Harshita Rastogi

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Firefox OS makes an entry with ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire, leaves Huawei and LG for later

Mozilla Firefox OS makes its first landing on ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire smartphones, both of which are flaunting the new OS at the MWC. While announcing the launch of the Firefox OS, Mozilla also disclosed its partners including ZTE, Alcatel, Huawei and LG as phone manufacturers, Qualcomm for providing Snapdragon chipsets, and so far 18 operators for bundled services. The ZTE Open and Alcatel One Touch Fire initiate the Firefox OS journey in the mobile market, while LG and Huawei will join in a bit later latter. Here we tell you more on, besides the OS, what all do these phones hold for the users.

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UMI X2 launched in India for Rs 14,000, comes with 5-inch HD display, 2GB RAM and 13-megapixel camera

Chinese smartphone maker UMI has introduced the X2 smartphone in India for Rs 14,000. The device is notable because it boasts of a number of features that we associate with smartphones that cost upwards of Rs 30,000. It features a 5-inch IPS, Gorilla Glass 2 Display with a full-HD 1080p resolution a first for a device south of Rs 20,000 in India. Features wise, it also gives the Micromax Canvas HD shivers as it is priced very similarly, but on paper it has a distinct hardware advantage over it.

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Nokia Lumia 530 launched in India, priced at Rs 7,199

Microsoft has launched the Nokia Lumia 530 in India for Rs 7,199. The Windows Phone 8.1 running affordable smartphone is now officially available on Nokia India's online store. Earlier the smartphone was put up on pre-order on Snapdeal.

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Microsoft researchers modify smartphone camera in to a Kinect-like 3D camera

A team at Microsoft Research centre has developed a new technology that transforms a 2D smartphone camera in to a 3D infrared camera. This new camera sensor will then somewhat work like a Kinect to map the depth data and track a user's hand gestures and face. With this camera sensor, it will be much cheaper and simpler for developers to work on 3D applications for smartphones.

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Oppo N1 mini hands-on and first impressions

Oppo launched the N1 mini in India yesterday, which is essentially a smaller variant of the N1 smartphone launched early this year. The Chinese company has launched the smartphone at Rs 26,990, which puts it on the higher side, especially since the current trend is to sell phones with higher specifications at low price. Oppo however feels that with features like a swivel camera, interactive UI and a good build quality, this newbie gets an edge over others in the competition. We had the phone in our hands for a while and here are our first impressions.

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Apple reportedly starts production of new iPads with anti-reflective display

Apple is reportedly working on adding a new anti-reflection coating on its new iPad models, which include a full-sized iPad with a 9.7-inch screen and a new version of the 7.9-inch iPad mini. As per Bloomberg s report this coating on new iPads will be helpful in offering a better display and visuals even in bright lighting conditions.

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Oppo N1 Mini to launch today in India

Oppo is all set to launch the N1 Mini today at an event to happen in Delhi. The phone will be the smaller version of the Oppo N1, which was launched early this year. As far as the specifications revealed by the company in other countries, the N1 Mini comes with a 720p display and a 13-megapixel swivel camera, which is capable of shooting at 24-megapixel ultra HD mode.

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Android 4.4 KitKat update for Sony Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 Dual rolls out

Sony today announced that it is rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update for its mid-range smartphones Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 Dual. The company mentioned that the roll out will happen in phases, depending up on the market and carriers.

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Microsoft to drop technical and security support for older Windows and Internet Explorer versions

Microsoft will be pulling out support and security updates for older version of its services in order to push users to migrate to the newer versions. The company has announced that from January 12, 2016 onwards, it will discontinue support for several older versions of operating systems and browsers, and will only offer technical and security support for the most recent versions.

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Angry Birds Stella set for launch on September 4

Rovio s fan will be delighted to know that the company s much awaited game, Angry Birds Stella, will finally go live on app stores on September 4. The company has tweeted it out that the adventure begins September 4 , and has posted the first YouTube video trailer of the game.