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OPPO R5 launched in Indian market at Rs. 29,990

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December 31, 2014

A dominant global technology brand OPPO India, which has a an existence in Europe, Asia and North America has officially declared that OPPO R5 will be launched in the India market and will be priced at Rs.29, 990. The phone measures 4.85 mm in width and it weighs around 155g.

OPPO R5 launched in Indian market

The technology used in the phone is great with an octa-core Qualcomm MSM8939 and also 4G is enabled on the phone. The phone comprises a 5.2-inch AMOLED screen that gives you greatest brightness and color rendition, the least ratio of reflection and the highest setting of ambient light contrast ratio available.

You can pre-book your phone from the next year’s first day that is, from 1^st January, 2015. The OPPO R5 is the world’s foremost Smartphone that makes use of the phase-changing material that keeps the phone at a sustained cool temperature all this with the functionality that is absolutely great. The technology “Cool Element” that was patented for R5 dissipates heat and also keeps the octa-core CPU safe which aids in increasing the life of the phone.

The phone also has a rear camera of 13MP. With the newest PI 2.0 Plus Flash Shot technology, that helps you to click a picture with an undetectable focus time. The greatest focus time is of 0.18 seconds and a high definition picture of 50MP is delivered to you.

The steel used to make the phone is first-grade and a elegant micro-arc makes the phone absolutely strong and smooth. You can fit the phone like a glove in your hand. Additionally, the phone is absolutely user-friendly and the phone also provides you with OPPO’s VOOC mini rapid charging system, where a battery life of 75% is provided in 30 minutes and if you recharge for 5 minutes you can make a 2-hour call.

If the phone fulfils all your demands you can buy it for R.29, 990.

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WickedLeak Wammy One review

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Nikhil Narkhede

December 31, 2014

Have you heard about Wickedleak? Yes this is a brand which sells their phones exclusively from their own website. There are no distributors no retailers. Well the brand name is very whacky. The name suggests that the phone will leak some wicked things, isn`t it? Apart from the jokes this company has launched few devices, out of which we received the Wickedleak Wammy One. So let us start exploring this device.

WickedLeak Wammy One Features

Design

First look is the package of phone. It does look good, black and red. Talking about the phone, we got a white color handset. The phone looks cool with modern design. After looking at this smartphone I imagined many handsets having such similar design but tweaked a little. The smartphone is slim the dimensions of the smartphone are 71.07×145.81×7.83mm. The weight is 133 grams which is expectable from a 5 inch smartphone.

On the front you can see white while at the sides golden color. The rear panel of the smartphone is of matte finish. The rear panel of the phone is very delicate, I am sure if you do not use it carefully for fitting perfectly it might get cracked or damaged. I liked the uniqueness of the placement of physical buttons in this smartphone. The Power button and volume rocker buttons are placed on the left side of the phone.

On the top of the phone you can find a 3.5mm audio jack and a microUSB port for charging and for transferring data. This is a dual SIM handset which can be equipped with 2 micro SIMs. After removing the back panel you can see the slots and also a microSD slot for external memory card.

Display

The device has a 5 inch IPS OGS display. The resolution of the display is 960×540 pixels. The touch overall is good with nice viewing angles. We did liked the color reproduction of the smartphone. But when you keep the phone at full brightness and after prolong use the sharpness of the display does make your eyes a bit itchy while playing games like asphalt 8. This never happened while we played it on Asus Zenfone 5.

Overall a decent display but I can say do use proper protection to the display. There is no guarantee of it sustaining major setbacks when fallen down. The screen will get damage for sure if the phone accidentally falls down.

User Experience

The mobile runs on Android 4.4.2 stock Kitkat. So people will be happy to buy a phone which is already running on Kitkat. Well the company has mentioned on their website about the Android Lollipop update for this smartphone. Keep checking this page: Android Lollipop Update availability for your smartphone

The smartphone`s UI is pretty simple to use, nothing fancy as such, it is close to a pure Kitkat. The transition between screens is smooth. The touch of the phone makes it more easier for a user to access applications and do multi-tasking. There are no such major pre-installed applications. The user can install heavy games with ease on this internal memory.

We installed high end games likes Asphalt 8 and medium games like Temple Run 2 to check the over all user experience of this smartphone. The phone did responded well and there was no problem as such in playing the games and also do multi-tasking and playing with different applications at the same time.

Overall sound of the phone is loud. There are connectivity options like GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 2G which works fluently.

Performance

This is an Octacore handset with a 1.4GHz MediaTek MT6592 chipset. The device is also supported by the Mali 450 GPU. We tried our best to use a lot of applications at once. Guess what, the phone has passed our Multi-tasking test and the performance of the phone is good. There were no lag at all.

The device has 1GB RAM and an internal memory of 8GB. Well the user can only install apps using the 5.02GB storage. Using a microSD card a user can expand the memory of the phone upto 32GB.

Camera

The phone has an 8MP rear AF camera and a 5MP front camera. The performance of the camera was decent. Check the sample images below.

Battery

The battery capacity of the smartphone is 2800mAh. So here is the time which we noted while playing Asphalt 8 it was 41 minutes and the battery consumed was 20% it dropped from 83% to 63%. We can say that if a user constantly used phone for a period of 3-4 hours with full charge then the phone`s batter will support. For normal use 1 day of usage is expected from this handset.

In box accessories

This is a very big package.The list starts from the handset itself, the removable battery, earphone, User guide & travel charger. Well other companies offer only these, but there is more to the list. Wickedleak offers a free flip cover & a free plastic case in the box itself. So it is a very nice point of having the accessories in the box rather than buying them. We liked this move by this company and we believe that with time to come, other companies will also follow the path of providing free flip covers and plastic cases within the box.

Final Verdict

We liked the performance of this smartphone. The battery capacity of this smartphone should had been better for giving more to the user. Well at this price the buyer has options like the Asus Zenfone 5, Redmi Note 3G or the new Micromax Yu Yureka.

Runtastic Runor1 orbit fitness band available for Rs. 6999

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Srikanth Kulkarni

December 30, 2014

Runtastic is a extolled international mobile fitness company which coalesce traditional fitness with the latest mobile applications,social networking and elements of gamification which acts as a logical reaction to the Quantified self movement. Runtastic is known for developing apps, hardware products and services such as comparisons to other users, data analysis, online training logs and many more other useful accessories which helps the user to improve thier fitness.

Runtastic Runor1 orbit fitness band

Runtastic Runor 1 Orbit fitness tracker is now available in the market for a very reasonable price of 6,999 INR. One can operate this fitness band with Android and iOS platforms.To monitor the physical activities of an individual this fitness tracker comes in handy as it is a 24 hours wearable fitness device with OLED display and a proprietary charging device.

Also read : Polar Loop Activity tracker wearable device available for Rs. 8378

This fitness tracker can count the steps taken,the number of minutes person was active, the distance covered,calories burned and also monitor sleeping habit which includes duration of sleep, unique sleep cycles etc.We get notification via vibrations and a progress indicator is also available to track the progress which also allows the user to set goals and to achieve them.

Moods and the moments in the day can be known using happy tracking which is a very unique feature in this fitness tracker.Using Bluetooth 4.0 one can sync with your smartphone wirelessly. The Runtastic Runor 1 orbit fitness tracker is a waterproof device which allows the user to use while swimming up to 100 m and users will have to download the Runtastic Me app.

The battery life is about 7 days and other cable cannot be used to charge the device as discussed earlier only a proprietary charging cable has to be used an extra care has to be taken while charging.As we have seen some eyes popping features of this tracing device, it has no heart rate sensor.

Buy Now from Amazon for Rs.6,999

Swipe Marathon launched for Rs. 4599

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Pavithra Ranganathan

December 30, 2014

Here comes another Android version of 4.4 KitKat mobile. It is the SWIPE MARATHON. This is for that group of people who would love to own an Android at a reasonable price. The Swipe Marathon comes at a great price of Rs. 4,599. If you are one of those people who would appreciate a mobile for its lasting battery life rather than other features this would be your pick. This dual sim, 3G supported handset derives its battery strength from a tremendous 4000 mAh battery and is powered by a 1GHz dual core processor. It has a 4.50 inch display and 0.3 megapixel front camera.

Swipe Marathon

Although the Marathon version has a slower RAM, this indeed does justice by performing the operations which a normal phone would do. Perhaps, the slower processor had inspired the designers to name it “Marathon”. This would imply that the Marathon wouldn’t be comparable to quad core smart phones, but it will render a good support with its enormous battery life. While the device has Proximity Sensor and an Accelerometer Sensor while it lacks Ambient light sensor, Gyroscope, Barometer and a Temperature Sensor.

Also read : 6 Best Kikat Mobiles under Rs.5,000

Clearly, while it deprives us of some privileges it doesn’t it fail to provide us with necessities. For instance, it comes with 31GB micro SD cards, just in case you needed some additional storage space. Moreover, when we understand that it isn’t a high level android, it doesn’t me it forces us to compromise on its looks or features. It looks decent and pretty eye-catching. It comes with a royal white and gold combination. Although the device lacks NFC and infrared, it has a decent Wi-Fi connectivity along with GPS and Bluetooth.

Also read : 10 Best Free Health and Finance Android Apps

On the whole, although the swipe marathon lacks few features, it can be acknowledged as a good entry level device. To suffice all its short-comings it boasts about its great battery power. It does justice for its price and looks pretty enough to show it proudly to your friends.

Buy Swipe Marathon from Snapdeal for Rs. 4,599

Polar Loop Activity tracker wearable device available for Rs. 8378

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Arshi Bansal

December 30, 2014

Polar Loop Activity Tracker is another wearable device that has been launched. It can be worn on the wrist and it will keep a track of your physical activities at all times. The Polar Loop Activity Tracker is priced at a whopping Rs.8, 378. This wearable device comprises an 85 LED display that tells you the time, number of steps taken, calories burnt, feedback on activity and a lot more.

Polar Loop Activity tracker

The user has to download and install the Polar low app, the device will easily sync with the phone app when the phone is nearby. The Polar Loop Activity Tracker is shaped like a bracelet and can be adjusted according to the size of your wrist. You can easily swim in it because it is water-resistant. Its battery is rechargeable and the backup is upto a period of 5 days with non-stop usage.
In comparison to the Runtastic Runor1, the orbit fitness device, the Polar Loop tracker can help you keep a check on your heart rate but that is not in-built. A separate sensor accessory for heart rate has to be purchased. The device can keep a track of the number of steps you take, the calories you burn, the amount of time you slept for and also it will make you aware that you haven’t been active since a long period of time.

Also read : 10 Best Free Music & Audio Android Apps

The Polar Loop Activity Tracker is priced at Rs.8, 462. It can be paired with devices that have an Android 4.3 and more and it is also compatible with iPad 4th/3rd and iPhone 4s and the successive generations of phones. You can avail it on Amazon at a price of Rs.8378.
If you are a fitness freak and want to keep a check on the calories you burn, or the number of steps you take. Then this device is meant for you. Also, if you aren’t a fitness freak yet you wish to see the activity you undertake daily and the calories you burn in the process. The, this device is good buy.
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10 Best Free Music & Audio Android Apps

Software

Pavithra Ranganathan

December 29, 2014

One of the major selection criteria of an android handset is its capability to deliver and save audio files. Music has become so very inseparable to the younger generation. The innumerous apps in the Google play store is a standing testimony for this fact. But on the other hand, who has the time to check out every single app in the play store? Well, to make your job easy, we at Technary, felt that it’s our dire responsibility to suggest you few hot happening apps and ease your burden.

So.. the ball is going to be in your court soon!

10 Best Free Music & Audio Android Apps :

1. DJ Studio 5 – Free music mixer

That party you had long been planning is now round the corner. Why would you punish your wallet by hiring a DJ when you a trained one yourself? This app helps you do all that mixing and pitching of loud head banging music. The app is quite a user friendly application and doesn’t annoy you much with unwanted pop-ups every now and then. Make it yours and rock the party.

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2. Music Volume EQ

The app renders a volume slider with live music stereo led VU meter and five band equalizer with bass boot and virtualizer effects. It enables to increase the volume in your android device and also monitors the current volume level exhibited. The five band equalizer and bass boost effect is an added advantage.

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3. MP3 Cutter and Ringtone Maker♫

Who wouldn’t like to customize that favourite portion of bgm as his daily ringtone or wake up to his favourite piece of alarm sound? The MP3 cutter is all that you need. This app would put your colleagues in awe when your android rings with that melodious rare portion of music. This app supports MP3,WAV,ACC,AMR and most other music formats. All you need to do is select the portion of the song and set it as alarm or ringtone.

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Also read : 6 Best Kikat Mobiles under Rs.5,000

4. Wynk Music

It’s a rather versatile app for every genre of song. You name it and you have it here. It comprises of a wide variety of Indian and International songs. The playlists get generated based on moods, artists and genres. All your favorite songs are just a click away.

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5. WooMe Interactive Music & TV

The next time you hear a song, you wouldn’t be clueless or you wouldn’t have a chance to break your head wondering which film it is from or which heroine starred in it. This ‘Audio identification’ app decodes it all for you. The app recognizes songs which are played in youtube or TV or from the FM radio and renders your exclusive news about the songs. It helps with both Indian and International music.

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6. Karaoke Sing & Record

It’s time for you to bring out that longing singer in you out! You not only get to do a playback singing but you get to boast it by recording and sharing it.

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Also read : 10 Best Free Health and Finance Android Apps

7. Lyricsmint

The app provides provision for the users to get hold of lyrics of all the latest hindi songs. It works on Android 2.3 and above. The users get to browse the lyrics and also to save and share them. Upto 150 songs can be save this way. With this app in hand, you no longer need to dodge the lyrics coz you know them all well!

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8. MP3 Merger

The app functions as an audio file merger which eventually helps to fix two different music portions to a continuous one. Its gives a preview of how your merging experiment would sound like. Now that’s how a medley will be created in a few simple steps and you are ready to go!

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9. Drum Machine

You either really wanted to play the drums or you just want to try it for the sake of fun, here comes the chance. It’s a guarantee that mere fidgeting with the app for a few minutes would make you feel like a seasoned musician. If you don’t trust us, try it yourself. But beware, don’t hammer your touch screen!

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Also read : Housing.com Android App Review – Buying & Selling Property App

10. FIT Radio Workout Music

‘Fit’ and ‘Radio’ sound quite ambiguous together!! Isn’t it? But the point is this. The app showers you with adrenaline stimulating high energy music thus offering you the best motivation for a great workout. Listening to a melancholic melody or searching endlessly for a peppy song is going to drain your time and energy. The kind of music you listen to during your workout should be of the kind which makes you enjoy stretching your muscles. This app would definitely make you feel happy hours at the workout bar!

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So as we said, it’s your turn to hit the ball. Go ahead and check out these wonderful apps. You have all the liberty to scrutinize them in and out. Do let us know what your opinions are!!!

Coupon Machine announced Free Recharge of Rs 20 Purchases

Software

Arshi Bansal

December 28, 2014

The dominant online coupon codes website, Coupon Machine, gets you a free of cost recharge of Rs.20 on purchases from fixed online stores. For every one thing you buy from Fabfurnish, Firstcry, Zovi, Americanswan, Shopperstop and Basicslife, you will earn a recharge of Rs.20 within a time period of 24 hours. Shopperstop, one of the country’s dominant retail stores offers the newest and latest fashion and stuff on its shelves be it footwear, clothing, watches etc along with fascinating discounts.

Coupon Machine announced Free Recharge

Coupon Machine adds excitement to your shopping experience with great offers. Currently you can redeem offers from Shopperstop at a number of lessened prices. A number of brands like Freecultr can be availed at a flat 50% off and IZOD provides Rs.200 off on every purchase you make. There is no end to the list. Most of the time men feel that they are being offered lesser options in shopping as compared to women. However, Basicslife, which an exclusive shoppe for men, is here to prove these claims false. Men are being offered exclusive offers and discounts on apparels, footwear and accessories.

Also read : Micromax Yu Yureka launched for Rs. 8999

Coupon Machine offers coupons with 10% off on shirts and shoes, 50% off on Tees and a lot more other offers. Coupon Machine is bringing to you products from American Swan at unbelievable prices. The offer includes watches at Rs999, 50% discount on jewellery for women, sunglasses at a whopping Rs.599 and 40% discount on apparels for women. A clearance sale is taking place where you can shop at 60% discount on products.

Babies are fragile and a lot of care has to be taken while choosing products for their use. No parents like to take a low quality product for their babies. If you buy from Firstcry then quality is not an issue at all. It is an international brand with a line of baby products, moms and maternity products. You can save a lot on baby products, apparels etc if you look at deals on Coupon Machine. Flat 40% discount is being offered on gaming products and toys. If you are a first timer, you get a discount of Rs.150 on a purchase of Rs.999, if you purchase products worth Rs.2, 999 or above you can save upto 30%.

Also read : Top 10 Free Android Apps – November 2014

Winters have arrived with a bang and if you wish to buy winter wear buy it from ZOVI by making use of the Coupon Machine offer of a discount of 70%. Also, there is a discount of 20% on menswear if you purchase products of rs.1, 499 or more. If you wish to decorate your home or modernize your old one, you are in for an exciting piece of news. Fabfurnish, a prominent dealer of home décor and furniture, is organizing an end of season sale with a whopping 70% off on kitchen and dinner sets, furnishings, etc.

At Coupon Machine, all of this can be availed at just a click. All of these delighting offers from leading brands and an extra recharge of Rs.20 from Coupon Machine, this is bliss for a shopaholic. After successfully purchasing stuff, you just need to fill the form given below to get your recharge.

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LED mask for showing emotions of person in pollution

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Anuradha Sivaraman

December 28, 2014

Whether we like it or not everyone of us wears a mask at some point of time. Wait, here I’m just not talking about the physical presence of a mask around our face, but rather a deep and psychological abstract mask of an emotionless blank poker face that most of us adopt.

LED mask for showing emotions

Simone Rebaudengo and Paul Adams in collaboration with Xinchejin have taken the above thought to a next level by organizing a series of experiments named ‘unmask’. The series observes the common practice of wearing a physical mask in Tokyo and China as a precaution of spreading of flu or air quality issues for the latter, respectively.

Through these experiments they have found out that wearing masks actually changes the way we interact with each other. They have come to the conclusion that ‘unmask’ can resolve this outcome as it can value the emotional exchange of communicators even in streets, if its random though.

Also read : Asus Zenfone 4 Review

The reason is that ‘unmask’ has developed a mask which will allow people to read facial gestures by uncovering hidden ’emotion’ of communicators. The ‘unmask’ enhances a custom made arduino compatible board that can register facial expressions to later display them on a LED matrix. It can help you to detect four different yet important gestures such as plain, smile, suprise and kiss which will help one to discover the mask wearer’s emotion.

The initial ‘unmask’ mask were worn around Tokyo to not only raise an awareness about pollution issues but also to demonstrate the fact that emotions must rather be display than hidden or suppressed. Isn’t being emotional the only thing that makes us more humane than being a mere organism or worst a machine or robot?

Also read : 6 Best Kikat Mobiles under Rs.5,000

The further developement of the ‘unmask’ aims at buiding masks with small components and a vary of textiles. This whole initation seems an unique and suprising one. One rightly has said that the times have changed today. Today, we don’t wait for opportunity. Rather we try to find a common problem and try developing a suitable solution of the problem. This ‘unmask’ too seems to have undergone a similar school of thought.

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Videocon Infinium Z45 Nova launched for Rs.4,999

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Srikanth Kulkarni

December 28, 2014

Videocon Industries Limited is a well renowned company known for its manufacturing and production of vivid electronic products which includes affordable smartphones. As we see the low price mobiles have been tormenting the market with high sales Videocon has launched a new affordable smartphone – the Videocon Infinium Z45 Nova.

Videocon Infinium Z45 Nova

Z45 Nova is the latest smartphone released by the Videocon in the Infinium series.The Videocon has been in the hunt of making affordable smartphones with all the features a smartphone has for the individuals to get it at low price.This device comes with a 4.5 inch display with resolution 854 x 480 a useful feature for the gamer to play latest games with ease.Powered by 1.3 GHz quad core Media Tek processor the smartphone is compatible for the latest apps and has 1 GB RAM for optimal speed.With 8 GB internal storage the device has a lot of space to store many files.

Also read : Videocon Infinium Z50 Nova launched at Rs.5,999

With BSI sensor and LED Flash the Videocon Infinium Z45 Nova has a 5 MP rear camera and 2 MP front facing camera.The device runs on the latest Android Kitkat 4.4 version Mali 400 GPU with a 1700 mAh battery which keeps the device going for longer hours. With 90 days free subscription V-secure and V-safe the device can be protected and can be kept secure.The smartphone is available exclusively on Flipkart which costs just Rs 4,999 only.

D-Link Smart Home Hub can add devices by just a scan

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Srikanth Kulkarni

December 27, 2014

D-Link Corporation was founded in 1986 in Taipei which has started its company as a network adapter vendor and become a designer,developer and manufacturer of networking solutions for both the customer and business markets. D-Link is a well renowned Taiwanese multinational networking equipment manufacturing corporation.

D-Link Smart Home Hub

D-Link has been concentrating on creating innovative plans and has found the low priced but low quality home systems and security systems. Everyone wants there house to be safe and wants to protect their well wishers and this has been a speculative issue these days,D-Link has improvised the idea of the security systems by opening upto many security accessories, judging by the DCH-G020 connected home hub that just passed through the FCC.The system hub will control Z-Wave i.e low-power RF as well as Wi-Fi. This means that the device will work with Wi-Fi enabled third party alarms,cameras and detectors on top of existing D-Link Wi-Fi cameras and accessories.

Also read : Housing.com Android App Review – Buying & Selling Property App

The hub simultaneously connects with a Wi-Fi router and also work with the Wi-Fi and Z-Wave devices at the same time which is ultimately controlled by a smartphone where the devices can be added either by scanning QR codes or by manually.The notifications and usual scheduling options are received from the smartphone and then authorized.This is the cheapest device where the Wi-Fi and mainstream Z-wave systems are used and the rate is not yet mentioned.

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