BlackBerry Curve 8520,9360,9380 and Torch 9860 get a Price Cut in India

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If you are looking to pick up a BlackBerry Curve or the full touch BlackBerry Torch 9860 , you can go ahead and get yourself one in India as the 4 models have got a price cut. Well the prices mentioned below are MRPs and you can actually get yourself one at shops for a little cheaper Continue reading “BlackBerry Curve 8520,9360,9380 and Torch 9860 get a Price Cut in India”

Samsung Galaxy Note LTE announced in Japan, coming to NTT Docomo on April 6

Samsung and NTT docomo has announced LTE-enabled Samsung GALAXY Note SC-05D in Japan in their Docomo NEXT series. Samsung launched the Galaxy Note last October that has reached 5 million shipments globally. It has 5.3-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display , 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), 8 megapixel AF camera with flash, Full HD (1080p) video recording and playback, 2 megapixel front-facing camera for video calls. It comes with S pen that enables you to draw, annotate pictures, voice notes more. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note LTE announced in Japan, coming to NTT Docomo on April 6”

Nokia Lumia 800C CDMA Windows Phone launched in China

China Telecom and Nokia has announced Nokia 800C, the first CDMA Windows Phone in China. Other features are similar to the Global version of the phone including  3.7″ AMOLED ClearBlack curved touchscreen display, 1.4 GHz processor, 8MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal memory. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800C CDMA Windows Phone launched in China”

Samsung Galaxy Beam up for pre-order in UK


Samsung Galaxy Beam is now available for pre-order in UK from online retailer Clove. Samsung announced the Galaxy Beam, successor of their previous Beam, last month. It has 4.0-inch 480×800 (WVGA) TFT display and is powered by 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor. It has 15 lumens pico projector with high-definition projection up to 50-inch wide and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Beam up for pre-order in UK”

Samsung Galaxy Note shipments surpass 5 million


Samsung has announced they have shipped over 5 million units of the Galaxy Note globally since the launch in October last year. They crossed 1 million units last December. They achieved this feat in just 5 months after the launch. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note shipments surpass 5 million”

Smart Elephant uses a Galaxy Note – Big Phone meets Big Animal !

Meet Peter the Elephant who actually seems to use the Samsung Galaxy Note and actually uses the touchscreen and the S-pen on the device. We are sure its a trained Animal like the ones we see in the Hollywood flicks but its smart for sure, smart enough to play with a smartphone !

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White BlackBerry Bold 9900 Giveaway results are out and the winner is ..

Guys and Gals , thanks for the amazing response to the BlackBerry OS 7 Giveaway here on FoneArena . It was your chance to win a shiny new White BlackBerry Bold 9900 . We had over 5000 entries to the contest. We had to remove entries which did not get answers to all the questions right. Some users did not answer all the questions while some did not enter a contact number or Email. We finally arrived at 1459 entries from which the winner was picked in a lucky draw.

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Dual SIM HTC T328w Wind running Android 4.0 surfaces in China

 

Images of Dual SIM HTC smartphone, HTC T328w Wind has surfaced in China. This has Dual SIM support along with Dual Standby and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). This phone belongs to HTC Dragon series that was announced last month in China and comes with a 4-inch (800 x 480 pixels) Super LCD WVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, single-core 1Ghz processor and Beats audio support. Continue reading “Dual SIM HTC T328w Wind running Android 4.0 surfaces in China”

HTC to shut down cloud services, asks users to download stored data

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HTC has many new plans this year, one of their plan is to concentrate on less devices and make their Sense platform better, just a while back HTC Sense customers received a mail saying that their cloud services like Contacts, messages, Footprints and call history will be shut down and made offline. The heading says that they are not actually shutting the service down but renovating their cloud service or HTCSense.com.

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Nokia Lumia 900 coming to AT&T on April 8 for $99.99


AT&T and Nokia has announced that Nokia Lumia 900 would be available exclusively in the U.S. from them on April 8 for $99.99. Nokia and AT&T  announced the Lumia 900 with AT&T’s 4G LTE support at CES 2012 in January. The Nokia Lumia 900 has 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display and is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm  Snapdragon S2 processor. It has 8 MP camera on the back with Nokia’s Carl Zeiss optics and a front-facing camera which was missing in the 800. It runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and has 1830 mAh battery. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 900 coming to AT&T on April 8 for $99.99”

LG Optimus Net Dual P698 Review


Here is the FoneArena review of the LG Optimus Net Dual P698, Dual SIM Android phone with Dual Standby. The phone went on pre-order last December and went on sale this January. It is powered by 800 MHz processor and runs on Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) similar to the Optimus Pro that we reviewed last year. Continue reading “LG Optimus Net Dual P698 Review”

HTC One X launching in India in April


HTC has confirmed on their Facebook page that HTC One X, their first Quad-core smartphone would launch in India in April 2012. HTC announced the HTC One X at the MWC 2012 last month. It packs in 4.7 inch Super LCD HD display as well as a 1.5 GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 Quad-Core processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Operating System with HTC Sense 4 UI and has Beats audio integration. Continue reading “HTC One X launching in India in April”

Google considering sharing revenue with carriers to stimulate Wallet adoption

Reports suggest that Google might be considering sharing revenues from Google Wallet with AT&T and Vodafone to help stimulate usage. The service currently only works on one network and device ie the Sprint Nexus S 4G. Sprint plans to out 10 more Wallet supported devices later this year.

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Nokia launches Play To beta for Lumia phones

Nokia has launched Play To app for Lumia phones in the Nokia Beta labs. This app would enable you share your photos and videos from your Nokia Lumia phone to your DLNA-capable devices (TV’s, BlueRay players, Mediaplayer in Windows 7, etc…) over your Wi-Fi. The app is already available for Symbian phones. Continue reading “Nokia launches Play To beta for Lumia phones”

LG Optimus LTE P936 images and benchmarks surfaces

LG Optimus LTE P936 hands-on images has surfaced online along with benchmarks. This phone looks similar to the Optimus LTE SU640 that was launched in Korea last October. It also has similar specs including, 4.5–inch True HD IPS display, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 8MP camera and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “LG Optimus LTE P936 images and benchmarks surfaces”