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Highlights The Portronics Posh is available at roughly Rs. 1,590 This Bluetooth speaker features two 3W drivers Gadgets 360 rates the speaker 4/5 A quiet success story from India, Portronics was established in 2008 and has grown and captured a significant share of the electronics accessories market in short time. A quick look at popular online marketplaces and at major electronics markets will reveal at least a couple of Portronics products in the top-sellers lists of several major categories.The company is particularly visible in the affordable Bluetooth speaker space, and its products are priced competitively. One of these popular products is the Portronics Posh. Priced at Rs. 1,583, the Posh offers a lot in a small package. Read our review to find out if the Portronics Posh is worth more than its low price. Design and specifications The Portronics Posh Bluetooth speaker is small, with a convenient shape and size that makes it easy to toss into a ...

Highlights The NAS comes with support for 4K transcoding It also includes hardware encryption support Synology DiskStation DS716+II is priced at Rs. 49,500 By now, most of our readers should be familiar with the name Synology. While the first Synology NAS unit we reviewed, the DiskStation DS215j, was a member of the J series targeted at home users, the unit we have today is part of the Plus series, with offerings for small and medium-sized businesses. This means the DS716+II comes at a premium compared to the DS215j, and this is justified not only in terms of beefed-up hardware, but the build quality as well. While the DS215j felt a little flimsy when opened, that's definitely not the case with DS716+II. The unit 1 looks really slick in black and has a metallic finish worthy of its positioning in the Synology lineup. Anyone familiar with the Synology naming scheme will recognise that the DS716+II comes with a support for a total of 7 drive bays, but...

Highlights The Zebronics ZEB UFO is priced at Rs. 2,900 The speaker has its own cordless handset Gadgets 360 rates the speaker 2.5/5 The Bluetooth speaker market is a crowded one, with plenty of options available. If you don't have a lot to spend, one look on any popular e-commerce site will show you dozen of choices. But how do you differentiate one from the other? What makes one speaker stand out? Not a lot, as it turns out.Which is why some brands do a bit more to make their products more noticeable. Zebronics is one such brand, and its latest product is the Rs. 2,900 ZEB-UFO, which has a bit more on offer than typical Bluetooth speakers at this price. The device comes with its own cordless handset, which lets you use the speaker in the same way that you would use a cordless landline phone once it's paired to your smartphone. We go into the details on the ZEB-UFO in our full review. Zebronics ZEB-UFO design and specifications The ZEB-UFO is...

Highlights The Noble Skiodo 42-inch 4K TV is priced at Rs. 32,990 The TV features rudimentary smart functionality Gadgets 360 rates the TV 3/5 Not much is known about Noble Skiodo, except that it's a joint venture between Indian manufacturing specialist Noble and American design firm Skiodo. The company has quietly launched a number of televisions and washing machines in India, with the TVs available on Amazon India. The focus of the range is on affordability, with big features at prices that are incredibly competitive.Today, we're reviewing one of the most interesting models, the 42-inch 4K Smart LED TV. Priced at an extremely reasonable Rs. 32,990, this is one of the most affordable 4K TVs available today. It's also Internet-enabled, which means that you have access to online content as well. How does this affordable 4K TV perform? We go into the details on the Noble Skiodo 42-inch 4K Smart LED TV in our review. Noble Skiodo 42-inch 4K Smar...

Highlights The LeEco Super3 X65 4K Smart TV is priced at Rs. 99,790 The TV has a 4K screen and smart functionality Gadgets 360 rates the LeEco TV 4/5 Chinese company LeEco has always insisted that it is a provider of entertainment content first, and a manufacturer of hardware second, with the hardware essentially serving as a means to accessing the content. Although the company has a large collection of content services in its home market, there is a smaller and more curated list available in India. The Le 1S Eco was the first device by the company to come bundled with the full content package available in India. The company recently also brought its Super3 TV range to the country. The Super3 range is available in three sizes, and starts at Rs. 59,790 for the 55-inch variant, with all three TVs being Smart TVs with 4K-resolution screens. With a combination of eye-catching looks, smart connectivity, top-level specifications, and the full suite of onli...

Highlights Reos Lite LED Smart Bulb connects to your phone via Bluetooth Controlled via Android or iOS app It is available online at around Rs. 1,300 Delhi-based Cube26 is one of the few (but increasing) number of Indian companies trying to establish themselves by designing and developing hardware in the country. Earlier this year, we reviewed the iota Lite, Cube26’s first smart bulb, and were largely impressed by the offering. Cube26 has now unveiled its 'Reos’ sub-brand with the launch of Reos Message, Reos Music, and Reos Camera apps for Android, as well the Reos Lite, an upgraded version of the iota Lite. Just the iota Lite, the Reos Lite is a smart LED bulb, which fits into any E27 slot in your house. What this means is that the Reos Lite is the kind of bulb that screws into its slot, though included in the package is converter for fitting it into a ‘normal’ (B22) socket. The Reos Lite works like any other LED bulb, but the free Reo...

Highlights Airtel Internet TV is built on top of the Android TV platform Netflix app and Chromecast support are built-in It is 4K ready and comes with Dolby Atmos support Airtel launched a new set-top box for its Digital TV DTH service back in April this year. The Airtel Internet TV is powered by Android TV and comes with Netflix and YouTube pre-installed, with access to thousands of other apps thanks to the Android TV ecosystem. What’s more, the box has a Chromecast built-in, eliminating the need for buying another dongle for your TV. We tested it for a couple of weeks to find out if this integrated solution is a good fit for your smart TV needs. The Airtel Internet TV set-top box is noticeably wider than Airtel’s ‘regular’ boxes, and just a little bit shorter in height. The front has LED indicators like you’d expect, but it’s devoid of any buttons, apart from the power button, which means you have nothing to fall back upon in case of a remote-re...

Highlights D2H companies are now offering smart boxes with mirroring and streaming Videocon and Airtel are some of the first companies to offer this You can stream videos and watch broadcast TV with a single box One of the significant changes in TV in recent years is that not all of it is on TV anymore. As we noted earlier, cord cutting is feasible in India now, and as Internet connections improve, this is going to become even more of a reality. That means watching some shows on broadcast TV, while others are streaming over Netflix, Hotstar, or Amazon Prime Video.If you have a Smart TV - which is to say most TVs released in the last couple of years - then you can press a button on your remote and switch over to the TV's interface, and load up your favourite apps. Otherwise, you'll need to buy a Chromecast, or an Amazon Fire TV Stick, or some other similar smart box to add this functionality to your TV. That means an extra set of wires in your house, ...

Highlights The InFocus Turbo 5 is priced starting at Rs. 6,999 It features a metal unibody and 5000mAh battery It will be available 4 on Amazon India starting July InFocus has been quiet for a while now. Its last major launch was the InFocus Epic 1, way back in October last year. The company is now back and looks to compete against the likes of Vivo and Oppo which enjoy a considerable market share in the country. At the launch event, InFocus outlined its new strategy for India, and stated that it is planning to launch more new smartphones throughout the rest of 2017. With the InFocus Turbo 5, the company is offering a large 5000mAh battery housed in a slim and light metal unibody. This smartphone will be available in two variants, and has been priced at Rs. 6,999 for 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage, and Rs. 7,999 for 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. We got our hands on the higher-end version for a brief time at the launch event, and here are our first impr...