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Airtel has launched Airtel India Grand Prix 2012, new mobile application for Android, iPhone and iPad users. This app would enable the users follow the global Formula One Grand Prix on the go. It offers race results, standings, schedule and latest F1 news. You can also take quizzes and bag prizes, read up trivia and check out the latest buzz from Airtel on its host of Formula One related initiatives. Continue reading “Airtel India Grand Prix 2012 app launched for Android, iPhone and iPad”
Micromax has launched the Funbook Talk (P350), their new 7-inch tablet in the Funbook series. This tablet has a ear piece for voice calling and has 2G (GPRS) connectivity. Other features are similar to the Funbook Alpha that was launched last month including a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display, 1 GHz processor with Dual Mali 400– the 2D/3D Graphics Processor and Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS. Continue reading “Micromax Funbook Talk with Voice calling launched for Rs. 7249”
Spice Stellar Horizon (Mi-500) is finally available in India from online retailer Saholic. Spice unveiled the Stellar Horizon along with the other Android Smartphones, Stellar and Stellar Craze, but it was delayed. It has a 5-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It was supposed to come with a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, but MediaTek announced that the phone would be powered by their new 1 GHz dual-core MT6577 processor. Continue reading “Spice Stellar Horizon finally goes on sale in India for Rs. 12499”
MTS has launched a new Mobile Advertising Service called mAd. This service would let the customers watch a short video Ad on their device before a call and get free local calling minutes. It doesn’t have any activation charges, application download charges and data transfer charges while viewing video ads. Popular brands such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Mentos, Center Fresh, Fiat, Kellogg’s, Titan, Lenovo have partnered with MTS for this service. Continue reading “MTS launches mAd, lets you make free local calls by watching Video Ads”
Zync has launched the Z-930, their new 7-inch tablet running Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Zync has also promised Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) update for the tablet. It has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) TFT capacitive touch screen display, similar to the Z-900 that was launched earlier this year. Other features include a 1.2 GHz Cortex-A8 processor with Mali-400 GPU, 0.3MP front-facing camera for video calling and 3600 mAh battery. Continue reading “Zync Z-930 7-inch tablet running Android 4.0 launched for Rs. 5499”
PayMate has launched Mobile Kisan Credit Card (mKCC), India’s first Mobile Money Credit Delivery solution for farmers. It would let the farmers use their loan amounts in an easier, instant and more efficient manner. It is developed in collaboration with Pallavan Grama Bank, Indian Bank and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD). Continue reading “PayMate launches Mobile Kisan Credit Card for Farmers”
Today most of the Nokia PureView 808, 701, 700 and 603 users started getting Belle Feature Pack 2 update through OTA globally including India. There are lot of new feature in Nokia Belle FP2, but one of the features completely surprised me which is its new keyboard. Most of the 808 users were awaiting for the new improved keyboard with FP2, but I got completely surprised when I found new Hindi QWERTY keyboard as an option along with the English keyboard. Continue reading “Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2 update brings new Hindi Keyboard”
Nokia has started rolling out the Belle Feature pack 2 update (v 113.010.1506/07) for the 808 PureView, 700, 701 and 603. The Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 update for the Nokia 700, 701 and 603 started rolling out in April, but the 808 PureView came with FP1 out of the box. Some devices that didn’t receive the FP1 update got the Belle Refresh update in August. Continue reading “Nokia Belle Feature Pack 2 update starts rolling out for Nokia 808 PureView, 700, 701 and 603”
When the Samsung Galaxy S3 was unveiled we felt the handset was a tad large for a smart phone. But 6 months down the lane , the Samsung Galaxy S3 meets it’s bigger brother the Galaxy Note 2 and looks pretty small in comparison. May be the large screen phones have grown on us ? The S3 packs a 4.8 inch display while the Note 2 has a massive 5.5 inch display. While the original Galaxy Note was launched , the Galaxy S3 was not around but the Note 2 does take a lot of design cues from the S3
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Tata Docomo has launched My Call Me Tune app in partnership with OnMobile. This app would let the Tata DOCOMO GSM subscribers create, customize and activate their favorite call me tune easily. You can also search, preview, copy and also set caller tunes for a specific profile. This offers users to search based on Song Name/Artist/Movies and customize profile tunes for specific mobile numbers. You can also record call back tones in your own voice. Continue reading “Tata Docomo launches My Call Me Tune mobile app to browse, search and set Call Me Tunes”
Airtel has launched a new unlimited internet pack for pre-paid subscribers. This new pack costs Rs. 149 that would offer unlimited internet usages up to 2GB on 2G, after that the speed would be throttled to 40 Kbps and would remain unlimited. This pack comes with a validity of 30 days. Continue reading “Airtel launches Unlimited Internet plan for pre-paid customers at Rs. 149”
BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.) has announced several offers for its GSM and CDMA customers on its 12th anniversary. They would offer 20% extra talktime on select top-up voucher, 20% discounts on 3G data vouchers and 3G data cards. Continue reading “BSNL offers 20% extra talk time, discounts on 3G data packs and data cards”
If you were considering purchasing the Lava XOLO X900 – 1st Android phone powered by an Intel processor, the price of the handset has been cut to Rs.17500 on the official store just minutes ago. The handset was launched for Rs.22000 few months back.
Presenting the first iPhone 5 unboxing in India exclusively only on FoneArena. While the iPhone 5 is still not officially launched in India , we managed to get one over from Europe just to find out if the iPhone 5 is worth all the hype. The iPhone 5 sports an all new hardware design and the all new Apple A6 chip with 1 GB of RAM under the hood. Here is a slightly long unboxing video of the latest and greatest iPhone in India.
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Reliance Communications (RCOM) has launched new All Share Postpaid Plan that lets you share Voice, Data and Text on a plan with other family members or group under a single bill. The Plan costs Rs. 1497 per month for 3 members, that lets you share 3000 mins of Local / STD Voice Calls, 3000 Local / National SMS, 3GB of 3G Data per month and free calling between the family or group members. Tata Docomo introduced similar postpaid plan called MyFamily plan last year. Continue reading “Reliance launches new All Share Postpaid Plan”
