Microsoft Surface 3 with 10.8-inch HD display, Intel Atom x7 processor announced, starts at $499

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Microsoft just announced Surface 3, an affordable variant of the the Surface Pro 3 tablet that was announced last year. This is powered by quad-core Intel Atom x7 (Cherry Trail) processor, has a 10.8-inch HD screen with 3:2 aspect ratio and runs on 64-bit Windows 8.1 OS, which is updradable to Windows 10 once available. It is slightly thinner at 8.7mm and lighter at 622g compared to the Surface Pro 3 with a 12-inch screen. Microsoft says that it is the thinnest and lightest Surface the company has ever shipped. It also comes with LTE variant with built-in nano SIM slot. As usual it comes with one-year subscription to Office 365. Continue reading “Microsoft Surface 3 with 10.8-inch HD display, Intel Atom x7 processor announced, starts at $499”

Connected devices powered by Intel at MWC 2015

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It’s still very early days for the “Internet of things” movement which seems to have caught everyone’s fancy. Intel, like every other company today, wants in on it, so they had a whole section dedicated to connected devices at their MWC booth this year. We checked some devices out, to give you an idea of what Intel powered connected devices are like.

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Intel Real Sense for tablets: a first look

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Starting out with laptops, the depth-sensing “Real Sense” technology from Intel has had slow adoption, mainly due to the fact that innovation was mostly around mobile. At this year’s MWC, we had seen how Intel is finally Moving Mobile, and as a part of this effort, Real Sense is now available in smaller devices, like the Dell Venue 8 7000 series tablet. We tried to find out what Real Sense is all about, on this device.

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FoneArena’s next readers meet is happening in Delhi and will be powered by Intel

After a successful event in Bangalore, we are now hosting a reader’s meet up in the country’s capital. We received a huge number of requests from our readers in Delhi to have an event and guess what? We’ll be there on March 25.

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We have teamed up with Intel for this event and would like to give a shout out to all the folks at team Intel for making this meetup happen. Continue reading “FoneArena’s next readers meet is happening in Delhi and will be powered by Intel”

TAG Heuer partners with Google and Intel for its Android Wear-powered luxury smartwatch

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TAG Heuer, Swiss luxury watch maker today announced its partnership with Google and Intel for a luxury smartwatch with Intel technology powered by Android Wear platform, as expected. This was announced at the Baselworld 2015 conference in Switzerland. Continue reading “TAG Heuer partners with Google and Intel for its Android Wear-powered luxury smartwatch”

Here’s what happened at Intel powered FoneArena Readers meet up in Bangalore

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FoneArena teamed up with Intel to bring something special for the fans in Bangalore. That’s right, we organised a fan meetup in Bangalore on the 18th of March and it turned out to be a great success.

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Presenting FoneArena readers meet-up powered by Intel

We are back with another readers meet up and this time we are teaming up with Intel to make this happen. And, we all know about brand Intel and the company doesn’t need any introduction.

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Intel has been a pioneer in the semi-conductor industry and we are sure that everybody has a gadget or two that’s powered by Intel. Now, we are presenting you a golden chance to meet and interact with the team behind these revolutionary products. Continue reading “Presenting FoneArena readers meet-up powered by Intel”

This is how Intel is “Moving Mobile”

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Intel might not have made big splashing headlines at the Mobile World Congress this year, but the PC giant is finally getting its products in line for a mobile-first world. We were at the Intel booth to check all the new announcements that were made during the show. One of the major ones was the Intel Atom X3 processor, the first fully integrated mobile solution from the company.

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Intel announces Atom x3, x5 and x7 processors for smartphones and tablets

Intel has announced the a updated line up of processors at MWC 2015. The chipmaker has launched Atom x3, x5 and x7 chips for smartphones and tablets.

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Intel announces 5th-generation ‘Broadwell’ processors

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Intel has officially announced its new 5th generation Intel Core processor family. The latest range of silicon’s are designed on 14 nm architecture and is expected to deliver improve system and graphics performance, natural and immersive user experiences and also enable longer battery life as compared previous generations. Continue reading “Intel announces 5th-generation ‘Broadwell’ processors”

Metis Eddy G70 Kids tablet Unboxing

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Metis Learning launched Eddy G70, an Android-based learning tablet for kids in partnership with Intel for Rs. 9999. This is the successor of last year’s Eddy. The new tablet is based on Android 4.2.2 with an overlay of the proprietary Athena OS and has over 160 of the learning apps for Kids. Check out the unboxing below. Continue reading “Metis Eddy G70 Kids tablet Unboxing”

Notion Ink’s Cain 2-in-1 Intel powered 10 inch PC announced for Rs 19,900

Notion Ink has announced a 2-in-1 Windows based affordable laptop for Rs 19,900. The Bangalore based company has teamed up exclusively with e-tailer Snapdeal to launch the Cain 2-in-1 in India.

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