LG BL40

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The looks of the LG BL-40 will amaze anyone ! Is it a phone or a chocobar ?  The phone has some revolutionary features like a 4inch Touch- Screen with resolution of 800×345 pixels and for the first time on a mobile, screen with 21:9 aspect ratio. Actually it’s just recently that the first 21:9 aspect TVs were announced by Philips, so this is a remarkable achievement. It also sports a 5 Megapixel camera.Its also got  HSDPA, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Multi-Touch, Flash Based 3D UI
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Palm Pixi being sold at $25 on Amazon

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$25. Thats the price you will pay for a brand new Palm Pixi at Amazon on a 2-year contract with Sprint. Having been released just about a week ago this entry-level webOS smartphone will please those customers who are on a tight budget while still being capable of doing your everyday task. Continue reading “Palm Pixi being sold at $25 on Amazon”

Xperia X1 not getting Windows Mobile 6.5 Update

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All the users of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 who have been wondering if the device will be getting Windows Mobile 6.5 update, are in for some disappointment. Sony Ericsson specified today that Sony Xperia X1 will not be getting the official Windows Mobile 6.5 update. Continue reading “Xperia X1 not getting Windows Mobile 6.5 Update”

Sony Ericsson Closing Facilities and Laying Off Employees!

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After removing 450 employees from the payroll last September, Sony Ericsson is now planning to close down four of it’s facilities and lay-off 2000 employees worldwide.

The facilities that are planned to be shutdown are the facilities in RTP (North Carolina), Small Facilities(Miami, Seattle and San Diego), Sweden and Chennai. 2000 employees will be laid off and some of them will have the option of getting transfers to other places like Atlanta or California. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Closing Facilities and Laying Off Employees!”

Fly Unveils 2 New Dual SIM Handsets – MC 160 and E106

Fly Mobiles have announced the launch of 2 new Dual SIM touchscreen handsets in India namely, the MC 160 and the E106.

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The MC 160 based on Yamaha Chipset, features a QVGA touchscreen with a 262k color TFT display, Other features includes a phonebook which has hold upto 2000 names, 3 megapixel camera with Video Recording, 87MB Internal memory with support for expandable memory using microSD cards, Has support for GPRS, EDGE, A2DP and Bluetooth. The phone has a talk time of 4 hrs and a standby time of 200 hours. The Phone also has a mobile tracker with remote control capabilities and privacy protection feature and is decently priced at Rs. 6,000. Continue reading “Fly Unveils 2 New Dual SIM Handsets – MC 160 and E106”

Airfone Launches A Range of Dual SIM Mobile Phones In India

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JV Airfone India Pvt Ltd, a new player in the Indian Mobile Market has introduced its new range of mobile handsets. Airfone is now offering a striking collection of multi-feature, incredible looking mobile handsets reasonably priced for almost every niche which will feature dual SIM facility in all handsets, MP3 player & TF Card support in all its models.

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Interview with Jon Tetzchner of Opera Software

At Symbian Exchange 2009 FoneArena got a chance to interview Jon Tetzchner CEO of  Opera Software. In this 20 minute interview , we talk about a lot of things ranging from Opera Mini, Opera Mobile and Opera Unite and also Google Chrome , Internet Explorer.

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Nokia N900 Enters USA at a price tag of 649 USD

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Today, we come with great news for many of you. The Nokia N900 will start selling in the USA starting from today. The Nokia N900 has already begun shipping to customers who had pre-ordered it. The N900 is also expected to hit other countries in the coming weeks. Continue reading “Nokia N900 Enters USA at a price tag of 649 USD”

Droid Autofocus bug is the weirdest bug. Ever.

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One of the main gripes of Motorola’s latest flagship beast is it’s problem with getting a proper auto focus with its 5 Mp shooter. This has been the case since it’s launch and it now seems, to have been magically(through a silent over-the-air update actually) to have been fixed, until the 11th of December that is.  The strange thing is that according to Dan Morrill, from Google’s Android team, the bug is related to a time-stamp bug:

“According to Google Engineer Dan Morrill, there is an unfortunate bug in the Droid’s auto focus routine. It improperly rounds a timestamp used in the calculations, which somehow throws the entire focusing process off. Today it works, and tomorrow it will work…but 24.5 days from now, the bug will be back.” Continue reading “Droid Autofocus bug is the weirdest bug. Ever.”

N97 Mini wins GSMA Award for Best Mobile Handset

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The GSMA has announced the Winners of its 2009 Mobile Awards and a real good surprise for Nokia. The N97 Mini which has been launched in India recently has won the Award for the Best Mobile Handset Best Mobile Broadband Handset/Device . I played with the Mini at Nokia World and most recently at the Nokia N-Tourage Event in Blore and this handset is very impressive in terms of build quality , speed and kinetic scrolling and much better than the big brother. Continue reading “N97 Mini wins GSMA Award for Best Mobile Handset”

GSM Association announces winners of Asia Mobile Awards 2009

You might have seen the nominations for the Asia Mobile Awards for 2009 and now The GSM Association has announced the winners at the Mobile Asia Congress Networking Party and Awards Celebration at Hong Kong’s famed Happy Valley Racecourse.

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“We are delighted with the number of high quality entries we received for this year’s Asian Mobile Awards and Mobile Innovation Grand Prix – Asia Tournament,” said Rob Conway, CEO and Member of the Board for the GSMA. “These awards reflect the strong growth of mobile communications in Asia – in the last year alone mobile connections in the region have risen by 370 million, and this growth is driven by innovative new services, applications and ever richer mobile content. These awards recognise the leaders, pioneers and innovators that are making this happen. Our congratulations to the winners, and our thanks to all those who participated.”

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Opera Mobile 10 Comes to Windows Mobile after Symbian

Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile phones is now out for immediate download on a WinMo phone after the Oslo based Software Company announced the Symbian version of the browser earlier this month. This version for Windows Mobile aims to transform mobile browsing to a desktop-like experience

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