Review of Official IPL iPhone App

IPL is the biggest thing to happen in India, and this year it is gonna rock more with IPL back in India and tie-ups with Google, MiMobi, Live Current Media Inc and others showing IPL allying towards technology. Even Lalit Modi tweets all through the day and in one of his tweet he anounced

Watch out for itunes apps and android and blackberry apps. All coming soon for ipl.

And after the wait IPL App for iPhone has been landed, I took quite a time to look over this App and my review is based on how the App worked on 1st match of IPL season 3.

Looks

The App has a plain bland look, with only use simple black and gray colors, the UI of the App is not so happening and looks boring. Though nothing new is expected from App made by Indian designers, though it is ok. The Apps starts with Signup screen which is mandatory in order to use the App, after signing up a password is mailed to Inbox, then after logging in you can start using the App.

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro Photo Gallery

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro is a the QWERTY version of the Vivaz and made was officially announced at Mobile World Congress last month. This Symbian powered handset runs on S60 5th edition and packs a 5.1 Megapixel Camera which can do 720p video recording. The screen is a  scratch resistant16:9 TFT nHD touchscreen with 16 million colours and a 360 x 640 pixel resolution.

At the Sony Ericsson event , we met Maiko Ishida , Product Planner of the Vivaz series of devices and she highlighted the the Vivaz Pro features the Human Curvature in it’s design which is going to part of SE devices

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Which phone platform are you going to switch to ?

Most often we cellphone users are not satisfied with whatever we have . We are all greedy for something more and that’s the harsh truth !  Gone are the days where phone makers can hide stuff about the phone performance and flaws. The bare truth about a phone or a platform is pretty much public knowledge these days . So here’s your chance to bitch about your current phone and how it sucks, or if you’re going to be married to it for life, how did you fall in love with it .

How about voting for the mobile platform you have your eyes on now ?


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Rumour : iPhone 3GS India Launch on Monday March 15 with 4 Operators

We have some interesting information from one of our sources. Apple is finally planning to launch the iPhone 3GS in India on coming monday March 15. Continue reading “Rumour : iPhone 3GS India Launch on Monday March 15 with 4 Operators”

HTC Smart launching in India soon for Rs.10000

HTC is starting shipments of its BREW Based phone – the HTC Smart . And some good news for all of us in India, the price of the HTC Smart is rumored to be Rs.10000 only. The Smart runs on Qualcomm’s BREW platform and this phone was first announced at CES . Its aims to bring the famous HTC Sense UI to the masses who can’t afford or don’t need an high-end Android phone.
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HTC HD3 Concept Pics

Here are some fresh pics of the HTC HD3 concept straight from a designer’s mind ! the HD2 was revolutionary in terms of  design and the screen was huge and now after the Windows Phone 7 announcement from Microsoft, we can expect some great devices due to the hardware requirements for Windows Phone 7. Continue reading “HTC HD3 Concept Pics”

Watch IPL 2010 matches on your mobile

The IPL 2010 season is about to kick off in a few hours from now. While you can always watch the matches in the Stadium or on your Television, most of us have jobs and other responsibilities . So a good alternative would be to catch the IPL on Youtube or on your mobile phone.

MiMobi is the official live mobile video streaming partner for IPL and they support almost every operator in the country. But the charges are approx Rs.10 per day to Rs.50 per week appox. Since only BSNL offers 3G speeds, the video quality would surely be better on a BSNL 3G connection than the rest. Continue reading “Watch IPL 2010 matches on your mobile”

Mobile Number Portability Delayed in India again not likely to meet March 31st Deadline

If you are waiting for Mobile Number Portability or MNP in India there is some bad news from the Union Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, Shri Gurudas Kamat. MNP will not be available by the March 31st deadline . It was already delayed from December last year due to some operators crying foul . Now the Government is stating that all mobile networks in the country are not likely to be completely ready to offer MNP by this month end and the deadline is not likely to be met

Mobile number portability

We are sure that many operators fear loosing tons of customers once MNP is implemented. The Mobile Number has become part of our daily lives . It is much more than a number to us – it’s like an identity for many of us. And MNP which was like dream come true . It was going to offer us a chance to retain that identity and move to another operator  without fear of loosing touch with your loved ones or key business contacts. Now we have to just keep waiting indefinitely for the dream to become a reality !

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Soon, you will be able to listen 92.7 Big FM on Mobile!

BIG-FM Reliance’s BIG 92.7 FM has partnered with India’s largest telecom VAS provider – OnMobile Global Ltd. to roll its BIG FM for mobile users even without FM receiver on their mobile. It literally means, you can now listen to FM channels on the go without having to worry about carrying a FM enabled device or getting FM signals.

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Interview with Julien Fourgeaud of the Symbian Foundation

Julien Fourgeaud is a Roadmap Catalyst at the Symbian Foundation. FoneArena’s Varun got a chance to interview him where we ask Julien about Symbian – the most widely used smart phone platform in the world.

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Nokia E72 Review Part 1 – Hardware

Roughly a Week ago I was offered to trial a Nokia E72 by my good Friends of WOM World Nokia. Already having experienced the Awesomeness that was the Nokia E71, i was very eager to get my Hands its Successor. Filled in the Trial Form, sent it back to WOM World and here we go, the Adventure that is the E72 begins:

I received the Box on late Friday afternoon and went to work with it on Saturday Morning. After i first took the Device in my Hands i’ve decided to come up with a few Words to the Person who trialed the E72 before me: You’re in a very elite Group, Pal. You have the Privilege to get your Hands on one of Nokia’s latest Devices. The Handset came in a Condition that some of my 2 year old Phones not even look like. The Screen is scratched, some Corners look like they’re losing small Chips of Chrome the hard way. So in my Opinion the Device has been dropped and not at all been taken care of. If you don’t know how to treat a Test Device, you better leave them to People who do. Seriously, you don’t deserve it. Not cool.

nokia e72 face

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