Motorola announced the Moto E LTE (2nd Gen) last month. We got a chance to take a look at the phone at MWC 2015 so lets check out the specs and hardware of the phone.
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The Moto E LTE (2nd Gen) sports a 4.5-inch display and qHD resolution. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, comes with 4G LTE connectivity and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box. It also comes in 3G variant (XT1505) that has a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC. The phone has a 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD.
The power button and volume rockers are present on the right side of the phone. It measures 66.8×129.9×5.2 – 12.3 mm and weighs 145 grams.
There is nothing on the left side. A VGA front facing camera and on screen touch buttons are present on the phone. The build of the phone is sturdy.
The 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top.
It has a 5MP rear facing camera and the Motorola logo is seen below it.
The Moto E (2nd Gen) LTE has a 2,390 mAh battery and supports connectivity options like 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS. The Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) comes in ...
Motorola announced the Moto E LTE (2nd Gen) last month. We got a chance to take a look at the phone at MWC 2015 so lets check out the specs and hardware of the phone.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJJ6u_EJaaI
The Moto E LTE (2nd Gen) sports a 4.5-inch display and qHD resolution. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 SoC, comes with 4G LTE connectivity and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box. It also comes in 3G variant (XT1505) that has a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 200 SoC. The phone has a 1GB RAM, 8GB internal memory, expandable memory with microSD.
The power button and volume rockers are present on the right side of the phone. It measures 66.8×129.9×5.2 – 12.3 mm and weighs 145 grams.
There is nothing on the left side. A VGA front facing camera and on screen touch buttons are present on the phone. The build of the phone is sturdy.
The 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top.
It has a 5MP rear facing camera and the Motorola logo is seen below it.
The Moto E (2nd Gen) LTE has a 2,390 mAh battery and supports connectivity options like 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS. The Motorola Moto E (2nd Gen) comes in ...
Panasonic announced its first Android powered camera smartphone Lumix CM1 in September last year. The connected camera comes with 1-inch MOS sensor. We went hands on with the phone at MWC 2015 so lets take a look at specs and hardware of the phone.
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The phone sports a 4.7-inch full-HD screen, 2.3GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 CPU, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB internal memory and a microSD support upto 128 GB. It has a 1.1MP front camera and on screen touch buttons.
The loudspeaker grill is present at the bottom.
3.5mm audio jack is present on the top.
It has 4 physical buttons – power, volume rocker, camera On switch, and a shutter key on the right side.
There are no keys on the left side of the phone.
There is a 1” Leica lens, with an adjustable aperture of F2.8 – F11.0, and a 20 MP resolution MOS sensor. There is a 2600mAh battery, the phone also includes 4G support. The phone has a leather back cover.
Gmail has updated its iOS app with a couple of new features. The latest additions bumps the Gmail iOS app to version 4.0 and app makes it more easy to use.
First up, the app now offers quick notifications that allows users to reply to a message directly from the notification itself. This saves the time for a user to open the Gmail app as it can done right from top of the screen. Moving on, the update also adds a feature allowing you to attach photos, documents and link to Gmail directly from another app.
Users can even open Gmail attachments in incoming email in other iOS apps using the iOS “Open in..” feature. This is possible via the new attachment viewer. All these features are aimed at accessing important actions easily thereby saving users time. The latest update is available on the Apple App Store.
App Link - Gmail
Apple is planning to take wraps off its Beats music streaming service at the WWDC in June, according to a latest report from 9to5Mac. Several reports had earlier stated that the company is planning a Beats powered music streaming service.
Apple acquired Beats Music in May last year for $3 billion and it was speculated that the company will integrate the music service into iTunes. The latest report claims that Apple will announce the new service at its annual Worldwide Developer Conference that will most likely be scheduled on June 8-12. Furthermore, it is said that the music streaming service cost $7.99 per month and will be deeply integrated into iTunes on Mac and the stock Music app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and apps will also be available for Apple TV and Android.
The report further stated that the service was originally planned for introduction during the early part of this year. But Apple was faced with some technology challenges and the departure of a number of key Beats employees. There is no official word from Apple regarding its plans about Beats integration yet.
Google confirmed that it is working on a wireless service this week. Now a new report from The Wall Street Journal is stating that the new wireless service will work only on Nexus 6.
Google's Sundar Pichai confirmed at Mobile World Congress this week that its wireless network will allegedly work by tying together T-Mobile, Sprint, and WiFi networks and automatically choosing the one with the best service at any given time. The device will need to jump between WiFi and wireless networks (Sprint, T-Mobile) that operate according to different standards. .
Pichai also said that Google is working on will be small in size and not a threat to current wireless service providers in the U.S. According to “people familiar with the matter”, Google’s wireless service may end up launching by the end of March.
OnePlus has announced to that is is expanding the sale of OnePlus One in European markets. The phone will be available in all the countries in the European Union.
The much touted flagship killer will be launched in 16 EU countries viz; Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Specific launch dates and prices for those countries have yet to be announced. However, OnePlus plans to hold special events to help publicize the OnePlus One in Warsaw on March 9, Prague on March 10 and Budapest on March 12.
Last month, it was reported that the next Android 5.0 Lollipop build of Cyanogen OS for the OnePlus One CM12S is on right schedule. Cyanogen Inc.also announced that the Lollipop build for the OnePlus One has entered the Quality Assurance/Quality Engineering stage. Check out our One Plus One review here.
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones at the MWC 2015 earlier this week. Both these smartphones come in several new colors that were not seen before in Samsung's flagship smartphones. Both these come in White Pearl, Black Sapphire and Gold Platinum colors. The Galaxy S6 also comes in Blue Topaz. Check out the quick look of these new color variants and the photo gallery of the Galaxy S6.
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To remind you, the Galaxy S6 comes with a 5.1-inch Quad HD (2560x1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display. It is powered by a Octa-Core ( Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5GHz) Exynos processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop).
There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. There are the usual set of proximity and ambient light sensors next to earpiece.
It has Samsung's signature home button below the display. The home button is in the matching or slightly darker colors on all except the gold variant, which has the home button in black. The home button has built-in fingerprint sensor, which works just with a press, just like Apple's TouchID.
On the right there is a power button and a SIM card slot.
On the back there is a 16-megapixel camera with LED flash and a infrared heart-rate monitor that also helps ...
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones at the MWC 2015 earlier this week. Both these smartphones come in several new colors that were not seen before in Samsung's flagship smartphones. Both these come in White Pearl, Black Sapphire and Gold Platinum colors. The Galaxy S6 Edge also comes in Green Emerald. We already brought you you the hands on impressions of the Galaxy 6 Edge. Check out the quick comparison of these color variants and the photo gallery of the Galaxy S6 Edge colors.
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The Galaxy S6 Edge comes with a 5.1-inch Quad HD (2560x1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display that is curved on both the edges. It is powered by a Octa-Core ( Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5GHz) Exynos processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), similar to the Galaxy S6. There is a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. There are the usual set of proximity and ambient light sensors next to earpiece.
It has volume rockers on the left side, similar to the Galaxy Note Edge.
The power button is present on the right side, unlike the Note Edge that had the power button on the top. It is just 7mm thick, slightly thicker compared to the Galaxy S6 that is 6.8mm thick.
There is a SIM card ...
Google Drive has updated Android app with an array of new features. The latest update bumps the app to version 2.2 and gets a drag and drop functionality.
" You can also do more with the group of items like star or pin them to your device with a single tap. Also, when you find a file by searching, you can jump to the location of that file from the details pane to see what other related files might be there. "
posted Google Drive in a Google+ post.
First up, the app is making it easier for users to move files in Google Drive. Users can now grab a whole bunch of files or folders (initiated with a long press on the first file), then drop them in a new location, delete, star, pin, or specify a new location. Prior to this update, they had to select a drop down menu and choose the location to where you wanted to move your file. In addition, the update enables you to know how many files you have selected towards the bottom of the screen, which will prevent you from moving more files than you’d like. The update also adds improved PDF viewer, key performance and design improvements.
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Asus unveiled the Zenfone Zoom, the company's first camera-centric smartphone in the Zenfone series with 3X optical zoom at the CES 2015 last month. We managed to get images of the smartphone at the MWC 2015. We couldn't bring you the hands on video since the company did not have a working unit there. Check out the photo gallery below.
The Zenfone Zoom has a 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The design of the Zenfone Zoom is similar to other Zenfone smartphones on the front. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 88-degree wide-angle lens. The smartphone is powered by a 2.3GHz GHz 64-Bit Intel Atom Z3580 quad-core processor and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) with Zen UI on top.
The smartphone has a metal frame. The volume rockers and the power button are present on the right side.
The shutter key and a video key are also present on the same side.
There is nothing on the other side. The smartphone is just 11.95 mm, making it the world's thinnest smartphone with a 13-megapixel camera and 3X optical zoom.
The micro USB slot and the primary microphone are present on the bottom.
The smartphone has f/2.7- to 4.8-aperture since it has a ...
Lenovo unveiled the VIBE Xtension Selfie Flash a CES 2015. As the name suggests it is an accessory to help you capture selfies in low light conditions. We went hands on with then device at the MWC2015 so lets take a look at it.
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The Selfie flash is pocket sized gadget that plugs into the audio jack, allowing you to create lighting and shutter sync to capture high quality selfies at low light condition. Lenovo’s Selfie flash works by using eight diffused LEDs which supplement available light for natural color tones even in low light conditions. It has a plastic translucent ring at the front.
There is a single button on the back that allow you to take selfies. Also, the ring at the back is metal.
The Selfie flash works with any Android device by simply plugging it into the headphone jack. Lenovo says that the flash comes with an 80mAh battery which is rechargeable and claims that it can take up to 100 selfies on a single charge, day or night. The Lenovo Selfie flash costs $29.
A great feature of the Selfie flash is that it can used with the rear flash as well and improve the lighting conditions marginally before shooting with the ...
Lenovo announced the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro, the company’s latest Android tablet in Yoga series in October. We went hands on with the tablet at MWC 2015.
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The tablet sports a 13.3-inch (2560 x 1440 pixels) WQHD IPS Display, powered by a quad-core Intel Atom Z3745 Processor (up to 1.86 GHz) and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has 2GB LPDDR3 RAM, 32GB internal memory, expandable up to 64 GB.
It comes with Dual Front large-chamber 8W JBL Speakers, Subwoofer, Dolby Audio and Wolfson Master Hi-Fi Codec.
There is a power button the left along with 3.5mm audio jack and volume rockers. The tablet measures 333 mm x 223 mm x 3.7-12.6 mm and weighs 950 grams
The tablet come with integrated projector that projects up to a 50″
The plastic back comes with a built in kick-stand that is made of metal.
It has a powerful 8W JBL sound system with bass subwoofer located on the back.The tablet has a 9600 mAh battery battery with up to 15 hours of usage. The Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 Pro comes in Platinum colors and is available Rs 47,990.
Images by Sandeep
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge smartphones at the MWC 2015 earlier this week. The design of the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge are completely different from earlier flagship smartphones in the Galaxy S series. The port placements on the bottom and the curved corners in the Galaxy S6 and the S6 Edge are similar to the Apple iPhone 6, so we decided to quickly compare both the smartphones. Check out the hands on comparison.
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Coming to the specifications, both the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge have a 5.1-inch Quad HD (2560x1440 pixels) 577 PPI Super AMOLED display compared to the 4.7-inch (1334 x 750 pixels) 326 PPI IPS screen. The S6 and S6 Edge have a 5-megapixel front-facing camera compared to 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera on the iPhone 6. These Samsung flagships are powered by a Octa-Core ( Quad 2.1GHz + Quad 1.5GHz) Exynos processor, feature 3GB DDR4 and run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop), compared to Apple A8 processor with dual-core custom ARMv8 64-bit cores clocked at 1.4GHz per core, 1GB RAM and runs on iOS 8.
Both these smartphones have a fingerprint sensor on the home button. Unlike swipe-based fingerprint sensors on earlier Samsung devices, the Galaxy S6 devices have touch-based fingerprint scanner.
The S6 and S6 Edge ...
Alacatel announced the OneTouch Idol 3 smartphone at MWC 2015 in two sizes. We went hands on with the phone at the event so lets take a look at the hardware and specs of the phone.
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The One Touch Idol 3 sports a 4.7 inch 1280×720 resolution and is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor. Running Android 5.0, Lollipop, it comes with 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage that can be expandable upto128GB with MicroSD. It has a 5MP front facing camera and and dual speakers at top and bottom along with on screen touch buttons.
The phone has power button left side and micro SIM card slot on the left.
The phone has volume rockers on the right side.
The microphone and 3.5mm audio jack is present on the top. The phone measures 134.6 x 65.9 x 7.55mm.
There is a 13MP rear camera at the back along with LED flash and Alcatel One Touch branding at the bottom. The phone has a 2000mAh battery.
Images by Sandeep
Alcatel announced the OneTouch Idol 3 smartphone is 5.5 inch variant at MWC 2015. We went hands on with the phone at the event so lets take a look at it.
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The phone has a 5.5-inch display with 1920×1080 resolution and is powered by a 1.5GHz octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor. Also running Android 5.0 Lollipop it has 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage can be expandable upto128GB with MicroSD. It has a 8MP front facing camera and on screen touch buttons.
It has power button on the left and micro SIM card slot on the left side.
Volume rockers are present on the right side. It measure 152.7 x 75.14 x 7.4mm.
The 3.5mm audio jack and microphone are present on the top.
The phone has 13MP rear camera with LED flash. It has a unique feature of the phone that is “reversible” and users can speak when the top side is down.
Images by Sandeep
Microsoft introduced its Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 in Barcelona earlier this week, here we have the hands-on impression of the keyboard. It has a sleek design and is compatible with Windows (8,8.1), Windows Phone 8.1, iOS 7 or later and Android 4.3 or later. Check out the hands on.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ir0qm3ubSQ
It has full set of keyboard that is durable, spill-resistant keyset and fabric build that protect against accidents. It is just 5mm thick and the foldable design makes it easy to carry it in a bag. It connects to devices using Bluetooth 4.0. It also has a built-in battery and is rechargeable via micro USB, but Microsoft did not reveal the battery life yet.
The Microsoft Foldable Keyboard is priced at US$ 99.95 (Rs. 6,230 approx.) and would go on sale in the US from July 2015.
ZTE announced the Blade 6 smartphone last month and we got our hands on the device at the MWC 2015. So lets take a look at the hardware and spces of the phone.
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The ZTE Blade S6 sports a 5-inch HD IPS display, is powered by a Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (4×1.5GHz + 4×1.0GHz) processor. Running Android 5.0 (Lollipop), it has 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage with expansion slot. The phone has a 5MP front facing camera and a capacitive touch button for home.
Being a dual SIM phone it has two nano SIM card slot and the Micro SD card slot on the left side.
The power button and volume rockers are present on the right side.
The 3.5mm audio jack is present at the top. The phone measures 144×70.7×7.7mm.
The phone has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with LED Flash. The loudspeaker is present at the bottom right corner.
Images by Sandeep
Motorola has finally released the Motorola Moto Turbo in India as expected. It was introduced as Droid Turbo back in October last year for Verizon Wireless in the U.S, later it was launched as Moto Maxx for global markets. The variant launching in India has 64GB of internal storage and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) out of the box.
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Flipkart also offers several launch offers that includes 10% Instant discount for American Express Card holders and 100% cashback as Store Credit for 25 lucky users. This offer is available only today, March 9th.
Motorola Moto Turbo specifications
5.2 (1440×2560 pixels) AMOLED display with 565 ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection
2.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084) processor with 600 MHz Adreno 420 GPU
3GB RAM, 64GB internal memory
Android 5.0 (Lollipop)
Water Resistant
21MP rear camera with dual LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, 4K video recording
2MP front-facing camera
7.8-10.6 mm thick (curve) and weighs 169 grams
4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11a/g/b/n/ac (dual band), Bluetooth 4.0 LE, GPS, GLONASS, NFC
3900 mAh battery
The Motorola Moto Turbo comes in Black color with Ballistic Nylon back and is priced in India at Rs. 41,999. It is available for order exclusively on Flipkart.
Microsoft has filed a patent lawsuit against Kyocera alleging that the Japanese electronics maker infringed some of Microsoft's mobile phone patents, according to a report by Reuters.
As per the report, Microsoft alleges that Kyocera infringed upon seven of Microsoft’s patents and that the company’s Duraforce, Hydro, and Brigadier lineups are part of it. The software giant claimed that the aforementioned Kyocera phones used its patented technology including ones relating to location services and text messaging. It is not clear how much Microsoft is asking for in terms of damages and royalties.
"We respect Kyocera but we believe they need to license the patented technology they are using. We're hopeful this case can be resolved amicably,"
said Microsoft deputy general counsel David Howard in a statement.
The complaint cites seven Microsoft patents covering specific approaches to power-saving, battery life, accelerometers, location, motion sensing and other technologies. The seven patents cited in the suit have not previously been used in any of Microsoft’s U.S. patent cases. In addition to the lawsuit, Microsoft is also asking the court to place a US sales injunction on Kyocera's smartphones that are allegedly using Microsoft's patents.
Kyocera launched INFORBAR A03 smartphone in January this year.
Google has updated Hangouts for Android with a couple of features. The latest update bumps the Hangouts version to 3.0 and brings some UI changes along with new contact cards.
The contact card now shows information from the user’s Google+ profile, including recent conversations, people in common and recent Google+ post. The contact card holds details of the person you are chatting to lir name, phone number, email addresses, and any email conversations that have taken place between you and the person. All these details are present in a single scrollable card.
Moving on, the update adds enables external guests using the app to join Hangouts video calls from their mobile device with a meeting link provided by the organizer. Video calls that are shared with the link require someone in the Apps domain of the Hangout video call to accept those requesting access on the web. Finally, Hangouts gets performance and stability enhancements.
