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Opera Mini becomes most downloaded application in Samsung Java App Store in India

Opera has announced that the Opera Mini has been downloaded most number of times in the Samsung Java App store within one month of its debut on the store. Samsung added Opera Mini to their Java App Store this Diwali, and it became most downloaded app within 1 month. The Samsung Apps, Java Apps Store is a marketplace designed to provide a variety of mobile applications especially developed for Samsung mobile phones. Continue reading “Opera Mini becomes most downloaded application in Samsung Java App Store in India”

LAVA Mobiles launches LAVA A16 MTV Phone for Rs. 4000

LAVA Mobiles has partnered with MTV India to launch the LAVA A16 MTV Phone with a unique combination of style and superior value that is specially designed for MTV generation. It has a fashionable Diamond cut back cover with soft contours for easy handling, an animated Graphical User Interface (GUI) with multiple wallpapers & themes and has trendy matching accessories. It comes with 2.6-inch IPS display, 3.2MP camera with LOMO effect to capture the wonderful moments. Continue reading “LAVA Mobiles launches LAVA A16 MTV Phone for Rs. 4000”

Airtel launches new on-net local voice calling packs for prepaid customers in Rajasthan

Airtel has launched new calling packs for pre-paid customers in Rajasthan that would offer on-net (Airtel to Airtel) locals calls at as low as 25 paisa/minute. Rajasthan, customers can now purchase these packs that offer Airtel-to-Airtel local call minutes in recharge denominations of Rs. 10, 45, 165 and 300 for different validity periods. Continue reading “Airtel launches new on-net local voice calling packs for prepaid customers in Rajasthan”

Vodafone launches new Mini Store in Chennai

Vodafone has launched a new Vodafone Mini Store in Tambaram, Chennai. This Store will sport a new look and would deliver a complete Vodafone experience for customers. There are more than 380 Vodafone stores and mini-stores across Tamil Nadu including this. Continue reading “Vodafone launches new Mini Store in Chennai”

BlackBerry Curve 9360, Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 now available in White color in India

Research in Motion (RIM) has launched the BlackBerry Curve 9360, Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 in pure white color in India. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 is thinnest BlackBerry smartphone which is just 10.5mm thick. All the features are same as the black versions of the BlackBerry Curve 9360, Bold 9900 and the Torch 9810 that was launched in India recently. The Bold 9900 and Torch 9810 feature 1.2 GHz processor and the Curve is powered by a 800 MHz processor. All these phones run on the latest BlackBerry 7 OS.

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Nokia confirms India least impacted by Lumia battery issue , software fix coming in early 2012

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Nokia has started selling the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 in India few days back. Although we did not experience any dramatic problem with battery life on the Lumia 800 , looks like some users are facing battery life issues on the devices. Nokia India has issued a statement to FoneArena to clarify the same. Nokia says that a software problem is preventing some units from accessing the full battery capacity and that a software fix is coming in early 2012 which would address this issues and improve battery life for those units. Also let us know how good or bad the battery life on your Lumia is !

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ViewSonic VPAD 10S Android Tablet now available in India for Rs.17999

ViewSonic VPAD 10S Android Tablet is now available for purchase from online retailer Letsbuy in India. It is powered by 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 250 SMP Dual-Core ARM Cortex A9 processor and runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo). It comes has 10-inch LED-backlit capacitive TFT multi-touch widescreen display, 1.3MP front facing camera and comes with 3G and Wi-Fi support. Continue reading “ViewSonic VPAD 10S Android Tablet now available in India for Rs.17999”

Vodafone to discontinue inactive prepaid mobile connections

Vodafone India has announced that they will discontinue mobile services for prepaid customers on numbers that have no usage such as no Voice Calls (incoming or outgoing), SMS & Data for any continuous period of 60 days. Continue reading “Vodafone to discontinue inactive prepaid mobile connections”

Tata DOCOMO Photon Plus now available for Rs.1199

Tata DOCOMO has reduced the price of their Photon Plus postpaid connection. They have also introduced cash back offers on select plans. New customers will get a discount of Rs 100 on their monthly bill amount for the next 12 months on select plans. The Tata DOCOMO postpaid cash back plans start from Rs.900 and there also also unlimited plans. The Tata DOCOMO Photon Plus offers on the go high speed mobile broadband connectivity up to 3.1 Mbps. Continue reading “Tata DOCOMO Photon Plus now available for Rs.1199”

Swingtel HelloTab 7 inch Android tablet launched in India

Swingtel HelloTab is the new tablet in the Indian market from SWINGTEL Group. This tablet features a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen. It is powered by 800 MHz Qualcomm processor and runs on Android 2.2. It has 5MP auto focus camera and secondary VGA camera and comes with 3G support. Continue reading “Swingtel HelloTab 7 inch Android tablet launched in India”

Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman up for pre-order in India for Rs.14550

Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman is now available for pre-order in India from online retailer Flipkart. They announced the phone in August. It is powered by a 1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion processor with Adreno 205 GPU and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It has 3.2-inch (320 x 480 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display and boasts 5MP Autofocus camera with 720p video recording and a font facing VGA camera for video calling. It is 14.2 mm thick and weighs 115g.

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Samsung Galaxy R price drops to Rs. 20,990

Samsung Galaxy R has seen a price drop in India. Samsung announced Galaxy R, stripped down version of the Samsung Galaxy S2, this July. It was launched in India at a steeper price of Rs. 27439 this October. The price of the phone dropped to 22,900 recently and now it is available less than that. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy R price drops to Rs. 20,990”

LG Optimus Net Dual SIM and LG Optimus Sol price revealed for India

The LG Optimus Net Dual SIM (P698) and the LG Optimus Sol has been priced in India and now available for pre-order from the online retailer Letsbuy. LG announced the LG Optimus Net in July and later said that it would come with Dual SIM support in 30 European countries. The Dual SIM version went on sale in Russia last month as LG Optimus Link. The single SIM LG Optimus Net was launched in India last month. LG announced the Optimus Sol in August. Continue reading “LG Optimus Net Dual SIM and LG Optimus Sol price revealed for India”

LG Optimus Hub now available in India for Rs. 12499

The LG Optimus Hub is now available for purchase from online retailer Letsbuy in India. LG announced it in September followed by the LG Optimus Pro and Optimus Net that are already available in India. The LG Optimus Hub is said to be the successor of LG Optimus One, and it has 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen that is much brighter (550 nit). It runs on Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) and features 800 MHz processor, 5MP camera and Wi-F Direct. Continue reading “LG Optimus Hub now available in India for Rs. 12499”

Nokia Lumia 800 goes on sale in India gets Unboxed

When Nokia announced it’s first Windows Phone at Nokia World couple of months back at London , I seriously did not expect the Nokia Lumia 800 to go on sale in India till 2012. But Nokia India just sold the first set of Lumia 800s to customers who had pre-booked the device at Ambience Mall in Gurgaon near New Delhi last night at 10 p.m. Customers had to pay Rs.29999 for the device.Nokia had roped in Tennis star Sania Mirza to hand over the devices to the customers. One FoneArena reader was amongst the first few who purchased the device and shared the photos from the event and unboxed it for us. Find the pics below. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800 goes on sale in India gets Unboxed”