New Delhi: Samsung has unveiled its new smartphone - Galaxy Premier - which has a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED (720x1280) display. The phone runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS. The phone has an 8-megapixel, autofocus camera with LED flash. It sports a 1.9-megapixel HD camera. The Samsung Galaxy Premier is armed with 1.5GHz processor with 1GB of RAM. The phone supports 1080p videos. Its connectivity options include WiFi, GPS, NFC,...
02:16 PM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: Google on Monday announced a new version of its Android operating system - Android 4.2, which is a minor update to Andorid 4.1 (Jelly Bean) - which now powers more than 500 million devices worldwide. Android 4.2 (also known as Jelly Bean) is a new flavour of Andoir 4.1 (Jelly Bean). A more comprehensive makeover, known as Key Lime Pie, is expected next year. Let's see what all...
12:50 PM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: Fujezone has launched a new tablet MT-12, which features a 7-inch HD capacitive touchscreen. The tablet runs Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. The MT-12 is equipped with a 1.2GHz A8 processor with 512MB RAM. It has 4GB inbuilt memory with 32GB expandable memory slot. The tablet offers video support for all major formats. Priced at Rs 6,199 with a Fujezone 3G Data Card, this tablet can...
12:44 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Los Angeles: Internet radio company Pandora is adding more functionality to its mobile apps - showing lyrics and artist information and making it easier to share self-crafted stations with friends - as companies intensify efforts to lure mobile advertising dollars. Pandora is essentially bringing the features of its website to users of its apps for Apple and Android mobile devices. The app for iPhones is being released Monday, while an...
10:04 AM, Oct 31, 2012
Google has announced a larger version of its Nexus tablet computer, one that comes closer to competing with Apple's full-sized iPad and other tablets. Here's a look at how the Nexus 10 compares with other tablets with comparable screens. Google Nexus 10 (available Nov. 13): - Price: $399 for 16 gigabytes of storage, $499 for 32 GB - Screen size: 10.1 inches diagonally - Screen resolution: 2560 by 1600 pixels...
04:14 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: Google on Monday launched its two new devices - Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet. It also updated its smaller, Nexus 7 tablet released earlier this year. They all run Android 4.2, a new flavour of Jelly Bean, which includes the latest version of Google Now and other new features. Nexus 4 The Nexus 4 smartphone is being made by LG Electronics Inc. and features a minor...
01:12 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: Google has cancelled its much talked-about Android event, scheduled for October 29 in New York City, due to Hurricane Sandy. In an email sent to media organisations, Google gave a crisp explanation and said, "We are cancelling our Monday morning event in New York due to Hurricane Sandy. We will let you know our plans as soon as we know more." According to The Verge, "On Friday, New...
12:22 PM, Oct 28, 2012
New Delhi: At a press event hosted in Taiwan, HTC announced that Jelly Bean will be rolled out to the One X in Asia and the handsets will receive the Android v4.1.2 firmware upgrade. This software upgrade will also feature HTC's newest user interface HTC Sense 4+ At the announcement, HTC General Manager, Jack Tong, stated that the One S too will receive a firmware upgrade. However, he didnt specify...
03:23 PM, Oct 27, 2012
Wshington: Google's Android operating system will be used on more computing devices than Microsoft's Windows within four years, data from research firm Gartner showed on Wednesday, underlining the massive shift in the technology sector. At the end of 2016, there will be 2.3 billion computers, tablets and smartphones using Android software, compared with 2.28 billion Windows devices, Gartner data showed. That compares to an expected 1.5 billion Windows devices by...
11:13 AM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Android's application store, Google Play's security has once again been rattled with the discovery of a new malware application which is said to be stealing sensitive information from the users' Android devices. Identified as 'Trojan!FakeLookout.A' by TrustGo Security Labs, this malicious app steals user SMS/MMS messages and video files, as well as all the files on the user's SD card and transmits them to a remote FTP server...
01:35 PM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Reports, for a long time, are doing rounds on the Internet about the launch of the next Nexus smartphone by Google. And now Google has confirmed an Android event, scheduled to be held on October 29. If reports are to be believed, Google will co-host the event with LG where it is likely to introduce the next version of Android " version 4.2, rumoured to be named Key...
01:45 PM, Oct 18, 2012
New Delhi: Domestic handset maker Karbonn said it will launch a 3G tablet PC named 'Karbonn Agnee' in the country by Diwali this year in the sub-Rs 10,000 category. The tablet, to be based on the Qualcomm's Reference Design (QRD), will play an important role as the company eyes sales of half a million tablet PCs by the end of March, 2013. "The 3G tablet has been designed and developed...
11:17 AM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: HTC has launched its new smartphone Desire X in India at Rs 19,799. The phone has a 4-inch super LCD display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. Weighing 114g with battery, the phone comes armed with a 1 GHz dual-core processor. The phone runs Android 4.0 with HTC Sense 4.0a, and has an internal storage of 4GB. The expansion card slot supports micro SD memory card...
01:59 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Samsung has unveiled a new smartphone - the Galaxy S III mini, which is a compact version of the company's flagship smartphone Galaxy S III. The Galaxy S III mini shares the Galaxy S III's design. The phone features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, and runs Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS. The phone is powered by a dual-core 1GHz processor. It has a 5 megapixel auto focus camera...
10:41 PM, Oct 11, 2012
New Delhi: Samsung Electronics plans to unveil a smaller version of its popular Galaxy S III flagship smartphone in Europe on Thursday, the head of Samsung's mobile business said, raising competition against Apple Inc's new iPhone. The model will be in direct competition with the iPhone 5, which was unveiled in early September and boasts a bigger, 4-inch screen than its earlier models. If reports are to be believed, the...
10:47 AM, Oct 11, 2012
