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Obi Crane S550 and Leopard S502 now available, Falcon S451 with rotating camera coming soon

Obi Leopard S502, Crane S550 and Falcon S451

Obi Mobiles updated its smartphone lineup with five new smartphones last month, now the Obi Crane S550 and Leopard S502 two new mid range smartphones are available from Indiatimes Shopping. The Obi Falcon S451 would be the company’s first smartphone with a swivel camera. The smartphone looks like the Oppo N1, but this has an 8-megapixel camera. It is expected to go on sale soon, according to Mumbai-based retailer Mahesh Telecom. The smartphone was launched in the middle east recently. Continue reading “Obi Crane S550 and Leopard S502 now available, Falcon S451 with rotating camera coming soon”

HP 7 VoiceTab with 6.95-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 10990

HP 7 VoiceTab

HP has launched the HP 7 VoiceTab, the company’s latest phablet in the VoiceTab series as it promised. It has a 6.95-inch  (1024 x 600 pixels) multi-touch display, powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core MediaTek MT8382 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a VGA front-facing camera. It has 3G support with a single micro SIM card and has voice calling capabilities. Continue reading “HP 7 VoiceTab with 6.95-inch display, Android 4.4 launched for Rs. 10990”

Lenovo A8-50 tablet with 8-inch HD display, voice calling now available for Rs. 17490

Lenovo A8-50

Lenovo A8-50, the company’s latest A series tablet is now on sale in India on Flipkart, after the A7-30 and the A7-50 tablets. It was unveiled earlier this year and packs a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) display, quad-core MediaTek processor and Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), which is upgradable to Android 4.4 (Kitkat). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera.

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Apple iPhone 6 India launch invites point to October 17 launch

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FoneArena has got access to what seems like customer invites to buy the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus on launch day in India which is slated for October 17th 2014 which is about 2 weeks away. Going by the information on the invite the iPhone 6 and its bigger brother 6 Plus will go on sale on 16th night in India. Apple did roll out the iPhone 5s and 5c in India in a similar fashion with customer launch events at major cities including Chennai, Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai . No information on the pricing at this point but we expect it to be similar to the Europe / UK pricing. Stocks are expected to be extremely limited considering the global demand for the new iPhones with wait times upto 4 weeks in many other launch countries.

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HTC Desire Eye with 13MP front and rear cameras with LED flash leaked

HTC Desire Eye leak

Last month HTC sent out invites for the Double Exposure event on October 8th. Recent leaks indicated HTC One M8 Eye with 13MP Duo Camera and a RECamera , competitor to the GoPro. Today fresh leaks from @Upleaks shows the press shots of the upcoming HTC Desire Eye smartphone with 13-megapixel cameras on the front and the back. Both have dual LED flashes next to them. Continue reading “HTC Desire Eye with 13MP front and rear cameras with LED flash leaked”

LG L Fino, L Bello and G3 stylus now on sale in India

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LG unveiled the L Fino and L Bello in the L series and the G3 Stylus with Rubberdium stylus pen back in August, and these smartphones started rolling out globally last month. These smartphones are on sale in India via Flipkart. All these smartphones run on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with premium UX features and has G3-like rear buttons.

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Flipboard app finally arrives for Windows Phone

Flipboard for Windows Phone

Flipboard for Windows Phone that was released as private beta last month is now available for all the Windows Phone 8.1 users with at least 1GB of RAM. Flipboard for Windows Phone was announced last year, and it took more than year to release. The design is similar to other platforms, it lets you subscribe to different sources of curated content including social networks like Facebook and Twitter. You can swipe through all the news, articles, and updates. Continue reading “Flipboard app finally arrives for Windows Phone”

Spice Dream UNO Mi-498 Review

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Google announced the Android One program back in June at the Google I/O to provide low-cost Android smartphones running on stock Android, with software updates handled by Google. It also released a reference hardware and announced Micromax, Karbonn and Spice as the first members of the program. Spice launched the Dream UNO Mi-498, the company’s first Android One smartphone priced at Rs. 6,299 at an event in India last month. We already brought you the unboxing, benchmarks and the photo gallery of the smartphone, here is the complete review.

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Asus Zenfone 4, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6 Android 4.4 KitKat update starts rolling out

Asus Zenfone 4-2

Asus has announced that it has started rolling out Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) update for the ZenFone 4 (A400CG), ZenFone 5 (A500/A501CG) and ZenFone 6 (A600/A601CG) smartphones. In India the update is now rolling out for the Zenfone 4 (A400CG) smartphone. The Zenfone 4 (A450CG) that went on sale in India recently runs on Android KitKat out of the box. The KitKat update the entire Zenfone series is available in China, Taiwan and other countries. It brings call blocking, video effects or filters, full dual standby with two SIM cards (dual SIM models only) and a special Do Not Disturb mode.  Continue reading “Asus Zenfone 4, Zenfone 5 and Zenfone 6 Android 4.4 KitKat update starts rolling out”

Alcatel OneTouch Fire C running Firefox OS launched in India for Rs. 1990

Alcatel One Touch Fire C

Alcatel OneTouch has launched the Alcatel Onetouch Fire C smartphone running Firefox OS in India. It was introduced earlier this year at the MWC and packs a 3.5-inch HVGA screen, powered by a 1GHz processor and a 1.3-megapixel rear camera. It has 2G (EDGE) connectivity and Dual SIM support. It is exclusively being launched on Flipkart. Spice and Intex launched their budget Firefox OS smartphones recently. Continue reading “Alcatel OneTouch Fire C running Firefox OS launched in India for Rs. 1990”

Fleksy Keyboard for Android updated, comes to Amazon and Samsung Stores

Fleksy keyboard recently made its way to iOS 8 and now the app is receiving a number of updates for its Android App. The popular third party keyboard is adding new Swipe animations for premium themes.

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YotaPhone with 4.3-inch LCD and e-Ink screens to launch in India on Flipkart

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Yota Devices would launch the YotaPhone in India exclusively on Flipkart. This was revealed in the newsletter sent to the Flipkart’s affiliate partners. The smartphone was listed on the official website last month, as noted by MakTechBlog, but it was pulled later. Still the cache of the page on the Flipkart website reveals the incomplete listing of the first YotaPhone C9660 in White. Continue reading “YotaPhone with 4.3-inch LCD and e-Ink screens to launch in India on Flipkart”

LG F60 mid-range LTE smartphone announced

LG F60

LG has announced F60, the company’s latest smartphone in the F series, after the F90 and the F70 smartphones. It has a 4.5-inch WVGA display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the F70 that was launched in India back in July. It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “LG F60 mid-range LTE smartphone announced”

Xolo Q2100 with 5.5-inch HD display, Fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 13499

Xolo Q2100

Xolo has launched Q2100, the company’s first Android smartphone with a fingerprint sensor. It has a 5.5-inch HD display, powered by a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6582 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 8-megapixel auto focus rear camera with Exmor R sensor, 1080p full HD video recording, dual LED flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and packs a 2800 mAh battery. Continue reading “Xolo Q2100 with 5.5-inch HD display, Fingerprint sensor launched for Rs. 13499”

Apple to reportedly offer next iPad Air in gold color option

Next generation iPad Air or the iPad Air 2 will come in gold color option, according to a latest report from Bloomberg. The report claims that the new gold color option will be available only the iPad Air and not for the iPad mini.

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