Monday, February 8, 2016

Samsung Galaxy S7 family Accessories Leaks; Battery Case Also Included as like of Apple

Samsung Galaxy S7 which is in news since past 2 quarters, today, its accessories has been leaked. As it’s nearing the launch at Samsung Unpacked Event on 21st February before MWC 2016.


Galaxy S7 Accessories


Samsung Galaxy S7 family, which includes Galaxy S7/S7+/S7 edge. Their accessories has been leaked, complete with pricing info—at least for the German market. Courtesy of German WinFuture, the selection includes a few surprises.


Those surprises includes Battery Cases as like of Apple providing to their phones. battery cases will be available for €89.99 ($99.9) with a capacity of 2,700 mAhand further it is going to support wireless charging.


If we compare recently revealed Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge battery capacity then these battery cases will double the battery capacity. There’s also a Samsung LED View Flip Cover which is available for (€69.99, or $77.7). There are many more accessories that are included in the list.


Those things are:


  • S View Cover

  • ClearCover

  • Wallet Flip Cover

  • Glitter Cover

  • Keyboard Cover

You can check the images above to know more of the accessories coming with the Galaxy S7 family.



Samsung Galaxy S7 family Accessories Leaks; Battery Case Also Included as like of Apple

Lenovo Launches its Yoga Tab 3 Pro and Yoga 900 Laptop in India

Lenovo is one of the World’s largest laptop manufacturing Company and now the company is trying their luck in smartphones and tablet market also. So, Today Lenovo launches its Yoga Tab 3 Pro and Yoga 900 Laptop in India.


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Lenovo Tab 3 Pro runs on Andriod 5.1 Lollipop out of the box, it features a 10.1-inch 2560 x 1600 display, Device is powered with Intel’s Atom X5-Z8500 quad-core SoC which is clocked at 2.24GHz with 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage on the inside which can be expanded up to 128GB via a microSD card. Moreover, Tablet also has a built-in projector, which can be rotated up to 180-degrees, and project videos up to 70-inches. Coming to camera it haves 13-megapixel shooter placed on the back of the Yoga Tab 3 Pro, and a 5-megapixel snapper on front side. The tablet also ships with four JBL speakers, and Wolfson Master Hi-Fi tech.


Now coming to Lenovo Yoga 900 Laptop it is a flagship ultrabook from lenovo. It is also showed at CES 2016 earlier last month.






































Lenovo Yoga 900 Ultrabook is Powered by Windows 10, the laptop is touted to be the world’s thinnest Intel Core i convertible. It features the Yoga signature watchband hinge for ultraportability. It comes equipped with Intel’s newest 6th gen Core i7 processor with 8 GB of RAM. The laptop can be used in four different modes- laptop, stand, tent, and tablet. Lenovo claims the Yoga 900 comes with an improved battery life with 50 per cent greater battery density that allows it to offer up to 9 hours of local video playback.The device comes with JBL stereo speakers with Dolby DS 1.0 for better entertainment experience.


Price of both these devices Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Pro and Yoga 900 laptop is Rs. 39,990 and Rs. 1,22,090 respectively.



Lenovo Launches its Yoga Tab 3 Pro and Yoga 900 Laptop in India

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro Spotted on GFXBench

After the launch of Samsung’s new A-series smartphone Galaxy A9 in China. Company is planing to launch Galaxy A9 Pro very soon as it is spotted on GFXBench.


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According to the listings on GFXBench the Galaxy A9 Pro comes with the model number SM-A9100 which is powered with Snapdragon 652 chipset clocked at 1.8GHz with 4GB of RAM, 5.5-inch Full HD display, versus the Galaxy A9 which has a 6-inch display. Coming to camera it haves 16-megapixel camera on the back, which features autofocus, face detection, LED flash, and full HD (1080p) video recording. Moreover, the device packs 32GB of internal memory, but there’s no mention of microSD card slot for memory expansion.


samsung galaxy A9 Pro


The device is backed by a 4,000mAh battery with Quick Charge 2.0 support that can easily last for more than a day of usage. While we aren’t expecting any major changes in the design of the Galaxy A9 Pro. Reminding you that Samsung’s flagship device Galaxy S7 in MWC 2016.



Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro Spotted on GFXBench

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Samsung Pay Getting Marshmallow Compatible Soon

Samsung Pay, a tough competitor against Android Pay. Samsung Pay is mostly used in Korea and its adjacent countries but now after its launch in the U.S. its getting adopted there also.


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Samsung Pay V1.6.61 is here for download and it has brought various new features along with support of Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The update has enhanced the User Interface and Performance of the app.


You can download the app manually by heading into More>Settings>About Samsung Pay, and update from there.


Well, Samsung hasn’t really provided a release timeframe for Marshmallow and even though it has started the roll out process in South Korea and Samsung is already rolling Marshmallow update for its 2015 flagships.



Samsung Pay Getting Marshmallow Compatible Soon

TWRP 3.0.0 is Available for Download

Team Win Recovery Project or TWRP 3.0.0 is here with some new features and advancements. Developers have issued the update to tackle with the old bugs and to give a new look to the recovery.


twrp 3.0.0


TWRP 3.0.0 includes:


  • True Terminal Emulator – Includes arrow keys, tab and tab completion, etc. (by _that)

  • Language translation – Languages that require large font files like Chinese & Japanese won’t be available on most devices. Some languages may only be partially translated at this time. Translations are welcome over at OmniROM’s Gerrit. (mostly by Dees_Troy)

  • Flashing of sparse images – On select devices you will be able to flash some parts of factory images via the TWRP GUI (by HashBang173)

  • Adopted storage support for select devices – TWRP can now decrypt adopted storage partitions from Marshmallow

  • Reworked graphics to bring us more up to date with AOSP – includes support for adf and drm graphics (by Dees_Troy)

  • SuperSU prompt will no longer display if a Marshmallow ROM is installed

  • Update exfat, exfat fuse, dosfstools (by mdmower)

  • Update AOSP base to 6.0

  • Many, many minor fixes and tweaks

Team of TWRP has issued warning before installing the TWRP 3.0.0. According to developers on the latest version some devices may not boot correctly or have display issues due to the graphical changes. It is highly recommended that you ensure that you are able to flash an older version of TWRP in case of these errors.


So guys before proceeding do have a backup of your whole device and check the guides before doing any tinkering.



TWRP 3.0.0 is Available for Download

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Whatsapp Group Limit Throttled To 256 Members

Whatsapp is rolling out new features soon as per the report. As per the latest report Whatsapp is going to get a linkage to the main app.


whatsapp group limit 256 members


In a latest news which is not rumor, it’s an official statement that Whatsapp has increased the limit of 100 members in a group to 256 Members. Version 2.12.367 of WhatsApp for Android has this feature, so guys do check whether you have this version before checking the feature. Whatsapp has already crossed 2 Billion Active users and they have ended the subscription fee of 1 year.


Whatsapp management has said that they are working on different modules for monetization of this huge network. The upgraded group limit is only available for Android and iOS devices for now, but it will probably expand to the other platforms soon.


So guys who have groups with 100 users? Do you really think we need 256 members in the group.



Whatsapp Group Limit Throttled To 256 Members

Moto 360 (2015) Receiving Marshmallow Update

Motorola is rolling out Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Moto 360 (2015). Users are confirming regarding the update on their Moto 360 (2015) smartwatch.


moto 360 value tier


Moto 360 (2015) is getting the latest Android Wear update update, containing support for Marshmallow features like Doze and more. Google has poured in some new features in Android Wear version of Android like new gestures for wrist. Also they have added new languages support and those includes: Mandarin, Cantonese, Indonesian, Polish, Dutch and Thai. Also Google has embedded support for granular app permissions.


Motorola says the update will be rolling out to users in phases over “the next few days,” so you should expect to receive an update notification soon.


How many of you have started receiving the update? If yes, then share the changes with us via comments below.



Moto 360 (2015) Receiving Marshmallow Update

Friday, February 5, 2016

Samsung Galaxy S2 Gets Marshmallow via CM13 nightlies ROM

If you are using Samsung Galaxy S2 and looking for Marshmallow ROM than here is a good news for you people. CynogenMod make CM13 nightlies which is based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow.


galaxy s2 Marshmallow


It is good to see the effort from CynogenMod for making this ROM because, today the life cycle of a smartphone is around one year. After each year every company updates their flagship devices with newer ones. Reminding you Samsung Galaxy S2 is five year old phone launched in 2011 with Gingerbread.


In 2011 Galaxy S2 was launched with dual-core 1.2GHz processor and 4.3″ 480×800 display you can hardly be found in the lowest of the low-end Android phones. It does have 1GB of RAM and 16/32GB of storage though which make the device compatible for the modern Android ROMs like this one. you can get the ROM by clicking on the source link below.



Samsung Galaxy S2 Gets Marshmallow via CM13 nightlies ROM

Samsung Galaxy J5 and J7 (2nd gen) revealed through Bluetooth SIG

All the attention of Tech Bloggers and Websites is given to the Samsung’s flagship devices Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge which is to be launched on 21st February. Meanwhile Samsung is also working for near launch of its midrange android smartphones Galaxy J5 and Galaxy J7 (2nd gen).


Galaxy-J5-2016


Today both the midrange devices comes up on the Bluetooth SIG website, which indicates that unveiling of the devices is not far away. According to the specs popped up on GFXBench last month. Galaxy J5 is powered with Snapdragon 410 SoC with 2 GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, a 5.2-inch HD (1280 x 720) display.  Now, coming to camera the phone will have a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and 5 megapixel front facing camera.


Galaxy-J5-2016


On the other hand Galaxy J7 will be powered with Samsung’s all-new Exynos 7870 processor with 3GB of RAM, This phones display is of a 5.5-inch 1080 x 1920 resolution and it will have the larger capacity battery of 4300 mAh.


Here is one reminder for you that the 2nd-gen Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A7 have been released in India yesterday. So this seems that Samsung wants to consolidate its position in the midrange smartphones.



Samsung Galaxy J5 and J7 (2nd gen) revealed through Bluetooth SIG