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If rumors are to be believed, Apple is preparing the next generation of the iPod Touch. That’s not the best of the news. The new iPod Touch is said to come with a Camera and Microphone and even built-in Skype software.
Sources say that Apple has already begun manufacturing the new range of iPod Touch models in China’s factories. Continue reading “New Apple iPod Touch with Camera!”
Mobile Phones are some of the consumer products with the greatest hype and thus most consumers love news, photos or any information regarding future phones and products. Many models of handsets are leaked to the public while some are kept secret till the moment of announcement.
One such example was the 1st Generation iPhone which was kept a secret till the last moment. Rumours were doing the rounds about the phone but nothing about the features or any photo leaked. Then when people began to write off the rumours, Apple made the announcement with a bang creating tremendous hype.
But today we hear the sad news and wonder whether all this secrecy is worth it. According to sources, 25 year old Sun Danyong, an employee at Foxconn committed suicide. The reason for this is because he lost a 4th Generation Prototype of the Apple iPhone which was entrusted to him to be shipped to Apple. Continue reading “Foxconn Employee Commits Suicide After Losing 4G iPhone Prototype”
Earlier, we gave reports of various phones set to be launched by Nokia for AT&T. out of those leaked, phones the device codenamed Mako is the device in the spotlight right now.
Today Nokia and AT&T together announced the Nokia Surge which they claim to be a “Socially Supercharged Smartphone”. Continue reading “Nokia Surge $80 Phone Announced for AT&T”
2009 Mobile Excellence Awards is now open for submissions. You can submit your nomination for the various award categories below at the awards website . The awards are aimed at recognizing the stars in mobile entertainment. Start-ups, Media companies and Studios all stand to be recognized globally through this platform.
The event will honor companies spanning across media, marketing, and technology. The awards will host industry leaders and honor mobile entertainment’s finest on December 7th, 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. This year’s awards show is set to outdo itself with prominent judges, new and additional categories, and industry leading partners.
Continue reading “2009 Mobile Excellence Awards now open for Submissions”
Nokia Beta Labs has launched the Nokia Java Runtime 2.0 for Symbian S60 devices today. This new release gives the the S60 devices with several usability and performance improvements like:
* One-click application installation
* Improved application launch user experience
* Improved execution performance Continue reading “Nokia launches Java Runtime 2.0 for Symbian S60”
We had an early hands on with the Nokia N97 and while we can’t give you much in details in terms of software, we can say that the hardware on this phone is amazing.
The unit was the black one , and we have exclusive pics for your viewing pleasure !
Everything from the chrome trim to the slide mechanism for the keyboard was fantastic. It truly felt like a phone worthy of it’s price tag. Continue reading “Light Hands On With The Nokia N97 with Pics – FoneArena Exclusive”
Palm Pre is the most anticipated phone in USA and also by touchscreen fans worldwide .
You saw the Pre Unboxed
But here are some pics of the packaging of Palm Pre which are of the original one for sure! Have a look..
-Palm pre’s look from back side inside the box Continue reading “Images of Palm Pre Box Leaked”
Now access your Windows Live Hotmail on Nokia Messaging.
Nokia Messaging is designed for ease of use and mobility and offers users a full feature. It is currently free to download and set-up, and supports the popular email accounts including, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL Mail.
It also enables access of up to 10 personal email accounts on a Nokia device, and through one single icon. Once Nokia Messaging is set-up, email accounts can be added to the service directly on the phone, as well as via the Nokia Messaging website (email.nokia.com). Continue reading “Hotmail on Nokia Messaging”
Finally its happening!
Since the launch of first gen iPhone on AT&T network, we were all waiting for this to happen. March 26th will mark the arrival of unlocked no-contract iPhone 3G in US market.
Yes, if the leaks are supposed to be believed, AT&T will offer unlocked iPhone 3G, without any contract obligations. You just need to be an existing AT&T customer, and can purchase the iPhone with no in-store activation required.
The price is 599/699 dollars for 8/16 GB respectively. This is much more than the current contractual price, but gives its customers an option of selecting their best usage plan, unlike the iPhone pre-definced plans.
Also, the price is relatively cheaper than the unlocked iPhone available in Hong Kong and Italy.
Continue reading “AT&T to offer unlocked iPhone 3G without contract”
Since Nokia announced the Ovi store at the Mobile World Congress this year, speculations have been rife about the success of this store in comparison to the already well-established and popular App Store from Apple. The N97 will be the first phone integrated into the service, with the remaining phones following when the system goes live in May.
We take a deeper look at the speculations and give you an insight into what’s in store for the end-user and beneficiary of what is clearly the big software battle between two giants.
First the similarities: Both Apple and Nokia offer a 70% revenue share to developers.
Differences: Apple began its App Store as a request from the public and developers to be allowed to develop products for the iPhone while Nokia is opening an application store to stream revenue into the company with a share of app sale prices, and to potentially push the sales of cellphones and smartphones.
Apple’s services are for a single handset, the iPhone; while Nokia’s is for dozens of different handsets with two different Symbian OS’s aboard. Continue reading “Nokia Ovi Store vs Apple App Store – an indepth comparison”
Fonearena had covered the launch of the LG KF300 almost one year ago as it had hit global markets. Read the full coverage here.
The same handset has now been launched in the Indian market in the price band of Rs 8,500. The reason for the after-thought launch by LG is unknown.
While the specs of the handset, re-capsulated below remain the same, the only addition seems to be inclusion of the Mobile Tracker. Continue reading “LG KF300 launched in India”
Virgin Mobile recently introduced a revolutionary youth focused proposition by making SMS the new voice of the youth by ushering in genuine freedom of sending SMSs by making it FREE without any extra pack or upfront commitment.
Virgin Mobile customers will now be able to send 100 National as well as 100 Local; a total of 200 SMSs free daily after just paying for the first 3 SMSs on each leg (National and Local respectively) to any network.
HIGHLIGHTS:
Continue reading “FREE National and Local SMS on Virgin Mobile”
An off shoot of older HTC S740, the new HTC S743 was launched a few days ago.
A wide screen slim phone, with a slide out QWERTY, it has HSDPA 850 / 1900 wireless band for North American use.
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
**Around 10 million mobile lines are added every month Continue reading “Interesting facts about Mobile phones 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)
Continue reading “MySpace now available on Virgin Mobile in India”
