Author: Varun Krish

Varun Krish is a Mobile Technology Enthusiast and has been writing about mobile phones since 2005. His current phones include the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max and Galaxy S25 Ultra. You can follow him on Twitter @varunkrish You can also mail Varun Krish

Bolt Mobile Browser crosses 100 million pageviews

We already told you about BOLT mobile browser which is quite popular in India with one out of six users from India. Now BOLT Browser has another feather on its cap – 100 million pageviews ! It has successfully rendered more than 100 million pages to users across the  globe. This has happened in just 6 months and just demostrates the power of the mobile web and that mobile internet usage is picking up even in developing countries.

We are tempted to do a neck to neck review comparing BOLT with Skyfire and Opera Mini.

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Tata Docomo SIM Card is here

Tata Docomo seems to be getting a lot of attention amongst mobile consumers in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. So we went ahead and bought a Tata Docomo SIM Card to check out the service . Tata Docomo is  Tata’s foray into GSM sevices in India and the different pricing strategy has already grabbed our attention. The SIM Card pack rarely gets any attention from customers as most of it is just marketing material and nothing is useful to the end user. Tata Docomo’s SIM pack was a bit different and it even included a flyer which indicated the call charges. More pics of the pack below

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Nokia N97 Review – SearchforN Winner talks about his new toy

Meet Varun Goyal from New Delhi who has won a Nokia N97 in the Search for N Contest on FoneArena.

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How does the N97 suit your lifestyle and needs?

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Samsung Star 3G Review Photo Gallery

Samsung Star 3G is a 3G version of its popular Star phone. These phones – Star , Star 3G and Beat DJ were announced few months ago. We take a look at the Star 3G in this review with a bunch of photos of the phone. The phone uses TouchWiz technology for an intuitive touch experience . The Accelerometer enables the display orientation to rotate automatically .

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Nokia 6700 Classic and Nokia 6303 Classic launched in India by Bollywood Diva Priyanka Chopra

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Nokia India today launched the Nokia 6700 Classic and Nokia 6303 Classic .  Bollywood Diva Priyanka Chopra is seen holding the new handsets in the above picture.
These phones along with 2700 were announced in this Feb . The price of the phones seem a bit cheaper than expected.

Giving details of the new devices, Mr Taneja said, “The new devices combine the superior functionality and enhanced user experience with premium designs and materials available at an extremely competitive price point. The Nokia 6700 Classic shares the same ‘DNA’ as its predecessor Nokia 6300 and we believe that it will be one of our best selling devices in 2009.”

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LG announces 3 affordable phones GB210 , GB270 and KP265

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The battle for supremacy in the entry level mobile phone market seems to get better day by day.
LG Mobiles has announced the GB210, GB270 and KP275 in a price range of Rs.4400 to 5000. All the handsets promise impressive talktime of about 10 hours. Other interesting features include RocketTalk which is a social networking application which lets you log onto Google Talk , Yahoo Messenger and exchange info with your online buddies.

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Nokia N97 Widgets on the Home Screen

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Nokia N97 is a cool looking phone for sure. One of the unique features of the N97 is the Widgets on the Home Screen of the device and the ability to hide them with just a swipe when you think someone’s spying on your phone’s display.

For example , see the widgets above . I’m checking amazon for hot products, reading my facebook updates, checking how the world economy is doing with the help of the bloomberg widget and also trying to check the weather around GooglePlex . Now suddenly my boss comes over and before he gets the slightest doubt about my vacation plans, I hide all my widgets and show him an empty screen.

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Rumor: Nokia to launch new handset lineup C series

The Nokia netbook rumors have started flowing in again . This time in a different fashion. A finnish website points to a recent trademark application by Nokia which hints at a new handset lineup called C Series . We have had N Series and E Series so far and the Enterprise series of phones beat the multimedia lineup in terms of sales for the first time this quarter. Nokia has been pushing many of its high end devices as Mobile Computers and if the C series rumor is true then we might see real computers being offered by Nokia.

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Samsung Marine B2100 outdoor mobile phone

Leading mobile phone manufacturer Samsung has launched its latest outdoor mobile phone Samsung Marine-B2100 in India which could withstand any environmental conditions.This phone suits for mountaineers, mariners, trekkers and to all those who enjoy outdoor activities. Having the capacity of eliminating bumps, bangs and scrapes, the mobile is provided with water-resistant, dust-proof and shock-proof through the shock urethane material case.

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Nokia N86 8MP Coming to the USA with a price tag of $558

After the worldwide launch of the Nokia N86 8MP – the first 8 megapixel from Nokia is going to be available in USA soon.This handset has won the award for the best imaging phone award for 2009 from TIPA

The handset will be available at a price of $558 . No mention about the tax. So we assume this is the pre-tax price.Here are some hands on pics of the indian variant

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HTC Hero Unboxing Pictures and Video

The folks over at Android Community have managed to get their hands on the HTC Hero Android Phone which features the HTC Sense Technology . It’s also the first android phone to support Adobe Flash out of the box ! The Hero is runs the cupcake 1.5 version of the Android OS but it’s got a customized UI.

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Samsung Mobiles aiming for 20 percent market share in India , bringing 7 new models

Samsung which is very much a household brand name in Asia is striving hard to increase its market share in India according to a PTI report. Samsung Mobiles which was once having a very minor share of the handset market in India now has a share of about 10-15% according to country head of Samsung India , Sunil Dutt. Its interesting to note that Sunil was part of the top brass in Nokia India a couple of years back. Good news for Samsung fans, the company plans to launch over 7 new models in India in July and August including the hugely awaited Omnia HD

The company has a lot of handsets in the low end segment but in the high-end there was nothing impressive so far. Looks like it wants to change this myth

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Blackberry Storm Preview

The Blackberry Storm just arrived in our test labs today. The BB 9500 a.ka. Storm is the first ever full touchscreen Blackberry device.

No QWERTY keyboard like the other blackberries but it’s got SurePress technology so that you can use the screen alone. The display is gorgeous and we are drooling at it already.

Since we have got a lot of requests from users to review Blackberry phones you can expect to see lots of posts on the 9500 Storm and 8900 Javelin. Here is a short preview of the Storm.

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  • Some interesting features of the phone include
  • 3.2 MP Camera with Video Recording with Flash
  • GPS
  • 3.5 mm audio port and media player
  • microSD memory expansion in addition to 1 GB onboard memory

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LG Arena Camera Samples

First we told you about the Dolby Music on the LG Arena, Now its Camera time ! Does the 5MP Camera with Schneider Kreuznach lens capture good photos ? Decide for yourself from the pics below . We have taken pics in many conditions – outdoors , indoors, flash on/off. We have got a lot of requests from users to post reviews about camera phones and here is the LG Arena’s Camera in action

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Nokia N97 Camera Samples

Nokia N97 sports a 5MP Camera with AutoFocus and Carl Zeiss optics. Its also got a Dual LED Flash to support image capture in low light conditions.  Below are some Camera samples of the N97 taken with the Phone mostly in low light conditions !  We already have some pics taken in bright day light

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