Lenovo has introduced a new smartphone for its home market and for a change, the Chinese giant has not gone with a MediaTek chip. The Vibe Z (K910) is powered by Snapdragon’s top-of-the-line 800 processor and boasts the same anti-fingerprint finish you’d find on the Vibe X. As far as other features are concerned, the […]
Archives for November 2013
Sony Xperia Z Ultra
If consumers were asked “how big their smartphone screen should be?” a few years back, majority would’ve answered with a display size of 4 to 4.5-inches as the sweet spot. However, things have drastically changed in the last couple of years. Not only consumers have accepted the idea of a device with a large display, […]
Oppo announces CyanogenMod edition of N1
China-based Oppo recently announced the Oppo N1 device and today they’ve announced to sell limited numbers of CyanogenMod equipped N1. This Oppo N1 will come running CyanogenMod out of the box and includes accessories like CyanogenMod stickers, unique packaging and a specially designed case for the N1 that features CyanogenMod and Oppo mascots – Cid […]
Nvidia unveils GeForce GTX 780 Ti
Nvidia has expanded its GeForce GTX graphics card lineup with a new high-end offering – the Geforce GTX 780 Ti. The card improvises on the Geforce GTX 780 that the company launched earlier this year with 25 percent more cores, fast 3GB 7Gbps onboard memory, GPU Boost 2.0 technology support and overall faster by 21 […]
New SD cards will support 4K video
With 4K TVs going affordable by the day and smartphones like Galaxy Note 3 (Snapdragon variant) supporting 4K video recording, it has become necessary for recording media to be at par with the new resolution. SD Association has now confirmed that cards with UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) will indicate that they’re capable of recording […]
Sony details Android Jelly Bean, KitKat plans
Sony today confirmed Android rollout plans for its Xperia range of devices. Starting next month, devices like Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia SP, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z1 will get Android 4.3. Additionally, Xperia T, Xperia TX and Xperia V will also get a software bump to Android 4.3. As […]
Google rewards Play Store credit to know your opinion
Want to earn some Play Store credit? Well, Google has released a new Android app called Google Opinion Rewards that rewards survey participants with some Play Store credit for answering some simple questions that can be used to buy paid content from the store. Best part of the survey is that you can fill in […]
LG G2
The smartphone market has changed a lot in the last one year. While the top two positions have been dominated by Samsung and Apple, the third position has been more or less an open spot. BlackBerry, Nokia, HTC, LG and many other Chinese manufacturers have been fighting to be the world’s third largest smartphone manufacturer. […]
Sony sold over 80m PS3s globally
Sony has confirmed that the sales of PS3 has crossed 80 million units globally as of November 2, 2013. The PS3 is currently in its seventh year and has showed good momentum despite Sony announcing the PS4 earlier this year and will hit the retail shelves in the US next week. The strong sales of […]
SwiftKey Layouts for Living now available
SwiftKey’s Layout for living feature has exited the beta stage and is now available for all. Layouts for living basically unifies SwiftKey’s smartphone and tablet apps and brings in new modes to use, irrespective of the size of the device. The keyboard can now be undocked from its position, can be resized and even […]