expected, Android 5.0 update will bring Material Design UI to enable natural touch screen interactions. The look of the UI revamps with vivid new colors, typography, and edge-to-edge imagery. In addition Motorola has introduced new settings dubbed as "Downtime" and "Interruption" that lets users toggle notifications for select apps and people.
Moving on, a new "Guest Mode" has been added that limits the access to certain apps. Finally, flashlight is added to quick settings and battery settings panel now shows an estimated projection for how much time you have left even while you're charging. You can also enable a new battery saver mode that will save power by reducing performance and most background data operations to extend your battery life.
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Lenovo launched the Vibe X2 smartphone in India last week, and the smartphone went on sale for Rs. 19999 earlier this week. We brought you the unboxing of the Vibe X2 recently, here we have the benchmarks. It is powered by a Octa-Core MediaTek MT6595M processor which as four ARM Cortex-A17 cores clocked at 2GHz per core and four ARM Cortex-A7 cores clocked at 1.69GHz per core, based on ARM big.LITTLE and 28nm HPM process. It has PowerVR 6200 GPU, 2GB RAM comes with a 5-inch 1080p display and runs on Android 4.4 (Kitkat) with Vibe UI on top.
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Quadrant Benchmark
It scored 24423 points in the Quadrant benchmark and lies behind the Snapdragon 805-powered Note 4.
AnTuTu Benchmark 4
It scored 44823 points in the AnTuTu Benchmark 4 and lies ahead of all the other smartphones.
Vellamo 2.0 HTML5
It scored 2291 points in the Vellamo 2 HTML5 browser benchmark and lies behind the Vibe Z.
Vellamo 2.0 Metal
It topped the Vellamo 2 Metal CPU subsystem performance test by scoring 1552 points.
Linpack Single Thread
It managed to clock around 391.7 MFLOPS in the Linpack Single Thread benchmark. We couldn't get the results for the Linpack Multi-Thread since it crashed.
NenaMark 2
It clocked 59.3 fps in the NenaMark 2 GPU benchmark.
GFXBench 2.7 T-Rex (On ...
Google has added Material Design features to Google Keep Android app. The note taking app from Google is getting a revamped UI with Material Design elements.
The version 3.0.1 update for Keep gets the latest floating hamburger menu, icons in the slide-out menu and flatter app icon. A new "snackbar" is added to allow quick undo of actions when notes are archived. In addition, the new app includes an updated search user interface that lets you search by note type or color as well as a bar that’ll pop up at the bottom of the display when you archive a note.
Google is rolling out the update gradually and if you don't want to wait for the update Android Police has given the APK. Google Keep received major update in August with new features.
Play Link - Google Keep
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Samsung unveiled the Samsung Z (SM-Z910F), its first Tizen-powered smartphone back in June. We got to check it out at the Samsung Developer Conference 2014 in San Francisco. Here is the hands-on and the hardware walk-through gallery.
The Samsung Z has a 4.8-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display. When it was showcased at the Tizen Developer Conference in San Francisco in June, it was running on Tizen OS 2.2, but now it runs on the new Tizen OS 2.3 with new user interface.
It has a 2.1-megapixel front-facing camera. It is powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core processor and has 2GB of RAM.
It has Samsung's signature home button below the display, which has built-in fingerprint sensor. There are capacitive touch buttons on either sides of the home button.
The smartphone has chrome finish on the sides. There is a micro USB slot along with a primary microphone on the bottom.
The power button is present on the right side.
The volume rockers are present on the left.
The back cover has leather-like finish. It comes in Black and Gold color variants. Under the back cover there is a 2600 mAh battery, SIM card and the microSD card slots.
It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with single LED flash. The heart rate sensor is present next ...
Samsung Electronics is filing a countersuit against Nvidia, after the latter alleged Samsung of infringing upon GPU technology in September. Now, the South Korean tech giant is accusing Nvidia of misleading consumers by revealing false benchmark test results for its Shield Tablet in comparison with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4.
Nvidia had sued Qualcomm and Samsung claiming that they had used its patented technologies without license in Samsung's mobile devices, including the recently launched Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note Edge. The latest counter suit now comes from Samsung as it is seeking damages for deliberate infringement of several technical patents, including a few that govern the way semiconductors buffer and use data.
Samsung said in its counter suit that Nvidia's claims that its Shield Tablet computer houses "the world's fastest mobile processor" -- Nvidia's Tegra K1 chip -- "is a false and misleading statement" and that its own Exynos processor is faster on several benchmarks. In a response to Samsung's accusations, Nvidia has posted a clarification explaining they ran the benchmarks on the out-of-the-box units of the Galaxy Note 4 and the Shield tablet.
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Videocon has launched Infinium Z50 Quad, the company's latest smartphone in the Infinium series. It has a 5-inch qHDdisplay, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.
It comes pre-installed with V-Secure, V-Safe, Hungama, Fun Zone, GT Racing 2 and Modern Combat 4. Videocon launched the Infinium Z40 Quad smartphone last month, but this has a larger screen, has 1GB RAM, 8GB of internal storage and packs a 1900 mAh battery.
Commenting on the new launch, Jerold Pereira, CEO, Videocon Mobile Phones said,
The emerging smartphone users in India are increasingly becoming style and design conscious and along with hot features, they always look for a device that is stylish and comes equipped with stunning looks. With the Infinium Z50 Quad, we aim to capture the emerging budget smartphone market of the country by offering latest technology at affordable pricing.
Videocon Infinium Z50 Quad
5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touch screen display
1.3 GHz quad-core processor
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
Dual SIM
5MP rear camera with LED Flash
2MP front-facing camera
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, 32GB expandable memory with MicroSD
3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth, GPS
1900 mAh battery
The Videocon Infinium Z50 Quad comes in ...
iBall has launched iBall Slide 6351-Q40, the latest budget tablet in the iBall Slide series. It is an entry-level Wi-Fi Tablet, says iBall, but the earpiece on the top is weird, even though the tablet doesn't have voice calling capabilities. It has a 7-inch WVGA screen, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera.
It has 512MB RAM, 8GB of internal storage with expansion slot and packs a 2500mAh battery.
Commenting on the launch, Sandeep Parasrampuria, Director, iBall, said,
iBall Slide 6351-Q40 represents the pinnacle of budget-tablets with the powerful Quad core processor and 8GB built in storage it is bound to give users a very thrilling and satisfying experience! With this tablet, our effort has been to reach the audience with a portable and affordable device.
iBall Slide Q40 is equipped with five key features to look forward, that is, Quad core processor, Latest KitKat OS, Expansive 8 GB storage, Dual camera and Captivating texture back cover in such a entry-level Wi-Fi Tablet that gives people an incredible combination of performance, entertainment and value to help them get the most of everything.
iBall Slide 6351-Q40 specifications
7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive ...
Samsung announced at the it's Developer Conference that it is opening its first health-tracking platform to developers. The company also unveiled its Simband health tracker that keeps a tab on wearers heart rate, respiratory rate and blood pressure.
All these measurements are stored in amsung Architecture for Multimodal Interactions consumer health SDK (SAMI). The band is based on Samsung’s SAMI health platform. The modular band has a modular element that be replaced with any piece of health tracking hardware. Simband was initially announced by Samsung in May this year, but the latest version has been updated with a new look. It also gets improved its sensor capabilities and algorithm accuracy.
The Simband boasts of six sensors viz electrocardiogram (ECG), bio-impedance, (bio-z), photoplethysmogram (PPG, using those fancy LED lights on the band), galvanic skin response (GSR), accelerometer, and skin temperature. Developers can choose and develop their own algorithms and sensors as per their choice.
Samsung also announced the availability of the Samsung Digital Health (SDH) Platform and SDK. The SDK syncs the all this data with the Samsung Cloud server via a Samsung account.
Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 went on sale in India last month for Rs. 20,900. We already brought you the Unboxing, Benchmarks and the Photo Gallery of the smartphone. Here we have the battery test results for the smartphone.
The Galaxy Mega 2 has a removable 2,800 mAh Lithium Ion battery, which is slightly smaller compared to 3200 mAh battery on last year's Galaxy Mega 6.3. It has a 6-inch HD screen and is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 (MSM8916) processor with Adreno 306 GPU. Let us check out the battery test results.
Talk Time
It lasted for 25 hours in our talk time test and is on-par with the Lenovo S860 that has a 4000mAh battery. Samsung has optimized the battery to great extent for talk time.
3G Browsing
In our 3G browsing test, the Galaxy Mega 2 lasted for 5 hours and 15 minutes. This might be different in the 4G variant of the smartphone.
Wi-Fi Browsing
It lasted for 6 hours and 15 minutes in our WiFi browsing test.
Video Playback
Finally, in our video playback test, the Mega 2 lasted for 9 hours and 5 minutes, better than most smartphones.
The overall FoneArena One charge rating for the Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 is 11 hours and 32 minutes, which is the total amount of time the smartphone ...
Microsoft has added an array of features to Windows 10 under the build 9879. The update comes only three weeks after the Windows 10 Technical Preview got its first new build available to members of the Windows Insider program.
Build 9879 is the third version of Windows 10 TP and the last one for this year. Microsoft has added a Task View and Search buttons on the task bar that the company says was one of the mos requested features.The new build adds a checkbox menu option where you can simply choose whether or not those features appear as icons in the toolbar.
Minimize and restore buttons have also been tweaked and in order to simplify discovery, the 3 dots in the Window chrome for modern apps has been replaced with a “hamburger-style” icon. In addition, Microsoft is adding new 3 finger trackpad gestures. In case of OneDrive, Microsoft is adding selective sync, where you will need to specify what is saved to your PC and what Microsoft keeps safe in its OneDrive cloud. The dedicated OneDrive app has now been removed and users will need to access it only from File Explorer.
The new build also brings improvements to the testers’ information and feedback tools. There’s a new ...
Obi Hornbill S551, the company's latest smartphone is now available from Indiatimes Shopping. It has a 5.5-inch HD screen, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
Obi Crane S550, Leopard S502 and Falcon S451 smartphones went on sale last month. With the latest addition, Obi now has 13 smartphones in India.
Obi Hornbill S551 specifications
5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display
1.3 GHz Quad-Core MediaTek MT6582 processor with Mali 400 MP2 GPU
1GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, expandable up to 32 GB
Android 4.4 (KitKat)
13MP rear camera with LED Flash, Sony sensor and 1080p video recording
5MP front-facing camera
Dual SIM (Standard + Micro)
79mm thick and weighs 145g
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio
3G, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth, and GPS
2200mAh battery
The Obi Hornbill S551 comes in white color and is priced at Rs. 9,230.
Lenovo announced the Vibe X2 in September at IFA Berlin 2014. The phone was launched in India earlier this month for Rs 19,999. We have already seen unboxing and benchmarks of the Vibe X2 and now lets take a look at the hardware of the phone in this photo gallery post.
Vibe X2 sports a 5-inch 1080p display, powered by a 2 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek MT6595 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with Vibe UI 2.0 on top. The phone is known for its unique layered design. It has 2GB RAM and 32GB internal memory.
The phone has 5MP front-facing camera with wide angle lens and an earpiece at the center and LED notification next to it.
Three capacitive buttons are seen at the bottom of the screem.
The layered design is clearly seen here with four different shades. On the top we have the 3.5mm audio jack.
The micro USB port is situated below. Vibe X2 measures 140.2 X 68.6 X 7.27mm and weighs 120g.
At the back we can see the Lenovo logo in the center while the 13MP autofocus rear camera with LED Flash is placed on the left.
A single SIM tray that supports 2 cards is present on the left and the volume rockers and power ...
After updating series of its core apps with Material Design, Google is now updating Search for Android. The Search app for Android is getting an array of new features and a revamped look.
As expected the Search gets bold colors and smoother animations which are the basic elements of Material Design. Google Now cards are also getting a tweak with new sidebar, back arrow and bright colors. Moving on, Nexus 6, Nexus 9 and Samsung Galaxy Note 4 users also benefit from being able to activate “Ok, Google” searches even when the smartphone is unplugged and the display is off.
Google Search can now integrate much more powerfully with third-party apps. This means users can directly ask "OK Google search Tumblr for..The Search app now scans through your Gmail inbox and locate any forgotten appointments and events. It will then display them as reminders in your calendar, so you don’t forget any important appointments.
Finally, Google will even help you make a decision by simply asking "OK Google, flip a coin". The Google Search version 4.0 is hitting to users in phases.
Play Link - Google Search
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