India will soon become a Nation of mobile users. The steadily increasing mobile using population expands due to the ever increasing usage by the youth. A recently completed IDC study confirms that mobile users perceive they derive one of the following sets of benefits from using mobile phones – safety and security, productivity and convenience, … Continue reading “Gen X choose functionality over looks”
Just got some info that Sony Ericsson is hosting a live Xperia™ webcast on Sep 8th The webcast will include a world premiere of Sony Ericsson’s alternative reality thriller and give the first live, in-depth, demonstration of the Xperia™ X1 prior to its global launch. The webcast will air at 1pm (GMT + 1 hour) 8 … Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 event on September 8”
MOTOZINE ZN5 has finally been unveiled in India. Read Fonearena coverage of this handset here. For interested buyers, Motorola has also incorporated some super deals alongwith the handset.
3G is steadily becoming a reality in India. Since the 3G license guidelines were announced, the great 3G auction will now commence. There are 66 auctions to be held — 22 for CDMA, 22 for BWA (Broadband Wireless Access), and 22 for GSM. These will be held simultaneously, and the government is currently looking for … Continue reading “3G auctions in India”
More research is out showing that today’s youth view their mobile phones as an extension of the online lives from their PCs. The report from In-Stat points out that the generation aged 8 to 27 use their mobile phones to access their social networks wherever they are. This news is great for companies attempting to … Continue reading “The Youth use mobiles for PC applications”
One more high-end handset LG Voyager that will be available from Reliance for its CDMA users. The handset was showcased at this year’s Mobile Asia held in Delhi earlier this year. Steve Koh, country head of LG CDMA elaborates,
Nokia launched 2 new handsets the Nokia N79 and N85. The N79 is a candy bar handset where as the N85 is a dual slider much like the N95. N79 Touted to be a multimedia phone, the handset comes with changeable back covers in five colours: Light Sea Blue, Espresso Brown, Olive Green, White and … Continue reading “Nokia launches two high end handsets Nokia N79 and N85”
The price of the 3G iPhone stumped those who were eagerly awaiting its launch in India. To counter the ‘non-affordability’ factor doing the rounds among buyers, Vodafone has decided to offer the handset of easy 6 monthly or 12 monthly instalments. It is rumoured that the company is holding talks with financial institutions to initiate … Continue reading “Will you get your Vodafone iPhone on easy instalments?”
The Palm Treo Pro (christened 850 previously) is a Windows Mobile PocketPC for GSM users. The handset is not launched yet, but its images have been splashed all over the internet lately. Specs &features at a glance (likely changes may occur): • 400Mhz CPU • 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM! • 320 x 320 pixel screen
A lovely candy bar styled music phone is making its march fast from the mobile giant Motorola. Bundled with music key, FM radio and microSD card slot the W388 sports a VGA camera.. Armed with a with dual-band GSM (850/1900MHz or 900/1800MHz) support for a good connection the phone supports seven African languages. Motorola’s CrystalTalk … Continue reading “W388 – Music enabled camera phone from Motorola”
The Nokia Arte 8800 was launched way back in November 2007. Read Fonearena’s coverage of the launch here. Read full specs of the range here. Then Nokia launched the Arte Sapphire; a handset with similar specs and features, changing only the look of the handset with a value adding Sapphire gemstone in the centre of … Continue reading “Nokia Carbon Arte – tracking the Arte journey”
I got this email from Vodafone today which released the prices of the iPhone. Apple products don’t come cheap. But how many of you will pay 31,000 for an iphone ? I don’t think its affordable to most people . Also 3G does not make any sense in the indian context. Vodafone has released the … Continue reading “Vodafone finally releases iPhone prices , not affordable”
Nokia is due to launch the 3640 fold economy flip phone across its markets. Specs & features at a glance: • GSM handset • Internal display of 2 inches with 256K colours • External 1.36-inch display with 265k colours • Analog clock exterior screensaver • 1.3 megapixel camera
Perhaps taking into cognizance the growing dominance of India amongst the mobile users of the world, Nokia unveiled the N 96 in India atleast 30 days prior to its UK launch. At Fonearena, we have been predicting the launch of this dual slider since December 2007. Click here to know more. Fonearena had also reported … Continue reading “Nokia N96 comes to India!”
E71 is the latest fashion statement from Nokia Its only 10mm thick and is rich in features. We will run through all the important features in this ESeries device I admit that being a die hard Nokia fan. I just loved to get my hands on the device . Its such a sexy phone. I … Continue reading “Nokia E71 Review”
