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Samsung Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update resumes Internationally

Samsung had big plans for its yesteryear flagships – Samsung Galaxy S3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 2 when it announced that both phones will be skipping Android 4.2.2 update and will be directly updated to Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The big plan seemed to go well for the South Korean electronics giant as it released the Android 4.3 update for Galaxy S3 right on time, but only to be halted later because of performance issues.

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Oppo N1 Camera Samples

The Oppo N1 is all set to be globally available starting December 10th, which is just 5 days away but as you might have known by now, we have been playing around with the device for some time now. One of the highlights of this phone is its camera, which is a 13 MP unit sitting on a swiveling unit. The Sony EXMOR RS 13 MP sensor is a 1/3.06″ unit, atop which sits the six-element lens, one of the firsts on any Android device. The six element lens has a wide aperture of f2.0, combine that and the new custom algorithms Oppo has developed for the N1, the results aim to be delectable for the user. Well, is it? Lets find out how it does, in our camera samples below.

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Asus and Google launch the new Nexus 7 in India officially

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The new Nexus 7 (2013) manufactured by Asus went on sale on the Play Store in India last month along with the Nexus 5. Now the company has officially launched the latest Nexus 7 tablet in India. It has a 7-inch 16:10 Full HD (1920 x 1200 WUXGA) display with 10-finger multi-touch, powered by a Quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro (APQ8064-1AA, with Krait 300 cores) processor clocked at 1.5GHz and runs on Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), which already got the KitKat update. It has Dual stereo Sonic Master speakers with Fraunhofer Cingo virtual surround sound technology and Wireless charging. Continue reading “Asus and Google launch the new Nexus 7 in India officially”

Cal – Any.do’s Calendar application arrives on Android

Any.do is one of the very popular ToDo apps in the Android and iOS ecosystem. It has followed “flat UI” even before flat UI was popular and the app’s simplicity has earned it a lot of fans. Any.do team are planning a lot of other simple daily productivity apps and one among them is Cal. The Calendar application from Any.do has been available in the iOS ecosystem for quite a while now and it has been a major envy for Android users. Any.do’s Calendar application – Cal has finally arrived for Android.

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Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 officially launched in India for Rs. 10990

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2

Samsung has launched the Galaxy S Duos 2, the company’s latest smartphone in the Galaxy series in India officially. It went on sale last week, and packs a 4.0-inch WVGA(480×800 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with Dual SIM support with Dual SIM always-on feature and packs a 1500mAh battery with up to 8 hours of talk time.

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Epson brings mobile printing support for new Amazon Kindle Fire Tablets

Amazon Kindle Fire HDX

Epson has announced that their printers now support mobile printing on the new Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablets running on the latest Fire OS version 3.1. These include the new Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch and 8.9-inch tablets. Sadly the latest Kindle Fire tablets are not available in the Indian market yet. A wide range of Epson Connect-enabled printers now lets users to wirelessly print documents, photos, emails and more. Continue reading “Epson brings mobile printing support for new Amazon Kindle Fire Tablets”

Xolo Play Tegra Note with Tegra 4 processor listed online for Rs. 18990

Xolo Play Tegra Note

Xolo Play Tegra Note was expected to launch in India in October, but it didn’t happen. Now the Tegra 4-powered 7-inch Android tablet has appeared on Flipkart. This is a re-branded Tegra Note tablet that was announced back in September and Xolo was announced as a partner for India launch. It has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display with support for NVIDIA DirectStylus technology and also comes with a stylus pen. It is powered by a 1.8 GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 4 CPU and runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean).

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Assassin’s Creed Pirates for Android, iPhone and iPad now available

Assasins Creed Pirates

Ubisoft, popular for its Assassin’s creed game on consoles and PCs has launched Assassin’s Creed Pirates, a new game in for iOS devices as it promised few months back. In this game you play Alonzo Batilla, a young and ambitious captain, a pirate eager to take on the fiercest of enemies. You need to manage your crew, upgrade your ship and engage in huge naval battles to become the most feared pirate of your time and claim La Buse’s legendary treasure. The app is only compatible with iPhone 4S and higher, says Ubisoft. Continue reading “Assassin’s Creed Pirates for Android, iPhone and iPad now available”

Google powers up Google Search to search through apps

When Google introduced Google Now as their primary search option on Android smartphones, we knew they were headed for something big. Google Now has been trying to take over your Android smartphone as it tries to provide you all the “relevant” information that you may want. The latest power that Google Search has got is the ability to search through applications and show them in the results.

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Karbonn Titanium X with 5-inch 1080p display, 13MP camera launched for Rs. 18490

Karbonn Titanium X

Karbonn has launched the Titanium X, the company’s latest flagship phone in the Titanium series. It packs a 5.0-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) IPS display based on One glass solution, powered by 1.5 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 13-megapixel auto focus rear camera with Dual LED Flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a unibody design, packs 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and also has expandable memory card slot.
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YotaPhone with LCD and e-Ink screen launched for 499 Euros

Yota Devices has finally launched the YotaPhone at an event in Russia as we reported recently. The YotaPhone is priced at 499 Euros in Europe and costs 19,980 Rubles in Russia. The company showed off the phone with dual screens at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year. It has 4.3-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) LCD capacitive multi touch main screen and a 4.3-inch (360×640 pixels) E-Ink rear screen. It is powered by a 1.7 GHz Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM 8960 processor and runs on Android 4.2.2 ( Jelly Bean). The phone also has special YotaPhone gestures and Put2Back applications for the back screen. Continue reading “YotaPhone with LCD and e-Ink screen launched for 499 Euros”

Round 1 – Nokia Lumia 520 vs Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD #Smartfone13

Hello readers! Welcome to the first round of Fonearena’s Best Budget Smartphone Competition. Fonearena is conducting one of a kind smartphone championship where you get to make your favorite smartphone win. This year we are conducting two championships – one for the flagships and one for the budget mid-range smartphones. Among the four interesting first round battles, we have the one between Nokia Lumia 520 and Zen Ultrafone Amaze 701 FHD right now.

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VSCO Cam to be available on Android tomorrow

Visual Supply Co, a firm known for making tools for creators is the maker of the VSCO Cam app for iOS. The app is popular for its minimalistic UI and ultra-real film filters that professional photographers want on a mobile device. After a long wait, it is finally coming to Android tomorrow. The folks at VSCO have announced this at their blog with a small teaser video featuring the Android app, watch it here –

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Update: Now available for download!

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Jelly Bean now on 54.5% of Android devices, 1.1% devices running on KitKat

Android Distribution November to December 2013

Google has released the Android’s Platform Distribution Numbers for the period of November to December 2013. The chart shows that 54.5% of Android devices are running on Jelly Bean, in which Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) leads with 37.4% share. Only 1.1% of devices are running on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Google unveiled the Nexus 5 running on KitKat at the end of October. It also rolled out the Kitkat update for the Nexus 4, 7 and 10 and also released the factory images for these devices. Continue reading “Jelly Bean now on 54.5% of Android devices, 1.1% devices running on KitKat”

MapmyIndia launches ReachMe real-time location sharing app for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 8

MapmyIndia ReachMe

MapmyIndia has launched ReachMe, the company’s new real-time location sharing app for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 8 platforms. This app lets you share your location with friends and contacts by a single tap. The app also lets you share location details with a particular group. Earlier this year MapmyIndia launched Locate app for Android that also lets users share their location with others. Continue reading “MapmyIndia launches ReachMe real-time location sharing app for Android, iPhone and Windows Phone 8”