The first YotaPhone with dual display was announced in MWC 2013 and they went on sale in December. Fast forward a year and they are here at MWC 2014 announcing the second generation YotaPhone. Unlike the original YotaPhone, the second generation YotaPhone is packed with top of the shelf specifications and has everything in it to compete with the top end smartphones.
It has been more than four months since we had seen a smartphone from Panasonic India. The Panasonic T31 was launched back in October, the company has started teasing their upcoming Panasonic P31 smartphone with new software features in their new teasers. The phone would come with Gesture Play, a new unlock feature that lets you draw on the screen to unlock the smartphone and POP-I Player, a new multi-tasking video player. It might have more software features. Continue reading “Panasonic P31 with 5-inch display, unique software features launching in March”
Aircel has partnered with mydala.com to launch Aircel Joys, that would let their customers avail exciting deals and discounts up to 90% in a range of categories such as Entertainment, Lifestyle, Shopping, Hospitality, Personal Care and more. To avail these offers, Aircel subscribers can dial *121*787# to browse through the menu and select the deals as per their requirements. Aircel Joys is available for both pre-paid and post-paid customers. Continue reading “Aircel launches Aircel Joys to offer deals and upto 90% discount on mydala”
Micromax Canvas Tab P650E, the company’s first tablet in the Canvas series with CDMA support is now available from online retailers HomeShop18 and Infibeam. Micromax Canvas Tab P650 with a 8-inch display was launched last year, but this has a 7-inch display. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Tab P650E now available for Rs. 8999, Funbook Mini P410i coming soon”
Micromax Funbook Ultra HD P580, the company’s latest tablet in the Funbook series is now available from HomeShop18. It has a 7.8-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It has 3G support via a SIM card slot and has an ear piece with voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “Micromax Funbook Ultra HD P580 with 7.8-inch HD display, voice calling now available for Rs. 11990”
Google has started rolling out a new Google + update (version 4.3) for Android, that brings a lot of new photo editing features, new filters, snap-seed-inspired tools and more. The main feature is the non-destructive photo editing, that lets you backup full-resolution photos from your desktop, edit them on your phone, add edit the same photo with some finishing touches from your tablet. Continue reading “Google+ v4.3 for Android brings new photo features including new photo filters and Snapseed-like tools”
Google Nexus 5, that was launched with Android 4.4 (KitKat) was the only to come with Google Now Launcher to directly access Google Now from the home screen. Earlier this month there were reports about the launcher coming too Google Play. We even saw APKs to side-load the launcher on other devices. Today, Google has released the Google Now Launcher on Google Play for its Nexus and Google Play Edition devices running Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Google Now Launcher arrives on Google Play for Nexus and Google Play Edition devices running Android 4.4”
Samsung is fresh after announcing its latest flagship – Samsung Galaxy S5 at MWC 2014 day before yesterday. Samsung is still at MWC 2014 and is holding an event for the developers. At the event, Samsung has announced that it is planning to open up the fingerprint scanner on the Galaxy S5 for developers. For a company that follows the strategy of Apple, this is quite a surprising move.
Continue reading “Samsung opens up Fingerprint Scanner for developers, unlike Apple”
HP launched some of its voice enabled tablets in India earlier this month. Here at the Mobile World Congress we got a chance to check out some of the new products on offer. One of the most interesting products that HP brought to the trade show was its new Slate 8 Pro tablet. What sets this tablet apart from the hoards of Android tablets is its 4:3 display with a resolution of 1600×900 pixels. Let’s take a better look at the tablet then. Continue reading “HP Slate 8 Pro Hands On, Photo Gallery”
Micromax Canvas Duet II (EG111), the company’s latest dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) smartphone went on sale earlier this month, today the Micromax Canvas Blaze HD EG116 with similar specifications has surfaced on the official website. It has a 5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Blaze HD EG116 with 5-inch HD display, Dual SIM (GSM + CDMA) listed on official website”
UCWeb has updated UC Browser for Android to version 9.6 that brings support for easy download, to see downloadable resources from a web page, hardware acceleration for high-end devices, new download menu and more new features. Last month’s version 9.5 update brought, support for more languages, faster downloads and more. Continue reading “UC Browser 9.6 for Android brings easy download mode, hardware acceleration and more”
FoneArena is live from MWC 2014 in Barcelona and there are lots of manufacturers showcasing their products here. We recently brought you a lot of hands on with latest smartphones from MWC 2014 and now, we have a very special device from a Chinese manufacturer ZTE. We have the ZTE Wireless Hotspot Projector with us on the show floor and we made a quick hands on video with the device.
Samsung started rolling out the Android 4.4 (KitKat) update for the Galaxy S4 (GT-I9500) users in Russia last week, Indian users started receiving the update earlier this week. The Samsung Galaxy S4 got the Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) update in India last October. Recently, Samsung promised Android 4.4 update for 14 Galaxy device in the U.S. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S4 Android 4.4 KitKat update now available in India”
Alcatel OneTouch has unveiled three new LTE smartphones in the Pop series, the Pop S3, Pop S7 and the Pop S9. It has also unveiled the Pixi 7, a 7-inch WiFi-only tablet. The Pop S3 has a 4-inch WVGA screen, S7 has a 5-inch qHD IPS screen and the Pop S9 comes with a 5.9-inch HD IPS screen. All these are powered by quad-core processors. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Pop S3, Pop S7, Pop S9 LTE smartphones and Pixi 7 tablet announced”
Sony launched the Xperia Z2 at the Mobile World Congress event here in Barcelona, Spain. The Z2 is an evolutionary upgrade over the Z1 and fixes every complaint people had with the Z1, like it has a better display, a way better build with a stunningly thin and premium design and overall a better package for a flagship. This also includes the new software work that Sony has done, because the Z2 is the first Android 4.4 device from the company and it brings a lot of new improvements to the looks as well as features that previously didn’t exist. While there are a lot of under the hood improvements, we took a look at some of the user facing features of the new skin on the Xperia Z2 –
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