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Out Now! New and Improved – Nokia Software Update Site

Hi all. Say hello to a new and pleasing Nokia update website. Yes, nokia has thrown out a new and revamped update website. The new site has several features and they have been crafted with a niche for even the minute details. Unlike previously when we were put through a rigorous and confusing options of having to update the phone for its latest software the new site offers just that in nothing but few clicks and there you are updating the device and its a breeze.

Upon visiting the site you are welcomes by this : its so elegant and neat. Do have to appreciate the designers for their efforts. It has never been so simple.

As you can see, it gives you the choice to choose your device based on either the thumbnail view or the text list. Continue reading “Out Now! New and Improved – Nokia Software Update Site”

HTC Touch HD in India

For all you HTC TOUCH WIN MO fans in India, here is some sweet news for your ears. HTC 8282 Touch HD, the WinMo Monster is available through select retails (your favorite Mobile Showrooms in India).It retails for close to a whooping 42k INR. And it’s worth it for its mere 3.8 HD screen. Wow, and it’s got awesome Multimedia capabilities as well.

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HTC S743

An off shoot of older HTC S740, the new HTC S743 was launched a few days ago.

A wide screen slim phone, with a slide out QWERTY, it has HSDPA 850 / 1900 wireless band for North American use.

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Nike launches new iPhone application A must for soccer fans !

Nike has launched a mobile application called Nike Goal. The application targets Italians who love soccer as well as Nike as a brand.

The iPhone application is an extension of the company’s Nikefootball.com site.

“The purpose of the application is to provide a free service to Italian football [soccer] fans who want to stay connected to the game and the teams and players they support,” said Martina Zavagno, digital marketing and ecommerce manager at Nike Italy. “For us at Nike, connecting with our consumers by providing them great, innovative products and services is a must,” Ms. Zavagno said. “Nike Goal has been launched with this in mind. Nike’s consumers expect us always to be ahead of the game,” she said. “Nike Goal is our kickoff of the game on the iPhone platform. The application right now provides just basic services, but we see it as a starting point. We have a lot of ideas in mind, but we want to grow gradually, adding features and services our consumers want to see on the application.”

Available in Italian and English, the application will soon cover the European Football Championships in the early part of this year.

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HTC 2009 Handset line up gets Leaked !

If you are HTC fan or a Windows Mobile , PDA user or if you are waiting for the next Android phone from HTC who made the G1 Google Phone then some good news for you all !

Like the Nokia Internal Roadmap leaked earlier now HTC’s entire 2009 Handset line up has leaked ..

The new HTC handsets include the Touch HD Pro which succeeds the HTC Touch HD,Iolite and Iolite II.

The Android phone – HTC hero, the Tungsten for T-Mobile and the HTC Jasper for Sprint. AT&T will get the Topaz and the Barium.

The last one, the pink, HTC Hero seems to run Android. Nice to see more Android devices in the making.

There are 25 handsets in total and the they are below followed by pics .. Continue reading “HTC 2009 Handset line up gets Leaked !”

10 Free Must Have Mobile Applications for Symbian S60 in 2009

The number of users using S60 phones NSeries , Eseries is growing fast . If you using a N73 .. N81 , N82 or E61i, E71 type of phone you are part of the gang !

Glenn Letham at SymbianOne has put up an interesting list of Top 10 must have mobile applications for Symbian S60 phones to kick off the new year 2009 .. The best part is that most of the apps are free to download .. So What are you waiting for ?

Video and Media Sharing

qik , Kyte.tv are video sharing / steaming apps

Twitter and microblogging

if you are a twitter user and would like to inform the world what your are doing rite now in under 160 characters .. then these tools may be useful to u http://twitter.com/slandr
http://dabr.co.uk/
http://www.twibble.de/
http://www.jaiku.com/mobile – unfortunately this service will be closed down soon.
Follow us on Twitter

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Apple iPhone Most Selling Phone in USA = Worst in India

Apple iPhone might have broken records with respect to sales , market share etc.in USA market over the past 1.5 years since its launch in June 2007 at MacWorld

The first gen phone was launched at 399 and 499 USD including the 16GB version which we unboxed for you.

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Interesting facts about Mobile phones in India

As the spread of mobile increases, it makes you wonder about the fine line between what is perceived as luxury and necessity.

One mobile – Necessity

Two mobiles – Luxury

No Mobiles – Happiness

On 17th January 2009, the TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal) held a Seminar in Pune on the topic Disputes resolution in Telecom & Broadcast from where certain interesting facts about Mobile phones emerged.

**India has 374 million telephone lines

**Off this 336 million are Mobiles!

**336 million Mobiles are distributed amongst 250 million GSM and 36 million CDMA

**Around 10 million mobile lines are added every month Continue reading “Interesting facts about Mobile phones in India”

LG Watch Phone GD910

The LG Watch Phone – GD910 was glimpsed at the recently concluded CES 2009 event and is only a glimpse of what LG is working on for the next iteration of mobile phones.

Nicole Lee from CNet was lucky enough to gather info about the LG Watch Phone and was surprised at how easy it seemed to dial numbers on the tiny dial pad, even though the screen only measures 1.43 inches diagonally.

According to LG, texting will be done in a similar manner with a virtual T9 keypad.

The glass screen on top works as a capacitive touch screen, while on the right side of the watch are three buttons: the Talk, Clear, and End buttons, respectively. The Watch Phone’s speakers were surprisingly loud even at the event.

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LG VIEWTY Celebrates 5 million handsets sales

LG Electronics launched the VIEWTY in October 2007 in the overseas market ,NAM was omitted as it depends on different sales bracket and technology. After its release quite some 14 months, LG have achieved the cumulative sales of 5,000,000 (350,000 domestic and overseas 4650000) Viewty handsets which is something to reckon with. Though it is not quite some feat compared to what a normal handset from Espoo does but for LG this is indeed something great and a memorable occassion. Its a true winner of a handset .

This is the combined selling capacity achieved in Asia and Europe alone and its great. Continue reading “LG VIEWTY Celebrates 5 million handsets sales”

BlackBerry Storm launched through Vodafone in India

The BlackBerry’s first touchphone the 9500 or Storm was officially launched in India yesterday.

At Fonearena, we had covered the unveiling of the handset in Oct 2008. Catch the coverage here

Its also the first touchscreen blackberry phone and its different from other BBs which have full QWERTY keypads. Continue reading “BlackBerry Storm launched through Vodafone in India”

Wikipedia Mobile Website Launched long back

Now you can access the tons of information Wikipedia on your mobile phone through the Wikipedia Mobile Website which made its to the news last month

The website takes into account the problems of reading on the go and has split large articles into multiple pages.

But the fun part is that that bloggers around the world made it a big news

I got in touch with the Wikipedia team and here is the reply i got

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Is Apple iPhone Nano coming soon

Rumours are rife about the launch of a smaller version of the iPhone called the Nano in the near future…some speculate as early as Q4 of 2008 (which ends in March 2009).

It is also predicted by these analysts that the Nano will be cheaper than the iPhone.

According to Kevin Chang, a JP Morgan analyst based in Taiwan, Apple is actually looking to “launch a cheaper version of the iPhone in the fourth quarter that could be based on its iPod Nano music player.”

Now this is good news for Indian mobile lovers. Considering the hype surrounding India as one of the fastest developing mobile markets in the world, it can be assumed that the Nano (if launched) will make it to Indian markets soon. Continue reading “Is Apple iPhone Nano coming soon”