Robin, the US based company has announced its plans to foray into India. The company will be launching its ‘Robin’ Android smartphone by the end of this month. Continue reading “Nextbit Robin to be launched in India by end of April 2016”
Micromax Canvas 6 with metal body, fingerprint sensor and Canvas 6 Pro launched for Rs. 13999
Micromax today launched its flagship Canvas 6 and Canvas 6 Pro smartphones at its Guts to Change event in Gurgaon. The Canvas 6 has a metal unibody design and comes with a fingerprint sensor on the back. Both the phones have a 5.5-inch 1080p display, come with a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, PDAF for quick focus, have 4G LTE support and pack a 3000mAh battery. The Canvas 6 Pro is powered by an Octa-Core MediaTek Helio X10 processor.
Opera Max app updated with improved tablet layout support
Opera has expanded support for Opera Max app to Android tablets. The update that bumps the app to version 1.7.5 brings same data saving feature to tablets that are already present on smartphones. Continue reading “Opera Max app updated with improved tablet layout support”
Meizu PRO 6 with 5.2-inch 1080p 3D Press display, Helio X25, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced
Meizu just announced PRO 6, the company’s latest flagship smartphone at an event in China. It has a 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display with 3D press that perceives different levels of pressure on the screen, 0.715mm narrow frame, 70.8mm width and 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Protection. It is powered by a Deca-Core MediaTek Helio X25 SoC, has 4GB of RAM, 21-megapixel rear camera with dual-tone 10-LED Ring flash, Laser auto focus and phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) for quick focus in just 0.07 seconds. It has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera and runs Flyme OS 5.5 based on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Continue reading “Meizu PRO 6 with 5.2-inch 1080p 3D Press display, Helio X25, 4GB RAM, fingerprint sensor announced”
Facebook Account Kit for phone number login, quote and hashtag sharing and more announced
Facebook announced several tools for the developers at the F8 conference few hours back. In addition to Bots for Messenger and Surround D-360 camera, it also introduced Account Kit for people the choice to log into new apps with their phone number or email address, new Facebook Share features including new quote and hashtag sharing that allow people to share new types of content and Profile Expressions Kit, a new identity expression platform that includes profile pic frames for Pages and enables people to post a profile video from third party apps. Continue reading “Facebook Account Kit for phone number login, quote and hashtag sharing and more announced”
New USB Type C Authentication protocol for better protection of devices announced
The USB 3.0 Promoter Group has announced new USB Type- Authentication specification that allows devices and accessories to communicate with one another before transferring power or data. Continue reading “New USB Type C Authentication protocol for better protection of devices announced”
CREO Mark 1 with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Helio X10, custom Fuel OS launched for Rs. 19999
CREO today launched Mark 1, its flagship smartphone with its custom Android-based Fuel OS at an event, as it had promised. The Fuel OS has important Sense, Echo and Retriever features and also comes with custom notification, lock screen gestures, smart inbox for messages, customizable capacitive touch buttons, smart call forwarding and more. Continue reading “CREO Mark 1 with 5.5-inch Quad HD display, Helio X10, custom Fuel OS launched for Rs. 19999”
Logitech acquires Jaybird for $50 million
Logitech today announced that it has agreed to acquire Jaybird, popular for its wireless audio wearables for US$50 million in cash, with an additional earn-out of up to $45 million based on achievement of growth targets over the next two years. Jaybird introduced sport earbuds Freedom and the X3, successor of its X2 sport earbuds earlier this year at the CES. Continue reading “Logitech acquires Jaybird for $50 million”
Facebook “Surround 360” open source VR camera introduced
Facebook took wraps off “Surround 360” 3D virtual reality camera at the F8 Developer conference. The VR camera captures 360-degree video in 8K. Continue reading “Facebook “Surround 360” open source VR camera introduced”
Xiaomi Mi 5 Review: The Affordable Flagship
It’s been a long time coming. Rumors, speculations and just a whole lot of waiting but finally two years after the launch of the rather spectacular Mi 4, the brand new Mi 5 is here with us. All this while, the company has been working on expanding its portfolio both through the Redmi series of handsets that serve as it’s bread and butter as well as a diverse range of connected peripherals. Xiaomi certainly has been busy but that doesn’t mean that it can afford to forget the upper end of the market. Once again with the Mi 5, the company is launching a handset that is flagship grade at least on paper while undercutting the competition in terms of pricing. But does that low price also mean that Xiaomi has had to cut corners? We find that out and more in our review. Continue reading “Xiaomi Mi 5 Review: The Affordable Flagship”
Facebook introduces Bots for new Messenger platform
Facebook, at its F8 developer conference has officially announced a new Messenger platform that will allow developers to build bots right inside Messenger. This will bring an array of new functions to the popular instant messaging app from Facebook. Continue reading “Facebook introduces Bots for new Messenger platform”
JBL Reflect Aware C world’s first noise-canceling earphones to use USB Type-C
Last year at the CES 2015, JBL introduced Reflect Aware earphones with active noise cancellation that draws power through Lightning Connector in Apple devices or Micro USB, rather than using a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Now it has introduced Reflect Aware C earphones in partnership with HTC that is the first to use USB Type-C. It also has active noise cancellation and adaptive noise control. Continue reading “JBL Reflect Aware C world’s first noise-canceling earphones to use USB Type-C”
HTC 10 and HTC 10 Lifestyle announced, Snapdragon 823 surfaces – FoneArena Daily
Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “HTC 10 and HTC 10 Lifestyle announced, Snapdragon 823 surfaces – FoneArena Daily”
Qualcomm Design in India Challenge finalists eligible for funding of up to $10,000 announced
Qualcomm launched its Design in India Challenge few months back, today it has announced 10 finalists of the first edition of the Challenge. “In association with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), the Qualcomm Design in India Challenge aims to catalyze the creation of a product and hardware design ecosystem in India in the domains of smartphones, tablets and Internet of Things (IoT) for agriculture, automotive, banking, education, healthcare, smart cities and wearables,” said Qualcomm.
HTC 10 (Lifestyle) comes with Snapdragon 652 and 3GB RAM in India [Update]
[Update: HTC’s global online communications manager Jeff Gordon says that India will get the Snapdragon 820-powered HTC 10 and not the HTC 10 Lifestyle. The official website has also been updated.]
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HTC just announced its flagship HTC 10 smartphone with a 5.2-inch Quad HD 2.5D curved glass display, Snapdragon 820 SoC and 4GB of RAM. But the Indian variant is called the HTC 10 Lifestyle, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 SoC and 3GB of RAM. Russia is also getting the same variant. It is not clear why HTC is launching a different variant in some markets. Hope this one will be cheaper compared to the Snapdragon 820 version. Continue reading “HTC 10 (Lifestyle) comes with Snapdragon 652 and 3GB RAM in India [Update]”