According to report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation) the Worldwide mobile phone market grew 11.3% year over year in the 2nd quarter of 2011 (2Q11) with the worldwide shipment of 328.4 million units. But, this is low compared to the 16.8% growth in the 1st quarter of 2011 (1Q11), that had worldwide shipment of 365.4 million units. Continue reading “IDC : Mobile Phone Market Q2 2011 – Nokia, Samsung, LG top mobile phone vendors by shipments”
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We want Mugen Batteries for our Nokia N8!
We here at Fone Arena are big fans of Mugen Power Batteries, this uprising company from the east, providing us power-hungry geeks with more juice for all our favourite devices, most notably batteries for smartphones. Over at the Mugen Website you will be able to find extended batteries for all types of smartphones, most of them even having two options offered. Normally Mugen would have one OEM-sized version, and a bigger battery, with imense power (for example an insane 4.800mAh battery for the Motorola Atrix!). If you want to know more about the actual performance, check out Jon’s review from a couple of days ago, where he had a look at the Motorola Milestone 2 battery! Continue reading “We want Mugen Batteries for our Nokia N8!”
Nokia’s Twins Day Out enters Limca Book of Records 2012
Nokia’s Twins Day Out has entered Limca Book of Records 2012. The Nokia Twins Day out is a a first of its kind festival that brought 63 pairs of twins of different age groups together to unveil the Nokia Dual SIM handsets – Nokia C2-00 and Nokia X1-01. Continue reading “Nokia’s Twins Day Out enters Limca Book of Records 2012”
Nokia N9 Launching on 15th September on Swiss Orange ?
MeeGo Experts report that the long awaited Nokia N9 might be available via Swiss Orange starting September 15th. The website has put up a page for the MeeGo Harmattan device and listed 15th September as date of availability alongside the specifications.
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InterDigital Files Lawsuit Against Nokia, ZTE and Huawei
The battle between Nokia and Apple is well known. In the end Apple was forced to pay licensing fees to Nokia. Now another lawsuit has been filed by InterDigital against Nokia, ZTE and Huawei.
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Nokia Maps Now Available on iOS and Android Devices
There’s good news for all those who have been wanting to use Nokia maps on non-Nokia devices. Nokia Maps is now available on iOS and Android devices as well.
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Nokia declares operating loss of 487 million euros in Q2
Nokia today declared an operating loss of 487 million euros in Q2.The company managed to ship 88.5 million phones in the quarter and had net sales of 9.3 billion euros but the handset maker is struggling to make a profit.Looks like Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has some tough days ahead of him.
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Nokia SeaRay Spotted Running WP7 Mango In New Video
A new video has emerged on Youtube starring the long awaited Nokia Windows Phone 7 device dubbed the Sea Ray. The video appears to have been shot in a development factory in Hong Kong or China. It is definitely reassuring to spot the hardware buttons at the bottom of the device laying rest to the claims of virtual buttons. Video embedded after the jump.
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Nokia to Spend $127 Million to Promote Windows 7
Nokia is ready to invest heavily in the promotion of their upcoming Windows 7 phones. They are reportedly spending a sum of 127 Million US Dollars (80 Million GBP).
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Nokia Live View : Augmented Reality Browser Unveiled
Nokia Beta Labs just announced a new application for Symbian devices. Nokia Live View is an augmented reality browser which taps into the phone camera , GPS modules to give you real time information about locations around you.
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Exclusive : The Epic Nokia N950 Hands On !
The first Nokia Harmattan / MeeGo device , the Nokia N9 , has been garnering rave reviews everywhere. However there is one more MeeGo phone ie the developer only Nokia N950. Rumor has it that the N950 was supposed to be launched in 2010 as the first MeeGo device but got canned. Nokia has been handing these out to select developers to spurt the development of Qt apps for the N9 as well as the next billion Qt enabled devices.
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Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type Review
We are back with the new Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type review. The entry-level Nokia C3-01 is an unique device, which comes with a touchscreen display as well as a physical T9 keypad. Is this handset worth buying? Check out our exclusive review to learn more.
We are back with the new Nokia C3-01 Touch and Type review. The entry-level Nokia C3-01 is an unique device, which comes with a touchscreen display as well as a physical T9 keypad. This handset was announced last year and it was finally launched in India during the Q1 of 2011. At the first look, this handset seems a pretty ordinary device, but the slim stainless steel body give it a premium look and feel. The touchscreen display is quite smooth and it helps us to save a lot of time while performing various tasks. Nokia C3-01 runs the Series 40 6th edition software and it comes with a 2.4 inch resistive touchscreen display, 3G Connectivity, Wi-Fi, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 32 GB expandable memory and more. Is this handset worth buying? Check out our exclusive review to learn more. Continue reading “Nokia C3-01 Touch And Type Review”
World’s First GSM Call was made 20 years ago
I graduated in Electronics and Communications and Finnish names are pretty common in any work in the wireless communication space. Nokia’s contribution to this space is pretty huge and the latest proof is Apple agreeing to become a licensee of Nokia. Now if you are a fan of technology , the first GSM call on a commercial network was made 20 years ago between Finland’s Prime Minister Harri Holkeri and Kaarina Suonio,vice mayor of the Finnish city of Tampere . The network was built by Telenokia and Siemens now known as Nokia Siemens Networks – for the Finnish operator Radiolinja, now known as Elisa.
Watch the video below in Finnish to take a ride back into the past and watch the first ever GSM call in action. Continue reading “World’s First GSM Call was made 20 years ago”
[Video] Quick Look at Symbian Anna on the Nokia X7
At the launch event of the Nokia X7 and E6 in India we got to spend a few minutes with Sudham , Product Manager at Nokia. He was kind enough to give us a quick walkthrough of Symbian Anna on the Nokia X7. Click through to watch the entire video. Continue reading “[Video] Quick Look at Symbian Anna on the Nokia X7”
Nokia C5 Gets Silently Updated
The popular Nokia C5 just got updated by Nokia to bring it more in line with current gen phones. The spec bumps are minor but appreciated nonetheless. The phone physically remains the same and runs the same OS ie S60v3 but now gets to enjoy 256MB of RAM which is double of the previous version. The processor remains the same.
