HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e for Rs. 11,990 in India, customers to get free AM61 Bluetooth Earphones worth Rs. 3,990

Huawei Consumer Business Group India has announced pre-orders for HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e, its latest offering in the wearable segment in India. Buyers can pre-order the watch both on Amazon and Flipkart and avail exciting offers.

Starting from 15^th May to 28^th May, buyers will get 6 months no cost EMI on Amazon and Flipkart. Additionally, on purchase of the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e from 15^th May to 21^st May, customers will get free AM61 Bluetooth Earphones worth Rs. 3,990 on Amazon and Flipkart.

Boasting of a superlative built and design, the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e features a premium look emerging from a fantastic AMOLED colorful display blending into the body of the dial which makes it a priceless acquisition for the youth and millennials who are joining the professional world.

A revolutionary product in the wearable segment, the watch comes with 100 workout modes including dedicated 15 professional workout modes which includes 8 outdoor activities and 7 indoor activities. It is equipped with a massive battery life of two weeks.  It is the ideal smartwatch for the new and on-the-go trendsetting generation.

The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e comes with a spectacular design, inspiring an active lifestyle. It brings several improvements in design over the previous generation, including a concealed crown that goes with the watch body to add an extra flourish. HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e is powered with a massive battery life of two weeks.

The Huawei Watch GT series now has an important health parameter measuring application - the SpO2 feature. With the feature, users can monitor the oxygen levels in blood easily. HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e boasts of a 1.39-inch AMOLED high precision touch display supporting a Retina-grade resolution. The vibrant display assists clear viewing even in strong sunlight during summers.

Leading sports experience with 100 workout modes

Whether the users are into mainstream sports or something a little more experimental, they can enjoy the unique perks offered through various tracking modes on the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e. The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e supports 15 professional workout modes including eight outdoor activities (running, walking, mountain climbing, hiking, trail running, cycling, open water swimming, triathlon) and seven indoor activities (walking, running, cycling, pool swimming, free training, elliptical machine, rower). In professional workout modes, the HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e provides comprehensive monitoring that can track 190 types of data – all to help the users to get the most out of their workout. The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e can also automatically detect 6 professional workout modes, offering a smarter sporting experience.

 

First global launch of blood oxygen saturation levels (SpO2) monitoring, providing a comprehensive health experience

 

Based on a high-performance heart rate sensor, Huawei's self-developed Truseen™ 3.5 heart rate monitoring technology, TruRelex™ stress management technology, and Trusleep™ 2.0 technology, HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e allows users to monitor heart rate, stress level and sleep quality in real time, so they can have a full understanding of their health status. When a user's heart rate is too high or too low, the watch will send a prompt reminder. The HUAWEI WATCH GT 2e is equipped with Huawei's proprietary Kirin A1 chip to provide a two-week battery life, assisting users to perform fitness and health management actively and comprehensively.

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Samsung launches its first product of year, the Gear S3 smartwatch for Rs 28,500 in India

Samsung India has launched its first product for the year, the company unveiled Samsung Gear S3, the successor to Gear S2 in India yesterday in an event held in Delhi. The Gear S3 has upped the ante with lot of processing power and sensors on board. The new watch now has the much required Barometer and Altimeter for those who are avid trekker and look out for such details in their gadgets.

Inspired by traditional timepieces and the art of watchmaking, the Gear S3 combines timeless watch design with the absolute cutting edge in mobile wearable technology, including IP68 water resistance, up to 4 days of battery backup, dedicated app store and built-in speaker and GPS, making it the ideal addition to any watch collection.

Samsung Gear S3 is available in two design patterns to suit different users’ lifestyles: frontier and classic. Inspired by the active explorer, the Gear S3 frontier evokes a rugged outdoor look with an enduring style that blends form and function. The frontier was designed to perform in any setting or environment – whether business or leisure. We personally liked Frontier.  The Gear S3 classic design is minimalist, elegant style found in the most iconic timepieces. The classic was designed with meticulous attention to detail – with its size and shape chosen to attain the same consistency and balance of a well-crafted luxury watch. 

The Gear S3 comes with Corning Gorilla Glass SR+ designed specially for wearables to give them more toughness along with a crisp display. The case is crafted from high end watch grade 316L steel. The 16 million colors full-color Always On Display (AOD) and Super AMOLED technology further differentiates the Gear S3 from other smartwatches. The AOD always shows the time rather than automatically fading to black, causing the Gear S3 to exude the aura of a luxury analog watch with a perpetually visible watch face & a ticking second hand.

The Gear S3 puts convenience at the flick of the wrist, allowing users to leave their smartphone behind when they don’t need it on-hand. Pushing the connectivity envelope to the hilt, the Gear S3 offers ‘hyper-connectedness’ with the Remote Connectivity feature that allows the Gear S3 to receive phone notifications way beyond the limits of BT or WiFi. All that is required is for ‘Remote Connectivity’ to be turned on in the Gear Manager app. The built-in GPS functionality enables users to accurately monitor their daily fitness activities while the Alti/barometer and Speedometer allow users to track everything from altitude and atmospheric pressure to sudden changes in weather, distance traveled and speed. 

Additionally, with the built-in speaker, users can take calls, activate voice messaging and listen to their favorite tunes. The battery is also a significant leap forward for the segment in terms of delivering the smartwatch experience uninterrupted. Lasting up to four days on a single charge, users can enjoy their music, make calls and show off their stylish smartwatch longer.

The Gear S3 was designed with consumers’ safety in mind. In case of an emergency, users can activate the SOS from the designated button to alert family, friends and emergency professionals about crisis situations, even when their phone isn’t in-hand.

Consumers can access a diverse range of apps, including fitness, music, news, sports and travel apps – all optimized for the Gear S3. With a variety of customizable watch faces available for download, users can personalize the circular UI to fit their lifestyle. Select apps and watch faces are also available for download directly from the Gear S3 without the need to download via a smartphone. Through an open collaboration with developers and partners, Samsung continues to enrich its wearables ecosystem and provide users with a unique smartwatch experience. 

For the first time ever on a smartwatch, the Samsung Knox Tizen Wearable SDK will be available to third-parties, enabling management capabilities and the development of customized applications for Samsung’s wearable ecosystem. With the Samsung Knox security platform, the Gear S3 will enable broader enterprise business opportunities.

Both the Gear S3 classic & frontier will go on sale from 18^th of January, 2017 and will be available in all leading Samsung sales channels at a price of Rs. 28,500/-.

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App development in India and challenges faced by the developers

Smartphones are too mainstream now, every new phone launch which makes it to news is taken for granted to be a smartphone, we are talking in the time when a company claims to sell smartphone for just Rs 251. So what makes these phones really smart is it just the Hardware, NO not at all the hardware capabilities were always present but the real hero of these smartphones are the Apps installed in these and their capability to get everything done for you. Some one has very aptly said that, "your smartphone is not a smartphone if it is not on smart network and doesn't have smart applications" this is so true in today's scenario. While the hero of our Smartphones are these smart applications which we fondly call apps, the real heroes are the developer who develop these applications. There's a lot of effort that goes right from conceptualization to design and then to build the application that we install on our smartphones find a solution to our day to day chores. India being one of the largest smartphone user country the application market is also huge and opportunities are just growing day by day, however the development is also not a cakewalk for our heroes as well. We have tried to list out current challenges faced by Indian app developers which are as following.

App Development

Resource Crunch: Well this can be very conveniently attributed to our orthodox thinking, traditional teaching methods and lack of courage for taking risks. Our educational institutions need to rethink how they want to mold the students thinking , whether they want them to learn or to innovate, to follow or to lead and take risks. We have highly talented resources but they are familiar with Windows OS and hesitate to try out OS X or Linux. Cost of app development software also plays a big part which is another challenge, for example to develop a cross platform application one has to purchase license of Xamarin and also should have access to OS X for building applications for iOS. These limitations narrow down number of developers available and thus a significant quality developers never come on board for application development.

Idea Evaluation: App stores are flooded with applications, you go and search for one application you will get many. Some times these applications are all same and one is not adding value over that of any other. Good market research and zeal to solve real problem is one thing and to execute this is another. Its always better to get your ideas reviewed by experts and get it validated, however finding experts is another big task for individual developers.

Connectivity: Apart from few metro cities we as a country are way behind in internet connectivity, situation is getting better gradually but it still a major road block for any IT professional and our app developers are not untouched with this fact. Better connectivity opens all doors to online forums, educational materials to get help and references.

Technical Challenges: Even if all of above is mitigated, we have the biggest challenge in front of us that is technical challenges which includes making your application responsive to different screen sizes, making application in optimized way so that it takes lesser of mobile resources and consume less battery power. Security of the applications as well as the device itself becomes developers responsibility as you don't even know which other apps the user is using and from back door if any spam app access data shared to your application. 

Post Development i.e. Marketing: After one is done with the development of a particular app then comes the herculean task of getting your application some visibility on the app store. The marketing cost are mostly higher than the budget allows specially if you are an individual developer.

Mr. Ebrahim Popat, Country Manager 9 Apps says "While the Indian app market is on a high-growth trajectory, it continues to face lot of difficulties,including connectivity, local online payment issues and lack of effective promotional channels. Effective addressal to these issues will attract more talent to the sector. The app development industry has undergone rapid expansion and is flush with talent in India. What is missing is the right platform for these developers to showcase their talent, get exposure for their apps and connect with fellow developers.

Mr. Ebrahim Popat, Country Manager 9 Apps

9Apps, as one of the most important products of UCWeb, is part UC Open Platform - an ecosystem to help Indian mobile internet players acquire users and monetise traffic. As far as I know, there is no other local mobile platform in Indian market that can compare with us, in terms of user base and app distribution. 

We have also announced the launch of 9Apps Trends, India’s first comprehensive local app market monitoring service that provides app trends, data analysis and an in-depth market report. The monitoring tool will address the growing need for a comprehensive app industry analysis and help local app developers and distributors. 9Apps Trends is a public web facility with free access to all. With the right platform for distribution and monetisation, developers in India will come up with content and apps relevant for the Indian market – compact, localised and in regional languages."

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Yureka Plus price slashed by 1000, existing customers will receive Rs 1000 Amazon gift card

In the season of new launches and price cuts , the newly launched Yureka Plus from YU gets price cut of Rs 1000/- before it goes for sale on 6th August, 2015. The full HD smartphone will be now available for Rs 8999/- after price cut, the registration of the sales closes by today midnight, this is some information you would love if you are about to buy a new phone and you see Yureka Plus as your next phone, however existing customers who have paid Rs 9999/- will not left disappointed as they will receive Rs 1000/- gift card on Amazon.in.

Yureka Plus

The slashed price is now the lowest for a full HD smartphone in Indian market. YU is a sister concern of Micromax which is online only brand and claims to be made for the public. On launch event of Yuphoria , Co-founder Rahul Sharma emphasized a lot on how from screen size to body material was selected after listening to thousands of brand followers. This time company claims that the price cut decision is also made after feedback received from followers to keep the prices of Yureka Plus same as of the Yureka itself.

Yureka, from YU was answer to likes of Xiaomi, ASUS, Motorola and even One Plus One when it was first launched and over half a million units of phone sold tells only about how successful the campaign was, Yureka Plus is expected provide similar success story for the company.

Yureka Plus comes with 5.5 inch Full HD display (Yureka offered HD display to consumers), packed with Octa Core Snapdragon 615 SoC, Out of box Cyanogen OS 12 which is based upon Android Lollipop 5.0.1, 2 GB DDR3 RAM, 13 MP AF main camera and 5 MP secondary camera. Device comes with onboard 16 GB storage , which can be further extended upto 32 GB via Micro SD card. The phone supports dual sim with 4G connectivity capability and is fuelled by a 2500 mAh strong battery.

Crafted exquisitely with great finesse, the YUREKA Plus now comes in a stunning White version ‘Alabaster White’ along with the Moondust colour variant. So if you want this power  packed phone then head on to Amazon India and register for the next sale now.

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10 Reasons to consider YuFit as your fitness band

Micromax's sister concern YU has been extremely successful from the day it launched its first smartphone the YU Yureka , the new company was perfectly grafted to beat the ever growing Chinese smartphone brands like Xiaomi, Lenovo etc. Recently at launch event of the second smartphone in line Yuphoria, YU announced launch of YuFit band and HealthYU , the health devices were expected to launch in June , however the product was delayed and is now set to appear in market. We got YUFit band and we find it an awesome package not because of its hardware or functionality but for the complete package you get with the device. Here are top 10 reasons to choose YuFit over any other band present in market right now.

YUFit Data

10. Unisex band, fit for all: - YuFit comes with black colour unisex band which is carefully designed to fit most of the hands.

YuFit

9. Water Resistant: YuFit is water resistant , that means you don't have to pull it out when you have to wash your hands every time or even when you are enjoying in mild rain.

Water Resistant YuFit

8. Smart Remote: YuFit is a smart band which not only keeps track of your steps, sleep, calorie burnt but also act as smart remote, Users can double tap the smart key on band to capture photos or videos when the option is activated from YuFit application in phone.

7. Find Phone:- Find your phone when your phone using smart remote to ring your phone. Users can also set alert to indicate when your phone is out of range from your YuFit band.

6. SOS Alert: Users can set SOS number from YuFit app, which sends message to pre-set number when user is in any distressed situation by holding the smart button on band for 8 seconds.

YuFit SOS

5. Healthify Application: Here comes the companion part, what you do with the data collected by your fitness band, is it enough to just set or achieve the goals or there is something else where the data can be utilized to make a greater and positive impact? The answer is in this smart companion app from Healthify which is India's first calorie counter from samosa to dosa , parantha to sandwich you can enter anything you eat and your nutrition information will be get calculated based on your amount entered. Set your age, height , weight and other details and get to know what nutrients you need and get a custom diet plan.

4. LifeStyle Diary: Get your activities summary in calender view and check out your days in terms of  calorie eaten and burnt. See the trends and motivate yourself.

Healthify Diary

3. Personalized specialists: Healthify has different plans and you get access to few of the best experts of Yoga, nutritionists, Lifestyle and Diabetes etc. These professionals gets in touch with you and help you achieve your goals. You can call them once or twice a month depending upon your usage plan. The experts are very professional and the type of analysis they do with your data is extremely well. To co-ordinate well you also get a Customer success manager. You can chat to your expert and also get to connect with similar people in the community.

Personal Expert

2. The Display: The display of the band makes it stand out of the crowd and its closest competitor Mi Band, the Amoled display displays various statuses such as connected, not connected, charging, battery full, movement alert etc and also displays time, number of steps taken, distance traveled, calories burnt, Missed calls and unread messages (count only) and smart remote in same sequence as written when smart touch button is pressed. Thus this band is all set to replace your traditional watch and a cheap alternative to expensive smart watches (though not an replacement to smartwatch).

YuFit display

1. The Price: You would have already guessed that, but seriously you are getting all this for just Rs 999/-. Can you even ask for anything else? So what are you waiting for head on to Amazon.in and register for its flash sale which will happen on 29th July 2015.

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element1: First smartwatch that doesn't require charging hits Indiegogo for funding

Number One, a New York based startup is all all set to launch its smartwatch element1 which will be first Smartwatch with a kinetic battery. That means you wont have to charge your smartwatch if you move your hands to generate kinetic energy that is enough to charge it for next day. The company has chosen indiegogo to raise $125,000 USD out of which $3,821 has been raised at time of writing this article with 25 days more to go.

The element1 is compatible with Android, iOS as well as Windows phone mobile operating systems i.e. you will not be restrained to a particular mobile operating system to use the smartwatch. The element1 also comes with 2 GB memory which can be used to load music and a bluetooth (or wired headset connected with mini USB port of watch) headset can be used to listen to your favourite playlist either directly from the watch or your smartphone without any hassles on the go.

Below is the video that demonstrates capabilities of the smartwatch.

 The navigation helps you to find the right way and the weather app shows if you need an umbrella or not. The element1 is compatible with iOS, Android and Windows Phone. You can choose between 3 modes of notification to be informed, but not disturbed. You can buy four different fruit-colours. Black currant, apple-green, lychee or blueberry-lime.

The LCD touchscreen has a resolution of 240 x 240 pixel and the case a diameter of 1.69 inch. More sizes are planned for the future. The user is able to choose between many languages.

The polycarbonate element1 is only the beginning. A steel version is following and a kinetic battery will be available in 2016. It provides the element1 with sufficient power by natural movements. This will revolutionize the smartwatch market. It can extend the standby time up to 3 weeks and more, depending on the movement.

The first smartwatches will be delivered in December 2015. If you fancy wearing one, $99 is the pledge you need to make

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