Samsung Apps for Bada gets new Interface, Offers 30 paid apps for free

Samsung Apps has received a new update for Bada phones. The new version includes improved user interface, updated purchasing options and a personalised App recommendation service. Samsung is also celebrating their 2nd birthday of Samsung Apps by offering 30 popular paid Bada apps for free. Samsung Apps is now available in 121 countries and offers 40,000 applications. Samsung Apps for Galaxy devices is available in China, Korea, UK and Australia. Continue reading “Samsung Apps for Bada gets new Interface, Offers 30 paid apps for free”

Google Wallet launched on Sprint’s Nexus S 4G in USA

Google has launched their Google Wallet on the Sprint’s Nexus 4G in USA. This would let the Sprint Nexus 4G users make purchases with a simple tap using NFC (Near Field Communication) on their phone.  The Google Wallet app would be available through an over-the-air update for Sprint’s Nexus 4G devices. Google announced the Google Wallet in May, and they have been testing it since then. Continue reading “Google Wallet launched on Sprint’s Nexus S 4G in USA”

Idea 3G now available across 236 towns in Gujarat

Idea 3G is now available across 236 towns in Gujart including the major cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot & Gandhinagar, across 23 districts and 3 Union Territories. Idea has setup  1400 3G sites to offer 3G services for urban & semi-urban areas covering major industrial, agricultural and educational regions in Gujarat. Continue reading “Idea 3G now available across 236 towns in Gujarat”

MAXX Mobiles enters Bangladesh market, launches 12 Handsets

MAXX Mobiles has announced they would expand their international presence by expanding its operations to Bangladesh. They would launch 12 new handsets initially, ranging from different categories such as touch screen phone, phones with powerful battery etc. MAXX Mobiles has appointed MyOne Technology Limited to distribute these phones in Bangladesh. Continue reading “MAXX Mobiles enters Bangladesh market, launches 12 Handsets”

Swype for Symbian updated to v2.0 in Nokia Beta Labs

Swype for Symbian has been updated to version 2.0 in the Nokia Beta Labs. This new version brings lots of new features like portrait and split-screen text input support for Symbian Anna, predictive tap auto-correction and lots more new features that are available for Android. Continue reading “Swype for Symbian updated to v2.0 in Nokia Beta Labs”

Sennheiser HD 220, CX 310 and HD 25 Originals Headphones launched in India

Sennheiser, in collaboration with Adidas Originals has launched 3 new headphones in India. The Sennheiser HD 25 Originals is the high-end DJ headphones, the HD 220 Originals is the closed-back on-ear headphone and the CX 310 Originals is the in-ear headphone that comes in iconic blue tone in the Originals range. Continue reading “Sennheiser HD 220, CX 310 and HD 25 Originals Headphones launched in India”

Idea launches Music Recharge VAS service in Andhra Pradesh


Idea Cellular has launched a new VAS (Value Added Service) called Music Recharge, that would let the users to listen to their favorite Telugu and Hindi songs of different genres on their phone. The Idea users could listen to the songs just by recharging for a desired amount and dialing a number on any type of handset. There are over 1 lakh songs in the library to listen to. Continue reading “Idea launches Music Recharge VAS service in Andhra Pradesh”

Samsung Champ 3.5G, Chat 527 and Primo, 3G phones launched in India

Samsung has launched 3 new 3G phones, Samsung Champ 3.5G, Samsung Chat 527 and Samsung Primo in India. The Samsung Champ is a touch phone with 2.8 inch touch screen. The Samsung Chat 527 (S5270) is a QWERTY phone with optical track pad and the Samsung Primo (S5610) has 2.4 inch display. Samsung now has 13 phones in their 3G portfolio, and these phones would deliver data speeds up to 7.2 Mbps in 3G. Continue reading “Samsung Champ 3.5G, Chat 527 and Primo, 3G phones launched in India”

LG Announces The Optimus Q2 QWERTY Smartphone

LG recently announced the new LG Optimus Q2 smartphone. This handset comes with a 4 inch IPS display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 1.2GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 5 megapixel camera and so on.

LG recently announced the new LG Optimus Q2 smartphone. This handset runs on the Android 2.3 Operating System and it comes with a 4 inch IPS display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 1.2GHz Tegra 2 dual-core processor, 5 megapixel camera and so on. LG Optimus Q2 is the successor of the popular Optimus Q smartphone, which was released last year for the South Korean market. Continue reading “LG Announces The Optimus Q2 QWERTY Smartphone”

Micromax X222 – Budget Dual SIM Touch phone

Micromax X222 is a Dual SIM GSM phone with Dual Standby, 2.4 inch resistive touch screen and a pretty affordable price tag. It has VGA camera, Stereo FM Radio, Bluetooth and Expandable Memory up to 8GB. It also has Muli-format Audio and Video player.  Continue reading “Micromax X222 – Budget Dual SIM Touch phone”

Mobile News Roundup – September 19 2011


Here is the FoneArena Mobile Roundup for the 3rd week of September 2011. SanDisk has announced that they would broaden the distribution network by partnering with Beetel Teletech and making them as an authorized distributor to distribute SanDisk memory cards across India. The memory card comes at wide range of capacities that include, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB to meet a range of storage needs. Continue reading “Mobile News Roundup – September 19 2011”

Airtel launches GO! GO! GOAL Contest for Football lovers in Rajasthan


Airtel has launched GO! GO! GOAL Contest 2011 for their Rajasthan customers. This contest would let the Airtel customers in Rajasthan to subscribe to their Football Day Alerts and Hall of Fame  packs and win exiting prices. The HALL OF FAME PACK lets you follow your favorite footballer of all times and Football Match Day Alerts Pack offers you Live and specialized content from the world of football like European leagues (EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga and lots more), the Indian I-League and International Championships. Continue reading “Airtel launches GO! GO! GOAL Contest for Football lovers in Rajasthan”