Weeks before Samsung’s 5.5 inch Galaxy Note II was announced, many of the rumor sites said it was supposed to ship with a 12 megapixel. That obviously didn’t happen, but it does bring up an important question: When will Samsung release devices with 12 megapixel cameras? We know megapixels aren’t everything, and that there are … Continue reading “Rumor: Samsung’s 12 megapixel camera sensor is now being mass produced”
Apple’s newest iPhone, the iPhone 5, is going to go on sale this Friday in America and in several major European and Asian countries. It has numerous new features, but what’s arguably most important is the screen. For the first time since the iPhone launched in 2007, the display is finally bigger than 3.5 inches … Continue reading “Apple’s iPhone 5 allegedly costs $35 more to make than the iPhone 4S”
Meet the Goodspeed Mobile Hotspot which is a 3G MiFi with 10 , yes ten sim card slots. The product comes from a Finnish company Uros founded by 2 Ex-Nokia employees.The Goodspeed is a special MiFi or Wireless hotspot which automatically uses any of the 10 SIM cards depending on your current location for internet … Continue reading “Uros GoodSpeed Mobile Hotspot with 10 SIM cards aims to say good bye to steep roaming charges”
Microsoft’s long awaited next generation mobile OS, Windows Phone 8 has finally been signed off for RTM. RTM here stands for Release to Manufacturing. This means that the OS is now code-complete and just needs to undergo testing on carriers and phones before being launched on devices.
Thanks for the great response to the third Qualcomm Snapdragon Giveaway on FoneArena. We are very excited to announce the answers and the winner of the giveaway. Just in case you were wondering how we picked the winner, you can check out the winner selection logic in the video below. We shuffled the entries and … Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon Giveaway #3 Winner Announcement”
Airtel is on a spree of launching mobile apps. They launched the my airtel app to pay bills and manage services. Now, they have launched Smartdrive app that offers real-time traffic information and voice based turn by turn navigation upon subscription. Other than these the app also lets you search Maps for POI (Points of … Continue reading “Airtel launches Smartdrive mobile app with real time traffic information and Voice-based Navigation”
Everything Everywhere, the UK telecommunication company that was formed following the merger of T-Mobile and Orange UK, today announced a new company brand and details of their LTE network, the first in Britain. The company will from today be called EE, though the T-Mobile and Orange brands will continue to co-exist. EE is positioning the … Continue reading “Everything Everywhere launches a new company brand, LTE in Britain”
Samsung has just issued a press release saying that sales of the Galaxy S III have surpassed 20 million units. The South Korean handset maker managed to hit this goal in just 100 days. They say that’s 6x faster than the original Galaxy S, and 3x faster than the Galaxy S II. The company even … Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S III sales hit 20 million units”
Google has started rolling out 2 new features, Voice guided turn-by-turn Navigation and Live Traffic updates for the Google Maps for Android in India. The Voice guided turn-by-turn Navigation would be helpful while driving or walking. You can click the navigate button after you request for a destination. You can also turn the voice navigation … Continue reading “Google Maps for Android gets Voice guided turn-by-turn Navigation and Live Traffic in India”
We told you last year that a nano SIM card which is smaller than the already tiny microSIM card is in the works. Then there were rumours floating around that the next iPhone or the iPhone 5 would be using the nano SIM card slot.What followed was Apple, Nokia , RIM and Motorola defending for … Continue reading “Is this the nano SIM card for the iPhone 5 ?”
Airtel has launched my airtel app for Airtel customers in India. This app would let you access various services (mobile, fixed line, dth etc) and pay outstanding bills, recharge pre-paid accounts, activate or deactivate any service, raise requests-complaints and more.
Motorola Mobility is sending out invitations to a press conferences scheduled to take place on September 18th in London. What makes the invite stand out is the Intel logo that’s located right next to Motorla Mobility’s logo. This means we can look forward to seeing an x86 based smartphone from a “traditional” handset maker. There … Continue reading “Motorola Mobility and Intel to hold a press conference on September 18th”
SamMobile reports that Samsung will not be launching any new Bada phones in the second half of 2012. The popular manufacturer intends to focus more on Windows Phone 8 alongside its staple Android devices. Bada Phones were last shown by the Korean manufacturer at IFA 2011 in Berlin.
When Samsung announced the Galaxy S III in May, the company showed off two color variants. One called “Marble White”, the other called “Pebble Blue”. All of us wondered whether or not we’d see some more choice, and it wasn’t too long until the American operator AT&T announced they’d be offering it in “Garnet Red”. … Continue reading “Looks like the red Samsung Galaxy S III is going international”
Nokia launched an amazing phone last year called the N9. It ran a Linux based operating system called MeeGo, it didn’t have any front facing buttons, it had a perfectly sized 3.9 inch screen, and the press absolutely fell in love it. So much so that Stephen Elop decided to kill the N9 shortly after … Continue reading “Jolla says their OS will run Android apps (UPDATE)”
