After the Apple iPhone’s Bendgade, Samsung posted a video of the Note 4 undergoing bend tests. It said that the Note 4 is durable to the test since it has metal frame, magnesium bracket and manually reinforced structures between the parts. Today Samsung has posted a new video that tests the Galaxy Note 4’s durability in drop and tumble test. Continue reading “Samsung tests the durability of the Galaxy Note 4 in a new drop test video”
Google has introduced its ‘News & Weather’ app for the iPhone and iPad. The app provides local news as well as headlines from a variety of categories and sources in one app along with the weather info.
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Samsung has launched the Galaxy Note Edge, the company’s first smartphone with a curved edge screen in Japan. It is now available for pre-order from local operators through KDDI and NTT DoCoMo and would go on sale later this month. It was unveiled recently by NTT Docomo at their Winter/Spring Lineup 2014. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note Edge unveiled in Japan, available October-end”
Google is stating that it will remove the camera bug from the Nexus 5 in next update on Android. Currently, the camera bug dubbed as mm-qcamera-daemon is causing battery drain in some of the Nexus 5 devices.
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HTC is expected to announce the RECamera today at the ‘Double Exposure’ event. The company has released a teaser video that suggests the use of the RECamera.
Dubbed as ‘Catching Air’, the 12 second video shows a girl playing on a swing. The girl in the video can be seen advancing forward in her swing and catching air while the camera sits still on the surface below her. This suggests a wide angle on the camera. At the end of the video we see #InFullView hashtag that again suggests the wide lens on the cameras along with stationary wide recording abilities. The video was posted on YouTube under the REbyHTC channel.
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HTC had released a teaser video last month that suggested that the RECamera is water proof and can take slow motion videos. The camera which is touted to be a GoPro competitor was also leaked in images on the RECamera website. Stay tuned for more details about the RECamera launch at the HTC event.
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Facebook is working on an anonymous social app for chatting, according to a latest report from The New York Times. The mobile app will enable users to interact and share content with others anonymously, said the report.
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FoneArena has teamed up with BlackBerry India once again for a new contest. This time we are giving away a BlackBerry Passport smartphone for one lucky winner and BlackBerry Music Gateway for two winners. The contest will run for three days starting from October 8th (today) till October 10th (Friday). You need to Tweet your answers with the hashtag #BBPassport, follow @BlackBerryIN and @FoneArena and include both Twitter handles in the tweet to enter the contest. Continue reading “BlackBerry Passport Giveaway Contest”
Sony launched the Xperia Z3 Compact along with the Z3 in India last month. It is powered by quad-core Snapdragon 801 (MSM 8274AC) 28nm HPm Krait 400 CPU clocked at 2.46 GHz power core and has Adreno 330 GPU, similar to the Z3. It has a 4.6-inch HD display and runs on Android 4.4.4 (KitKat). Faster processor makes it faster than the Z1 Compact. Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z3 Compact Benchmarks”
ZTE has announced Grand X Max for Cricket Wireless in the US. It has a 6-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display, powered by a 1.2 quad-core Snapdragon 200 processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat), similar to the Grand Memo II LTE that was announced earlier this year, but this has a 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “ZTE Grand X Max with 6-inch HD display, Snapdragon processor announced”
LG has announced that the G Watch R, the company’s first smartwatch with a circular display would go on sale in Korea starting October 14th. It was unveiled ahead of IFA and has a 1.3-inch (320 x 320 pixels) P-OLED Display, powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and is based on Android Wear platform. It has photoplethysmography (PPG) sensor to measure heartbeats. Continue reading “LG G Watch R launching next week starting from Korea”
Toashiba is foraying into the smartglass market with ‘Toshiba Glass’. The prototype pair of the first smartglass by the company was unveiled at the Ceatec trade show in Japan.
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Samsung Gear S Tizen-based smartwatch has got the first web browser – Opera Mini. The Samsung Gear S is the company’s latest smartwatch that can also makes calls independently. The Opera Mini on Gear S lets you enjoy web browsing from your wrist, and includes many finger-friendly features. HERE recently partnered with Samsung to release HERE Maps for the Gear S. Continue reading “Opera Mini arrives for Samsung Gear S smartwatch”
Facebook has completed its WhatsApp acquisition for a whopping $22 billion which was originally announced at $19 billion in February. The acquisition cost has increased by $3 billion because of the increased value of Facebook’s stock in recent months.
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We recently reported that the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders will start today, October 7th in India and would go on sale from Apple Authorized Resellers on October 17th. Today both Amazon.in and Flipkart have confirmed that the the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus would be available for pre-order starting 12 noon today. Online retailer Infibeam have already started taking pre-orders for these smartphones. Continue reading “Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus pre-orders start 12 noon today on Flipkart and Amazon.in”
GT Advanced Technologies, a company that specializes in supplying engineered sapphire glass has just filed for bankruptcy. The company had entered into a contract with Apple last year to supply sapphire crystal glass for upcoming products.
While it was speculated that Apple would be using sapphire glass on the iPhone 6, it instead opted to use its own version of reinforced glass instead. GT Advanced is believed to have faced yield issues with supplies. Continue reading “Sapphire glass supplier, GT Advanced Technologies, files for bankruptcy”
