The much anticipated Windows Phone 7 devices went on sale earlier this week in the US. TheStreet reports that according to a market analyst the sales figure of the Windows 7 phones crossed 40,000. According to T-Mobile the Windows Seven phones are selling pretty good as they reported they are out of Stocks of HTC HD7 the next day it went on sale. Continue reading “Microsoft Sells 40000 Windows 7 Phones”
The next Sony Ericsson XPERIA flagship model has been leaked. It’s codename is Anzu and will supposedly be released as the XPERIA X12. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Anzu/XPERIA X12 Leaked”
Hello and welcome everyone to the Nokia N8 Review Week here on Fone Arena! Each day of this week, one of our team members will cover one area of Nokia’s imaging flagship with all the do’s and dont’s. This should make for an exciting week and we’re all looking forward to that! Today is Wednesday, our names are Rita El Khoury and Sloan Bowman, and we have joined forces to tell you about the Nokia N8 software and what you can expect of it. Since the software/UI is a very objective and personal matter, we thought we would give you two real-world opinions of it, sometimes we’ll agree, other times we’ll have radically opposing impressions. Enjoy reading along and if you have any questions on that matter, leave a comment!
After tackling the Hardware and Camera in the previous days, two aspects where the Nokia N8 excels by anyone’s standards, we come to the most controversial aspect of the N8, the software or Symbian^3 and its UI. Symbian^3 is the first major software leap since Nokia brought S60 5th Edition on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Upon introduction, Symbian^3 was described as an evolutional not revolutional progression, meant to fix all the major issues that plagued Symbian’s first iteration with a touchscreen UI, and which were most heartfelt on the Nokia N97. Continue reading “Nokia N8 Review Week – Day 3 – Symbian^3 And UI”
We saw that coming, and we are talking about this phone from a few weeks now. Samsung has officially announced the Samsung Continuum, which is the world first phone to come with dual LED display. Samsung announced the device officially during the event in NYC. Continue reading “Samsung Continuum announced, hitting Verizon on Nov.11th for $199.99”
Remember the HTC Paradise we saw in the wild a few months ago? Now the phone has made its way through FCC once again, and this time FCC also posted several shots and user guide of it, and it’s also confirmed that the Paradise is headed to AT&T. HTC Paradise is an Continue reading “HTC Paradise leaked again, headed to AT&T”
Sagem Wireless launched its first NFC device called Cosy. The Cosy phones comes with an elegant design and easy-to-navigate user interface. The Cosy phone supports both 2G/EDGE and 3G/HSPA.
Continue reading “Sagem Wireless Cosy – NFC enabled Mobile Phone”
Motorola and Verizon officially announced the Motorola Droid Pro back in October, but Verizon didn’t give us any information about the Motorola Droid Pro. Now Verizon has officially announced that they will launch the Motorola Droid Pro on November 18th for $179.99, and now the device is up for pre-order. Continue reading “Verizon announces Motorola Droid PRO and Motorola Droid 2 Global”
T-Mobile officially launched the HTC HD7 yesterday, and after a few hours of its launch, the HTC HD7 is now out of stock. It means that T-Mobile is selling the HTC HD7 like hotcakes, or maybe they only got a few devices in stock. HTC HD7 is a very good device, and also a successor to the HTC HD2, which is also a pretty good device. Continue reading “T-Mobile HTC HD7 out of stock”
Taptu today launched My Taptu a simple Social News Aggregator for iPhone and Android smartphones. My Taptu organize feeds from Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, online sources in all in one beautiful little app. My Taptu arranges your content in highly personal and visual ‘streams’. You can view them at a glance and click read more if you want to read them in detail. Continue reading “Taptu Launches My Taptu – Social News Aggregator”
One of the things that boggles my mind beyond belief on Symbian^3 is that there still is no way to quickly toggle Data, Wifi, Bluetooth and the automatic screen Rotation. Sure you can click next to the battery, then on the connection symbol, then choose what method you want, then turn it on/off, but does it have to be this ridiculously tedious? Seriously, would it have been THAT difficult to build a widget with 4 icons that allows you with a single press on each of them to toggle these 4 options on/off? SPB Software includes a connection widget in their SPB Mobile Shell so it sure must be easy for Symbian to do it themselves, ‘ight?
Anyway, ranting aside, we must be thankful to independent developers who, like with MusicBar, fill the void on Symbian. Two nice toggles have lately appeared with compatibility for Symbian^3, one for Bluetooth and the other for the screen rotation, and are both incredible handy additions to the Symbian^3 homescreen shortcuts widget.
Continue reading “Tip: Quickly Toggle Bluetooth And Screen Rotation On Symbian^3”
With JoikuSpot you can turn your mobile phone to a secure WiFi HotSpot, and connect your laptop or iPad to internet using WiFi and using your mobile phone as a 3G internet modem. JoikuSpot Premium comes with connection securing with a password, full internet and email protocol support, VPN, and no forced landing pages. As your phone becomes the WiFi internet router, you do not need external USB modems, cables or MiFi for internet connectivity. JoikuSpot enables “1-click internet”. 1 click to turn a phone to a WiFi internet HotSpot, and another click in the laptop to connect to the web via JoikuSpot WiFi access point. Continue reading “JoikuSpot now supports Sony Ericsson Symbian handsets”
Opera has released the Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta for Android devices today. It is available for download in the Android Market free of charge. Continue reading “Opera Mobile 10.1 Beta Now Available for Android”
Hello and welcome everyone to the Nokia N8 Review Week here on FoneArena! Each day of this week, one of our team members will cover one area of Nokia’s imaging flagship with all the do’s and dont’s. This should make for an exciting week and we’re all looking forward to that! Today is Tuesday, my name is Sandeep Sarma, and I will be covering the N8’s camera . Enjoy reading along and if you have any questions please feel free to comment.
Android 2.3 is around the corner, and Google will launch it anytime now. Our friends over at IntoMobile are saying that Google will officially launch the Gingerbread SDK on November 11th, and now Adobe Flash Android app is also suggesting that “Please install the upcoming 11/9 update (ver. 10.1.105.x) to ensure that Flash Player loads properly with future OS updates.” So may be IntoMobile is right about it. Continue reading “Android 2.3 SDK launching on November 11th?”
You may have read our review of the Blackberry Torch, and if yes then you know that it’s a pretty good device from RIM.Blackberry Torch is the first device to run Blackberry OS6, and it’s exclusive to AT&T in USA. A few days ago, we told you that Blackberry Torch will come in two new colors to AT&T, White and Red, and the day is finally here. So folks who are looking forward to Pure White or Sunset Red Blackberry Torch, you can now head over to AT&T Online and Local store, and can buy it for $99 with 2-yr contract and for $499 without contract. So if you don’t like the Black color, then may be White or Red color is good for you. So who’s looking forward to the new Torch colors? Torch in new 2 new colors sounds a bit funny for sure !
