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O ptimus Vu is the latest smartphone from LG which is placed in the Phablet segment. With a good hardware and unusual design, this one is priced around Rs.30, 000.  It took almost nine months for LG to launch Vu in India after its international announcement, which made things a lot easier for its competitors to grab the most of the market share. Though this phablet is power packed, buta late entry may affect the phone`s popularity amongst the customers. LG Optimus VuP895 features an unusual 4:3 aspect ratiowhich might stand on a difficult side for few people to hold this handset. However, the interiors of this phablet are impressive, which could help this one from LG to gain the acceptance which it maydeserve. Design And Feel lFront of LG Optimus Vu is purely dedicated to a HD-IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with16M colors. It has a bright and large display stretched 5.0 inches across with XGA resolution of 768 x 1024 pixels; enabled with multi-touch options.With...

The Samsung Galaxy Camera announced this year in August has hit the market. This much appreciated Androidcamera is one of the most advanced, impressive and a good gadget said initial reviews. Mashable says this Samsung Galaxy Camera an incredible device and is a very successful merger of Android with a point-and-shoot camera. . “Samsung‘s daring attempt to combine Android with a serious compact camera has created what could be the gadget of the year says a review by Pete Panchal. Reuters says this camera lets the users to “connect to a mobile network or Wi-Fi to share photographs and video without having to hook up the camera to a computer.” An earlier Cnet Review on 16 November gave it a simple three and a half star rating saying “Outside of its relatively high cost of ownership and average point-and-shoot picture quality, the Samsung Galaxy Camera definitely delivers the shoot-and-share experience of a smartphone with the features of a compact camera.” But in its lat...

Imagine treating your phone like a piece of paper. Roll it up. Drop it. Squish it in your backpack. Step on it – without any damage. Researchers are working on just such handsets – razor-thin, paper-like and bendable. There have already been prototypes, attracting crowds at gadget shows. But rumours abound that next year will see the launch of the first bendy phone. Numerous companies are working on the technology – LG, Philips, Sharp, Sony and Nokia among them – although reports suggest that South Korean phone manufacturer Samsung will be the first to deliver. Samsung favours smartphones with so-called flexible OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology, and is confident that they will be “very popular among consumers worldwide”. Their screens will be “foldable, rollable, wearable and more, [and] will allow for a high degree of durability through their use of a plastic substrate that is thinner, lighter and more flexible than… conventional LCD technolog...

The Lava Xolo A700 comes as a great device for budget conscious users. Indian mobile phone manufacturer, Lava Mobiles has launched a brand new smartphone under its Xolo brand. Called as the Lava Xolo A700, the Android smartphone comes as a feature rich yet budget friendly offering with a price tag of Rs 9,999.  The Xolo A700 is Lava's second Android smartphone under the Xolo brand name, called the Xolo X900; first one being launched in collaboration with Intel with Atom processor.  The device will be launched under the latest ‘A’ series, which is based on ARM processors.Competing with other Android devices from other brands like Micromax and Samsung, the Lava Xolo A700 comes with a 1 GHz dual core processor from Mediatek, which is complimented with a powerful graphic processor as well. The Lava Xolo A700 has Google Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system, 512 MB RAM and 4 GB of onboard storage which can be expanded further to an additional 32 GB with the use ...

Get rid of annoying advertisements to an extent with this neat little utility which has been a popular extension for web browsers till now. Popular advertisement blocking utility, Adblock Plus which till now has been a great success for web browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera has now been launched for the Android as well. This application brings along same functionality as it did for the browsers. A dblock Plus allows users to block annoying advertisements form web pages on the browsers and from applications that are compatible with this app. Although, there have been many advertisement blocking utilities on Android but the Adblock Plus is the only application that allows users to tackle advertisements without having to root the device. However, rooted devices get more options and control over advertisement control than non-rooted devices. Users without the rooted device and running Android version 3.0 and previous will have to manually configure th...

W ith the launch of Microsoft’s Windows 8 operating system in June, several manufacturers unwrapped tablets and computers based on the latest incarnation of the platform during the IFA 2012 expo in Berlin in August. Even the South Korean giant sizzled the spectators over there by introducing a slew of products enthrusted with the Microsoft’s latest OS. Now, Samsung has brought the same Windows 8 based tablet-laptop hybrids in India today with the launch of Samsung Ativ Smart PC and Ativ Smart PC Pro. Priced at Rs 53,990 and Rs 75,490, both hybrid devices are powered by Intel processors and boast impressive specs. Lets have a sneak peak at the key specifications of both Windows 8 based Ativ Smart PCs. Dimensions & Weight: Ativ Smart PC measures 304.0 x 189.4 x 9.9 mm/19.9 mm (without/with keyboard) and weighs in at 750 grams/1.48 kg (without/with keyboard). On the other hand, Ativ Smart PC Pro boasts a dimension of 304.0 x 189.4 x 11.89 mm/21.8.9 mm (without/with keyboard) and w...

Auxus AX01  This is the cheapest tablet in this list and is available for around Rs 4,500 but its specification tells otherwise.  This iberry tablet comes with Android 4.0.3 aka Ice Cream Sandwich operating system and to run that there is a 1GHz Arm Cortex A8 processor and 1 GB of DDR3 RAM. It has also Mali 400 GPU with OpenGL 2.0 support that handles the graphics related tasks. Auxus AX01 comes with 4 GB of internal memory and also supports 32 GB of expandable storage so you need not to worry about storing your contents. It comes with a 7 inch LCD capacitive touchscreen with 800 x 480 pixels resolution which is decent as well. The screen, iberry claims, supports multi touch as well.  Moreover, the Android tablet has a 0.3 megapixel primary camera that the company claims can record full HD videos too. The iberry Auxus AX01 has a ordinary 4000 mAh Lithium - Polymer battery that claimed to provide 6 hours of internet browsing or 5 hours of video pl...

Luxury smartphones are nothing to us as we have seen gold plated, diamond studded iPhones, manufacturing tying up with companies like Ferrari and bringing out smartphones and more. And Sony felt that why should it be left alone and has gone ahead and coated its Sony Xperia P smartphone in 24-carat gold. Yes you read it right! Sony Mobiles seem to going the shimmering Apple lane, or the walking the Vertu path, as it unveils its first attempt at a Gold-handset, limited edition gold Xperia P. For the uninitiated, the Xperia P is a mid-range handset with a 4-inch display, Android OS and dual-core 1GHz processor, with the original sporting a unibody design and aluminium back cover. The shimmering makeover, gives 15 smartphones a 24 carat body job. While pricing details haven’t been floated yet, but if If you are thinking if you could get your hands on over one of the 15 gold-plated Xperia P, then you are in some luck. Sony has planned to a treasure hunt over its global Facebook ...

In August LG officially unveiled its new Optimus L9 which is its new mid-ranged smartphone. The company has now launched this Android based device in the Indian market and it is priced at Rs. 22,000. The device poses a 4.7 inch, 800X480 pixels, IPS display running Android 4.0 topped with Optimus 3.0 UI. The mobile is powered by 1 GHz dual core processor accompanied by PowerVR SGX540 GPU and 1GB DDR2 Ram. It houses 4GB of inbuilt memory which is further expandable by 32GB via Micro SD card. On the camera front it has 5.0 MP rear Autofocus camera with LED Flash and a 0.3 MP front camera for video calling. Though the specifications look promising at this price point, but the mobile will get a tough competition from LG’s own Google branded Nexus 4 which we expect to be available for same price with a way better specifications. LG Google Nexus 4 sports a 4.7 inch, 768X1280 pixels, capacitive touch screen running Android 4.2 powered by a 1.5 GHz Quad core processor complemented by Adre...

A wallpaper on Android can be applied in two ways. We can either use scrolling wallpaper which is a stretched landscape picture that slides a little as we move from one home screen to another or we can use a static wallpaper that doesn’t scroll when we change home screen. I am not sure how many of you are aware of the fact, but some entry level touch screen Samsung phones (Corby and Monte) used to come with a feature using which one could apply distinct wallpaper to each home screen. I loved this feature and wanted something similar on my device as well. Different wallpapers for different home screens can be used like we use sound profiles, and here’s how you can get the functionality on your Android smartphone. We will be using MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, a live wallpaper app for Android, for the task. Note: The app doesn’t work on HTC devices running Sense 3 (and above) user interface. I tried the app on Samsung Galaxy Ace and HTC One X. It worked perfectly in t...

Samsung has announced the new Samsung Galaxy Premier I9260 smartphone which has a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display. The handset will run the Android v4.1 OS and is powered by Dual-core1.5 GHz processor. It has an 8MP rear camera with LED flash and a front 1.9 MP camera. Specifications of Samsung Galaxy Premier I9260: Operating System: Android v4.1 OS (Jelly Bean) Processor: Dual-core 1.5 GHz processor Chipset: TI OMAP 4470 GPU : PowerVR SGX544 Display: 4.65-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display,720 x 1280 pixels resolution Memory : 1GB RAM,Internal storage of 8/16GB,External storage upto 32GB via microSD card Camera : Rear: 8MP with LED flash,Front : 1.9MP Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection Connectivity: GPRS / EDGE,3G:HSDPA -21.1 Mbps,HSUPA – 5.76 Mbps,LTE – Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL,Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot,Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, EDR,NFC Network : 2G – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900,3...

Nokia ’s Here  maps  are lousy to the point of making  Apple  Maps for  iOS  6 seem not so bad. Nokia has invested billions in mobile mapping, so when Apple bungled its Maps app in iOS 6, it seemed a golden opportunity for Nokia with new smartphones and a new operating system behind them to show the world that that it’s again capable of competing at the top of the market. Alas, while Nokia managed to submit its Here maps app to Apple’s App Store ahead of a new Google Maps app, early reviews suggest it wasn’t able to translate the mapping experience on its Lumia devices into the world of Apple. The Here app shot to nearly the top of Apple’s most downloaded apps list when it was introduced Nov. 19. Within two days, the free app had nearly 1,000 ratings, the majority of which were poor. It had more one-star ratings than five-, four-, three- and two-star ratings combined. “This app is slow to scroll in and has NO information! For example, there ...

Back in December 2011, Samsung surprised us all by announcing the SCH-W999, a dual-screen Android 2.3Gingerbread running flip phone. And now, almost a year later, Samsung has announced the SCH-W2013 which is again expected to be a ridiculously expensive Android Smatphones . Specifications: Dual-3.7-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen Display resolution of 800 x 480 pixels 1.4 GHz quad-core processor (likely Exynos 4412) 2 GB RAM 16 GB Internal memory Expandabe to 64 GB 8 MP rear facing camera 1.9 MP front camera  Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich  OS Dual-SIM support with CDMA2000 800/1900 and GSM 900/1800/1900 frequency 1850 mAH battery Going by the specs on the interior, the Samsung SCH-W2013 is indeed a beast on-par with the Galaxy Note II and is indeed a unique but the display resolution is a setback but going by the screen size it is good enough too. While the SCH-W2013 is a good smartphone, one bad thing about it is the price tag that the...

This year Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Amazon HTC and almost all the smartphone and tablet manufacturers launched their new, exciting devices this year. We are expecting lot more new, faster, and better devices to rock the mobile devices market in coming months. The demand of mobile devices (both smartphones and tablets) is increasing like a wild fire. The global smartphone shipments are expected to grow by 30 per cent up to 865 million units in 2013 indicated a Digitimes Research this week. We bring you what major launches can be expected in months to come. Microsoft 7 inch surface tablet Early this month, The Verge reported that Microsoft is working on a 7 inch surface tablet. For those who are already in love with the latest Surface tablet from Microsoft and are also fond of gaming, this tablet is a must-wait device. This is expected to be basically a gaming device potentially named Xbox Surface. Giving strength to these rumors, CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer rec...