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Walmart Silently Lists Two New Onn Tablets Powered by Android 10 With a Pro Moniker
Amazon’s Fire range of tablets have been ruling the budget Android tablet segment for a while now since there were no cheap alternatives. Walmart previously launched their Onn series of tablets running a near stock version of Android certified by Google but they have been pretty underwhelming and remained unpopular. Walmart is now back with…
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OnePlus 6T Announced With On-Screen Fingerprint Sensor And A Smaller Notch
OnePlus has topped its previous flagship device once again, with more new features and innovations. OnePlus Founder and CEO Pete Lau took to the stage in Delhi to unveil the company’s latest offering, OnePlus 6T. With OnePlus’s 6-month release cycle, T updates usually come with incremental upgrades. However, this one feels huge. The biggest change…
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Honor 8, Honor 8 Smart and Holly 3 launched in India
Huawei finally launched it’s latest flagship phone in the Honor series in India, which has the similar dual camera from the bigger Huawei P9. Honor 8 has 2.5D glass on front and back which is a composition of over 15 layers of glass. Honor 8 is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 950 made using the FinFET+…
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Aircel gets 53% Data Revenue Growth and 65% Consumption Growth, thanks to ‘Be Online with Aircel’
Aircel, a prominent service provider in India, gets 53% Data Revenue Growth and 65% Consumption Growth. The major reason behind is their campaign, ‘Be Online With Aircel’. They have multiple competitive plans for data which makes it more accessible for the first time users. Under this ‘Be Online With Aircel’ campaign, one of the plans…
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Chat without Internet using Firechat
Due to heavy rains in Chennai, mobile phone towers in Chennai are going down due to the extended periods of power cuts. Most of them are down as the generators they’ve been running on are probably out of fuel by now. Firechat is an app that works on peer to peer messaging and hence doesn’t need…
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InkCase is a E-ink Display case for iPhone 6 and 6s
Ever wanted a really cool case for your iPhone ? InkCase is the answer. OAXIS has announced the launch of it’s e-ink case for the iPhone 6/6s. Previously, the company had made e-ink cases for the iPhone 5s/5 and a couple of Android devices. InkCase i6’s e-ink display utilizes less battery than iPhone uses, so…
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Freedom OS 1.1 updated for Swipe ELITE with new features
Swipe Technologies, an Indian smartphone maker has been making a lot of devices at the low-end smartphone range. One of the most successful product of the company in the last few months has been, Swipe ELITE which has been sold exclusively on Flipkart. Swipe pointed out that based on a report compiled by Vserv, it…
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OnePlus India : Nightmare In The Form Of A “Pop Up” Event
We were one of the first Indian site to do a review of the OnePlus One. We bought the device with our own money, reshipped it, paid the duty and then did the review. We even went on to make a post to help OnePlus fans in India to prebook the phone before it was officially launched…
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Everything Asus announced at it’s August 2015 event in India
Last Thursday, I was in Delhi to attend the Asus Zenfestival which I thought it would be a normal press meet but a bit bigger because they flew down people all over from India. But to my surprise, it was a really big venue with a crowd of over 2,500 people. They combined a fan meet and…
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The Free Software Foundation’s Statement On Windows 10
The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a non-profit organisation, which actively supports the free software movement has put out a statement on Windows 10. They have urged everyone to reject windows 10 amind growing privacy concerns. The entire statement is as follows The Free Software Foundation urges everyone to reject Windows 10 and join us in…
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Global Mobile App Summit 2015 to be held in Chennai
Global Mobile App Summit 2015 to be held in Chennai on 28th and 29th May at ITC Grand Chola featuring speakers from around the world sharing their experience in the Mobile Application development. The event brings together the mobile media experts and aims to provide recognition for the best mobile apps. The whole idea behind…
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Moto E and Moto G will get Android 5.0 Lollipop Update
Motorola has confirmed that all its current Moto series phones along with Droid Maxx, Ultra and Droid mini will be getting the next iteration of Android – Android 5.0 Lollipop. It had been a question for a long time if Motorola will provide the update for Motorola Moto E but It was understood when Motorola…
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Xiaomi Announces Prices Of It’s Accessories
Flipkart has official listed various Xiaomi Accessories for the Mi3 which can also be used with other smartphones, Though the items are “Out of stock” for now, the sale is set to launch in the immediate future. Like we’ve mentioned in the past about Xiaomi phones, the accessories are equally good in quality and worth the…
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Google Now Launcher Now Available For All Android Devices
Until today, Google Now Launcher remained exclusive to the Nexus range and the Google Play edition devices. Google has finally decided to change that with today’s update it’s Launcher app on the Google Play Store. Google Now Launcher app is now available for all Android devices running on 4.1 Jellybean and above. This was a…
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Xiaomi launches 13$ Fitness Band called “Mi Band”
Xiaomi announced the Mi3 successor, Mi4 with all new improved specs and numbers at a event in Beijing, China. This was not the only best thing that was announced during the event, Xiaomi announced it’s 13$ Mi band which is a wearable device available in a range of colors. Mi Band’s primary task is for…
