Category: Nokia

8 Free Apps Worth Trying in the Ovi Store

Nokia Ovi Store has been live for a while now. But if you are still stuck on what to install on your phone from the ovi store for free, pick one from the list below and you might not be disappointed .

SMS Preview

Using this app, you can instantly preview all your incoming SMS’s to get the gist of the SMS and the sender when the SMS arrives on your homescreen. The duration of preview can also be customized to 30 seconds or until you click on the phone. Continue reading “8 Free Apps Worth Trying in the Ovi Store”

Nokia N97 Black Unboxing Video

Here’s the Unboxing video of the Nokia N97 Black Edition

I just fell in love with the slider mechanism of the N97 and the build quality of the phone. The display is very good and Touchscreen is far more responsive than 5800. I also like the handwriting recognition present in the input options. I added bunch of rss feeds to my homescreen and loving it ! Continue reading “Nokia N97 Black Unboxing Video”

Nokia N97 Stress Tests Videos Don’t try this at home

Ever wondered what will happen to your phone if it’s dropped in water, dropped onto the floor or any other damage done to it?

Well now the guys at N97Geeks are kind enough to let us know what would happen to the Nokia N97 if it is subjected to various events. They put the Nokia N97 through a series of stress tests to see the effect on the device and whether it can withstand it.

  • Screen Test
  • Pocket Test
  • Paint Scratch Test
  • Breafast drop Test
  • Water Drop Test
  • Drop Test

Screen Scratch Test

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Nokia N85: Image Review

N97 aside, the N85 is one of the most recent Nseries devices offering a range of features and combining the best of Nokia into one handset. Many people are calling it the N95 successor, or the better N95 as it takes the flagship’s dual slide design but adds a lot more to it in terms of battery, RAM, internal memory and hardware features. Here is an image review of the N85, but we also have a video review that we will publish later.

The N85 is a slider device. The main unit packs a 2.6″ screen with an accelerometer that rotates the display to landscape when needed. On top of it is the speakerphone with the front camera and the light sensor. Below it are the d-pad which also functions as a Navi-Wheel, the multimedia key and the red and green call keys. Another set of keys, that only light up when the device is being used are the right and left softkeys and the menu button and delete key. Continue reading “Nokia N85: Image Review”

Nokia N97 caught with the G1, iPhone 3G, E75 and E71

Here are more pics from the Nokia N97 Launch Event in Bangalore. We had a chance to take some pics of the Nokia N97 with the HTC G1, iPhone 3G, E75 and E71. The N97 and G1 are damn close in terms of size.

HTC G1      – 117.7 x 55.7 x 17.1 mm

Nokia N97 – 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm

Some say the N97 is bulky,  but you will be surprised if you see this handset in person. Its not bulky considering the fact that it has a full keyboard in addition to the touch screen display.

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Nokia N86 8MP Hands on Pics from India Launch Event

We grabbed some pics of the Nokia N86 8MP at the launch event in India yesterday. The phone fits really well in the hand and the build quality is really good. There was no wobbling even though the phone has a 2 way slider mechanism. The keypad is really nice with large keys. The home screen had a new clock but could not figure out what exactly it was.The design is very similar to the N85 but its not glossy but a matte finish. Here is the monster 8 MP Camera with Carl Zeiss optics on the back.

It has a nice shutter and the keystand is also present around the camera. A nice metallic is present around the corners of the device and even in the menu key.

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Search for N Contest Winners Announced

The Search for N Contest to Win a N97 has officially come to an end at 8 am today. Nokia India has picked the 2 winners from each website. The winners will be contacted by Nokia by SMS and Email. Here are the 2 two lucky winners from FoneArena.

Winner 1 Varun goyal
Winner 2 Manish Aggarwal

We would like to congratulate the winners. And to all of you who took part in the contest , a Big Thank You from the FoneArena team. It was a contest that had thousands of submissions and sadly only 2 winners.We would like to thank all of you for your support and participation.

Nokia N86 8MP vs N82 Camera Comparison

Today at the Nokia N86 8MP launch event , i had the chance to take a pics with both the N86 and its sibling the N82.  It was not a photo studio so the conditions were not perfect for a comparison.  So the results might not be that accurate. I just could not resist comparing the two phones as the N86 was first seen as a N82 upgrade with a Xenon flash. But then it went the N85 way !

Here are shots taken with the n86 8mp and the N82 .. Looks like N86 is doing a good job with color reproduction.We are also digging deep into the specs to see whats new in the N86 Continue reading “Nokia N86 8MP vs N82 Camera Comparison”

Nokia N86 8MP Camera Samples and HD Video from Launch Event

I had the chance to play with the Nokia N86 8MP at the launch event in chennai , india. I took some pics to test the much talked about Camera of the N86. I managed to even take a shot from my old N82 just in case to compare  the improvement in image quality. The above pic was shot with the N86 , they were the Models present at the N86 launch.

This is what the event was promoting See the Bigger Picture

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Nokia N86 8MP launched in Chennai , available in stores in India

We are at the Nokia N86 8MP Launch event in Chennai. Nokia launched its latest high end camera phone the N86 8MP. The venue had lots of pictures in the entrance, all of them clicked with the same phone itself. We were allowed to play with the phone for a short time and we took tons of pics using the phone. We even compared pics taken by the N82 with the N86 which will be uploaded soon.

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Nokia N97 Mobile Multimedia Monster

UPDATE :Winners have been announced.

Welcome to Day 5 of Search for N to Win a Nokia N97.

Question : What’s currently the largest storage available for any Nokia ?

Please read the article and submit your answer below in the N97 phone.

Nokia is calling its phones mobile computers. Nokia N97 is certainly a mobile multimedia monster.Even a 2 year old kid called the N97 a laptop when he looked at the pictures of the phone.With over 32 GB of inbuilt memory and a microSD memory card slot, the N97 can store hours of music and videos. I am really excited about watching movies on its 16×9 inch screen.Also the tile angle of the screen seems interesting.

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The Nokia N97 QWERTY Keyboard

Welcome to Day 4 of Search for N Contest to win Nokia N97. The N97 has a revolutionary keyboard.

Today’s question : What are the first six letters in the modern day keyboard layout ? There are a lot of interesting things about the keyboard on the phone.Its got 3 rows of keys which are nicely spaced apart.The first question I asked N97 Designer, Axel Meyer was about the space bar on the QWERTY keypad.The space bar is pretty tiny and finds it place on the right side. Normally one would expect a larger spacebar and also positioned at the center. But Axel suggested that I use the keyboard for a while and see how it worked. After I used the space bar on the right, i actually found it easy to use. It seems that this new keyboard follows haptics effectively(Haptics is study of human touching behaviour)

The full QWERTY keyboard with nice backlighting

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Nokia N97 to be available on EMI to HDFC and Citibank Customers

Nokia is doing a multi-city launch for the Nokia N97. After it was launched in Delhi, now it has been launched in Kolkata by Bollywood Actor Rahul Bose. The exact price of the phone has not been revealed even now . But when we contacted a Nokia Concept Store in Chennai, they hinted at a price of Rs.36,000 approx. In order to justify this price and also make it lighter on consumer pockets , Nokia is going to offer EMI options to N97 customers and has tied up with HDFC and Citibank to provide a 3 month EMI option at 0 % interest in select cities. Continue reading “Nokia N97 to be available on EMI to HDFC and Citibank Customers”

Nokia Ovi Store – A virtual store that lets you store, share and access content

Welcome to Day 3 of Search for N to Win Nokia N97.

Today’s question :

What is a virtual store that lets you store, share and access content ? Just look for the clue in the article and enter it in the N97 phone below.

Do you know that you can now download tons of new applications to your nokia mobile phone using your mobile or PC  ?  I downloaded this star trek nokia ring tone for free for from the Ovi Store

The store was launched last month by Nokia to enable users get the latest software and content on their phone with ease. Continue reading “Nokia Ovi Store – A virtual store that lets you store, share and access content”

Nokia N97 Touchscreen you won’t need a keypad !

The Nokia N97 is the second phone to run on the S60th Edition OS. Its also the 2nd phone from Nokia to run on this platform. The phone has both a onscreen input and physical keypad .Do you think the phone has a keypad looking at the below pic ? What is the feature that makes the phone special ? Do you remember that song from Race featuring Katrina .. Zara Zara ..

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