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Alcatel 1X Android Oreo Go Edition smartphone announced in India: Details

Lakshmi Rajan — Tue, 13 Mar 2018 16:36:18 +0000

Alcatel 1X specifications The smartphone features a 5.34-inch display with 18:9 aspect ratio. Powering it is an octa-core MediTek MT6739 SoC paired with 1GB of RAM. There is also 16GB of internal storage, which is expandable via microSD card. The camera specs include a 13MP rear camera and 8MP front with flash. On the battery side, the X1 has a 2,460mAh battery. The phone supports 4G VoLTE. . The pricing of the Alcatel X1 is yet to be announced for the Indian market but going by the specifications, it would be an entry-level Smartphone at competitive pricing. ]]>

Opera Mini for Android now offers two different data compression modes

Lakshmi Rajan — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 08:40:55 +0000

Camu camera app now available on Android

Lakshmi Rajan — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:23:32 +0000

Play Store. It works with Android 4.0 or higher.]]>

Camu camera app now available on Android

Lakshmi Rajan — Tue, 20 Jan 2015 06:23:32 +0000

Play Store. It works with Android 4.0 or higher.]]>

FreeCharge App Review – Recharge on the move swiftly

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:11:25 +0000

When the prepaid plan came into mobile scene in India, it was a boon. It freed the users from the fixed tariff plans every month and gave more control on the mobile spending on calls and data. But it also meant running to the neighborhood stores for quick recharge when you ran out ‘currency’. It became problematic when traveling, initially during the early days of mobile we have to call back a friend or relative back home to ‘recharge’ your number. The advent of online recharge sites eased things. It was convenient and easy. Soon many websites offering online recharge of mobile appeared. Personally I been using FreeCharge.in website for for quiet a long time for my prepaid recharges. Still when I was on a move or not able to access desktop, I have to call back someone in a hurry to top up my phone number. Accessing the desktop version for e-payment still doesn’t entice me for couple of reason. First at times the desktop versions are slow on mobile platform, secondly due to screen size, the desktop versions are cramped and I am not psychologically comfortable making e-payment transaction on a cramped screen. There were already few apps for online recharge but the familiarity with FreeCharge refrained me from trying them out. Then FreeCharge App appeared on Play Store but it took some time for me to actually download it and use it. So how good and convenient the app? Read on. To begin with, at 2.2MB, the app is a light-weight and would be easy on your phone storage. If you are already a FreeCharge user like me using their desktop version, you can use the same login else you can use your existing play store gmail id you use in your phone to login or alternatively you can sign-in with your Facebook login too. Again, if you want to use a different email id to register, simple tap on the create new account and fill in the details. From the app, you can recharge prepaid mobile number, pay postpaid bill for your mobile as well as recharge DTH and Datacard. When you type your mobile number, the app automatically detects the operator. Making payment is easy. I already had Rs 500 balance in ‘My Credits’. We will see the payment options a little later. So to recharge my number, all I have to do is add the amount, if you have balance in my credits it will automatically show the ‘FreeCharge’ credits and you can proceed with the payment. Done, within a minute. When you are making the payment. On the field where you key the amount, there is an option to select the ‘Tariff plans’. Clicking on the option, gives you various plans the operator offers including full talktime, 3G,2G and other special top up plans available from the operator for your telecom circle. As an add-on, FreeCharge also lists various discount coupons to choose upon spread across various categories while making a transaction. Now let’s see the available mode of payment. The most convenient way of course is keep a buffer credit in your FreeCharge account that will enable you to swiftly make payment without having to go to your bank/credit card payment gateway each time. Once your credit is dry, you can replenish to your convenient amount. If you don’t want to keep your money idle on ‘My Credits’, there are other options payment via debit card, net banking and credit card supported by many leading banks. The app also gives an option to save your card details for faster future transactions. You can also check your past recharges by clicking the My Recharges tab, which lists your previous recharges with the details. I found FreeCharge a swifter mode to recharge. With a neat and straight forward interface, the app is now my mainstay for my recharge needs.]]>

MomentCam, the Chines photo app is now available in english

Lakshmi Rajan — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 10:04:39 +0000

iOS. Google Play.]]>

Plants vs Zombies 2 is now available on Android

Lakshmi Rajan — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 05:54:56 +0000

Plants vs. Zombies 2 in Australia and New Zealand in October and now is good to download and play for Android users around the world. Though it is a free to download and play game, you can also buy in-game goodies to go on a fastrack mode. It is notable that like the original game, even the free mode is quiet good for addictive gaming. You can also track achievements and leader-boards. The Android version works with devices running Android 2.3 or higher. To download it from Google Play, hit the source link below. Source: Google Play ]]>

Microsoft Remote desktop apps for Android and iOS launched; access your desktop on the go

Lakshmi Rajan — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 10:37:14 +0000

Access to remote resources through your Remote Desktop Gateway

Rich multi-touch experience with remote desktop protocol (RDP) and RemoteFX supporting Windows gestures

Secure connection to your data and applications with breakthrough Network Layer Authentication (NLA) technology

Simple management of all remote connections from the connection center

High quality video and sound streaming with improved compression and bandwidth usage

The iOS version of the app talks of extra functionality “Easy connection to external monitors or projectors for presentations” So next time when you are on the go and to retrieve a file stored in your desktop PC, now you know how to go about it right from your mobile devices. The Android Remote Desktop app is available in the Google Play store, and the iOS version is available in Apple’s App Store. If you have trouble configuring the setup, move over to MicroSoft.com support to troubleshoot.]]>

Wonder what the next Android version be called? It's Android Kitkat!

Lakshmi Rajan — Wed, 04 Sep 2013 04:59:22 +0000

Just when everyone expected the next version of Android would be Android 5.0 and named Key Lime Pie. Google sprang a surprise break by announcing that the next Android version would be Android 4.4 and would be called Android KitKat. Yes, you read it right. It’s the same trademark chocolate bar name from Nestle. With the new name the company’s sticks with the long tradition of naming the Android versions after desserts. Looks like the chocolate bar is a favorite of the Android coders in Google campus and the company states it’s “not a money-changing-hands kind of deal,” with Nestle. So next time you wrap the covers of KitKat, don’t be surprised to see an Android shaped KitKat choco bar inside! To engage the consumers, Nestle also announced there would be specially-marked KitKat packages giving a chance to win either a free Nexus 7 or a Google Play credit.

History of Android version names

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Google Play Books Now Available in India

Lakshmi Rajan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:29:53 +0000

Apart from free-to-download books, the paid e-books starts at Rs.50. The purchased books are stored in cloud thus enabling the user to read it on the web, a phone, or a tablet and pick up right where you left off. On your android smartphones or tablets, one can start immediately reading through the Google Play book app. If you are on computer, your downloaded books could be read in web browser. For those iPhone and iPad users, there is also a Google Play books app available in iTunes for your reading convenience. Though as of now Google is silence about offering movies and music, the launch of Google Play books is significant in itself since Google is reluctant in opening its Google content in emerging markets with only Brazil is the only other country to get access to Books back in December, 2012. Although, Brazil also got movies and music content along with books unlike India, where Google chose to test the waters with Books initially. India is the fourth largest country for Google Play downloads, so it’s natural for Google to focus on the market. To visit Google Play Book, click HERE Source: Official Google India Blog]]>