Apple iPhone Most Selling Phone in USA = Worst in India

Apple iPhone might have broken records with respect to sales , market share etc.in USA market over the past 1.5 years since its launch in June 2007 at MacWorld

The first gen phone was launched at 399 and 499 USD including the 16GB version which we unboxed for you.

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Interesting facts about Mobile phones in India

As the spread of mobile increases, it makes you wonder about the fine line between what is perceived as luxury and necessity.

One mobile – Necessity

Two mobiles – Luxury

No Mobiles – Happiness

On 17th January 2009, the TDSAT (Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal) held a Seminar in Pune on the topic Disputes resolution in Telecom & Broadcast from where certain interesting facts about Mobile phones emerged.

**India has 374 million telephone lines

**Off this 336 million are Mobiles!

**336 million Mobiles are distributed amongst 250 million GSM and 36 million CDMA

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BlackBerry Storm launched through Vodafone in India

The BlackBerry’s first touchphone the 9500 or Storm was officially launched in India yesterday.

At Fonearena, we had covered the unveiling of the handset in Oct 2008. Catch the coverage here

Its also the first touchscreen blackberry phone and its different from other BBs which have full QWERTY keypads. Continue reading “BlackBerry Storm launched through Vodafone in India”

Nokia N79 N85 and N96 N-series Photo Gallery

The Nokia N95 and N82 are most popular phones from the Nseries clan.

But the N79 ,N85 and N96 are the new kids on the block .

We managed to get some pictures of these phones for you.

We even have a review of the N85

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Live Hands On and UnBoxing

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was just launched in India.

We have been covering the launch and we managed to get our hands on the phone so that you can see whats

in the package.

We are bringing you the Live Hands On and UnBoxing of the phone

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Launched in India for 19990

The wait is finally over .. For those of you who missed the Pre-booking , the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now available for purchase all over India at Nokia Retail outlets and a great news for you.

The price is Rs.19,990 only and has been reduced from the previous price of Rs.22500


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MySpace now available on Virgin Mobile in India

Virgin Mobile recently announced a partnership with ‘My Space’ to bolster its youth-centric services portfolio in India.

‘My Space’ social networking services will now be available on Virgin Mobile WAP-enabled phones at no extra cost*on handsets starting at just Rs. 2,999.

Users can access MySpace by simply clicking the MySpace link on vBytes and logging in the user ID and password. New users can begin by creating a fresh id and password.

(* Users pay a daily charge of just Rs. 5/- for accessing vBytes)

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LG KP199 A Fully loaded Dynamite

LG india have launched their new handset in the Dynamite series : LG KP 199. Some of the features are :

  • Full Multimedia with Long Battery backup
  • MP3 Player
  • High quality VGA Camera with continuous video recording
  • FM with Recording
  • 262K Colour TFT display
  • Bluetooth with A2DP

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Reliance Mobile launches GSM services in Punjab

Reliance Communications Monday announced the launch of its GSM mobile services in Punjab, becoming the first telecom operator in the circle to have both GSM and CDMA services for mobile users.

“The service will cover 460 towns, 11,741 villages and a number of national, state and other highways, tourist and religious places throughout the state,” Reliance regional hub head Arvind Kumar told reporters at the launch.

The Punjab circle GSM market is dominated by telecom majors Airtel and Idea (till recently Spice) and the entry of Reliance is likely to make the competition even more keen.

Offering a Reliance GSM prepaid SIM card for a one-time charge of just Rs.25, Reliance officials said the inaugural offer to subscribers would provide 100 percent savings to the sub-Rs.300 users. Continue reading “Reliance Mobile launches GSM services in Punjab”

Nokia 5800 vs the Apple iPhone 3G

After the comparison between G1 and the iPhone we at Fonearena had presented, here is our comparison of Nokia 5800 with the Apple iPhone 3G

As we had mentioned earlier, regardless of the outcome of the comparative study, Apple should sure be proud of its achievement – of the iPhone setting the benchmark for all future super phones.

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Nokia starts Environment Initiative to Recycle mobiles

Nokia has always been at the forefront of environmental initiatives. With their Take-back campaign, they have proved that they do care.

With this campaign, Nokia aims to encourage handset users to dispose off their unusable or old handsets and accessories of any brand at recycle bins installed at Nokia Care Centres and Nokia Priority Dealers.

Users will be given a gift for participating in the campaign and Nokia will plant a tree for every dropped mobile.

Kicking off the campaign from New Delhi, it will soon be replicated across 1300 outlets across the country.

The recycling will be undertaken by reputed companies. Continue reading “Nokia starts Environment Initiative to Recycle mobiles”

Nokia E63 vs E71 in Pictures

Nokia E63 is the low cost version of the E71 . This E-Series phone was announced just in Nov 2008

The E63 has small minor differences in the front .. Its got a more box like rectangular body the e71 is sleekier ..

The spacebar is shorter and there are 2 extra keys on the last row  ..

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China Mobiles movement in India

Understanding the China Mobiles movement in India

Introducing our Guest ,Amit Nayak, CEO, GEEK IT STORES .

Chinese mobile phones are flooding the indian mobile market and are giving tough competition to reputed brands.

But they have also been hitting the headlines due to poor quality or due absence of IMEI number.

Amit will clear your doubts regarding chinese mobile phones.

Are you a china mobile customer?? Are you using Chinese mobile? Are you safe using a such a phone ,

from health & legal point of view!! Continue reading “China Mobiles movement in India”

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Availability and Price in India

Many of you might be curious to find out the price of Nokia’s latest touchscreen phone ..

The launch had been delayed previously ..

But now the news is confirmed ..

We have information from official sources

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Live Pictures from Concept Store

I had been to Nokia Concept Store in Chennai today .

The stage was set for the showcasing of the much awaited 5800 XpressMusic phone which we have been covering a lot ..

Life size phone on display and the phone connect via TV out

full screen qwerty keyboard .. Continue reading “Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Live Pictures from Concept Store”