Chinese tech giant Lenovo has quietly launched its new Tab 7 Android tablet in the Indian market. Now available exclusively via Flipkart.com in the country, the Tab 7 carries a price-tag of INR 9,999. According to the Flipkart listing, the Lenovo Tab 7 TB-7504X runs on Android 7.0 Nougat. It is powered by 64-bit MediaTek […]
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Google Pixel 2 XL now available in India starting INR 73,000
A fortnight after the Pixel 2 went on sale in India, Google has started selling the Pixel 2 XL smartphone as well in the country. The smartphone costs INR 73,000 for 64GB and INR 82,000 for the 128GB storage variant. It was on pre-order since October 26. You can order it now from Flipkart or […]
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Essential Phone PH-1 gets Android Oreo beta update
Update (Nov 15): Two months after originally announcing that Android Oreo will be released for the Essential Phone PH-1 in ‘a month or two’, the Essential Products teams has released the beta version of the Oreo update. It is now available via the company’s developer website and you will need to download and manually install […]
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OnePlus phones have a backdoor that can be used to gain root access
Update: See the official responsce from OnePlus about the security vulnerability at the end of the post. Earlier (Nov 14): Just days ahead of OnePlus’s big smartphone announcement, a major security vulnerability has been discovered in several of the company’s smartphones. The vulnerability can be harnessed by a malicious party to effectively take control of […]
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Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) gets Android 7.0 Nougat update
Samsung has started rolling out the Android 7.0 update for Verizon’s Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016) variant earlier today in the United States. If you own the J3 (2016), you will automatically receive the OTA update notification on your device. The Galaxy J3 (2016) update According to an update changelog shared by Verizon on its website, […]
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Infinix unveils Zero 5 and Zero 5 Plus Android phones
Infinix, a smartphone brand from Transsion Holdings, on Tuesday unveiled the new Zero 5 and Zero 5 Plus smartphones at a press event in Dubai. The new smartphones are a part of the company’s growing Zero line-up, which already includes devices like Zero 4 and Zero 4 Plus. Since the company hadn’t launched the Zero […]
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Gionee S11 official teaser confirms key specifications
Update (Nov 14): While we are still over ten days away from the official launch of the Gionee S11. The Chinese smartphone maker Gionee’s Thailand arm has started teasing the phone on its social media channels. In these teasers, Gionee Thailand confirmed the key details of this upcoming smartphone. While some of the previously leaked […]
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Reverie’s Indic Calendar offers lunar calendar in 11 languages
Lunar calendar is a very important part of Hinduism and is used in everything from horoscopes to festivals to deciding when to host an auspicious puja and more. While traditionally, reading and deciphering lunar calendar has been the task of the family pundit/ priest, but it is not always practical to ask the pundit for […]