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Sony QX Cameras to get firmware update in January

At IFA 2013 in Berlin, which was held during September, Sony launched their latest flagship Android smartphone – Sony Xperia Z1 and a couple of WiFi enabled QX series lens. Sony’s QX 10 and QX 100 received a lot of acclaim from the industry and are now all set to receive a firmware update. According to Engadget, the update will be coming to the two lenses sometime in January and the update is expected to improve the camera performance.

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HTC One Max Red comes to Taiwan

Last week, HTC launched a black variant of their phablet, HTC One Max in Hong Kong and now they are launching a Red variant in their homeland, Taiwan. HTC One Max was launched recently in India and it is one of the costliest Android smartphones around in the market. HTC One Max takes over the same design language from the company’s flagship – HTC One and has almost exactly similar specifications and comes with a fingerprint scanner at the back.

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Apple iPad Air vs iPad 4 Photo Gallery

Apple iPad Air is the successor to the iPad 4 and improves upon the predecessor in most aspects. First and foremost thing that you will notice about the iPad Air is the way it resembles iPad Mini with thinner side bezels. Shedding the big bezels has enabled Apple to give the iPad Air a smaller size and weight. The all new iPad Air is lighter, thinner and smaller than its predecessor and at the same time has the same great Retina display, exceptional battery life and a much more powerful A7 64bit processor chip inside it. The iPad Air looks very rich and premium thanks to the Aluminum build which is still retained from the original iPad.

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Logitech unveils new range of Apple iPad accessories

Logitech is a popular computer accessories company and with the market shifting to mobile devices like smartphones and tablet, they have too adapted their products. Today, Logitech has announced a new range of accessories for the iPad Air and iPad mini. The accessories that were unveiled today include an Ultrathin Keyboard Cover, Ultrathin Keyboard Folio and Folio Protective cases for the newly launched iPad Air. Apple’s latest iPad mini with Retina display also gets a couple of accessories for itself in the form of Ultrathin Keyboard Folio and Folio Protective cases.

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Yahoo Weather app comes to iPad

Yahoo Weather app is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful weather applications across various smartphone markets. The award winning app has finally been updated with native support for iPad. The weather application now scales beautifully on the big display of the iPad and looks absolutely gorgeous.

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Samsung launches Smartphone GamePad and Mobile Console Application

Samsung, the South Korean electronics giant, has launched a new Smartphone GamePad for the ever growing market of handheld gaming. In addition to the Smartphone GamePad hardware device, Samsung has also launched a mobile console application which makes it convenient to use the GamePad.

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Silicon Image introduces MHL 3.0 with support for 4K Ultra HD

Just in time for CES 2014, Silicon Image has introduced the first 4K UHD capable MHL 3.0 solution for mobile smartphones. For those of you who are not aware of MHL, it is a solution that lets you stream content from your smartphone to a larger display via a port and wired connection. With MHL 3.0, smartphones can now 4K content to TVs without loss in quality. MHL not only transfers high quality data, but also charges the device.

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Speaking at the launch event, the senior director of marketing at Silicon Image, David Kuo stated that “Silicon Image continues to lead the industry in HD connectivity solutions by delivering the first suite of products featuring MHL 3.0 functionality and 4K Ultra HD support to deliver cinema quality resolution from mobile devices to displays. With Silicon Image’s MHL 3.0 ICs, mobile device manufacturers can seamlessly incorporate the new enhancements of MHL 3.0 into their flagship products that feature interactive Ultra HD mobile PC and gaming applications.”

MHL 2.0 had support for 1080p transfer and now with UHD, there is a need for a bandwidth twice its size and MHL 3.0 provides that along with a wider color gamut for richer visual experience. MHL 3.0 is a bi-directional channel and hence it allows support for external storage and various input options like mouse, keyboard and gaming controllers. The new MHL 3.0 will be showcased during CES 2014 scheduled for the first week of January 2014. MHL 3.0 may find its place in the next year flagships which are rumored to come with 2K displays and support for 4K content.

Apple iPad Air vs iPad mini with Retina display photo gallery

iPad Air and iPad mini with retina display are Apple’s latest generation iPads. The bigger of the two – iPad Air was redesigned to be lighter, thinner and smaller than its predecessor while the smaller among the two – iPad mini with Retina display was muscled up with a better display and a much better processor making it slightly bigger and heavier. With this contradictory approach to the new generation iPads, Apple has achieved a subtle balance between its two iPads.

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Sony starts rolling out Android 4.3 Jellybean to Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra

Sony has been one of those companies which has always given a timeline for its Android updates. While other manufacturers are busy working on Android 4.4 KitKat for their flagship devices, Sony is silently pushing relatively minor Android 4.3 Jellybean update to two of its top of the shelf products – Sony Xperia Z1 and Sony Xperia Z Ultra.

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Apple iPad Air Photo Gallery

iPad Air is Apple’s latest and greatest iPad. The all new iPad Air is lighter, thinner and smaller than its predecessor and at the same time has the same great Retina display, exceptional battery life and a much more powerful A7 64bit processor chip inside it. Despite having gone through some significant design changes, the iPad Air looks no less premium, in fact it looks even more premium and feels equally solid. ipad-air-photo-gallery-2 Continue reading “Apple iPad Air Photo Gallery”

LG G2 to receive Android 4.4 KitKat later this month

LG has been a little bit late in bringing software updates to its Android smartphone series, but things seemed to have changed for the South Korean manufacturer. When Google announced their latest and greatest version of Android – 4.4 KitKat in November, few people were ebullient, few were skeptical and a whole lot had only one question – “When is it coming to my phone?”. LG G2 is LG’s current flagship smartphone and rightly so, LG is giving it the treatment it deserves. Just over a 50 days since the launch of Android 4.4 KitKat, LG are announcing that the Android 4.4 KitKat update will be coming to LG G2 at the end of this month, but only in South Korea for now.

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iPad mini with Retina display vs Nexus 7 2013 Photo Gallery

Google and Apple haven’t really considered India as a potential market in the previous years, but things are changing pretty soon as all the products are arriving pretty soon in India. Google launched the latest Nexus 7 2013 sometime in July and the product has been available in India for nearly a month. On the other hand, the iPad mini with Retina display has been just launched. Both the tablets are in the second iteration and have amazing high resolution displays.

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Round 2 – Nokia Lumia 520 vs Micromax Canvas Turbo #SmartFone13

Hey folks! Thanks for voting in the first round of this best budget smartphone of 2013 competition. You have chosen the winners from the first round and they will be competing against each other in this semi-finals. In the battle between Nokia Lumia 520 and Zen Ultrafone 70 FHD, you have chosen the lone Windows Phone – Nokia Lumia 520. In another battle between the Micromax Canvas Turbo and Lenovo P780, y0u have chosen Micromax Canvas Turbo. Now when Nokia Lumia 520 goes up against the Micromax Canvas Turbo, what phone will you choose?

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Google and LG fixing hardware issues with Nexus 5 with minor redesign

Google’s Nexus 5 is one great phone for its price and currently it is Google’s best smartphone in the market. Google is giving all the attention that this handset, manufactured by LG, demands. Earlier, when the phone was launched, people claimed that the camera was not up to the mark as Google had widely advertised the camera on the Nexus 5. Then there were reports from users that the loudspeaker audio isn’t that great and that the physical buttons on the sides are not that great and clunky.

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