MWC 2010 : Vodafone announces ultra cheap phones for India and emerging markets

While we were waiting for Nokia to announce the 500 rupee handset , looks like Vodafone jumped ahead in the race by unveiling the Vodafone 150 , it’s cheapest phone till date. The Vodafone 150 and Vodafone 250 are launching in India and Africa in the coming weeks .

Windows Mobile 7 to Have Free Navigation!

Google brought in the first free navigation with the Motorola DROID/MILESTONE. Then Nokia went ahead and took it to another level by announcing free turn-by-turn navigation for all it’s GPS enabled devices. Now Microsoft is the next one to follow the footsteps of Google and Nokia. Windows Mobile 7 which hasn’t yet been officially announced … Continue reading “Windows Mobile 7 to Have Free Navigation!”

Video : Giant Ovi Maps Interactive signpost in London

OVI Maps is now free for Nokia devices. Back in October 2009 , FoneArena and a bunch of bloggers from around the were world invited to London for a Nokia Event. We managed to spend some time under the Giant Ovi Maps arrow. The signpost was suspended in mid-air by cranes and users could SMS … Continue reading “Video : Giant Ovi Maps Interactive signpost in London”

OVI Maps Q&A Chat Session Summary

Recently Nokia made Turn by Turn Navigation completely free. Following the announcement FoneArena was invited to a Virtual Q&A Session with the OVI Maps Team . Arshia Varlet and Pino Bonetti whom we spoke to when in London as a part of the Good Things event were part of this Q&A Interesting answers we got from … Continue reading “OVI Maps Q&A Chat Session Summary”

Sony Ericsson Faith Now Known as Aspen

Earlier, we had brought to you news about the Sony Ericsson QWERTY Windows Mobile phone with design similar to Nokia’s E61, E71 and E72 smartphones. The Sony Ericsson Faith has now been announced as the Sony Ericsson Aspen. The phone is quite a nice looking phone and first one of Sony Ericsson to have such … Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Faith Now Known as Aspen”

Firefox RC3 For Maemo Released: Disables Flash

The Mozilla developers have announced the third release candidate of its mobile browser for Maemo. Firefox for Maemo, also known as Fennec, with the aim to improve overall responsiveness and page load time has disabled the plugin support. This also includes the disabling of Flash support on the software.