Lava launches Pulse feature phone with heart rate and blood pressure sensor in India

Indian brand, Lava has launched a new feature phone in the country. The unique part of Lava Pulse is that it comes with a built-in heart rate and blood pressure monitor. It allows users to measure their heart rate and blood pressure by just placing their finger on the sensor at the back. It costs Rs 1,949 (~$26).

The Lava Pulse features a 2.4-inch (240×320 pixels) QVGA display and supports dual-SIM slots. It comes with 32MB of RAM and an expandable memory of up to 32GB. It can save 100 SMS messages and up to 500 phone book contacts. The feature phone packs a 1,800mAh battery that that is touted to last up to six days. 

The Lava Pulse has an auto call recording feature and enables users to type in seven languages including English, Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Gujarati, and Punjabi. Plus, connectivity options include Micro-USB, 3.5mm audio jack, wireless FM radio, and more.

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Micromax Android Go phone could come late this month with $31 price

It's not as cheap as that one hilarious device that cost $4, but at least this should be coming from a more reputable name.

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A new Android One phone will be landing in India this month

Amidst its moonshot initiatives like Projects Loon and Ara, it’s oftentimes quite simple to forget that Google sanctions projects like Android One as well. Android One, if you need a refresher, is a program that creates affordable (but yet usable) Android smartphones and then distributes them in growing markets where smartphones aren’t so popular. The latest Android One smartphone will be hitting the Indian market this month, manufactured by local company Lava.According to a report from the Economic Times, the smartphone will be going official on July 14. The Lava phone will ...

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Lava Iris Win1 budget Windows Phone announced for India

We asked ourselves where all the new Windows Phones were, with the 8.1 update already being rolled out, and, recently, we’ve heard reports of not one, but three new Microsoft-powered devices being allegedly in the works. That, of course, before hearing reports of a 50MP Windows Phone from Microsoft, a possible Lumia 1020 ...

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Where are all the new Windows Phones?

Last winter was an exciting time for Windows Phone fans. Microsoft was all up in MWC’s bidness and name dropping like a drunk bathroom attendant. We heard about all of these OEMs that had sworn a blood oath – okay, it might have been ink – to bring forth Windows Phone upon it markets in broad fashion making Windows Phone the envy of all other platforms. That might be reading between the lines a bit, but that was basically the gist of it.So here we are, almost five months later and we here at the Pocketnow feeding trough started thinking – “Where the heck are all those OEMs we ...

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Microsoft kills WP8 licensing fees for some new OEMs?

Since last year, a couple big ideas have been floating around regarding changes Microsoft was rumored to make in how it permitted OEMs to deliver handsets running Windows Phone. One of those major shake-ups was the notion that Microsoft would start letting manufacturers deliver phones that were capable of dual Android/WP operation, and after months of uncertainty, we finally heard just a little over a week ago that the first such deal had been made,

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Where Are All the Intel Phones?

At the core of every smartphone, phablet, tablet, computer, or piece of electronic equipment is a processor. Processors aren’t as simple as a single chip anymore. The processor inside mobile devices today is what’s called a “System on a chip”, or SoC for short. This SoC includes a lot of “processors”. Some handle video, some handle traditional “CPU” tasks. Others take care of your cellular, WiFi, and Bluetooth radios. Still more process audio, and others monitor and handle the vast array of sensors that are tucked away snugly inside modern ...

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Lava Launches Xolo X1000 Powered By a 2GHz Intel Atom CPU

Remember “the fastest smartphone ever”? The text was called out on the invitation sent out to a few media outlets by Lava, for the unveiling of the next Xolo device, powered by Intel. The event took place in Goa and “the fastest smartphone ever” is now official. We’re looking at the Xolo X1000 and it should land as early as March 20. It features a 4.7-inch 720p display and it is powered by the highest-end new Intel Atom processor — part of the Clover Trail+ ...

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