New Themes app by Cyanogen to first release on Micromax’s Yu Smartphones – Details

Update: Cyanogen has announced its upcoming Themes app that will act as a store front for Cyanogen OS users to browse and download free and paid themes. The company also announced that the first release of the Themes app will come preloaded on the device from the new online brand ‘YU’ owned by YU Televentures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Micromax.

Cyanogen Inc. also launched a Themes Design Challenge, inviting artists and content creators to submit original theme packs for the Cyanogen operating system, the OS that comes pre-installed on mobile devices. Participants can enter designs that customize nearly all components of the mobile user interface, including wallpapers, icons, fonts, boot animations, and controls.
Winners of the Themes Design Challenge will receive a prize that includes “Cyanogen branded gear and a device of their choice (from two device options) to be announced with the winners in December. The winners’ creations will come preinstalled on Micromax’s “Yu” range of devices that will launch in India next month. The contest ends on December 14, and the entries will be judged by a team of Cyanogen team members.

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Earlier: Micromax Yu Announced in partnership with Cyanogen Inc. for OS – Details
Date – Nov 18,2014
The Indian smartphone maker Micromax today unveiled a new range of devices under ‘Yu’ brand, focussed on the fast growing segment of tech enthusiasts. Yu Televentures, a subsidiary of Micromax, has partnered with Cyanogen to offer customised user experience to the users.

Micromax co-founder Rahul Sharma said ‘Yu’ brand will be a game changer, not just in India, but globally too. Yu has been envisioned for building an ecosystem of connected devices and offer customised experience to users. The brand will engage directly with end users, providing them with bootlegger access to help them come up with software upgrades that they want on their phones; he added.
CyanogenMod is an open source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers, based on the Android mobile platform. It is developed as free and open source software based on the official releases of Android by Google, with added original and third-party code. CyanogenMod offers features and options not found in the official firmware distributed by mobile device vendors.
Yu Televentures, will import handsets from China and sell in the Indian market, the promoter said in incorporation documents filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). Yu is the Pinyin romanisation of several Chinese family names. In March this year, the Micromax founders had incorporated another company, Mobi Serve, which was a majority owned by Vikash Jain and Sumeet Arora.
According to a press release, Micromax and Cyanogen were in dialogue for the past one year, under the Project Yureka. Project Yureka was conceptualised to engage directly with consumers and bring innovations that solve consumer problems, not just software or hardware upgrades and is taking the shape of a new brand ‘YU’.
According to the latest report of research firm IDC, the smartphone market in India grew at 84% year-on-year in the quarter ended June 2014 to 18.42 million units from 10.02 million units. Korean handset maker Samsung led the smartphone market with 29% share, followed by Micromax 18%.
The first handset under the brand ‘Yu’ will be launched next month. Details of the device and pricing were not disclosed

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