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Panasonic Toughpad FZ-E1 and FZ-X1 rugged smartphones unveiled

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-E1 and FZ-X1

Panasonic has unveiled two new rugged smartphones in the Toughpad series. The Panasonic Toughpad FZ-E1 runs on Windows Embedded 8 Handheld platform and is powered by a 2.3 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974AB) processor, and the Toughpad FZ-X1 runs Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) and is powered by a 1.7 GHz Qualcomm S4 Pro (APQ8064T) processor. These also have LTE or 3G connectivity support, 8-megapixel rear camera with powerful flash light and a 1.3-megapixel font-facing camera. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-E1 and FZ-X1 rugged smartphones unveiled”

Nokia X Family captured in Video

At MWC 2014 in Barcelona, Nokia announced a series of devices that defied its partnership with Microsoft a couple of years back. Finally, Nokia announced its own Android running smartphones. But there is definitely more to it than meets the eye. Nokia hasn’t embraced Google or its services through Android, but opened up Microsoft’s services via Android fork.

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HTC Desire 610 Photo Gallery

HTC is having a presence at the MWC 2014 despite not launching its flagship smartphone here. At the event, HTC launched a couple of mid-range Android smartphones – HTC Desire 816 and HTC Desire 610. Among the two, the HTC Desire 610 is the more humbly speced device with a moderate spec sheet.

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HTC Desire 816 Photo Gallery

HTC is holding an event at the MWC 2014 where it will not be announcing its next flagship, but it hasn’t come empty handed. HTC has just announced a couple of Android smartphones. One among the two is the HTC Desire 816. HTC Desire 816 is the International variant of the HTC Desire 8 which HTC had announced a few weeks back in China. We are live from the event and we managed to get a few photos of the HTC Desire 816.

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HTC Desire 610 with 4.7-inch qHD display, Snapdragon 400 processor announced

HTC Desire 610

HTC has unveiled the Desire 610, the company’s latest mid-range smartphone along with the Desire 816 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It has a 4.7-inch (960 x 540 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android Jelly Bean with HTC Sense 6.0 on top. It has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC Desire 610 with 4.7-inch qHD display, Snapdragon 400 processor announced”

HTC Desire 816 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera announced

HTC Desire 816

HTC has unveiled the Desire 816, the company’s latest phablet at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It has a 5.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) display, powered by a 1.6 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android with HTC Sense 6.0 on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “HTC Desire 816 with 5.5-inch HD display, 13MP camera announced”

Hands on with the Nokia X+: 10 EUR brings extra RAM and storage

Nokia’s Android phones are here and they are real. They launched three new Android devices and a Asha and a Nokia feature phone each, with the Android phones being the obvious highlight. A few years ago, one would never have imagined Nokia going down this after, especially after February 11 happened, but here we are, going hands on with Nokia’s own Android devices. Sort of a dream come true for many, we scrambled to try and get some decent time with all the devices and so here are our thoughts about the newly launched Nokia X+. For starters, here is a video of the Nokia X+

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BBM coming for Windows Phone and Nokia X platform

BBM made a lot of waves when it became a cross platform messaging service and arrived on iOS and Android smartphones. At that time, the only envious users who couldn’t get their hands on BBM were Windows Phone owners and now, looks like things are changing. BlackBerry Messaging service used to be a very popular service when BlackBerry was a popular smartphone OS and now, with Android and iOS leading the smartphone battle, the messaging apps have gathered in huge numbers.

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ZTE Grand Memo II LTE with 6-inch HD display, quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor announced

ZTE Grand Memo II

ZTE has unveiled the Grand Memo II LTE, the successor of last year’s Grand Memo at the MWC 2014 in Barcelona. It has a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, powered by a quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with ZTE’s own MiFavor 2.3 UI on top. It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Grand Memo II LTE with 6-inch HD display, quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor announced”

Nokia X Android Smartphone Hands on

Nokia held a press conference at MWC 2014 with the name – Under the Tree and announced a Android powered budget smartphone that has been in the rumor mill for quite some time now. Nokia X – Nokia’s newest range of budget smartphones, are powered by Android at heart, but use Microsoft’s services instead of Google’s services. Nokia X runs on Nokia X software platform which is a forked version of Android 4.1.2 Jellybean.

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Next generation dual-screen YotaPhone with 5-inch 1080p AMOLED and 4.7-inch qHD e-Ink screens unveiled

Next-Gen YotaPhone

Yota Devices launched the YotaPhone back in December, next generation YotaPhone today at Mobile World Congress (MWC). As rumored, the new YotaPhone has a full-touch control on its always-on electronic paper display (EPD). It also has a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display, powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat). Continue reading “Next generation dual-screen YotaPhone with 5-inch 1080p AMOLED and 4.7-inch qHD e-Ink screens unveiled”

Nokia X – Dual SIM Android Smartphone Photo Gallery

Nokia has just announced its first Android based smartphone – Nokia X at the Under The Tree event in Barcelona during MWC 2014. The Nokia X aims to be the perfect merger of the budget minded Asha UI and Nokia Lumia range design language. It will combine budget pricing, Lumia range design along with the goodness of Android app compatibility to create a whole new series of Nokia X budget smartphones.

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Sony Xperia Z2 Hands On and Photo Gallery

Sony has announced its new range of Android products as well as its flagship device ie the Xperia Z2 here at Mobile World Congress. The phone is more of an iterative update than a complete reimagining of the Xperia Z1 and so manages to maintain the same design identity. The design continues to be a combination of glass and brushed aluminum and looks absolutely stunning. That said, the tempered glass back is also extremely susceptible to fingerprints.

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Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet Hands On, Photo Gallery

FoneArena is live from Barcelona for the MWC 2014 and today, we are Sony’s booth where they have just announced their next flagship – Sony Xperia Z2 and a successor to the original Sony Xperia Z tablet in the form of Sony Xperia Z2 tablet. The original Sony Xperia Tablet Z wasn’t a popular choice for the tablet, but expects that to change with the Sony Xperia Z2 tablet. We go hands on with the device and you can check out a few photos from the device right below.

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Nokia XL Dual SIM Android Phone Photo Gallery

Nokia has surprised every one of us with the launch of their first Android phones, the Nokia X, X+ and XL. All the three are based on a very similar design language, but differ somewhat in internals. The X+ has more RAM and a micro SD card in the box, the XL is very similar to the X+ but has a bigger screen, that’s basically it. The Nokia XL has a 5 inch IPS WVGA screen with blacks that look decently dark and colours that are unwashed. With a good large screen and decent internals, does Nokia have a winner in the cheap phablet category? While we ponder on that, here is a bunch of photos straight from the Mobile World Congress 2014 event we are live from.

Check out the Nokia X+ Dual SIM Android Phone Photo Gallery

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