Sections | Fone Arena

Xolo Play gets a new OTA update, improves performance

Xolo Play Unboxing-7

Xolo has announced that they have started rolling out a new over-the-air (OTA) update for the Xolo Play that improves the performance of the update. The Xolo Play (T1000) was launched last month, and we reviewed the device recently. It is the first phone from Xolo to be powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. The graphics is taken care of 416 MHz 12 Core NVIDIA ULP GeForce GPU. It runs on Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean), sadly the new update does not bring Android 4.2.

Continue reading “Xolo Play gets a new OTA update, improves performance”

Sony Xperia Z1 Honami leaks again in clear images

Sony Xperia Z1 leak

The Xperia Z1 Honami had been leaked several times. Sony released the final teaser of the phone recently, ahead of the September 4th launch. Now more images of the phone has appeared in a Chinese site that are more clearer and offers more information about the device. Continue reading “Sony Xperia Z1 Honami leaks again in clear images”

Meizu MX3 new images surface, expected to come in 4 versions including 128GB

Meizu MX3 leak

Meizu MX3, the upcoming flagship phone from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer has leaked in real image for the first time. The leaked renders that surfaced were just concept images, and the new images from China looks more real. A weibo user @PunkPanda has leaked another image of the phone shows the thin bezel on the sides. Continue reading “Meizu MX3 new images surface, expected to come in 4 versions including 128GB”

Asus Padfone Infinity A86 with Snapdragon 800 processor leaks

New Asus Padfone Infinity A86 leak

Asus unveiled the Padfone Infinity earlier this year at the MWC 2013. It had a similar design as the Padfone 2, but it came with an upgraded hardware including a Snapdragon 600 processor and full HD display. Now images Padfone Infinity A86 has surfaced that is expected to pack a Snapdragon 800 processor. As you can see in the leaked images, the phone would be completely white, unlike the current Padfone Infinity smartphone that comes in black color. Continue reading “Asus Padfone Infinity A86 with Snapdragon 800 processor leaks”

Huawei Honor 3 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 announced

Huawei Honor 3

Huawei has announced the Honor 3, the successor of Honor 2 in China. It has a 4.7-inch (1280 × 720 pixels) IPS display with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection, powered by a 1.5 GHz quad-core K3V2E processor with 16-Core GPU from Huawei and runs on Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) with Huawei’s own Emotion UI 1.6. It has 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 1080p full HD video-capture and a 1-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Huawei Honor 3 with 4.7-inch HD display, quad-core processor, Android 4.2 announced”

Micromax and Karbonn take top positions as the Indian Smartphone market surges ahead with the Phablet revolution

You might have seen us reporting on various marketshare reports each month coming from a company called IDC. Usually, the company provides a wider perspective of the global market for mobile phones as well as smartphones, but this time, they have focused on the second fastest growing mobile phone market in the world, India. We saw in June that the overall shipments of Smartphones in India was at just 6.1 million devices, but in a quarter, it has risen to 9.3 million shipments, according to IDC. And over half of the shipments were from local players like Micromax, Karbonn and the others, with the former taking the no. 2 and 3 positions of the Top 5 Smartphone vendors in the Indian market respectively.

Continue reading “Micromax and Karbonn take top positions as the Indian Smartphone market surges ahead with the Phablet revolution”

Real Racing 3 now available for BlackBerry 10

EA Mobile has released the Real Racing 3 for BlackBerry 10 finally. The racing game was released for Android, iPhone and iPad back in February. The games also got a new update last month that brought new cars, Time Trial Race and more. You don’t get these new features in BlackBerry though. Continue reading “Real Racing 3 now available for BlackBerry 10”

Temple Run: Oz now available for Windows Phone 8

Temple Run: Oz from Imangi Studios and Disney/Pixar is now available for Windows Phone 8. The game was released for Android, iPhone and iPad in March. The Temple Run: Oz based on the Temple Run 2 and inspired by Oz the Great and Powerful movie that released earlier this year. This game would let you Play as Oz and outrun the shrieking flying baboons as you turn, jump and slide your way across the land. You can also explore different environments and complete weekly challenges. Continue reading “Temple Run: Oz now available for Windows Phone 8”

Mysterious HTC smartphone with a 4-inch display shows up in China

HTC phone China

Over Weibo, a user has shared images of a mysterious HTC smartphone along with the specifications. Th unnamed HTC’s upcoming smartphone is expected to feature a 4-inch (480 x 800 pixels) display , powered by a dual-core processor, 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera. As you can see from the leaked images, it is likely to come with the Android 4.1 or 4.2 with latest Sense 5 UI. Continue reading “Mysterious HTC smartphone with a 4-inch display shows up in China”

Evernote 4.0 for Windows Phone brings Multi-shot Camera, Speech-to-Text and more

Evernote 4.0 for Windows Phone multi-shot camera

Evernote for Windows Phone has received a major update to version 4.0 that brings log of new features including a new multi-shot camera, speech-to-text capabilities, smart note titling, and better support for Windows Phone 8. The multi-shot camera lets you take photos without exiting camera mode, new slideshows lets you swipe through to view images in a note. The speech-to-text automatically transcribes your speech to text, you can use this by pressing the speech bubble icon. The app now has auto title that uses your location, the content of your note, and even a calendar event to give your note a useful title. Continue reading “Evernote 4.0 for Windows Phone brings Multi-shot Camera, Speech-to-Text and more”

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 Unboxing

Micromax Canvas Doodle 2-1

Micromax launched the Canvas Doodle 2 A240, the successor of the Canvas Doodle earlier this week at a price tag of Rs. 19,990. Here we have the device for the review. Let’s take a look at the unboxing first. The phone has a huge 5.7-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD IPS display, powered by a 1.2 GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6589 processor with PowerVR SGX 544MP GPU and runs on Android 4.2.1 (Jelly Bean). The Canvas 4 had a aluminium rim on the sides, but this one has aluminium body.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSKm_tKlu_g
Continue reading “Micromax Canvas Doodle 2 Unboxing”

Android VP Hugo Barra leaves Google to join Xiaomi

Hugo Barra

Hugo Barra, VP of Android Product Management at Google would join Xiaomi Corporation. He would be responsible for Xiaomi’s international business development and Android strategic partnerships, said the company on Twitter. He served at Google 5 and half years and almost 3 years in the Android team. Before joining the Android team, he was director of product management for Google mobile apps based in London. Hugo Barra would join the Xiaomi team in China to help them expand their incredible product portfolio and business globally — as Vice President, Xiaomi Global. Continue reading “Android VP Hugo Barra leaves Google to join Xiaomi”

Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new conversations view

Twitter has updated both the Android (v 4.1.6)and iPhone (v5.10) apps with a new conversation view. Now, Tweets that are part of a conversation are shown in chronological order. Up to three Tweets are shown in a sequence in the home timeline, once you tap a Tweet, you can see all the replies, including those from people you don’t follow. Both these app also get new notification settings and the Android app now lets you report tweets as spam. Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone updated with new conversations view”

Nokia Lumia 1520 with 6 inch 1080p display appears in leaked image

Nokia’s intentions to introduce a large screen device are fairly obvious by now. It has been long rumored that the Finnish smartphone company is working on a phablet class device that would bring a large 6 inch screen to Nokia’s Lumia hardware. The image leaked earlier today corroborates all that we know about the device. Placed next to the Lumia 1020, the handset appears positively gargantuan.

With the screen switched on, we also seem to be getting our first look at the upcoming GDR3 update that would bring support for 1080p screens, faster processors. To make use of all that screen real estate, Windows Phone will now allow you to place a double wide tile next to a medium sized tile. Additionally, a third row of tiles can be placed on the homescreen. The leaked image closely resembles an image that had earlier this year that claimed to depict the front panel for the upcoming device. Additionally, the engraved proto.nokia.com text is true for all Nokia prototype devices. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 1520 with 6 inch 1080p display appears in leaked image”