HTC 2009 Handset line up gets Leaked !

If you are HTC fan or a Windows Mobile , PDA user or if you are waiting for the next Android phone from HTC who made the G1 Google Phone then some good news for you all !

Like the Nokia Internal Roadmap leaked earlier now HTC’s entire 2009 Handset line up has leaked ..

The new HTC handsets include the Touch HD Pro which succeeds the HTC Touch HD,Iolite and Iolite II.

The Android phone – HTC hero, the Tungsten for T-Mobile and the HTC Jasper for Sprint. AT&T will get the Topaz and the Barium.

The last one, the pink, HTC Hero seems to run Android. Nice to see more Android devices in the making.

There are 25 handsets in total and the they are below followed by pics .. Continue reading “HTC 2009 Handset line up gets Leaked !”

Apple iPhone Most Selling Phone in USA = Worst in India

Apple iPhone might have broken records with respect to sales , market share etc.in USA market over the past 1.5 years since its launch in June 2007 at MacWorld

The first gen phone was launched at 399 and 499 USD including the 16GB version which we unboxed for you.

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LG Watch Phone GD910

The LG Watch Phone – GD910 was glimpsed at the recently concluded CES 2009 event and is only a glimpse of what LG is working on for the next iteration of mobile phones.

Nicole Lee from CNet was lucky enough to gather info about the LG Watch Phone and was surprised at how easy it seemed to dial numbers on the tiny dial pad, even though the screen only measures 1.43 inches diagonally.

According to LG, texting will be done in a similar manner with a virtual T9 keypad.

The glass screen on top works as a capacitive touch screen, while on the right side of the watch are three buttons: the Talk, Clear, and End buttons, respectively. The Watch Phone’s speakers were surprisingly loud even at the event.

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LG VIEWTY Celebrates 5 million handsets sales

LG Electronics  launched the VIEWTY in October 2007 in the overseas market ,NAM was omitted as it depends on different sales bracket and technology. After its release quite some 14 months, LG have achieved the cumulative sales of 5,000,000 (350,000 domestic and overseas 4650000) Viewty handsets which is something to reckon with. Though it is not quite some feat compared to what a normal handset from Espoo does but for LG this is indeed something great and a memorable occassion. Its a true winner of a handset .

This is the combined selling capacity achieved in Asia and Europe alone and its great. Continue reading “LG VIEWTY Celebrates 5 million handsets sales”

BlackBerry Storm launched through Vodafone in India

The BlackBerry’s first touchphone the 9500 or Storm was officially launched in India yesterday.

At Fonearena, we had covered the unveiling of the handset in Oct 2008. Catch the coverage here

Its also the first touchscreen blackberry phone and its different from other BBs which have full QWERTY keypads. Continue reading “BlackBerry Storm launched through Vodafone in India”

Is Apple iPhone Nano coming soon

Rumours are rife about the launch of a smaller version of the iPhone called the Nano in the near future…some speculate as early as Q4 of 2008 (which ends in March 2009).

It is also predicted by these analysts that the Nano will be cheaper than the iPhone.

According to Kevin Chang, a JP Morgan analyst based in Taiwan, Apple is actually looking to “launch a cheaper version of the iPhone in the fourth quarter that could be based on its iPod Nano music player.”

Now this is good news for Indian mobile lovers. Considering the hype surrounding India as one of the fastest developing mobile markets in the world, it can be assumed that the Nano (if launched) will make it to Indian markets soon. Continue reading “Is Apple iPhone Nano coming soon”

Nokia N79 N85 and N96 N-series Photo Gallery

The Nokia N95 and N82 are most popular phones from the Nseries clan.

But the N79 ,N85 and N96 are the new kids on the block .

We managed to get some pictures of these phones for you.

We even have a review of the N85

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Live Hands On and UnBoxing

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was just launched in India.

We have been covering the launch and we managed to get our hands on the phone so that you can see whats

in the package.

We are bringing you the Live Hands On and UnBoxing of the phone

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Launched in India for 19990

The wait is finally over .. For those of you who missed the Pre-booking , the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now available for purchase all over India at Nokia Retail outlets and a great news for you.

The price is Rs.19,990 only and has been reduced from the previous price of Rs.22500


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MySpace now available on Virgin Mobile in India

Virgin Mobile recently announced a partnership with ‘My Space’ to bolster its youth-centric services portfolio in India.

‘My Space’ social networking services will now be available on Virgin Mobile WAP-enabled phones at no extra cost*on handsets starting at just Rs. 2,999.

Users can access MySpace by simply clicking the MySpace link on vBytes and logging in the user ID and password. New users can begin by creating a fresh id and password.

(* Users pay a daily charge of just Rs. 5/- for accessing vBytes)

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LG KP199 A Fully loaded Dynamite

LG india have launched their new handset in the Dynamite series : LG KP 199. Some of the features are :

  • Full Multimedia with Long Battery backup
  • MP3 Player
  • High quality VGA Camera with continuous video recording
  • FM with Recording
  • 262K Colour TFT display
  • Bluetooth with A2DP

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Nokia 5800 vs the Apple iPhone 3G

After the comparison between G1 and the iPhone we at Fonearena had presented, here is our comparison of Nokia 5800 with the Apple iPhone 3G

As we had mentioned earlier, regardless of the outcome of the comparative study, Apple should sure be proud of its achievement – of the iPhone setting the benchmark for all future super phones.

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Nokia starts Environment Initiative to Recycle mobiles

Nokia has always been at the forefront of environmental initiatives. With their Take-back campaign, they have proved that they do care.

With this campaign, Nokia aims to encourage handset users to dispose off their unusable or old handsets and accessories of any brand at recycle bins installed at Nokia Care Centres and Nokia Priority Dealers.

Users will be given a gift for participating in the campaign and Nokia will plant a tree for every dropped mobile.

Kicking off the campaign from New Delhi, it will soon be replicated across 1300 outlets across the country.

The recycling will be undertaken by reputed companies. Continue reading “Nokia starts Environment Initiative to Recycle mobiles”

Get some free Qik Stickers by taking a Video

Qik is cool application if you would like to stream live video from your mobile phone.

for example , I was eating a Channa Samosa when I was traveling abroad ..

See the video captured from my Nokia N82

you can use both Gprs and Wifi for connecting to the service ..
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Nokia E63 vs E71 in Pictures

Nokia E63 is the low cost version of the E71 . This E-Series phone was announced just in Nov 2008

The E63 has small minor differences in the front .. Its got a more box like rectangular body the e71 is sleekier ..

The spacebar is shorter and there are 2 extra keys on the last row  ..

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