Opera Mobile 11 has just hit the Android market with a whole new UI , sharing options and guess what ? support for Adobe Flash content
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Nokia Astound is the C7 for T-Mobile
Nokia was expected to launch a Symbian handset for USA at CTIA and they have announced the Nokia Astound – a T-Mobile branded C7 . The Symbian^3 device will be available exclusively on T-Mobile (soon to be AT&T ) starting from April 6. The Astound seems identical in specs to the C7 including the 3.5 inch AMOLED display , stylish design , 8MP EDoF Camera with 720p video recording. Continue reading “Nokia Astound is the C7 for T-Mobile”
Nokia Recycling – The Bottom of the Recycling Bin
Nokia is the world’s largest maker of mobile phones and surely has the responsibility to care about the environment. They have come up with a new funny video as part of a campaign to increase awareness about recycling mobile phones. You see some of the most popular Nokia phones of the past – 3310,2760,8810,5110 talking to each other at the bottom of a Recycling Bin. Its totally worth watching. Continue reading “Nokia Recycling – The Bottom of the Recycling Bin”
Reliance Communications Launches Century Pack in Karnataka for Rs.83
Reliance has launched a new promotional offer for it’s customers in Karnataka. A new Century Pack has been launched with the excitement around the Cricket World Cup. This offer is available only to new customers and is technically a First Recharge Voucher.
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AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA for a cool USD 39 billion
AT&T USA is the largest GSM mobile operator in USA and 2nd largest carrier after Verizon Wireless. T-Mobile USA is the 4th largest carrier and is owned by Deutsche Telekom Germany. Today, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom have announced that AT&T will acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom for a price tag of USD 39 billion in cash and stock. This is totally shocking news because both these companies were competing with each other for quite some time. The deal will take the usual legal process and might take about a year to be approved. I don’t know any GSM carrier in USA apart from T-Mobile and AT&T. Now this deal means that there is going to be monopoly in the US GSM market and regulators might really not like the idea. Good luck to AT&T and Deutsche Telekom !
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Spice Popkorn Projector Phone
Spice PopKorn – Watch Movies by Projecting them from your Phone.
Spice PopKorn is the latest handset from Spice Mobiles. The PopKorn (similar to PopCorn ) is a Projector phone with the model number M-9000. The most unique feature of this phone is the Built-in projector which lets you watch movies and documents on a large screen.
LG Optimus Me and Optimus Chat
FoneArena was the first place on the whole internet where you might have heard about the LG Optimus Me aka P350 . It’s an affordable entry-level Android phone running Android 2.2.1. It supports 3G networks and packs a QVGA display
HTC says it’s unaffected by Japan Earthquake
Taiwanese handset maker HTC said that it’s business has not been impacted by the major natural disaster in Japan which has impacted many manufacturers including Sony Ericsson , Canon , Panasonic , Nikon. Continue reading “HTC says it’s unaffected by Japan Earthquake”
Samsung Galaxy Pop CDMA Android Phone @ Rs.9750
If you are looking for an affordable CDMA phone running Android , the Samsung Galaxy Pop is coming your way. The Galaxy Pop CDMA aka SCH-l559 runs on Android 2.2 and sports a 320x240px display. It is powered by a 1200 mAh battery. It has a 3.15 MP camera and does video recording too.
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Opera to launch Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 at CTIA 2011
Opera Software has grand plans for CTIA 2011 starting next week in DisneyLand .. err Orlando , Florida. The browser maker is going to launch the next versions of the world’s most popular mobile browsers -Opera Mini 6 and Opera Mobile 11 at the event. The company is also planning to launch a version of the browser optimized for tablets.
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Acer Liquid Metal India Price = Rs.20500
Acer has launched a new Android handset in India in the form of the Acer Liquid Metal. The Android 2.2 phone is powered by a Snapdragon processor and boasts of HSPA 14.4 Mbps support. It has a 5 MP Camera which also records video in 720p. The battery life promised is about 8 hours of talktime.
HTC Flyer Release Date – April ?
There is finally some news about the HTC Flyer tablet which we saw at MWC 2011. UK retailer Clove says that the 3G version of the Flyer Android tablet might hit stores in mid-April
Nokia E7 gets software update to PR1.1 version 14.002
The Nokia E7 has got a minor update to version 14.002 or PR 1.1. The update is 897 kB and is available via OTA. While the complete change log is not known , it is expected to improve the phone’s performance and fix some bugs.
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Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play hitting India @ Rs.32000 ?
FlipKart has started taking pre-orders for the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play which is the world’s first Playstation Phone. The Price of the phone is mentioned as Rs.32000 which is pretty impressive considering the device segment. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play hitting India @ Rs.32000 ?”
HP TouchPad Live Pics and Hands On Video
We had the chance to get close to the HP TouchPad Tablet running on webOS during MWC and although the device was a prototype , it was super impressive. It was really interesting to see webOS on a large screen and multitasking rocked on the TouchPad ( watch video below). the 9.7 inch display was utilized pretty well by the card interface of webOS