Tag: Smartphones

One in three smartphones to be AI-ready in 2020

New Delhi: One in three smartphones — roughly over half a billion — shipped in 2020 will have machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities at the chipset level, new research said on Monday. According to Counterpoint’s ‘Components Tracker Service’, Apple, with its Bionic system on chip (SoC), will drive native AI adoption in smartphones, making […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Now talk to Samsung digital assistant Bixby in India

New Delhi: Samsung on Friday announced that digital assistant Bixby will now be available with voice capabilities in India that will help consumers interact better with their smartphones. Bixby has been optimized to understand Indian accents. The newly-launched Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ users can now enable Bixby’s voice capabilities (US […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Flagship smartphones to compete over high-end cameras

Seoul: Global tech giants are set to release flagship smartphones equipped with high-end cameras later this year with the technological focus shifting to dual lenses instead of megapixels, industry watchers said on Monday. “While smartphones initially focused on improving megapixels, the focus is moving towards editing software such as the Optical Image Stabilisation and the dual-lens […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Vivo 'Y69' with 16MP selfie camera launched at Rs 14,990

New Delhi: Vivo on Friday added the “Y69” to its Y line-up of smartphones at Rs 14,990. In terms of camera specifications, “Y69” features a 13MP rear camera with “Live Photo” feature. The 16MP “moonlight” selfie camera comes with f/2.0 aperture and “group selfie” mode. “We are pleased to introduce the “Y69″ in the Y […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Nikon India aims for Rs 1,200 crore revenue in 2017-18

New Delhi: Smartphones with manual shooting modes, better sensors and more megapixels have already spelt doom for compact digital cameras (CDCs). Will smartphones replace digital single-reflex (DSLR) cameras too? No, says Nikon which is aiming to create a new sales record in India for the financial year 2017-18. The Japan-based camera giant witnessed a sales […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Motorola launches fourth generation 'Moto E' series in India

New Delhi: Extending its ‘Moto series in India, Lenovo-owned Motorola on Wednesday launched ‘Moto E4’ and ‘Moto E4 Plus’ smartphones. The Rs 9,999 ‘Moto E4 Plus’ will be available as a Flipkart exclusive from 11.59 p.m. of July 12, with launch offers including data plans from Jio and Idea. The Rs 8,999 ‘Moto E4’ will […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Google Pixel 2 smartphones codenames revealed

New York: Google Pixel 2 smartphones have been code-named ‘Taimen’ and ‘Walleye’ and the bigger variant will have a 5.99-inch display, a new leak has said. According to a post by US-based developers’ platform XDA-Developers, the bigger Google Pixel 2 — code-named ‘Taimen’ — will feature a 1440p OLED panel. The devices will run on […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Nokia launches three new smartphones in India

New Delhi: Heralding a new era for Nokia in India, Finnish technology company HMD Global on Tuesday launched a new Android-based smartphone range — Nokia 6, Nokia 5 and Nokia 3 — for the consumers. While the Rs 9,499 Nokia 3 will be available in stores starting June 16, pre-registrations for the Rs 12,899 Nokia […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
New technology can drastically increase screen resolution

New York: Researchers have developed a new colour changing surface tunable through electrical voltage — a breakthrough that could lead to three times the resolution for televisions, smartphones and other devices. Video screens are made up of hundreds of thousands of pixels that display different colours to form the images. With the current technology, each […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Facebook's biggest business-to-business campaign soon

New York: Social networking giant Facebook is set to launch its biggest business-to-business advertising campaign, educating marketers to invest more in mobile video ads specifically created for the platform’s smartphone users. According to a report in Adweek on Sunday, the Facebook brand campaign to be launched on March 16, aims to educate and inspire marketers to […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
1 Billion Smartphones To Have Wireless Charging Globally By 2021 End
1 Billion Smartphones To Have Wireless Charging Globally By 2021 End

Despite the higher cost that wireless charging adds to smartphones, sales of the devices are strongest in the Asia Pacific region where 49 per cent of the installed base of wireless charging enabled smartphones are.

  • Saturday, 03 July 2021
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Smartphones, Online Teaching System Soon In Primary Schools!

Berhampur: An online teaching system with the help of smartphones for Odia medium schools in Ganjam district will be available soon, an official said. It will be rolled out on an experimental basis for the primary students of classes 5 and 6 in the first phase, Ganjam District Collector, Vijay Amruta Kulange, said. The online […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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BREAKING! Airtel's Rs 2000 cashback offer for prepaid customers

New Delhi: Bharti Airtel today said it will offer up to Rs 2,000 cashback over 36 months on purchase of Nokia 2 and Nokia 3 smartphones to its prepaid customers. “Bharti Airtel…and HMD Global today announced a partnership to offer affordable 4G smartphone options to customers as part of Airtel s Mera Pehla Smartphone initiative. […]

  • Tuesday, 29 June 2021
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'India to become world's second largest smartphone market'

New York: Buoyed by growing sales, India will overtake the US to become world’s second largest smartphone market by 2017, says a report. According to international research firm Strategy Analytics, global smartphone sales are forecast to grow from 1.5 billion units in 2015 to a record 1.7 billion by 2017. China, India and the US […]

  • Tuesday, 22 June 2021
Texting better than apps to treat mental illness

Simple texting via smartphones can be a more suitable treatment aid for those with mental illness than mobile apps, a study has found

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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