Get stylus for your Galaxy Tab from Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab is around from almost a year now and it’s known as one of the best selling Android tablets. Galaxy Tab gave Apple iPad a very hard time, and now the successors of the tablet are also coming out in few months. Some Galaxy Tab users are little jealous of the new HTC Flyer, which is HTC’s first ever Android tablet. Continue reading “Get stylus for your Galaxy Tab from Samsung”

Vodafone and Three UK to launch BlackBerry Bold 9900 in UK

RIM officially announced their new addition to BlackBerry Bold series which is known as the BlackBerry Bold 9900. It’s the first phone to feature the new BlackBerry OS 7, which comes with a lot of new features. Bold 9900 is a good looking phone and it’s the slimmest BlackBerry yet. Continue reading “Vodafone and Three UK to launch BlackBerry Bold 9900 in UK”

Only 674,000 WP7 devices sold so far, says Eldar Murtazin

Windows Phone 7 was launched last year and it’s known as the successor of Windows Mobile 6.5. WP7 has potential and it’s growing gradually. Android is now almost 3 years old and it’s currently leading the mobile OS race. Gartner recently predicted that by 2015, Android will be dominating the mobile market whereas Microsoft OS will be runner up. Continue reading “Only 674,000 WP7 devices sold so far, says Eldar Murtazin”

BlackBerry Playbook finally getting Native Email , Calendar and Contacts this Summer

RIM just officially announced that the PlayBook is finally getting Native Email. This was one of the most criticized features of the device and RIM was blamed for ignoring this feature at the time of launch 2 weeks ago. As expected RIM gave an answer today at Blackberry World that the device is getting an update this summer which will bring native email , calendar and contacts. As of now , you need to use Blackberry Bridge and connect to a Blackberry handset via Bluetooth to get access to email on the device. Continue reading “BlackBerry Playbook finally getting Native Email , Calendar and Contacts this Summer”

Bing to be Default Search Engine on BlackBerry devices

Wow , what a surprise , at the BlackBerry World keynote today. Joining RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis was Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to announce a strategic partnership with RIM. Bing will be the Default Search Engine on all Blackberry Devices. We also saw a mention of Bing Maps which confirms that Bing will also be integrated deeply into the BlackBerry OS. Microsoft showed a video promo of the integration which we will be uploading soon.  We also saw a demo of Bing Search on a Torch 9800 and it looks inspired by the Metro UI by Windows Phone 7

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Angry Birds for Blackberry Playbook Coming this Summer


Today at the Blackberry World RIM announced that the famous Angry Birds game is releasing for the Blackberry Playbook this summer.  Birds is a physics based game where you need to attack the pigs using the different kinds of birds. RIM announces today that the QNX version of Angry Birds is getting ready and will be available in BlackBerry App World  for download this summer. Continue reading “Angry Birds for Blackberry Playbook Coming this Summer”

BlackBerry World 2011 – Keynote – Live Coverage

We are here at Orlando , Florida for BlackBerry World 2011 and we are few minutes away from the keynote by RIM Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. We are expecting some huge announcements from the keynote. Watch the space below for live updates from the event.  We will be covering the event live and we have been provided with 3D glasses ! What does RIM have to offer ?

Stay tuned with FoneArena for live updates from the show floor.

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Samsung Apps getting operator based billing in 11 countries including India

Samsung Electronics has announced operator based billing for its mobile and TV application store Samsung Apps. With this the users can buy apps from easily in just 2 clicks and the price will be charged in the phone bill or deducted from the prepaid SIM card.

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Facebook App now available for BlackBerry PlayBook

RIM has announced new Facebook app, optimized for Blackberry Playbook. This lets you chat with friends on Facebook, view news feed, post and view photos, send and receive Facebook messages and get notifications. Continue reading “Facebook App now available for BlackBerry PlayBook”

Motorola Droid 3 and Droid X2 shows up in BestBuy inventory

Motorola is currently leading the Android race in USA, where their Android devices are one of the most selling; Droid X and Droid are worth mentioning. We showed you some leaked shots of Droid 3 which is a successor to Droid series and it will be out around summer or maybe later. Continue reading “Motorola Droid 3 and Droid X2 shows up in BestBuy inventory”

Next Android version to be known as Ice Cream Sandwich, coming on Google I/O?

Google I/O event is around the corner and it’s officially happening next week. So what’s coming? Well, what I am thinking is that Google will introduce the new version of Android, and it will be known as Android 2.4 Ice Cream Sandwich and it will be a mixture of Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Continue reading “Next Android version to be known as Ice Cream Sandwich, coming on Google I/O?”

AT&T and Samsung to announce something special on May 5th, Nexus S or Galaxy S II?

Google Nexus S was announced by Google and Samsung last year which is successor to Nexus One and also the first ever Gingerbread device. It’s currently available in almost every major country and in USA, T-Mobile and Sprint is offering it. Sprint got the 4G version whereas the one on T-Mobile is just normal one. We heard back in February that AT&T will be launching it soon but no sign of it so far. But now it looks like AT&T and Samsung are getting ready to announce it. Continue reading “AT&T and Samsung to announce something special on May 5th, Nexus S or Galaxy S II?”

T-Mobile officially announces BlackBerry Bold 9900 4G, coming out later this year

Today, BlackBerry officially announced their new flagship device which is known as BlackBerry Bold 9900. The device looks just amazing and beautiful, and this device will attract a lot of BlackBerry owners, and also people who left BlackBerry for other operating systems. Bold 9900 is a great device and it’s the slimmest BlackBerry yet. Continue reading “T-Mobile officially announces BlackBerry Bold 9900 4G, coming out later this year”

BlackBerry Bold 9900 Hands On – Video

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Here is a nice 6 minute video of the BlackBerry Bold 9900 which was launched today at BlackBerry World . We take a look at the hardware ,  UI and other interesting aspects of the latest Blackberry device. This handset is powered by a 1.2 GHz processor and runs on OS7. I personally prefer this form-factor compared to the Torch which has a slider keyboard.

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Brew powered Motorola EX130 leaked, comes with two displays

Motorola is one of the leading mobile phone companies and they are offering several good high Android smartphones. Well, they are not offering smartphones only; they also have a very good line of low-end mobile phones. They has some devices based on Qualcomm mobile OS which is known as Brew. Continue reading “Brew powered Motorola EX130 leaked, comes with two displays”