Alcatel A3 10 4G Android Tablet 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version launched in India for Rs. 11999

Alcatel launched A3 10 4G Android tablet in India back in June last year with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage. Today it has launched the 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version in the country. The cameras have also been upgraded to 8-megapixel on the back and 5-megapixel on the front. Other specifications are same, including a 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 Pixels) display, quad-core MediaTek 8735B processor, Android 7.0 (Nougat) and 4G LTE connectivity via SIM and support for voice calling through headset or speaker. It has dual speakers with Arkamys audio, ergonomic design with a 3D textured back and packs a 4600mAh battery with up to 18 hours talk time and battery life of up to 7 hours on a single charge. Alcatel A3 10 (2018) specifications 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) multi-touch display 1.1 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8735B processor 3GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Android 7.0 (Nougat) OS 8MP rear camera 5MP front-facing camera Dimensions: 260 x 155 x 8.95mm; Weight: 465g 3.5mm audio jack, Dual Speakers 4G LTE (with voice calling), WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, A-GPS, USB OTG 4600mAh battery The new Alcatel A3 10 version comes in Volcano Black color, is priced at Rs. 11,999 and is available exclusively on Flipkart. Commenting on the ...

Xiaomi is expanding to France and Italy this month

Xiaomi entered Europe for the first time last September starting from Spain. Now it has announced that it will expand to France and Italy later this month. It will launch in France on May 22nd, 2018 and in Italy on May 24th, 2018. [HTML1] The company is selling smartphones in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil and Spain. Earlier this month it announced that in partnership with 3 (telecommunications) it will sell smartphones in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, and Sweden. The company already confirmed that it is planning to enter US smartphone market by late 2018 or early 2019. Last month Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun promised that the company's overall net profit margin will never exceed 5%, including smartphones, IoT and lifestyle products. If the margin crosses 5%, the company will find a way to return the excess above 5% to its users. At present, the company has exceeded 100 billion RMB in annual revenue and has nearly 20,000 employees. Source 

Google releases Android Things 1.0 platform for IoT devices

Google today has announced the release of Android Things 1.0 after launching it to the developers at the end of 2016. It is also announcing the  System-on-Modules (SoMs) based on the NXP i.MX8M, Qualcomm SDA212, Qualcomm SDA624, and MediaTek MT8516 hardware platforms. Google says that these modules are certified for production use with the guaranteed support of up to three years. Development hardware and reference designs for these SoMs will be available in the coming months. Google also announced that it will offer free stability fixes and security patches for three years, with additional options for extended support. Even after the support period ends, developers can still continue to push app updates to devices. The Android Things console for the software update is limited to 100 active devices for non-commercial use. For developers who wish to launch a commercial product running Android Things must sign a distribution agreement with Google to remove the device limit. With 1.0 release, Android Things is getting a new interface to configure hardware peripherals, enabling build-time control of the Peripheral I/O connections available and device properties such as GPIO resistors and I2C bus speed. Google has been working closely with companies to bring products built on Android Things to market; these include smart speakers from LG and iHome and ...

LG LM-W315 smartwatch with Wear OS passes through the FCC

LG is rumored to launch the Timepiece hybrid smartwatch with Snapdragon 2100 very soon. Today a new LG smartwatch with model number LM-W315spotted passing through the FCC. The new LG wearable is said to be a hybrid meaning that it is somewhere between a traditional timepiece and a smartwatch. Since it is now passed through the FCC, we now have few details like it will run on the Wear OS as we see the icons for Google Play and other Google apps are visible in the settings menu. While there are no details regarding the display size, resolution, the watch will have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi which are standard for smartwatches.LG hasn't released a smartwatch since 2017 and now the new hybrid smartwatch could debut during Google’s I/O 2018 keynote later today with Wear OS re-branding. However, there is also a possibility that the company might hold off the announcement until for later this year as well. Source | Via

Amazon Alexa can now be used as default Assistant on Android

Android OS is known for its openness and freedom of choice, and today this freedom is going a step further as users can now set Amazon's Alexa as default assistant even over the Google Assistant following Microsoft's route where it bought in the ability to set Cortana as default assistant last year. However, there are some shortcomings; if you are a Pixel 2 user with a squeezable gesture to activate the Google Assistant, it won't work with Alexa. So, you will have to long-press your hardware or software home button to trigger Alexa. To set Alexa as your default Assistant, head over to the Settings -> Apps & notifications -> Default apps -> Assist & voice input and select "Amazon Alexa" as your new default. Once you set Alexa as default, once you long-pressing the hardware or software home navigation button, it will now bring Alexa with a listening dialog pretty much how as you'd expect. Reverting back to the Assistant is simple, undo the settings from above. You can download the Amazon Alexa app from Play Store here. Via

Instagram Stories could get ‘Music Stickers’ and auto-song detection

Instagram said to be working on bringing 'Music Stickers' and auto-song detection for Stories. The 'Music Stickers' found inside its Android app could let you search for and add a song to your posts and the company is also said to be working on detecting songs you’re listening to and display the artist and song title as just a visual label. Thanks to the multiple licensing deals stuck by Facebook with the major record labels recently, these Listenable music stickers would make Instagram Stories even more addicted. This feature would definitely pose a threat to other similar services like Musically, and stumbling rival Snapchat that is also aiming to foray into music. It can also act as a powerful driver of music discovery. The Instagram's 'Search Music' feature is built-in and sits beside location and friend-mention sticker search options inside Instagram Stories. Users can search 'music overlay stickers' using Genres,” “Moods,” and “Trending. However, the company could change this functionality before it is rolled out. But with Instagram rolling out features like Focus, Video calling, Nametags which were earlier spotted testing weighs some credibility to the new testing results. It is unclear how exactly this feature would work, but it looks like once user picked a song and added it as ...

Nokia 1 Review – Android Oreo (Go edition) smartphone

HMD Global introduced Nokia 1 smartphone at the MWC 2018 as a part of Android Oreo (Go edition) program. After the Lava Z50 launch, Nokia 1 became the second Android Oreo (Go Edition) smartphone to launch in India back in March. The Nokia 1 comes in Warm Red and Dark Blue colors, is priced at Rs. 5,499. Also, the Xpress On covers in packs of Azure and Grey or Yellow and Pink will be available separately. Let's check out how good is the Nokia 1 for its price. Unboxing https://youtu.be/Xek_kzd-gBs Box content Nokia 1 smartphone in Dark Blue color Nokia WH-108 headset 2-pin charger (5V-1A) Micro USB Cable User manual and warranty information Display, Design, and Hardware The Nokia 1 sports a 4.5-inch (854 x 480 pixels) FWVGA IPS display with a pixel density of 216ppi and 61.6% screen-to-body ratio. The display is average, not bright enough, color reproduction and viewing angles are decent. Having said that, the sunlight legibility is not the best. Considering its price point, Xiaomi Redmi 5A's display is one step ahead in the above-considered factors. Having said that, it misses few features that we can get it on other smartphones at this price point including blue filter, double tap to wake up, ...

OnePlus 6 India launch on May 17 – Entry tickets sold out within minutes

OnePlus is one company that has always given the utmost importance to its fans. Instead of calling the media alone, since the launches of OnePlus 5 and OnePlus 5T, OnePlus has also sold 1500 entry vouchers for its core fans who wish to attend the launch event and experience the phone first-hand. The India launch event for the OnePlus 6 is set to take place in Mumbai on May 17th. Entry tickets went on sale this morning, the 8th of May, 2018 at 10:00am and tickets were sold out within 4 minutes. This was not surprising considering cult-like following that OnePlus and how much fans have been vying for tickets to attend the biggest-ever community event in OnePlus history. "For the Mumbai event, tickets have been purchased by community members from all over India, including Ujjain, Allahabad and Coonoor and cities like Bangalore and Delhi, with hundreds of fans traveling exclusively for the launch event," said OnePlus. The company already announced that the fans who attend the launch event will receive a gift hamper full of super add-ons including a OnePlus Tote Bag, Marvel Avengers Cap, Marvel Avengers T-shirt, OnePlus Notebook, Cash Cannon and OnePlus Voucher for Rs.999. OnePlus at the launch event will not only provide all the details of the OnePlus 6, ...

WhatsApp for iPhone gets Facebook and Instagram integration with picture-in-picture mode, fully GDPR compliant

WhatsApp has rolled out a new update to iPhones bringing the version number to 2.18.51. While the update also includes bug fixes, it brings two major features on board; Facebook and Instagram integration with picture-in-picture mode. It is now fully GDPR compliant, meaning that it will ask users to confirm if they are at least 16 years old when they are prompted to agree to new terms of service and privacy policy. It also updated the design of the registration section, and now when a user from Europe tries to register an account on WhatsApp, they need to declare that they are least 16 years old. Post the update, when you want to clean a chat, only the 'Delete Message' option will be shown if no starred messages are found in the chat. It also brings improvements to voice recording, Analog Clock Sticker, backup your chat history, invite your friends to join WhatsApp, and voice and video calls improvements. It also brings more controls to admin, and only admins can now edit group description and icon. Much like YouTube PiP mode, it now brings the Facebook and Instagram integration with picture-in-picture mode, and it is also said to be working on other services as well. Further digging into the ...

Microsoft introduces ‘Your Phone’ to connect smartphone and PC, Microsoft Launcher to get Timeline support

Microsoft at the Build 2018 developer conference announced a bunch of new features to its products which are mainly targeted at Enterprise Mobility. It introduced a new 'Your Phone' feature in Windows 10 to better connect smartphone and PC.  The new 'Your Phone' feature in Windows 10 enables instant access to text messages, photos, and notifications. You can quickly drag and drop into a document on your PC, and also see your phones entire list of notifications. This feature will begin to roll out in the Windows Insider Program soon. Microsoft is also updating Microsoft Launcher on Android and this upgrade will now Off with easy access to business applications via Microsoft Intune. It also supports Timeline for cross-device application launching and will also include Microsoft Edge browsing sessions on your iPhone or iPad. The company also said that it is working on bringing the ability to access the same Timeline on your iPhone and iPad with Microsoft Edge. The company also detailed a new of new features to Sets which will bring an easier way to organize your stuff and get back to what you were doing. As for developers, your Universal Windows Platform (UWP) application will work with Sets from the start. It also said that Win32 or Web applications are supported within sets as well. Microsoft announced ...