Posts by Gaurav Shukla
Huawei to launch Ascend Mate in June for INR 29,000: Report
Huawei India is reportedly planning to launch its 6.1-inch Ascend Mate smartphone in the Indian market next month. According to online reports, the phone is expected to be priced around INR 29,000.
Originally showcased at Consumer Electronics Show in January this year, Huawei Ascend Mate features a 6.1-inch 720p display and is powered by 1.5GHz quad-core processor. The phone runs on Android 4.1 and comes pre-loaded with the company’s Emotion user interface. Other features of the phone include 2GB of RAM and 8MP rear camera. You can check out the full specification later in the post.
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Google hires Noah Falstein as Chief Game Designer
To work on Google’s rumoured gaming service?
If Noah Falstein’s Linkedin profile is any indication, Google has hired him as the Chief Game Designer last month. There is no word on what this gaming veteran is working these days, but we think – he is probably a part of the team behind Google gaming service that was spotted in Google Glass APK tear-down.
The APK tear-down suggested that Google is working on some kind of Apple Game Center and Amazon Gamecircle competitor, which will most probably be included in next Android version. We are not sure right now whether this gaming service will be released as a part of Android 4.3 or 5.0, however we would put our bet on 5.0.
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A real life review of Google Glass Explorer Edition [ABC News]
There is an information overload of Google Glass these days. With the explorer edition already in the hands on select developers, everyone is just talking about Glass, Glass and Glass. But, how do you get the information that matters the most. Read on.
Here is quick video review of Google Glass in real life conditions from ABC News’s Joanna Stern. It is pretty decent and covers most of the important aspects of Google Glass.
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Motorola XFON appears in leaked photos
So, is this how Motorola going to spell X Phone – XFON? Seems like that. Images of this so-called Motorola XFON have appeared online. Posted by evleaks, the phone in these images looks very similar to the prototype Motorola phone that was leaked in Vietnam few weeks ago.
There are no accompanying details and even part of the phone is concealed by some cover. Still, we can spot a few things in these images –the phone seems to be headed to AT&T in the United States and also, it is running on stock Android, as promised by Motorola design chief in a recent interview.
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B&N Nook HD, HD+ now officially have Google Play support
No more loading up a custom ROM or rooting your Barnes & Noble Nook HD and HD+ devices, the company has just announced that Google Play is officially landing on the two tablets. A very surprising yet wise move from B&N shows the company’s desperation.
Despite being one of the first companies to launch a decent tablet with an aggressive pricing in the form of Nook Color, B&N was left behind in the market thanks to debut of Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire tablets, which have a more robust content ecosystem. Although Barnes & Noble tried hard and hard, the company’s content ecosystem wasn’t just growing at the right pace and consumers were going to the competitors to get a better value for money.
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Latest Android phones launches in India
In the last few days, we have seen a number of Android smartphone releases in the India market. While, we wait for the likes of HTC One to hit the stores in the country, here is a quick recap of what happened on the Android smartphone front recently.
High-end/ Flagship
Samsung Galaxy S4
Starting with Galaxy S4, which was the most talked about and awaited launch in the recent few days. Samsung unveiled Galaxy S4 in India on April 27th and it went on sale the very next day for INR 41,500.
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Verizon Galaxy Note 2 getting Android 4.1.2 update
Verizon has started rolling out a software update for Galaxy Note II users in the United States. The update is now available over-the-air (OTA). 246MB in size, this update brings many new features including support of multi-window in more apps.
The Android version is also getting bumped to Android 4.1.2 with this update.
Here are the update details: Baseband version I605VRAMC3, Kernel version 3.0.31-1098177 and Build number JZO54K.I605VRAMC3
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LG, Google working on next-generation Nexus smartphone: Report
It is not the first time that we are hearing about LG’s involvement in the Nexus 4 successor but each new report further confirms the fact that we might actually see next Nexus phone from LG and these are not just some random rumours.
Korea Times is reporting that Google CEO Larry Page met LG Electronics CEO Koo Bon-joon during his recent trip to South Korea and both executives discussed varied range of topics including taking the partnership between the firms to a next level by working on OLED televisions, and even projects like Google Glass.
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Angry Birds Friends released in Google Play
Rovio has finally released the Android version of its Angry Birds Friends game in Google Play. The game was originally launched Facebook last year, which most of you would already know given the endless posts from Angry Birds Friends in your Facebook news feed.
Angry Birds Friends is basically your normal Angry Birds but with a social twist. It allows you to participate in weekly tournaments and compete with your friends. Rovio also adds new levels every week to keep it interesting and competitive.
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NVIDIA Tegra 4 powered Toshiba AT10LE-A shows its face
We are yet to see any Tegra 4 powered products apart from NVIDIA’s own Project Shield, but that seems to be changing today. The first images of rumoured Toshiba tablet AT10LE-A, which is allegedly powered by Tegra 4 quad-core processor, have appeared online.
Posted by Greek website Techblog.gr, these images offer a glimpse of this upcoming Toshiba tablet and its keyboard dock. Packing four A15 cores and 72 GPU cores, Tegra 4 is being touted as the fastest mobile processor by NVIDIA, but whether these claims are indeed true or not, we will know once this or any other Tegra 4 powered products hits market.
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