Acer announced three new handsets at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and the Liquid C1 was one of them alongside the Liquid E1 and Liquid Z2. The Liquid C1 is particularly interesting because it is running on the Intel Atom architecture. The phone is powered by a 1.2Ghz Intel Atom Z2420 processor paired with 1GB of RAM and the performance is quite impressive. There’s just 4GB of storage onboard but this can be expanded via the microSD card slot. Continue reading “Acer Liquid C1 Hands On”
The Acer Liquid E1 was announced at Mobile World Congress as a mid range device running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The Liquid E1 is equipped with a large 4.5″ qHD screen but feels quite comfortable in the hand due to the rounded edges. Internally, the phone has a dual core 1Ghz process and 1GB of RAM. Internal storage is limited to just 4GB but can be expanded thanks to the microSD card slot. Continue reading “Acer Liquid E1 Hands On”
The most affordable handset announced by Nokia today at their MWC event, the Nokia 105 is quite an interesting offering. Continue reading “Nokia 105 Photo Gallery”
Also launched at the Mobile World Congress alongside a range of Nokia devices is the Lumia 520. The cheapest Windows Phone 8 running device at the moment, it is equipped with a 4 inch WVGA display. Continue reading “Nokia 520 Photo Gallery”
A very interesting offering from Nokia, the 301 is available in a range of colors. The phone with a range of innovative features at a very affordable price point.
Specifications include 256MB of internal memory and 64MB of RAM which should keep things chugging along smooth enough. Continue reading “Nokia 301 Photo Gallery”
At an event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia has just announced the Lumia 720 as part of its Windows Phone range of devices. A spiritual successor to the Lumia 710, the phone packs in a lot of innovation at a budget oriented price point.
In a bid to hit each and every size possible out there, Samsung today announced the Galaxy Note 8.0 which fills one of the last remaining size based gaps in their line up. Predictably, the device is a blown up Galaxy Note with a 8 inch display.
The device which is positioned as a tablet does have phone capabilities also built in. A stylus slides in to the back of the tablet and provides the same pen based functions and apps as previously seen on the Note 2. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Hands On”
Alongside the Lenovo S6000, the company also announced a smaller 7 inch tablet called the A3000. The display is slightly lower resolution at 1024 x 600 pixels but is of the IPS variety with pretty good viewing angles. The contrast ratio, color quality and brightness are definitely quite good.
The tablet isn’t the slimmest we’ve seen with a 11mm profile but the weight is manageable at just under 340grams. The A3000 easily slips into a jacket pocket. Continue reading “Lenovo A3000 Photo Gallery”
In an event ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Lenovo annouced three new tablets. The highest end of those is the S6000 which sports a 10.1 inch screen. The screen is of the IPS variety and has a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels.
Targeting the budget conscious segment, the phones are powered by the 1.2Ghz quad core MediaTek 8389 / 8125 processor. Continue reading “Lenovo S6000 Photo Gallery”
At an event here in Barcelona, Huawei which is one of the biggest smartphone manufacturers in the world has introduced its brand new flagship. The Huawei Ascend P2 powered by a custom designed 1.5Ghz quad core processor clocks in at just 8.4 milimetres. There’s Android 4.1 on board with a custom UI layer on top that Huawei calls the Emotion UI.
In terms of design the phone looks a lot like its predecessor, the Ascend P1. There’s 1GB of RAM onboard and 16GB of storage. The Ascend P2 is part of Huawei strategy to make its foray into the B2C business. The phone is priced strategically at 399 Euros. Continue reading “Huawei Ascend P2 Photo Gallery”
We’ve been getting settled here in Barcelona and preparing to bring you minute by minute coverage from the greatest telecom expo in the world. With the Fira having moved from Fira Montjuic to Fira Gran Vie, we are now going to witness 240,000 square metres of space divided into 8 pavilions ALL booked by the GSMA.
The latest and greatest coverage from the show floor will be brought to you by Varun, Dhruv, Sandeep, Bharad and Michael from Team FoneArena. Our computers of choice ? Retina Macbook Pros and a Samsung Series 9 laptop. Top of the line Android phones and iPhone 5’s are part of the smartphone arsenal. Divided equally between the Canon and Nikon camp, we also have Nokia PureView 808’s to fall back on! With our equipment sorted out, let’s take a look at what we expect to be announced during the week. Continue reading “MWC 2013 : What to expect?”
Jealous of the Nokia 808 PureView owners who can take low light images and party shots with ease because of the xenon flash in their phone but not impressed by the thickness of the phone ? Researchers at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University might have just the solution.
Continue reading “Radically smaller capacitors to enable thinner xenon flash modules for phones”
Hands down the most awaited handset in a while, the Micromax A116 Canvas HD is finally available. Hitting all the checkpoints in a modern Android handset, the Canvas HD is an extremely enticing handset. We’ve been playing with it over the past few days to get a good feel of the smartphone. Worth the hype ? Read on to find out! Continue reading “Micromax A116 Canvas HD Review”
HTC has been teasing its brand new flagship device over the past few weeks and just a few days ahead of MWC, it showed off the HTC One. The latest and greatest by the Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer, it packs in a lot of innovation alongside class leading specs. We were on hand to get a better look at the Android 4.1 running smartphone and here’s a short gallery for your perusal.
Opera is well known for its mobile browsers that promise to compress data using the cloud. The company has acquired its chief competitor, Skyfire, for $150 million in a bid to gain access to key technologies around mobile video compression. California based Skyfire is well known for its Rocket Optimizer Software that helps optimize video and other multimedia content for delivery over congested cell towers.
Continue reading “Opera acquires competing mobile browser, Skyfire for $150 million”
