Lily is a compact drone camera that flies automatically and follows you around

Drones with cameras in them aren’t new, but all of them require someone to fly the drone around so if you want to record yourself doing something cool you need someone to control the drone. 

Not with Lily. This compact drone will automatically follow you around and shoot video without any manual assistance. Lilly flies by simply tossing in the air. It detects fall and kicks into life instantly. It will then follow you around and shoot video for up to 20 minutes on a full charge.


Lily requires the help of the wireless control module that needs to be on you for Lily to follow you around. The control module also has buttons to access basic functions of Lily, like the shooting modes it is capable of. The module is small and can be attached to the wrist using the waterproof strap they provide.

Speaking of waterproof, Lily itself is waterproof but it’s not recommended you try to fly it underwater (because it won’t). Once in air, it can record 1080p video in 60fps or slow motion 720p videos in 120 fps. You can also take 12 megapixel still images. It has a microSD card slot for storing videos and photos.

Lily can fly to a height of 50 feet, and can fly at up to 40 km/h top speed. It can go as far as 100 feet from the tracking device. It has an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer, barometer, GPS, and front and bottom facing cameras. It has digital gimballing to keep itself steady all the time with image stabilization. It can interact with your phone through an app and show you a low resolution live feed on it. 

Lily is still in the pre-order phase, where the creators need support to actually make these. For your $499, which is the asking price of this device, you get yourself one and also help support the company. You can pre-order it now from their website, which allows international shipping.

 

Xolo Prime With 4.5-Inch Display, Android 5.0 Lollipop Launched at Rs. 5,699

Xolo on Thursday on launched a new Android 5.0 Lollipop-based budget handset in India, the Xolo Prime. Priced at Rs. 5,699, the smartphone is set to compete with the Micromax Canvas Spark, a recently launched budget smartphone also running Android 5.0 Lollipop. The Xolo Prime is said to soon be available at retail outlets across in India.

The Xolo Prime is a dual-SIM supporting smartphone that features a 4.5-inch IPS display with (480x854 pixels) resolution and a pixel density of 218ppi. The handset is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor clubbed with 1GB of RAM and Mali 400 MP GPU.

The smartphone includes 8GB of inbuilt storage, which can be expanded via microSD card (up to 32GB). The handset also features a 5-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash, and 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. The Xolo Prime is backed by a 1800mAh battery, rated to deliver up to 20.8 hours of talk time on 2G networks and 10 hours on 3G, apart from up to 500 hours of standby time on 2G and 400 hours on 3G.

Connectivity options include GPRS/ EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with hotspot functionality, Bluetooth v4.0, Micro-USB 2.0, and GPS/ A-GPS. The Xolo Prime features an accelerometer, proximity sensor, and ambient light sensor. It bears dimensions of 135x68x9.5mm.

Micromax launched the Canvas Spark smartphone last month. The handset features a 4.7-inch qHD (540x960 pixels) IPS display along with Gorilla Glass 3 protection, and is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582M processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. The Canvas Spark bears an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. 8GB of inbuilt storage and 2000mAh battery is also included inside the smartphone that is rated to deliver up to 335 hours of standby time. The handset went on its third flash sale on Wednesday.

2015 Audi RS6 Avant to be launched in India on June 4, 2015

Audi India is out to make a brave move. While station wagons don’t really catch the fancy of Indian customers, Audi is planning to bring one to our market. The difference is, this station wagon can manage a top whack of 305kmph and while doing so, it can manage a 0-100kmph sprint in 3.9s! The station wagon in reference is the Audi RS6 Avant and it’s coming to India next month.

 Powering the Audi RS6 is a 4.0-litre TFSI biturbo V8 petrol engine that produces 560PS of power and 700Nm of torque. An eight-speed tiptronic transmission feeds the output to the quattro system. The car sits on 20-inch wheels by default, with the option of 21-inchers as well.

 When Audi updated the entire A6 line-up last year around the Paris Motor Show, the RS6 also received the tweaks and the upgraded equipment. So the RS6 gets the Matrix lights aka adaptive LEDs which will certainly make it to the India-bound model as well. The RS6 will also preview the new styling that you can expect on the A6 and S6 facelifts later this year, which includes the single-piece grille, the new LED DRLs and the revised theme for the taillights.

The Audi RS6 Avant is scheduled to be launched in India on June 4, 2015 and it will sit over the S6 in the line-up, so expect the pricing to be between Rs 1 crore and 1.25 crore. Stay tuned for more updates.

Xiaomi Mi Note Pro With QHD Display, Snapdragon 810 Launched

      After announcing it back in January, with mass production due to begin in March, Xiaomi has finally launched the top-end Mi Note Pro phablet - making it available to buy in China from May 12 at CNY 2999 (approximately Rs. 30,700). Company CEO Lei Jun, who launched the handset at an event in Beijing on Wednesday, did not reveal when the Mi Note Pro would become available outside the region.

 The highlight of the Mi Note Pro is that it packs an octa-core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor (four Cortex-A57 cores clocked at 2GHz, and four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.5GHz) alongside 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM and Adreno 430 GPU. The company also detailed the performance of the Mi Note Pro by providing an AnTuTu benchmark comparison with two other Snapdragon 810-based smartphones, the HTC One M9 and LG G Flex2.

Xiaomi claims it is using v2.1 or the third edition of the Snapdragon 810, and worked with Qualcomm to refine the processor.

Xiaomi revealed some more details about the Mi Note Pro than it had announced at the January, such as the rear camera featuring an f/2.0 lens and Qualcomm 14-bit image processor, and new camera features such as flash 'suggest', auto-leveling, DSLR style peak focus indicator, and colour temperature adjustment. Also revealed was that the Mi Note Pro features hardware-optimisation for HiFi audio, specifically flac playback.

The Xiaomi Mi Note Pro features a 5.7-inch Sharp/JDI display with Sunlight Display technology and with a QHD (1440x2560 pixels) resolution offering a pixel density of 515ppi. The smartphone runs MIUI6 based on Android 5.0 Lollipop, and comes with 64GB of built-in storage without expandability via microSD card. It supports LTE Cat. 9 networks with download speeds up to 450Mbps.

Micromax's Yu Yuphoria With Cyanogen OS 12, Snapdragon 410 Launched at Rs. 6,999

Micromax subsidiary Yu Televentures on Tuesday launched its second smartphone, the Yu Yuphoria, in India. The smartphone has been priced at Rs. 6,999 and will be exclusively available via Amazon India. The first flash sale is scheduled for May 28 for which registrations begin starting 5pm IST on Tuesday.

Domestic brand Micromax claims to have used a "crowdsourced design" when making the handset. Micromax Co-Founder Rahul Sharma at the launch revealed that the Yu Yuphoria went through a number of processes including pre-bending, stamping, welding, laser etching, sandblasting, and polishing. Sharma claimed that the Yu team achieved sleek matte finish after extreme cycles of sandblasting which they learnt from the automobile industry. The Yuphoria smartphone features a metal frame around the body. He added that antenna on the handset has been placed on a gold plated spring.

Sharma stressed that while manufacturing Yuphoria, the team filed four patents including one for antenna layout for LTE devices. The smartphone will be available in Buffed Steel and Champagne Gold colours.

 For specifications, the Yu Yuphoria features a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) TFT IPS display and sports third-generation Corning Gorilla Glass for protection. Sharma at the launch claimed that the screen to ratio on the Yuphoria is 67 percent. The Yuphoria runs Android 5.0 Lollipop-based Cyanogen OS 12.

Why the Xiaomi Mi 4i Does Not Have a MicroSD Card Slot

Xiaomi's mid to high-end segment smartphones have mostly given a miss to microSD card slots. In the company's current lineup, only the Redmi-series include SD card slots.

It might come as a surprise to a few, considering that the majority of Android smartphones do support expandable storage via microSD card slots; though Hugo Barra, Xiaomi's VP Global, believes that it adversely affects the performance of the handset.

Talking to Engadget, Barra at the side-lines of Xiaomi Mi 4i launch in Hong Kong explained why his
company is against the use of microSD card slots in its high-end devices. He said, "For high performance devices, we are fundamentally against an SD card slot."