Xiaomi Mi 4 and Redmi Note to land in India within 60 days

Xiaomi Mi 4 and Redmi Note to land in India within 60 days
13 OCTOBER, 2014
Xiaomi has so far had great success in India, where it’s been holding weekly flash sales for a while. However, the only two devices that the company has offered Indian buyers until now have been the Mi 3 and the Redmi 1S.

Things will change soon, thankfully. Both the Mi 4 (pictured below), the Chinese smartphone maker’s current flagship handset, as well as the Redmi Note, its first phablet, could become available in India within the next two months.

The information comes from Hugo Barra, Xiaomi’s VP for international markets, so it’s as official as it can be. Keep in mind though that things can change, and a specific release date hasn’t been set for either device.

Also, the Mi 4 won’t arrive in India before December. Xiaomi’s other products, including the Mi Pad tablet and the Mi TV, are only going to reach the subcontinent in 2015. The Mi 3, on the other hand, won’t be sold again.

Xiaomi adds another former Google executive to its team The Chinese

hardware manufacturer Xiaomi added another former Google executive to its team. Jai Mani was a strategy and analytics associate for Google Play during his days at the search giant.

The new hire will lead Xiaomi’s product team in India. According to Hugo Barra, who has worked with Mr. Mani in Google, he will be the connection between Xiaomi’s rapidly expanding user base in the country and the company’s engineering team in Beijing. Xiaomi will soon set up an engineering team in India as well.

Xiaomi’s latest personnel move is yet another indication that the company is serious about expanding internationally. The company is making provisions to sell 100,000 units a week in India this month.

Motorola Nexus 6 goes through CPU-Z, confirms chipset

More details regarding the Motorola-made Nexus 6 (codenamed Shamu) have appeared through the Geekbench benchmark database as well as thanks to a couple of CPU-Z screenshot posted on Twitter.

The 5.9″ Nexus 6 managed a multi-core Geekbench score of 3199, which is more than the score of both the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The high result is thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 chipset with a 2.65GHz quad-core Krait 450 CPU inside and 3GB of RAM.

Furthermore, the Nexus 6 comes with QHD resolution resulting in a pixel density of 496ppi. The high-end specs sheet also features a 13MP camera with OIS and a dual-flash ring configuration akin to theMotorola Moto X (2014). The battery is rumored to have a capacity of about 3,200mAh, but won’t be removable.

This isn’t the first time we see the Nexus 6 go through a benchmark. The phone also went through the GFXBench, which tested its Adreno 420 GPU. Needless to say, the phone did quite well. Android L is going to debut on the phone, as goes the tradition with new Android releases.

A couple of weeks ago, a photo of the Nexus 6 leaked. In the photo, the phone relaxes next to the LG G3, which gives us a good idea of how big it’s going to be.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 UK launch delayed to October 17

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 was supposed to hit the shelves in the UK tomorrow but there is going to be a small delay. An eager Twitter users asked Samsung Mobile about the launch who confirmed that the flagship phablet will be available a week later than originally planned.

The timeline map released by Samsung a week ago put the UK among the countries where the Galaxy Note 4 will be available on October 10.

That was for Samsung’s own stores though, pre-orders for on-contract devices listed October 17 as the shipping date. A good part of Europe will also get the phablet at that date and now it seems so will the UK. Samsung is citing “amazing interest and demand” as the reason for the delay.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 costs around £575 off contract but can be head for free with a contract worth at least £38 a month.

The Internet in 2025: Blazing Speeds Could Enable Futuristic Tech

The Internet in 2025: Blazing Speeds Could Enable Futuristic Tech

What if the Internet were 100 times faster than it is today? How would this super-high-speed connectivity affect the economy, health care and education?

The Pew Research Center, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., recently posed these questions to experts in a range of Internet-related fields. Predictions about what the future Internet landscape could look like in the year 2025, with blazing-fast connectivity, ran the gamut from pragmatic to fantastical. While some experts envisioned a future in which business meetings take place via 3D hologram, another predicted the rise of immersive 3D pornography.

“These experts generally believe that, if technological change advances as they expect, it will bring about the types of connectivity humans have been dreaming about for quite some time,” said Janna Anderson, co-author of the new Pew report and director of the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University in North Carolina.

Smart Trash Can Moves by Itself to Catch Your Trash

A Japanese engineer has created a trash can that moves on its own to catch your trash. Developed by Minoru Kurata, the device features a wall-mounted sensor that detects which direction the trash is coming from. A computer then calculates the thrown trash’s trajectory and moves the trash can so the item will land inside the can. The invention won an Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts Festival.

TEETH THAT CAN THINK

Scientists at Princeton and Tufts are working on a super thin tooth sensor (a kind of temporary tattoo) that sends an alert when it detects bacteria associated with plaque buildup, cavities or infection. It could also notify your dentist, adding an extra layer of social pressure to make an appointment. The sensor may have wide-ranging use: the researchers have already used it to identify bacteria in saliva associated with stomach ulcers and cancers. While the sensor won’t last long on the surface of a well-brushed and flossed tooth, Michael McAlpine, the project’s leader, says that the sensors will be inexpensive enough that you can replace them daily. Clay Risen

ELECTRIC CLOTHES

Physicists at Wake Forest University have developed a fabric that doubles as a spare outlet. When used to line your shirt — or even your pillowcase or office chair — it converts subtle differences in temperature across the span of the clothing (say, from your cuff to your armpit) into electricity. And because the different parts of your shirt can vary by about 10 degrees, you could power up your MP3 player just by sitting still. According to the fabric’s creator, David Carroll, a cellphone case lined with the material could boost the phone’s battery charge by 10 to 15 percent over eight hours, using the heat absorbed from your pants pocket. Richard Morgan

ELECTRIC CLOTHES

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Lenovo A328 With Android 4.4 KitKat, Quad-Core SoC Launched at Rs. 7,299

Almost a week after being listed on the company’s site, the Lenovo A328 has been launched in India at Rs. 7,299.
The company has announced that the new A-series smartphone will be available in Black and White colour variants starting Wednesday across the company’s stores and other retail outlets.

Notably, the launch price of the Lenovo A328 is in-line with what an established Mumbai-based retailer claimed last week.

The smartphone runs Android 4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box and features a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480×854 pixels) display. It is powered by a quad-core MediaTek (MT6582M) processor clocked at 1.3GHz, clubbed with 1GB of RAM. There is 4GB of built-in storage, which can be further expanded via microSD card (up to 32GB).
The dual-SIM smartphone sports a 5-megapixel fixed focus rear camera with flash, while also housing a 2-megapixel front camera. The Lenovo A328 packs a 2000mAh battery that is rated to deliver up to 240 hours of standby time and up to 21 hours talk time on 2G network. The handset comes with 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, GPS/ A-GPS, Micro-USB, Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio port, and Wi-Fi connectivity options. The Lenovo A328 measures 132×68.5x11mm and weighs 140 grams.

Additionally, the smartphone comes pre-installed with some proprietary DOit apps, such as SECUREit which will help users track, analyse and optimise their data usage; the SHAREit app for fast phone-to-phone data transfer capability without the need for Wi-Fi or mobile network; and SYNCit to let users to have a permanent backup of all their data and whilst making it accessible on any device.

Last week, the Chinese handset maker launched the Vibe Z2 Pro in India, priced at Rs. 32,999. The phablet went on sale via Flipkart on October 6.