Sharp launches Alice, Blink, Tango and Cyborg Phones in India

The Indian wing of Japan’s Sharp Corporation today launched 4 new handsets for India and made it’s way into the hugely competitive Indian Mobile market.Sharps says that it’s phones target the users who want trendy products but are  price-conscious. The company aims to make high quality mobiles highly affordable to all and plans to target the youth crowd with it’s range of handsets. The 4 models launched today were Alice, Blink, Tango and Cyborg. Continue reading “Sharp launches Alice, Blink, Tango and Cyborg Phones in India”

Sprint ZTE Peel, 3G Mobile Hotspot Case for Apple iPod Touch

The only major difference between the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch is that the iPhone has calling ability, which is missing in the iPod Touch. You can’t use 3G on your iPod Touch, but US mobile carrier Sprint has announced a 3G-Mobile hotspot case for 2nd and 3rd generation Apple iPod Touch called ZTE Peel which allows the user to use 3G from anywhere in the USA where Sprint network coverage is available.You basically carry a wireless hot spot with your iPod touch in the form of the case and you connect to 3G via WiFi. Full marks for innovation we should say ! Continue reading “Sprint ZTE Peel, 3G Mobile Hotspot Case for Apple iPod Touch”

Nokia N8 Review Week – Day 4 – Multimedia

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 Thursday, my name is Sandeep Sarma, and I will be covering the N8’s multimedia features . Enjoy reading along and if you have any questions please feel free to comment. Continue reading “Nokia N8 Review Week – Day 4 – Multimedia”

BlackBerry Torch Price Dropped To $99.99

The price of RIM’s flagship device, the Blackberry Torch has been reduced by 50% on contract since the sales of the device is reportedly underwhelming in the US.

The price of RIM’s flagship device, the Blackberry Torch has been reduced by 50% on contract since the sales of the device is reportedly underwhelming in the US. Continue reading “BlackBerry Torch Price Dropped To $99.99”

Rogers officially launches the Nokia N8

Canadian carrier Rogers Wireless has officially launched the Nokia N8, which is currently the Nokia new flagship device. Nokia N8 is a pretty good device, and it comes with a powerful 12 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss Lens. Rogers is offering the device for CAD Continue reading “Rogers officially launches the Nokia N8”

Microsoft Sells 40000 Windows 7 Phones

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”

Nokia N8 Review Week – Day 3 – Symbian^3 And UI

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”

Samsung Continuum announced, hitting Verizon on Nov.11th for $199.99

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”

HTC Paradise leaked again, headed to AT&T

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”

Verizon announces Motorola Droid PRO and Motorola Droid 2 Global

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 HTC HD7 out of stock

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 Launches My Taptu – Social News Aggregator

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”

Tip: Quickly Toggle Bluetooth And Screen Rotation On Symbian^3

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.

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