5 Coolest Smartphone Accessories You Must Have!

Dear smartphone users, here are the 5 best and the coolest tech accessories for your android or iPhone. These gadgets are extremely cool and are very new to the market.

Here are a few that are worth mentioning.

1. Best Portable Charger: Lumina 15000 mAh Ultra Compact Portable Charger
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Nothing’s worse than a low battery when you’re trying to meet up with friends or navigate to a new place. Luckily, if you have a Lumina power bank, you’ll never have to worry about hitting the red zone again.

1. Best Camera Lenses: Amir 3-in-1
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The Amir 3-in-1 will add versatility to your smartphone photography. The kit comes with three solid aluminum lenses that use a sturdy black plastic clip to fit securely onto your smartphone’s camera.

1. Best Keyboard: 1byone Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard

Smartphones have gotten so powerful that for many people they serve as a primary computer. The only problem with that is typing. Touch-based keyboards are getting better, but some people still prefer the tactile familiarity of a physical keyboard. For those folks, there’s an increasingly diverse line of Bluetooth keyboards compatible with Android devices.

1. Best Waterproof Case: OCASE Waterproof Phone Case
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Whether you are spending the day at the beach, by the pool or just out in the elements, it’s important to keep your smartphone protected. The OCASE Waterproof Phone Case is a waterproof pouch with a universal fit for devices up to 5.7 inches. The design is minimalist and consists of touch sensitive, ultra-clear windows set inside a black or white frame with a simple clasp that locks your smartphone in safely.

1. Best Cyclist Mount: Taotronics Universal Cradle Clamp
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Cyclists tend to be pretty serious about cycling. For those long 10- or 15-mile rides, it helps to have a way to keep track of your location. Why not use your phone? There are plenty of mounts and cradles for your phone, but not all of them are well made. The Taotronics Universal Cradle features a non-slip rubber grip and can rotate 360°. It’s compatible with any device as wide as 1.97-3.94 inches, which means pretty much any phone on the market—even with the protective case on.

Toilet Ek Prem Katha box office collection day 9: Akshay Kumar's TEPK continues to fare better than BKB on Saturday

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (TEPK) continued to fare well on at the domestic box office on its ninth day. The Akshay Kumar-starrer has led the race, beating new release Bareilly Ki Barfi (BKB) on its second Saturday.

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha received a fantastic imgponse and collected Rs 96.05 crore net at the domestic box office in the first week. Trade experts predicted that its collection would be halted by new release Bareilly Ki Barfi. As predicted, the Akshay Kumar starrer witnessed steep decline of 70 per cent on its second Friday, when compared to its opening day business (Rs 13.1 crore net).

Toilet: Ek Prem Katha collected Rs 4 crore net at the Indian box office on its eighth day, but it was successful in beating Bareilly Ki Barfi, which minted Rs 2.42 crore on its opening day. The movie also crossed Rs 100 crore mark and become the eighth film for Akshay Kumar to achieve this feat.

The Shree Narayan Singh-directed social drama showed over 60 per cent growth on its second Saturday. Toilet: Ek Prem Katha has collected Rs 6.75 crore net at the domestic box office on its ninth day, while Bareilly Ki Barfi raked in Rs 3.85 crore on its second day. Its total collection has reached Rs 106.8 crore nett in the domestic market and the movie has become eighth highest grosser for Akshay Kumar.

The early trends show that Toilet: Ek Prem Katha will beat the lifetime record of Akshay Kumar's Housefull 3. In the coming days, it will also beat the records of Housefull 2, Jolly LLB 2 and Holiday and become the fourth highest grossing movie for the actors. It should be seen whether it will beat the records of Rowdy Rathode, Airlift and Rustom.

Here is the list of top 10 highest-grossing movies of Akshay Kumar. All the figuimg are in Rs and crore.

Rank	Movie	Release	Collection
1	Rowdy Rathode	1-Jun-2012	134.00
2	Airlift	23-Jan-2016	128.50
3	Rustom	12-Aug-2016	127.13
4	Housefull 2	6-Apr-2012	116.00
5	Jolly LLB 2	10-Feb-2017	115.50
6	Holiday	6-Jun-2014	113.00
7	Housefull 3	6-Jun-2016	109.10
8	Toilet: Ek Prem Katha	11-Aug-2017	106.80
9	Baby	23-Jan-2015	95.50
10	Singh Is Bliing	02-Oct-2015	92.00

 

Mahadev actress Puja Banerjee gets engaged to Kunal Verma; Anita, Adaa and others attend event [PHOTOS]

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 Television stars Puja Banerjee and Kunal Verma get engaged on Wednesday, August 16, at a posh club in Andheri, Mumbai.

Puja, who is widely recognised as Parvati in Devon Ke Dev Mahadev, has been in a relationship with Kunal for the past nine years. The duo met on the show Tujh Sang Preet Lagayi Sajna.

It was a Rajasthani themed engagement ceremony and the much-in-love couple danced to some hit Bollywood numbers. Puja looked gorgeous in a Rohit Verma outfit while Kunal looked dapper in a green sherwani.

The ceremony was a star-studded one and was attended by several celebrities from the telly world including Bharti Singh, Pooja Gor, Adaa Khan, Shashank Vyas, Anita Hassanandani amongst others.

Calling her relationship with Kunal a roller-coaster ride, Puja told the Times of India: "My relationship with Kunal is like a roller-coaster ride full of ups and downs. Every relationship goes through it. But the best part is that we are still together and we will always be."

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Puja and Kunal have not yet finalised the wedding date but will most probably get married by the end of this year or early next year.

Meanwhile, Naagin 2 actress Aashka Goradia, who got engaged to her American beau Brent Globe last year, is gearing up for her wedding on December 3.

iPhone 7 Plus look-alike Coolpad Cool M7 launched: Price, specs and everything else

Top smartphones launched in India in July 2017

Coolpad has just launched the Cool M7 in China, which is an iPhone 7 Plus look-alike featuring the design elements of the flagship Apple handset. However, there is still no word about the phone's international availability from the Chinese company. 

iPhone 7 Plus look-alike Coolpad Cool M7 launched:
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The Chinese smartphone mimics the iPhone 7 Plus in many ways with the sole exception of the dual camera setup. The iPhone 7 Plus sports a dual rear camera while the Cool M7 features a single 12MP rear camera with autofocus and LED flash, besides a 13MP fixed-focus front-facing selfie camera.

Coming to the design language, the Coolpad Cool M7 flaunts tapered and rounded edges on a metal unibody structure for a premium feel as well as looks. The smartphone is one of the sleekest in the market measuring just 6.9mm in thickness and weighing barely 152g.

The circular shaped physical Home button is placed on the front (along with an integrated fingerprint scanner) just below the 5.5-inch full HD display that features the 2.5D curved glass protection on top.

Apart from the camera and LED flash, the M7's rear panel sports the company's trademark 'Cool' logo. Under its hood, the Cool M7 is powered by an Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor clocked at 2GHz and paired with 4GB of RAM. The Coolpad phone features just 64GB of internal storage without any microSD option for expansion.

Powered by Cool UI 8.0, the handset runs Android 7.0 Nougat out-of-the-box and is fuelled by a 3,000mAh battery. The new UI brings a unique Dock bar to the phone alongside a plethora of interesting features.

On the connectivity front, the Cool M7 offers hyvbrid dual SIM, GPS, 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n, USB type C port and Bluetooth 4.1.

The Coolpad Cool M7 will be available in two colour variants at launch namely, black and blue. The device is expected to go on sale for 2,699 Yuan (Rs. 26,000 approx) in its home country starting August 26. Prospective buyers may go ahead and pre-register for the Cool M7 right away.

Coolpad Cool Play 6 Smartphone To Be Available Online From Sep 4

The 6GB RAM Coolpad Cool Play 6 smartphone launched for the Indian market at Rs 14,999 will be available exclusively on Amazon from September 4, the company has said.

The phone unveiled here on Sunday at an event comes in a metal body and sports a bezel display. It has a 5.5-inch Full HD display with 1080 x 1980 pixels screen resolution.

Powered by 1.95GHz Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 653 processor Cool Play 6 would be the most affordable 6GB RAM smartphone in India. It also has a fingerprint sensor.

India and the US have now become two of the largest markets for Coolpad overseas.

"We have always believed in launching products that start a trend in the market and Cool Play 6 is yet another winner from Coolpad," James Du, Global CEO, Coolpad Group, told reporters.

"We are also coming with exclusive Coolpad services centres in India with plan to have these in at least five cities in the next six months," Du said.

The phone will be available exclusively on Amazon.in from September 4, in two colour variants -- gold and black, Coolpad announced.

The phone offers 64GB of internal storage and packs 13 MP + 13 MP dual primary camera and a 8 MP front shooter for selfies.

It has 4000 mAh, non-removable Li-Po battery with a standby time up to 300 hours, with support for USB Type-C reversible connector and Dual SIM (Nano), the company said.

The phone runs on Android 7.1.1. The Android 8.0 OTA update will be provided by December, Coolpad said.

"In the last couple of years Coolpad has done well and we have beaten even our own estimates. Year 2017 has been a game changer for Coolpad in India and we continue to put our resources in the country with a plan to achieve 50 per cent growth to extend our market share to six per cent of the total market in India," Syed Tajuddin, CEO, Coolpad India, said.

"We already have offline presence in eight states with a reach in 3,000 multi-brand outlets and have plans to expand it to a total number of 18 states in the next one year," Tajuddin said.

"Coolpad smartphones have a 25 per cent market share on Amazon in the Rs 8,000 category," he added.

IANS

WhatsApp Tests Facebook-Style Coloured Text Status Feature: Report

Late last year, Facebook started rolling out coloured statuses on its Android app that allowed users to write their status update with a colourful background, font, and emoji combination. Now, the same feature has been spotted on WhatsApp as well, and while currently it's in beta, it can be expected to arrive for all users soon.

Android Police was first tipped about this feature, and it is showing up in Android beta version 2.17.291. The report states that even though you might be on this latest version on the WhatsApp Android beta app, it is possible that you may not see this feature. It is presumably a server side switch from WhatsApp's end, so only select users are seeing it now even in beta. We can't see it either. In any case, few users are now seeing a floating pen icon in the Status tab at the bottom of the screen, right above the camera icon. Clicking on the pen icon brings up the option to type a status, choose a font, emoji, and the background colour as well.

When you're done writing the status and making the necessary changes, you can then hit the green arrow key to send the text status, just like how you send media content now. The status will then be published on WhatsApp for all your contacts to see.

The revamped WhatsApp Status feature was launched in February, and has managed to achieve more than 250 million daily active users in such a short span, much more than what Snapchat itself enjoys currently.

You can check if you're seeing this coloured text status feature by enrolling yourself for the Android beta program, and updating to the latest version. Alternatively, you can download the latest APK Mirror from here.

My brothers and I do not celebrate Raksha Bandhan. But that does not mean, we don't understand the importance of sibling bondage. Having a sibling means, having someone who will whack you on the head every time you do something stupid. It also means, having someone who will watch over you like a guardian angel.

Thanks to my bronchial asthma attack in 1990, I was shipped from Calcutta to Trivandrum to stay with my grandparents. In those seven years, I was excessivly molly-coddled and pampered by them, their relatives and my siblings (cousins and my brother) whenever they visited during summer vacations and school holidays.

Those were simpler times. All I had to do was cry or bite one of them, to get a hold of the toy car, gun or doll which held their fancy. Being the youngest, no one wanted to play with me. Conversations would be hushed and hand-held video games would be hidden each time I entered a room. To be honest, there were times when I felt unwanted.

As I grew older, I realised I had a huge identity crisis. Growing up with boys, made me presume I was a boy as well. I preferred playing with toy guns over dainty looking dolls. I wore silky boxer shorts instead of flowery dresses and skirts. I absolutely abhorred getting my hair-combed and oiled at night. Until I was 21, I had no idea about the existence of beauty parlours or salons. In my head, salons were evil places, that chopped off large chunks of your hair and made you look like an unshapely rasgulla.

As I grew older, my siblings grew more protective of me. Every friend of mine from the opposite sex was looked upon with suspicion. Each time I broke a bone (which was quite often), I would guaranteed get a worried phone-call from my brother, enquiring about what mischief, I had gotten into at that moment in time. The night before my wedding, my fiance was found hiding behind me, because my well-built, 6-foot-something cousin wanted to "speak to him alone".

Growing up with boys and being the youngest, was truly a blessing. Throughout my teen years, I was showered with expensive gadgets (digital cameras, iPods, watches and snazzy mobile phones) that were yet to be launched in India.

Thanks to my brothers, my brain will forever function as half man and half woman. Lastly and most importantly, a big brother is a big part of you. Your failure is theirs and their victory is yours. Your happiness is theirs and their sadness is yours. And this is the most precious, irreplaceable feeling in the world