http://www.fonearena.com/blog The Mobile Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44978/special-sankranti-apps-for-nokia-phones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44978/special-sankranti-apps-for-nokia-phones.html#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:04:20 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=44978 Here are some apps for Sankranti, the harvest festival for Nokia phones. These apps include, Sankranti SMS wishes, how to fly a Kite, Rangoli, festive games, festive recipes and more. List of Special Sankranti Apps for Nokia phones Sankranti Wishes SMS - This app helps you find the latest and best Sankranti Wishes which you can share with your friends and loved ones on the festival day. My Kite - On this Sankranti, celebrate your day with flying kites. This application is designed for all ages that allows you to create, play, customize and fly a kite on a cell phone and acts as a guide to teach on how to build a real one. Jallikattu - Jallikattu 'Or Tame the Bull' is a popular harvest sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal/Sankranti. You can play virtual Jallikattu on your mobile phone. You need to grab the bull and hang on to it as long as possible. Rangoli - Celebrate Sankranti with this Rangoli theme which allows you to design themes using vibrant colors and designs on your mobile phone. Indian Recipes - This application has most popular recipes in India for you to try this harvest season. The recipes are widely researched on and have a ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44978/special-sankranti-apps-for-nokia-phones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44532/special-christmas-apps-for-nokia-phones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44532/special-christmas-apps-for-nokia-phones.html#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:39:13 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=44532 Here are some Special Christmas apps for your Nokia phones to brighten the festive mood. These special Christmas apps offers information on Christmas carols, shopping, special recipes, santa music, how to decorate Christmas tree and a lot more. List of Christmas Apps for Nokia Phones Christmas Shopping List - Get the best presents for everyone with Christmas Shopping List. Just add your family and friends to your list, get gift suggestions or note down your own ideas. Then take it with you when you shop – you can even tick off the presents as you buy them. Catch Santa - A game where you have to catch Santa to get your gift. Catch Santa, get many gifts enter the global top! Christmas Countdown 2011 - Countdown to Christmas and plan your holiday season easily with this app! It also gives you guidelines on every aspect of christmas and how to plan the perfect christmas! It also has food guide. Christmas Card - It helps to share festive cards to wish your friends on this Christmas with sparkling themes. It has eight designs to choose from, and a chance to write your own personal message which helps to express better. Christmas WishMaker - Wish a Merry Christmas ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44532/special-christmas-apps-for-nokia-phones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44513/lava-mobiles-launches-lava-a16-mtv-phone-for-rs-4000.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44513/lava-mobiles-launches-lava-a16-mtv-phone-for-rs-4000.html#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:59:11 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=44513 LAVA Mobiles has partnered with MTV India to launch the LAVA A16 MTV Phone with a unique combination of style and superior value that is specially designed for MTV generation. It has a fashionable Diamond cut back cover with soft contours for easy handling, an animated Graphical User Interface (GUI) with multiple wallpapers & themes and has trendy matching accessories. It comes with 2.6-inch IPS display, 3.2MP camera with LOMO effect to capture the wonderful moments. Features of LAVA A16 MTV Phone  2.6-inch IPS display Diamond cut back and beautiful animated themes 3.2 MP Camera Privacy Protection and Facebook application SRS Wow HD & YAMAHA codec (PA + Codec) Mobile Tracker Auto call recording High quality video player USB port 900 mAh battery It comes with earphones with SRS WOW HD experience and dedicated controls. It also comes withsocial networking applications such as Facebook, privacy features that would let you lock SMS and pictures enabling more flexibility and control to the user. The LAVA A16 MTV Phone is priced at Rs. 4000 and it is available across all leading retail outlets in India. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44513/lava-mobiles-launches-lava-a16-mtv-phone-for-rs-4000.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44400/disney-launches-new-mobile-games-in-india.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44400/disney-launches-new-mobile-games-in-india.html#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:47:05 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=44400 Disney has launched 4 new mobile games based on different genres such action, adventure and more in India. These games include, Pirates of the Caribbean - On Stranger Tides, The Legend of G-Sword, Brain Gain and Typhoon Riders. List of Disney mobile games Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - This official 2D game is based on the movie plot of same name that introduces you to key characters and different locations. You need to help Jack Sparrow to overcome obstacles, fight royal guards, animate zombies which lead him to an intense battle with Blackbeard himself. The Legend of G-Sword - It is a packs all such as adventure, exploration, action and revenge. The players get to fight against the Dragon Snake, powerful and evil Ninja ‘Gijanosho Eji’ who has only one motive in mind – to conquer the Ninjutsu World, his Dark Disciple and flying creatures. Brain Gain - This is a  complete package of brain games with cute characters and environments. This includes jumping frogs, puzzles, zooming cars and counting bees. You can achieve a high score and be a Disney Certified Brain Gain Champ! Typhoon Riders - You can race against a motorcycle gang to get to the top and take the ring leader’s ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/44400/disney-launches-new-mobile-games-in-india.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43456/opera-mini-6-5-now-available-for-iphone-blackberry-symbian-s60-and-java-phones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43456/opera-mini-6-5-now-available-for-iphone-blackberry-symbian-s60-and-java-phones.html#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:54:01 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=43456 Opera has launched their latest Opera Mini 6.5 with Data Usage view and bookmark import is now available for iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and Java Phones. The Opera Mobile 11.5 browser is now also available on Symbian S60. The Data Usage view keeps count of how much data you are spending and saving in total, or for a specific time frame. It is said to save 90% of data cost. The Opera Mini and Mobile for Android was launched last month. The data tracker is located under the “Help” menu that gets you total usage and also temporary usage. You also add bookmarks or new Speed Dial shortcuts for easy access to your most used website in the new version. The cost-saving compression is always turned on in the Opera Mini and you can turn off this feature in the Opera Mobile. Download Opera Mini 6.5 for iPhone from the Apple iTunes Store. Download the app for BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and Java Phones just by heading to m.opera.com from your device. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43456/opera-mini-6-5-now-available-for-iphone-blackberry-symbian-s60-and-java-phones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43434/vodafone-launches-appia-powered-mobile-application-store-in-india.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43434/vodafone-launches-appia-powered-mobile-application-store-in-india.html#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 06:16:40 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=43434 Vodafone has launched Vodafone Mobile Application Store, Powered by Appia that has vast selection of over 10,000 free and paid applications for different mobile platforms such as Android, Java, Symbian and Blackberry. It shows Featured, Popular and New apps. The popular App categories includes games, entertainment, social networking and local culture. There are also Apps from the local providers, including Hungama, India Games and Nazara, Spice, and Vodafone-branded apps like Portfolio Tracker, Vodafone TV, and Chhota Comics. You can also search for the apps manually. Vodafone customers can sms <VStore> or <Apps> to 111 (toll-free) from their GPRS-enabled handsets and click on the URL in the response message to enter the app store. They can also log-in to live.vodafone.in from the mobile and click the Vstore link on the Vodafone Live homepage. Only the apps compatible with your device are shown and your handset model is automatically detected while you get to the app store via GPRS. The store currently supports over 3,500 different devices that is optimized to match applications to the specific device. The applications are available in the range from free to Rs 20, while the games are priced up to Rs 150. It is available for Vodafone Prepaid & Postpaid Customers on both 2G / 3G. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/43434/vodafone-launches-appia-powered-mobile-application-store-in-india.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/42187/first-impressions-and-hands-on-with-vodafone-blue-555-facebook-phone.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/42187/first-impressions-and-hands-on-with-vodafone-blue-555-facebook-phone.html#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:11:00 +0000 Gaurav http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=42187   Well this is not first time a Social Networking oriented Phone has been launched. We have seen INQ phones, HTC ChaCha & Salsa facebook smartphones.  But Vodafone Blue Facebook phone is definitely something different.There are few reasons. 1. The price factor: This new Vodafone Blue is priced for just Rs. 4950/- which includes all taxes (USD 108.00). Except INQ series both HTC ChaCha (Rs. 15,500/-) and Salsa (Rs. 18,900/-) are way expensive. 2. The main USP is Facebook: Facebook has been really deeply integrated in this Vodafone Blue Facebook phone. Every important FB functionality is available in it including Messages, Mail, Photos, Chat, Search, Status updates, News Feed, Groups, Calendar with all friend’s birthdays and various events get synced. The synchronisation is really fantastic for a phone which is just priced at 4.9k. Also the user is not required to manually update the phone but every FB update is pushed to the phone automatically. There is also quite good multitasking for FB Chat, IM, Music and FM Radio background playback and so on.  The instant photo sharing is really a cool feature with dedicated camera button for the same. We actually felt that the phone runs something like ‘Facebook OS’ than some ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/42187/first-impressions-and-hands-on-with-vodafone-blue-555-facebook-phone.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41865/nokia-nearby-local-search-app-for-nokia-phones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41865/nokia-nearby-local-search-app-for-nokia-phones.html#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:17:38 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=41865 Nokia has launched a new app called Nokia Nearby in the Nokia Beta Labs. This app is local search app that lets you search for information about local places & listings like restaurants, movie theaters, and malls with their contact details, even if your phone doesn't have GPS. You can also share the details via SMS. Features of Nokia Nearby app Discover & access info on places & listings around your location Search for location specific information within your vicinity Share place information with friends via SMS Send the entire app to friends via Bluetooth Call the listing from within the app httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsELVWr9v3E Download Nokia Nearby app for your Nokia S40, S60v3, S60v5 and Symbian^3 Nokia phones from the Nokia Beta Labs for free. Read ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41865/nokia-nearby-local-search-app-for-nokia-phones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41573/opera-powered-oupeng-mobile-browser-launched-in-china.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41573/opera-powered-oupeng-mobile-browser-launched-in-china.html#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 09:06:34 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=41573 Oupeng mobile browser has been launched in China that is developed by nHorizon Innovation (Beijing) Software Ltd, joint venture of Opera Software and Telling Telecom. It is built using the powerful rendering engine and data compression technology, powered by Opera. It has built-in Chinese micro blogging service Weibo that lets the users share, forward, comment and view images. It also collects up-to-date topics and information in Weibo automatically. Since it is powered by Opera the page loading speed is 10 times faster and save up to 90% data. It also inherits the features of the Opera browser such as speed dial, zoom, web address auto completion, tabbed browsing etc. It also has a vast collection of links to popular websites for books, news, finance, business, photos and more. Download the Oupeng browser for Android, Symbian and Java phones from the official site or by heading to m.Oupeng.com from your mobile phone's browser. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41573/opera-powered-oupeng-mobile-browser-launched-in-china.html/feed 5 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41191/airtel-launches-facebook-app-for-java-phones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41191/airtel-launches-facebook-app-for-java-phones.html#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:45:30 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=41191 Airtel has launched Facebook app for Java feature phones for their customers and they also offer free usage of the app for the first 3 months. This Facebook app provides a better and faster Facebook experience than other Java apps and mobile site. The features of the Facebook java app include, faster access to news feed and photos, easy status updates and photo uploads, synchronization with local address book contacts and Facebook friends. To download the app you need to send SMS as FB to 54321 (toll-free) to get the link or visit live.airtelworld.com/facebook from the phone's browser. This app supports a wide range of Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and much more Java phones and you could view the list of compatible phones by downloading the Xls file. This app is one time download and uses minimal data than other Java apps and mobile sites. There is no data charges (limited to a max of 10MB data usage per day) for using the app for first 3 months (from 25th July till 24th October 2011). ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/41191/airtel-launches-facebook-app-for-java-phones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/40599/getit-launches-sms-app-in-partnership-with-shorthand.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/40599/getit-launches-sms-app-in-partnership-with-shorthand.html#comments Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:48:15 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=40599 GETIT, which is one of the popular local searching platform in India with the Yellow Pages and GETIT website, has launched GETIT SMS app in partnership with Shorthand. This Java app uses SMS to search, based on different categories, so that you don't need to worry about data charges. Features of GETIT SMS app Set your location from the list of cities or by PIN code, before searching Search based on different categories that include, Restaurants, Auto, Finance, Health, Travel, Packers and movers, Furniture etc. Search manually by typing the keyword you are looking for. Perform a similar search again from the saved listings Call GETIT from the app Download the Shorthand app after registering with your mobile number and selecting your mobile phone model. You would get an SMS with the download link that lets you download the Shorthand app on the phone, after which you can access GETIT from the app. Standard (Local / National) SMS charges apply based on your operator. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/40599/getit-launches-sms-app-in-partnership-with-shorthand.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/39739/nimbuzz-reaches-50-million-registered-users-worldwide.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/39739/nimbuzz-reaches-50-million-registered-users-worldwide.html#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:10:13 +0000 Srivatsan http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=39739 Nimbuzz now has 50 million registered users Worldwide with 28 million users added since July 2010 which is double in less  than a year. It also adds 100,000 users per day. Here are some interesting infographics from Nimbuzz Nimbuzz now has 50 Million registered users worldwide Nimbuzz users make voice calls of 3.7 billion minutes per year Nimbuzz supports over 5000 handsets The average Nimbuzz user has 203 contacts in his list It also has global partnership with Telkomsel in Indonesia and Aircel and Idea Cellullar in India. They have plans to include entertainment in to the Nimbuzz app by bringing social games, virtual goods and local daily deals in the future. Haven't tried Nimbuzz yet? Download Nimbuzz from the OVI store for Nokia phones, Android Market for the Android phones, iTunes store for the iPhone and Blackberry App world for the Blackberry phone or just visit get.nimbuzz.com from your phone's browser to download it for free. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/39739/nimbuzz-reaches-50-million-registered-users-worldwide.html/feed 1 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/33339/download-opera-mini-6-and-opera-mobile-11-now.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/33339/download-opera-mini-6-and-opera-mobile-11-now.html#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:56:24 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=33339 If you love browsing the web on your phone or tablet , you should be familiar with Opera Mini and Opera Mobile.Today the company announced the next major version of it's mobile browsers - Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 which the company promised to launch at CTIA Wireless While Opera Mini is meant for less powerful phones , Opera Mobile is aimed at powerful smartphones like the Symbian and Android phones. Opera Mini 6  is available for the following platforms Java / J2ME Symbian including S60 V2 phones BlackBerry Opera Mobile 11 is available for Android Symbian Windows 7 Tablets MeeGo including WeTab Nokia N900 For Java phones which do not support Opera Mini 6 there is a new version - 4.5 Head over to m.opera.com from your phone to grab the latest versions of the most awesome mobile browsers or you can download them on to your PC ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/33339/download-opera-mini-6-and-opera-mobile-11-now.html/feed 10 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/29908/lava-b8-launched-in-india-rs-3999.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/29908/lava-b8-launched-in-india-rs-3999.html#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:19:26 +0000 Siraj http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=29908 Lava Mobiles has introduced new Lava B8 in India. Lava B8 is a slim, sleek handset with QWERTY Keypad and Trackpad. The handset also comes with WiFi connectivity. The handset is priced at Rs.3999 Lava B8 Features: QWERTY Keypad TrackPad WiFi Push Email 3.2MP Cam with Flash 1400 mAh Battery Check out the complete specification HERE Via Flipkart ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/29908/lava-b8-launched-in-india-rs-3999.html/feed 9 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/28169/samsung-star-sales-crosses-30-million-units.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/28169/samsung-star-sales-crosses-30-million-units.html#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:49:02 +0000 Siraj http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=28169 Samsung Star is the touch screen phone from Samsung which features the Touch Wiz UI and was launched in May 2009. Today Samsung announced that the Samsung Star sales has crossed a very big milestone of 30 Million Units in a very little time. Samsung says that the Star has sold well since its release, hitting the 10 million sales mark after six months and 20 million in just one year. Across Europe the Star has sold 15 million units, 5 million units in Latin America , 3 million units in  Russia and 1 million units in China .  The Samsung Star has also topped bestseller phone lists in Germany and Austria. "We are very pleased with the phenomenal success of the Samsung Star," said YH Lee,senior vice president of Marketing for the Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. "Samsung is aiming to take the lead in the global full touch-screen mobile and dominate the market with our diverse product line up and customized marketing approach." “Samsung Star is our fastest selling touch screen mobile in the mid segment touch mobile phones .Based on the success of our touch screen mobile ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/28169/samsung-star-sales-crosses-30-million-units.html/feed 3 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27718/micromax-eg333-touchscreen-phone-with-live-tv-powered-by-tata-photon.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27718/micromax-eg333-touchscreen-phone-with-live-tv-powered-by-tata-photon.html#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 07:34:25 +0000 Siraj http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=27718 Micromax teases us with a new phone named as EG333 in its coming soon page. EG333 is a touch screen phone with 2MP camera. This phone comes with both CDMA and GSM support. This phone supports  High speed internet access upto 3.1Mbps. This phone comes with LiveTV app with which users can watch 70+ channels on the go with Tata Photon+ support. Micromax EG333 Specifications Band CDMA 800MHz, GSM900MHz / 1800MHz Weight 120gms Dimensions 115.5mm * 53.5mm * 15.6mm Display 7.6cms TFT, Full Touch Screen. WQVGA Camera Yes, 2.0 MP MP3 Player Yes Stereo FM Radio/Recorder Yes 3.5MM Jack Yes Messaging Yes Games Yes (2 Preloaded) JAVA Yes Bluetooth Yes Video Player/Recorder Yes Video Streaming Yes GPRS/WAP/MMS Yes Phonebook Memory 2000+UIM+SIM SMS Memory 1000+UIM+SIM Internal Memory 1Gb Nand Flash + 512Mb SDRAM Expandable Memory Upto 4GB Micromax EG333 Price The price of the EG333 has not yet been announced but considering it is a Micromax phone , one can expect it to cost below Rs.10000 ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27718/micromax-eg333-touchscreen-phone-with-live-tv-powered-by-tata-photon.html/feed 11 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27187/bolt-browser-brings-indian-language-support.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27187/bolt-browser-brings-indian-language-support.html#comments Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:33:21 +0000 Siraj http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=27187 BOLT is a feature rich mobile browser which supports a wide variety of phones . It supports both Flash and HTML5 video and comes with social network integration. Today BOLT announced that the BOLT browser supports Indic aka Indian regional languages in them. The users also can input the Indic fonts too. This is made possible by BOLT cloud computing browsing platform and  BOLT mobile browser with Indic language user interfaces,  to perfectly render Indic text on a Web page, and the ability for end users to input Indic text into the browser. The supports Indian languages in BOLT are Hindi (India’s official language) Bengali Gurumukhi Telugu Tamil Kannada Gujarati Malayalam Oriya The texts are rendered as text and not as images as in other mobile browsers.  The BOLT perfectly renders Indic text on a Web page, and allows users to scale text to larger or smaller sizes, copy and paste text from within a Web page, and interact with the content such as clicking embedded links or filling in Web forms. Lokesh Joshi, director of research and development at Bitstream India said “Indic characters are not independent from one another the way characters are in Latin alphabets. Each letter’s size and ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/27187/bolt-browser-brings-indian-language-support.html/feed 3 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/25294/nokia-internet-radio-comes-to-s40-phones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/25294/nokia-internet-radio-comes-to-s40-phones.html#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 09:06:00 +0000 Siraj http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=25294 Nokia internet radio is an application which brings you radio stations worldwide, easily accessible over GPRS, WLAN or 3G. With the Nokia Internet Radio you can Listen to tens of thousands of Internet radio stations Search stations by name, genre, language, or location Manage your favourites Play the Internet radio in background Search and purchase music Ovi Music (supported stations only) Today NokiaBetalabs blog posted that they have released a beta version of Nokia Internet Radio application for Series40 aka Java phones. The java version supports Nokia X2 and Nokia X3 (-00, -01, and -02) devices. The Nokia Internet Radio is still in beta level after testing it will be pushed to OVI store. If you wish to give it a try browse Internet Radio client for Series 40. From Nokia Betalabs: We are pleased to introduce an Internet Radio client for Series 40 phones that ties into the Nokia Internet Radio service! Just like its smartphone counterpart, this application brings access to tens of thousands of radio stations all over the world, and it extends the Nokia Internet Radio offering to many more Nokia users, especially those in emerging markets. Tens of thousands of stations Stations are available, organised by genre, language, and region. Search & discover Find ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/25294/nokia-internet-radio-comes-to-s40-phones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21600/google-replies-to-oracle-lawsuit-call-it-baseless-and-an-attack.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21600/google-replies-to-oracle-lawsuit-call-it-baseless-and-an-attack.html#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:04:12 +0000 Asad Rafi http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=21600 Yesterday we saw Oracle suing Google over 7 different patent and copyright infringements, which is related to Android and Java. As we know that Oracle acquired Java maker Sun Microsystems last year, and now Java is their property. We were waiting for Google to come out and give a strong reply to Oracle, and they did. Have a look on what Google is saying: “We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source Java community with this baseless lawsuit. The open-source Java community goes beyond any one corporation and works every day to make the web a better place. We will strongly defend open-source standards and will continue to work with the industry to develop the Android platform.” Not only Google is disappointed, all the Android and Google lovers are disappointed. Google is trying their best to defend its mobile OS from the Oracle attack. May be Oracle will be replying to Google regarding the issue soon if they want to continue the legal war. May be Oracle is out of money, so that's why they are suing Google for some money like they sued Microsoft in 2004, and got $1.6 Billion to resolve the issue. Lets see if Google can ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/21600/google-replies-to-oracle-lawsuit-call-it-baseless-and-an-attack.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/17536/bolt-2-1-available-for-download.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/17536/bolt-2-1-available-for-download.html#comments Mon, 24 May 2010 02:00:53 +0000 Team FoneArena http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=17536 Bitstream the company behind the Bolt Mobile Browser has released the 2.1 version of it's BOLT Browser which was in a Beta for sometime. What's cool is that the company is claiming that the browser has the best mobile browser video support. If that's true then its some serious competition for Skyfire.  This version has HTML5 Video support in addition to Flash. Bollywood sites such as hungama and bollywoodhungama are supported. As you can see in the Screenshots below Video playback is possible and even FacebookChat is supposed to work BOLT 2.1 Features Batter Video Support Tabbed Browsing Widgets Download Manager Integration with Social Networking Sites We were wondering if BOLT was a big player considering the huge adoption for Opera Mini. BOLT claims to have a user base of over 6.5 million users out of which 20% are from India. And they are adding 1 million users a month which is impressive. Over 700,000 users downloaded the 2.1 Beta version. You can logon to the BOLT website to grab the latest version. UPDATE : Download will be available by 12:30 PM IST Note: Bolt is a Java application and runs on any phone that supports Java apps. It has a special installer for Blackberry and Lite version too incase you ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/17536/bolt-2-1-available-for-download.html/feed 10 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13644/opera-mini-5-hands-on.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13644/opera-mini-5-hands-on.html#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:48:09 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=13644 Opera Mini 5 just got released and we just got our hands on the app.  If you have been using the beta you wont notice much of a difference except for a improvement in speed. The ability to browse over 10 tabs on a tiny mobile screen is  so impressive The software uses special server side compression to compress pages before sending it to your phone. This means you save on data charges and also on battery life.It's got a speed dial ,download manager and even offline browsing in the name of saved pages. You can sync bookmarks and other information with Opera PC software using Opera Link. You can copy text from the app to the phone or search the selected text on Google.  You enter this mode by a long press. It's possible to open links in new tabs. Here are some screenshots of Opera Mini 5 in action on a Nokia E72 [gallery] And if you found any new feature in the final version compared to the beta , let us know ! ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13644/opera-mini-5-hands-on.html/feed 5 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13638/opera-mini-5-and-opera-mobile-10-final-versions-out-for-download.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13638/opera-mini-5-and-opera-mobile-10-final-versions-out-for-download.html#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:33 +0000 Varun Krish http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=13638 Opera Mini is one of most widely used mobile browsers and it's one of the best mobile browsers in the market. We even asked Opera's CEO if handset manufacturers should stop wasting time developing mobile browsers and simply bundle Opera Mini. Good news for all Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users, the Norway based company just announced that the final version of the software ( both mini and mobile) has been released today Opera Mini 5 has been in a beta for quite some time now the Mobile version was launched during Symbian Exchange last year. “Keeping in mind the needs and wants of our 50+ million users, we have emphasized speed, desktop-like functionality and data savings in our mobile browsers. Today, we have made it even easier for everyone to surf, search and socialize on the Web,” said Lars Boilesen, CEO, Opera Software. The Opera mini 5 is a Java based application and runs a really wide variety of phones including Blackberry.The Android version was released in Beta recently Opera Mobile 10 is  Native application available on Symbian S60 , Windows Mobile Features Get the full PC like experience on your phone Multiple Tabs Save on data charges with Opera's Data compression.  The company ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/13638/opera-mini-5-and-opera-mobile-10-final-versions-out-for-download.html/feed 4 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12261/opera-mobile-10-to-be-preinstalled-in-many-huawei-handsets.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12261/opera-mobile-10-to-be-preinstalled-in-many-huawei-handsets.html#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:04:48 +0000 Vikas SN http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=12261 Opera today announced that Opera Mobile will be pre-installed in various mobile handsets to be produced by Huawei, the leading global telecommunications solutions provider in China. From the Press release: Opera Software today announced that Huawei, the China-based leading global telecommunications solutions provider, will preinstall Opera Mobile 10 on a range of mobile handsets. Huawei has long focused on creating value for its customers, and, with Opera Mobile the company can deploy a fast and feature-complete Web experience on multiple mobile platforms. Opera released Opera Mobile 10 for operators and OEMs on December 10, 2009. This direct-to-distributor version of the browser is outfitted with Opera's new, cross-platform UI framework. By selecting Opera Mobile 10, Huawei is now able to implement the same user experience across its range of handsets, no matter the platform, ensuring high quality Web surfing for all customers. "Customer expectations for mobile-phone capabilities are constantly growing. We needed a browser that's always ahead of those expectations, anticipating our customers' mobile Web needs and making it a reality. Opera is that browser," said Jiang Huabing, Head of Huawei handset R&D department, Huawei. "China represents unique growth opportunities in the mobile market, and we hope that with ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12261/opera-mobile-10-to-be-preinstalled-in-many-huawei-handsets.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12155/bolt-1-7-to-support-widgets.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12155/bolt-1-7-to-support-widgets.html#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:22:13 +0000 Vikas SN http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=12155 Bitstream Inc, the company behind Bolt Browser, today announced that the upcoming version of its BOLT mobile browser viz Bolt 1.7 will include the ability to run Web applications, more commonly referred to as “widgets”. The new BOLT Browser with widgets will be introduced in beta as a part of the upcoming BOLT v1.7, which will be on display at the Mobile World Congress on Feb 15, 2010. Although BOLT already runs many web applications written in Ajax, Javascript and other Web programming languages, like Mafia Wars (A Popular Facebook Game) and Google Docs, the new widgets will be installed directly within BOLT and thus loading and executing much faster. BOLT will come with some sample widgets initially but users will also be able to discover, select and install specific applications through the BOLT Widget Gallery. BOLT will display an list of all installed apps, allowing users to quickly find and use them directly within BOLT. “As many of the recent mobile and wireless trade shows have demonstrated, mobile applications are part of the mainstream mobile experience,” said Sampo Kaasila, VP, R&D, Bitstream. “However, the vast majority of phones in use today ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/12155/bolt-1-7-to-support-widgets.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10393/more-than-41-7-million-users-and-18-8-billion-pages-viewed-in-2009-opera-mini.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10393/more-than-41-7-million-users-and-18-8-billion-pages-viewed-in-2009-opera-mini.html#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:17:26 +0000 Vikas SN http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=10393 Opera has published the State of the Mobile Web report of November 2009 statistics for Opera Mini, one of the most popular mobile browser. According to Opera, the number of Opera Mini users has more than doubled to 41.7 million users in November 2009 from 16.4 million users in November 2008, which depicts the fact that the mobile web is expanding exponentially. Other Global trends worth noting are: In November 2009, more than 41.7 million people used Opera Mini, a 5.3% increase from October 2009 and an increase of 154% compared to November 2008. Those 41.7 million people viewed more than 18.8 billion pages in November 2009. Since October 2009, the page views have gone up 9.5% and since November 2008, the page views have zoomed by 231%. Opera Mini users generated over 285 Million MB of data for operators worldwide in November 2009. Since October 2009, the data consumed went up by 8.3%. The data in Opera Mini is compressed up to 90%. So if this data was uncompressed, Opera Mini users would have viewed over 2.6 petabytes of data in November 2009. The Data traffic is up by 213% since November 2008. The top 10 countries for Opera Mini usage (in order): Russia, ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/10393/more-than-41-7-million-users-and-18-8-billion-pages-viewed-in-2009-opera-mini.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/9703/download-opera-mini-5-beta2-and-opera-mobile-10-beta-2.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/9703/download-opera-mini-5-beta2-and-opera-mobile-10-beta-2.html#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:59:08 +0000 Team FoneArena http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=9703 If you are using Opera mini or Mobile on your phone ,  Opera has announced the 2nd version of its beta of the products and you can now download Opera Mini 5 beta 2 or Opera Mobile 10 Beta2 You can now sync your bookmarks between your phone and your PC with OperaLink The improved download manager lets you easily manage file downloads on the move. Download Opera Mini 5 beta 2 for free from http://m.opera.com/next/ Download Opera Mobile 10 beta 2 as a free download to Windows Mobile and Symbian/S60 handsets from http://m.opera.com/next/ Via Press Release Opera today launched the second beta versions of Opera Mini 5 and Opera Mobile 10, available as free downloads. In this second beta release, Opera Mini and Opera Mobile users can now enjoy popular desktop features, such as Opera Link and the Download Manager, from their mobile phones. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/9703/download-opera-mini-5-beta2-and-opera-mobile-10-beta-2.html/feed 9 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/7738/how-to-copy-paste-from-webpages-in-e71e61i-using-opera-mini-5.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/7738/how-to-copy-paste-from-webpages-in-e71e61i-using-opera-mini-5.html#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:03:13 +0000 Vikas SN http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=7738 Yesterday we had told you about the copy paste feature of the new Opera Mini 5. However many of the people were facing difficulties doing the same, in mobile devices which had a QWERTY keypad eg E71, E61i etc. The difficulty arose because Opera Mini is a Java Application and hence the normal CTRL+C and CTRL+V does not work in Opera Mini 5. Gerry Moth from Nokia Addict has now found out the correct way to copy paste from webpages on E71 and E61i. How to Do Copy Paste: You just have to press 1 or hold the OK d-pad key down for a while and then you will be able to select text/copy text or paste the text. For more Opera Mini shortcut keys in E71, just head over to Nokia Addict's Article. Update: If inline editing is disabled, then the native phone UI in E71/E61i takes over and CTRL+C / CTRL+V will start working again. To disable Inline editing, just go to the "Settings -> Advanced ->Inline Editing" in Opera Mini 5. ]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/7738/how-to-copy-paste-from-webpages-in-e71e61i-using-opera-mini-5.html/feed 3 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/7662/opera-mini-5-beta-is-out-download-now.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/7662/opera-mini-5-beta-is-out-download-now.html#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:09:56 +0000 Vikas SN http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=7662 One of the most popular mobile browser, Opera Mini is out with a new beta version, Opera Mini 5 Beta. Some of the new features of Opera Mini 5 are: Tabbed Browsing: Opera has finally listened to all the opera mini fans and has introduced Tabbed browsing into Opera Mini. Now you can easily browse several web sites at the same time and also switch from one website to another and back effortlessly. Speed Dial: The innovative Speed Dial feature of Opera Desktop Browser has now been ported to Opera Mini as well. To add a new page onto the speed dial, simply click on an empty Speed Dial slot, and select any one of the suggestions Opera makes, based on your browsing history and bookmarks. Support For Copy/Paste: Opera has finally has implemented Copy/Paste onto Opera Mini. Now you can easily copy paste text from webpages onto different applications on your phone. Optimized for Touch Interface: Opera Mini interface has now been optimized for both touchscreen phones and keypad phones. The touchscreen version of Opera Mini now possesses a new zooming feature and also features kinetic scrolling as well which makes it even easier for surfing the web on your mobile. Password manager: Yes. Opera ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/7662/opera-mini-5-beta-is-out-download-now.html/feed 18 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/6873/microsoft-launches-oneapp-platform-for-entry-level-phones.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/6873/microsoft-launches-oneapp-platform-for-entry-level-phones.html#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:41:43 +0000 Vikas SN http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=6873 While only the premier mobile phones like the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Nokia S60 phones enjoy a lot of attention in the mobile application domain, most of the mobile subscribers around the world use only an entry level phone or any basic feature phone. Keeping that in mind and to cater to the entry level mobile phone users, Microsoft has just introduced the "OneApp platform" with its primary goal, being able to allow developers to develop mobile apps for handsets which have a very limited processing power and low internal memory. Some of the demo apps which are already available to download are Lite versions of Facebook, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger and many other programs which consume very minimal data usage. The OneApp application will be compatible with most feature phones that has support for Java and is also very lightweight with an on-phone footprint of just around 150 KB which makes the installation very easy and very fast. Also it will launch only the part of the application which the user wants to use, hence saving on the precious system resources of the phone. Microsoft has also added that, if need be, they will store some of the programs' data on ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/6873/microsoft-launches-oneapp-platform-for-entry-level-phones.html/feed 0 http://www.fonearena.com/blog/1898/stream-your-videos-live-straight-from-your-mobile-phones-with-qik.html http://www.fonearena.com/blog/1898/stream-your-videos-live-straight-from-your-mobile-phones-with-qik.html#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:25:00 +0000 Ritu http://www.fonearena.com/blog/?p=1898 Qik is an amazing new software that allows every mobile user to share their moments live with their friends, family and their world with the click of a button from anywhere in the world. Qik's free service allows users to stream video live to the Internet from their mobile phone, while those watching the videos on the web can engage in live interactive chat with the person broadcasting. Engaging two-way communication, a vision of the future? "It's a real milestone for mobile technology that an advanced utility like Qik is now available on mass market cell phones," said Ramu Sunkara, co-founder and CEO of Qik. "We have been astounded by the use of Qik by smartphone owners, and are excited to see what mass market cell phone users will stream live to the Web." Qik's software for mass market handsets is based on J2ME (Java Platform, Micro Edition). The defining characteristics of Qik are that it enables people all over the world to share their lives the way the want, through devices they already own and technology that is fast and easy to use. "Nokia is pleased that Qik's innovative live video service is now available for owners of Nokia feature phones as well as Nokia ...]]> http://www.fonearena.com/blog/1898/stream-your-videos-live-straight-from-your-mobile-phones-with-qik.html/feed 2