Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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Google launches free RailWire Wi-Fi in 9 more stations across India

Google Railwire WiFi India

Indian Railways, RailTel and Google launched free WiFi at the Mumbai Central station earlier this year. Today Google announced that RailWire Wi-Fi is now available in 9 more train stations – Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Ernakulam Jn, Kacheguda, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Vijayawada and Vishakhapatnam in India. Google said that Mumbai Central’s free Wi-Fi now serves more than 100,000 people every week, and the launch of Wi-Fi in these stations will offer access to over 1.5 million Indians every day. Continue reading “Google launches free RailWire Wi-Fi in 9 more stations across India”

Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Guruvayoor and Kottayam, now in 150 towns in Kerala

Airtel 4G

Airtel launched its 4G LTE services in Kochi, Kerala back in August last year. Today the company has launched it in Guruvayoor and Kottayam, taking the number of its 4G towns in Kerala to 150. Airtel 4G is available to customers across mobile phones, dongles, 4G hotspots and Wi-Fi dongles in the cities. For existing Airtel customers, the company is offering a complimentary upgrade to Airtel 4G at same price as 3G. Continue reading “Airtel launches 4G LTE services in Guruvayoor and Kottayam, now in 150 towns in Kerala”

iBall Andi 5G Blink 4G and Slide Co-Mate tablet launching soon

iBall Andi 5G Blink 4G

iBall is all set to launch Andi 5G Blink 4G, it’s latest 4G smartphone and Slide Co-Mate, a 8-inch tablet with voice calling capabilities. Both the run Android 5.1 (Lollipop) and come with dual SIM support. The Andi 5G Blink smartphone has a front-facing LED flash for capturing better selfies in low lighting conditions. Continue reading “iBall Andi 5G Blink 4G and Slide Co-Mate tablet launching soon”

Google Play Music Podcast expected to launch on April 18

 

Google Play Music Podcasts

Google had announced back in October last year that it will be bringing Podcasts to Play Music soon and Podcasters can start uploading their shows to Play Music via a new portal. Even though the feature went live only for some users few weeks back, now NPR has sent out an email to members announcing that their podcasts will be available on Google Play Music, which will launch podcasts next Monday, April 18th. Continue reading “Google Play Music Podcast expected to launch on April 18”

Meizu m3 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor, 4G LTE gets certified in China

Meizu m3

Meizu introduced the m3 note in China recently, which is coming to India soon. It is gearing to launch its budget m3 smartphone, successor of last year’s m2 smartphone soon. The smartphone that has been certified by China’s TENAA reveals a similar plastic body, 5-inch HD screen, 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera as its predecessor, but this will be powered by an Octa-Core processor and a slightly bigger 2800mAh battery. Continue reading “Meizu m3 with 5-inch HD display, Octa-Core processor, 4G LTE gets certified in China”

Google introduces customized Live Cases for Nexus 5X, 6 and 6P

Google Live Cases

Google has introduced customized Live snap case for Nexus 5X, 6, and 6P phones that lets you customize the case using your favorite photo or map. There is also a programmable shortcut button on the back that can be customized to launch any app using the Live Case app. It makes use of NFC in these phones. Continue reading “Google introduces customized Live Cases for Nexus 5X, 6 and 6P”

Amazon Subscriptions now in India, Micromax starts manufacturing in Telengana – FoneArena Daily

Micromax Make in India

Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Amazon Subscriptions now in India, Micromax starts manufacturing in Telengana – FoneArena Daily”

Videocon Krypton V50DA and Krypton V50DC launched for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 6099

Videocon Krypton V50DC

Videocon Mobile Phones has launched Krypton V50DA and Krypton V50DC smartphones. Both the smartphones have a 5-inch FWVGA screen, powered by MediaTek MT6580 SoC, run Android 5.1 (Lollipop), pack 1GB of RAM, come with dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Even though both the phones share almost the same specifications, the font and rear cameras are different. Continue reading “Videocon Krypton V50DA and Krypton V50DC launched for Rs. 5999 and Rs. 6099”

LG Rolly Keyboard 2 rollable Bluetooth keyboard for Android, iOS, Mac and Windows announced

LG Rolly Keyboard 2

LG introduced Rolly Keyboard, its first rollable portable wireless keyboard during the IFA 2015 last year. Now it has introduced the new LG Rolly Keyboard 2 in Korea with an updated five-row design, compared to four rows in the first version. The extra row adds number / symbol / function keys on the top and the keyboard also has enough space between the keys, promising the best typing experience. Continue reading “LG Rolly Keyboard 2 rollable Bluetooth keyboard for Android, iOS, Mac and Windows announced”

ZUK Z2 Pro announcement set for April 21, render and specifications surface

ZUK Z2 Pro

ZUK is all set to introduce its flagship Z2 Pro smartphone, successor of last year’s ZUK Z1 at an event in China. ZUK CEO Chang Cheng has shared the first image of the smartphone and also confirmed that it will be introduced at an event in Beijing on April 21st. The render reveals a cured glass display, camera on the back with dual-tone LED flash and laser auto focus. Continue reading “ZUK Z2 Pro announcement set for April 21, render and specifications surface”

Penta T-PAD WS1001Q Windows 10 2-in-1 with built-in 3G launched for Rs. 10999

Penta T-PAD WS1001Q

Pantel has launched Penta T-PAD WS1001Q, its latest Windows 10 2-in-1 with inbuilt 3G SIM support and a detachable keyboard with trackpad, exclusively on ShopClues. It has a 10.1-inch (1280×800 pixels) IPS 10-point capacitive touch screen display, is powered by a quad-core Intel Atom x5 processor, has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera, has 32GB of built-in storage with expansion slot and a 7000mAh battery. Continue reading “Penta T-PAD WS1001Q Windows 10 2-in-1 with built-in 3G launched for Rs. 10999”

LG K7 LTE and K10 LTE ‘Made in India’ smartphones launched for Rs. 9500 and Rs. 13500

LG-k7_001

LG today launched K7 LTE and K10 LTE smartphones in India with VoLTE (Voice Over LTE) and VoWiFi (Voice Over Wi-Fi) support, as it had promised. These are the first LG smartphones to be made at its Noida plant in India and these were launched launched by telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. LG aims to make 1 million smartphones in its new plant this year. The company said that the VoLTE and VoWiFi features will enable faster transmission of data and voice. Both these smartphones are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, run Android 5.1 (Lollipop), come with dual SIM support, have rear mounted power button and volume rockers and feature a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

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HTC Desire 828 dual sim 3GB RAM with 32GB storage variant now available for Rs. 19990

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HTC launched the Desire 828 dual sim in India back in December last year. Now the smartphone is available in 3GB RAM with 32GB of internal storage variant, according to Mahesh Telecom. The original version has 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. Other specifications are the same, including a 5.5-inch 1080p display, Octa-Core MediaTek MT6753 SoC, 13-megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), Ultrapixel front-facing camera and 4G LTE support. Continue reading “HTC Desire 828 dual sim 3GB RAM with 32GB storage variant now available for Rs. 19990”

Android N Developer Preview 2 with Vulkan API, new emojis, Launcher shortcuts released

Android N_fonearena

Google released developer preview images for Android ‘N’, the next major Android release last month, ahead of Google I/O 2016 in May. The update brought Multi-window support, Notification enhancements, Data Saver, Background optimizations and more new features. Now it has released the Preview 2 for compatible Nexus devices. This update brings several new features, including Unicode 9 emojis and also fixes few bugs that were present in the first release.

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Gionee Pioneer P5L with 5-inch HD display, 4G LTE launched for Rs. 8499

Gionee Pioneer P5L

Gionee has launched a new Pioneer P5L smartphone, successor of last year’s Pioneer P5L. It has a 5-inch HD display, is powered by a quad-core processor, runs on Android 5.1 (Lollipop) OS with Amigo UI 3.1, has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It also has 4G LTE connectivity with VoLTE and dual SIM support.

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