Last week Sony Ericsson launched their latest salvo of Xperia smartphones. The Xperia Play went on sale in the UK on Friday, while the Arc a couple of days before. The Xperia Play is a PlayStation certified Android smartphone that has an integrated gaming pad and access to PlayStation Suite. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play UK Launch Party”
Earlier this month, I was off to Japan on invitation from NTT Docomo as a part of the Tata Docomo 3G Life activity. Sounds like fun right ? Excitement is an understatement. I have always been amazed by the Japanese mobile market. Almost all of the products are not available outside the land of the rising sun.I have been very interested in NTT Docomo ever since I saw them at MWC and CommunicAsia. Stuff like Separable Phone and Eye controlled earphones are not something you would expect to see everyday. As you all might know NTT DOCOMO is one of the leading mobile operators in Japan with over 55% market share. The company holds 26% stake in Indian telecom operator Tata Docomo which sparked of the per second billing revolution and became the first private operator to launch 3G services.
I would like to share some interesting moments about the journey to NTT Docomo’s Headquarters in Japan Continue reading “Tour of Japanese Mobile Market by NTT DOCOMO”
Looks like lot of you from Mumbai had a great time at the Opera Meetup featuring Opera Co-Founder Jon Von Tetzchner this Sunday. Tushar was in Mumbai on behalf of FoneArena to quiz Jon about Opera’s journey so far. Here are some pics from the event which proves that in India we love to discuss about tech even on a Sunday afternoon.
Continue reading “Opera Mumbai Meetup Photos”
We are really excited to announce that FoneArena is the Online partner for the Opera Meetup happening in Mumbai on Sunday Dec 5th 2010. Jon S. von Tetzchner who is a co-founder of Opera Software will be speaking at the meetup and we would also be quizzing him about various topics related to Opera and the Mobile Web.We had the chance to meet Jon at SEE2009 in London and look forward to meeting him again. If you are a fan of Opera be it the PC browser , Opera Mobile or Opera Mini reserve your spot now.
Continue reading “Opera Meetup in Mumbai on Dec 5th , see you there !”
A Byte of Apple is back after an almost Steve-Jobs-esque hiatus (we kid, really!), a time where Apple kept us more than busy with a slew of announcements and new products that threaten our already fragile bank balances!
Microsoft and AT&T are holding a Press Conference about Windows Phone 7 in New York later today. The event starts at 9:30 AM New York Time or 7 PM India Time
Continue reading “Watch Microsoft and AT&T Windows Phone 7 Launch LIVE”
And here’s another Video from Nokia World 2010. This Time i met with Damian Dinning (or @phonedaz on Twitter), one of the People who were heavily involved in the AWESOME camera work on the Nokia N8!
What the Guys did, was printing a big photobook, with pictures taken with the Nokia N8. All the Pictures in the Book were absolutely unedited, just as they came out of the Camera. Unfortunately the Video isnt as sharp as i hoped it to be, but you can get the Idea. Nokia has really stepped up the Game here, not only beating all other smartphone camera, but also consumer cams, like pocket point and shoots etc. Being a hobby photographer like i am, the Nokia N8 is exactly what i want. period.
Damian was a very kind Guy, taking his Time to talk me through the whole book, as well as having a drink with us the day before Nokia World. Enjoy!
Hi Guys, i’m back home from Nokia World and got immediately struck down by a heavy cold. as is half of Nokia World. To whoever did this to us, step forward to receive your deserved punishment! 😀
Anyways, i’m trying to slowly bring in all the Content from Nokia World, and i wanna start off with the coolest Thing by a long shot. Have you Guys seen Iron Man 2 and Tony Starks awesome Computer? Well, Nokia is currently working on something just as nice. What they did is plug in the Nokia N8 to a flat screen, with the camera pointing to the picture on the TV. The N8 Camera basically then reacts on everything thats happening on the big Screen with Gestures. For now this is only scroll and click, but possibilities are endless. As you can hear in the Video, this could be used on any TV, with any Type of Nokia Phone.
There is no word yet when we can expect this here in real life, but I WANT!! 🙂 Enjoy this little Video guys
What do you think?
With Nokia World 2010 growing closer and closer, the hype is getting bigger and bigger too. Now we have some more good news about the event.
Continue reading “Nokia World 2010 Virtual Invitation Package”
Yes thats right, I just secured a Deal with Nokia Austria for Nokia World 2010 in London!! I will be in London from Sept. 13.-16., making the most of my time over there, visiting Nokia World, WOM World Nokia/1000 Heads and more. I’m also extremely looking forward to meet fellow bloggers again, some people i already know and hopefully some new contacts as well. This is not an all expenses paid trip, which means i’ll sort Hotel and Flights on my own, but i’m just happy i don’t need to pay the ridiculous 700 Euro for the 2-day ticket.
Continue reading “Nokia World 2010 – Expect Live Coverage from Michael Hell”
The death-grip-gate drama surrounding the iPhone 4 and its mysterious signal dropping is coming to a head, with Apple hastily convening a press conference later tonight at its Cupertino campus. A quick recap if you’re just tuning in – after a number of users reported signal and call/data drops when their hands bridged the new iPhone 4 antenna, Apple issued a public statement stating it was a mere ‘formula error’ that led to users seeing more signal bars than they should in certain cases. It took independent body Consumer Reports, which tested three iPhone 4s in its radio frequency isolation room and issued a ‘not recommended’ status due to the significant reception problems (when holding the phone over its lower-left corner), for Apple to pull together an event to tackle this issue head-on.
Now, in typical Apple fashion, an invite to this event, even to the select few who do receive it, is short on detail, except that it will be around the company’s flagship smartphone. This is a first for Apple – as far back as I can remember, and aficionados out there can correct me if I am wrong, Apple has never called for a press conference for anything other than a new product announcement. Amidsts all the theories and expectations around what Apple should do at this event, here are our educated predictions about how it will go down come Friday 16th July, 10 AM Pacific time:
Continue reading “A Byte of Apple : iPhone 4 Press Con Predictions”
Diogo Neves is a Mobile savvy guy from Portugal. He got invited to a Nokia Qt event in his country and he wishes to shares his views by live-blogging and tweeting here on FoneArena. Continue reading “Live Blogging the Nokia Developer Event in Portugal”
Something Big is going to happen in London in the upcoming days. WomWorldNokia have been sending out some mysterious packages to friends in London. The folks who got the packages are
TheProdigalFool nechbi, itsnoel,macintosh , stobbsc
Continue reading “NokiaNav Navigation Challenge with Some Exotic Cars”
Intel had recently organized a Developer Event for MeeGo in Chennai and I was almost missed the event as I heard about the event through twitter . Considering my passion for Linux and after being present at the MeeGo announcement during MWC in Barcelona this Feb , I decided to see what’s in store for Developers in the new MeeGo platform. Continue reading “Meego Developer Event in Chennai”
I just received an invite via DHL for a Nokia Event happening on April 13th that is coming Tuesday. The url on the invite points to the nokia events website which hosts a countdown timer. Nokia is going to announce something during this event for sure. What will it be ?
