Rajan Anandan, Google’s Managing Director for South East Asia and India has said that the company is initiating talks with telecom operators in India to pilot its Project Loon initiative, according to a latest report from the Economic Times.
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Intex Aqua Twist, the company’s latest smartphone with a 5-megapixel rotating camera is now available from HomeShop18. Another budget smartphone, Cloud Force has been listed on the official website. Both the phones pack a 5-inch FWVGA screen, are powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core SoC, pack 1GB of RAM, run on Android 5.1 (Lollipop), have dual SIM support and 3G connectivity. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Twist with rotating camera now available for Rs. 4999, Cloud Force coming soon”
Sennheiser today launched Momentum Range of headphones – Momentum M2 On Ear, Momentum M2 Over Ear, Momentum Wireless On Ear and Momentum Wireless Over Ear. These are available in both wired and wireless versions and promises uncompromising sound and peak performance. These are models compatible for both Apple and Android devices. Continue reading “Sennheiser Momentum M2, Momentum Wireless headphones launched in India starting at Rs 15990”
Check out the new FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of today’s technology news. Continue reading “Xiaomi launches Powerbank with USB Type-C, Upcoming phone launches and more – FoneArena Daily”
Samsung is all set to launch the company’s flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge smartphones in India at an event in Delhi tomorrow. We have got hold of the pricing for 32GB variants of both the smartphones. The Galaxy S7 is expected to be priced at Rs. 49,000 and the Galaxy S7 edge is expected to be priced at Rs. 59,000. Last year’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge were launched in India starting at Rs. 49,900 and Rs. 58,900, respectively. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge expected to be priced at Rs. 49000 and Rs. 59000 in India”
Sony has started rolling out Android Marshmallow 6.0 update for a couple of devices. First up, the update is coming to the Japanese variants of the entire Xperia Z5 lineup which includes the Xperia Z5, Z5 Compact and the Z5 Premium. The update will soon follow the global variants in the coming weeks.
Anker introduced its PowerPort +1 USB wall charger with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0 back in November last year. We managed to get hold of the charger, check out the unboxing.
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It looks like Amazon India is the latest entrant in the effervescent digital wallet market. The e-commerce giant is gearing up to launch its own digital wallet in the country by Q2 2016, according to a latest report from the Times of India. The news comes only days after its rival Flipkart launched the Flipkart Money Wallet.
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Airtel has introduced Prepaid on Postpaid plan for its corporate customers. Since some companies don’t allow or limits the use of mobile data under corporate plans, Airtel is now allowing those corporate customers use prepaid data packs for 3G and 4G services on top of their respective postpaid corporate plans. Continue reading “Airtel corporate post-paid customers can now use pre-paid data packs”
Reliance Jio will offer free unlimited WiFi service at 6 stadiums during the upcoming T20 WorldCup. Dubbed as Jio Net, the service will be available at Ferozshah Kotla, Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, Mumbai’s Wankhede and Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore and stadiums in Mohali and Dharmashala.
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OPPO today officially scheduled the launch of its upcoming flagship R9 and R9 Plus smartphones at an event in China on March 17th. We had already seen several leaks for the R9 and R9 Plus smartphones, both these phones were also certified by TENAA in China last week. Continue reading “OPPO R9 and R9 Plus launch event scheduled for March 17”
Motorola launched its flagship Moto X Force smartphone with Moto ShatterShield shatterproof display in India last month, starting at Rs. 49,999. We already brought you the hands-on and photo gallery and the unboxing, here are the benchmarks. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit 20nm processor that has four bigger ARM Cortex A57 cores clocked at 1.96GHz per core and four smaller ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.56GHz per core with 630 MHz Adreno 430 GPU. It has 3GB DDR4 RAM, 5.4-inch Quad HD AMOLED display and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores.
BlackBerry is actively looking for other options following last week’s announcement from WhatsApp which said it will end support for BlackBerry including BlackBerry 10, Symbian S60 and few other older platforms by the end of this year.
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After 5200mAh, 10400mAh, 16000mAh and 20000mAh power banks, Xiaomi has introduced its 10000mAh Mi Powerbank Pro in China. It has USB Type-C support and fast charging (5V/2A 9V/2A 12V/1.5A) and also charges faster so that it takes only 3.5 hours to charge the power bank fully with 18W charger. It is just 12.58mm thin, weighs 223 grams and has a Aluminum alloy body. Continue reading “Xiaomi 10000 mAh Mi Powerbank Pro with two-way fast charging, USB Type-C announced for $22”
The original ZenWatch from ASUS was a breath of fresh air in the smartwatch industry thanks to its new and beautiful design. However, it wasn’t without faults and the lack of WiFi was a bummer to many especially after the Android 5.1.1 update. The new ZenWatch 2 comes with 2 different models that target different audiences and better protection against the elements thanks to the IP67 rating compared to the IP55 rating of the original. On paper, the smartwatch seems to be a winner but how does it fare in real life? Let’s find out.
