Samsung patent hints at Galaxy Note S Pen camera functionality with optical system

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent for Samsung Electronics hinting at the company's brand new plans for the S Pen. This patent focuses on the S Pen doubling as a camera that could provide users with a vastly superior optical zooming system in contrast to the digital zoom. The patent further notes that in general, smartphones are used more for taking photos and an "optical zooming" function provides superior quality. However, thanks to their thin designs, smartphones are restricted to digital zoom. To get around this problem, Samsung's newly granted patent illustrates that the company might be considering adding a camera with an optical zoom inside a future Note Smartphone S Pen. Since Samsung started innovating the S Pen thanks to the newly added button that allows users to click on to take photos with their phone and control a slide presentation, it seems that the Samsung's granted patent is likely giving us a peek at what to expect of the next-gen S Pen. The camera lens is fit into the upper chamber of the S Pen and a control key that could control the zooming feature. More specifically, Samsung's new optical system may include at least one lens or maybe even more. The ...

Xiaomi opens crowdfunding for Mi Sports Shoes 2 in India at Rs. 2499

After teasers, Xiaomi has opened crowdfunding for its Mi Men’s Sports Shoes 2 in India. Xiaomi says that it is created using Uni-Moulding process, is Shock-absorbent, has anti-slip design and is durable for machine wash. It was introduced in China last year as Mi Sport Sneakers 2. Highlights of Mi Sports Shoes 2 Engineered with breakthrough 5-in-1 Uni-Moulding technology that combines 5 different materials to minimize wear damage. This technology will keep the stitching on the soles intact for long-lasting usage. The 10-fishbone structure improves balance while offering the needed arch support and reducing the chance of sprains. Strong suspension for reduced impact - Uni-body Suspension Balancing patch Stronger grip with excellent forward momentum Machine-washable making is easy to clean The Mi Sports Shoes 2 comes in Blue, Black and Dark Grey colors in UK sizes from 6 to 11 and is available for crowdfunding through mi.com at Rs. 2499 (Rs. 500 off compared to normal rate) with a funding goal of 5000 units. It will start shipping from  March 15, 2019 after successful funding.

Winners of 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Awards include Reliance Jio, Airtel and Huawei

Back in September last year Aegis School of Data Science, Cyber Security & Telecom, run by Aegis Knowledge Trust announced nominations for 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Awards (AGBA). Jury Round for Focus & Tech Categories was held in Mumbai in November in Mumbai. Now it has announced the winners who were awarded at Grand Award Ceremony hosted by Government of Goa at the Entertainment Society of Goa, Panaji. Some of the popular winners include Reliance Jio for Jio Interact VAS for the innovative Value Added Services, Airtel for Airtel Carrier Digital Platform for Service Innovation, Bharti Infratel for Bharti Infratel: Connecting India for Innovation in Telecom Infrastructure, Huawei  for the "Innovative Telecom Solution" category for the "5G Microwave Solution". Check out the complete list below. 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Awards 2018 winners Innovative Mobile App for Consumer: Niramai for Mythri - breast cancer screening using mobiles Innovative Telecom Product: C-DOT for C-DOT BAMBOO WI-FI Smartiply for Edge Gateway with Bandwidth Bonding Tejas Network for World's Most Versatile Optical Network Transformation Product Innovative Telecom Solution: Huawei for Huawei 5G Microwave Solution Parallel Wireless for HetNet Gateway Innovative Value Added Services: Reliance Jio for Jio Interact Innovation in OSS/BSS: Cisco for Mass Scale Automation Service Innovation: Airtel for Airtel Carrier Digital Platform Innovation in ...

Facebook Messenger ‘Unsend’ feature now available for everyone

Facebook Messenger finally gets 'delete message' feature months after promising the rollout. You can easily remove your sent message on Messenger – whether it’s to one person or a group, similar to that on WhatsApp. Simply tap on the message you want to remove and select the option to “Remove for Everyone”. The removed message will be replaced by text alerting everyone in the conversation the message was removed. You will have up to 10 minutes to remove a message after it is sent. The company initially rolled out the feature in selected markets, but the company is now pushing it globally to everyone. Going back in time, Facebook confirmed that it is working on bringing ‘Unsend’ feature to everyone after CEO Mark Zuckerberg unsent messages. If you want to remove a message just for yourself, you can still do that anytime by selecting “Remove for You”. When you choose this option, the message will be removed for you, but not for anybody else in the chat. Facebook brings the ability to let you remove any kind of message including text, group chats, photos, videos, links and more within 10 minutes of sending. The Remove feature is now available for Android and iOS. Source

Samsung Galaxy Sport with Bixby reminders, brand new design surfaces in renders

Samsung's Unpacked event is right around the corner, and naturally, more and more leaks started surfacing the internet. While the flagship S10 is quite obvious, the company has also been working on the next Galaxy Sport watch which might be announced alongside the flagship. In-line with the previous render, the new leak showcases the Galaxy Gear Successor in three color variants; black, teal blue and pink gold. The Galaxy Sport has been in the news for quite some time and carried the codename ‘Pulse' when it was spotted on the certification websites earlier this year. Though it is believed that Samsung would be adding an ECG feature to rival Apple Watch Series 4, the feature looks to be missing as the render only shows beats per minute from the standard heart rate monitor. Another design change would be the removal of the rotating bezel which was a key design element of the Gear Watch. Tizen OS will be controlled by the two recessed side buttons on the watches metal case. This also suggests that we will see some updates to the Tizen OS to bring in more integration with the new controls. The new Galaxy Sport said to feature the Bixby Reminders, pack 4GB of ...

February 2019 Android security update arrives for Pixel phones, now lets you pause download, schedule reboot

Google has started rolling out new over-the-air (OTA) update for Pixel devices and also posted factory images as part of monthly Android Security release. The update for this month doesn't include functional improvements, and only brings security fixes. However this adds an option to pause the update while you use the phone, and resume when the phone is idle. As well as schedule the restart for 2:00 AM. Scheduling option was introduced in Samsung devices long back that lets you schedule the installation of an update between 2AM and 5AM. The update also moves 'About Phone' directly accessible from the 'Settings'. New builds for the Pixel and Nexus devices with December 2018 Android Security update: Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL (PQ2A.190205.001) Pixel 2, Pixel 2 XL (PQ2A.190205.002) Pixel, Pixel XL (PQ2A.190205.003) Pixel C (OPM8.190205.001) Check out the complete set of issues that are fixed in the latest update in the Android Security Bulletin here, Security and download full factory images or OTA images for these Pixel devices from the Google Developers website, if you don’t have the over-the-air (OTA) update yet. We're rolling out February's security patch now. Keep an eye out for the update on your Essential Phone. pic.twitter.com/ljXyFOScpQ — Essential (@essential) February 4, 2019 As usual Essential has also rolled out the February security patch, ...

Huawei View 20 Camera Samples

Recently, Huawei’s HONOR brand launched the View20 smartphone in the Indian market at a starting price of Rs. 37,999. The latest outing from Honor boasts latest specifications, trendy V-shaped texture on the glass back, and capable camera setup.  With a screen-to-body-ratio of 91.82%, the View 20 packs a 6.4-inch Full HD+ All-View Display with just 4.5mm cut out for 25MP front camera. Further, it is powered by Kirin 980 SoC with GPU Turbo 2.0,  liquid cooling, up to 8GB RAM. Talking about the USP, the Honor View 20 sports a 48-megapixel rear camera with Sony IMX586 1/2-type (8.0 mm diagonal) sensor, uses 4-in-1 light fusion that outputs better low-light images at 12MP resolution. Further, it also has a TOF 3D secondary rear camera that lets you play games using 3D gesture recognition by capturing body movements. Having said that, below are the camera samples straight from View 20. Check out the review here to know more about the camera in detail. Check out the camera samples (Click the image to view the full resolution samples) [caption id="attachment_274427" align="alignnone" width="574"] 2X Zoom[/caption] [caption id="attachment_274426" align="aligncenter" width="450"] 2X Zoom[/caption] [caption id="attachment_274425" align="alignnone" width="574"] 2X Zoom[/caption] [caption id="attachment_274421" align="alignnone" width="574"] Macro[/caption] [caption id="attachment_274418" align="alignnone" width="574"] Macro[/caption] [caption id="attachment_274417" align="alignnone" width="574"] Macro[/caption] [caption id="attachment_274422" align="alignnone" width="574"] Selfie with beauty mode[/caption] [caption id="attachment_274423" align="alignnone" width="574"] Selfie[/caption] [caption id="attachment_274424" align="alignnone" width="574"] ...

Nokia 5.1 Plus 4GB and 6GB RAM variants with 64GB storage launched in India

HMD Global launched the Nokia 5.1 Plus Android One smartphone in India back in September last year with 3GB RAM with 32GB storage at Rs. 10999. Today the company has launched new 4GB RAM with 64GB strorage, as well as 6GB RAM with 64GB storage version for Rs. 14,499 and Rs. 16,499, respectively. The new variants of the Nokia 5.1 Plus come in Gloss Black, Gloss White and Gloss Midnight Blue and will be available starting 7th February 2019 online on Nokia.com/phones; and starting 12th February 2019 across offline retailers. The old 3GB RAM with 32GB storage version is available for Rs. 9999 on Flipkart and Rs. 10,599 on Nokia.com/phones. Hope the company resolves the charging port issue on the phone soon. Nokia 5.1 Plus specifications 5.86-inch ( 720×1520 pixels) HD+ 2.5D curved glass 19:9 aspect ratio display Octa Core MediaTek Helio P60 12nm processor (Quad 2GHz Cortex A73 + Quad 2GHz Cortex A53 CPUs) with 800MHz ARM Mali-G72 MP3 GPU 3GB RAM with 32GB storage / 4GB / 6GB RAM with 64GB storage, expandable memory up to 400GB with microSD Android 9.0 (Pie) Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD) 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, secondary 5-megapixel rear camera 8MP front-facing camera, f/2.2 aperture, ...

ASUS OMG Days Sale from Feb 6 to 9 on Flipkart – ZenFone 5Z at Rs. 21999, Rs. 1000 off on ZenFone Max Pro M2 and more

ASUS and Flipkart have announced OMG Days to celebrate 2 million customers in 2018 with offers on the entire range of ZenFone starting February 6th to 9th, 2019.  This includes flat Rs. 1500 off on all variants of ZenFone Max Pro M1, Rs. 1000 off on all variants of ZenFone Max M2 and ZenFone Max Pro M2, flat Rs. 8000 off on all variants of ZenFone 5Z and flat Rs. 1000 off on ZenFone Lite L1. It will also offer no Cost EMI on leading credit and debit card and Bajaj Finance, Flipkart’s Complete Mobile Protection Plan also covering theft at a very attractive price and more. ZenFone 5Z 6GB + 64GB - Rs. 21,999 (Rs. 8000 off) ZenFone 5Z 6GB + 128GB - Rs. 24,999 (Rs. 8000 off) ZenFone 5Z 8GB + 256GB - Rs. 28,999 (Rs. 8000 off) ZenFone Max Pro M2 3GB + 32GB - Rs. 11,999 (Rs. 1000 off) ZenFone Max Pro M2 4GB + 64GB - Rs. 13999  (Rs. 1000 off) ZenFone Max Pro M2 6GB + 64GB - Rs. 15999 (Rs. 1000 off) ZenFone Max Pro M1 3GB + 32GB - Rs. 8499 (Rs. 1500 off) ZenFone Max Pro M1 4GB + 64GB - Rs. 10499 (Rs. 1500 off) ZenFone Max Pro M1 6GB + 64GB ...

Coolpad Cool 3 with 5.71-inch HD+ dewdrop notch display, dual rear cameras, Android Pie launched in India for Rs. 5999

Coolpad has launched Cool 3, the company's latest budget smartphone, as it had promised. It has a 5.71-inch HD+ Dewdrop notch display that promises 90% screen-to-body ratio, is powered by a 1.3GHz Octa-Core SoC, and runs on Android 9.0 (Pie). It has an 8-megapixel rear camera along with a 0.3 MP secondary camera and a 5-megapixel front camera with beautify features. It has face unlock and a fingerprint sensor on the back. It has dual color glossy back cover with new pattern of colors on the edges, comes with 4G VoLTE and packs a 3000mAh battery. Coolpad Cool 3 specifications 5.71-inch (1520  x 720 pixels) HD+ display 1.3GHz Octa-core Unisoc processor 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD Dual SIM Android 9.0 (Pie) 8MP rear camera with LED Flash, 0.3MP secondary camera 5MP front-facing camera Fingerprint sensor 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS + GLONASS 3000mAh battery The Coolpad Cool 3 comes in Midnight Blue, Ruby Black, Ocean Indigo and Teal Green colors, is priced at Rs. 5999 and will be available both online and offline. Commenting on the launch, Fisher Yuan, President, Coolpad Group and South Asia said: Coolpad is set to disrupt the budget smartphone segment in India with a ...