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Yahoo’s major service like Flickr was being neglected from a long time, last update received for the Flickr iOS app was on 21st December 2011. Now yahoo has come come out with a completely overhauled interface for iOS which is snappy, and mobile friendly.
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HTC has announced a three-year agreement with the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League to become global supplier partner. Through this partnership, UEFA and HTC will promote European club football to a global audience and bring new opportunities to engage with the competitions. Continue reading “HTC becomes official Smartphone partner of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League”
Nexus 7 is one of the most popular Android tablets, mainly because of its good hardware specs and low cost. It was revealed some time back that ASUS was shipping close to 1 Million Nexus 7. now we are hearing reports from supply chain makers across Taiwan that this month they will be crossing the 1 Million mark.
Continue reading “Monthly shipment of Nexus 7 to cross the 1 million mark in December”
Oppo has today announced its latest smartphone, the Find 5. The smartphone features high end specifications including a 5″ 1080p IPS screen with 441PPI. Internally you’ll find a Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon S4 Processor clocked at 1.5Ghz. Coupled with 2GB of RAM, you won’t find it lacking in terms of performance.
Continue reading “Oppo Find 5 with 5-inch 1080p display, quad-core processor announced”
New images of BlackBerry 10 L-Series phone has surfaced on a Vietnamese website . First Hands-on video of the BlackBerry 10 L-Series phone appeared back in October. These new images show the hardware in detail, including metal keys for the volume rocker and power button, micro USB and HDMI ports on the side, NFC support, micro SIM slot, micro SD card slot and a 1800 mAh battery. Continue reading “BlackBerry 10 L-Series phone new images surface”
MediaTek has launched MT6589 System on a Chip (SoC), aimed at mid to high-end Android smartphones and tablets. It has power-efficient quad-core Cortex A7 CPU from ARM, PowerVR Series5XT GPU and multi-mode UMTS Rel. 8/HSPA+/TD-SCDMA modem. It is built on 28nm process technology. This also has Dual-SIM support with Dual-Active functionality and the MT6589 is the world’s first HSPA+ smartphone to come with this feature. MediaTek launched MT6577 dual-core processor few months back, that powers the latest Micromax, Spice and Intex devices. Reports about the quad-core MediaTek chips started back in September. Continue reading “MediaTek launches MT6589 quad-core chip aimed at mid to high-end Android devices”
Belkin India has launched range of protective covers for the iPad Mini. The iPad mini went on sale in India last week and Belkin becomes one of the first brands to introduce stylish accessories for the product in India. These accessories are made based on the design of the iPad mini that would add convenience and style to the product usage. These accessories feature an array of fabrics and patterns that offer maximum style, functionality, and protection. Continue reading “Belkin India launches range of Cases for the iPad mini”
MTS has launched new Voice and MBlaze data offers for Kerala customers in the Christmas and New Year festive season. These offers would let the MTS customers in Kerala enjoy flat 30 paisa call rates on voice products with a handset as low as Rs 899 and MBlaze data STVs in denominations ranging from Rs 96 to Rs 1298. Continue reading “MTS launches new Voice and MBlaze data offers for Kerala customers”
Reuters reports that STMicroelectronics plans to cut costs by quitting its joint venture with Ericsson. The ST-Ericsson mobile chipset venture made losses equivalent to $841 million last year and has been steadily losing market share.
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Vodafone has launched a new My News Value Added Service (VAS) for customers in Delhi-NCR region. This would let the customers read daily newspapers from a selection of 30 Regional and National Indian newspapers on their handsets. Continue reading “Vodafone introduces My News VAS for Delhi-NCR customers”
Microsoft is pushing out an OTA update for the HTC Windows Phone 8X which will add some much needed features to the flagship device. Windows Phone users have always complained about the WiFi switching off as soon as you turn off the screen, this has been fixed or rather made optional after the update. Users can now now opt to keep the WiFi switched on even when the screen is off.
Called the “Portico” update, It also adds new SMS centric features. Users now have the ability to reject calls with an SMS, it is not possible to select all SMS messages to mass delete. A last feature is the ability to create SMS drafts so that you can compose a message and send it later. The build number for the update is 10211 and it also fixes the rebooting issues faced by a large number of users. Has your HTC 8X received the update ? Let us know in the comments below.
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Lava Iris N400, Lava’s new Dual SIM Android smartphone in the Iris range is now available from online retailers Flipkart and Snapdeal. Unlike the Iris N320 and N350 that was launched recently, the N400 comes with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and has 3G support. It has a 4.0-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1 GHz processor. It has a 5MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 0.3MP front-facing camera for video calling. It has Dual SIM support similar to the Iris smartphones. Continue reading “Lava Iris N400 Dual SIM phone with 4-inch display, Android 4.0 now available for Rs. 6,399”
Sony has announced that they have extended the agreement with Box to offer 50GB of free storage for Xperia smartphones and tablets till the end of 2013. Last December Sony teamed up with Box to offer 50GB of free file sharing and storage on Box for the Xperia range of Android smartphones and tablets. Continue reading “Sony Xperia 50 GB Free Box Storage offer extended till 2013”
LG has announced that they have sold over 10 million units of Optimus L-Series smartphones globally. The Optimus L-Series Smartphones include, Optimus L3 that has a 3.2-inch display, Optimus L5 with a 4.0-inch (320×480 pixels), Optimus L7 with a 4.3 inch (480 x 800 pixels ) display and the Optimus L9 that has a 4.7-inch qHD (960 x 540 pixels) IPS display. LG announced the Optimus L3, L5 and L7 at MWC 2012 that was launched in India in May starting from the Optimus L3. It took 9 months for LG to achieve this feat starting from the Optimus L3 that went of sale in Europe in March. Continue reading “LG Optimus L-Series smartphone sales surpass 10 million units globally”
When Asus launched the PadFone 2 back in October , it launched the device with Android 4.0 Ice Cream sandwich on-board. We have exclusive news first on FoneArena that the PadFone 2 has indeed got the update to Android 4.1 JellyBean as promised.The update is rolling out right now via an OTA update.Here are some screenshots which show that our PadFone 2 is running on Android 4.1 JellyBean.The build number is JRO03L 10.4.5.33-0 on our Taiwanese PadFone 2. Continue reading “Exclusive : Asus PadFone 2 Android 4.1 JellyBean update rolling out right now”
