Bharti Airtel and HTC bring First Android Powered Phone to India – The HTC Magic


After some initial rumors and strong speculation , the HTC Magic has finally arrived in India. Bharti Airtel has teamed up with HTC to bring the the first Android Powered Phone to India.Airtel users will get 100 MB of data usage free for the first 6 months . The phone will be priced at Rs.29,900. Users can buy the phone at Airtel Relationship Centres and authorised HTC resellers across 17 cities in India – Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Cochin, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Patna.

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HTC Magic Launched in India , Android based phones finally come to India

HTC Magic will soon be available in India. We just heard from HTC and they are launching it in New Delhi today. For those wanting Android phones. The wait might be finally over. The phone might not be Google branded and might be locked to Airtel or Vodafone. Continue reading “HTC Magic Launched in India , Android based phones finally come to India”

1 Million Apple iPhone 3GS Sold!

The Apple iPhone 3GS which is the successor to the previous Apple iPhone 3G was released 3 days ago. Within this short period of 3 days, Apple has managed to sell 1 million units of the iPhone 3GS.

Apple said in a Press Statement on 21st June 2009 ” We have managed to sell one million units of the iPhone 3GS models through Sunday, June 21, the third day after its launch.” Continue reading “1 Million Apple iPhone 3GS Sold!”

Nokia N85: Image Review

N97 aside, the N85 is one of the most recent Nseries devices offering a range of features and combining the best of Nokia into one handset. Many people are calling it the N95 successor, or the better N95 as it takes the flagship’s dual slide design but adds a lot more to it in terms of battery, RAM, internal memory and hardware features. Here is an image review of the N85, but we also have a video review that we will publish later.

The N85 is a slider device. The main unit packs a 2.6″ screen with an accelerometer that rotates the display to landscape when needed. On top of it is the speakerphone with the front camera and the light sensor. Below it are the d-pad which also functions as a Navi-Wheel, the multimedia key and the red and green call keys. Another set of keys, that only light up when the device is being used are the right and left softkeys and the menu button and delete key. Continue reading “Nokia N85: Image Review”

Nokia N97 caught with the G1, iPhone 3G, E75 and E71

Here are more pics from the Nokia N97 Launch Event in Bangalore. We had a chance to take some pics of the Nokia N97 with the HTC G1, iPhone 3G, E75 and E71. The N97 and G1 are damn close in terms of size.

HTC G1      – 117.7 x 55.7 x 17.1 mm

Nokia N97 – 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm

Some say the N97 is bulky,  but you will be surprised if you see this handset in person. Its not bulky considering the fact that it has a full keyboard in addition to the touch screen display.

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Nokia N86 8MP Hands on Pics from India Launch Event

We grabbed some pics of the Nokia N86 8MP at the launch event in India yesterday. The phone fits really well in the hand and the build quality is really good. There was no wobbling even though the phone has a 2 way slider mechanism. The keypad is really nice with large keys. The home screen had a new clock but could not figure out what exactly it was.The design is very similar to the N85 but its not glossy but a matte finish. Here is the monster 8 MP Camera with Carl Zeiss optics on the back.

It has a nice shutter and the keystand is also present around the camera. A nice metallic is present around the corners of the device and even in the menu key.

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Search for N Contest Winners Announced

The Search for N Contest to Win a N97 has officially come to an end at 8 am today. Nokia India has picked the 2 winners from each website. The winners will be contacted by Nokia by SMS and Email. Here are the 2 two lucky winners from FoneArena.

Winner 1 Varun goyal
Winner 2 Manish Aggarwal

We would like to congratulate the winners. And to all of you who took part in the contest , a Big Thank You from the FoneArena team. It was a contest that had thousands of submissions and sadly only 2 winners.We would like to thank all of you for your support and participation.

Nokia N86 8MP vs N82 Camera Comparison

Today at the Nokia N86 8MP launch event , i had the chance to take a pics with both the N86 and its sibling the N82.  It was not a photo studio so the conditions were not perfect for a comparison.  So the results might not be that accurate. I just could not resist comparing the two phones as the N86 was first seen as a N82 upgrade with a Xenon flash. But then it went the N85 way !

Here are shots taken with the n86 8mp and the N82 .. Looks like N86 is doing a good job with color reproduction.We are also digging deep into the specs to see whats new in the N86 Continue reading “Nokia N86 8MP vs N82 Camera Comparison”

Nokia N86 8MP Camera Samples and HD Video from Launch Event

I had the chance to play with the Nokia N86 8MP at the launch event in chennai , india. I took some pics to test the much talked about Camera of the N86. I managed to even take a shot from my old N82 just in case to compare  the improvement in image quality. The above pic was shot with the N86 , they were the Models present at the N86 launch.

This is what the event was promoting See the Bigger Picture

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Nokia N86 8MP launched in Chennai , available in stores in India

We are at the Nokia N86 8MP Launch event in Chennai. Nokia launched its latest high end camera phone the N86 8MP. The venue had lots of pictures in the entrance, all of them clicked with the same phone itself. We were allowed to play with the phone for a short time and we took tons of pics using the phone. We even compared pics taken by the N82 with the N86 which will be uploaded soon.

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Nokia N97 Mobile Multimedia Monster

UPDATE :Winners have been announced.

Welcome to Day 5 of Search for N to Win a Nokia N97.

Question : What’s currently the largest storage available for any Nokia ?

Please read the article and submit your answer below in the N97 phone.

Nokia is calling its phones mobile computers. Nokia N97 is certainly a mobile multimedia monster.Even a 2 year old kid called the N97 a laptop when he looked at the pictures of the phone.With over 32 GB of inbuilt memory and a microSD memory card slot, the N97 can store hours of music and videos. I am really excited about watching movies on its 16×9 inch screen.Also the tile angle of the screen seems interesting.

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HTC Android Phones are coming soon to India

Seeing the loads of comments of our unlocked HTC G1 in action in India , I must say that a small fraction of users are using Google Android based phones in India. But its sad that its not officially available in India even after months after the global launch

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The Nokia N97 QWERTY Keyboard

Welcome to Day 4 of Search for N Contest to win Nokia N97. The N97 has a revolutionary keyboard.

Today’s question : What are the first six letters in the modern day keyboard layout ? There are a lot of interesting things about the keyboard on the phone.Its got 3 rows of keys which are nicely spaced apart.The first question I asked N97 Designer, Axel Meyer was about the space bar on the QWERTY keypad.The space bar is pretty tiny and finds it place on the right side. Normally one would expect a larger spacebar and also positioned at the center. But Axel suggested that I use the keyboard for a while and see how it worked. After I used the space bar on the right, i actually found it easy to use. It seems that this new keyboard follows haptics effectively(Haptics is study of human touching behaviour)

The full QWERTY keyboard with nice backlighting

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Download iPhone 3.0 Software update for your iPhone Now ! Its Official

It’s official ! Finally after a long wait the official downloads of iPhone 3.0 are being rolled out as we speak.Saw this in my iTunes just now. I have added direct links in case you wish to download the software using your download manager.Remember you gotta have iTunes 8.2 to run this update.

Also this is the official update and it will brick all your jail broken phones.So those of you who have Pwned , or Jail broken phones you might need some Yellow Sn0w or Red Sn0w. Please wait ! For the offical firmware links get them after the jump

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Nokia N97 to be available on EMI to HDFC and Citibank Customers

Nokia is doing a multi-city launch for the Nokia N97. After it was launched in Delhi, now it has been launched in Kolkata by Bollywood Actor Rahul Bose. The exact price of the phone has not been revealed even now . But when we contacted a Nokia Concept Store in Chennai, they hinted at a price of Rs.36,000 approx. In order to justify this price and also make it lighter on consumer pockets , Nokia is going to offer EMI options to N97 customers and has tied up with HDFC and Citibank to provide a 3 month EMI option at 0 % interest in select cities. Continue reading “Nokia N97 to be available on EMI to HDFC and Citibank Customers”