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Kindle Oasis with dedicated page turn buttons, leather charging cover announced for Rs. 23999
Amazon just announced Kindle Oasis, the company’s flagship Kindle eReader. The 8th generation of e-ink Kindle has the same 6-inch display at 300 PPI pixel density seen in Kindle Voyage, but this has a redesigned built-in front light with 60% more LEDs that makes it the brightest Kindle display ever. The ultrathin flush 0.13” display with 200 micron backplane has new cylindrical diffractive patterns to increase the consistency and range of screen brightness for improved reading in all types of lighting.
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Micromax Canvas 6 Photo Gallery
Micromax launched its flagship Canvas 6 and Canvas 6 Pro smartphones at an event in India earlier today, each this priced at Rs. 13,999. We got to check out the Canvas 6, here we have a quick look at the hardware of the phone in the form of photo gallery.
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.
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”
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”
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
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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]”
HTC 10 with 5.2-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM announced for $699
HTC just announced HTC 10, the company’s latest flagship smartphone, as it had promised recently. It has a 5.2-inch Quad HD screen, is powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 820 SoC, has a 12 Ultrapixel camera with Laser auto focus, optical image stabilization (OIS), f/1.8 aperture and the camera can be launched in just 0.6 seconds. It also has a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with f/1.8 aperture and OIS. HTC says that it is the world’s first dual OIS smartphone. Continue reading “HTC 10 with 5.2-inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM announced for $699”
Microsoft introduces luxurious Surface Pro 4 Signature Type Cover
Microsoft has introduced its latest Signature Type Cover for the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Pro 3 devices. It is covered in luxurious Alcantara fabric, has two-tone grey mélange style of Alcantar, a unique, proprietary material, used in high-end luxury products like fashion, automotive, and interiors, sourced only in Italy. Continue reading “Microsoft introduces luxurious Surface Pro 4 Signature Type Cover”
Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge update brings camera improvements and bug fixes
Samsung has rolled out a new update for the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India that brings improvements to camera, haptic vibration, new mobile print plugin and also fixes several bugs in these smartphones. This is one of the major updates for these phones since the launch last month. Check out the complete changelog below. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 edge update brings camera improvements and bug fixes”