BBM Channels announced as a beta test

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At BlackBerry Live, CEO Thorston Heins has announced a new social networking feature that will be built into BBM Chat. The channels feature will allow users to expand beyond their existing friendship circle. With over 60 million active users, the company aims to allow channels to serve as a medium for expression. Continue reading “BBM Channels announced as a beta test”

Nokia Lumia 925 has a “world’s first” 6 element smartphone lens and can go up to ISO 3200

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Right when we were thinking what was new with the Nokia Lumia 925’s camera, we just happened to see some tweets from Nokia’s Imaging team. Having launched the device in London today, Nokia have confirmed that the Lumia 925 has a slightly updated camera, both in terms of hardware and software. In terms of hardware, the Lumia 925 is supposedly featuring a “world’s first” 6 element lens, unlike the usual 5 element lenses on various smartphones. On the software front, apart from all the Smart Camera features, the camera can go up to ISO 3200 now, whereas ISO 800 was the previous limit on the Lumia 920. For comparison sakes, the Nokia 808 PureView can go up to ISO 1600.

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BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 Version 10.1 for BB/iOS/Android devices now available

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BlackBerry is always known for its Enterprise products that are massively employed in various organizations. The BlackBerry enterprise server has been the backbone of that experience for many years, and it has now been made available in a new form, with support for all BlackBerry devices, old and new, and even iOS and Android devices. As a consumer blog, we will not burden you with too much of details, but if you want more information, read on.

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BlackBerry 10.1 update announced, brings HDR Camera, Keyboard Shortcuts and more

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BlackBerry has just announced the BlackBerry 10.1 update for the BlackBerry Z10 and the Q10 at the BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando. It  brings HDR Camera, Better BlackBerry Hub features Support for PIN to PIN messages, Fine Cursor Control and lots more. It would also bring support for Skype finally and Keyboard Shortcutsand instant actions for the BlackBerry Q10. Continue reading “BlackBerry 10.1 update announced, brings HDR Camera, Keyboard Shortcuts and more”

BlackBerry Q5, budget BB10 device with QWERTY keyboard announced

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Over at BlackBerry Live in Orlando, CEO Thorston Heins just unveiled the brand new BlackBerry Q5, a BB10 device with a QWERTY keyboard aimed at the budget-minded mass market. The device comes in various colours like red, white, black and pink. It is all set to launch this summer in various emerging markets. The BlackBerry Q5 was previously known or codenamed the R10, and it looks very much like a Q10 with vibrant colours in matte plastic.

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UControl Weight app for iPhone lets you keep track of your eating habits

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UControl Weight is an app that lets yo keep track of your eating habits. The app has vibrant icons that lets you add the food and quantity you eat just by tapping on them .  You can also manually add the food item to the calorie counter if it’s missing. It can manually sort breakfast, lunch and dinner into their own categories, remind your about important events or tasks, add the calories to your overall total if you have eaten between meals and decreases your calorie counter after exercise. Continue reading “UControl Weight app for iPhone lets you keep track of your eating habits”

Vodafone launches new international roaming pack, offers over 90% discount on data


Vodafone India has launched a new international roaming pack for its post-paid customers in India visiting countries like UK, USA, UAE, Singapore and Thailand. It offers over 90% discount on data and approximately 64% on outgoing local and international calls.  This pack is aimed at customers travelling overseas during this vacation season. The pack offers over 90% discount on data with rates as low as Rs.50/MB while roaming overseas. Outgoing local and international calls will be charged at Rs. 25/min and Rs.50/min respectively. Incoming calls will cost Rs. 50/min. Continue reading “Vodafone launches new international roaming pack, offers over 90% discount on data”

Huawei E3121 Wi-Fi Data Card launched for Rs. 1699

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Huawei has launched E3121 Wi-Fi Data Card in India. The E3131 Soft Wi-Fi Data Card offers download speeds up to 14.4 Mbps lets you share Wi-Fi for up to 5 devices and the Huawei Soft Wi-Fi lets you transform any laptop with a Wi-Fi adapter into a Wi-Fi hotspot with a simple software. Huawei has also announced new features for its data cards range including, Plan recommendation engine, Soft Wi-fi to create Mobile Hotspot, Windows 8 Support and user-friendly Mobile partner interface via software upgrade. Huawei launched the E3131 Soft Wi-Fi Data Card earlier this year. Continue reading “Huawei E3121 Wi-Fi Data Card launched for Rs. 1699”

Aircel to start 4G LTE trial in Chennai by the end of 2013

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After the successful Aircel Blog Up event in Delhi on March 15th, Aircel conducted the Aircel Blog Up Chennai edition on 10th May 2013. At the event, K. Sankara Narayanan, Regional Head, Regional Business Head, Aircel Chennai & Tamil Nadu said that they are gearing up to start pilot run for 4G LTE services in Chennai by the end of 2013 or early 2014. Aircel has 20 MHz spectrum on 2300 MHz in 8 circles including Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu (including Chennai), West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Assam, North-East and Jammu & Kashmir. He also discussed Aircel’s other initiatives and offerings in voice, data and VAS. Continue reading “Aircel to start 4G LTE trial in Chennai by the end of 2013”

Nokia Lumia 925 photo gallery

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The Nokia Lumia 925 just launched at an event in London today, with a sleek aluminium design and a few software improvements for the camera. The 8.7 megapixel camera-toting Lumia 925 is almost similar to the Lumia 920 in terms of specifications, but the design, now with the aluminium build has changed a lot. We were at the event live, while the phone was announced, and now, we have got some hands on time with the device. Presenting to you, the photo gallery of the Lumia 925, straight from the show floor.

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Nokia introduces Smart Camera app on the Lumia 925, coming to Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices

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Nokia introduced the Lumia 925 at an event in London just now. At the event Nokia introduced the Smart Camera, a new app that would come pre-loaded on the Lumia 925. Nokia has also announced that the app would also come to select Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices. The Smart Camera lets you shoots a sequence of photos, making it easier to capture great moments, choose your Best Shot or combine the photos into one picture, make a strobe effect to emphasize motion, remove unwanted objects or choose the best faces for great group shots.

Here is a quick hands-on demo of the app on the Lumia 925

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Nokia to bring ‘Amber’ Windows Phone 8 update in July to enable FM Radio and more

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During the Lumia 925 launch event, the Finnish smartphone manufacturer announced an upcoming Lumia exclusive firmware update. Called the Windows Phone ‘Amber’ update, it will bring features that have been lying dormant in the phone. Continue reading “Nokia to bring ‘Amber’ Windows Phone 8 update in July to enable FM Radio and more”

Hipstamatic brings Instagram sharing to the Nokia Lumia

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We are live from the Nokia Lumia 925 event in London, and Nokia just announced, along with the Lumia 925 that Hipstamatic, a popular photo sharing app on iOS, is coming to Windows Phone and it is going to be one of the first official apps on the Windows phone store that can share directly to your instagram account. The app is called Hipstamatic Oggl and has various filters and a beautiful camera UI, with features you would expect from a photo filters app. This app recently launched in iOS and it is now on Windows Phone already. It has its own community and that’s the term “Oggl” refers to, you can share, like and comment on pictures.

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Nokia Lumia 925 with aluminum build announced, coming in June for EUR 469

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At an event in London, Nokia has just announced its next Lumia phone. Called the Nokia Lumia 925, it provides the features of the Lumia 920 in a slimmer shell. The phone has a metal band running around the body of the phone. The back plate ships in two colors, silver and grey. Over at the back you can spot an OIS capable camera at the back of the phone with an LED flash.

To build on the camera experience, Nokia has added in a new camera lens that tacks on a range of new features. It can take 10 images at one click for powerful new creative possibilities, such as Best Shot,  Action Shot, and Motion Focus. This camera app will be rolled out to the entire Nokia portfolio via an update called the Nokia Lumia Amber update. The phone doesn’t support wireless charging internally but will be compatible with charging covers.

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Nokia Lumia London Launch Event Live Blog

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FoneArena is live from London and reporting from Nokia’s press conference titled “See What’s Next”.We are here in London at Victoria House – the venue for Nokia’s May 14 Lumia Launch event where Nokia is expected to launch the much anticipated Lumia 925 which has been in the news a lot lately.  Follow our live blog for second by second updates live from London and for post event coverage later. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia London Launch Event Live Blog”