Vodafone launches VoLTE services in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Gujarat

Vodafone has launched VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) services in India in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Gujarat (Surat and Ahmedabad), as the company had promised, after testing it recently. Vodafone is calling it Super VoLTE and said that the technology delivers high-quality sound over voice calls across the Vodafone SuperNet 4G network so that users will experience ultra-clear voice quality and reduced background noise. "Conversations will sound more natural, almost as if the person at the other end of the phone call is right next to you. Also, with Vodafone Super VoLTE, you can surf at 4G speeds even while being on a phone call," said Vodafone. Vodafone lists Oneplus 3, Oneplus 3T, Oneplus 5, Oneplus 5T, Honor View 10, Honor 9i, Honor 7X, Honor 8 Pro, Xiaomi Redmi 4, Mi Mix 2, Mi Max 2, Nokia 5 Nokia 8, Samsung C9 Pro and Samsung J7 Nxt as 4G compatible handsets, but other handsets should get software update to enable Vodafone VoLTE. If you have a VoLTE enabled handset, you can SMS 4G CHECK to 199 to know if you your smartphone is Vodafone Super VoLTE compatible. If you have Dual SIM handset, Vodafone SIM should be inserted in the SIM slot with data capability and network mode should be set as "4G/3G/2G (Auto)". Vodafone ...

HP introduces new Elitebook 800 G5 series, ZBook 14u and ZBook 15u laptops with Thunderbolt 3

HP today has unveiled new Elitebook 800-series, HP ZBook 14u, and HP ZBook 15u laptops. These commercial devices are designed for today’s constantly on-the-go modern workforce. These laptops are powered by the Windows 10  with support for Cortana, cameras, optional fingerprint readers with Windows Hello for fast and secure login, and Windows Ink. These laptops feature new chiseled linear wedge profiles and anodized aluminum covers. The EliteBook 800 series packs an ultra-bright display that automatically adapts to changing light conditions. The EliteBook 800 series and the ZBook 14u/15u passed the MIL-STD-810G testing to ensure durability and also have Thunderbolt 3 ports. On the other hand, the ZBook 14u/15 undergo two additional MIL-STD 810G tests for bench handling and crash hazard shock for unpredictable conditions in technical environments. The HP Elitebook 800-series is powered by the  8th generation Intel Core vPro processor. The HP EliteBook 820 G4 sports a 13-inch screen, while the HP EliteBook 840 G5 packs a 14-inch display since it is a business notebook. Both the models include AMD RX540 discrete graphics and feature a world-facing, noise-canceling microphone removing unwanted sounds when in individual mode or enhances for 360-degree voice pick-up. it comes with HP Fast Charge support and can charge 50 percent of the battery in just 30 minutes. The HP ZBook 14u and 15u are mobile ...

CoolPad Cool Play 6 Battery Life Test – #OneChargeRating

CoolPad launched its mid-range Cool Play 6 smartphone  in India recently. We already brought you the review of the phone, here we have the battery life test results of the phone. It packs a 4000mAh (minimum) / 4060mAh (typical) battery. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p  display, is powered by Snapdragon 653 SoC, has 6GB of RAM, runs on Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) with Journey UI. Check out the test results below. Talk Time It lasted for 33 hours and 25 minutes in our talk time test. 3G Browsing It lasted for 7 hours and 47 minutes in our 3G browsing test. WiFi Browsing It lasted 10 hours and 7 minutes in our WiFi Browsing test. Video Playback It lasted for 11 hours and 12 minutes in our video playback test. Charging Time It takes 2 hours 42 mins for charging it from 0 to 100% since it doesn't have fast charging, and 0 to 50% takes about 1 hour and 4 minutes. Standby Time It lasted for 52 days in our standby test. In achieved a One Charge Rating of 15 hours and 46 minutes, mainly due to brilliant talk time results. Check out our battery life test procedure, to know more about our tests in detail.

Google and Nest merge to bring more AI-based products

Google acquired Nest back in 2014 for $3.2 billion, and in the four-year journey, Nest has gained a lot of momentum and has doubled its hardware portfolio last year by selling more products in 2017 than in 2016 and 2015 combined. On the other hand, Google did great too; it has sold tens of millions of products for the home in just the last year. Today Google has announced that it is merging Nest and Google hardware teams together with a goal to create more thoughtful home products. Both the companies will continue to combine hardware, software, and services to bring safer and, smarter home products. Google will use its artificial intelligence and the Assistant at the core for the products. Since both the company already work closely, there is an advantage of a better understanding of end requirements and goals. The mission here is to create a more thoughtful home, one that takes care of the people inside it and the world around it. Google Home products have been user favorite with Assistant doing the job of playing music, control their connected devices, get useful information about their day and more. Source

Unicode 11.0 brings 157 emojis including Superheroes, Supervillains, Infinity and more

Unicode Consortium has published the final Unicode 11.0 list of Emojis for 2018 just as it had mentioned earlier while it was in beta since December last year. With the newly finalized 157 new emojis, the total number of approved emojis count reaches to 2,823. These emojis will be on phones in the second half of 2018.  The new Unicode 11.0 emojis includes emojis for redheads, curly hair, superheroes, softball, infinity, kangaroo and more. Unicode says that they have created in an Apple-like style, and the sample images aim to capture how these emojis might look when arriving later in the year. In fact, the 11.0 Consortium makes it the first time to implement the new components available for hair color. There are options for red hair, curly hair, white hair, and baldness and these are available for use in sequences for men and women of any skin tone. other emojis include popular activities such as sewing, knitting, lacrosse, and skateboarding. Though the Unicode 11.0 emoji list for 2018 is final, the specification for Emoji 11.0 is still a draft. On the other hand, the emoji 12.0, new emoji proposals are expected to be submitted before the end of March 2018. Commenting on the same, Unicode president Mark Davis said: The emoji list being announced today is ...

Instagram testing new feature that lets you share others’ posts to your story

Instagram is currently testing a new feature that lets you re-share public feed posts of whom you follow directly to your story. This feature will let you add commentary and overlaid stickers to a meme, celebrity post or even a friend’s photo according to TechCrunch. If you are concerned about your Privacy, you can still go to your Settings to turn off the ability for others to reshare their posts. Even if you don't have the reshare option, you will still see the privacy setting now. We earlier reported that Instagram is also said to be testing re-gram button which lets you share news feed posts directly to the news feed. However, this never made it, at least for now. [HTML1] When the post is added to your Story, you get options for how you want it to appear. You can resize it, rotate it, move it around, and also choose from couple of designs. Since the resharing is currently in testing with a small percentage of users, it might be a while before it rolls out. Using the resharing you can move, resize, and rotate the reposts which can be formatted two different ways. instagram recently got the Text-only stories ‘type-mode’ stories and Gify powered Gif stickers. Source

Google photos now lets you manually create custom themed movies

Google has just announced a new feature using which you can manually create themed movies via the app or the web. You can use the photos to create the movies where you can edit them, add music or just select the photos and ask Google to automatically create a movie for you which was available since quite some time now. Google Photos has a range of themes including “They Grow Up So Fast” to the feline favorite “Meow Movie,” "Doggie Movie," and more. With Valentine's day inching closer, Google has also added a theme around it called "Valentines Day movie" Creating a movie is also very simple, you just need to open the Google Photos app, go to the Assistant tab, and tap Movie to get started. Either you can create on your own, or let Google's machine learning algorithm to select photos based on your choices, add a soundtrack and produce a custom movie for you. Apart from themed movies, Google is also rolling out a feature that lets you create a photo book from your computer or phone. However, these photobooks need to be purchased and they start at $9.99. This Photobook is available only for US or Canada users. Now you also have “Add ...

WhatsApp starts testing UPI-based WhatsApp Payments service in India

WhatsApp has been developing the 'payments' feature for quite some time now. In January we heard that the company will be rolling out the feature to users from February and since we are in February now, the Payment option is enabled to select WhatsApp beta users on Android and iOS.  The version number with the Payments option differs for both Android and iOS. For iOS users, WhatsApp with version number V2.18.21 has the Payment option enabled, while it is only available to selected users on Android running version V2.18.41. Everyone might not see the Payments option since it seems to be a server-side roll out. WhatsApp Payments will be through UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and once you tap the Attachments menu inside a chat you will see new Payment option along with gallery, video, documents and once you click it, you will be displayed with the list of banks and once you select your bank, you will see the account that is linked. After selecting the account, you will be needing to verify it like any other UPI based payment service. If you haven't used UPI payments before, you will be asked to create one along with security pin for authentication. Another interesting thing about ...

Honor 9 Lite: Best EMUI 8.0 features

The recently launched Honor 9 Lite is one of the few mid-range smartphones that runs on the latest Android 8.0 Oreo. The company has included their own customization skin -EMUI 8.0, to add some zing to the entire user experience. An upgrade from EMUI 5.1, the company has followed the same numeric order with Android Oreo. EMUI 8.0 packs a lot of new features and is indeed a giant step forward. The overall look and feel remains the same as its predecessor, however provides better memory management ensuring a smoother UI experience. The Honor 9 Lite with EMUI 8.0 comes equipped with various useful customization options that are fun to experiment with. Below is the list of EMUI 8.0 features that are present in the Honor 9 Lite: [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="large" ids="242363,242361"] Three finger Screenshot: Previously, in order to take a screenshot, we had to press the combination of buttons at the same time. With EMUI 8.0, the company has come up with a whole new method of taking a screenshot. Known as “Three-finger screenshot”, it allows the user to take a screenshot by simply sliding down three fingers from top to bottom. Once the screenshot is done, you will get a popup screen ...

Panasonic P100 with 5-inch HD display, fingerprint sensor launched in India starting at Rs. 5299

Panasonic today launched P100, the company's latest budget smartphone in India. It has a 5-inch 2.5D curved glass screen with Corning Gorilla Glass protection, is powered by a quad-core MediaTek SoC with 1GB/2GB RAM depending on the model, runs Android 7.0 (Nougat), has an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera, both with LED flash. It has dedicated dual SIM and microSD slots, has a fingerprint sensor on the back and packs a 2200mAh removable battery. Panasonic P100 specifications 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass protection 1.25 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 64-bit processor with Mali-T720 GPU 1GB /2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory with up to 128GB microSD Android 7.0 (Nougat) 8MP rear camera with LED flash 5MP front-facing camera with LED flash Fingerprint sensor Dimensions: 145x73x9.9mm; Weight: 174.8g 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS 2200mAh battery The Panasonic P100 comes in Blue, Black, Gold and Dark Grey colors, is priced at Rs. 5299 for the 1GB RAM version and the 2GB RAM version costs Rs. 5999. It will be available exclusively from Flipkart starting today midnight. Panasonic has also introduced "Gold Utsav consumer offer" with the launch of Panasonic P100. With this offer, lucky customers ...