Tuesday, October 22, 2013

BBM for Android and iOS Officially available

Smartphone company Blacberry relaunched their Blackberry Messenger or BBM after the launch was delayed a month ago due to some issues. They released the BBM in a phased manner then. The app was launched for iOS and Android on Monday and was download 5 million times within 8 hours which was announced in a twitter post.


To install BBM you can directly go to their website www.bbm.com or you go to respective stores for Android go to Google Play and for iOS(iPhone) you can go to iTunes and download it.

When you install the app it asks you for email address and then after few days Blackberry will contact you for approval of the account to start messaging. This doesn't apply to those people who have already signed up at BBM.com which were about 6 million, they get to use the facility immediately.

BBM for Android is specified only for devices running Android 4.0 or above and also few devices are not compatible for the app. For iOS it is only available for the iPhone. Blackberry is yet to release the app for Windows and other Apple products.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Lava launched its 7-inch Lava Ivory Tablet

The Indian smartphone company recently announced the release of their new Tablet in their e-tab series. It is the E-Tab Ivory Tablet with 7-inch screen. The tablet is available across the country at the price tag of Rs. 10,199.


As stated it has a 7-inch screen with a resolution of 1024×600 pixels and equipped with a dual-core MediaTek processor running at 1.2GHz. It has a RAM of 1GB and has Powervr SGX531 GPU for an awesome gaming and video experience. The gadget comes with the internal memory of 4GB. As usual as in a tablet Ivory Tablet has WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS. The device also supports 3G calling and has dual-sim slots for calling.

The camera equipped in the device is of very low quality, that is a rear camera of 2 Megapixels and a front VGA camera for video calling.  It has a good 3000mAh Li ion battery. It runs on Android 4.1 (Jellybean) OS and comes with pre-installed apps like WhatsApp, OLX, Facebook, Gmail, Twitter and games like NFS HD and Total Recall HD.The device is 10.8mm thick and it has a Silver color metallic finish with a white Bezel.

The device is not recommended by us as there are other tablets in market at this price range which are much better. If you want a dual-sim tablet then its a go for you.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Google announced their new Chromebook

There were set rumors for the announcement of new Chromebook by Google. They finally announced it on Tuesday.



Google announced it this morning in an even the new laptop in the series which is the HP Chromebook 11. It is launched at the cheapest price than any other in the Chromebook series at the cost of $279 on the official website. As the name suggests it has an 11-inch screen with a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixel with IPS display panel with 176 viewing angle. It runs on the Samsung's dual core Exynos processor which is usually used in smartphones. They are also giving 100GB of free Google Drive storage for 2 years with the device with this they give 60-day trial to use whole of the Google Play Music All Access.

The design of the device is quite attractive. It has a magnesium chassis built for a strong built and has no visible screws,vents or speakers which makes it look cleaner. It has a small built, weighs about 1.04kg and is 0.69 inches thin. It is available in 6 different colors including black and white.


It comes equipped with 2GB DDR3 RAM and 16GB SSD. They promise a battery backup of about 6 hours. As promised the device can boot up within 10 seconds. It also has the new Bluetooth 4.0 with WiFi at dual-band 802.11 a/b/g/n equipped in it. The device can be charged via the normal Micros USB which is used by other Smartphones. It has a combined headphone/microphone jack which is again used by other Smartphones but for a laptop its a bit disappointing. It comes with two USB 2.0 port.

Google is yet to announce the price for 3G and 4G/LTE model. It will be having a Micro-SIM slot for the function.

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Top 5 Android phones below Rs.10,000 with lowest price online

This is a compilation of best android phone below the Rs.10,000 budget with their lowest price availability.

1. Micromax Canvas 2 A110 at Rs. 9399


An awesome phone with 8 Megapixel primary camera, 4.9-inch large touch screen and with 1GHz processor and the only drawback is 512 RAM. It runs Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS.


2. Karbonn S5 Titanium at Rs. 9999


Though Karbonn is new in this price range and you also get a bonus of Dual Sim in the gadget. The phone has good specifications; It also has 8 Megapixel primary camera like Canvas 2 but with a larger screen of 5-inch and 1.2 GHz Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor. It operates on Android 4.1 (Jellybean) OS.


3. Xolo Q800 at Rs. 9870


Xolo has come up with this phone with Dual Sim and nice specifications equipped with 8 Megapixel primary camera like Canvas 2 and  S5 Titanium but has a smaller screen of 4.5-inch. It has the 1.2Ghz Quad core Processor as the Titanium has. And operates on Android 4.1 (Jellybean) OS.


4. Spice Steller Virtuoso Pro+ Mi-492 at Rs. 7499


This one also is a dual sim phone. It has 5 Megapixel primary camera, with a screen size of 4.5-inch. This phone has the best processor of all phones under this budget i.e 1.3GHz dual core processor. It runs on newer Android 4.2 (Jellybean) OS


5. Xperia E at Rs. 7559


The phone is the smallest among all but is from a big brand so you can rely on them. The camera is 3.2 Megapixel which is less but the camera quality is from Sony so its good. The screen is 3.5-inch and runs with 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor. The phone has Android 4.1 (Jellybean) OS.

Apple Hires Nike FuelBand Designer Ben Shaffer , iWatch Coming Soon?

Apple Has Hired Ben Shaffer Who was the Designer of NikeFuel Band, He was also the Studio Director of the Innovation Kitchen which is Nike’s research and development lab where new product designs are created. The Nike Fuelband is a Activity Tracker worn in the  , Hearbeat etc.Wrist. It Racks Our Physical Activity Such as Calories burned , Heat Beat count etc. The Fast Company named Nike as the most innovative company of 2013.


 Apple, Earliar This Year also Hired the fitness expert and the FuelBand Consalant Jay Bhalnik. After All This We Can Conclude that the tech giant Apple is Trying to make a Wearable Gadget with Ben Shaffer, Which can be know as "iWatch".Only time will tell, or if we get any exclusive leaked news we will keep you informed.


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Friday, September 27, 2013

Apple Releases iOS 7.0.2



Apple Has Started to roll out its iOS 7.0.2 Due to a Major Security Bug Found in The Lock screen which was Found the Very Next Day after The Release of iOS 7 for iPhone, iPod & iPad Users. The Bug Could Let a Person Bypass iPhone Lock screen to gain access to Personal Information like photos, Texts & other social networking accounts. It also led a person call any number from the emergency call tab. So , iOS 7.0.2 is Just a Basic Security Update with a Greek Keyboard for Passcode entry. Apple Also Releases iOS 7 Beta 4 For Developers


"A NULL dereference existed in the lock screen which would cause it to restart if the emergency call button was tapped repeatedly. While the lock screen was restarting, the call dialer could not get the lock screen state and assumed the device was unlocked, and so allowed non-emergency numbers to be dialed. This issue was addressed by avoiding the NULL dereference,” said Apple.

Xperia M Dual-sim phone up for Pre-order


Sony launched a new phone in their Xperia series which has been going on for a while now. They launched the Dual-sim phone of their Xperia M. The company has finally come into the Indian market with an entry level phone.

The phone launch was announced in June this year and now it has launched at a price tag of Rs. 14490 ($220) which can be Pre-Ordered from Flipkart at the same rate.

The phone has a 4-inch large screen with a resolution of 854x480 and PPI 245 with Adreno 305 GPU for gaming and smooth videos. It has a 1GHz Qualcomm dual-core processor and equipped with 1 GB RAM. The device has Android 4.1 (Jellybean) operating system.It comes in 4 colors namely Black,White and Purple.

The phone comes with one primary camera of 5 Mega pixels with LED flash camera is capable of taking HD videos, and a 0.3 Mega pixel front facing secondary camera which lets you do video calling.

Also this phone supports the NFC feature or the Near Field Communication technology which by Sony is called One-touch function. As just one touch is needed to share videos,pictures,music,files etc to another device like Television or Speakers. It has 4GB internal storage and is expandable to 32GB via MicroSD card.

Xperia M inspires its design from Xperia Z phone and has a 1,750 mAh battery which can work for 10 hours talk time and 500 hours on standby in 2G network. Phone will start shipping by the end of November.