Smartron t.phone with 5.5-inch display, Snapdragon 810 SoC launched for Rs. 22,999

Indian startup Smartron, backed by former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched the Windows 10 2-in-1 laptop called t.book for Rs. 39,999 in March this year. Now the company has introduced it first smartphone called t.phone. The Smartron t.phone runs Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and at 149g is claimed to be the lightest 5.5-inch smartphone.

The Smartron t.phone comes with 5.5-inch Full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display with Apical Assertive technology (for improved sunlight legibility) and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It is powered by octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor backed by Adreno 430 GPU and 4GB RAM. On-baord storage is 64GB, which can be further increased by microSD card. The company is also offering unlimited t-cloud online storage. It comes with Hybrid dual-SIM slot, that lets you use the second SIM slot as a microSD slot when required.

For photography, it gets 13-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture and 6P lens. Front facing camera is 4-megapixel. Connectivity duties are handled by 4G LTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS and USB Type-C. It is fueled by 3000mAh battery and supports Qualcomm's Quick Charge 2.0.

Priced at Rs. 22,999, the Smartron t.phone will be available from Smartron tstore and Gadgets360 from early June. It comes in Classic Grey, Metallic Pink, Steel Blue, and Sunrise Orange. 

Smartron t.phone specifications 
5.5-inch Full HD AMOLED display w/ Apical Assertive Technology, Gorilla Glass 3 protection
Snapdragon 810 SoC w/ Adreno 403 GPU
4GB RAM
64GB internal storage, microSD card slot for storage expansion + unlimited t.cloud online storage
13MP rear camera w/ dual-LED flash, PDAF, f/2.0 aperture
4MP front camera
4G LTE
USB Type-C
Hybrid Dual-SIM
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 4.1
Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
3000mAh battery w/ Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

Google Play Store, Android apps are coming to Chrome

Earlier several reports indicated that Google plans to merge its Chrome OS with Android, and recently in the developer version of ChromeOS there was an option to run Android apps on it. Now Google has confirmed that it bring Android apps and Google Play Store to Chrome OS. The announcement was not official, but was spotted in session description on the I/O event website that confirms Android apps are coming to Chrome OS. The description reads, 

"Today we announced that we’re adding the best mobile app experiences in the world, Android apps and the Google Play store, to the best browser in the world, Chrome! Come to this session and test your Android apps for Chrome OS. You will get hands on help from our friendly engineers on how to optimize your Android app for Chromebooks. Oh, and we will also be giving the first 50 developers to show up a free Chromebook so they can get a head start bringing their apps to Chrome!" 

The description suggests that developers will have to tweak their Android apps, in order to make them run on Chromebooks. With the new feature, Chromebooks will soon be able to get access to Play Store and download Android apps. Note that Android apps for desktops can be accessed via Play Store and developers won;t have to add them to Chrome Web Store. Currently a couple of Android apps like Duolingo, Evernote, Sight words and Vine are able to run on Chromebooks thanks to App Runtime for Chrome (ARC).

Google is expected to make the official announcement at today’s “Bring your Android app to Chrome OS” session of the I/O developer conference. 

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Panasonic Eluga I2 variants with 2GB/3GB RAM, VoLTE support launched

Panasonic launched the Eluga I2 4G smartphone last year in August with 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage. Now the company has launched two upgraded model of the Eluga I2 with 2GB RAM/3GB RAM, and 16GB internal storage. It also gets an upgraded 5-megapixel camera compared to 2-megapixel on the older model.

The Panasonic Eluga I2 also gets 4G LTE w/ VoLTE (Voice over LTE) support for Indian specific LTE bands – 3, 5 and 40. Other specs are the same. The Eluge I2 4G comes with 5-inch 720p IPS display, quad-core processor, 8-megapixel primary camera (w/ LED flash) and 2000mAh battery. It still runs Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box.

Panasonic Eluga I2 specifications
5-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display
1GHz quad-core processor
2GB RAM / 3GB RAM (two models)
16GB internal storage, storage expansion via microSD card (up to 32GB)
8MP rear camera w/ LED flash
5MP front camera w/ LED flash
Dual SIM
4G LTE w/ VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS
Dual SIM
Android 5.1 Lollipop w/ Panasonic FitHome UI
2000mAh battery

The Panasonic Eluga I2 2GB RAM and 3GB RAM model are priced at Rs. 7,990 and Rs. 8,990 respectively. It comes in Silver, Gold and Grey colors, and will be available across channels in the country.

Google releases Chrome 48 update for android users.

Now Google has updated their browser Chrome for Android to version 48. The updated Chrome v48 brings better support for coloured status bar along with enhanced website notification and gives you a fast and secure way to explore the web. This saves up to 100 Terabytes of data a day — enough data to store the complete works of Shakespeare, 10 million times! 

 It allows websites to add custom buttons for notifications, letting users complete a task from within the notifications bar itself. The latest version of Chrome brings some fresh updates for the new year to get you moving faster and stay secure.

Google has not released a change log yet for the Android update, but from the beta releases, Chrome 48 for Android also allows developers detect a device's maximum bandwidth using Network Information downlink Max, or respond to connection speed changes using Network Information on Change event handler. This should result in better detection of connection speed on the device that will help in sending optimum page resources for that connection.

Chrome 48 for Android brings the regular "bug fixes and speedy performance improvements". The updated app is available to download from Google Play. The Chrome update for desktop last week saw releases for Linux, Windows, and OS X. The updated version brings several fixes and improvements.

"The crash rate was reduced by 70 percent and JavaScript execution is now dramatically faster!". The update also features redesigned icons on the new tab page for easy access to frequently visited websites, and Spotlight search integration. Users can simply drag down or right from the Home screen and search for Chrome bookmarks.


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