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The Android 11 developer preview is available for Google smartphones only including Pixel 2/2 XL, Pixel 3/3 XL, Pixel 3a/3a XL, and Pixel 4/4 XL. These smartphone users can on the Android developer website here and download the preview. Let’s know about some important Android 11 features. Bubbles This feature will let the users access their messages coming in the user interface through floating Bubbles. It was earlier supposed to be rolled out with Android 10, but now it can be rolled out with Android 11....

All three Android One Phones – Micromax Canvas A1, Spice Dream Uno and Karbonn Sparkle V have the same hardware and Google controlled software. Spice Mobility has stated that their Android One device will be upgraded to Android 5.0 Lollipop by the end of January. Since updates will come from directly from Google, you can expect the same time frame for all three smartphones. Android 5.0 Lollipop comes with several enhancements including the new Material design, improved battery life, better security, better sharing, new and improved Notifications and much more....

Display and Processor The Android One Phones have a 4.5 Inch display while the new Moto G now has a larger 5 Inch display. The display is the highlight of Moto G with great colors, 720p pixels, Gorilla Glass 3 protection and great viewing angles. The IPS LCD Display on Android one phones have lesser 854 X 480 pixels and ok viewing angles. The display is very usable, but doesn’t come close to what Moto G is offering....

The iPod Nano and Shuffle were released back in 2005 as an affordable and smaller alternative to Apple’s standard iPod. The Cupertino based tech giant had already stopped updating the Nano and Shuffle several years ago. Now they are being killed in the era when most people store and stream music on their smartphones.However, the iPod product line still remains alive with iPod Touch. Apple plans to continue selling its Wi-Fi enabled, iOS-based all-purpose phablet with doubling the storage capacity and slashing the price....

Other than the name, some live images of the smartphone have also got leaked by Mobilefun. It is said the device appeared in the image is the Apple iPhone SE 2 with a rendered image of the screen protector which shows the smartphone with a notch and thin bezels around it. As there is no home button, the next generation iPhone SE 2 will have Face ID support just like the iPhone X....

The smartphone is expected to be featuring “Cover Glass Sensor (CGS)” technology to relocate the touch module from the display to the glass surface. The CGS technology will result in a display which will be lighter and shock resistant. The CGS will also have a thin-film sensor to the touch film sensor which will be included in CGS but the purpose of the film is still unknown. This will most definitely increase the cost of the touch panel from the existing price of $23 to $26....

Confused? Well, it is indeed a little confusing. Asus presented 5 different Zenfone 2 variants at India launch, spread between 12,999 INR and 22,999 INR. A 128 GB variant was later quietly listed at 29,999 INR with a coming soon tag and now, the latest Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML- 6J226WW is available for 18,999 INR. Recommended: Asus Zenfone 2 Variants in India – Similarities and Differences Apart from a different chipset, other specifications are same as the 32 GB storage variant....

Other key features of ASUS Zeonfone 6 are Snapdragon 855 with up to 8GB RAM, Android 9 Pie with ZenUI 6, a 5,000mAh battery with QuickCharge 4.0, and of course the 48-megapixel Sony IMX586 sensor along with a 13-megapixel ultra-wide lens. ASUS Zenfone 6 Design The phone is has a 3D Corning Gorilla Glass back and features a 6000-series aluminum frame. It comes in Midnight Black and Twilight Silver colors....

With a price tag of Rs. 49,999, the Asus ZenFone AR is a smartphone that is dedicated to seamless AR and VR experience. Packing a triple camera setup, Snapdragon 821 processor, 8GB RAM and 128GB onboard storage, the Asus ZenFone AR does have good specifications on paper. We got our hands on the Asus ZenFone AR and a Google Daydream headset to check its performance. Here is our review of the Asus ZenFone AR....

There is not a straight forward answer on the best extension to capture complete page screenshots, as it depends which feature you like the most. So, I took a stab at multiple extensions to find the reliable, easy and feature rich ones. 1) Feature Heavy – FireShot Fireshot is a popular Chrome extension does exactly what we desire here. It can capture the entire page with a click of a button and lets you export it in various image formats and in PDF as well....

Talking after the annual review meeting with Telcos, Manoj Sinha, Communications Minister stated that call drop rates had gone down and there is an improvement in customer satisfaction as well. The Review meeting was attended by representatives of major telecom operators including Airtel, Vodafone, Reliance Jio, Idea Cellular, BSNL, and Reliance Communications. What is Call Drop? As the name suggests, call drops refer to the calls that are disconnected due to technical fault from the service provider’s end....

The 5.5 Inch display with 720p HD resolution places it in the same league with the upcoming and dearly awaited Xiaomi Redmi Note. The handset is powered with MediaTek MT6592M true octa core SoC, clocked at 1.4 GHz with Mali 400 GPU, 1 GB RAM and 16 GB internal storage. With 64 GB MicroSD support present, storage shouldn’t be a problem. Imaging hardware includes an 8 MP rear camera and a 2 MP fixed focus front shooter....

Lenovo’s Xtensions were first heard of and associated with the Chinese manufacturer’s layered smartphone Vibe X2, which allowed for extra accessory layer (speakers, battery case, etc) to be added as a fourth layer. Vibe Xtension Selfie Flash, however is not a separate layer but a small accessory which plugs into 3.5 mm audio jack of any smartphone. It is made up of 8 diffused LEDs in a round metal casing and can supplement ambient light for better and natural color tones in your selfies....

For Example – If your address is abc@gmail.com and you also use xyz@yahoo.com then, without opening xyz@yahoo.com you can send a mail from xyz address. Follow these steps to send mails from different addresses – Go to Accounts and Imports tab from Gmail settings page. Click on ‘Send mail from another address’ button found user Send mail as section. Follow the Gmail’s instruction and you are done. You can also choose the address on which the replies will be sent....

However, it can get a little confusing. While many smartphones launched these days come with Quick Charge support, it is not necessarily the latest version of this technology. There is the original Quick Charge 1.0, then Quick Charge 2.0. Most recently, Qualcomm announced the availability of Quick Charge 3.0 along with the launch of Snapdragon 820. To make things a little more confusing, some companies do not license Quick Charge technology, so even though the processor may support it, the phone will not come with Quick Charging....

Coolpad Note 3S Specifications Powering Note 3S is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 processor, accompanied with a 3GB RAM and 32 GB expandable storage and continues to offer a 5.5-inch HD display. The 13 MP primary camera with f/2.2 aperture and a 5 MP front camera with f/2.2 aperture and fixed focus take care of the photography and video needs of the consumers while the overall weight of the phone is 167 grams....

Corning is the leader in making ‘magical glass’ or protective glass for smartphones and has been used in over 4.5 billion devices worldwide which includes some popular brands like Apple, Samsung, Sony, HTC and more. There are over 1,800 product models across 40 major brands which have used the Gorilla Glass till now. Also See: Why is Corning Gorilla Glass Best For Your Smartphone? Corning also claims that the new glass is tested on different types of surfaces including, hard and rough ones....

Customize YouTube Player and Progress Bar First of all, go ahead and install Stylish as a Chrome extension or as a Firefox addon. This particular extension lets you customize the appearance of any web page with simple CSS/JS scripts. Once that’s done, you will need some scripts that will alter YouTube’s design elements which you can choose from here. Not everyone one of them is worth checking, therefore here are some interesting ones,...

Notably, Datawind has given proof of its concept to the telecom operators in the country and only the final agreement is yet to be signed. It is likely that the final agreement will be signed in by February. Datawind has requested the telecom operator to bill it for Internet that customers will access from Datawind’s server. In the past six months, DataWind has tied up with UniverCell in the southern region of India, Spice Retail in the northern and western parts and also set up with its own distribution network in the eastern regions of the country....

The only thing that seems to make it stand apart from the rest is the unconventional body design which is more rectangular and refreshing change to almost similar designed budget android phones. The phone comes with a 1 GHz Single core processor based on Cortex A9 architecture backed by 512 MB RAM. You will get 130 MB of storage space (Total 512 MB) for Apps and can use external SD card for up to 32 GB....