MySpace now available on Virgin Mobile in India

Virgin Mobile recently announced a partnership with ‘My Space’ to bolster its youth-centric services portfolio in India.

‘My Space’ social networking services will now be available on Virgin Mobile WAP-enabled phones at no extra cost*on handsets starting at just Rs. 2,999.

Users can access MySpace by simply clicking the MySpace link on vBytes and logging in the user ID and password. New users can begin by creating a fresh id and password.

(* Users pay a daily charge of just Rs. 5/- for accessing vBytes)

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Downloadable mobile application for iPhone users by Kraft Foods

The iFood Assistant, an iPhone and iPod touch application was launched by Kraft Foods, the world’s No. 2 food company recently. It offers consumers access to food and meal-planning ideas. The application targets consumers on the go looking for recipes.

The application can be downloaded from the Apple App Store for installation on any iPhone or iPod touch.

“Our goal is to help make consumers’ lives easier by helping them find the perfect food idea for any occasion, create quick shopping lists and find the nearest grocery store – all just a finger-tap away,” said Ed Kaczmarek, director of innovation for new services at Kraft.

The iFood Assistant includes more than 7,000 tested, searchable recipes with detailed instructions and video demonstrations and an alternative horizontal view to follow along while cooking. Continue reading “Downloadable mobile application for iPhone users by Kraft Foods”

LG KP199 A Fully loaded Dynamite

LG india have launched their new handset in the Dynamite series : LG KP 199. Some of the features are :

  • Full Multimedia with Long Battery backup
  • MP3 Player
  • High quality VGA Camera with continuous video recording
  • FM with Recording
  • 262K Colour TFT display
  • Bluetooth with A2DP

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Reliance Mobile launches GSM services in Punjab

Reliance Communications Monday announced the launch of its GSM mobile services in Punjab, becoming the first telecom operator in the circle to have both GSM and CDMA services for mobile users.

“The service will cover 460 towns, 11,741 villages and a number of national, state and other highways, tourist and religious places throughout the state,” Reliance regional hub head Arvind Kumar told reporters at the launch.

The Punjab circle GSM market is dominated by telecom majors Airtel and Idea (till recently Spice) and the entry of Reliance is likely to make the competition even more keen.

Offering a Reliance GSM prepaid SIM card for a one-time charge of just Rs.25, Reliance officials said the inaugural offer to subscribers would provide 100 percent savings to the sub-Rs.300 users. Continue reading “Reliance Mobile launches GSM services in Punjab”

Nokia 5800 vs the Apple iPhone 3G

After the comparison between G1 and the iPhone we at Fonearena had presented, here is our comparison of Nokia 5800 with the Apple iPhone 3G

As we had mentioned earlier, regardless of the outcome of the comparative study, Apple should sure be proud of its achievement – of the iPhone setting the benchmark for all future super phones.

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Nokia starts Environment Initiative to Recycle mobiles

Nokia has always been at the forefront of environmental initiatives. With their Take-back campaign, they have proved that they do care.

With this campaign, Nokia aims to encourage handset users to dispose off their unusable or old handsets and accessories of any brand at recycle bins installed at Nokia Care Centres and Nokia Priority Dealers.

Users will be given a gift for participating in the campaign and Nokia will plant a tree for every dropped mobile.

Kicking off the campaign from New Delhi, it will soon be replicated across 1300 outlets across the country.

The recycling will be undertaken by reputed companies. Continue reading “Nokia starts Environment Initiative to Recycle mobiles”

Get some free Qik Stickers by taking a Video

Qik is cool application if you would like to stream live video from your mobile phone.

for example , I was eating a Channa Samosa when I was traveling abroad ..

See the video captured from my Nokia N82

you can use both Gprs and Wifi for connecting to the service ..
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Scribe Symbian S60 WordPress Blogging client

Well if you are a WordPress blogger and want to blog from your Symbian S60 mobile phone then Scribe might seem interesting to you.

Scribe is Symbian S60 WordPress Blogging client


Scribe allows you to post on your WordPress-powered blog from anywhere, using just your mobile phone .

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Nokia E63 vs E71 in Pictures

Nokia E63 is the low cost version of the E71 . This E-Series phone was announced just in Nov 2008

The E63 has small minor differences in the front .. Its got a more box like rectangular body the e71 is sleekier ..

The spacebar is shorter and there are 2 extra keys on the last row  ..

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Wishing You a Very Happy 2009

FoneArena Team takes great pride in Wishing all of you a Very Happy and Properous 2009.

May 2009 bring the latest mobile phones into your lives and we will be covering the the phones expected in the coming year in a follow up post.

What phone do you want to buy in 2009 ?

Answer this question in a comment below and lucky winners will win an exciting free mobile accessory .

China Mobiles movement in India

Understanding the China Mobiles movement in India

Introducing our Guest ,Amit Nayak, CEO, GEEK IT STORES .

Chinese mobile phones are flooding the indian mobile market and are giving tough competition to reputed brands.

But they have also been hitting the headlines due to poor quality or due absence of IMEI number.

Amit will clear your doubts regarding chinese mobile phones.

Are you a china mobile customer?? Are you using Chinese mobile? Are you safe using a such a phone ,

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Availability and Price in India

Many of you might be curious to find out the price of Nokia’s latest touchscreen phone ..

The launch had been delayed previously ..

But now the news is confirmed ..

We have information from official sources

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Live Pictures from Concept Store

I had been to Nokia Concept Store in Chennai today .

The stage was set for the showcasing of the much awaited 5800 XpressMusic phone which we have been covering a lot ..

Life size phone on display and the phone connect via TV out

full screen qwerty keyboard .. Continue reading “Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Live Pictures from Concept Store”

Indian Government asks Operators to ban Chinese and Korean Handsets without IMEI

The DOT of Department of Telecom has asked all Operators to ban handsets without a legitimate IMEI number on January 6th.

This directive comes as a fight against terror as these handsets are being used by terrorists as they do not have an IMEI number in them.There are as many as 25 million unbranded handsets imported from China and Korea that are believed to be on the knife’s edge.

They have asked operators to block mobiles with fake IMEI numbers like all zeroes .

The Indian Government has postponed the previous deadline for Operators from 6th January 2009 to March 31 2009.

So be careful when purchasing these Chinese or other imported handsets ..

You might even be questioned by the authorities .