Interview with Jon Tetzchner of Opera Software
November 19, 2009 – 7:52 pm | No Comment

At Symbian Exchange 2009 FoneArena got a chance to interview Jon Tetzchner CEO of  Opera Software. In this 20 minute interview , we talk about a lot of things ranging from Opera Mini, Opera Mobile …

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Paymate joins indian mobile payment space
July 8, 2006 – 1:02 pm | No Comment
Paymate joins indian mobile payment space

Paymate is a mobile payment platform that allows users to use their mobile phones to make payments. The company recently got funding from VCs to the tune of $5 Million as reported …

Reliance India Mobile might be available on GSM also
June 13, 2006 – 6:41 pm | 6 Comments

RIM’s Anil Ambani is now eyeing the GSM Market in India. He plans to invest over Rs.1600 cr for the same.Reliance Telecom Limited, an Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company, which operates GSM service in eight …

Abhishek Bachchan roped in as Motorola brand ambassador
June 10, 2006 – 11:23 pm | No Comment

Abhishek is a stylish and sophisticated actor who appeals to all segments of the Indian society — young and old, urban and rural, fashion conscious and the intelligentsia. …

Motorola to setup facility in Chennai
June 8, 2006 – 11:29 am | 2 Comments

Motorola, the world’s second largest handset-maker, on Wednesday said it will spend $100 million in stages to set up a manufacturing facility near Chennai, in an attempt to boost sales in one of the …

Indian M-learning pioneer Wizdom.In to host seminar this sunday in chennai
June 6, 2006 – 12:51 pm | No Comment
Indian M-learning pioneer Wizdom.In to host seminar this sunday in chennai

To demonstrate the power and potential of m-learning, a seminar is being held at Gandhinagar Club, 4th Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai-20 at 3.30pm on Sunday June 11, 2006.
Besides students preparing …

Nokia to bundle Google talk on internet tablet
May 13, 2006 – 1:10 pm | No Comment

Nokia, the world’s top mobile phone maker, will unveil on Tuesday a new version of its Internet tablet device that runs Google Talk communications software, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.
The pact between …

Nokia 5500 sport – smartphone announced
May 10, 2006 – 8:55 pm | 6 Comments
Nokia 5500 sport – smartphone announced

Today Nokia announced a sporty mobile phone – Nokia 5500 sport. The name of the model is 5500 Sport and is targetted at sportsmen and women.
Nokia 5500 Sport is not just an ordinary phone. It’s …

World’s thinnest phone from Samsung
May 9, 2006 – 5:43 pm | One Comment
World’s thinnest phone from Samsung

Samsung has announced thier new SGH-X820 Ultra Slim Phone. Its the world?s thinnest at a mere 6.9mm, same as the iPod Nano.Slim phones need not mean slim features.The X820 is a bar type phone with …

Bluetooth Ultra Wide Band chips to appear in 2007
March 30, 2006 – 11:38 am | No Comment

Bluetooth SIG (Bluetooth Special Interest Group) has said that the future high-speed version of Bluetooth standard will involve UWB (Ultra-Wideband) technology. They chose the version promoted by WiMedia Alliance ? MB-OFDM (multiband …

Sify enables mobile commerce with NGPay
March 20, 2006 – 12:19 am | One Comment

GPRS users can now shop on SifyMall over their phones. www.sifymall.com, the leading online shopping portal from Sify Limited, today announced that millions of mobile phone users on GPRS services will be able to buy …

Bill Gates to visit Chennai in Dec
October 8, 2005 – 9:46 am | No Comment

Microsoft head honcho Bill Gates is expected to visit Chennai in December this year, said Dayanidhi Maran, union minister for communications and IT.

?I have asked Gates to come to India and also look beyond Bangalore. He will be visiting Chennai this time,? said Maran.

Top 10 cell phones in July 2005
August 5, 2005 – 5:07 pm | No Comment

Krusell – a Swedish carrying case maker publishes Top Ten Cell Phones each month which are calculated by trading volumes in over 50 countires

Mobile video is a tough sell – report
July 19, 2005 – 3:01 pm | No Comment

With the emerging availability of mobile video, a recent In-Stat U.S. mobile phone subscriber survey revealed that one in eight respondents indicated they were interested in purchasing mobile video services from their wireless carrier. However, two-thirds of mobile phone subscribers are not yet ready for video services on their handsets, a number that is nearly unchanged from the previous year’s survey, the high-tech market research firm says.

Chinese send 750 million SMS daily
May 21, 2005 – 2:02 pm | No Comment

The spread of Short Messaging Service continues unabated in China with its volume increasing by 39 per cent in the first quarter of the year to 67.21 billion messages, the state media reported via The Hindustan Times.

Call to Protect
May 11, 2005 – 2:36 pm | No Comment
Call to Protect

Call to Protect is a charity campaign that collects cast-off mobile phones to put in the hands of victims of domestic violence. They also sell the phones (although it’s not clear where, exactly), using the proceeds to fund similar organizations. If you’ve got an old phone you’d like to get rid of, it’s a nice alternative to trying to sell it for a few dollars.