Xiaomi Mi A2 Unboxing and First Impressions

Xiaomi just launched the Mi A2 Android One smartphone in India at an event in Delhi. We recently brought you the hands-on impressions of the phone and we recently unboxed the phone, here is the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5qW6yjo8Oo Box Contents Xiaomi Mi A2 smartphone in Black color 2-pin charger (5V-2A) USB Type-C Cable USB Type-C to 3.5mm adapter SIM Ejector tool Protective case The Mi A2 comes with a large 5.99-inch Full HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio display without a notch and it even has Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Even though the display is bigger than 5.5-inch screen on the Mi A1, the size of the phone is almost same since this has minimal bezels. Powered by Snapdragon 660 with up to 6GB of RAM, so the experience is smooth. It runs stock Android 8.1 (Oreo) with support for Treble, and the company has promised Android 9.0 (Pie) update coming later this year. It has a 20-megapixel Sony IMX376 sensor for the front camera with soft LED flash and AI beautification. [gallery link="file" columns="2" size="medium" ids="260338,260339,260336,260341"] The phone has a slim profile, measuring 158.7×75.4×7.3mm. Even though the phone doesn’t have a microSD expansion slot and 3.5mm audio jack, it doesn’t miss out on the infrared sensor. It comes with a 12-megapixel rear ...

Xiaomi Mi A2 with 5.99-inch Full HD+ display, Snapdragon 660, dual rear cameras launched in India for Rs. 16999

Xiaomi just launched Mi A2, the company’s latest Android One smartphone in India, as it had promised. It packs a 5.99-inch FHD+ 18:9 display, is powered by Snapdragon 660, has a 12-megapixel rear camera with f/1.75 aperture, Sony IMX486 sensor along with a 20-megapixel secondary rear camera with Sony IMX376 sensor to capture depth information for portrait shots with AI, has intelligent scene detection and has auto sensor section . It also has the same 20-megapixel Sony IMX376 sensor for the front camera with soft LED flash and AI beautification. It runs Android 8.1 (Oreo), but the Android 9.0 (Pie) update is coming within this year said Xiaomi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5qW6yjo8Oo The 20MP sensor on both front and back uses pixel binning technology, combining the information from four pixels to create one large 2.0µm pixel. It has a unibody metal design, fingerprint sensor on the back, has USB Type-C audio and packs a 3010mAh battery with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ but you have to buy the fast charger separately since the phone comes only with 5V/2A charger in the box. Xiaomi Mi A2 specifications 5.99-inch (2160×1080 pixels) Full HD+ 2.5D curved glass display with  1500:1 Contrast ratio, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection Octa Core Snapdragon 660 ...

DishTV gets Amazon Alexa skills for voice-assisted TV viewing, content discovery

Dish TV today has launched its skill for Amazon Alexa in India. These skills will help users find programs and provide recommendations on programs, movies, sports, and music. With the help of Alexa, customers will now be able to enjoy voice-assisted TV viewing and content discovery. Once the skills are enabled, it allows users to interact with DishTV through voice commands and explore the vast content portfolio available on DishTV DTH platform. The DishTV Alexa Skill can be accessed on all Alexa-enabled devices such as Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Spot and Echo Dot. The skill can also be accessed with the Alexa app. Furthermore, users can also check their account related information such as current balance, switch-off date, and monthly recharge amount, avail pay-later service and raise a call-me request by asking Alexa. Users can enable the DishTV Skill using the Alexa app and it will assist users in searching a specific program on a channel, particular time of the show, top movies, TV shows and sports recommendations by DishTV. Commenting on the same, Anil Dua, Group Chief Executive Officer, Dish TV India Limited said: We are excited to bring the voice-enabled DishTV Skill to our DTH consumers. DishTV becomes the first DTH Company in India to power voice-assisted content discovery and recommendations. We will be ...

Samsung’s new roadmap hints at delay in Oreo update for mid-range Galaxy phones till 2019

Samsung never had a very good track of pushing updates to mid-range and budget segment phones and to further dent that, the company might have delayed the Oreo update roadmap. Samsung's new roadmap from the member's app says the update for many of the devices is expected to come out in early 2019. Though the earlier round map had mistakes with the timeline, the new updated schedule makes sense. The company has posted new dates for the update for devices that are yet to be updated to Oreo. Devices like the Galaxy C9 Pro, Galaxy C7 Pro, Galaxy A9 Pro, Galaxy J2 (2018), Galaxy Tab A (2017) and Galaxy On5 (2016) are now expected to get the Oreo update early January 2019. Owners of the  Galaxy J7 Max and Galaxy J7 (2016) will have to wait for the update until the March 2019. But what's interesting is that the Galaxy J7 (2016) will be updated to Oreo which is its second major upgrade since Samsung only pushes out one major update to mid-range devices, this is a welcome change. December 2018 - Samsung Galaxy J7 Neo January 2019 - Samsung Galaxy Tab A (2017), Galaxy A9 Pro (2016) Galaxy C7 Pro, Galaxy C9 Pro, Galaxy J2 ...

Opera expands its built-in Cryptocurrency Wallet to desktop

Back in July, Opera announced that it testing Cryptowallet beta built into its Android app with support for Ethereum Web3 API. Following the positive feedback, Opera today is opening its PC browser to the mobile crypto wallet. This inclusion eliminates the need to install and set up a crypto wallet extension in their PC browser. Instead, they can connect their Opera PC browser with the crypto Wallet-enabled Opera mobile browser by simply scanning a QR code on their Opera PC browser. This will grant them access to their mobile wallet with cryptocurrencies and collectibles. The phone's secure system lock will be used to store the keys. This will allow people to sign transactions with their fingerprints instead of using long passphrases. Opera says the Crypto wallet in Opera for Android is a user-controlled wallet, which means that the keys controlling the funds and assets are stored on the user’s phone. It supports tokens and collectibles.  Collectibles are digital, unique “assets” you can own on a public blockchain. Opera is also opening the Crypto Wallet in Android for more users, and they can sign up here. Charles Hamel, Product Lead of Opera Crypto said: By adding a crypto wallet directly into the browser, we removed the need for complex ...

Meizu 16 and 16 Plus with Full HD+ Super AMOLED displays, Snapdragon 845, up to 8GB RAM, in-display fingerprint sensor announced

Meizu just introduced the Meizu 16 and 16 Plus, successors of 15 and 15 Plus  that were introduced back in April, as it had promised. The Meizu 16 and 16 Plus pack a 6-inch and 6.5-inch Full HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio displays from Samsung with 91.18% screen-to-body ratio, thanks to 1.43mm side bezels and 5.74mm chin, are powered by Snapdragon 845 with up to 8GB of RAM, custom copper cooling tube and feature an in-display fingerprint sensor that has 99.12% high recognition rate.  Both the phones have retained the cameras from the predecessor. These have a 12-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX380 sensor, 1.55μm pixel size, f/1.8 aperture along with a 20-megapixel secondary telephoto lens with Sony IMX350 sensor for portrait shots and 3x loss-less zoom and a 20-megapixel front facing camera with AI beauty recognition and Face unlock.  Both these have a 3D glass back with ceramic texture, and pack a 3010mAh and 3500mAh battery, respectively with 24W mCharge flash charge. Meizu 16 specifications 6-inch ( 1080 × 2160 pixels) Full HD+ Super AMOLED display with 10000 : 1 aspect ratio, 430cd/m2 (typical) brightness, 402 PPI Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU 6GB RAM with  64GB / 128GB (UFS 2.1) internal memory, 8GB RAM with 128GB (UFS 2.1) internal ...

Asus launches new TUF Gaming FX504 laptops with GTX 1060 in India; old FX504 models get a price cut

Asus launched TUF Gaming FX504 gaming laptop in India back in May. Today it has launched new models with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 GPU in the country. It has also revised the price of the old models. To remind you, the FX504 has a 15-inch FHD IPS display with an ultrafast 120Hz refresh rate, 3ms gray-to-gray (GTG) response time, is powered 8th-Gen Intel Core i5-8300H /  i7-8750H processor. Asus TUF Gaming FX504 specifications 15.6-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) LED Backlit TN Anti-glare Display, 60/120Hz (3ms), 94% NTSC Color Gamut Intel Core i7-8750H / Intel Core i5 8300H (8th Gen) processor, 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1060 / 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1050 Graphics 8GB DDR4 2666MHz SDRAM, 1TB FireCuda SSHD + 128GB PCIE SSD, SD Card Reader Windows 10 Home WiFi 802.11ac 2×2, Bluetooth 4.0,  1 x Type A USB2.0 , 2 x USB 3.0 port(s) Type A, 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack for LAN insert , 1 x HDMI, Support HDMI 1.4 Dimensions:  384 x 262 x 25; Weight: 2.3 kg 3.5mm headphone and mic combo jack, Array microphone 3 Cells 48 Whrs Battery Pricing and availability Asus TUF Gaming FX504GM-EN017T - FHD 120Hz 3m/  i7-8750H/8GB DDR4/1TB FireCuda SSHD + 128GB PCIE SSD/ 6GB GTX1060 ...

Virgin Hyperloop One signs deal to open first development facility in Spain

Virgin Hyperloop One today announced that it has signed an agreement with Administrator of Railway Infrastructures to open an Advanced Technology Development and Testing Center in the Andalusian region of Spain. The company’s first European development facility is valued at approximately US$ 500 million. As returns for this investment, Virgin Hyperloop One would obtain 126 million Euros in public aid through loans and grants to help establish the new center, to advance Virgin Hyperloop One’s technology development and testing. The Virgin Hyperloop One Advanced Technology Development and Testing Center will be located in the Andalusian region of Spain at Bobadilla, in the province of Malaga. The new center in Andalusia complements the advanced transportation, aerospace, and high-tech innovation in the Andalusian region and will be a catalyst for further economic growth. Virgin Hyperloop One estimates that it would hire 200-300 high-tech skilled professionals and that the center would spur job creation in a broad ecosystem of partners and suppliers in the region. The center is planned to be opened by 2020, would develop, test, and certify components and subsystems to continually improve safety and reliability of hyperloop systems. Rob Lloyd, Virgin Hyperloop One CEO said: With its robust transportation, aerospace, and high-tech sectors in turn paired with ...

Gmail for Android and iOS now lets you turn off conversation view

Google is finally adding an option to Gmail for Android and iOS that lets you disable Conversation view. Replies to emails are usually grouped together as “conversations,” to make them easier to follow, while some prefer to see each of their emails listed individually in their inbox. There's is a possibility for this on the web by toggling “Conversation View” off in the Settings menu. Now, Google is bringing this feature to the Gmail Android and iOS apps. If you turn off the Conversation view on the web, it will be turned off on your mobile app as well. Conversation view essentially allows users to better manage emails grouping relevant emails together, but in case you wish to turn it off, you can now. To access this feature, open the Gmail Android app, click on the menu icon in the top-left corner, scroll down to Settings and then click on ‘General Settings’ and under “Manage notifications”you will find the new “Conversation view” tab. Source

After Australia, Ola announces its plans to foray into UK

Ola today announced it is planning to enter the UK, bringing a dynamic, responsible new service to the market. The company has obtained licenses to operate in South Wales and Greater Manchester and will launch operations in South Wales within the next month. Hello UK🇬🇧 ! We're Ola, an inclusive, driver-focused ride-hailing platform. We are expanding our service to South Wales this August. Now registering drivers in Cardiff and Newport! Find out more: https://t.co/tde7CenkKg pic.twitter.com/dCICB3cn4h — Ola UK (@OlaInUK) August 7, 2018 The company claims that it is the only ride-hailing app in the UK providing options like PHVs and Black Cabs through one consumer-friendly platform. The company is working with local authorities across the UK to expand nationwide by end of 2018. Ola's passenger safety features include DBS screened drivers,  24/7 voice support, options to share ride details with emergency contacts and in-app emergency features. Back in February, Ola announced that it foraying into Australia where it now operates in seven major cities and over 40,000 drivers across Australia have registered since its launch in February and have completed millions of rides. Ola mentioned that it now conducts 1 billion rides each year globally, with more than 1 million drivers and 125 million customers in over ...