HTC announces RE, a GoPro-like action camera

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HTC has just announced its entry into a completely new market for the company, action cameras. You might have heard of the GoPro, a little camera in a box, that is usually worn or attached, to provide an action view of the said adventurer/explorer/thing. The HTC Re is similar in its intent, but different in design, with a familiar wide angle lens camera enclosed in an unusual structure of a bent cylindrical tube. The camera aims to capture moments that you usually miss, something that the company already tried to achieve with its Zoe app. The Re wants you to capture those moments, whenever you want, with more creative options than a smartphone, and a form factor that is smaller and easier to handle, leading to more creative opportunities.

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HTC Eye experience to roll out for select HTC smartphones in coming months

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HTC just announced the Desire Eye with a 13-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a new HTC Eye experience that brings new features such as Face Tracking, Screen Share, Split Capture, Face Fusion, Live Makeup, Auto Selfie, Voice Selfie, Photo Booth, Crop Me In and more. HTC has announced that the new HTC Eye experience would roll out for select HTC smartphone in coming months. Continue reading “HTC Eye experience to roll out for select HTC smartphones in coming months”

HTC Desire EYE with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 13MP front and rear cameras official

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HTC has finally announced the Desire EYE, the company’s latest smartphone in the Desire series with a 13-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a 5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Full HD display with Corning Gorilla glass protection, powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with new HTC Sense UI. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and a 13-megapixel front camera with f/2.0 aperture, wide-angle lens and dual LED flash that makes it a perfect selfie smartphone. Continue reading “HTC Desire EYE with 5.2-inch 1080p display, 13MP front and rear cameras official”

Amazon India unveils ‘Pay With Amazon’ Processing service

Amazon India has introduced ‘Pay With Amazon’ service in the country. The service is aimed at simplifying online payments as it allows users to pay using payment methods stored in their Amazon account.

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HERE Maps Beta for Android now available for Samsung smartphones

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Back in August HERE announced its partnership with Samsung to launch HERE (beta) exclusively for the Samsung Galaxy devices. Now the app is available for Samsung smartphones. It has offline turn-by-turn navigation, live traffic info, location sharing and more features that are available for the Windows Phone app. Continue reading “HERE Maps Beta for Android now available for Samsung smartphones”

Samsung tests the durability of the Galaxy Note 4 in a new drop test video

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Drop Test

After the Apple iPhone’s Bendgade, Samsung posted a video of the Note 4 undergoing bend tests. It said that the Note 4 is durable to the test since it has metal frame, magnesium bracket and manually reinforced structures between the parts. Today Samsung has posted a new video that tests the Galaxy Note 4’s durability in drop and tumble test. Continue reading “Samsung tests the durability of the Galaxy Note 4 in a new drop test video”

Google rolls out News & Weather app for iPhone and iPad

Google has introduced its ‘News & Weather’ app for the iPhone and iPad. The app provides local news as well as headlines from a variety of categories and sources in one app along with the weather info.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge unveiled in Japan, available October-end

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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Note Edge, the company’s first smartphone with a curved edge screen in Japan. It is now available for pre-order from local operators through KDDI and NTT DoCoMo and would go on sale later this month. It was unveiled recently by NTT Docomo at their Winter/Spring Lineup 2014. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Edge unveiled in Japan, available October-end”

Nexus 5 will get rid of camera bug causing battery drain in Android L

Google is stating that it will remove the camera bug from the Nexus 5 in next update on Android. Currently, the camera bug dubbed as mm-qcamera-daemon is causing battery drain in some of the Nexus 5 devices.

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OnePlus rolls out OTA update, fixes touchscreen issue and more

OnePlus has announced that it has released a major OTA update for its OnePlus One smartphone. Dubbed as CM 11S 38R, the update fixes the touch screen issues and brings few enhancements.

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HTC teases RECamera in a new video ahead of launch

HTC is expected to announce the RECamera today at the ‘Double Exposure’ event. The company has released a teaser video that suggests the use of the RECamera.

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Dubbed as ‘Catching Air’, the 12 second video shows a girl playing on a swing. The girl in the video can be seen advancing forward in her swing and catching air while the camera sits still on the surface below her. This suggests a wide angle on the camera. At the end of the video we see #InFullView hashtag that again suggests the wide lens on the cameras along with stationary wide recording abilities.  The video was posted on YouTube under the REbyHTC channel.

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HTC had released a teaser video last month that suggested that the RECamera is water proof and can take slow motion videos. The camera which is touted to be a GoPro competitor was also leaked in images on the RECamera website.  Stay tuned for more details about the RECamera launch at the HTC event.

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Facebook working on a standalone app for anonymous sharing: Report

Facebook is working on an anonymous social app for chatting, according to a latest report from The New York Times. The mobile app will enable users to interact and share content with others anonymously, said the report.

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BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Contest

BlackBerry Passport Giveaway

FoneArena has teamed up with BlackBerry India once again for a new contest. This time we are giving away a BlackBerry Passport smartphone for one lucky winner and BlackBerry Music Gateway for two winners. The contest will run for three days starting from October 8th (today) till October 10th (Friday). You need to Tweet your answers with the hashtag #BBPassport, follow @BlackBerryIN and @FoneArena and include both Twitter handles in the tweet to enter the contest. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Contest”