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Motorola XT928, MT917 and XT615 announced for China

Motorola has announced XT928, MT917 and XT615 Android phones for China. The Motorola MT917 is the Chinese variant of the Motorola Razr with just 8.5mm thin and protected by KEVLAR but has better specs. Both the Motorola XT928 and the MT917 comes with a 4.5-inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD display with scratch-resistant Corning Gorilla Glass and 13MP camera with Dual LED flash and a 1.3MP front facing camera. Both these phones are powered by 1.2GHz dual-core processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). The Motorola XT615 is a mid range phone that has 4.0-inch (480 x 854 pixels) display, 8MP camera with LED flash, VGA front camera and is powered by 800MHz CPU and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “Motorola XT928, MT917 and XT615 announced for China”

LG Optimus Pro C660 Review

LG Optimus Pro C660 Review
Here is the FoneArena review of the LG Optimus Pro. It is a touch screen Android phone with a QWERTY keyboard. It became official in July in Italy and was available in India last month. It is powered by 800 MHz processor and runs on Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread). Continue reading “LG Optimus Pro C660 Review”

Metrotube for Windows Phone – Video Walkthrough

Last week I finally got a trial Nokia Lumia 800, thanks to the great people at Nokia Connects (former WOM World). Since we already have a full review by our Jon Choo up, I’ve decided to bring you bits and pieces about it, instead of a second full blown review. So in the upcoming weeks you’ll find a lot more content and thoughts about the Lumia 800 here on Fone Arena! As a little preview to my upcoming “What’s on my Windows Phone”-post, I’ve decided to do a little video walkthrough of one of my favourite apps on WP, and that’s Metrotube, by Lazyworm Apps.

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There’s A Special Spot In Hell For The Nokia N9

After a few hours with the N9 in my hands, I was even more convinced (as if that was possible) of why Nokia had to make the decision to go with Windows Phone as its main Operating System. Despite the sheer joy of discovering a new OS, using and abusing the swipe gestures, and marveling at the well thought-out package between Meego and the N9’s hardware, I have to say that Meego is simply not up to par with other OSes at this point, and the N9 also comes with some terrible decisions.

I am therefore fairly certain that despite deserving its own spot in heaven, the N9, even on PR1.1, should have a special spot in hell as well. Continue reading “There’s A Special Spot In Hell For The Nokia N9”

There’s A Special Spot In Heaven For The Nokia N9

For the past two days, I have had one of the most elite and exclusively available smartphones in my hands: the Nokia N9. Prior to trialling this unit, I was what you can call an N9-virgin: I knew it had something called Swipe, I knew there was a PR1.1 firmware that fixed a lot of bugs and added the possibility to share a picture to Twitter, and I knew everyone loved the design. That’s about it. I hadn’t seen any videos or read any extensive reviews because I wanted to avoid adding any other expectations about the N9. The device, and the OS, had already a lot of baggage and prejudice attached to them, what with Nokia’s decision to go with Windows Phone as its main platform, so I needed to leave a little bout of mystery around the N9 and give it the chance to surprise me.

In this post, and the following one that will come tomorrow, I will discuss the different aspects of the Nokia N9 and Meego that WOW’ed me then the ones that made me swear to the gods of mobile phones for the torture they were putting me through. These are, by no means, a full review of the N9, and I will try to stray away from all the tech talk that you can find in any other N9 posts. So let’s focus on the positive first.

I haz Mango on the N9! And a lot of candy next to it 🙂

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Motorola Droid 4 detailed specs surface

The Motorola Droid 4 is expected to come with a 4-inch (960 x 540 pixels) TFT display, 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 5-row slideout keyboard, 4G LTE, 8MP rear camera with 1080p video recording at 30 fps, LED flash and a front video calling camera, according to the leaked spec sheet from Droid-Life. They got their hands on image of a handset last month with the 5-row slideout keyboard and a design similar to Droid RAZR. It would run on Android Gingerbread 2.3.5. Continue reading “Motorola Droid 4 detailed specs surface”

Motorola DEFY+ hands-on and unboxing

The Motorola Defy+ is an updated version of the Motorola Defy, Motorola’s unique take on making rugged phones accessible to all. Externally the Defy+ looks identical to the Defy. In fact side by side it is impossible to tell the two apart. Which is a good thing as we like the same small cute design. Continue reading “Motorola DEFY+ hands-on and unboxing”

BlackBerry PlayBook Software Updated to v1.0.8.4985

BlackBerry PlayBook gets a new software update to version v1.0.8.4985. This update includes the new versions of Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and Adobe AIR 3.1 that brings performance improvements and bug fixes related to security and stability that was available for Android recently. This update also include, Daylight savings time updates for time zones, better Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity and more. Continue reading “BlackBerry PlayBook Software Updated to v1.0.8.4985”

iPhone 4S Launched in India on Airtel and Aircel

The Apple iPhone 4S was launched on both Aircel and Airtel in India today at a midnight launch ceremony. The Airtel launch was held at an upscale restaurant while Aircel decided to keep it real by holding the event at their South Extension market retail outlet. The launch events included handing over the handsets to the first pre-order customers.

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Nokia Lumia 800 SIM-Free stocks arriving on December 1 in UK

nokia lumia 800

The first Nokia Windows Phone went on sale in the UK few days back in the UK and few other countries . (Read  our Nokia Lumia 800 Review). But looked like it was available in limited stores and more easily on a contract. Now online retailer has announced that SIM-Free / Unlocked units of the Lumia 800 will arrive on December 1st in the UK compared to the January 2012 timeframe announced previously.

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Foursquare for BlackBerry update brings Events, Check-in detail screen and more

Foursquare for BlackBerry has been updated to version 3.4.1 that brings lots of new features. The new Event tab lets you check-in to specific events and you can also view details like movie times and summaries. The Check-in details screen lets you view other’s points or badges, photos you took, and add comments inline. Continue reading “Foursquare for BlackBerry update brings Events, Check-in detail screen and more”

BlackBerry Bold 9790 launched in India for Rs. 27,490

RIM has launched the BlackBerry Bold 9790 in India. It comes with 2.4-inch (480 x 360 pixels) capacitive touch screen display with 246 dpi and a Full QWERTY keyboard. It is powered by 1 GHz processor and runs on the latest BlackBerry OS7. It was announced last week along with the Curve 9350 that was also launched today. Continue reading “BlackBerry Bold 9790 launched in India for Rs. 27,490”

BlackBerry Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 (CDMA) launched in India for Rs.20990

RIM has launched the BlackBerry Curve 9380 and the Curve 9350 in India. The Curve 9380 is the first all-touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family. It comes with 3.2-inch (480 x 360 pixels) touch screen display with 188 ppi, optical trackpad and navigation keys. The Curve 9350 is the CDMA version of the Curve 9360 that was launched in September . It has an 2.44-inch (480 × 360 pixels) touch screen display with 246 ppi and a Full QWERTY keyboard . The Curve 9380 is powered by 806 MHz processor and the Curve 9350 is powered by 800 MHz processor . Both these phones comes with preinstalled social networking apps, including BBM (BlackBerry Messenger), Facebook, Twitter and Social Feeds apps. Continue reading “BlackBerry Curve 9380 and Curve 9350 (CDMA) launched in India for Rs.20990”

New PRADA Phone by LG coming in 2012

Luxury goods maker PRADA has extended it’s partnership with handset maker LG for its next version of it’s luxury phone which is expected to arrive in 2012. The two companies have been working together since 2006 and the partnership saw 2 new luxury handsets being launched under the PRADA brand. The PRADA by LG 1.0 sold over 1 million units and I’m sure the duo are looking forward to repeat history.Pic from the “signing ceremony below”. Seems like brand logos and representatives got swapped or is that the norm ?

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