Dell Venue 8 Pro launched in India for Rs. 26,499, availability starting February 2014

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The Dell Venue 8 Pro, a 8 inch Windows 8.1 tablet that we reviewed earlier, has been officially launched in India by Dell for a price of Rs. 26,499 for the base 32 GB WiFi model. Powered by the Intel Atom Z3740D Bay Trail Quad Core processor running at 1.8 GHz, the Venue 8 Pro offers the full Windows experience, with surprisingly decent gaming performance to boot. One of the thinnest Windows tablets around, the Venue 8 Pro joins the Acer Iconia W4 in its foray into the increasingly crowded small tablet market, with the added advantage of a full fledged desktop operating system, made easier for touch.

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Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 Intel Atom Z2580-powered Android tablets launched in India for Rs. 10999 and Rs. 17499

Dell has launched Venue 7 and the  Venue 8 Android tablets in India. The Venue 7 has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display and the Venue 8 has a 8-inch (1280 x 800 pixels). Both these tablets are powered by a 2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2580 Clover Trail+ processors and run on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). The Venue 7 has a 3-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. The Venue 8 has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing HD camera. Continue reading “Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 Intel Atom Z2580-powered Android tablets launched in India for Rs. 10999 and Rs. 17499”

Dell Venue 8 Pro Review

The tablet market is peculiar. It started out with a form factor of the iPad with 9.7 inches of screen real estate, and then suddenly, small tablets were all the rage, with the Kindle Fire and the Nexus 7 kickstarting the now popular form factor for tablets. Apple had to follow suit of course, with the iPad mini, and even if they wouldn’t want to admit, it has definitely cannibalized the bigger iPad, as noted by the falling ASPs. It is telling that the price alone wasn’t the reason(Nexus 10 is cheap too) for this form factor’s success, although it played a huge role.

Microsoft was a late entrant to this market. Windows 8 was supposed to take it by storm, but with a UI focused on landscape use, 10 inch tablets entered the space and they were met with little to no interest. It is also due to the lack of interest in this big widescreen form factor, as noted earlier. Out came Windows 8.1 with much better portrait support, better snap modes with no resolution dependencies and now, we finally have a whole range of 8 inch Windows tablets from several OEMs, with surprisingly affordable price tags. One of them, which really caught our eye, was the Dell Venue 8 Pro. Armed with the new x86 Intel Atom BayTrail processor, full blown Windows 8.1 and a price tag of 299$ for the base version, is Dell Venue 8 Pro THE small tablet you deserve? Lets find out in our in depth review.

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Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets with dual-core Intel Atom Z2580 processor and Android 4.2 announced

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Dell has introduced two new tablets powered by a 2 GHz dual-core Intel Atom Z2580 Clover Trail+ processor. The Venue 7 has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) IPS display and the Venue 8 has a 7-inch (1280 x 800 pixels). Both these tablets run on Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) and packs 2 GB of RAM. The Venue 7 has a 3-megapixel rear camera and a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera. The Venue 8 has a 5-megapixel rear camera with 1080p video recording and a 2-megapixel front-facing HD camera. Both these tablets come with 4100 mAh battery and has optional 3G support apart from the usual connectivity options such as WiFi, Bluetooth and Micro USB. The 7-inch Venue 7 would compete with the NVIDIA Tegra Note that was unveiled recently. Continue reading “Dell Venue 7 and Venue 8 tablets with dual-core Intel Atom Z2580 processor and Android 4.2 announced”

DoD at Pentagon to use Android devices manufactured by Dell

There was a time when BlackBerry was the only device used by corporates and higher officials at the Pentagon and the department of defense. But now Android is replacing all these Blackberry deivces. And the same thing has happened in the Pentagon. Department of Defense (DoD) in Pentagon will be using Andrid 2.2 devices manufactured by Dell.

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Dell Venue Pro Receives Firmware Update

The firmware update for the Dell Venue Pro has finally been released. The firmware update is for all the customers outside the USA. Within USA the update is limited to T-Mobile customers.

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Windows Phone 7.5 featuring over 500 new features, new phones coming?

We told you few weeks ago that Microsoft will reveal the next version of WP7 which is known as Mango on May 24th. As tomorrow is the day, Microsoft is gearing up for it and we are already hearing rumors and some leak details about what  is coming out tomorrow. Continue reading “Windows Phone 7.5 featuring over 500 new features, new phones coming?”

Dell Venue Pro Unboxing

FoneArena unboxes the Dell Venue Pro which was launched in India recently along with the Dell Venue . The Dell Venue Pros is one of the few Windows Phone 7 handsets available in India and is also one of the few WP7 handsets to come with physical keyboard. It also has a unique portrait slider keyboard.

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Dell Venue Pro comes with Copy Paste NoDo update in India

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Dell Venue Pro might be the first Windows Phone 7 handset to come with the Copy-Paste NoDo update pre-installed as we found today a in handset we were able to get our hand on here in India. We were kinda surprised that copy/paste worked out of the box.

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Dell Streak Review

Here is the FoneArena Dell Streak Review – Dell’s first phone to hit markets worldwide including India. It was launched first on O2 UK and later on AT&T USA. It was released in India last year and has got an update to Android 2.2 recently. How does the Streak deliver find out below. Continue reading “Dell Streak Review”

Dell Venue and Venue Pro launched in India at Rs.29990 and Rs.34990

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Dell has launched 2 more smart phones in India the Venue running Android 2.2 and Venue Pro running Windows Phone 7 . The price of these handsets is on the expensive side. Continue reading “Dell Venue and Venue Pro launched in India at Rs.29990 and Rs.34990”

Dell Venue Priced at Rs.28,499

Dell Venue was found listed at Flipkart before its official launch on 3rd February for Rs.28,499. Dell Venue is the firms latest Android device, which runs on Froyo a.k.a Android 2.2 also has a huge 4.1-inch AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass, phone clocked at 1GHz, along with a 8MP camera. Continue reading “Dell Venue Priced at Rs.28,499”