The Road To Nokia World 2011 Part 2: Why Symbian And Meego Still Matter

Nokia World 2011 is scheduled for next week in London and it is undoubtedly the most hyped and the most important event in recent Nokia history. Throughout this week, FoneArena will take a look at expectations, realities and myths related to this particular year, in preparation for the big reveals that will come on October … Continue reading “The Road To Nokia World 2011 Part 2: Why Symbian And Meego Still Matter”

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Ray review

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Ray is one of the most intriguing smartphone I have ever used. This phone goes against the current trend of expensive larger screen smartphones with high-specs or small and fat smartphones with low-specs. So I found it refreshing when Sony Ericsson announced the XPERIA Ray, a small screen smartphone with a … Continue reading “Sony Ericsson XPERIA Ray review”

Apple iOS 5 – The Changes

Apple’s iOS 5 mobile operating system will be released in the next few hours. This latest update is compatible with most recent iterations of the Apple mobile line, including iPhones after the 3GS, iPads and the iPod Touch.

Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7.5 in India

Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) in India that has new Metro UI, Live Tiles and Hubs. The application icons have been replaced by Live Tiles on the Windows Phone start screen that offers real-time updates from the Web such as news,  applications,  appointments or the status of friends. There are hubs that offer integrated experience by offering related content such as images, games, … Continue reading “Microsoft launches Windows Phone 7.5 in India”

Nokia announces C2-05 Slider Phone and X2-05 Music Phone

Nokia has announced two new phones of different form factors. The C2-05 is slider phone and the X2-05 is the Music Phone that audio output of 106phons. Both these phones run on Symbian S40 and comes with Nokia Browser, Nokia Store and preinstalled social networking apps for Facebook and Twitter.

Flickr launches official app for Android

Flickr has launched their official app for Android. This lets you take photos, enhance them with filters, and quickly send to Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and more. You can also capture the image from the app and upload it to Flickr or select images from your collection.

TRAI 100 SMS per day limit comes into effect

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has imposed the restriction of 100 SMS/ day per SIM from today (27.09.2011) to prevent pesky marketing SMS. Now they have excluded the service providers, DTH operators, e-ticketing agencies, social networking sites and directory service agencies from the limit. This would let these providers to serve the people … Continue reading “TRAI 100 SMS per day limit comes into effect”

Samsung Omnia W announced with Windows Phone Mango and 1.4 GHz Processor

Samsung has announced Samsung Omnia W, their first handset to feature Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango). The phone has 3.7 inch Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz processor and 5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a VGA video calling camera. The Windows Phone Mango has Windows Phone People Hub that has built-in social networking services like Windows Live, Facebook, Twitter and … Continue reading “Samsung Omnia W announced with Windows Phone Mango and 1.4 GHz Processor”

Airtel 3G now offers Double Data on Select Plans

Airtel now offers Double Data Benefit on select 3G plans. All the Standard 3G packs now offer double data on recharge for both the Prepaid and Postpaid users. The Rs. 101, Rs. 201, Rs. 451 and Rs. 751 packs now offer 200MB, 500MB, 1200MB and 4GB (pre-paid) / 5GB (post-paid).

Samsung Champ 3.5G, Chat 527 and Primo, 3G phones launched in India

Samsung has launched 3 new 3G phones, Samsung Champ 3.5G, Samsung Chat 527 and Samsung Primo in India. The Samsung Champ is a touch phone with 2.8 inch touch screen. The Samsung Chat 527 (S5270) is a QWERTY phone with optical track pad and the Samsung Primo (S5610) has 2.4 inch display. Samsung now has 13 phones … Continue reading “Samsung Champ 3.5G, Chat 527 and Primo, 3G phones launched in India”

Vorce – Instant language translation app for iPhone

Vorce [voh-krey], instant language translation app allows users to communicate instantly with anybody from anywhere. It translates your voice into other languages instantly and magically speaks what you’ve said into the selected language when you flip the phone horizontally. The language options include English (US/GB/AU), Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese and Chinese.

Shop, Search and Compare prices with eBay iPhone app for India

eBay India has launched their app for iPhone users. The would let the Indian users log in to their eBay account and shop items. You can also search for an item, get instant alerts when you are outbid or when an auction ends and also compare prices in the store against eBay prices using the … Continue reading “Shop, Search and Compare prices with eBay iPhone app for India”