Lava Mobiles is back in action with a QWERTY business phone at the price of an entry level phone. The Lava B8 was officially launched in India at an interesting price point of Rs.5299. It boasts of features like Wi-Fi and Push E-mail Continue reading “Lava B8 QWERTY Dual SIM Phone Officially Launched in India”
We all had a sneak peek sometime back at the Portrait QWERTY keyboard and the new browser that was supposed to be launched along with the PR1.1. Since it wasn’t included, Nokia seems to have made a few tweaks and improvements to it.
Continue reading “Symbian PR2.0 Portrait QWERTY and Broswer Screenshots Leaked”
AKAI has launched its new mobile phone, AKAI Connect book in India. The AKAI Connect Book is a Symbian based smartphone that boasts QWERTY keyboard with sleek and attractive looks. AKAI Connect Book is a dual-SIM QWERTY handset features convinient e-mail capabilities and other communication features. Continue reading “AKAI Connect book – Symbian Based Dual SIM Qwerty Smartphone lauched”
HTC 7 Pro is now available for 360 pounds(£432 inc. vat) in UK. The handset features a 3.7 inch WVGA display, with a tilting screen and a slide-out keyboard QWERTY keyboard. It is powered by a 1GHz processor, and comes with a Wi-Fi, 3G and a built-in 5-megapixel camera with auto focus and flash.
Motorola India seems to be slowly launching most of it’s Android handsets in India. The latest one to hit India will be the Moto Charm which is currently available in USA on T-Mobile. It’s an Android QWERTY handset with chic looks.
Continue reading “Motorola Charm coming to India this month for Rs.15000”
A new unreleased Nokia handset has been leaked on the internet , thanks to a listing on a government website in China. The X2-01 is an entry level QWERTY S40 Phone. It’ s a GSM phone with Bluetooth and Memory card support along with a 3 MP Camera. Continue reading “Nokia X2-01 Leaked”
If online retailer FlipKart is to be believed , the Motorola Flipout is hitting India in November with a 15K price tag . The site is accepting pre-orders for the chic looking Motorola handset. Continue reading “Motorola Flipout hitting India in November at Rs.15K Price”
Nowadays, it is easy to get lost in a discussion about raw power, stellar hardware specs, and the high-end smartphone market. But what many websites and analytics forget is that the vast majority of people, worldwide, want a decent mobile that can help them in their everyday life without punching a ginormous hole in their savings account. The Nokia E5 is one of the latest smartphones that falls into the affordable category, while still managing to cram enough features to appeal to the most social nutcase amongst us. Here are 10 reasons the E5 is a perfect social smartphone.
1. QWERTY
Admit it or not, the social butterfly lifestyle comes with a pre-requisite: texting, emailing, connecting, tweeting, IM’ing, posting, commenting,… and a lot of typing is required on almost every level. A decent qwerty like the one found on the E5 is a godsend for such cases, with nice tactile feedback, large keys, and even predictive text on the software side of things.
Continue reading “10 Reasons The Nokia E5 Is The Best Affordable Social Smartphone”
I recently had a couple of hands-on with Nokia’s new E-series Symbian^3 powered E7 device at Nokia World 2010. The E7 devices on display were pre-production unit running on none-release firmware. Continue reading “Nokia E7 First Impressions”
The Nokia C5 and E5 are part of the relatively new Nokia line-up of devices, after the naming convention change. Both are middle class in their series, with the C5 being more a classic phone, and the E5 more an Enterprise phone, with a full QWERTY keyboard. Despite belonging to two different categories, both bare a striking resemblance, design-wise, hardware-wise, and software-wise.
On a hardware basis, the C5 has a 2.2″ transmissive screen at a 240×320 resolution with 24bit colors. It has a total volume of 56.2cc and weighs about 89g, with a 600 MHz processor and a 1050 mAh battery that can be charged both by the regular charger and microUSB. The connectivity options are limited to Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G and HSUPA, with no Wi-Fi on board. Storage-wise, it has 50MB of internal memory, 128MB of RAM, and comes with a 2GB hot-swappable microSD. As for the camera, it’s a 3.2MP EDoF camera.
The E5, on the other hand, has a larger 2.4″ transmissive screen at a 320×240 resolution with only 18bit colors. It weighs much more at 126g and has a larger volume of 75cc. It features quick access to a torch and a bluetooth toggle, and has a dedicated Messaging button. It also comes with a 600MHz processor and a much optimized 1200 mAh battery that can also be charged by a regular 3-pin or microUSB. Its connectivity options are the same as the C5, but it adds support for WiFi. As for storage, it has a whopping 250MB of internal memory, 256MB of RAM which should both guarantee a problem-free usage, and a 2GB non hot-swappable microSD. It has a 5MP EDoF camera. Continue reading “MidRange Battle: Nokia E5 vs C5 Specs Comparison And Picture Gallery”
You people may have seen a lot of leaked shots and information about the Windows Phone 7 device, and we notice that all the devices comes with a full touchscreen display, and there’s no portrait QWERTY keyboard like we saw on Blackberry devices i.e Blackberry Bold Continue reading “Microsoft will launch Blackberry style WP7 handsets”
The Nokia C3 the much expected entry level QWERTY phone from finnish phone maker and its all set to hit Indian stores in a few days. We walked into a Nokia Store nearby and were surprised to find dummy models of the C3 in the store. This is surely an indicator that real models which breathe life are coming soon ! chk out the FoneArena C3 Review.
While we expect the price of the handset to be in the Rs.5000-6000 range, we don’t have any official info yet ! anyone looking forward to the C3 ?
Here are some live pics of the HTC Desire Z running on Android 2.2. Its a much awaited QWERTY Android phone from HTC. FoneArena was at the HTC Event in London where the company announced their 2 new Android handsets
The Nokia E71 was (and still is, in many person’s opinions) the king of candybar QWERTYs from Nokia & Symbian. But the E71 is now 2 years old and has been replaced by a new iteration, the Nokia E72, and surprisingly another design, the E5. From the looks of it, the E5 is to the E72 what the E63 was to the E71 (no, this isn’t an IQ test question), a cheaper version that compromises on some aspects while still trying to retain the charming points of the original.
Below, is a point-by-point table comparison à-la-Steve Litchfield, between the E72 & E5, with the godfather of the two, the E71, thrown in for good measure. You can click on the image to access a slightly larger version. Continue reading “QWERTY Battle: E5, E71, E72 Extensive Table & Pictures Comparison”
We recently got our hands on the Nokia E5, Nokia’s latest Eseries device after the E72. The E5 came alone in an envelope, so we couldn’t really unbox it, but we’ve taken it for a spin to show it to you from all angles.
The E5 bares a lot of resemblance, hardware-wise and specs-wise with the Nokia E72. It’s a candybar qwerty, and anyone who has used an E71 or E72 will find himself at home with the qwerty keyboard. It’s the same texture as both of its predecessors, with the same rounded keys, and a nice feedback to them. On top of it is a 2.4″ screen, 256k colors, with a light sensor and the ear piece.
