Nokia to launch handsets at a price of Rs.500 or 10 USD ?

ET is reporting that Nokia is planning to launch a limited number of handsets at the sub Rs.1000 price point and is also planning to launch a handset at the Rs.500 price point.Nokia wants to boost it’s Nokia Life Tools offerings by offering low cost handsets to users in rural India. Nokia Life Tools is a service for the Aam Aadmi or the Common Man and offers tips about Agriculture , Education and entertainment to a user base who virtually have now access to the internet and other information sources.

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Sony Ericsson Aspen Hands On Video

The folks at Mobile-Review  have posted a cool video hands on of the newly launched Sony Ericsson Aspen which is first phone to be powered by Windows Mobile 6.5.3 and features both a Touchscreen and a QWERTY.

It also packs a 3.2 Megapixel Camera and 3.5mm audio jack.

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The Making of the Google Nexus One , Behind the Scenes Videos

Here are a series of Video released by Google which document the Making of the Nexus One phone. While the Search engine company from Mountain View , California might have sold only about 80,000 phones, it has certainly managed to successfully spin off a new mobile platform which is rising fast and has even shaken major mobile industry players including Apple , RIM in the USA. While we hate Google for not releasing this piece in India , we can’t stop drooling at the videos below !

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Nokia X6 16GB Price Revealed

The 16GB variant of the Nokia X6 was announced recently. It comes without music as opposed to the original X6 which is loaded with the Comes With Music service

While the price of the Nokia X6 16GB was not available at the time of the launch . It is now available for pre-order on Nokia’s UK website for 299 pounds whereas the X6 32 GB costs 449 pounds

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Windows Phone 7 Details emerge ahead of MWC

There are fresh reports that Microsoft might unveil Windows Phone 7 at MWC 2010.  While we have been seeing a lot of rumors about the next version of Windows  Mobile , looks like it will be called Windows Phone 7.  Interesting features might include a new revamped UI , Full Zune integration and Full XBox Gaming integration.

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Video : Giant Ovi Maps Interactive signpost in London

OVI Maps is now free for Nokia devices. Back in October 2009 , FoneArena and a bunch of bloggers from around the were world invited to London for a Nokia Event. We managed to spend some time under the Giant Ovi Maps arrow. The signpost was suspended in mid-air by cranes and users could SMS their message to be beamed on the display. Watch the video to get a glimpse of the the whole idea behind the signpost and how it works !

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Your last chance to register for the Mobile Premier Awards during MWC 2010

If you are attending Mobile World Congress and if you are in Barcelona on Feb 15th you might be interested to attend the Mobile Premier Awards.It should be a nice event to meet a lot of folks behind the start-ups in the mobile world

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Bolt 1.7 to support widgets

Bitstream Inc, the company behind Bolt Browser, today announced that the upcoming version of its BOLT mobile browser viz Bolt 1.7 will include the ability to run Web applications, more commonly referred to as “widgets”. The new BOLT Browser with widgets will be introduced in beta as a part of the upcoming BOLT v1.7, which will be on display at the Mobile World Congress on Feb 15, 2010. Continue reading “Bolt 1.7 to support widgets”

OVI Maps Q&A Chat Session Summary

Recently Nokia made Turn by Turn Navigation completely free. Following the announcement FoneArena was invited to a Virtual Q&A Session with the OVI Maps Team . Arshia Varlet and Pino Bonetti whom we spoke to when in London as a part of the Good Things event were part of this Q&A
Interesting answers we got from the session
  • N900 will be added to the list of devices.
  • Ovi Maps uses 55% less data than Google Maps.
  • Nokia will never charge for Navigation again