Samsung S3850 Corby II Announced

Samsung has announced the next phone in the Corby line-up, S3850 Corby II. The Corby II is a touchscreen phone, which looks quite similar to the original Corby, except for its bigger screen and advanced connectivity features. The phone comes with Samsung’s Touch Wiz interface and pre-installed Facebook and Twitter apps.

Continue reading “Samsung S3850 Corby II Announced”

Win a Nokia E7 Contest – Day 2

This is the second day of my secret mission Well, hopefully it won’t remain a secret for long, as most of you guys have found out where I am. We got an amazing response on Day 1. I would we using the Nokia E7 as my primary device for the 4 days of the contest. So, here goes the clue for Day 2.
nokia e7 contest day 2

Continue reading “Win a Nokia E7 Contest – Day 2”

Nokia X1-00 Announced for 35 euros !

Nokia has announced a brand new orange colored mobile phone, the Nokia X1-00. The phone is aimed at all those music lovers looking at an affordable phone.The phone boasts of a massive speaker on the back, which is rated at 106phon (phon – a measure of perceived loudness ), where the measure 106 is considered to be enough to rattle your window frames. Nokia also adds that the frequency response of the phone’s speaker has been tweaked in order to keep the sound undistorted at higher volumes, unlike other mobile phones. Continue reading “Nokia X1-00 Announced for 35 euros !”

Nokia E7 Unboxing

We get our hands on the Nokia E7 which is expected to release in India this month . It’s already shipping in some markets around the world. The E7 is the first Symbian^3 phone with a full QWERTY keyboard. It’s pretty much a Nokia N8 with a downsized camera and larger display.  The phone features a Clear Black Display aka CBD

Continue reading “Nokia E7 Unboxing”

Dell Venue Pro Unboxing

FoneArena unboxes the Dell Venue Pro which was launched in India recently along with the Dell Venue . The Dell Venue Pros is one of the few Windows Phone 7 handsets available in India and is also one of the few WP7 handsets to come with physical keyboard. It also has a unique portrait slider keyboard.

Continue reading “Dell Venue Pro Unboxing”

Reminder: Bring Dropbox to your Symbian Device in 5 easy Steps!

Lately I’ve seen a lot of people complaining about the lack of a dedicated Dropbox Application for Symbian. Sure it would be nice to have one, as the apps on both, Android and iOS are really well done. but it seems most people don’t know that you can have a much much better way to browse your files on Symbian than the mobile web app. What better than having Dropbox integrated directly into the Filemanager? It’s easy, it’s free (if you have a free Dropbox account) and its very fast to setup! And here’s how its done: Continue reading “Reminder: Bring Dropbox to your Symbian Device in 5 easy Steps!”

BlackBerry PlayBook Live Pics and Impressions !

blackberry playbook

At MWC 2011  we got up close with the BlackBerry Playbook which is RIM’s Tablet running on the BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX) . You can take a look at the photos of the Playbook below and boy ! it was pretty small in person compared to the photos you might see on the internet.

Continue reading “BlackBerry PlayBook Live Pics and Impressions !”

Samsung DROID Charge (SCH-i510) Verizon 4G LTE Phone Photos

samsung stealth v

At MWC 2011 , we saw an interesting unbranded phone from Samsung for Verizon (model SCH_i510) . The device was simply called the Samsung 4G LTE Phone , but now there are reports that this is indeed the Samsung Stealth V and DROID CHARGE running on Android 2.2 Froyo. It has a unique design , a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED Display , 8 MP Camera with 1080p recording. Other features include HDMI out and a 2 MP front facing camera. While we played with the device , it was running on FroYo and it might launch with Gingerbread.

Continue reading “Samsung DROID Charge (SCH-i510) Verizon 4G LTE Phone Photos”

Samsung Galaxy 5 Review: The Small Android Your Non-Geeky Friends Will Love

The story with Android has been quite similar these last few years: manufacturers seem to always be on the run to deliver bigger, faster, better, devices with more specs inside than anyone can humanly memorize. Dual-Core processors, 4.3″ screens, 3D displays, HD video recording… are all interesting, except they target what? maybe 5-10% of the users. The rest, well, they get very confused and somewhat overwhelmed with these features. They want a phone, that’s it. Maybe they want Facebook in there, a camera of sorts, and email would be a nice plus. For those, the Samsung Galaxy 5 is perfect.

The Galaxy 5 is the smartphone brother of the iconic Samsung Corby, a device with a simple design, dedicated keys for calls, quite limited features in terms of camera and other hardware, but it packs Android Eclair 2.1 instead of Samsung’s dumbphone OS. But the question is does this mix work?

Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy 5 Review: The Small Android Your Non-Geeky Friends Will Love”

Dell Venue Pro comes with Copy Paste NoDo update in India

dell venue pro copy paste

Dell Venue Pro might be the first Windows Phone 7 handset to come with the Copy-Paste NoDo update pre-installed as we found today a in handset we were able to get our hand on here in India. We were kinda surprised that copy/paste worked out of the box.

Continue reading “Dell Venue Pro comes with Copy Paste NoDo update in India”

Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo available for Pre-Order in India

Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo is now available for pre-order at Flipkart, with a price tag of  Rs 24,999. The smartphone is the next device ready to be launched from the Xperia line-up. The Xperia Neo is expected to start shipping from the second week of April 2011. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo available for Pre-Order in India”

Gallery: Frosty Metal Nokia C7 vs Silver Nokia N8

The Nokia N8 and C7 have been available for quite a while in the market, and we’ve already brought you reviews of the N8, many photo galleries of it, and a separate gallery of the Frosty Metal Nokia C7. I happened to have both the silver N8 and the Frosty Metal C7 in my hands at the same time, so I thought I’d share a hardware tour comparison with you, explaining the key design differences between these otherwise slightly similar Symbian^3 devices. Continue reading “Gallery: Frosty Metal Nokia C7 vs Silver Nokia N8”

Nokia X2-01 Review

Here is the FoneArena Nokia X2-01 review. What would you do if you were a teen and given a handset as sleek with a solid qwerty and  music DNA running on the handset. One would type so fast, so fast you can barely see them! The X-series range of phones are music oriented devices, Nokia has picked up the demand and love for social networking and heavy texting and has released this lovely looking device X2-01.  Does this phone deliver ? find out in our review below Continue reading “Nokia X2-01 Review”