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The Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 is a part of Samsung’s two pronged approach to capture the audience looking for a device even bigger than the 5.5inch Note 2 but smaller than a tablet. Targeting the 5.8 inch and 6.3 inch segments, Samsung now has handsets at practically every screen size. The Galaxy Mega 5.8 incorporates a large screen with dual SIM capabilities to offer an interesting proposition. Is it worth taking a look at ? Read on to find out. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 Review”
Xolo has officially launche the Xolo Play T1000, the company’s first phone powered by a NVIDIA Tegra 3 CPU. It went on pre-order online earlier this month and packs a 4.7-inch HD (1280 x 720 pixels) capacitive touch screen IPS display based on one-glass solution (OGS) technology, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor with 416 MHz 12 Core NVIDIA ULP GeForce GPU and runs on Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean). It comes with a 8-megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor, LED Flash and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Xolo Play T1000 with 4.7-inch HD display and Tegra 3 processor launched for Rs. 15999”
Lava E-Tab Z7C+ (Connect+), successor of the E-Tab Connect tablet that was launched back in March is now available from online retailer Flipkart. It appeared online last week and comes with a 7.0-inch (800 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has a SIM card slot that offers 3G connectivity and voice calling support. The specifications are similar to the E-Tab Connect expect for the new sliver colored body.
Continue reading “Lava E-Tab Z7C+ with 7-inch display, Voice Calling now available for Rs. 8499”
Panasonic launched the P51, the company’s flagship smartphone in India recently, which we reviewed back in May. Now a new smartphone in the P Series, P11 is available for pre-order from online retailer Flipkart. The P11 has a 5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor similar to the P51 and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The company also plans to launch the T11 in the new T Series which would come with a 4-inch WVGA (480×800 pixels) display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core processor and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Panasonic P11 with 5-inch HD display up for pre-order at Rs. 16890, T11 coming soon”
Seemingly controlled, yet another new Moto X leak has been let loose on the Internet. This time, it’s not the Google Chariman, but the Canadian carrier Rogers. In a “Tech Talk Experts” video, Rogers shows off the black Moto X, which very much looks like the Nexus 4, but shows off rather intriguing functionality. The Moto X is always listening to your voice for commands, just like the Google glass and will let you talk to it, without touching the phone. Much like the Microsoft Kinect on the Xbox One, Google Now always keeps its ears open for a specific command, in this case – “Ok Google Now”. A few more interesting features have been revealed, but watch the video first –
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Continue reading “Leaked Moto X video reveals an always listening Google Now with a sleeping screen”
The saga of Whatsapp on Windows Phone has always been fueled with much hate since the app never really worked well out of the box and was always buggy. Having grown massively, Whatsapp left Windows Phone users to a sub par experience when compared with other platforms. The streaming API was hacked up and meddled with music playback and messages stopped refreshing inside the app occasionally. Annoying customers to the core, the app still has only a 3 star rating on the Windows Phone Store, but a new huge update to the app changes everything, again. Fixing all the problems that the app is known for, the company has provided the much needed huge update and looking at the early review, it seems all the major outstanding issues have been fixed.
Lava launched E-Tab Connect, the company’s first tablet with 3G support and voice calling back in March. Now E-Tab Z7C+ (Connect+), successor of the Connect tablet has appeared on online retail sites Flipkart and Saholic. It comes with a 7.0-inch (800 × 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 2-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It has a SIM card slot that offers 3G connectivity and voice calling support. Not sure what has changed in this since the specifications look similar to its predecessor. Continue reading “Lava E-Tab Z7C+ Tablet with 3G, Voice calling coming soon for Rs. 8499”
So, the official Windows Blog has published a Q&A between Nokia’s Kevin Shields and Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore to explain an interesting doubt we’ve been having. What did Microsoft have to do, to accommodate the monstrosity of a sensor’s data into the Windows Phone’s pipes, especially when considering the fact that the MSM8960 chip actually cannot handle more than 20MPs of sensor data. So, how did Nokia do it, and what did Microsoft do to help Nokia bring this technology to Windows Phone? Lets find out what Joe Belfiore and Kevin Shields have to say, minus the extra crap from their Q&A. Read on.
I just got my hands on the shiny new Nokia Lumia 1020 with some brilliant camera features. The camera is a 41 Megapixel Pureview camera with Carl Zeiss optics. It feels slightly heavy at 158g but a lot lighter than the Lumia 920 and slightly more than the 925. Watch the hands on video below. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 Hands On”
In a teeny tiny statement on Nokia’s Press site, it has been mentioned that the much awaited video based social network Vine is coming to Windows Phone 8 soon, in the official form. Along with Vine, the different social network Path and the best mobile magazine experience Flipboard too is coming to Windows Phone 8 very soon, Nokia announced. It was revealed in Microsoft’s //build/ conference that Flipboard will be coming to Windows 8 and it was then revealed to the press that it was coming to Windows Phone 8 too. With these popular apps coming to the Windows Phone 8, will it finally be relevant at least across casual users? We’ll see.
Continue reading “Official Vine, Path and Flipboard apps coming to Windows Phone 8”
At an event in New York, Nokia has just announced the long awaited Lumia 1020. The phone combines the stunning 41MP sensor seen first on the PureView 808 with the Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) system of the Lumia 920 to create an imaging powerhouse. An improvement over the 808’s sensor is the back side illumination technology built in.The phone saves both full resolution as well as an oversampled image simultaneously when you shoot. The oversampled image combines 7 adjoining pixels to create a super pixel with greater detail, clarity and extremely low noise. The optical image stabilization system uses ball bearings to keep video absolutely stable. The Xenon flash helps to achieve that in low light conditions. The Lumia 1020 uses the new six lens optical system that should allow for superior image quality. To take advantage of the advanced hardware on the handset, Nokia has built a new Pro Cam application that gives the user full control over the camera including manual exposure, focus and shutter speed controls. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 with 41MP camera, OIS, Xenon flash announced”
Sony has started sending out press invites for their press conference at IFA 2013 scheduled for 4th September. It doesn’t leave any hint unlike the Germany or Paris invites where they showed off the Xperia Z Ultra which was unveiled at the Shanghai event ahead of these. Sony Xperia i1 Honami was expected to be announced at one of those events, but we did not see it. Continue reading “Sony IFA 2013 press conference slated for September 4th, Xperia i1 Honami incoming?”
MTV India and Swipe Telecom has partnered once again to launch the Slash, a 7-inch device in Swipe’s Fablet series. It went on sale yesterday from online retailer Snapdeal. It has a 7-inch (1024 x 600 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-megapixel rear camera with LED Flash and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. It comes with dual SIM support with dual standby and comes with 3G support. Continue reading “Swipe MTV Slash 7-inch Fablet officially launched for Rs. 9490”
We had already seen the leaked press render for the Motorola Droid Ultra (XT1080) and the Droid Maxx (XT1080M). Now the popular twitter user evleaks has leaked the image of the Droid mini (XT1030) posing along with the Droid Ultra and the Droid Maxx, as a family. The Droid Ultra and the Droid Maxx are rumored to feature a 5-inch display, so the Droid mini is likely to feature a smaller display. The display would have gorilla glass protection and the phone would have kevlar body. All these have capacitive touch buttons. Continue reading “Motorola Droid mini press image surfaces, Droid Ultra rumored to launch on August 8th”
We are in New York City for the Nokia Zoom Reinvented event where the company is expected to show of the Lumia 1020 with some kick ass imaging capabilities and a rumored 41 Megapixel camera for the first time on Windows Phone ! Stay tuned to the FoneArena live blog for minute by minute updates from the event floor. The live blog is embedded below. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1020 Zoom Reinvented Event Live Blog”
