HTC launches Desire 826 in India at INR 25,990

HTC India has announced the launch of its Desire 826 smartphone in the Indian market. The phone will go on sale in the coming days with a maximum operating price (MOP) of INR 25,990.

“Our consumer today represents an individuality that has quite a resolute fabric, each one being a strong and special personality in their own stride. We at HTC understand our consumer and design products to sit their being. The HTC desire 826 is yet another effort of ours to combine superior quality features in a stunning smartphone at a smart price,” said Faisal Siddiqui, President, South Asia, HTC.

Originally introduced in January this year, HTC Desire 826 sports dual-tone color and dual finish. It features a 5.5-inch full HD display, 1.5GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor, 2600 mAh battery, and Android 5.0 with Sense 6.0.

The smartphone also comes with 13MP f2.0 rear camera, Ultrapixel front shooter, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and microSD card slot.

In addition, HTC has packed dual front-facing speakers with BoomSound and Dolby Audio in the smartphone.

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HTC launches a new device One 8s

HTC has launched a new device called HTC One 8s which has a mix of new and revisited features on a midrange handset.

According to CNET, it has a 5-inch screen and curved with metal body. The display comes with a 1920x1080-pixel resolution.

 HTC One 8s runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop with version 6.0 of its Sense interface.

 One 8s comes with a 13-megapixel duo camera with f/2.0 aperture and 28mm lens. Video recording can be done at 1080p HD. It has a5-megapixel front camera to work with. 1080p HD video recording on that front camera is a nice touch.

 Like other HTC phones, the 8s integrates BoomSound dual front-facing speakers that promise loud and clear audio.

 HTC One 8s works on a Qualcomm's octa-core Snapdragon 615 presents 64-bit computing through four cores at 1.7GHz and four at 1.0GHz. The One 8s supports quick-charging, for faster battery top-ups. That battery has a 2,840mAh capacity and is rated to 20.25 hours on 3G.

 One 8s has internal Storage of 16GB, with 2GB of RAM, but it can support a microSD card of up to 128GB. The One 8s also supports NFC, Bluetooth 4.1 and Wi-Fi.

 HTC One 8s retail price is unknown.

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Quad HD Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro unveiled as K920

We have been seeing a lot of stories about what would be the flag bearer for Lenovo this year—the Vibe Z2 Pro smartphone. And now, Lenovo has finally unveiled the same under a different name simply called the Lenovo K920 at the Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai. The handset is a Quad HD monster and comes with the muscle to match its massive 6 inch display.

Inside is a powerful 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon (8974AC) processor with Adreno 330 GPU and a beefy 3GB of RAM. Internal memory is limited to 32GB, but sadly the device comes with no expandable memory. The screen is a massive 6 inch Quad HD (2560 x 1440 pixel) IPS LCD display, which easily occupies the entire front of the device with little space for the navigation keys at the bottom.

QHD display aside, the Lenovo K920 also comes with some interesting camera tech. The primary camera is a 16MP sensor which comes with a dual LED flash (dual tone) and Optical Image Stabilization (OIS). The front-facing camera is clearly built for the selfie-conscious, sporting a large 5MP sensor.

The handset is packed with latest radios and comes with dual SIM functionality as well. On the Outside, the body is apparently made of a matte finish which is supposed to resist fingerprints. Lenovo has gone with a unibody design (just 7.7mm thick) indicating that the battery may be the 4000mAh one that was prevalent in most of the past rumours.

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Lenovo Launches 7-Inch TAB A7-50 With Voice-Calling Functionality

People who love unwieldy phones rejoice, as Lenovo has unveiled a 7-inch tablet with voice calling functionality. The Chinese company is promoting its TAB A7-50 as an affordable companion for reading, Internet browsing, and calling. The device sports an HD display. It’s not IPS panel though, so don’t expect wide-viewing angles. Like all the budget tablets, the TAB A7-50 is powered by a quad-core MediaTek MTK 8382 chipset clocked at 1.3 GHz. There’s 1 GB of RAM, which should be enough to handle Android 4.32 Jelly Bean.

The tablet comes with a 2 megapixel camera for selfies and video chatting. If you don’t mind looking stupid, you can use this slate’s 5 megapixel (fixed-focus) rear camera to snap photographs. The A7-50 comes with a single SIM card slot. It supports 3G as well as voice-calling capabilities. Other connectivity features include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and A-GPS. According to Lenovo, the 3450 mAh Li-Polymer fixed battery offers up to 8 hours of battery life. You get 16 GB of in-built storage and there’s also a microSD card slot storage expansion.

From the press images, the device looks quite good. The company claims that the tablet is 10 mm thick and weighs in at 320 grams. In India, the tablet is only available in Blue with a soft-touch finish.

The Lenovo TAB A7-50 is listed for Rs 15,500 on the company’s website . However, I’m sure you can easily get for around Rs 14k in the brick-and-mortar shop.

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BlackBerry unveils new Bold and Pearl smartphones

Toronto, April 27 (IANS) BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Monday launched another smartphone - called BlackBerry Bold 9650 - to add another device to its premier Bold brand.

The company also unveiled the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G, its smallest smartphone yet.

'The new BlackBerry Bold 9650 is an extraordinary smartphone that we think customers will love,'' said RIM president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. 'Whether at work or at play, the new BlackBerry Bold 9650 offers a truly impressive communications, multimedia and connectivity experience,'' he said at the launch of the latest smartphones.

About the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G, he said, 'The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is unlike any other smartphone in the world and we expect a broad range of new and existing customers will be drawn to its powerful features and compact design.''

Beside a keyboard, optical trackpad and built-in Wi-Fi, the new smartphone also allows users to talk on the phone while browsing the web or sending and receiving email.

Loaded with 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB microSDHC cards, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone supports 3G networks.

Built in stylish design with glossy black finish and chrome highlights, the new device features large high-resolution display which allows pictures, videos and web pages with great contrast and detail, the RIM statement said.

Apart from a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recording, the new BlackBerry Bold also features advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for Bluetooth.

The new BlackBerry Pearl 3G measures less than two inches wide and weighs only 93g. It also features an optical trackpad for smooth navigation, a 3.2 MP camera with flash for quality pictures, and support for up to 32 GB of personal content.

Both the new devices will support mobile applications built by third parties for RIM and carry built-in GPS with support for geo-tagging, BlackBerry Maps and other mapping applications.

'The BlackBerry Bold 9650 fuses form and function in a striking design and, in addition to providing premium phone and multimedia features, it of course delivers the industry's leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking,'' the company said in its statement.

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