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Smartphone is part of the company's Crafted for Amazon programme which features products that have been made in India and designed for India. Price 10.or D priced in India at Rs. 4,999 for the base model featuring 2 GB of RAM/ 16 GB inbuilt storage and other model at Rs. 5,999 for the 3 GB RAM/ 32 GB in built storage variant. The smartphone will go on sale at 12 pm IST on January 5 and  registrations for the first sale  have already opened.  Amazon Prime  buyers of the smartphone will get additional one-year warranty from the company. Specifications 10.or D runs on Android 7.1.2 Nougat with a stock Android UI - the company says an Android Oreo update will also be released soon. The 10.or D supports a 5.2-inch HD display and powered by a Snapdragon 425 SoC clocked at 1.4 GHz coupled with 2 GB or 3 GB of RAM. The smartphone supports a 13-megapixel rear camera with autofocus and an LED flash. On the front, it bears a 5-megapixel selfie camera.  The 10.o

Apple  has addressed claims from an app company that says the maker of iPhones slows down the performance of older phones.  Apple on Wednesday acknowledged that the company does take some measures to reduce power demands which can have the effect of slowing the processor, when a phone's battery is having trouble supplying the peak current that the processor demands. The problem stems from the fact that all lithium-ion batteries not just those found in Apple products degrade and have problems supplying the big bursts as they age and accumulate charging cycles. The problems with peak current draws can also occur when batteries are cold or low on charge. When an iPhone's processor makes a big current draw from a flagging battery, the battery can deliver the current in spikes that can potentially damage the phone's electronics. iPhones would suddenly shut down to protect the processor from being damaged by the power spikes.  The sudden shutdown problem became wide

Multiple users have posted on the Pixel User Community forum about faulty headphone adapters that  Google  has bundled with both the smartphones. Pixel phones  do not have a 3.5 mm headphone jack and Google has bundled a USB Type-C to 3.5 mm adapter to help users connect their 'legacy' headphones. The move seems to have proven ineffective as numerous users are reportedly experiencing audio issues with the adapter. S ome users have reportedly received functional adapter replacements from Google while some are still waiting for a fix to this unusual issue. Few of the forum users have also offered solutions one of which involves plugging the adapter into the phone first then attaching the headphones.   Rebooting the phone or rather performing a factory reset seems to be a solution that the majority of the users on the thread found to be effective. Recent comments talked about the issue getting fixed with Android 8.1 Oreo although it still remained an issue as newer u

Vodafone India  on Tuesday announced its partnership with China's Transsion Group-owned  Itel Mobile  to launch the  Itel A20  in the country with an effective price of as low as Rs. 1,590 actually priced at Rs. 3,690. The subscriber will need to adhere to Vodafone network and same handset for a period of three years.  Buyers picking up the Itel A20 will need to recharge their Vodafone accounts with at least Rs. 150 per month for 36 months. The recharge can be done either cumulatively or as a one-time recharge. At the end of the 18-month span, customers will receive a cashback of Rs. 900. After another 18 months, Vodafone will offer the rest Rs. 1,200 in the form of a cashback. The cashbacks will be generated through the M-Pesa wallet and can be used to recharge, pay bills, transfer money or withdraw cash. The bundled offer for the Itel A20 will be available for Vodafone India subscribers until March 31, 2018. Specifications Itel A20 runs Android 7.0 Nougat an

Amazon India  is set to expand the offerings with its 10.or brand in India to launch the 10.or D smartphone in the country and will host its first sale on January 5. Registrations for the new smartphone have already  started  with Amazon Prime members set to be provided an additional a one-year additional warranty. Like other 10.or phones, the handset will come under the new 'Crafted for Amazon' programme where Amazon ties up with OEMs and sells them under its own label. Specifications 10.or D features a 5.2-inch HD display. The smartphone powers a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor coupled with 2 GB and 3 GB RAM options. It has Dirac speaker, FM radio and USB OTG support and packs a 3500 mAh Li-Po battery that is claimed to deliver up to 25 hours of talk time or up to 10 hours of data access on a single charge. There is a built-in fingerprint sensor that is touted to scan fingerprints in 0.2 seconds. The smartphone has 16 GB and 32 GB on board storage op

Dutch site Techtastic  claims  to have got hold of the back panel of the Samsung S9. The photo uploaded on monday shows cutouts for a single-camera setup on the rear of the smartphone which matches the design shown in the CAD-based renders  leaked  last week. The fingerprint sensor on the Samsung S9 also seems to have shifted to the bottom of the rear camera module. We might get an upgraded battery capacity on the Galaxy S9 as compared to last year. Samsung S9 will support a 3200 mAh battery which is 200 mAh more than the 3000 mAh battery we saw on this year's Samsung S8. There is currently no update on the battery capacity of the Samsung S9+. Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 is expected to offer fast charging support on the upcoming phones.source:ndtv,onleaks.

Xiaomi  has launched a Special Edition Red variant of the  Mi A1  smartphone in India. Priced at at Rs. 13,999, the smartphone will be available in limited quantities starting Wednesday, December 20 via Mi.com and Flipkart.  The Xiaomi Mi A1 Special Edition Red variant features a vibrant shad of red alongside discreet separation lines. Except for the new paint job, the variant has specifications identical to the original Mi A1 that was launched in India back in September. Specifications The Xiaomi Mi A1 runs Android 7.1.2 Nougat operating system with stock UI and features a 5.5-inch IPS display with full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) resolution. The handset is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 SoC coupled with 4GB RAM. Mi A1 has two 12-megapixel image sensors - one with a wide-angle, f/2.2 lens and in 1.25-micron pixel sensor and the other one with an f/2.6 aperture telephoto lens. This new camera system offers 2X optical zoom. The smartphone has a 5-megapixel c

Reliance Jio  has launched a Web version of its  JioTV  live streaming service. JioTV now joins the ranks of  JioCinema  to become Jio's second service to have a Web version. It allows Jio users to view live TV via a Web browser. You can access  Web version of JioTV and JioCinema by visiting  jiotv.com  and  www.jiocinema.com  respectively. The interface of both browser versions appears similar to the apps available on both  Android  and iOS. There is also an option to filter out HD channels from their regular SD counterparts. The Web version of JioTV even offers the option to filter out channels in your preferred regional language.The Catch-Up TV feature is also present i.e allowing users to see content for the past seven days. A major factor behind releasing the Web version for JioTV could be live sports. Partners like Hotstar get a definite boost from users who prefer to stream live sports on the Web. Jio subscribers will now have the option to view their favou

Lenovo  brand Moto on Friday announced the launch of three new Moto Mods for its flagship Moto Z range in India. The new Moto Mods comprise the JBL SoundBoost 2 Mod for audio, the GamePad Mod for handheld gaming, and the TurboPower Pack battery mod for charging on the go. JBL SoundBoost 2 JBL SoundBoost 2 Mod is p riced at Rs. 6,999  succeeds the previously launched  JBL SoundBoost Mod . Moto claims a 10-hour battery life and water-repellent coating on this mod. It comes in Red, Blue, and Black colour variants and features a fabric-coated back for better grip. With a built-in kickstand, the JBL SoundBoost 2 Moto Mod offers a handsfree experience. The My JBL SoundBoost 2 app will also be available for managing audio settings. GamePad Mod The Moto Game Explorer app pops up on first-time installation and gives you a list of the compatible games on Google Play. Once you install your preferred game, it automatically gives functionality to the gamepad, which has dua

The  OnePlus 5T  Star Wars Limited Edition model was launched in the Indian market ahead of the release of  Star Wars: The Last Jedi , the latest installment in the movie franchise. The new OnePlus 5T variant is the most expensive OnePlus smartphone in the country yet, and features a few customisations that distinguish it from the standard version of the handset. These include a white back panel with a Star Wars logo on it, a red Alert Slider, 10 preloaded wallpapers and other software customisations. The company has also bundled a rugged case with the OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition, one that is designed after Kylo Ren's helmet from the movie. Price The OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition price in India has been set at Rs. 38,999.  OnePlus 5T Star Wars Limited Edition went on sale from midnight (12am IST) of Friday, December 15 - the same day that Star Wars: The Last Jedi released in the country - via Amazon India and OnePlusStore.in. Specifications One

Acer  India on Friday announced the launch of its Predator 21X gaming laptop. It is said to be the world's first gaming laptop to support a curved screen display. Pre-orders for the Acer Predator 21 X are live on Flipkart and the  gaming laptop  will be available starting December 18. It is priced at Rs. 6,99,999 which is a steep hike compared to the US pricing of $8,999 (roughly Rs. 5,77,000). Each Predator 21 X will ship with a custom hard-shell carrying trolley case. The first 300 notebooks will include a limited edition series number on the panel. Specifications The Acer Predator 21 X is based on Windows 10 and has support for Windows Hello through its front camera. It features a 21-inch curved full-HD ultrawide IPS display, with G-Sync support that has a resolution of 2560x1080 pixels, an aspect ratio of 21:9 and a refresh rate of 120Hz. Powering the gaming laptop is a 7th generation Intel Core i7-7820HK processor (2.9GHz with turbo boost up to 3.9GHz) paired

Apple  on Friday announced the  iMac Pro  price in India and said the new all-in-one workstation would soon be available to buy in the country. iMac Pro will be made available in India featuring an 8-core Intel Xeon processor, 32GB of DDR4 ECC RAM, Radeon Pro Vega 56 graphics card and a 1TB SSD. The iMac Pro price in India starts from Rs. 4,15,000. iMac Pro  went up for orders in the US on Thursday  and now Apple has  revealed prices  of all the SKUs, starting from $4,999 (roughly Rs. 3,20,600) for the base model specification highlighted above and going up to $13,199 (roughly Rs. 8,46,400) for the top-end model with an 18-core CPU. iMac Pro in India features a 27-inch Retina 5K (5120x2880 pixels) display with a wide-colour gamut (P3) and 500 nits of peak brightness. It is powered by an 8-core 3.2GHz Intel Xeon W processor that clocks up to 4.2GHz with Turbo Boost and has 19MB of cache. It has a Radeon Pro Vega 56 graphics card with 8GB of HBM2 memory and 32GB of 2666

Amazon  is rolling out a new feature to its Alexa-powered range of devices that lets you set music-of your choice- as an alarm to wake you up in the morning or for any other task. This feature can be activated by saying, "Alexa, set an alarm for  to <time> to <song> ". You can also ask Alexa to wake you up "every day" to the same song at the same time. The songs can be chosen from your preferred streaming service including Amazon's Prime Music or partner services like Spotify, TuneIn and Pandora. You can choose to play a specific song, artist, album, or even a radio station. You can also choose mood music to begin your day the way you want. The new feature will be available for all Alexa-powered devices including the Echo Dot, Echo Show, and Echo Plus. Fire TV is the only exclusion because it has no support for alarms.  Amazon had recently also  announced  that the Alexa is ready for the office environment. Businesses can buy Alexa devices

Alphabet's  Google  said on Wednesday it is opening an  artificial intelligence  research center in China to target the country's local talent even as the US search firm's products remain blocked in the country.  Google said in a statement the research center is the first of its kind in Asia and will comprise a small team operating out of its existing office in Beijing. Chinese policymakers have voiced strong support for AI research and development in the country but have imposed increasingly strict rules on foreign firms in the past year including new censorship restrictions.  Google's search engine is banned in the Chinese market along with its app store, email and cloud storage services. China's cyber regulators say restrictions on foreign media and internet platforms are designed to block influences that contravene stability and socialist ideas. While tightening restrictions are likely to hamper a re-entry to the Chinese market for Google, the firm

Chinese smartphone maker  Oppo  has been given green clearance to set up a mobile manufacturing unit in Greater Noida at a cost of Rs. 2,200 crores.  The Union Environment Ministry has granted the environment clearance to its Indian subsidiary Oppo Mobiles India Pvt Ltd for the proposed project. The clearance has been given to the Oppo's project after taking into account the views of an expert green panel. It is subject to compliance of certain conditions.  The environment clearance certificate has already been issued to the company. Oppo wants to set up a smartphone manufacturing unit in 110.04 acres in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The project will comprise of factory, offices, dormitory, canteen and play area. The project cost is estimated to be at Rs. 2,200 crores. The company has informed the government that about 13,043kg per day solid waste will be generated in the proposed project. Bio-degradable waste will be processed, while the non-biodegradable waste w

After sensing tremendous opportunities in both commercial and industrial  3D printing  in India, global PC and printer major  HP  on Friday announced to start selling its Next-Gen 3D printers in the country by early next year. With its Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing technology HP plans to disrupt the $12 trillion (roughly Rs. 7,73,56,117 crores) global manufacturing market and hopes to push 3D printing's prototyping into developing manufacturing components. Initially the focus will be on sectors like automobile and health care in India but the opportunities are immense.  In 2016, HP unveiled the world's first production-ready commercial 3D printing system to bring disruptive manufacturing solutions to markets.  With partners such as Nike, BMW and others, HP has taken a major step in reinventing the prototyping and manufacturing industry with the first commercial 3D printers based on open platform. The HP Jet Fusion 3D Printing Solution will deliver superio

Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups that have allegedly been creating cyber havoc internationally will shift their focus in 2018 to countries like India and Hong Kong and groups seen as a threat to Beijing's influence over global markets, enterprise cybersecurity company FireEye said on Thursday.  Hacker groups backed by nation-states are termed as APTs. The changing geopolitical situation in the Asia-Pacific region will give way to such threats. For the government and private sector alike, the FireEye executive said, it's important we shore up defences to avoid a situation like Russia's meddling in the recent US presidential election.  The threat actor activity which facilitates these operations often takes place well before election day, and as we saw in the US, targets can be very diverse. The unfortunate reality today is this is threat with which all democracies must contend. In the Asia-Pacific region, FireEye said, China and neighbouring coun

Apple  is in talks to acquire  Shazam Entertainment Ltd  whose software helps users identify songs by pointing their phone at an audio source.  Shazam's smartphone app is already tightly integrated with Apple's Siri digital assistant. Users of Apple's iPhone with the Shazam app installed can say "Hey Siri, what's that song?" and the app will identify it. But Shazam has other features such as the ability to identify television shows that do not yet work with Siri. UK based Shazam has raised $143 million from DN Capital Limited, Institutional Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, among others, over its 18-year history, according to PitchBook, a firm that tracks private venture investments. An acquisition of Shazam could help bolster Apple's music efforts by making it easier for users to find songs and add them to playlists in its  Apple Music  service. Apple Music had 27 million subscribers behind rival music streaming serv

Airtel has quietly raised the data limit for its Rs. 349 and Rs. 549 plans.  The revised  Airtel  plans now offer 500 MB more data per day to consumers, along with other freebies. With this update to the plans, the operator is now in a better position to compete with the corresponding  Jio  plans in terms of data allocation. The Rs. 349 Airtel plan was  launched in September  and originally came with 1 GB daily data allocation, along with unlimited local and STD calls and 100 SMS per day and validity of 28 days. The daily data limit was  increased to 1.5 GB in November , roughly two weeks after  Jio updated its plans . Now, the Rs. 349 plan offers 2 GB data per day, thus giving consumers a total of 56 GB data in the validity period. Moreover, users will get free outgoing calls on roaming with this pack now. he Rs. 549 plan by Airtel had 2.5 GB daily data limit till recently, but will now provide consumers 3 GB data every day. Along with this, users will get unlimited loca

Honor 7X  launch in India, the company is also planning to bring in more sub-Rs. 10,000 phones next year. Company to focus on mid range and budget phones in india in the coming years.  Honor has launched nearly ten phones in India in 2017, would like to launch a similar number of devices in 2018 as well. Company wanted to launch competitive and unbeatable product in India.  Indian has more than 40 percent online penetration.  we are focused more on the consumers and not only on channels. India is our special market Online market in India is a very very important churner. Asked about the confusion between V-Series and View-Series, the officials clarified that the handsets which were called V-Series earlier will be upgraded to 'View' in the future, subsequent to the launch of View 10.

The Amazon Prime Video app for iOS had  received  an update on Wednesday that brought it to version 5.0. The change log clearly mentions that users will now be able to watch Amazon Prime Video on their Apple TV directly, if they download the separate tvOS app - meant for Apple TV 3rd Generation and later set-top boxes. Now, a few hours later, the Amazon Prime Video app for tv OS has gone live on the dedicated tv OS App Store, with users across the world reporting seeing the app.  Apple  has  confirmed the launch  in a blog post. v 5.0 of the Amazon Prime Video app on iOS also brings Universal Search support for iOS search and  iPhone X  support.

Qualcomm  on Wednesday revealed the major components making  Snapdragon 845  a compelling processor for next-generation flagship Android devices. The new SoC is based on the company's custom Kryo 385 architecture that is touted to speed up the performance by up to 25 percent compared with last year's  Snapdragon 835 , while an Adreno 630 GPU is available to enhance on-screen graphics.  The San Diego-based company has also added on-device artificial intelligence (AI) functionality. Qualcomm detailed various enhancements to Snapdragon 845 by highlighting five key areas namely immersion, AI, security, connection, and performance. The immersion area is fulfilled by an integrated Qualcomm Spectra 280 image signal processor (ISP) and Adreno 630 GPU. The ISP enables the chip to capture 64 times more high-dynamic range colour information for video recording and playback on Ultra-HD displays compared to the previous generation Snapdragon SoC. There is also a massive boost in c

Xiaomi Redmi 5A beast in the budget phones category will be on sale today for the first time on Flipkart and Mi.com. Price Xiaomi Redmi 5A price in India at Rs. 5,999 for the 2 GB RAM 16 GB storage variant and Rs. 6,999 for the 3 GB RAM 32 GB storage variant. F irst 5 million units of the 2GB RAM, 16GB storage variant will be available with a Rs. 1,000 discount, bringing the price down to Rs. 4,999 - making it the cheapest Xiaomi smartphone in the country. Specifications Xiaomi Redmi 5A runs on MIUI 9 based on Android Nougat and supports a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display with a pixel density of 296 ppi. It is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 SoC that's clocked at up to 1.4 GHz, coupled with 2 GB or 3 GB of RAM. The smartphone bears a 13-megapixel rear camera with an f/2.2 aperture, coupled with LED flash and PDAF. Redmi 5A has a front camera of 5-megapixel camera with an f/2.0 aperture. Redmi 5A comes with 16 GB or 32 GB of inbuilt st