HP talks about webOS, webOS 2.0 coming later this year

Head of HP Palm Division Jon Rubinstein, also known as the former Palm CEO, said during an interview with Fortune that WebOS 2.0 is coming out later this year. July is about to end and only 5 months are left in 2011 arrival. Continue reading “HP talks about webOS, webOS 2.0 coming later this year”

Smartphone Championship: Nexus One vs Apple iPhone 3GS

There is a competition between everything in this world, and always the strong one is the winner. Here at Fonearena.com, we always talk about mobile phones Continue reading “Smartphone Championship: Nexus One vs Apple iPhone 3GS”

More than 55% Android users are on Android 2.1

Android OS is known as the one of the famous and the fastest growing operating system. Google has revealed some new fresh details about Android OS. The new Android fragmentation details shows that 55% devices are now running on Android 2.1. The main reason of this rapid growth is Droid X, EVO 4G, Samsung Galaxy S, and Motorola Droid. Only 3.3% devices are running on Android 2.2, and at the moment only Nexus One is running Android 2.2.

Still more than 40% devices are running Android 1.5 and 1.6, which contains devices like Motorola Cliq, Xperia X10, Xperia X10 Mini etc. I hope that latest Android build for these devices will be out soon, and then in next fragmentation chart, we will see only few devices running on Android 1.5 and 1.6.

New Android version is rumored to be out in Q4, which is known as Gingerbread or Android 2.3, then we will see some good, latest, and more devices running it.

Have a look on the graph after the break:

PaisaGate – track your expenses from your mobile

Keeping track of your expenses is such a headache and PaisaGate is a service that might solve this problem. PaisaGate is the brain child of Chennai based startup Flexscient Technologies and was founded in September 2009. PaisaGate aims to make money management simple by letting users plan budgets and track expenses using SMS, mobile application or online interfaces.

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Time Magazine hits Android market

Time Magazine is known as the one of the famous magazines in the world. It is one of the most read magazines in the world, and it’s always first choice in magazines. The Time Magazine app is already available on iOS, but not on Android OS. When Time saw some potential in Android OS, then they finally launched the Time Magazine app for Android. The Time Magazine app features:

  • Mark sections as favorites
  • Create home screen widget
  • Listen to podcasts
  • Download articles to read offline or save them to read a later date
  • Search through TIME database

You can download the application by scanning the QR Code after the break:

And if you are browsing from your mobile, then follow this link.

TATA DOCOMO now offers Daily and Weekly plans for BlackBerry Prepaid Users

Tata Docomo is back with some interesting plan. This time its a Daily and Weekly rental plan for Blackberry Service. Have you ever wanted try Blackberry service but decided to skip due to the huge costs ?  Grab a Blackberry and a Tata Docomo SIM card, you can now get a daily plan for as cheap as Rs.12 !


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Wall Street Journal iPhone 4 Interview

I had a chance to interact with Arlene Chang who writes on IndiaRealTime which is part of the Wall Street Journal India Edition. As you all know , we were one of the first to get the iPhone 4 in India. I shared my thoughts about the same and about the prospects for the new device in India.

Head over to Wall Street Journal to read the full article

Motorola is no longer producing the Motorola Droid?

The news comes from Droid-Life, when their readers told them that they tried to claim their Droid over at mobile insurance company Asurion, but they were told that Motorola has stopped the production of the Motorola Droid and is no longer available in stock, and instead of Motorola Droid, they will replace it with Motorola Devour, Droid Eris, or LG Ally. So people if your Droid is insured, then don’t sit on it because Asurion is not going to replace it with a new Motorola Droid (Droid Eris is not a bad choice).

If Motorola has stopped the production of Droid, then it means that the Droid 2 is in production, which is a successor to the Droid 1. Somehow, the discontinuing of Droid 1 is not bad, because Droid 2 is a new, fast, and a better version, and people like buying new and improve stuff instead of buying something old. But Droid don’t think we’ll forget you, because you are known as the one of the best Android devices ever made.

Nokia shipped 111.1 million phones yet profits dropped 40%

Nokia announced it’s results for Q2 and the Finnish phone maker is still shipping tons of phones compared to other handset makers. It shipped 111.1 million units , had sales of 10 billion USD.
But the sad news is that operating profit was down 40 % compared to last year mainly due to low margins on devices sold and various other reasons. The ASP or Average selling price of Nokia handsets have also dropped. Nokia needs to roll out Symbian^3 devices and MeeGo devices to win back the profits !

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Newegg and Nokia offering Nokia N900 and Nokia E72 for $1

Who wants the Nokia N900 and Nokia E72 for $1? There’s no doubt in it that everyone want to buy an expensive phone for $1. So if you want to try your luck, then let me tell you how to do it. Continue reading “Newegg and Nokia offering Nokia N900 and Nokia E72 for $1”

OlivePad VT100 Full Specifications

Olive Telecom just announced the Olive Pad for India. Here are the full specifications of the device. Looks like the device in addition to it’s tablet functionality can also make calls . It runs on Android although we don’t know the exact version . Although they are calling it as India’s first 3G Tablet looks like it has some connection to Chunghwa of Taiwan as you can seen in the image below.

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Samsung to Launch Unbreakable AMOLED Screens

Samsung has always been one of the leading display manufacturing companies and more recently they have hit the mobile world by storm with the release of their Super AMOLED screens. They already seem to be focused on their next big innovation.

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