Nokia launches Dual SIM phones C1 and C2 in India

Nokia has FINALLY launched it’s first Dual SIM phones in India  in an event at Delhi today. The C1-00 and C2-00 support usage of multiple SIM cards. It’s interesting that Nokia India managed to get hold of a couple of Models who are identical Twins Continue reading “Nokia launches Dual SIM phones C1 and C2 in India”

Exclusive : Nokia C2 Live Pics !

Nokia announced the C2 earlier this month in Africa. It’s actually the C2-00 and infact finally a Dual SIM phone from Nokia. We had the chance to play with this device at Nokia Connection 2010.You might have heard of the term Dual SIM Dual Standby which means that both SIMs stay active at any point of time. One SIM card sits beneath the battery and the 2nd SIM is hot-swappable via slot in the side. Continue reading “Exclusive : Nokia C2 Live Pics !”

Review of 3 Olive phones

The Indian mobile phone industry has seen unprecedented growth and emergence of new players in the market. Players like Micromax, Maxx, Karbonn have come from nowhere and started selling handsets in the lakhs.

Amongst them is a company called Olive. Olive Mobiles is a new entrant just like the ones above and many more. So what makes them unique you might ask, they all are the same after all! One look and you might say so. But a closer look reveals that it is not the same.

Olive phones have made quite a splash with their handsets. Engadget even covered one of their models. A feat, no Indian manufacturer I know has managed till date.

Olive has been very kind in providing us at Fonearena, three devices to review. We’ve put each of the handset through its paces and pushed it to the hilt. Continue reading “Review of 3 Olive phones”

Intex IN 2020 QT – Dual SIM, QWERTY phone at Price of just Rs.2200

Intex has launched its latest Dual SIM (GSM + GSM), QWERTY mobile phone IN 2020 QT in India . The phone is the lowest-priced Dual SIM QWERTY music phone with long battery life of 11 hours

The phone comes with a unique Mobile Tracker feature to track the phone if at all it gets stolen . The tracker works via SMS. You can also block 10 callers of your choice with Black List .

Intex IN 2020 QT Features

  • 1.8 inch QVGA display with 65K colors
  • 109.6 x 57 x 13mm dimensions
  • 1450mAh battery
  • Weight : 98gms
  • Wireless FM radio
  • Audio – video player with equalizer and sound recorder
  • Auto call recorder
  • Supports Micro SD card
  • 2 GB expandable memory
  • English and Hindi language support
  • 336 hours standby and upto 11 hours talk time
  • Mobile Tracker
  • 5-LED Torch

Intex IN 2020 QT Price

At a street price of Rs.2200 this Intex Qwerty phone might be the cheapest QWERTY Dual-SIM available in the market.

Intex Triple SIM Phone is here

Yes , you read it right Triple SIM – 3 SIM Cards , Intex had launched the IN 5030  , it’s first triple sim(GSM + GSM + CDMA) mobile phone in India recently. You don’t have to wait for Mobile Number Portability to change your operator. You can carry 3 mobile numbers at the same time in this phone.

Check out the 3 sim card slots below – there’s Airtel, Idea for GSM and a Tata Indicom for CDMA

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Nokia to bring Dual SIM phones in 2010

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At the Nokia Capital Markets Day yesterday Nokia made a lot of forward looking statements including some indications of their device portfolio in 2010.

UPDATE: This is finally a reality ! Nokia has finally launched Dual Phones

C1 & C2

Nokia made it’s intentions to remain the leader in the handset market and that it’s not taking the competition lightly. Some good news for all of you who are craving for that Nokia Dual  SIM mobile phone. It might actually become a reality in 2010.

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Will Multiple SIM Phones be Banned Permanently in India?

dual sim phones Recently there were speculations that mobile phones supporting multiple SIM cards may be banned in India. Actually, few days ago, a Chennai based 36 years old engineer – Somasundaram Ram Kumar filed a petition at the Madras high court claiming that he owns patent (No.214388) for plurality of SIM cards in a single mobile handset and the various leading mobile phone manufacturers (including Samsung & Spice) is infringing his copy rights.

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After Dual SIM, Triple SIM Phones have been Kicked off!

Want to switch over to another network because you are not satisfied with your current service provider but cannot do so because of your old loved mobile number? Then triple SIM support mobiles is for your rescue.

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Dual SIM PDA from Spice

Spice Mobiles, known in India for its range of highly functional economy handsets, has launched a dual SIM PDA in India.

The Spice D-1100 Dual SIM PDA has the capability of having both SIMs simultaneously active and has a touch panel, an integrated stylus and alpha-numeric keypad.

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New Dual Sim offering from Samsung – D780 Duos

Samsung recently launched the tri-band Samsung D780 Duos. A rather stylish candy bar design, this handset is loaded with goodies.

Specs and features at a glance:

• 2.1 inch, 256k colour, QVGA display
• 2 megapixel camera
• USB 2.0 data transfer
• Bluetooth with an A2DP profile
• microSD card support for external memory
• Media player for music and video
• FM radio

The D780 allows both SIMs to be active at the same time. Continue reading “New Dual Sim offering from Samsung – D780 Duos”