Advertisements Lenovo has announced that it will set-up a new smartphone and services firm in China next year. The new company will operate under a separate name and brand under the leadership of Chen Xudong, currently president of Lenovo’s China geography and Asia Pacific – Emerging Markets (East Asia, Hong Kong, ASEAN and India). As […]
Advertisements Within minutes of Google’s Android 5.0 announcement, Motorola Mobility has confirmed that it will be releasing the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for all of post-Google acquisition smartphones. These phones include Moto E, Moto G (2013, 2014, LTE version), Moto X (2013, 2014) as well as Droid Maxx, Droid Mini and Droid Ultra. “Now that […]
Advertisements Xiaomi Global VP Hugo Barra has announced that former-Googler Jai Mani will be joining the company’s India team as lead product Manager. Jai has worked with Google most of his career, where he was a part of the Android and DoubleClick teams during his tenure. He had left Google in 2013 to work with […]
Advertisements Google has reportedly imposed new conditions in the revised Mobile Application Distribution Agreement (MADA) to get more of its applications and services on the Android devices. MADA is a requirement to get Google suite of Android applications as well as Play Store on Android devices, so all major Android manufacturers sign this agreement apart […]
Advertisements Hoping to capitalise on the Diwali shopping season, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is planning to put as much as 100,000 smartphones for sale each week next month in India, said Hugo Barra, who is in-charge of Xiaomi’s international operations. He was speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of an industry event. “For the Diwali […]
Advertisements Micromax and Opera have announced that they have renewed their partnership to pre-install Opera Mini browser on Micromax Android devices for an unspecified time. The companies had originally entered into an agreement last year and since then, Opera Mini has been pre-installed on over 50 Android phones and tablets from Micromax. “Smartphones have paved […]
Advertisements Taiwanese manufacturer Asus has announced that it expects the Zenfone line-up sales to surpass 2 lakh (200,000) units by the end of this month. The line-up had earlier crossed the 100,000 mark in August-end, indicating that the company is on cusp of selling 100,000 units of Zenfone smartphones in a month in the country. […]
Advertisements Qualcomm has taken the wraps of the new Snapdragon 210 processor for the entry-level smartphones and tablets on Wednesday. The new processor integrates 4G LTE support as well as LTE dual-SIM compatibility. “We are committed to delivering high-performance connected mobile experiences across all tiers of our product portfolio. These announcements further cement our commitment […]