iPhone 3G in India Bharti Airtel Apple ink Deal

Good news for all of you wanting to buy an iPhone in India.

Airtel and Apple have signed a deal to make the iPhone available in India later this year.

No word on the time or pricing yet.

3G does not make any sense in India. I tried to get in touch with Airtel officials about this . will keep you all posted.

Save your cash and get one of these sexy beauties !!

Apple iPhone is going to change the mobile handset scene in India

Full please release below

Bharti Airtel and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to India
NEW DELHI and SAN FRANCISCO—June 9, 2008— Continue reading “iPhone 3G in India Bharti Airtel Apple ink Deal”

3G iPhone is official available from July 11

the For all of you who have been longing to get an iPhone .. Its Honey in your ears.

You can get a 3G iPhone with improved battery life and 3G connectivity for just $199 which is around Rs.8600

New Features

  • New iPhone 2.0 firmware
  • Relatively thinner Edges
  • GPS (Assisted)
  • 3G
  • Headphone Jack
  • Full plastic Panel
  • International Availability – will be available this year in India I Guess
  • Safari Mobile Kicks the butt of Nokia and Palm and Opera browsers
  • 10 hrs of 2G talktime ( Apple – I luv u) -5 hrs on 3G – 24 hours of Audio ( good bye ipod ! ) Continue reading “3G iPhone is official available from July 11”

Skyfire gets funding Opera and iPhone get some competition

All of you might know about Opera Mobile and Opera Mini which is one the most popular mobile browsers. Apple iPhone with its Safari browser is the best mobile browser I have ever come accross

We have covered a lot about mobile browsers in the past even about Skyfire

The cool thing about SkyFire is that it address the short comings of other mobile browsers like the WebKit based ones – Symbian S60, iPhone and Opera, Mobile IE etc.

The biggest problem with mobile browsing is the inability to match the look and content order with the PC.

Most mobile users complain of having to scroll too much or are not satisfied with finding stuff on a small screen. Continue reading “Skyfire gets funding Opera and iPhone get some competition”

We just crossed 5000 Readers thank you readers

Hi All ,

Its a great week for this blog !

We have managed to cross an important landmark !

We now have over 5000+ daily readers for fonearena blog.

Wow ! thats some kind of achievement !

We would like to thank all our readers for this and we would continue in our mission to bring you the latest news from the mobile world !

Please feel free to drop any comments !

We love criticism 🙂

Thanks,

Varun

Nokia peps up the 6300 with Wi-Fi calls it 6300i

The Nokia 6300i is out !  Its an upgraded version of the 6300

nokia 6300iThe main features are the presence of Wi-fi and VoIP

The Nokia 6300i allows up to two thousand VoIP-, home-, and mobile numbers to be listed side-by-side and dedicated WLAN and VoIP symbols show the connection status and type of phone call, whether it is using GSM network or VoIP.

Its slim at 12mm and looks like a Nokia phone on a diet ( Battery life woes ?) It promises abt 3.5 hours of talk time Continue reading “Nokia peps up the 6300 with Wi-Fi calls it 6300i”

Real Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard Live Pics

In case you feel the need for a full keyboard on your mobile phone and you don’t have that QWERTY keypad on your handset then this Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard might seem attractive to you !

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The Device works over Bluetooth and an Infrared Beam .. You need to pair this device to your mobile phone as  a Bluetooth keyboard and you can place it on a flat surface  and Voila ! a full virtual keyboard at your disposal ..

Continue reading “Real Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard Live Pics”

Position Art with Nokia N82 GPS by Stavros in Rome

Seems like Nokia is pushing the N82 a lot these days . The latest event for the same is called The World Is My Canvas

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Can you spot the famous logo in the drawing above ?

At least the men might be knowing .. The event is about a crazy guy named Stavros who is performing Position Art in the

streets of Rome using his cool Nokia N82

Continue reading “Position Art with Nokia N82 GPS by Stavros in Rome”

Nokia N95 8GB Live Pics

I got a chance last week to play around with the Nokia N95 8GB phone !

The first thing tat grabs my attention in this phone is the awesome screen..

Dont you find the display impressive ? The feel of the phone was prerty similar to the N95 but it was slightly broader due to the increased screen size..

Continue reading “Nokia N95 8GB Live Pics”

Thanks WOMWorld for the Cool Barcelona postcard

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A big thanks to the folks at WomWorld , Amy,Frank and Robbie  for sending across a Barcelona postcard and memory stick with some promo material and some OVI stickers. I wanted to be at the Mobile World Congress Event at Barcelona this year but unfortunately could not make it . The Mobile World Congress Virtual Event was organized by WomWorld and gave me a glimpse of whats happening over there.

Samsung D880 Dual SIM phone

The Samsung D880 is a Dual SIM phone from Samsung .. I was trying out this phone at a local cell phone store called in Chennai

The Coolest feature about this phone is that you can actually select the SIM when you actually make a call ..

Imagine being able to switch between Airtel and Hutch sorry Vodafone when you are in the city and inside a building where no network is having the best signal . The phone looks cool and some great features

samsung-d660-box.jpg Continue reading “Samsung D880 Dual SIM phone”

Nokia N82 VS N95 The 5 Mega Pixel Camera phone Battle

As I had promised before , I m bringing you a comparison of the 5 Mega Pixel Cameras from Nokia .. Its the Nokia N82 vs the Nokia N95 .. Both phones carry a 5 Mega Pixel Camera with Carl Ziess Optics and Autofocus .. The Big difference is the flash .. The N82 has a Xenon flash whereas the N95 only a LED Flash ..

Nokia N95 n N82 Camera Lenses

Continue reading “Nokia N82 VS N95 The 5 Mega Pixel Camera phone Battle”