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Intex Aqua 5.0 Dual SIM phone with 5-inch display, Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 9990

Intex Technologies has launched Aqua 5.0, successor of the Aqua 4.0 that was launched in August. This has a 5-inch (800 x 480 Pixels) Capacitive Touch Screen and is powered by a 1 GHz dual-core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 5MP auto focus camera with LED flash at the back and a 1.3MP front-facing camera for video calling.This would compete with other budget 5-inch Dual SIM Smartphones such as iBall Andi 5c, Spice Stellar Horizon, Zync Z5 Cloud and the Micromax A110. Continue reading “Intex Aqua 5.0 Dual SIM phone with 5-inch display, Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 9990”

DisneyUTV Digital to bring EA Mobile games to carriers and local OEMs in India

The Digital business of DisneyUTV has announced that they have partnered with EA Mobile to bring top mobile games to carries and local OEMs in India. These EA Mobile games from the American publisher Electronic Arts (EA) would be distributed by DisneyUTV Digital’s UTV Indiagames. Some of the games include Need for Speed, FIFA 11, Monopoly, Bejeweled, Zuma’s Revenge, Tetris, EA Cricket 11, Bookworm and more. This would make these games reach a broader audience and also makes it easy for people to purchase them. Continue reading “DisneyUTV Digital to bring EA Mobile games to carriers and local OEMs in India”

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE with Android Jelly Bean launched in Korea

Samsung has launched the Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) for the Korean Market. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE comes with similar features as the Galaxy Note 10.1, including a 10.1-inch WXGA (1280 x 800 pixel) TFT display, 1.4 GHz Quad-Core Processor, 2GB RAM and a 7,000mAh battery. The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE would come with VoLTE (Voice over LTE) feature that simultaneously supports voice call, video, and data transmission. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 LTE with Android Jelly Bean launched in Korea”

Microsoft Surface with Windows RT Unboxing

The Microsoft Surface has landed at the FoneArena HQ and we got it here all the way from the US just for you . The Surface RT is the first real Windows Tablet designed and developed by Microsoft and boy , the hardware is amazing for version 1 of a product.Want to find out how the Microsoft Surface tablet looks and works ? Check out our unboxing video embedded below. We also got the Cyan Touch Cover to go along with FoneArena colours .

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HTC Deluxe, global variant of Droid DNA leaks

Press render of the HTC Deluxe, global variant of the HTC Droid DNA has surfaced, thanks to @evleaks. HTC Droid DNA was announced for Verizon Wireless in USA and it was first launched in Japan as HTC J Butterfly last month. There are no details about the specs yet but is expected to come with similar specs including a 5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) 1080p Full HD super LCD 3 display at 440 PPI, 1.5 GHz processor quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 processor, a 8MP auto focus camera at the back with LED flash, BSI sensor, 1080p HD video recorder and a 2.1MP front-facing camera with HD video recording. It would run on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) with HTC Sense 4+ UI. Continue reading “HTC Deluxe, global variant of Droid DNA leaks”

3DMark Cross-platform Benchmarking tool coming soon to Windows RT, Android, iPhone and iPad

Futuremark has announced that new 3DMark Cross-platform Benchmarking tool would be available for Windows RT, Android, iPhone and iPad other than Windows, later this year. The new 3DMark tool would also let you compare scores across all these platforms, since the test content, settings and rendering resolution are similar. 3DMark is popular benchmarking tool for PCs, 3DMark 11 is the latest version on Windows. This would compete with the GLBenchmark, popular benchmarking tool that is available on Android, iPhone and iPad. Continue reading “3DMark Cross-platform Benchmarking tool coming soon to Windows RT, Android, iPhone and iPad”

Airtel introduces free incoming calls to customers in Africa while roaming in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

Airtel has introduced world’s first free intercontinental incoming roaming service that would let the Airtel customers in Africa enjoy free incoming calls while roaming in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. This would be available for Airtel customers in 17 countries across Africa. Airtel introduced local outgoing calls for Indian customers at Re.1/min while roaming in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh earlier this year. Continue reading “Airtel introduces free incoming calls to customers in Africa while roaming in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh”

Rightware launches Browsermark 2.0 multi-platform Browser Benchmark tool

Rightware, provider of world’s most widely adopted benchmarking software Browsermark has launched the Browsermark 2.0. The new Browsermark 2.0 tests 4 new areas, WebGL, Canvas, HTML5, and CSS3/3D. It works across various platforms including PCs, smartphones, tablets and more. Continue reading “Rightware launches Browsermark 2.0 multi-platform Browser Benchmark tool”

Samsung begins production of faster, smaller 64GB embedded flash memory for mobile devices

Samsung has announced that they have started producing new 64GB embedded flash memory for Smartphones and Tablets. The new Samsung Embedded Multimedia Card (eMMC) Pro Class 2000 delivers up to 260 MB/s (megabytes per second) sequential reading speeds and up to 50 MB/s sequential writing speeds. It offers random write speed of 2,000 IOPS (input/output per second) and a random read speed of 5,000 IOPS. These are up to 2 times faster than the eMMC Pro Class 1500 and up to 10 times faster than the normal class 10 memory cards. Continue reading “Samsung begins production of faster, smaller 64GB embedded flash memory for mobile devices”

India 2G spectrum auction ends, Winners announced

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has announced the winners in the 2G auctions in various circles that ended after 14 rounds. Earlier this year, Supreme Court of India cancelled 122 2G licenses issued by the Government on after 10th Jan 2008. At the end of the 2G auction government got bids worth Rs. 9,407.64 crore, much lower than their target revenue of Rs. 40,000 crore. Continue reading “India 2G spectrum auction ends, Winners announced”

Smartphone sales rise 47 percent as worldwide phone sales go down 3 percent

Third quarter of the year is usually really bad for mobile phone manufacturers as there are no huge celebrations where people buy devices and it is also the time where new devices are unveiled which will be launched during Christmas. So people tend to wait for Christmas time where all the mobile manufacturers try to bring in their best devices. Gartner’s research shows that mobile phone sales has gone down 3% compared to last year but in the same research smaprtphone sales has gone up 47%.

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BlackBerry 10 launching worldwide on January 30th 2013

RIM has just announced that the BlackBerry 10 would be launched simultaneously in multiple countries at separate events around the world on 30th January 2013. RIM showed off first BlackBerry Dev Alpha device running BlackBerry OS 10 back in May, and they revealed the Dev Alpha B in September with lot of new features and improvements. BlackBerry 10 got FIPS 140-2 US government security certification last week. Continue reading “BlackBerry 10 launching worldwide on January 30th 2013”

Samsung ATIV Odyssey Windows Phone 8 handset leaked

At its Windows Phone 8 launch event last month, Microsoft had revealed a 2nd Samsung WP8 device which would head to Verizon. This handset would accompany the higher end ATIV S. The image of the handset was however kept under wraps. We can now see what the Samsung ATIV Odyssey looks like thanks to EVLeaks.

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Skype for Windows Phone 8 (Preview) now available

Microsoft unveiled a new Skype app for Windows Phone 8 devices couple of weeks back, now the preview version of the app is available for the Windows Phone 8 devices. Skype for Windows Phone 8 has been completely built from the ground up for better integration with the Windows Phone 8 and has a completely new UI, better notifications and more. The first Skype for Windows Phone app was launched back in February, and it was launched in Windows Phone Marketplace in April. Continue reading “Skype for Windows Phone 8 (Preview) now available”

Google Nexus 4 Pictures

LG and Google unveiled the Nexus 4,new Smartphone in the Nexus family at the end of October. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 × 768 pixels) display with 320 ppi and corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection, 1.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with Adreno 320 GPU and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean). The Nexus 4 is priced at $299 for the 8GB version and the 16GB version comes at a price tag of $349. It is expected to go on sale from November 13 in the US, UK, Canada, Germany, France, Spain and Australia. Here are some of our pictures. Continue reading “Google Nexus 4 Pictures”