Micromax Canvas smartphones to get Android 4.4 KitKat update

Micromax offered Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) update for the A116 Canvas HD back in June. But both the Canvas 4 and the Canvas Turbo were launched on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with no sign of future upgrades even though these have built-on OTA update support.  MMXNewscaster, popular for smartphone leaks has tweeted that Micromax plans to release Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for 11 Canvas devices and 3 Canvas smartphones would be upgraded to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). If this turns out to be true, its an awesome news for the Canvas users, since they would get the Android 4.4 directly, skipping the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update.

  

List of Micromax Canvas devices rumored to get Android 4.4 (KitKat) update

• Micromax A250 Canvas Turbo
• Micromax A240 Canvas Doodle 2
• Micromax A210 Canvas 4
• Micromax A200 (Rumored Canvas smartphone)
• Micromax A117 Canvas Magnus
• Micromax A116 Canvas HD
• Micromax A116i Canvas HD
• Micromax A114 Canvas 2.2
• Micromax A111 Canvas Doodle
• Micromax A110Q Canvas 2 Plus
• Micromax A110 Canvas 2

The exact time frame of the roll out is not available yet. Since this is just a rumor at the moment, we can’t confirm if Micromax would release the KitKat update for all these devices, until we get an official word. Even though Android KitKat supports devices with 512MB of RAM, we have not seen a single entry-level smartphone running on Android 4.4 out of the box. Wickedleak announced Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Wammy Passion Z+ last week. Everyone want too see other OEMs to offer KitKat update for their devices.

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Micromax's New Year Gift for India A200

Micromax Mobile has recently announced another rich feature high end mobile Canvas A200 for customers in India. It is expected to available in January 2014 as a New Year Gift for customers of India. Micromax Canvas A200 is having 4.7 inches IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Quad Core 1.3 Ghz Processor and runs on Android v4.2.2 Jelly Bean Operating System. Company would expect a decent start of Year 2014 with launch of Micromax Canvas A200 phone and to maintain its lead over other Indian smartphone manufacturers. Well let’s have look at key features, full specifications and price of Micromax Canvas A200 smartphone.

 Rumoured specifications of Micromax Canvas A200:

Model	Micromax Canvas A200
Display	4.7-inch HD (1280x720p) display
OS	Android (version yet to revealed)
Processor	Quad-core processor with 1.3Ghz CPU speed
RAM	1GB
Storage space	4GB, (expected to boast microSD card support)
Camera	Main:8.0-megapixel camera Front:5.0-megapixel camera
Battery	1800 mAh
Thickness	7.9 mm
Add-ons	Gorilla Glass 2 screen shield

 DISPLAY  

Micromax Canvas A200 having 4.7 inches IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen with display resolution 720 x 1280 pixels. Its Capacitive Multi-touch screen with 16 M colors is designed for best touch experience and to produce better, sharper and brighter images. Its display is protected by dust and scratch resistant Gorilla Glass 2 protection on the top. Micromax Canvas A200 also features G-Sensor, Proximity Sensor and Ambient Light Sensor.

  OPERATING SYSTEM & PROCESSOR  

Micromax Canvas A200 runs on reliable Android v4.2.2 Jelly Bean Operating System. It is powered by Quad Core 1.3 Ghz processor assembled on Mediatek MT6582M chipset. It is fast and efficient to manage all your apps, games and multimedia features. Its hardware specifications also include Mali-400MP2 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for better performance with HD Graphics and Heavy Games.

 MEMORY  

Memory or storage specifications of Micromax Canvas A200 smartphone include incredibly fast 1 GB RAM and 4 GB internal memory. Although it is enough to store all your data and multimedia files but still if you find yourself out of memory then don’t worry. You can have additional storage up to 32 GB with microSD card support.

 CAMERA  

Micromax Canvas A200 features dual camera, one 8 MP camera with auto focus and other 5 MP front facing camera for video calls and self photography. Its camera specifications include Auto Focus, Touch Focus, LED Flash, Geo Tagging, Digital Zoom, HDR, Face and Smile Detection. Micromax Canvas A200 is capable of recording FHD 1020p (1080 x 1920) videos @30 fps with its rear camera. It can record HD 720p (1280 x 720)videos with its front facing camera.

 BATTERY & POWER MANAGEMENT  

Micromax Canvas A200 is loaded with 1800 mAh Li-Ion battery. It offers maximum stand by time of 435 hours and talk time up to 12 hours12 hours on 2G/3G network. You can enjoy music, videos and games up to several hours.

 CONNECTIVITY & MULTIMEDIA FEATURES  

Connectivity or Data specifications of Micromax Canvas A200 includes GPRS, EDGE, fast internet browsing on 3G networks up to 21 mbps, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Google Maps, GPS/A-GPS, Bluetooth, 3.5 mm audio jack and micro USB 2.0. Its multimedia specifications include Video Player, Audio Player, FM Radio, Voice Recording and Motion Gaming.

 MICROMAX CANVAS A200 PRICE IN INDIA  

Micromax Canvas A200 smartphone is recently announced by company but its price details are not revealed yet. Its expected price would be in range between Rs 10,000 to Rs 18,000. 

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First phone by Indian company to get Android 4.4 update

Wicked Leak, the brand that launches Wammy series smartphones in India, has announced the Android 4.4 KitKat update for its Wammy Passion Z+ smartphone.

The company revealed that the Android KitKat update will be released and available to existing Wammy Passion Z+ customers on 14 January, 2014. The Wammy Passion Z+ natively ran Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box.

Further, Wicked Leak notes that the new customers booking the Wammy Passion Z+ from Friday will receive the smartphone with Android KitKat. With the rollout of Android KitKat, Wicked Leak will become the first domestic handset vendor to release the latest Android OS for its smartphone. However, the company has not detailed plans to roll out the Android KitKat update for other Wammy smartphones.

Wicked Leak launched the Wammy Passion Z+ in India at Rs. 15,990 in July this year. The device comes with dual-SIM capabilities with one SIM supporting 3G and other with 2G support.

It comes with a 5-inch full-HD display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels and also features scratch resistant Dragon Trail Glass. The display supports 16 million colours and has a pixel density of 443 ppi. The Wammy Passion Z+ is powered by a 1.5GHz MediaTek (MTK 6589) quad-core processor with 1GB of RAM.

The Wammy Passion Z+ sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with auto-focus, BSI sensor and can record a full-HD video while accompanying the camera is a LED flash. The front includes a 2.0-megapixel camera. It has an inbuilt storage of 4GB which can be expanded up to 64GB using microSD card. Connectivity features includes 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and the device packs a 2,500 mAh battery. Other features include a G-sensor, FM radio, GPS, E-compass, magnetic sensor and Micro-USB. The device comes with dimensions 141x68.7x8.9mm and weighs 150 grams.

  REVIEW    

( Special Thanks to Gogi Rana For this Video )

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Xolo LT900 smartphone with 4G LTE support

Xolo LT900 smartphone with 4G LTE support, Android 4.2 launched at Rs. 17,999

Xolo has officially launched its first smartphone with 4G support in India, the LT900 at Rs. 17,999. The highlight of the Xolo LT900 is that it supports TDD LTE bands, and is the first smartphone in company's LT smartphone series.

The Xolo LT900 has been listed on the company's site with pricing details, however, without word on the availability of the smartphone

The 4G-enabled smartphone runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean out-of-the-box and supports single SIM (GSM) functionality. The Xolo LT900 is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 processor with Adreno 225 GPU (clocked at 384 MHz), which are coupled with 1GB of RAM. It features a 4.3-inch HD (720x1280) IPS display with One Glass Solution (OGS) and boasts of Corning Glass protection.

Xolo's LT900 sports an 8-megapixel rear autofocus camera with dual-LED flash and BSI sensor, while it also houses a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. The smartphone includes 8GB of inbuilt storage that is further expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. It packs an 1810mAh battery which the listing claims can deliver up to 15 hours of talktime and up to 362 hours of standby time on 2G networks.

Apart from 4G network support, connectivity options on the Xolo LT900 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/ AGPS and 3G. It comes with dimensions 128.7x66x9.8mm. The Xolo LT900 comes preloaded with Skype, BigFlix, Kepplr Cloud Space and Airtel Mobile TV apps.

Xolo recently launched the Opus Q1000 budget phablet at Rs. 9,999. The Xolo Opus Q1000 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is a dual-SIM phablet with support for GSM+GSM. It features a 5-inch FWVGA IPS display with 480x854 pixels resolution. The Xolo Opus Q1000 continues the Q range tradition and equips a 1.2GHz quad-core Broadcom BCM23550 with Videocore IV GPU and 1GB of RAM.

Display

4.3-inch HD IPS capacitive touch screen (1196×720)

Processor

Dual core 1.5 GHz Processor

RAM

1 GB

Rear Camera

8 Megapixel with Auto Focus, BSI sensor

Front Camera

2 MP (expected)

Internal Memory

8 GB Expandable up to 32/64 GB with MicroSD

Connectivity

GPRS, EDGE, HSPA+, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi direct, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, GPS/A-GPS, SNS integration and 3.5 mm Audio Jack

Meadia Feature

MP3 Player, Video Player, Voice Recording and Image/Video Editor.

Sensors

Accelerometer, proximity, digital compass and Ambient Light Sensor

Operating System

Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 OS

Battery

-

Price in India

expected Rs 17,999

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Oppo N1 Review

The Oppo N1 is the first handset to receive Google certification to launch With CyanogenMod pre-installed with Google's suite of apps and Play Store.

Oppo N1 is the latest smartphone which comes with the latest CyanogenMod. 

The second most profitable smartphone vendor in china, Oppo is growing leaps and bounds this year and when you look at its 2013 crop of handsets, that's for a good reason after the first phone with 13 mp camera and second with full hd display, Oppo Find 5, then the very thin and light dual sim Oppo R819, the company now outs a unique cameraphone, dubbed the Oppo N1. 

lets see what we get with the Oppo N1 out of the box.

· In-ear stereo headphones

· O-Click Bluetooth Remote Control

· Wall charger

· MicroUSB cable

· SIM ejector tool

· Warranty and information leaflets

 DESIGN     

  The Oppo N1 is one big phone. With Dimensions 6.72 x 3.25 x 0.35” (170.7 x 82.6 x 9 mm), 

        
  It only gives way to the Xperia Z Ultra phablet. It is taller than phablets like the HTC One max, Lumia 1520 and the Galaxy Mega 6.3, but narrower than Samsung's handset, so at least holding it is fairly possible. It is heavy phone but not as heavy that the phone must be disqualified but you might have to use your both hands to operate. 
        
  All the physical buttons are to the right hand side of the device which includes a power button and below the power button is the volume rocker. Under the bottom of the phone is the speaker, which is quite decent. A 5mm headphone jack and a charging slot or data synchronization slot.

  DISPLAY       

  Oppo N1 comes with the true ips 1920*1080 hd display.

  5.9 in (150 mm) diagonal
(16:9 aspect ratio),
multi-touch display,
IPS TFT LCD,
1920x1080 pixels at 377 ppi,

  Touchscreen is quite responsive in terms of playing hd games. 

  

  According to the Oppo it quite pretty intensive device. 

 HARDWARE & PERFORMANCE        

       
  The N1 packs a giant 5.9-inch full 1080p display, 1.7GHz quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. The graphic processor is the Adreno 320 which is somewhat lower to that of the Nexus 5 which comes with Adreno 330 GPU again their might not be gaming issue but its an older version. There are actually two different versions of this monster: One running Android 4.2.2 with Oppo's custom Color OS user interface and another version that runs CyanogenMod out of the box. The Oppo is running with the snapdragon 600 process while the other competitior phones are having snapdragon 800. Coming to the battery of the device which is HUGE, 3610 mAh battery which can give upto 7 hours of on screen display. The device has an incredible stamina to go through two days so if you are looking for a battery wise phone you might have to check this device.

 CAMERA   

      world’s first rotating camera smartphone

  

  oppo was the first in the world to release a 13-megapixel camera smartphone. with the N1, They are once again realizing new possibilities in smartphone photography. introducing the world’s first smartphone with a rotating camera.

  The revolutionary rotating camera features a 206° rotation, and will securely lock at any angle. no matter what angle you choose, having just one amazing camera means that front facing shots are finally just as good as back facing shots.

Features of Oppo N1

O-Touch panel

   O-Touch is an entirely new way of using your smartphone. A 12 cm² rear touch panel makes one handed use for the large Oppo N1 screen comfortable and easy. with O-Touch you can scroll, tap, or snap photos – all without your fingers blocking the display. 

  we can browse through the web by just using the back panel without touching the screen instead while holding the device scroll up and down by your index finger makes easy to navigate through the phone.

  PRICING & FINAL THOUGHTS     

  The Oppo N1 comes with the 16 gig or the    32 gig inbuilt internal storage. 

  Unfortunatly no external storage slot is provided. firstly the Oppo N1 is going to ship with its OS color UI but they have also provided CyanogenMod for the devices and an unofficial version of Oppo is also going to be released named the PEPSI version which will be only available via some sorts of competitions from the pepsi. Oppo comes with android 4.3 out of the box . 

  The price of the Oppo N1 in the Indian market is expected to be around Rs. 36,999.

 UNBOXING    

                ( Special Thanks to Android Authority for this Video )

  REVIEW    

                ( Special Thanks to Android Authority for this Video )

  

  Anyways let us know what do you think about this device either would you consider buying it or not. we personally think it’s a revolutionary device of the year. 

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The New CyanogenMod

Hello there, I know there are lots of people who do love IOS (previously iPhone OS) but in the recent months CyanogenMod has become a well know custom rom for the android users. 

CyanogenMod has about 7 millions of users according to the statics those who tick the option for enabling reports from their phone but it is said that not everybody checks that option so as far from CyanogenMod it is estimated that about 15-25 million users are using CyanogenMod. 

For those who don’t know CyanogenMod, it is a custom stock built on top of stock android which gives tons of features and customization options like the custom pull down toggles, shortcuts and themes and some tons of system customizations. 

CyanogenMod gives you the latest android experience for those who have stuck on the outdated android version. 

There are many custom roms in the world of android like the AOKP, MIUI and the PHANDROID, CyanogenMod is meant for stability and performance. 
If u want smoother and faster performance go install it.

Installation of CyanogeMod is a nightmare for us, Which most of us don’t want to face because we are afraid that we might brick our pretty lovely device and even rooting your phone voids your warranty. 
This means if your device gets bricked through rooting process the service center won't  fix it for you. 


To Install the CyanogeMod before you had to worry about.....  

0) IS IT UNLOCKED?

1) IS YOUR BOOLOADER UNLOCKER OR NOT?

2) GET ROOT ACCESS

3) WIPE ROM AND CACHE

4) INSTALL ROMS AND GAPPS

This process was a hectic process while installing CyanogenMod as reported by people willing  to install CyanogenMod

To over come this issue Cyanogen is Introducing their latest CyanogenMod Installer which does all the above steps automatically for you. You don’t need to worry about if you are rooted or not? If your are using an unlocked phone or not nor you need to download and custom roms or think is this the stable rom. CyanogenMod Installer installs a stable version of rom in your mobile depending upon the device you are using.

CyanogenMod has invested about 8$ million dollars in this project.

Previously they were 7 millions of users using this custom rom but after the release of CyanogenMod Installer GadgetDesk is expecting a lot of people shifting to the CyanogenMod rom because the Installer has made easy for the average person to install the rom. This would blow the number of users using the CyanogenMod. Instaling new CyanogenMod on your device will the #1 feature of the CyanogenMod. 

Unfortunately GadgetDesk has came up with an Issues in the CyanogenMod Installer that there is no way back to the previous version of android which you were using. 
So a negativity over there but you can flash a stock image of your rom whenever  you want and you can be on the previous version of android. 

Another important news is that CyanogenMod is now having a hardware partner which is officially announced and will let you know in our next post.

CyanogenMod ranks #3 in the our lists rather than ANDROID and IOS. They are way much ahead of any other like the blackberry, Firefox OS, Chrome OS and many more in the lists. 

CyanogenMod installer was initially released in the Google Play Store in the mid of November 2013 but was not available on the Google Play after a week due to some sort of issues with the play store. After that we are expecting CyanogenMod Installer to show up in the Play Store soon.

Anyways we are providing you a link of the CyanogenMod Installer which you need to install on your android phone first and then on your PC.

List of compatible device is provided by CyanogenMod on their website.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/cyanogenmod_installer

CM installer (for phone): http://get.cm/app

CM installer (for pc): http://dist01.slc.cyngn.com/cminstall..

CM Pros & cons/feature list: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/why_mod%3f

Do Check Our next post on Cyanogenmod's official Hardware Partner. 
http://gadgetdesk.blogspot.in/2013/12/oppo-n1.html

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