Qualcomm Snapdragon Giveaway #3 – Guess the Phone and Win a Nokia Lumia 710

The Qualcomm Snapdragon Giveaway is back ! The response to the second giveaway was impressive. Thanks to you guys for sending in your entries. We should be announcing the winner shortly. The giveaways are just not going to stop at least for the next few weeks at FoneArena.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon Giveaway #3 is here. All you have to do is Guess the Phone in the questions below and you can walk away with one Snapdragon device – the Nokia Lumia 710

This is just the third contest in a series of several more contests and activities we will be bringing to you in the next few weeks in partnership with Qualcomm Snapdragon.Dive into the contest below and send in your entry. Continue reading “Qualcomm Snapdragon Giveaway #3 – Guess the Phone and Win a Nokia Lumia 710”

Books, Comics and Magazine apps for BlackBerry Smartphones and PlayBook

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Here are some apps for BlackBerry Smartphones and PlayBook that would let you read Books, Comics and Magazines on the go. Some of these apps are free and some comics are paid. Continue reading “Books, Comics and Magazine apps for BlackBerry Smartphones and PlayBook”

Uninor offers local and STD calls at 25 paise per min for Mumbai customers


Uninor has launched a new Special Tariff Voucher – STV 49 Ek Bharat, Ek Rate (One India, One call rate) plan that offers a flat rate of just 25 paise per minute on all local and STD calls. This lets the Uninor customers call anywhere in India to any network without any restrictions at just 25 paise per minute. Continue reading “Uninor offers local and STD calls at 25 paise per min for Mumbai customers”

Twitter for BlackBerry v3.1 update brings improved tweet details, undo retweet and more

Twitter for BlackBerry has been updated to version 3.1 that brings improvements to Tweet details that now shows you more info including conversations, list of users who’ve retweeted your message, option to undo a retweet, support for new languages and more. Continue reading “Twitter for BlackBerry v3.1 update brings improved tweet details, undo retweet and more”

HTC to offer Indian language support for Desire C, Desire V and One Series phones

HTC has announced that they would roll out full language support for Hindi, Tamil and Marathi for their latest Desire C and Desire V Android smartphones and the HTC One Series including One X, One S and One V in India. HTC officially launched the Desire C last month and the Desire V went on sale in India at the same time. Continue reading “HTC to offer Indian language support for Desire C, Desire V and One Series phones”

Nokia Asha 305 Dual SIM phone now available in India for Rs. 4668

Nokia Asha 305 Dual SIM phone is now available in India from Nokia Store . It has 3.0-inch (240 x 400 pixels) resistive touch display, 2MP camera with 4x digital zoom and runs on Nokia Asha (S40) OS with Swipe Interface. It has Easy Swap Dual SIM support, which lets you swap SIM cards without opening the device or turning the phone off and supports up to 32GB Micro SD memory card. It is 12.8mm thick and weighs 98.3g. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 305 Dual SIM phone now available in India for Rs. 4668”

Blackberry 10 Developer Alpha impressions

Research in Motion has been showing off teasers of its upcoming Blackberry 10 OS for a while now but admittedly their bigger problem is to get developers onboard their fledgling platform.

To make it easier for devs to test out their apps, RIM has been distributing developer units running a customized version of Playbook OS which should allow them to test run their apps on actual hardware. We’ve been playing with one of these units in our labs these past few days and here are our impressions.  Continue reading “Blackberry 10 Developer Alpha impressions”

Situations spun off as separate company, Makes a comeback with fresh interface

Ask any Symbian power user and they will have used Nokia Situations at some point of time. The application allowed users to automate profile changes according to various predefined conditions. The two core members of the application developed team have completed negotiations with Nokia and ‘Situations’ is the first app to be made available via their company, Pastilli Labs avoin yhtiö.  

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Jolla partners with China’s D.Phone for distribution

Emerging Finnish smartphone maker Jolla has partnered with Chinese distributor D.Phone to bring its devices to the very important Chinese market. D.Phone has the largest retail network in China and has strategic partnerships with China Unicom, China Mobile and China Telecom.

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Idea launches Magic Recharge with surprise talktime benefits in Andhra Pradesh


Idea Cellular has launched a special Magic Recharge voucher for its prepaid subscribers in Andhra Pradesh. This offers more value for money on their recharge. This offers surprise talk time instantly. Continue reading “Idea launches Magic Recharge with surprise talktime benefits in Andhra Pradesh”

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Complete Changelog released

Google has finally posted complete changelog for the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Google released the Jelly Bean at Google I/O with lot of new features including Google Now that display different cards on the notification screen based on your search results. They released the changelog for Ice Cream Sandwich last November. Continue reading “Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Complete Changelog released”

Huawei Ascend G300 and Y200 launching in India this month for Rs. 14,990 and Rs. 9,490

Huawei has announced that they would launch Ascend G300 and Ascend Y200 Android Smartphones in India this month. The Ascend G300 has 4-inch ( 800×480 pixels) display and is powered by 1GHz processor. It has 5MP auto focus camera with LED Flash. The Ascend Y200 has 3.5-inch  (320×480 pixels) display, 800 MHz processor and 3.2MP camera. Both these phone run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). The Ascend G300 is upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Continue reading “Huawei Ascend G300 and Y200 launching in India this month for Rs. 14,990 and Rs. 9,490”

Micromax Bling X44 Dual SIM phone launched for Rs. 3000

Micromax has launched Bling X44, their new phone in the Bling series. It is encrusted with Swarovski Zirconia crystals and has 2.2-inch display, Alpha numeric keypad, 2MP camera and expandable up to 8 GB. It is a Dual SIM phone with Dual Standby. Continue reading “Micromax Bling X44 Dual SIM phone launched for Rs. 3000”

P.Balaji joins Nokia India as VP and MD from Sony Mobile

Nokia India has announced that they have appointed P.Balaji as Vice President and Managing Director for the India Area. He previously served as Managing Director of Sony Mobile Communications, India. He has 22 years of rich experience and has worked in sectors like sales, marketing, product management, operations, strategy, technical solutions, communications and corporate affairs in Ericsson, Lucent Technologies, AT&T and Tata group.

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