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Tata #HexaExperience at Bangalore

Tata Hexa is all set to roar on the Indian roads from January 2017. Tata has put in a lot of efforts to come up with a world-class automobile. Gone are the days when any consumer product is compared with specifications. It is the era of “Experience”. Only the products with the best experience will see the light at the other side of the Tunnel. Probably Tata Hexa is the first product in the…

“Experience Karnataka on The Road” like never before

Respect The Road, one of India’s leading road safety initiatives, along with Times Group, today announced the launch of travel book ‘Experience Karnataka on The Road’ at Sapna Book House in the city. Experience Karnataka book aims to spread the message of road safety while highlighting the beautiful tourist destinations in the State of Karnataka as experienced by its author Supriya Sehgal.

The…

Tata Hexa – The new beast in town – #HexaExperience

It has been a while since Tata introduced a truly flagship car for the Indian roads. Since the Jaguar Land Rover acquisition happened, I was keen on getting a car from the Tata Stables with some influence from their new business liaisons. Tata Aria was introduced a while ago and it is a known fact that the Aria is not a commercially successful venture. This year Tata decided to raise the curtains…

Five reasons not to go with Yatra holiday packages

I recently took a personalized holiday package from Yatra. I traveled with my family and here is why you must not take the Yatra packages.

1. No local knowledge

Being experts in booking travels for over years, I expected Yatra to give me good advice on travel destinations. I asked for weather in my destination, tourist crowd, etc… The adviser told me the weather is very pleasant in my…

Axis bank launches Axis Thought Factory – a new age startup incubator

Axis bank is known for its innovation in the FinTech segment. They one of the leading banking houses in India who are early adopters of technology and innovation. Axis bank has now launched a dedicated innovation lab called the “Thought Factory”. The “Thought Factory” is located in a strategic business location in Bangalore. Bangalore as we all know, has a high number of startup. Bangalore is the…

Everything you need to know about the Huawei P9

It has been a while since we saw a flagship device from Huawei. After having a successful run with the Nexus 6P last year, Huawei is now back and armed with heavy artillery. Huawei P9 is one of the first mobile from the Huawei stables, that has been developed in partnership with Leica. I have been using the Huawei P9 for a while now and it will soon be officially launched in India. So here is…

Honor 5c – Powerful and sensible (Review)

The over-crowded price bracket of Rs 10000 in the Indian mobile market, gets another new entrant, the Honor 5c. Honor 5c is not exactly a successor to the Honor 5x. To me, both the Honor 5x and Honor 5c as parallel offerings from Honor. They both have their own strengths. Honor 5c’s strength is its Kirin 650 processor. Huawei made a bold step and introduced the Kirin 650 with the Honor 5c. It is…

OnePlus 3 finally launched after truck loads of leak theatrics #OnePlus3Launch

I am not sure if the OnePlus 3 would set some sort of record in sales, but it is by far the most leaked mobile till date. OnePlus is a company which makes its bread and butter out of hype. They are experts in creating a vortex of hype around any of their flagship launches. The OnePlus One was a true success story for OnePlus and that device managed to change the face of mobile market in the…

Asus announces 3 variants of ZenFone 3 at Computex 2016

At Computex 2016 in Taipei, Asus unveiled the next generation ZenFone mobiles. ZenFone series of mobiles have been a huge success story for Asus, across the globe. Though ZenFone had “Value for money” as its proposition, it was lacking the “next generation features” so far. But with the launch of ZenFone 3 lineup, the ZenFone gets a host of creative and first-to-market features.

ZenFone 3 Deluxe

Xiaomi Yi Dashcam – Review

What is a Dashcam?

A Dashcam is like an action camera, but it is powered by your car battery. It is mounted on the car with its lens facing outside the car. It is usually mounted on the front and some have it on the rear as well. It records video footage of your car trip and stores it. It is useful to serve as an evidence incase of accident or any untoward incident. It can also be used to record…

Nextbit Robin is priced at Rs 19999 in India

Probably for the first time, a smartphone is priced lesser in India than in the US. The Nextbit Robin is priced at Rs 19999 in India and its a killer price. Robin is available for $399 (~27000 INR)in US. It got a temporary price cutin the US, earlier this month and it was priced at $299 (~ 20000 INR). Now it has gone back to $399 in Amazon. During the Kickstarter campaign, it was priced at $299…

What could be the success factors for OnePlus 3?

OnePlus, when they came into the limelight with their first mobile model, CyanogenOS was their biggest USP. The OnePlus One became an overnight success across all the launch countries. But the story was different with OnePlus Two. OnePlus Two had OxygenOS running on top of Android, out of the box. OxygenOS is a clean skin with minimal interface modification on the stock android. But the OxygenOS…

Liv – The wearable that can get rid of undesirable habits

It is time the fitness bands move on to track something more than steps and sleeping pattern. “Liv” is a wearble band that can alert you the next time you pick your nose or pluck your hair. Liv is from a startup called HabitAware. It is conceptualized and developed by a husband-wife team, Sameer and Aneela. Aneela’s habit of plucking her facial hair involuntarily has made her realize the need for…

Here are some of the key highlights of the Nexbit Robin

5.2 inch screen – Perfect size to hold

Gorilla Glass 4 – best protection for display out there

13 Mp rear and 5 MP front camera

Dual Speakers on the front

Fingerprint sensor on the side

Snapdragon 808 processor

USB Type C

NFC

3 GB RAM

32 GB Internal memory

100 GB of cloud storage (Extendable, based on usage)

Available in 2 color – Mint Green and Midnight Grey

Nexbit is launching Robin in India very soon. Mr Shankar Parasaram, Head of India Operations confirms that the Nextbit Robin has passed the BIS certification.

https://twitter.com/pingpvs/status/727715106600189954

Pricing of the Robin in India is not yet known, but I am expecting it to be priced between Rs27k and 29k. The Robin has a fresh design and it will definitely be a head turner. Also the cloud service can back up all your photos and unused application (APK files only) to a cloud storage and can be retrieved on demand. Check out the gallery for some hands-on images of the Nextbit Robin and choose your best color variant, as the Robin is soon going to be knocking your door.

Understanding Continual Digital Lossless Audio (CDLA) be LeEco

LeEco launched its second generation lineup of smartphones last week. Along with the usual specifications upgrade and design changes, one thing that caught my attention was the term CDLA. CDLA stands for Continual Digital Lossless Audio and is a proprietary technology developed by LeEco in India. It is a technology which enables a music player device (mobile or dedicated player) to get rid of the…