RIM announces BBX platform at Developer Conference

RIM just took off the wraps from its long expected and awaited BBX platform. BBX is a next generation mobile platform that takes the best of the BlackBerry platform and the best of the QNX platform to connect people, devices, content and services.

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Live Blog : BlackBerry DevCon Americas

RIM is holding its BlackBerry Dev Con Americas developer event in San Francisco today where the company’s Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis is expected to take the stage in a few minutes. We would be sharing all the info from the show floor with you in the live blog below. The event was supposed to begin at 8:30 AM PST but looks like we have a little delay.  Might be they are waiting for the attendees to settle down ?

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Buy BlackBerry PlayBook and get BlackBerry Curve 8520 free in India


Research In Motion (RIM) has announced their new festive offer. Now you get the BlackBerry Curve 8520 free on purchase of BlackBerry PlayBook in India. The BlackBerry Curve 8520 costs around Rs. 10,000. The BlackBerry Playbook was launched in India this June and it comes in 16 GB, 32GB and 64GB variants. Continue reading “Buy BlackBerry PlayBook and get BlackBerry Curve 8520 free in India”

Special Diwali Apps for Nokia phones

Nokia has announced a host of applications and games for this Diwali which helps users with Special games, real time gold prices, SMS wishes, fireworks on your mobile phone, exciting wallpapers, puja process, yummy festival recipes and lots more. Continue reading “Special Diwali Apps for Nokia phones”

Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V and Xperia Pro launched in India

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Sony Ericsson has officially launched the XPERIA Neo V and Xperia Pro in India today adding a couple of handsets to its XPERIA range of Android phones.Sony Ericsson has partnered with Bharti Airtel to offer 500 MB of free 3G usage per month for 3 months for customers purchasing this handset. Both these phones run on the Android Gingerbread operating system. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V and Xperia Pro launched in India”

The Road To Nokia World 2011 Part 2: Why Symbian And Meego Still Matter

Nokia World 2011 is scheduled for next week in London and it is undoubtedly the most hyped and the most important event in recent Nokia history. Throughout this week, FoneArena will take a look at expectations, realities and myths related to this particular year, in preparation for the big reveals that will come on October 26th and 27th. Join us in this journey, comment, share your thoughts, and feel with us the excitement as the big days approach!


If you happened to read some of the Nokia N9 reviews blossoming online as of late, you might have noticed that there is a general consensus from those who weren’t historically known for being gentle with the Finnish manufacturer, that the N9 is a wonderful marvel but that they wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Well, at least the opinion is not 100% negative anymore, which is always a step forward from pure hatred, huh? And although I have yet to get my hands on an N9, this has been my own opinion for quite a while. Continue reading “The Road To Nokia World 2011 Part 2: Why Symbian And Meego Still Matter”

Blackberry Curve Touch and Bellagio revealed

Blackberry today accidently leaked via its own developer blog , the specifications for two new devices expected to be launched at its Developer Conference later this month. The phones are called the Blackberry Curve Touch and the Blackberry Bellagio.

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Apple sells over 4 million iPhone 4S devices in 3 days

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Apple just issued a press release that it has managed to sell over 4 million iPhone 4S devices in just over 3 days since it’s launch on Oct 14th. The iPhone 4S is available in just a handful of countries such as USA, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan and UK. Apple also released the iOS 5 Operating system last week and it claims over 25 million users are already on iOS5. Check out the FoneArena Unboxing of the iPhone 4S.Also we took a quick look at the device Continue reading “Apple sells over 4 million iPhone 4S devices in 3 days”

iPhone 4S At a Glance

Apple has released another addition to the iPhone series this year and they named it the iPhone 4S. As many of you remember the S indicates upgrades in hardware and software alike. In June of 2009 Apple made this very same bold move by releasing the 3GS which was a performance boosted 3G. Many claim to be “disappointed” by the decision yet the record sales disprove that claim abruptly. Whether you approve of the decision or not the 4S claims to be a faster, more efficient version of the wildly popular 4 released in June 2010. Let’s take a few minutes and look at the noticeable differences at a glance. Please note this is not a full review of the hardware or software. With that in mind lets move along to the good stuff. Continue reading “iPhone 4S At a Glance”

RIM to offer $100 worth of premium apps as compensation for downtime


Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that they would offer a selection of premium apps worth US $100 as a compensation for the service service interruptions and delays in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa, Latin America, Canada and United States. They would also offer free Technical Support for 1 month for the Enterprise customers. Continue reading “RIM to offer $100 worth of premium apps as compensation for downtime”

G’FIVE launches 4 new affordable Dual SIM phones

G’FIVE Mobile has launched 4 new dual SIM feature phones, G115, G116, G233 and G505 with Dual Standby. G’Five G115 and G116 are feature rich entry level handsets and the G’Five G233 and G505 has multimedia features and comes with bigger displays. Continue reading “G’FIVE launches 4 new affordable Dual SIM phones”

LG DoublePlay with Dual Touch Screen Displays announced for T-Mobile

LG and T-Mobile has announced an unique phone, LG DoublePlay with dual touch screen displays and split QWERTY keyboard. The phone has 3.5-inch main display and 2.0-inch sub display as well as a full slide-out split QWERTY keyboard and Swype. This would let you multitask easily by working on the 2 screens simultaneously. It runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and it is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. Continue reading “LG DoublePlay with Dual Touch Screen Displays announced for T-Mobile”

Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy S2 sales cross 30 million

The combined sales of Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy S2 has crossed 30 million globally. The Samsung Galaxy S2 sales crossed 10 million this September which is quicker than any device in Samsung’s history, since its launch 5 month ago. The phone was launched in Korea this April and later launched in other Asian and European countries Worldwide. 1 million units of Galaxy S2 were sold in Korea in the first 30 days. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S and Galaxy S2 sales cross 30 million”

Nokia X1-01 Dual SIM Music Phone Review


Here is the Fonearena review of the Nokia X1-1. This is Nokia’s first Dual SIM Music phone that comes with dual standby. The phone was announced in May, and it is now available in the market in four colors, Red, Ocean Blue, Dark Grey and white. We have the red colored one. This Music phone has speaker that can produce up to 106 phon of loudness and it runs on S30 OS. Continue reading “Nokia X1-01 Dual SIM Music Phone Review”