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  • Microsoft Lumia 535 Launched in India at 9199

    Microsoft Mobile launched first Lumia smartphone without Nokia Branding in India. The price of Lumia 535 Dual sim in India is 9,199. The device will be available from November 28, 2014. The available colours of Lumia 535 are Cyan, Bright Green, Bright Orange, White, Dark Grey, and Black colours.

    Lumia 535 Dual sim

    Lumia 535 Dual sim key highlight is its 5MP front facing camera. According to Microsoft mobile, “The Lumia 535 not only provides you with crystal-clear imagery and the Lumia selfie app, but you’ll also be able to get more in shot during those Skype calls.”. The device also features a 5MP rear primary camera.

    The Lumia 535 is powered by quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor clocked at 1.2GHz alongside 1GB of RAM.  The device comes with 8GB built in storage and support for microSD card upto 128GB. Microsoft also provides a free 15GB of One Drive cloud storage.

    Lumia 535 comes with bundled offers exclusive to Indian customer.  These bundled offers include 2 months free subscription to BoxTV worth Rs. 720;  ebooks worth Rs. 1,500 via Flipkart eBooks; Rs. 600 worth of ‘extra charge’ on any recharge (Rs. 150 per month), and Rs. 6,000 off (over three months) on purchases via the Windows Phone Jabong app. Vodafone subscribers will get 500MB mobile internet pack for two months provided customer is not using any internet pack.

    The Lumia 535 dual sim supports Bluetooth LE and can connect to accessories such as the Portable Wireless Speaker and Coloud Bang among others.  The connectivity features of the device includes 2G, 3G, WiFi, DLNA and GPS.

    Microsoft is offering two packages for new Lumia consumers (from Lumia 520 to Lumia 1520). The first package is an additional 1TB of OneDrive for Business cloud storage at a price of Rs. 799 per annum. The second  one is  an Office 365 Business Premium a special price of Rs. 2,499. Using this one licence that can be used on a total of 15 devices, specifically five PCs, five tablets (Windows/ iOS), and five smartphones (Windows/ iOS/ Android).

  • Nexus Devices start Receiving Android Lollipop from Today

    The Nexus line smartphones will be receiving the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop starting today.  This updated can be obtained through OTA update or through factory image which is available for download.

    The devices which will start receiving the Lollipop update are  WiFi only versions of Nexus 7 2012 tablet and Nexus 7 2013 tablet, Nexus 10 and Nexus.  The Nexus 4 users need to wait for few more days as it is yet receive Lollipop factory image.

    Android Lollipop

    The users of Nexus 7 table of 2012 and 2013 with Cellular version will get Lollipop update little bit late. Apart from this, Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 will also receive some minor bug fix updates today.

    Today, Motorola Moto X 2014 Pure Edition and Moto G 2014 also will get Android 5.0 Lollipop update. LG too not left behind. It announced that, LG G3 has also begun receiving the  heavily customized Lollipop build.

    It is surprising to see that, no word on the Android 5.0 Lollipop update to the Android One smartphones such as Micromax Canvas A1, Karboon Sparkle V and Spice Dream Uno.

  • Google HTC Nexus 9 Premium Tablet

    Last week we have seen two of big events with unveiling of great tablets and smartphones. There were lot of rumours and anticipation on launch of Nexus 6 smartphone, Nexus 9 tablet and Apple iPads. Both Google and Apple didn’t disappointed the gadget enthusiasts. Apple launched Apple iPad Air 2, iPad mini 3, upgradation for iMac series and launch of iOS 8.1 with lot of new features and bug fixes. Similarly, just one day ago to apple event, Google unveiled Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 with latest Android OS 5.0 Lollipop.  According to Google Android 5.0 is one of the major update in the Android history. In post we will discuss the features of of newly launched Nexus 9 tablet.

    Google Nexus 9
    HTC Google Nexus 9

    Google Nexus 9 tablet is manufactured by HTC. It marks many new things. One of them is the 8.9 inch display screen Nexus Tablet.  The screen has 1536×2048 pixel resolution with 281 ppi pixel density. The display screen has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection which helps in reducing the scratches on the screen.

    HTC Nexus 9 is powered by Dual core 2.3GHz Denver CPU with Nvidia Tegra K1 chipset and Kepler DX1 GPU. The new tablet has 2GB of RAM and 16GB or 32GB of internal storage. Like previous Nexus devices, this too doesn’t comes with support for microSD card.

    Google Nexus 9 sports 8MP autofocus primary camera with LED flash. It record 1080p videos at 30fps. There is also a 1.6MP front facing camera which can record videos at 720p resolution. Connectivity features includes WiFi, Bluetooth, microUSB, NFC and GPS. Cellular connectivity is a optional.

    Google HTC Nexus 9 comes with Indigo Black, Lunar White and Sand Colours. It houses Li-po 6700 mAh battery which according to Google will last for 10 hours of video playing or surfing. New Nexus 9 runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop out of the box which is optimized or better battery utilization.

    Nexus 9 Tablet Price

    Just a day after global unveiling, Nexus 9 is listed in Google Play store India website.  The price of Nexus 9 is given below.

    • Nexus 9 16GB WiFi only variant Price: Rs.28,900.
    • Nexus 9 32GB WiFi  and Cellular variant Price: Rs. 44,900.