theserpent

Firecracker to the moon
Xolo, on the other hand has started promoting its unannounced Hive UI with a dedicated page that come with taglines such as "And right now there's something different brewing at Xolo. Stay curious," "Soon you will too. The revolution has begun," and "A revolution is in the works. Stay tuned."

Other quotes from the Hive teaser page, read, "Imagine if you had the power to change your phone the way you want to. Like play dough. The music player is yours. The contact book is yours. The themes are yours. Imagine what it would be like to create things based on your ideas. Wouldn't that be wonderful?... So the next probable question itself is what exactly is Hive? We would say, imagine a forge. You are the knights who would want blades made of Valerian steel. We the forgers make that possible because the steel we create is malleable to your likes and dislikes. Hive is that forge. It's a platform where we follow democracy in creation... The Hive pits the thinkers and the doers together under one huge umbrella so that the result is beneficial for both."

All this seems to indicate a UI that is very customisable, and that partially ties-in with the fact that Xolo is also said to be working with a designer community to create themes for its new UI and might also announce a new store for its smartphone consumers where all the exclusive content will be available for download.

Earlier on Monday, Xolo's first Windows Phone 8.1-based smartphone, the Win Q900s went up for pre-order at Rs. 9,999.

Last week, the company launched a new Android 4.4 KitKat-based smartphone in India, the Q1011 at Rs. 9,999.

Xolo to Debut Hive UI on New Flagship Android Smartphone in July: Report | NDTV Gadgets


*i.imgur.com/c9VQF9o.jpg

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Looks pretty neat
 

Flash

Lost in speed
It's good to see mobile with nice specs under budget segment. . ..

and the HIVE looks pretty cool too..

*www.xolo.in/hive/the-gateway-to-a-wonderful-android-experience.php
 
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theserpent

theserpent

Firecracker to the moon
Xolo is the only good Indian re-branded seller in India.
But sadly all of them suck in A.S.S :(

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It's good to see mobile with nice specs under budget segment. . ..

and the HIVE looks pretty cool too..

*www.xolo.in/hive/the-gateway-to-a-wonderful-android-experience.php

It looks so good :) Just hope they advertise it well
 

tkin

Back to school!!
Not sure about the UI, but whoever designed the webpages deserve kudos, got me hooked through all the pages.
 

$hadow

Geek in making
Build quality and ASS is what Indian manufactures are now required to be focusing or else brands like xiaomi and oppo will take it away from these guys.
 

sling-shot

Wise Old Owl
Not sure about the UI, but whoever designed the webpages deserve kudos, got me hooked through all the pages.

Indeed. The attention to detail seems unprecedented for an Indian brand previously. And I really like the concepts of UI displayed there.
May be there is some future here after all.

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And as [MENTION=138559]rish[/MENTION] says above Xolo is indeed the most experimental among Indian brands.

I am looking forward to the launch and probably buy one too unless Zenfone 5 comes back in stock.
 

kg11sgbg

Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
HIVE. already launched.
Don't know whether XOLO will provide HIVE support for Q600s smartphone,that I currently own.
 
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theserpent

theserpent

Firecracker to the moon
AFAIK,Xolo said they will push it too most of the xolo's

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The specs are disappointing Octa core + a 1900 mah battery whaat?
 

sling-shot

Wise Old Owl
Xolo Unveils Custom 'Hive' UI for Android in New 8X-1000 Smartphone | NDTV Gadgets

To coming devices only but not to existing ones.
 

kg11sgbg

Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
Very unfortunate by this stand of XOLO.
This is the way these companies lose the loyal customer base,those of whom had already purchased their products.
Apps. are not only to be meant for niche customers.
 

Minion

Conversation Architect
Phone looks cool but UI doesn't seems very polished they should have included a larger battery.
 

kg11sgbg

Indian Railways - The Vibrant and Moving INDIA
Bad move by XOLO for ditching customers like us(those who own A500,Q66s,Q700s,etc...),by not providing the HIVE.
 

ashs1

Padawan
Bad move by XOLO for ditching customers like us(those who own A500,Q66s,Q700s,etc...),by not providing the HIVE.

Most companies Do this..They stop providing updates/upgrades for their existing/old phones & force the customers to buy the newer ones.
Example : Sony. :-x
 

quicky008

Technomancer
Most companies Do this..They stop providing updates/upgrades for their existing/old phones & force the customers to buy the newer ones.
Example : Sony. :-x

Samsung also follows a similar policy.They release new underpowered phones preloaded with android 4.4 kitkat but refuse to provide any s/w updates for their older phones such as Galaxy Grand etc which are perfectly capable of running the new OS under the (false) pretext that these "older" devices don't have adequate processing power/RAM/int. storage to handle kitkat properly.This is really very disappointing to say the least :-x
 
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