Showing posts with label android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label android. Show all posts

Monday, August 12, 2013

Acer announces Liquid S1 Android Phablet

Acer has announced its new Android phablet ‘Liquid S1’ at Computex.It will be available in Q3 starting at $427 (329 euros, Rs. 25,000 approx) in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Ukraine, Russia, UK and Germany. There is no official word on an Indian launch.
Acer has added some software customizations like ‘Float UI’ which allows several app windows to stay open so users can multitask without having to back out of one app to work on another. These apps include camera, maps, calculator and notes. Another one is ‘Float Caller notification’ that pops up a mini-window when a call comes in and the user can choose to take the call or reply with a quick message. Also, there’s ‘Auto Profile’ feature which switches selected settings of the phablet
based on user’s location. ‘Voice Unlock’ to open apps or unlock phone, Traffic Manager to manage 3G data, Acer Cloud for cloud storage and Live Screen to share photos or notes in group of devices are the other software add-ons.

Key specifications of the phablet :
  • 5.7-inch, 720p display
  • 1.5GHz quad-core MediaTek processor
  • Dual-SIM support
  • 1GB of RAM
  • Android 4.2
  • 8MP rear camera with f2.0, 28mm lens, BSI sensor, and LED flash
  • Front camera
  • 2400 mAh battery
  • 8GB of internal storage, microSD card slot
  • Dimensions: 163 x 83 x 9.5 mm, 195 g
  • Black and White colour options
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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Lava Xolo X500 An Atom based Android phone








Zeebiz Bureau

Lava wants to take its smartphones to a new level with the new Intel Z2420 chip. The Xolo 900 maker is set to make a device based on Intel’s Atom Lexington Z2420 chip which was showcased at CES 2013.

The Xolo 900, the company’s flagship phone, was launched last year at is powered by the Z2460 chip.

The Atom Lexington Z2420 chip featured in the new Lava smartphone is a single core processor that utilises hyper-threading technology. Intel claims this configuration give a 10–15 percent in performance output.

The chip maker also states that this feature is in no way more powerful than chips sporting two physical cores.

Xolo X500 specifications:

Processor: 1.2GHz processor with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

Operating System: Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Display: 3.5-inch TFT display with 480 x 320 pixel resolution

Memory: 512MB RAM

Storage: 4GB internal, expandable up to 32GB via microSD

Camera: 5-megapixel camera

Battery: 1,500mAh battery



source : zeenews
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