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Nokia announces low-cost X series Android phones
Nokia today announced a brand new family of smartphones, the Nokia X family at MWC 2014. The new range of handsets combines Nokia design, build quality and services with the ability to run Android apps. The X family boasts Nokia’s exciting, high quality hardware design and a range of bright colours. The brand new, tile-based…
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Special edition Android Mini by Dead Zebra celebrates the year of the horse
Dead Zebra every year celebrates the Chinese New Year by creating a special edition Android Mini themed after the calendar animal. Last year they introduced the special edition Android Mini celebrating the year of snake, and a few days back the company announced the release date and details of the new Android Mini titled the…
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Kyocera introduces Urbano L02, an Android handset for elderly and first time smartphone users
Kyocera has introduced a new Android smartphone named the ‘Urbano L02’ as a part of the AU 2014 spring collection in Japan. The handset is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual core processor and runs on Android 4.2. The Urbano L02 has been specially designed for elderly or first time users of smartphones. It comes…
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Top 10 Features of Android 4.4 KitKat
Google has officially launched their latest iteration of the Android Operating System i.e. Version 4.4 aka KitKat. While we’ve known for sometime some of the goodies KitKat brings to the party, Google has manages to surprise everyone with a crunchy little chocolate covered tidbit. Among all of it’s various additions to the OS that were…
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Amazon might launch its own Android gaming console by the end of 2013
Despite posting bad numbers this quarter, Amazon stock has surged ahead showing the confidence of investors in the company. Jeff Bezos in the past few quarters has gone on an overdrive to push new products in the market. The latest tip suggest, by thanks giving this year Amazon might launch its own Android based gaming…
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Nexus 7 spotted with possible Key Lime Pie build
A user in Chromium bug tracker has been busy running tests on a number of mobile devices. From these, the ones that caught the curious eye were a Nexus 7 and Nexus 4, both listed as having the KRS36B build of Android. Both these devices aren’t strangers to constant updates. Only recently, both the Nexus…
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$200 persistent robot with 3D printed components can crack any Android security code
With Def Con fast approaching, we are readying ourselves for some kick-ass action from the underground hacker’s conclave. And just a few days before its start, we have got a taste of what’s coming our way. Two die hard ‘Star Wars’ fans (more on that later) have come up with a cheap bot that can…
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Top 5 features of the newly launched Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
Google, at the Nexus event yesterday, finally launched the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean after months of speculation. One thing that’s pretty much sure is that Android 5 Key Lime Pie is delayed and it’ll take several months for Google to launch it. Android 4.3 is more of an update with very subtle changes than an…
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Top 5 new features in Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, the name remains, but features get better
Although there a few minor updates that make it to the bigger handset makers to spruce up their UI’s, Android firmware updates take much longer. The wait for these updates can get annoyingly long sometimes and the updates, sometimes, might not really seem al that much. However, I’m looking forward to the next Android update…
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First ever Android powered in-flight entertainment system ready to fly with Norwegian Airlines
After 18 months and change, it looks like the first Android powered in-flight entertainment system is going to be up and flying. Norwegian and Panasonic Avionics Corporation have been jointly working on this set up for Norwegian’s new fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners that will be operated on routes between Scandinavia and the US and…