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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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Everything About Android 4.3 JellyBean
Google finally announced Android 4.3 , a sweeter version of Jelly Bean.It includes great new features for users and developers. Android 4.3 powers the new Nexus 7 tablet that’s coming soon to Google Play and retail outlets, and it’s rolling out now as an update to Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Nexus 10, and Galaxy Nexus…
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HTC Announces HTC Desire 500 With Quad-Core Processor
HTC has announced yet another smartphone running on Google’s Android platform called the “HTC Desire 500” , the phone is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz along with 1GB RAM and 4GB internal storage and an expandable microSD card slot that supports upto 64GB. HTC Desire 500 sports a 4.3-inch WVGA display and weighs…
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Angry Birds Star Wars II
Rovio is back with a new game in their highly successful series, Angry Birds Star Wars II which is rumoured to be the prequel for the original Angry Birds Star Wars. This time around, Rovio is interested in Merchandising. They have introduced a new feature called Telepods where you can bring in new characters when…
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Download Unofficial BBM For Android
XDA Senior member SigitCGumilars has released “BBM For Android” quite some time back, when we tested it previously it did not work. After a long gap, we just tried it yet again & shockingly it worked ! Although the developer has abandoned the project since Blackberry has decided to launch its messenger on the play…
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Android Platform Fragmentation – July 2013
The Android Developer portal has been updated with new statistics showing the exact fragmentation of the Android OS around the world , for the first time Jelly Bean is the most-used operating system in the Android world. Many users are yet to upgrade from the gingerbread version of Android , with about 34.1% of them…
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Micromax Canvas 4 : Just Another Rebranded Chinese Phone
Micromax just launched their Canvas 4 with much hype. Before you’re even excited about it, let us cut you short. It is yet another re-branded Chinese phone. BLU (Mobile vendor in Latin America) and WIKO(Mobile vendor in France) have launched a similar phone. After digging a lot ,we found that both BLU & Micromax have…
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Kreyos Meteor: The Watch that beats all
Wearable technology is the market which every Technology Company is trying to make a hit now. Google, made their Google Glass which is not perfect. It still has it’s own flaws. Apple recently Trademarked iWatch in Japan hinting at their next product. Then there is the Pebble watch which is a product of a KickStarter…
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Why Karbonn Mobiles Doesn’t Deserve A Foothold In The Indian Market
We generally don’t do this. We have always supported our very own Indian brands, but Karbonn mobile has a lot to work on before deserving a decent share in the Indian market. DISCLAIMER : The following has been written as an outcome of a disastrous experience. A quick check on the devices they offer and…
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Android Studio 0.1.3 Released
Google Developers said We’ve just released Android Studio 0.1.3 with a number of fixes around Gradle project support, editor support, and user reported crashes. There is a new toolbar action for syncing Gradle file state with the IDE; source and layout editors now properly handle Gradle flavors and build types, and lint warns and can fix…
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How To Try Google Glass On Android Smartphone
Everyone’s so excited about the Google Glass. Everyone hopes that google ships these devices by the end of 2013. For the unlucky ones who could not get the hands on the Google Glass , this might be your lucky day. Couple of developers have hacked the glass for good and made it to run on…
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How to use iTunes U On Android With Feedly
Learn How to use iTunes U On Android Today ! iTunes U is a service that was created to manage, distribute, and control access to educational audio and video content and PDF files for students within a college or university as well as for the broader Internet. iTunes U has some interesting content for every user. Here is the…
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Root Karbonn A1+
Karbonn A1+ is a android smartphone which was announced in late 2012. Features 3.5″ TFT capacitive touchscreen, 3 MP camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. How to Root Karbonn A1+ First Method Drivers for your Computer – PdaNet+ (Download and Install ) Enable USB Debugging Mode on Karbonn A1+ Download SHUAME Software and Install it Connect the Phone to…
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Easiest Way to Try Ubuntu Touch on Your Galaxy Nexus
Finally I got back my old galaxy nexus, the long wait to test Ubuntu Touch has finally ended. Going through the Ubuntu website and forums I just realised it was a pain in the arse to follow their way of installing. So after spending sometime on xda I found this way which is as easy…
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Minimalistic Jellybean Fusion Remix : Micromax A110
This is our first attempt into Android development, You need to have CWM recovery before installing this ROM. Dont worry if you dont have it yet, just follow this simple guide : Flash ClockWorkMod Recovey For Micromax A110 Canvas 2 Get to know about the ROM before proceeding to download & flash it on your…
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Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery For Micromax A110 Canvas 2
Here is a quick tutorial to flash a custom recovery (ClockworkMod recovery) on your Micormax A110 Canvas 2. 1.Download the flashtool here & CWM recovery from here (extract the zip file to get the recovery which is a .img file) 2.Make sure you have micromax drivers / Cynus T2 drivers, depending on the ROM your…
