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Lava Iris Pro 30 Review

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 07:30 PM PST

Lava launched Iris Pro 30, the company's latest flagship last month after a long delay. We already brought you the Hands-on, photo gallery, unboxing, benchmarks and camera samples of the device. The Iris Pro 30, the first phone in the Iris Pro series is quite different from previous Lava smartphones in terms of design and hardware. Can it compete with other phones in the similar range? Let's find out in the complete review. Unboxing We brought the unboxing of Lava Iris Pro 30 last week, check out the unboxing video below. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWk6pWfkfxk Box Contents Lava Iris Pro 30 in black 2 pin 0.3A USB charger Micro USB cable In-ear earphones with mic User manual and information booklet Hardware and Design The first thing you notice about the smartphone is its stunning 4.7-inch HD display with 312 ppi pixel density. The IPS screen is sharp, bright, offers vibrant color output and has great viewing angles. It is a bit glossy and is prone to finger prints, but the sunlight legibility is good. Lava has sourced the display from Sharp, which is based on (OGS) technology that reduces the phone's thickness by reducing the air gap between the touch sensor, display and the cover glass. The display also has Corning Gorilla Glass protection. ...

AOSP commit suggests Android to replace Dalvik with ART in upcoming release

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 05:14 PM PST

When Android KitKat rolled out we got our first glimpse of what could be the new runtime heading to Android. Dubbed ART, it was introduced as a preview for enthusiast users and came with a fare share of warnings. Code changes spotted in a recent commit to the AOSP ie Android Open Source Project suggest that the switchover from Dalvik to ART may be coming sooner rather than later. Owing to the rapid adoption in the community, numerous bug reports, it is quite possible that the Android team has managed to get the runtime ready for primetime sooner than expected.  So what exactly is ART? ART stands for Android Runtime and aims to replace Dalvik as the default runtime on Android devices while drastically improving performance. The current runtime relies on JIT ie Just In Time compiling which results in a fairly significant overhead on the handset. ART on the other hand relies on Ahead Of Time compilation which compiles applications while they're being installed. This increases app installation size a bit but results in much improved app performance.  Will ART make its way to the next release remains uncertain but for now it has been made the default runtime in the ...

Android runs on 79% of 2013 smartphones, Windows Phone posts fastest growth

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 05:55 AM PST

It's the numbers season, with various analysis groups releasing their take on the smartphone market for the whole year of 2013. We saw the IDC report recently that the Smartphone market has crossed the 1 billion threshold. In that lineup, we have Canalys reporting that Android dominated 2013 with almost 80% of that whole Smartphone market in 2013, and amongst them, Windows Phone posted the fastest growth, with a 69% rise YoY between the three major platforms. Both Android's meteoric rise to the top and Windows Phone's slow rise from the bottom are pretty much known quantities now, but some of the numbers are interesting. The second biggest platform, Apple's iOS, has almost stagnated with only 7% growth by losing marketshare, whereas Android is steadily growing at 54%, a good 10% above the market growth percentage. This technically means that Android will reach its maximum in about 2 or 3 years if it and the market retains the growth pattern. Yes, it can happen only at the expense of gobbling up other platform's shares but it begs this question. Will we we start to see saturation in the Smartphone market soon? Canalys reports that OS-wise shipments are a whopping 785 million ...

Inq Mobile, the first Facebook phone maker shuts down

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:51 AM PST

Inq Mobile, UK-based smartphone and software development company has shut down after six years of business. It was the first company to launch Facebook phone, the INQ Cloud Touch with built-in Facebook app back in 2011. Later it launched apps from the INQ Cloud Touch and other INQ smartphones for other Android smartphones. The company was backed by Hutchison Whampoa based in Hong Kong. Last year it released SO.HO social app for Android smartphones that offered social feeds from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc into one homescreen. It already shut down its old apps, now the company has removed even its new SO.HO app from the Play Store. On the website, Inq, said We'll be closing our doors on 31st January 2014. Material will serve its final editions on the 28th January and, whilst SO.HO will continue to function after our closure, it will not be updated after this point. It did not reveal any reason for the shutdown. We guess it's due to huge competition in the mobile application space. Twitter regularly updates its official apps with new features and asks developers not to create any more new apps. Facebook would release Paper, a social news aggregatornext week. It also plans to release ...

Samsung Galaxy S4 and S4 Mini go Black with faux leather back

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:38 AM PST

Samsung Galaxy S4 was announced last year and it is all set to be replaced by the Samsung Galaxy S5 which is rumored to arrive on February 23rd. Samsung unveiled various editions of the Samsung Galaxy S4 - Gold Edition, Crystal Edition and now, we have the black edition. What the black edition does is that it comes with a faux leather back that featured in Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Apart from the black color and the faux leather back, there is nothing else to differentiate the Samsung Galaxy S4 from the LTE version(Snapdragon 600 variant) which comes with a glossy plastic back. It is not just Samsung Galaxy S4 that has been given a better back, but its Mini version - Galaxy S4 Mini also gets the black variant with a faux leather back. The pricing is also little higher for the black edition with faux leather back. Samsung Galaxy S4 - RUB 22,000(Rs. 39,000 approx) | Samsung Galaxy S4 Black variant - RUB 23,000(Rs. 40,700 approx) Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini - RUB 15,000(Rs. 26,800 approx) | Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Black variant - RUB 16,000(Rs. 28,600 approx) If Samsung has given the Galaxy S4, a Galaxy Note 3 treatment in terms of build ...

Motorola Moto G coming soon to Flipkart

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 02:00 AM PST

Motorola may have been sold to a Chinese manufacturer - Lenovo, but Moto G is on its way to India. A few days back, Motorola teased about release details of Moto G on their Facebook page and now we have more. But this time it comes from India's leading eCommerce portal - Flipkart. Motorola Moto G is coming soon to Flipkart and they have a separate dedicated Moto G page to keep track of the device. Motorola Moto G was probably designed keeping in India the huge mid-range dual SIM Android smartphone market, but it hasn't come to India yet. The phone was announced way back in November and it was expected to be available in the Indian market by now. But that is not the case and the company plans to start the sales probably in February. Flipkart will probably get the device first as it has a dedicated page and special offers for people buying the device on launch date. For those of you who don't know about the Motorola Moto G, you can check out the specifications right below 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) edge-to-edge display at 329 ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass protection 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor ...

Uber launching in Chennai soon, limited cars are available for trips already!

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 01:39 AM PST

Uber which is one of my favorite services in USA for commuting is launching in the South Indian city of Chennai soon. The service is already available in Delhi  & Bangalore and the company has announced that it is rolling out the service in Chennai with a limited number of cars. I just opened the app and found that a black car would pick me up in around 10 mins in the city which is very good news for Chennai residents. Update: The cars which will be initially available are Mercedes E-Class, Toyota Altis and BMW 5 Series . Fares Base fare  ₨ 50.00 + ₨ 2.00 per minute /₨ 15.00 Per kilometer. Minimum fare is Rs.100 and cancellation fee is Rs.100. We are trying to find out from the company about the fares and also the types of cars which are going to be available. It will be interesting to see how call taxis and other players react to Uber in the city. The Chennai market is dominated by call taxis and private cabs. The service is available on both Android and iOS and you can book a car right from your phone and you don't have to pay the driver and everything is billed ...

Cygnett launches car mounts for smartphones and tablets in India starting at Rs. 1099

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 12:59 AM PST

Cygnett, popular international digital accessories brand has launched new range of car mounts. These are compatible with most leading Smartphones (Standard and large screen ones) andtablets (all sizes). These allow for full gadget functionality. The Cygnett Car Mount Universal I & II are easy-to-install car mounts with adjustable grip to fit almost any phone width and 360-degree rotation. It launched all-weather smartphone bike mounts couple of weeks back. Commenting on the new launch, Pankaj Mirchandani, Managing Partner, RCA (Cygnett's India partner), said The range covers both front and back seat travelers. For the front seat passengers, we have the Dashview Universal I & II smartphone mounts. And the CarGo tablet-mount keeps the back-seat passengers engaged. Cygnett products ensure that you are able to access your devices with ease and safety while on the move. Features of DashView Universal and DashView Universal II Smartphone Car mounts Soft cushioning material holds your smart phone in place safely and  securely Quick release suction base attaches firmly to windscreen, dash or any flat surface in the car. Mounts rotate 360-degree Features of CarGo Tablet mount Transforms your back seat into a digital entertainment hub. Provides a safe and stable place for your Tablet. Easy to use, snaps on & off a car's headrest in seconds 360-degree rotation and tilt feature allows the ...

Mxit cross-platform mobile messaging app officially launched in India

Posted: 31 Jan 2014 12:12 AM PST

Mxit, South Africa's giant mobile messaging app has been officially launched in India. South Africa's cricketing icon and former Indian Cricket team coach Gary Kirsten is Mxit India's Brand Ambassador. You get the usual images sharing, group chat with up to 50 users across platforms, apart from the text chat. It is also data light allowing users with even the most basic 2G connection. It would be especially attractive for businesses and NGOs as Mxit utilises the tools already available to the majority of Indian employers and workers, says Mxit. It available for Java, Nokia, iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows phone platforms.   It supports more than 8,000 different feature phones, smartphones and tablets, says the company. It is currently available in English and Hindi, but it would get support for 10 Indian languages (Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese and Oriya) in the next 6 months. httpv://youtu.be/XsNVwBfNSDs At the launch, Sam Rufus Nallaraj, CEO of Mxit India Pvt. Ltd. said, India is currently the world's largest feature phone market and continues to grow. Launching Mxit brings innovative mobile technology to the masses making the 'smartphone' experience affordable to every Indian consumer. We're excited at the prospect of enhancing the lives of Indians ...

Archos unveils 9, 9.7 and 10.1-inch Android tablets in new Neon series

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 11:41 PM PST

Archos had already launched tablets in Cobalt, Titanium, Platinum and Gen10 XS series. Now the company has unveiled three new tablets, the Archos 90 Neon, Archos 97 Neon and the Archos 101 Neon in the new Neon series. The Archos 90 Neon has a 9'" (800 x 480 pixels) display and is powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core Cortex A9 processor. The Archos 97 Neon has a 9.7-inch (1024 x 768 pixels) screen and is powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Cortex A9 processor with Mali 400 MP4 GPU. The Archos 101 Neon has a 10.1-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) screen and is powered by a 1.4 GHz quad-core processor. All these run on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) OS. All these tablets have a VGA front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM, 8GB on-board storage and expandable memory up to 64GB via micro SD. The Archos 97 Neon also comes with a 2-megapixel rear camera. All these have WiFi connectivity, full HD video playback and comes with Google Play Store and Google apps pre-installed, but no details about the battery capacity yet. These tablets are listed on the official website, but no sign of launch date or pricing yet. Via

Lenovo tablets A3500 and A3300 spotted at Bluetooth approval

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 11:31 PM PST

Lenovo has bought Motorola, but that doesn't mean the company has even paused for anything. Two Lenovo tablets - Lenovo A3500 and Lenovo A3300 have been spotted at the Bluetooth approval yesterday. There is no official word on their launch yet, but they will be announced very soon. According to the Chinese website Mobile-dad, the specifications of the Lenovo A3500 are as follows 7inch IPS display 800x1280pixels 3G connectivity 1.3GHz quad-core processor 1GB RAM 5MP rear camera and 2MP front facing camera As for the other tablet - Lenovo A3300, the specifications are as follows - 7inch display with 600x1024 resolution 1.3GHz dual-core processor 1GB RAM 2MP rear camera and VGA front camera These tablets will be running Android Jellybean out of the box. There is no information on what version it will run. These tablets could join the Lenovo series of affordable tablets and will compete with the budget tablets from Indian manufacturers. We will bring you more information as soon as we have them.

Yahoo discovers Yahoo Mail hack, resets passwords on impacted accounts

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 11:02 PM PST

Yahoo has asked the users to change their Yahoo Mail passwords, after hackers manged gain unauthorized access to Yahoo Mail accounts. The company has reset passwords on impacted accounts and is closely working with federal law enforcement to find the perpetrators responsible for this attack. Regarding the security breach, Jay Rossiter, SVP, Platforms and Personalization Products, said, The list of usernames and passwords that were used to execute the attack was likely collected from a third-party database compromise. We have no evidence that they were obtained directly from Yahoo's systems. Our ongoing investigation shows that malicious computer software used the list of usernames and passwords to access Yahoo Mail accounts. Impacted users will be prompted to change their password and may receive an email notification or an SMS. If you have not changed your yahoo mail password already, change it, even if you have not received any email. Yahoo encourages users to use Two-factor authentication that was available since 2011. Yahoo did not say how many accounts had been compromised, nor when the attacks had taken place. Last year Adobe had a huge security breach, which exposed account details of millions of customers.

Evernote for iPhone and iPad updated with customizable home screen and new features

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 10:23 PM PST

Evernote has updated its iPhone and iPad app to version 7.3.0 that brings a lot of new features including new home screen customization options. Last year it was completely redesigned with a new look inspired from simplified look of iOS 7. The new customizable home screen option lets you Choose Color themes (light, dark and classic green), option to show or hide items from sections, sync status below the Settings gear to view sync progress and more. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HOROMnILMo New Features in Evernote 7.3.0 for iPhone and iPad Redesigned home screen with new customization options Choose from three color themes: Light, Dark, and Classic All users can now add, remove, and rearrange sections Show or hide details for each section Save business card scans to your contacts automatically Set audio note quality to optimize for sound or file size This update also makes the app much more faster and more responsive that previous versions and the bugs related to corrupting audio notes have been fixed. Download Evernote (Free) – iPhone and iPad

Foxconn made BlackBerry OS 10.2 Smartphone gets certification

Posted: 30 Jan 2014 10:17 PM PST

Foxconn would be manufacturing BlackBerry OS 10.2 smartphones and the company's chairman Terry Gou announced that these smartphones will be showcased at the MWC 2014 which is three weeks away from now. Among the phones that could be showcased there, a phone by the model number STJ100-1 passed Bluetooth SIG certification yesterday. According to information from the certifying company, the phone is designed to run BlackBerry OS 10.2 and the phone is not manufactured by RIM. It is manufactured by FIH CO., LTD which is Foxconn International Holdings. There isn't much information about this product, but it is expected to be announced and showcased at the MWC 2014. Based on rumors, it is expected to house a full touch display and it will not come with the traditional full QWERTY keyboards that is usually seen on BlackBerry smartphone. The phone is rumored to be called as Jakarta and will be launching in Indonesia whose captial is Jakarta. These are merely rumors and speculations, but we will let you know as soon as anything goes official. Via
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