Swipe MTV Slash with 7-inch display, Android 4.1 and Voice Calling now available for Rs. 9490

Swipe MTV Slash

Swipe MTV Slash, a new 7-inch device in Swipe’s Fablet series is now available from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and comes with 3G support. It comes with several pre-loaded apps including Kingsoft Office, EBook Reader and has Audio Recording feature. Continue reading “Swipe MTV Slash with 7-inch display, Android 4.1 and Voice Calling now available for Rs. 9490”

Foursquare releases a new app for Nokia Series 40 devices

Foursquare for Nokia Series 40

Foursquare, popular location-based check-in service has launched a new app for Nokia Series 40 (S40) devices including Asha devices. This would let the Nokia series 40 user to check-in to places easily, get awesome deals in the places around you, get recommendations for places to go to, and share your check-ins on Facebook and Twitter. Continue reading “Foursquare releases a new app for Nokia Series 40 devices”

LG Optimus L4 II Dual now available in India for Rs. 8990


The LG Optimus L4 II Dual (E445) that got priced on the official LG India website last month is now available in India from online retailers Flipkart and Infibeam. The L4 II dual was announced back in May along with the Optimus L4 II. It has a 3.8-inch (320 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz MediaTek MT6575 and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 3-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash, dual SIM support with dual standby and a dedicated SIM switch key similar to the other dual SIM L Series II devices. Continue reading “LG Optimus L4 II Dual now available in India for Rs. 8990”

OnMobile launches Help Me app for Android aimed at personal safety

Help Me on Mobile for Android

OnMobile, leading provider of value-added services (VAS) has launched Help Me on Mobile, a free 24×7 mobile application targeted at the personal safety of women, children, young adults and senior citizens. This app would let them call for help during emergencies during medical emergencies, crime situations (eve-teasing, theft, rape, stalking, etc.) and accidents (road accidents, fire and other mishaps).
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Dhingana for iPhone and iPad v4.0 update brings Dhingana Gold premium subscription service

Dhingana for iOS v4.0 Gold

Dhingana, popular online music streaming service in India has launched Dhingana Gold, premium subscription service for iOS user. This would let them enjoy premium features such as music downloads, offline sync unlimited songs, access to music in HD quality, ad­free experience and ability to sync downloads across up to 2 devices. Both Saavn and Gaana had already introduce similar subscription service such as Saavn Pro and Gaana+ earlier this year. Continue reading “Dhingana for iPhone and iPad v4.0 update brings Dhingana Gold premium subscription service”

HTC Butterfly S Benchmarks

HTC unveiled the Butterfly S, successor of the Butterfly in Taiwan last month. We brought you the photo gallery of the device earlier today. Now we have the benchmarks of the device.  The phone has a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD Super LCD 3 display display and is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 8064T processor clocked at 1.9 GHz with Adreno 320 GPU coupled with 2 GB RAM. It runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense 5.0. Let’s check out the performance of the smartphone when compared with other high-end Android devices.

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HTC Butterfly S Photo Gallery

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HTC recently announced the Butterfly S which is the successor to their first full HD device. The phone has a 5 inch display and a polycarbonate body unlike the unibody metal design of the One. We’ve spent some time with the handset and while we work on a hands on post with our impressions, here’s a quick gallery for your perusal.  Continue reading “HTC Butterfly S Photo Gallery”

LG Optimus G2 leaks again in clear images and video

LG Optimus G2 leak

LG Optimus G2 is almost confirmed to be unveiled on August 7th in New York. Even though there were several leaks, now Engadget has posted clear images of the functioning device . The image shows the 5.2-inch phone with a extremely thin bezel and the second image shows a new lockscreen feature. The LG branding is on the bottom and the phones doesn’t have any capacitive touch buttons below the display. The phone doesn’t have any  physical buttons around the chassis except for the micro USB port on the bottom. Continue reading “LG Optimus G2 leaks again in clear images and video”

Google Maps v7.0 for Android starts rolling out, brings new design, enhanced navigation and more

Google Maps 7.0 for Android

Google unveiled the new Google Maps back at the Google I/O last month. Now Google has started rolling out the Google Maps v7.0 update for Android users (Android 4.0.3 and later) that brings new features including a new design for Android tablets and, enhanced navigation including live traffic updates, dynamic rerouting that shows you quicker alternate route available automatically, new methods of discovery that would let you find places to eat, drink, shop, play etc. and lots more new features. Continue reading “Google Maps v7.0 for Android starts rolling out, brings new design, enhanced navigation and more”

How to book a Indian Railways train ticket from your mobile phone with just two SMSes

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Indian Railways ticketing has always been cumbersome. While the online booking system indeed solved some of the issues, the IRCTC website always makes us nostalgic of the long waiting queues at stations and be the pinnacle of utter disappointment at times. While the website offers infinite control over your ticket booking, there are a lot of times when you just want it done, with minimal effort. Till now, it hasn’t been possible but worry not, a new and easy way of booking train tickets for Indian Railways is here, and it takes just two steps to book a ticket for upto six passengers! Read on to find out how.

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Qualcomm Snapdragon Powerful Processors Giveaway #1

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I’am sure most of you would remember the Qualcomm Snapdragon powered Giveaways last year on FoneArena. We are pleased to announce that for the next several weeks, we are running the giveaways again, thanks to Qualcomm. All you have to do is just answer a few questions and you can walk away with one brand new Snapdragon device – Sony XPERIA Z. The contest was a great success last year with a record number of entries and it would have not been possible without support from you guys! Looking forward to your participation in this year’s giveaways too. Dive into the contest below and send in your entry. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon Powerful Processors Giveaway #1”

HERE Drive, HERE Transit and HERE Drive+ announced for all Windows Phone 8 devices

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HERE, the location asset that Nokia is proud of, has just been announced for all Windows Phone 8 devices, not just a Nokia Lumia. This is a significant step towards Nokia’s contribution to the Windows Phone ecosystem, even though Nokia owns a majority of the market share. Devices like the HTC 8X will now be graced with HERE navigation and location apps that you get for free on Nokia Lumia smartphones. The apps include HERE Maps, HERE Transit and HERE Drive(with Drive+ for Global navigation). The picture above tells you the availability and the pricing of the new HERE apps that will be released for all Windows Phone 8 smartphones this week, with an update for all the Nokia Lumia devices.

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AVG Mobilation AntiVirus PRO for Android launched in India for Rs. 499

AVG Mobilation AntiVirus Pro for Android

Milestone Interactive Group, India’s Distributor for AVG PC Antivirus products has launched AVG Mobilation Anti Virus Pro for Android devices in India. This offers complete protection against viruses and malware, and also provides loss and theft protection through the ability to track and control your smartphone remotely if stolen.  Continue reading “AVG Mobilation AntiVirus PRO for Android launched in India for Rs. 499”

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Benchmarks

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Benchmarks

Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 Zoom in India today at a price tag of Rs. 29,900. We unboxed the device earlier this month. Here we have the benchmarks of the S4 zoom. Even though the phone is called a camera phone for its 16-megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom it packs a powerful Exynos 4212 dual-core Cortex A9 chip clocked at 1.5 GHz with 400 MHz Mali 400MP4 GPU. Samsung uses the same chip in the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0. It runs on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). The Samsung Galaxy Camera that we reviewed last year uses a quad-core Exynos 4412 chip clocked at 1.4 GHz with 440 MHz Mali-400 MP4 GPU. Both these devices are based on 32 nm HKMGprocess.

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Mitashi Game In Thunder Bolt Android-powered gaming device launched for Rs. 6799

Mitashi Thunder Bolt

Mitashi has launched Game In Thunder Bolt, first of its kind Touch based Android gaming device in India that offers gaming along with social and multimedia capabilities. It can play 8-bit, 16-bit and even 32-bit multi-format games and has hardware control buttons similar to the PSP. The device has a 4.3-inch touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz processor, runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and comes with WiFi support. It has Google Play store to download Android apps and games, s 2-megapixel rear camera and has 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Mitashi had already launched several gaming devices. The Mitashi Game In Thunder had Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) onboard.

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