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Get iOS 7 Control Center on your Android phone

When Apple released iOS 7 one of the striking feature is the new Control Center, which is criticized for being inspired from the Android notification and settings bar toggles. That Control Center is liked by many it gives access to quick settings and shortcuts for lot of functions. That Control ... Read More →

Firefox OS based Peak+ smartphone up for pre-order at GeeksPhone

GeeksPhone has put up the Peak+ smartphone for pre-order, this is an improved version of the Peak smartphone from GeeksPhone that released few months back. The Peak+ runs on the Firefox OS 1.1 and is up for pre-order with a price tag of 149 Euros. The price is same as the Peak phone, according to ... Read More →

Sony to update Xperia devices to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

Google has released Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system and all the Nexus devices are getting the update right away. Now it is upto the OEMs to issue updates to their devices running older version of Android. Sony has announced today that they will update some of their Xperia lineup to Android ... Read More →

Google Play Games app brings Apple’s Game Center like app to Android

Google Play Games app is now available for everyone to download from the Google Play store. Google announced Google Play Game services in this year’s Google I/O, the new app is a companion for the service. The game services includes support for multiplayers, leaderboards, achievements and saves game ... Read More →

Android 4.3 is official, coming to your Nexus devices today

Google has announced the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, the next version of the Android mobile operating system. This version brings new features but don’t expect any drastic changes, it includes some features for developers also, it is not a major release though as you can see from the version number ... Read More →

Google’s new Nexus 7 launched, available from July 30th for $229

Google has launched the long rumored new Nexus 7 tablet at a press event. The new Nexus 7 is the successor to the last year’s Nexus 7 tablet, it saw numerous leaks and yesterday it even went for pre-order before the official launch. The new Nexus 7 is similar to the last year’s Nexus 7 design wise ... Read More →

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom up for pre-order at Rs. 29390

Samsung’s latest Galaxy S4 Zoom camera phone is now up for pre-order in India. It is listed on Samsung eStore and Flipkart for Rs. 29,390. Samsung launched this smartphone officially in India few weeks back with a price tag of Rs. 29,900. ... Read More →

Motorola Droid Mini, Droid Maxx and Droid Ultra Official

Verizon and Motorola have unveiled their 2013 Droid lineup of devices at an event today. The list of devices include the Droid Mini, Droid Maxx and Droid Ultra. Out of these Droid Mini is the compact variant and the Droid Maxx comes with 48 of battery life for continuous usage, up from 32 hours of ... Read More →

Nokia announces Lumia 625 with 4.7-inch display, 1.2GHz Dual Core, LTE

Nokia teased yesterday with “something big is landing here tomorrow” post on its Facebook page and on its blog. Today Nokia announced the Lumia 625 smartphone as expected. It is the latest Lumia from Nokia which launched Lumia 925, Lumia 928 and quite recently Lumia 1020 this year. It remains ... Read More →

Canonical is trying to raise $32M for Ubuntu Edge smartphone

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu OS is working on Ubuntu Touch also called Ubuntu for Mobile or Ubuntu for phones for quite some time now. Canonical now wants its users to fund a Ubuntu Edge smartphone, it turned to Indiegogo for crowd funding the project. It aims to raise $32 million for ... Read More →