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Techzei’s Android coverage covers phones, apps, software updates, accessories and practical buying advice for Indian users.
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Google’s Nexus 7 2013 Edition Could Launch In India Next Month,Sources Reveal
Sources reveal that Google is planning to bring the Nexus 7 2013 edition officially in the Indian Market in November,three months after its global launch. It seems Google is likely to launch the device on its own rather than through the OEM Asus. The manufacturer of Nexus 7 tablets,Asus is not likely to handle retail…
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Everything You Need To Know About NEXUS 5
Its been quite some time since the images of Nexus 5 leaked via the official KitKat promo video from Google, and other sources. Little was known about its internals, although there were many rumours none had any valid source. Guys back at Android Police claim to have got their hands on the Nexus 5 user…
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Samsung Announces “Galaxy Round” Worlds First Smartphone With A Curved Display
It was time Samsung had to make the announcement, LG had already leaked what it had to offer a couple of days ago. The war was always on between LG & Samsung to release the first smartphone with a curved display. Samsung took to its blog, Samsung Tomorrow to official release details about what it…
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Droidcon India 2013 : India’s Largest Android Developer Conference
Droidcon is India’s largest Android developer conference, and is part of the world wide series of conferences that happen in London, Paris, Berlin, Netherlands, Tunis, Ankara and Brussels. Droidcon has been happening in Bangalore,India for the past two years successfully and is back again with Droidcon 2013. Droidcon 2013 is a three-day event that’s happening…
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Android Platform Fragmentation – October 2013
Google updated its Android developer platform the latest statistics which show that Android 4.X powers more than 70% of the Android devices that visit the Google Play store. Currently,Android 4.1.X Jellybean is the popular version with 36.5% share and Gingerbread still remains the second most popular version with 28.5% which has dropped from 34.1% since…
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Jellybean 4.2.2 Custom ROM for Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-5830
Over a month ago on Techzei’s Youtube Channel a video of Samung Galaxy Ace running Jellybean 4.2.2 Custom ROM (AOKP cooper build) was posted and lot of viewers request for the tutorial, So here is how to get Jellybean 4.2.2 running on your Galaxy Ace GT-S5830. I’ve been using this ROM even before it’s nightly release and…
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Mycolorscreen’s Themer For Android : Hands On
Android undoubtedly has the upper hand over any other OS when it comes to personalisation. Any part of the OS can be tweaked to our liking, but until today it need manual work or even root privileges or a custom ROM available on various forums. MyColorScreen is a website known to most, where individuals share…
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Whatsapp+ For Android Gives A Customisable Whatsapp Experience
Android is known for its customisation, this feature sets it apart from Apple’s iOS which is highly restricted.Developers in the community often spend their leisure time modding app apks so that they could be themed as well, one such developer rafalense introduced us to “Whatsapp+” Whatsapp+ is a modded version of whatsapp which retains all…
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Smart NAMO : Phone Dedicated To Narendra Modi!
NaMo fever has caught up everywhere, there has been a two fold increase in coverage about him by the media ever since he has been declared the Prime Ministerial candidate of BJP.Undoubtedly, he has many fans, thanks to the way he has shaped Gujarat (No, we are NOT campaigning). A few of his fans have…
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Samsung launches gold coloured S4
This is probably world’s biggest rip off. Actually you can’t call it a rip off. Android fans might even argue it’s just a colour. But this shows Samsung’s inability to even think. Samsung earned some of my respect with their innovations for Galaxy S3 last year. But now, they’ve just lost it. Samsung has been…
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Focal is Now Available In The Google Play Store
Few days ago , The developer behind the Focal App quit CyanogenMod Team and now has released the App in beta on the Google Play Store.When Focal was released in the latest nightly builds of CyanogenMod , We had done a complete review of the App. Focal App is jam packed with tons of features and…
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Developer Behind Focal App,Guillaume Lesniak Quits CyanogenMod Team
Focal : A replacement camera app found in the latest CyanogenMod Nightly builds, has been scrapped off. The creator of it, Guillaum Lesniak seems to have cut off from the CM team. On September 1 Entropy512, Elite recognized developer of XDA forums, a close friend of Guillaume Lesniak a.k.a xplodwild took it to XDA to vent his…
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Opera Mini To Come Preloaded On More Android Devices in the Indian Market
Opera software announced it’s partnership with few more Indian smartphone manufacturers like Micromax, Spice, iBall,Wynncom, Videocon, Lemon Mobiles and MoMagic Technologies wherein the OEM’s would bundle the Opera Mini as the exclusive third party browser in their upcoming Android phones and tablets. Some of the most recent Android smartphones to be launched with Opera Mini…
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Steve Kondik And Team Announce “A New Chapter” For CyanogenMod
Steve Kondik, fondly known as Cyanogen took to the CM blog to let us all know what has been going around the project of late and a peek. The highlights are : CyanogenMod is now Cyanogen, Inc. Backed by $7MM Series A financing, which is being led by Benchmark. CM installer app in the play…
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Xtreme Browser For Android : Extremely Light Yet Powerful
XDA senior member and Android developer JMP has just released a new browser for android called “Xtreme Browser”. This browser is under 200KB yet offers a rich browsing experience along with few essential features. Features Use Max. 3 Tab (Unlimited in Pro) Use Browser as Android,Internet Explorer (Get Extra 5 in Pro). Latest Gesture Support…