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Sony Xperia Z2 Unveiled With 5.2″ FHD Display, 3 GB RAM, 4k Video & Snapdragon 801

Sony has unveiled its flagship device for 2014, the Xperia Z2. The Sony Xperia Z2 is the latest member in the Xperia series, and comes with some considerable changes.

Sony Xperia Z2 has borrowed alot from its already available smartphone, Xperia Z1. Talking about the specs, the device sports a 5.2 inch full HD Live Color LED Triluminos display with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels. The Xperia Z2 is powered by a 2.3 GHz Quad-Core CPU and Snapdragon 801 chipset and runs on Android 4.4 KitKat. The device is packed with a 3 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage with expandable memory via MicroSD card.

Talking about the camera, Sony Xperia Z2 sports the same camera as we have seen on the Xperia Z1; a 20.7 MP Exmor RS camera. However, the same camera brings different features, as the new Xperia Z2 will record videos in 4k resolution and will also be able to record slow motion videos at 120fps(720p).

Further in, the Xperia Z2 is packed with a 3200 mah battery which seems fair with these boosted specs that we see. No price information is available yet, but we will update you once we hear more.

February 24, 2014
Google Announces Project Tango, a 5 inch Android Smartphone that Can Map the World Around You

The goal of Project Tango is to give mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion. The device is a 5 inch Android prototype smartphone equipped with 3D sensors and other components to track motion and map the surroundings around you.

Google has 200 devices that they are preparing to give out to developers who want to build mapping tools, games, and new algorithms that can take advantage of the technology on the prototype smartphone, and these developer editions will ship by 14th March 2014 as planned by Google.

Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group is the brains behind the project Tango. By now, you might have got an idea of what exactly is Project Tango, now lets see how it works:

The device in the Tango project will work by using a motion tracking camera and a sensor built into the backside of the prototype android smartphone. Once the smartphone is moved around, the sensors will detect everything in front of them, and as a result it will build a 3D map of the surroundings using the data captured.

The Project Tango is capable of doing more as per ATAP, while they emphasize this on being at an early stage, they also believe developers will do wonders with this prototype. Project Tango is result of one year research from ATAP, they worked with universities, research labs, and industrial partners spanning nine countries around the world to harvest research from the last decade of work in robotics and computer vision, concentrating that technology into the prototype smartphone.

This project comes from Google’s Advanced Technology and Projects team, the same team which was associated with Motorola but Google decided to keep them, while they let go Motorola. We will keep you updated with all the latest happenings related to the Project Tango, however, you might want to watch the video below to know more:

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[Project Tango]

February 21, 2014
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Launched at a Price of 36,990 INR

Sony launched the little brother to its flagship Xperia Z1, the Xperia Z1 Compact at the CES 2014. The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact was expected to launch in the Indian market in the month of March, but the company has unvieled the device today at a price of 36,990 INR.

The Xperia Z1 Compact has powerful specs when compared to other devices in its category — like the HTC One mini, LG G2 Mini and Samsung Galaxy S4 mini — as it comes with a 4.3-inch display (1280 x 720 resolution), 2.2Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage and a 2300 mAh battery.

What makes it something to consider is that it continues the lines of bringing “the best of Sony” into every product as it sports a 20.7 MP rear-facing camera with the f/2.0 G Lens, plus a 2 MP front-facing camera, NFC, HD Voice and Qi wireless charging and LTE connectivity. Overall dimensions are 144.4 x 73.9 x 8.5mm and weighs in at 140 grams.

The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact will be available in white, black, lime yellow and pink colors. However, the only disappointment is the price, as for this price tag, users can easily purchase the Xperia Z1 itself. What do you think ?

February 20, 2014
LG G2 Mini Unveiled With Mini Size and Features

Recently, LG teased the mini version to the LG G2 on its Facebook page, but no other information was available. However, the company has now unveiled the smartphone sharing all the details ahead of the official launch.

LG G2 Mini will feature a 4.7 inch qHD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, which is considerably low than what we have seen on the LG G2. The LG G2 Mini is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor and Snapdragon 400 or Nvidia Tegra 4i chipsets, depending on what variant you choose(LTE/3G). Furthermore, the G2 Mini will feature 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage which will be expandable via MicroSD card.

The LG G2 Mini is equipped with an 8 MP primary camera along with a 1.3 MP secondary camera. The device is packed with a 2440 mAh battery, which should last a complete day. However, with these specs the device seems to be targeted at the mid-range segment of the smartphone market.

The device will be available starting March in most of the markets and will be available in Black and White color options. LG G2 Mini justifies its name with not only the size it offers, but also the features it is packed with, a smaller screen with lower resolution when compared to the G2, a less powerful processor than the G2 and even more.

Meanwhile, LG is geared up for the Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona as the company has alot to share:

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February 20, 2014
Micromax Canvas Knight an Octa-Core Smartphone to Launch Soon

Micromax was rumored to launch a couple of devices this year, starting from the Canvas Splash to the Canvas Knight. Micromax Canvas Knight was leaked sometime back and now the company has released an 11 seconds teaser of this phone.

This phone was leaked by MMX newscaster last month itself, and now a the company has also teased a video(below), hinting the official launch should not be away.

Talking about the specs, the Micromax Canvas Knight will supposedly be powered by a 2GHz variant of MediaTek’s newly fabricated MT6592 chipset featuring eight separate Cortex-A7 cores. The screen on the device is expected to be a 5 inch Full HD display. The device sports 16 MP primary camera with by an LED flash with a 5 MP front shooter. Furthermore, a 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB on board storage fill out the flash memory department of the spec sheet. The (supposedly) dual SIM device runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, and packs a 2350 mAh battery unit in a frame measuring just 7.3mm in thickness.

While, this information is not complete, we will bring you the latest once we hear more. Stay Tuned!

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February 19, 2014
Gionee S5.5 is Just 5.5mm Thick With a 13 MP Camera, 5″ Display and More

After the success of the Gionee Elife E6, the company is expecting even more with the latest flagship Gionee Elife E7. While this happens, Gionee is also planning to launch a new smartphone in the market.

Gionee as a company has a clear mindset, which is to be the top most smartphone company in just few years. The company recently also launched the GPad M2 and S4 in the Indian market. However, as the Mobile World Congress 2014 is approaching and all companies have plan to launch a new product, so does Gionee. The company is expected to launch the S5.5 at the MWC next week.

The Gionee S5.5 will sport a 5″ display with an undisclosed resolution, 1.7 GHz Quad-Core processor, 2 GB of RAM, 13 MP rear camera, and 5 MP front shooter. The Gionee S5.5 is the slimmest smartphone yet, measures 5.5 mm. Retaining the slim structure, the devices manages to be equipped with a 2300 mAh battery. We will keep you updated when we hear more from the company, stay tuned!

February 19, 2014
BlackBerry Messenger Now Available For Android 2.3 Gingerbread

BlackBerry shared its plans to bring the BlackBerry Messenger on Android 2.3 Gingerbread on 28th of January 2014. Previously, the application was only available for the Android version Ice Cream Sandwich and above and now starting today BBM is also available for Android 2.3 Gingerbread users.

Ever since the availability of BlackBerry Messenger on other operating systems, the company has seen a tremendous response from the users. Now, after the availability of he BBM app for Gingerbread users, the app will be downloaded by more users. Gingerbread takes 21 percent of over all Android platforms, and BlackBerry mentions in the blog that they are expecting lot of more downloads for the app after it is made available for Gingerbread.

[BlackBerry]

February 19, 2014
Samsung Galaxy S5 Will Be Equipped With a Fingerprint Sensor

Samsung’s flagship for this year, the Galaxy S5 is all set to launch on 24th February. However, following the tradition we have some leaks ahead of the official launch.

Sammobile has confirmed that Samsung will be using a fingerprint sensor on the home button of the Galaxy S5. If these reports are correct, Samsung will launch the Galaxy S5 with a fingerprint sensor on the home button which will work with a different technique. Probably different from what we have seen before.

In the report from Sammobile, the sensor on the Galaxy S5’s home button will work when users will swipe their finger from base to tip across the button, and access will not be granted if their hands are wet. Furthermore, their real-time fingerprint will appear on the screen as they swipe. The Galaxy S5 is said to keep 8 fingerprints, all to perform different actions like to launch an application.

We will have to wait and see what Samsung puts on the table during the launch at the Mobile World congress. We will bring you all the action from Barcelona.

[Sammobile]

February 18, 2014
Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo Launched in India At a Price of 40,900

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Note 3 Neo in India at a price of 40,900 INR. The company has also launched the Galaxy Grand Neo at a price of 18,450 INR along with the Note 3 Neo. The device will be available by end of this month while the Galaxy Grand Neo is already available in India.

The Galaxy Note 3 Neo sports a 5.5 Inch Super AMOLED HD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The Galalxy Note 3 Neo is powered by a hexa-core processor dual-core 1.7GHz Cortex A15 + quad-core 1.3GHz Cortex A7. Galaxy Note 3 is packed with a 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of inbuilt storage which is expandable upto 64 GB. This new member in the Galaxy series sports an 8 MP primary camera with LED flash and BSI sensor, and a 2 MP secondary camera.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo has preloaded apps like ChatON, WatchON, Screen Mirroring, S Voice, S Health, Group Play, Smart Scroll, Smart Pause, Air View, Story Album and S Translator and more. The S Pen comes with Air Command and Easy Clip feature, and also supports Multi Window and S Note.

This new device shares some of the features seen on the Galaxy Note 2, the 2 GB RAM, 16 GB storage, screen resolution and the cameras. However, this comes with the look and most of the features seen on the Galaxy Note 3.

February 18, 2014
HTC Desire 8 To Launch on 24th February

HTC Desire 8 was leaked sometime back, and now it is confirmed that HTC will launch this product in the market on the 24th of February 2014.

The post from HTC’s Weibo showcases a Desire 8 screenshot, and the second image shows the Sense UI highlighting the date and time: 10 am, 24 February, which will be in Mobile World Congress 2014. The Desire 8 is rumored to sport a 5.5 inch display with an unknown resolution. The HTC Desire 8 will be equipped with 13 MP camera, as per the rumors and will not sport an Ultra Pixel camera.

The launch is not away, we will bring you all the latest updates from the Mobile world Congress in Barcelona.

February 18, 2014
Gionee GPad G4 Launched in India, Priced at 18,999 INR

After the launch of the Gionee Elife E7 and the Elife E7 mini, Gionee has today launched two new smartphones in the Indian market. The GPad G4 and the GPad M2, priced at 18,999 INR and 10,999 INR respectively.

The GPad G4 sports a 5.7″ HD LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. The device is powered by a 1.5 Ghz Quad-Core cortex A7 Processor with PowerVR Series5XT GPU. The Gionee GPad G4 is packed with a 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of internal storage.

The Gionee GPad G4 is equipped with a 13 MP primary camera with AutoFocus and LED flash(Full HD video). The secondary camera on the device is a 5 MP shooter with Full HD images. This Dual SIM, Dual Standby device is powered by a 3200 mAh battery and as claimed by the company should give a 14 hours of talktime on 3G.

This new device comes with features like Smart Gesture, Face Unlock, OTA, Game Zone and runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. The GPad G4 will be available in Black and White Colors.

February 17, 2014
Here is an Exclusive look at the HTC M8 : HTC One Successor

While we are not far away from the launch of the possible successor of the HTC One (also known as M7), iGyaan has got some images of what may as well be the HTC M8.

The handset seen above sports a high quality polished Aluminum casing designed from a single block just like the HTC One. The M8 will have different specs compared to the HTC One including a 5-inch 1080p display powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8974 coupled with 3GB of RAM and Sense 6.0 UI on top of Android 4.4.2 KitKat.

If sources are correct the UltraPixel camera setup at the back is designed to use an 8mp sensor and a 4 MP sensor as opposed to the dual 5MP setup we have all been hearing. The led flash, like the one seen on the Apple iPhone 5s, is a dual-tone type.

The front is mostly identical to the HTC One and features a BoomSound speaker setup and lacks physical or dedicated capacitive touch buttons.

(Thanks Anonymous Tipster)

February 16, 2014
Google $3.2 Billion Nest Deal Now Official

Google said in a regulatory filing this morning that it had closed its acquisition of Nest on Feb. 7.

Nest has always been on Google’s radar. Google Ventures, the company’s startup investment arm, was one of the Nest’s early investors. Google was previously rumored to be building a Nest thermostat competitor, and there were even leaked screenshots of a smart thermostat app built by Google called “EnergySense,” which would let you control the temperature from a smartphone or Web client.

Google is pretty famous at this point for acquiring vast amounts of data on its users, as well as sharing that data. Co-founder of Nest, Matt Rogers, said in a Q&A on the company’s blog, “Our privacy policy clearly limits the use of customer information to providing and improving Nest’s products and services.” He goes on to claim that will not change.

Nest uses complex technology to solve a problem that lots of people have on an everyday basis. That’s what Page wants to do with Google. He wants to use complex technologies to come up with simple solutions for complex problems that huge masses of people have — like controlling their climate of their homes in an energy-efficient way.

A quick finalization of the deal was expected after the Federal Trade Commission fast-tracked its approval last week.

February 12, 2014
Tim Cook : Google Was Not Committed to Motorola

There’s plenty to talk about with the sale of Motorola to Lenovo, from what it means for the future of the American Smartphone manufacturer to the reasons Google bought them in the first pace, and everyone seems to have an opinion, including Apple’s CEO Tim Cook.

“I wasn’t surprised,” said Cook in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “Google gets rid of something that’s losing money, something that they’re not committed to.” Cook went on to state that becoming a company that melds hardware, software, and services together is quite difficult and that Google obviously hasn’t quite gotten proficient in this arena, which makes “Apple so special.”

The CEO further took dig at Google’s Android OS, calling the experience on its tablets ‘crappy,’ because the app is nothing more than a stretched out smartphone app.

When asked if Apple will do a larger screen iPhone, Cook responded, “What we’ve said is that until the technology is ready, we don’t want to cross that line. We want to give our customers what’s right in all respects – not just the size but in the resolution, in the clarity, in the contrast, in the reliability. There are many different parameters to measure a display and we care about all those, because we know that’s the window to the software.”

Other comments from Cook revolve around Google’s acquisition of Nest, stating that he and Apple both feel that buying large companies simply for the sake of “being big” and buying them is not what Apple wants or believes in. They are not against buying a large company, they simply care more about buying one that is fit right for them.

February 8, 2014
Google Dodges Fine with EU Antitrust Deal

As The Wall Street Journal reports, Google has clinched a settlement in its high-profile case with European Union antitrust regulators to address concerns that it is abusing its dominance in online search.

EU Antitrust Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said that he’s “strongly convinced” the new proposals sufficiently address the competition concerns, marking a major milestone in the three-year-old case. “This is an important step forward,” he told reporters in Brussels.

Google had been accused of giving favourable treatment to its own products in search results. The company said it looked forward to resolving the matter.

As FT reports, on the European Commission’s side, there is still going to be a final approval process. The groups that filed the original complaint against Google will be consulted, but it will not be a formal “market test”. The commission will monitor whether Google sticks to its promises.

The agreement means the world’s dominant search engine has avoided a process that could have lead to a fine of up to $5 billion, or 10 percent of its 2012 revenue. It must stick to the deal for the next five years. Google has a market share of about 90 percent of Internet searches in Europe, compared with around 70 percent in the U.S.

However, Google may still face a second EU investigation, this time into its Android operating system for smartphones, with potentially bigger risks for the company.

February 5, 2014