http://www.fonearena.com/blog The Mobile Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:38:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44163/blackberry-devcon-asia-live-blog.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44163/blackberry-devcon-asia-live-blog.html#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:15:14 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=44163 RIM is holding its BlackBerry DevCon Asia event here in Singapore.The event was shifted from Thailand due to the recent floods in that region. The company held it's previous DevCon in  San Francicso where BBX was announced.  We expect to hear more about BBX and hope to see a few new un-announced devices. We are also going to try to sit down with some RIM executives and get an idea of the mood within the company.The keynote is about to start in a few minutes and you can follow the updates from the event below [HTML1] ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44163/blackberry-devcon-asia-live-blog.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43132/samsung-omnia-w-hand-on.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43132/samsung-omnia-w-hand-on.html#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:49:00 +0000 Gaurav http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=43132 We already know that recently Samsung India has launched three new smartphones in 3 different platforms namely, Android, BADA and Windows Phone. We attended the launch event in Delhi and here are the hands-on photos of Samsung Omnia W. No doubt that major attraction was Samsung Omnia W which is first Windows Phone 7 Mango device launched in India. Omnia W is has been recently announced worldwide and thanks to Samsung India for launching in India so soon. It’s priced at Rs. 19990/- which is MRP in India. This is new 2011 series device from Samsung in Windows Phone series worldwide. Omnia W is powered by Qualcomm 8255T 1.4GHz SOC similar to Wave 3. It has 512MB RAM, 8GB on-board storage, 5MP AF camera with Led flash and 720p HD video recording. Similar to majority of WP devices Omnia W also lacks micro-SD card slot. The is first device to provide native UMTS Video Calling facility in entire Windows Phone series by partnered manufacturers including Samsung, HTC, etc. Omnia W provides a separate Video Calling application through which we can video call with anyone using 3G ready and Video Call capable phone in native UMTS mode. It has VGA front ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43132/samsung-omnia-w-hand-on.html/feed 2 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41891/live-blog-nokia-symbian-event-at-hong-kong.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41891/live-blog-nokia-symbian-event-at-hong-kong.html#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 04:52:28 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=41891 We are here at Hong Kong for Nokia's Symbian Event where we expect see the future of Symbian  hopefully software and hardware. We will be live blogging the event.Stay tuned to FoneArena for latest updates. The event starts at 18:30 Hong Kong Local time 4 PM India Time 11:30 AM London Time , 3 30 AM SFO , 6 30 AM NYC Watch the space below for the live blog. [HTML1] ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41891/live-blog-nokia-symbian-event-at-hong-kong.html/feed 9 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41721/gsma-announces-mwc-2012-keynote-speakers-and-exhibitors.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41721/gsma-announces-mwc-2012-keynote-speakers-and-exhibitors.html#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:44:03 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=41721 The GSMA which runs on the annual Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona has just announced the list of keynote speakers for the 2012 edition . The event will take place in Barcelona, Spain from Feb 27 2012 - Mar 1 2012.FoneArena will be reporting from the show floor. The big names which will be taking center stage are as follows. Familiar names from the Mobile space include HTC CEO Peter Chou , Bharti Airtel CEO Sunil Mittal and Ryuji Yamada of NTT DOCOMO. Ben Verwaayen, CEO, Alcatel-Lucent Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO-AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, AT&T Sunil Mittal, CEO and MD, Bharti Airtel RenÈ Obermann, CEO, Deutsche Telekom Hans Vestberg, President and CEO, Ericsson Peter Chou, CEO, HTC Ryuji Yamada, President and CEO, NTT DOCOMO Franco BernabÈ, Chairman and CEO, Telecom Italia Group Jon Fredrik Baksaas, President and CEO, Telenor Group Talking of exhibitors , looks like Nokia is going to exhibit in a 2,300 square metre space in App Planet. Other exhibitors are the usual suspects Alcatel-Lucent, AT&T, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Google, HTC, Huawei, IBM, Intel, LG, Microsoft, Motorola, NTT DOCOMO, Qtel, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung, SK Telecom, Telefonica, Telenor, Vodafone and ZTE. We can't find HP , Sony Ericsson in the list above , may be they are ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41721/gsma-announces-mwc-2012-keynote-speakers-and-exhibitors.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41127/barcelona-to-host-mobile-world-congress-till-2018.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41127/barcelona-to-host-mobile-world-congress-till-2018.html#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:34:27 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=41127 The GSM Association which is the organization behind the annual Mobile World Congress event has just announced that the event will stay in Barcelona till 2018. Mobile World Congress or MWC is our annual mobile pilgrimage where we get to play with the latest mobile phones (add tablets) .Looks like Barcelona also got the most votes in our poll when the GSMA was thinking of moving the event to another city. We would love to see the event move to another city like Milan, Munich and Paris but looks like it's not moving anywhere atleast for then next 6 years. Visca el Barça ! GSMA NAMES BARCELONA THE FIRST MOBILE WORLD CAPITAL Barcelona Edges Competition to be Named Mobile World Capital for 2012-2018 22 July 2011, London: After an 18-month search, the GSMA today announced that Barcelona has been selected as the Mobile World Capital from 2012 to 2018. As the Mobile World Capital, Barcelona will be the home of the mobile industry's must-attend event, the GSMA Mobile World Congress, and will also develop a range of other programmes and activities that will span the entire year and will benefit not only the citizens of Barcelona, Catalonia and Spain, but also the worldwide ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41127/barcelona-to-host-mobile-world-congress-till-2018.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/37075/nokia-holding-an-event-next-week-wp7-devices-announcement.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/37075/nokia-holding-an-event-next-week-wp7-devices-announcement.html#comments Mon, 09 May 2011 21:22:59 +0000 Asad Rafi http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=37075 Nokia is still the leading mobile phone company in the world, but they are losing their market shares rapidly. Last year, Stephen Elop joined Nokia as their CEO and he showed Nokia a new light of hope. Earlier this year, Nokia and Microsoft made a deal that Nokia will launch WP7 powered devices and hopefully they will launch it this year. Well, Nokia is now holding an event next week in Athens, Greece, and Nokia want us to save the date. It looks like Nokia is bringing something special on May 17th, and it looks like they are finally planning to announce their first ever WP7 device. At the moment, nothing is set on stone so just take it as a rumor. Well folks, stay tuned with us because we will keep you updated. Anyway, what do you think Nokia is up to? Tell us! Read ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/37075/nokia-holding-an-event-next-week-wp7-devices-announcement.html/feed 9 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/36819/intel-might-manufacture-chips-for-future-ipads-and-iphones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/36819/intel-might-manufacture-chips-for-future-ipads-and-iphones.html#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 09:52:11 +0000 Sandeep http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=36819 Intel has revealed that it will be making the most significant technological announcement of the year at a press conference on May 4th.Rumours indicate that the announcements might be for the new 22 nanometer fabrication process and the plans to manufacture chips for Apple. Apple has used Intel's latest Sandy bridge processor for their computers and also for the recently announced iMacs. They also collaborated with Intel to make the Thunderbolt port. So all these make the possibility of Intel manufacturing chips for iPads and iPhones more likely. However there are rumours which suggest otherwise because Apple currently uses the technology of ARM in it's chips and ARM is the direct competitor of Intel. We will have to wait and see what the announcement brings in. via | source ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/36819/intel-might-manufacture-chips-for-future-ipads-and-iphones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/35279/htc-sensation-hands-on.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/35279/htc-sensation-hands-on.html#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:11:27 +0000 jonchoo http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=35279 HTC today announced their new flagship Android smartphone, the HTC Sensation aka HTC Pyramid. I was there for the press conference and had my first hands-on with the device. The HTC Sensation is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread 'superphone' running on a dual core 1.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM 8260 processor with 1GB user accessible ROM and 768MB RAM. It has a 4.3" Super LCD capacitive touchscreen with qHD 540 x 960 resolution with Gorilla Glass protection. Imaging wise, the Sensation has a 8MP camera with dual LED flash capable of 1080p video recording and VGA front camera. Connectivity wise, the phone includes HSDPA, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB port with MHL support for HDMI out and DLNA. Other features includes the GPS receiver, accelerometer, digital compass, ambient light sensor and proximity sensor. A 1520 mAh battery powers the device. All of these are packed inside an aluminium unibody shell that weighs 148g and measures 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm. The HTC Sensation comes with the latest HTC Sense UI and HTC Watch, a film rental and purchase store. The new HTC Sense includes support for endless scrolling and a new lock-screen not too dissimilar to Nokia Betalabs Bubbles. Users can assign application icons ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/35279/htc-sensation-hands-on.html/feed 1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/34538/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-launch-party.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/34538/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-launch-party.html#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:56:12 +0000 jonchoo http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=34538 Last week Sony Ericsson launched their latest salvo of Xperia smartphones. The Xperia Play went on sale in the UK on Friday, while the Arc a couple of days before. The Xperia Play is a PlayStation certified Android smartphone that has an integrated gaming pad and access to PlayStation Suite. As part of the launch Sony Ericsson set up a pop up gaming room at a warehouse in Central London, where the public was able to go hands on with the Xperia Play. The warehouse was transformed into a video gaming scene set in the Far East, decorated with props that are lifted out of gaming scenes such as a helicopter, sport car, rocket launcher and a crashed car. The Sony Ericsson dotted around the venue were ever so helpful when demoing the devices to guests. In the evening the warehouse was transformed into a party venue. All the props remained, but the area was now cordoned off to the public. VIP guests were then treated with (very) loud music, free drinks, take away noodles and a free gig by a certain Tinchy Stryder. [gallery link="file" orderby="rand"] ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/34538/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-launch-party.html/feed 1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/28185/tour-of-japanese-mobile-market-by-ntt-docomo.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/28185/tour-of-japanese-mobile-market-by-ntt-docomo.html#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 02:32:33 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=28185 Earlier this month,  I was off to Japan on invitation from NTT Docomo as a part of the Tata Docomo 3G Life activity. Sounds like fun right ?  Excitement is an understatement.  I have always been amazed by the Japanese mobile market. Almost all of the products are not available outside the land of the rising sun.I have been very interested in NTT Docomo ever since I saw them at MWC and CommunicAsia. Stuff like Separable Phone and Eye controlled earphones are not something you would expect to see everyday. As you all might know NTT DOCOMO is one of the leading mobile operators in Japan with over 55% market share. The company holds 26% stake in Indian telecom operator Tata Docomo which sparked of the per second billing revolution and became the first private operator to launch 3G services. I would like to share some interesting moments about the journey to NTT Docomo's Headquarters in JapanI had to catch an afternoon flight to Delhi to board a night flight to Tokyo in Japan. Reached Delhi a bit late due to bad weather and barely caught the flight to Tokyo. The Air India flight was pretty smooth and we landed in ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/28185/tour-of-japanese-mobile-market-by-ntt-docomo.html/feed 6 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27474/opera-mumbai-meetup-photos.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27474/opera-mumbai-meetup-photos.html#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:31:06 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=27474 Looks like lot of you from Mumbai had a great time at the Opera Meetup featuring Opera Co-Founder Jon Von Tetzchner this Sunday. Tushar was in Mumbai on behalf of FoneArena to quiz Jon about Opera's journey so far. Here are some pics from the event which proves that in India we love to discuss about tech even on a Sunday afternoon. The audience constantly poured in their questions and Jon patiently answered them with utmost detail. Check out the original pics on flickr and you can also check out Opera India's Album here We should have Jon's interview online this week , so don't forget to check it out ! ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27474/opera-mumbai-meetup-photos.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27188/opera-meetup-in-mumbai-on-dec-5th-see-you-there.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27188/opera-meetup-in-mumbai-on-dec-5th-see-you-there.html#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:26:31 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=27188 We are really excited to announce that FoneArena is the Online partner for the Opera Meetup happening in Mumbai on Sunday Dec 5th 2010. Jon S. von Tetzchner who is a co-founder of Opera Software will be speaking at the meetup and we would also be quizzing him about various topics related to Opera and the Mobile Web.We had the chance to meet Jon at SEE2009 in London and look forward to meeting him again.  If you are a fan of Opera be it the PC browser , Opera Mobile or Opera Mini reserve your spot now. Event details Date: 5 December 2010 Time: 2:00 to 4:00 pm Venue: The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Opposite Amarsons, Linking Road, Bandra West, Mumbai Here is the brief agenda of the event Introduction of Jon and all attendees FoneArena talk on mobile web scenario in India A freewheeling chat with Jon, as Tushar Kanwar, a Bangalore-based technology freelancer and a self-confessed gizmo-holic, quizzes Jon about various topics under the sun Everybody is invited to join in the discussion and ask questions to Jon Chance to interact with Jon, Co-founder of Opera Software and one of the most influential people in the Mobile World. If you are in Mumbai or willing to be there ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27188/opera-meetup-in-mumbai-on-dec-5th-see-you-there.html/feed 2 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/25284/a-byte-of-apple-back-to-the-mac.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/25284/a-byte-of-apple-back-to-the-mac.html#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:26:22 +0000 Tushar Kanwar http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=25284 A Byte of Apple is back after an almost Steve-Jobs-esque hiatus (we kid, really!), a time where Apple kept us more than busy with a slew of announcements and new products that threaten our already fragile bank balances! Close on the back of Apple reporting a best-ever quarter profit of $4.31 Billion on $20.34 Billion Revenue (Q4 2010), the folks in Cupertino unveiled their refreshed take on the ultraportable notebook, with the launch of the new range of 13.3-Inch and 11.6-Inch MacBook Air Models. Replete with flash storage soldered onto the motherboard and near-instant-on capabilities, the new Airs ship with higher resolution displays than their bigger MacBook Pro brethren without forsaking their incredibly slim - 0.11-inches at its thinnest point and 0.68-inches at its thickest – form factor. All at rather enticing price points as well – the 1.4 GHz 11-inch MacBook Air with 2GB of memory and 64GB of flash storage starts at a suggested retail price of Rs 60,900 with a 128GB model for Rs 72,900 (Inc VAT), and the 1.86 GHz 13-inch MacBook Air with 2GB of memory and 128GB of flash storage starts at a suggested retail price of Rs 79,900 with a 256GB model for Rs ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/25284/a-byte-of-apple-back-to-the-mac.html/feed 1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/24464/watch-microsoft-and-att-windows-phone-7-launch-live.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/24464/watch-microsoft-and-att-windows-phone-7-launch-live.html#comments Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:20:49 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/24464/watch-microsoft-and-att-windows-phone-7-launch-live.html Microsoft and AT&T are holding a Press Conference about Windows Phone 7 in New York later today. The event starts at 9:30 AM New York Time or 7 PM India Time Watch the event live here on Microsoft’s website if you are looking forward to taking a peek at the upcoming Windows Phone 7 Devices. We are expecting to see devices from LG , Samsung , HTC , Acer running on the revamped Windows Mobile platform. Join us at 7 PM for all the breaking news and you can follow us on twitter for latest updates ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/24464/watch-microsoft-and-att-windows-phone-7-launch-live.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/23063/nokia-world-2010-video-damian-dinning-and-the-n8-photobook.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/23063/nokia-world-2010-video-damian-dinning-and-the-n8-photobook.html#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:03:51 +0000 Michael Hell http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=23063 And here's another Video from Nokia World 2010. This Time i met with Damian Dinning (or @phonedaz on Twitter), one of the People who were heavily involved in the AWESOME camera work on the Nokia N8! What the Guys did, was printing a big photobook, with pictures taken with the Nokia N8. All the Pictures in the Book were absolutely unedited, just as they came out of the Camera. Unfortunately the Video isnt as sharp as i hoped it to be, but you can get the Idea. Nokia has really stepped up the Game here, not only beating all other smartphone camera, but also consumer cams, like pocket point and shoots etc.  Being a hobby photographer like i am, the Nokia N8 is exactly what i want. period. Damian was a very kind Guy, taking his Time to talk me through the whole book, as well as having a drink with us the day before Nokia World. Enjoy! ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/23063/nokia-world-2010-video-damian-dinning-and-the-n8-photobook.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/23060/nokia-world-2010-video-nokia-plug-and-touch.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/23060/nokia-world-2010-video-nokia-plug-and-touch.html#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 09:17:42 +0000 Michael Hell http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=23060 Hi Guys, i'm back home from Nokia World and got immediately struck down by a heavy cold. as is half of Nokia World. To whoever did this to us, step forward to receive your deserved punishment! :D Anyways, i'm trying to slowly bring in all the Content from Nokia World, and i wanna start off with the coolest Thing by a long shot. Have you Guys seen Iron Man 2 and Tony Starks awesome Computer? Well, Nokia is currently working on something just as nice. What they did is plug in the Nokia N8 to a flat screen, with the camera pointing to the picture on the TV. The N8 Camera basically then reacts on everything thats happening on the big Screen with Gestures. For now this is only scroll and click, but possibilities are endless. As you can hear in the Video, this could be used on any TV, with any Type of Nokia Phone. There is no word yet when we can expect this here in real life, but I WANT!! :) Enjoy this little Video guys What do you think? ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/23060/nokia-world-2010-video-nokia-plug-and-touch.html/feed 7 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/22667/nokia-world-2010-virtual-invitation-package.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/22667/nokia-world-2010-virtual-invitation-package.html#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:30:52 +0000 Sandeep http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=22667 With Nokia World 2010 growing closer and closer, the hype is getting bigger and bigger too. Now we have some more good news about the event. Today we received our virtual event package from Nokia WOM World and Nokia India. The package contains: A Virtual Atendee Pass with Access To All Areas A Blue T-Shirt 3D Glasses The event will start on the 14th of September at 0900 GMT and you can watch the keynote at www.events.nokia.com/nokiaworld. There will also be other activities after the keynote. We are not sure what the 3D glasses are for. But knowing Nokia, we are sure its something big and very interesting. We also noticed something about the T-Shirt imprint. There is a phone in the pocket and we think it might be a teaser! A big thanks to Nokia WOM World and Nokia India! [gallery columns="2"] ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/22667/nokia-world-2010-virtual-invitation-package.html/feed 1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21175/nokia-world-2010-expect-live-coverage-from-michael-hell.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21175/nokia-world-2010-expect-live-coverage-from-michael-hell.html#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:49:48 +0000 Michael Hell http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=21175 Yes thats right, I just secured a Deal with Nokia Austria for Nokia World 2010 in London!! I will be in London from Sept. 13.-16., making the most of my time over there, visiting Nokia World, WOM World Nokia/1000 Heads and more. I'm also extremely looking forward to meet fellow bloggers again, some people i already know and hopefully some new contacts as well. This is not an all expenses paid trip, which means i'll sort Hotel and Flights on my own, but i'm just happy i don't need to pay the ridiculous 700 Euro for the 2-day ticket. The Goal is that Nokia Austria teams up with me to bring some exclusive live Coverage, as well as Pictures, Videos and more, in return for the Ticket. Additionally i will cover everything thats going on at Nokia World for FoneArena readers, so whatever is going on, you will read/see it here first. Nokia World 2010 is shaping up to be the first thing of many to come, in Nokia's plan to get revenge. Nokia knew that they messed up in the past, big time. faulty hardware, buggy software and lots of stupid decisions. they have lost a lot of space to the ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21175/nokia-world-2010-expect-live-coverage-from-michael-hell.html/feed 5 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/20219/a-byte-of-apple-iphone-4-press-con-predictions.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/20219/a-byte-of-apple-iphone-4-press-con-predictions.html#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 06:17:21 +0000 Tushar Kanwar http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=20219 The death-grip-gate drama surrounding the iPhone 4 and its mysterious signal dropping is coming to a head, with Apple hastily convening a press conference later tonight at its Cupertino campus. A quick recap if you’re just tuning in – after a number of users reported signal and call/data drops when their hands bridged the new iPhone 4 antenna, Apple issued a public statement stating it was a mere ‘formula error’ that led to users seeing more signal bars than they should in certain cases. It took independent body Consumer Reports, which tested three iPhone 4s in its radio frequency isolation room and issued a ‘not recommended’ status due to the significant reception problems (when holding the phone over its lower-left corner), for Apple to pull together an event to tackle this issue head-on. Now, in typical Apple fashion, an invite to this event, even to the select few who do receive it, is short on detail, except that it will be around the company’s flagship smartphone. This is a first for Apple – as far back as I can remember, and aficionados out there can correct me if I am wrong, Apple has never called for a press conference for anything ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/20219/a-byte-of-apple-iphone-4-press-con-predictions.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/19633/live-blogging-the-nokia-developer-event-in-portugal.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/19633/live-blogging-the-nokia-developer-event-in-portugal.html#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:04:10 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=19633 Diogo Neves is a Mobile savvy guy from Portugal. He got invited to a Nokia Qt event in his country and he wishes to shares his views by live-blogging and tweeting here on FoneArena. They will be having a keynote, a Q&A and even an hands-on session . He expects to play with the Nokia N8 and a lot more devices. The live blogging should start at 11 AM GMT / 4: 30PM India time tomorrow. You can follow diogonev on twitter or watch the widget below ! [HTML1] ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/19633/live-blogging-the-nokia-developer-event-in-portugal.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/16653/nokianav-navigation-challenge-with-some-exotic-cars.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/16653/nokianav-navigation-challenge-with-some-exotic-cars.html#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 18:11:33 +0000 Siraj http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=16653 Something Big is going to happen in London in the upcoming days. WomWorldNokia have been sending out some mysterious packages to friends in London. The folks who got the packages are TheProdigalFool nechbi, itsnoel,macintosh , stobbsc It started with the following mysterious message. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBMm-z-HPHQ And then another message appears. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JFBDIQe7p8 Today the WOMWorldNokia folks started to shock the participants with shiny new cars They started with @nechbi at Nechbi.com They presented him a Maserati Black shiny car to enjoy for a week with some challenges in the list. The challenge started with the challenge letter. Next Lucky boy to get another big surprise was @TheProdigalFool at The Prodigal Guide. He got a Porsche 911 ! The Next surprise package is for @itsnoel at Vagoc. He got an awesome looking AUDI TT So what next we are eager to hear the next surprise in the list. Stay tuned with us for the #NokiaNav Competition. Looks like Nokia wants to create buzz around Maps in a unusual manner ! In-car navigation with really fast  cars sounds good ! BTW FoneArena was part of a similar event last year held in London UPDATE : The excitement continues. The two left people yesterday got their cars for the NokiaNav. Macintosh got a awesome looking BMW M3. and ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/16653/nokianav-navigation-challenge-with-some-exotic-cars.html/feed 3 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/16579/meego-developer-event-in-chennai.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/16579/meego-developer-event-in-chennai.html#comments Thu, 06 May 2010 15:56:51 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=16579 Intel had recently organized a Developer Event for MeeGo in Chennai and I was almost missed the event as I heard about the event through twitter . Considering my passion for Linux and after being present at the MeeGo announcement during MWC in Barcelona this Feb , I decided to see what's in store for Developers in the new MeeGo platform. The Keynote about MeeGo was delivered by Santosh Bhat , Senior Application Engineer , Intel. He spoke about the MeeGo platform in general. Meego is aimed at Netbooks , SmartPhones and TVs Then there was a talk about Monetizing your applications using the Intel Atom Developer Program. One of the interesting talks was about the Qt framework by Rajiv of Nokia. He spoke about the Qt framework which is the UI Toolkit for Meego.He spoke about Qt Creator and Qt Quick which are cross platform (Mac , Windows and Linux) development tools for designing User Interfaces for MeeGo applications . The thing about Qt is that you can write applications for multiple platforms  in considerably less lines of code.  Qt powers the Linux KDE Desktop. Next was a talk by Praful Joshi from WindRiver who had an interesting presentation with nice numbers about the ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/16579/meego-developer-event-in-chennai.html/feed 1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/15230/what-will-nokia-announce-on-april-13th.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/15230/what-will-nokia-announce-on-april-13th.html#comments Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:10:11 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=15230 I just received an invite via DHL for a Nokia Event happening on April 13th that is coming Tuesday.  The url on the invite points to the nokia events website which hosts a countdown timer. Nokia is going to announce something during this event for sure. What will it be ? The Nokia N8 ( VASCO) rumours have been around for quite some time now. Also the C3 and C5 have been approved by the FCC. The invite has the chat bubble on the rear. So can it be something like a new version of Nokia Messaging  ? As always , I would love to see some new handsets being announced as the C5 was the last handset Nokia announced. What will Nokia announce on April 13th ? ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/15230/what-will-nokia-announce-on-april-13th.html/feed 6 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/15090/steve-jobs-answers-questions-from-the-press-at-iphone-os-4-0-event.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/15090/steve-jobs-answers-questions-from-the-press-at-iphone-os-4-0-event.html#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:33:42 +0000 Omkar Dutta http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=15090 Apple recently unveiled the iPhone OS 4.0, which has some new and amazing features such as multitasking, unified inbox, iAd, GameCenter and so on. iPhone OS 4.0 will be available to the developers from today and to the users from Summer. Check out some interesting answers given by Steve Jobs to the questions from the press below. Q: Will the social gaming network from Apple supplant all the social gaming networks already available? And what will Apple do different? A: The problem was there are a bunch of different social networks out there. So the goal was to build it into the platform, and everyone can be on the same gaming platform. We expect developers will build this into their games because they’ll have a wider audience. Q: Will the social gaming network from Apple supplant all the social gaming networks already available? And what will Apple do different? A: The problem was there are a bunch of different social networks out there. So the goal was to build it into the platform, and everyone can be on the same gaming platform. We expect developers will build this into their games because they’ll have a wider audience. Q: How about iPad support? A: iPhone OS will ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/15090/steve-jobs-answers-questions-from-the-press-at-iphone-os-4-0-event.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13960/mobile-developer-conference-emerging-edition.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13960/mobile-developer-conference-emerging-edition.html#comments Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:27:08 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=13960 If are interested in Mobile development then make sure you are in Bangalore on coming Saturday March 27 2010. Mobile Developer Conference - Emerging Edition is the first among a series of conferences to be held that will examine on what goes into the making of a successful mobile application. Developers will have an excellent opportunity to learn and network with the top-notch technologists and business leaders in the field of mobile technology. They will not only have a chance to enhance their existing technical knowledge but also acquire additional knowledge across other domains of mobile app development lifecycle. Other key take away from the conference will be how to build apps with higher marketability and identifying appropriate channel for monetizing it. Head over to the conference website to register ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13960/mobile-developer-conference-emerging-edition.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12881/booth-babes-at-mwc-2010-photo-gallery.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12881/booth-babes-at-mwc-2010-photo-gallery.html#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:06:56 +0000 Team FoneArena http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=12881 At MWC 2010 we spotted not only phones and interesting gadgets but also some beautiful ladies  at the various booths .  And the probability of visitors entering a booth depended on how interesting the models were. When it comes to shows like these ,  brands always love to have the best faces market their products and it does pretty good for their publicity . Here are the Booth Babes of MWC 2010 Models at NTT Docomo's booth where we saw the separable phone At Samsung booth This was a footballer in her jersey . We have no idea what she was doing at a Mobile booth Ask any MWC 2010 attendee about CBOSS , they would surely recognize the name, not for some ground breaking product but for the attractive models in Hall 8. And by the way CBOSS is Convergent Business Operations Support System and offers IT solutions for end-to-end automation of telecommunications companies ! Redline Communications Access - makers of the Netfront browser and promoters of the ELSE phone gave away margherita sprays after lunch. They decided to get a bit spooky ! A model at Mobile King - a company which specializes in Mobile Entertainment - hope you know ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12881/booth-babes-at-mwc-2010-photo-gallery.html/feed 4 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/11785/apple-event-jan-27th-live-coverage.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/11785/apple-event-jan-27th-live-coverage.html#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:53:15 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=11785 We would be bringing you all the information that unfolds at Yerba Buena Center for Arts in San Francisco. The live coverage for the much expected Apple Event starts at 10 PM IST tonight and we have something special in store for you. This is not the normal live coverage where one beams live pictures and info without a meaning. This is meant to be a live discussion amongst all readers.  Its your chance to voice out our opinion ! We would be giving away $100 worth of iTunes gift certificates to FoneArena readers today ! We invite each and every one of you to our live discussion below [HTML1] ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/11785/apple-event-jan-27th-live-coverage.html/feed 13 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10904/htc-hd2-to-get-released-on-t-mobile.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10904/htc-hd2-to-get-released-on-t-mobile.html#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 12:14:39 +0000 Vikas SN http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=10904 Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, today confirmed, in his CES keynote today that HTC HD2 is going to be released on T-Mobile very shortly. However, the availability and its pricing is still yet unknown. The only thing that HTC CEO Peter Chou added is that, it will be available during early 2010. HTC HD2 Specification in Brief: A 4.3″ Capacitive Touch-Screen with 480*800 Pixels Resolution Has a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and runs on Windows Mobile 6.5. Dimension of 120.5 x 67 x 11 mm and weighs about 157 grams. Multi-Touch, Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor Has 448MB RAM, 512MB ROM, micro-SD Card Slot Supports GPRS, EDGE, HSCSD, HSDPA, 3G, Wi-Fi (and Wi-Fi Router), Bluetooth(2.1), mini-USB Features a 5 Megapixel Camera with Autofocus, LED Flash, Geo-tagging and Video Recording GPS with A-GPS Support, 3.5mm Audio Jack, 1230 mAH Battery. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10904/htc-hd2-to-get-released-on-t-mobile.html/feed 1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10567/android-press-conference-january-5th.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10567/android-press-conference-january-5th.html#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:38:41 +0000 Saurabh http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=10567 Seems like the reports we gathered the last week regarding Google Nexus One is coming to reality. As reported by Engadget, Google has officially announced a press gathering for Android on the January 5th. While the page doesn't itself reveal much,  we are expecting the launch of Nexus on this day. The page says a few simple lines: With the launch of the first Android-powered device just over a year ago, we've seen how a powerful, open platform can spur mobile product innovation. And this is just the beginning of what's possible. Please join us in Mountain View on January 5, for an Android press gathering. This seems to be perfectly in time, ahead of the events of Apple and of Nokia. Will keep you updated on the announcement of the day. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10567/android-press-conference-january-5th.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10413/next-gen-iphone-to-come-with-5-megapixel-camera.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10413/next-gen-iphone-to-come-with-5-megapixel-camera.html#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:26:11 +0000 Omkar Dutta http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=10413 According to reports, it is rumored that Apple will be shipping the next generation 5-megapixel iPhone during the second half of 2010. A report at DigiTimes suggests that Omnivision Technologies, the supplier of CMOS image sensors (CIS) for the iPhone, that currently supplies the 3.2-megapixel CIS for iPhone 3GS, has received bulk orders for supplying 45 million CIS for the next generation iPhone, during 2010. For the past 3 years, Apple has launched a new iPhone every summer, so it is expected that iPhone 4G will be launched during summer 2010. Image Credit: Gizmodo San Francisco's Moscone Center is the venue where Apple usually holds its annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC). According to AppleInsider, Moscone Center is booked from June 28 to July 2, 2010 and the event has been listed as a "Corporate Event". Apple had earlier reserved the venue with the same title and every year they launched a new iPhone during WWDC. So, it is expected that the next gen 5-megapixel iPhone would be launched during the WWDC 2010. Let's wait till Apple make an official statement. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10413/next-gen-iphone-to-come-with-5-megapixel-camera.html/feed 0