In a recent shocking incident, battery of the Samsung Galaxy Note has caught fire in a 55-year old man’s pocket in South Korea last Saturday. The battery was not in the phone when the incident happened, and the man received second-degree burns on his thigh, according to a report from a Korean site. Continue reading “Samsung Smartphone battery explodes in a man’s pocket in Korea”
The HTC Butterfly launched very recently in India for a price of Rs.45,990, making it one of the costliest phones to buy here. You might have read our review of the HTC Butterfly, with a large emphasis on it being the first smartphone to sport a 1920×1080 screen in India. The device is a monster by every sense and we sought out to compare it with other smartphones in our labs. First up, we have the newly launched Nokia Lumia 920 for comparison. Here’s a in-depth video comparison of both these devices, read past the break to get to know more about these two devices in comparison.
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BBC international has launched their official BBC Sport application for iPhone. It offers Sports news, live scores, stats, commentary and analysis on-the-go. It was first launched for UK, and aims at offering football scores including starting line-ups, match stats, live text commentary and the post-match report. Apart from Football the app also offers updates from Formula 1, Cricket, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Tennis, Golf and lots more. Continue reading “BBC Sport app for iPhone launched globally”
Intex has launched Aqua Wonder, a new dual SIM Android smartphone in the Aqua series in India. It has a 4.5-inch (960 x 540 pixels) Capacitive touch screen IPS display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It packs a 8 Megapixel auto focus rear camera with dual LED flash and a 1.3MP front-facing camera. It has Flip to mute option and dual microphones for noise cancellation. It comes with several pre-loaded apps including File manager, Whatsapp, Facebook, Nimbuzz, Skype etc. Continue reading “Intex Aqua Wonder Dual SIM phone with 4.5-inch IPS display, Android 4.1 launched for Rs. 9990”
LG Mobile has started teasing their upcoming smartphone line-up on their Facebook page. The image says new series will be unveiled, and the tag line says ‘See what surprise LG has in store for you this time, with an unexpected distinction’. This might be the F-Series phones that was revealed in their Q4 earnings at the end of last month. Continue reading “LG teases new Smartphone line-up, hints at Optimus F-Series ?”
Twitter for Android, iPhone, iPad and the mobile web app has been updated that brings enhanced Discover and Search features that provides a single stream of content in each tab. Search and Discover features for these Twitter apps have been constantly improving, these apps got instant discovery and photos, videos and news highlight in an update back in November. This new update would offer simpler searching and easier discovery experience. Continue reading “Twitter for Android, iPhone and iPad updated with improved Search and Discover features”
Samsung would unveil the Galaxy S4 at a the unpacked event on March 15th, according to a recent report from SamMobile. Some of the earlier reports suggested that the next Galaxy S smartphone would be unveiled in March, and would go on sale in April 2013. According this report, the S4 would go on sale first in Europe and Asia in April, followed by America, Australia and Africa in May. Continue reading “Samsung to unveil Galaxy S4 at the Unpacked event on March 15 ?”
Here is some exclusive news regarding the launch of the upcoming BlackBerry Z10 handset from RIM BlackBerry. FoneArena has learnt from reliable sources that the first BlackBerry 10 handset is going to launched here in India as soon as February 24th. And the price will be similar to the Z10’s no-contract price in UK and other markets at around Rs.39000. India is a huge market for BlackBerry especially amongst youth and business users. The z10 is surely bound to attract business users with the all new BlackBerry 10 operating system.The Z10 is surely a huge step forward for the company in the touchscreen device segment after the Storm and the Torch.
Continue reading “BlackBerry Z10 likely to launch in India for Rs.39000 on February 24th”
Byond Tech has launched B66, a new Android Smartphone with Dual SIM support. It come with a 5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive multi-touch Touch display, powered by a 1.2 GHz processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 8MP auto focus rear camera with LED flash, 0.3MP front-facing camera for video calls and packs a 2600 mAh battery. The Karbonn Smart A111 with a 5-inch display and a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor went on sale in India recently. Continue reading “Byond B66 Dual SIM phone with 5-inch display, 1.2 GHz processor launched for Rs. 11499”
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Here are some Valentine’s Day apps for Samsung Android smartphones. These include love apps, wallpaper, radio and lots more to explore in this season of love. Continue reading “Valentine’s Day apps for Samsung Android Smartphones”
We’ve been doing the Nokia Lumia 920 vs the flagships series, and you could have seen the Nokia Lumia 920 vs Samsung Galaxy S3 comparison earlier. This time, it’s the Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC One X. The HTC One X launched at the Mobile World Congress 2012 and was heralded as one of the most beautifully designed smartphones ever, while the Nokia Lumia 920, known for its own design too, was launched recently at Nokia World on the 5th of September. Both these devices share several traits and vie for the consumer’s wallets being placed in the same price bracket. So, which will come out on top? Lets see in the in depth comparison video below –
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Karbonn Smart A111, a new dual SIM Android Smartphone is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It has a 5-inch (480 x 800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display. It is powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), similar to Karbonn A21 and A9+, that were launched last year. It has a 5MP auto focus camera at the back and a front-facing camera.
HCL launched range of tablets in the ME series including the ME U2, ME U1 and the ME Y3. Here we have a hands-on photos of the ME U2 tablet. The ME U2 has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It is powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A9 processor with Mali 400 GPU. The ME U2 is the successor of the ME U1 that was launched launched last year. Continue reading “HCL ME U2 Tablet Photo Gallery”
JBL has announced that their new range of Lightning-equipped Audio Docks for Apple devices including the iPhone 5, the iPad 4th Generation and the iPad mini would go on sale in India starting from this month. These audio docks include, the JBL OnBeat Micro, JBL OnBeat Mini, JBL OnBeat Venue LT and the JBL OnBeat Rumble. JBL is one of the first company to launch the audio docks with lightning support, and they have managed to sell over 250 thousand units of these audio docks worldwide. Continue reading “JBL Lightning-equipped Audio Docks available in India starting from February”
HCL today launched the ME Y3, the company’s latest entrant into the crowded Android tablet market alongside the ME U1 and ME Y3. We got some hands on time with the tablet and did a short photo gallery. The 7inch tablet has a resolution of 1024×600. Powered by a 1Ghz Cortex A9 and equipped with 1GB of RAM, the tablet might just prove to be a strong contender in the budget tablet segment. Continue reading “HCL ME Y3 Tablet Photo Gallery”
