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Nokia N97 Now Shipping Straight from the Factory – Video Inside

The Nokia N97 is shipping worldwide this month according to a post on Nokia Conversations Blog.Looks like this will be the final box for this flagship handset . The Video shows you a sneak peek of the assembly line of its manufacturing facility in Salo, Finland.

An excerpt from their post

“The big news today is that the Nokia N97 is on the move, on the way to shops in 75 countries. It’s really exciting news and, as we usually do, we wanted to capture it on video. Carita, from the Nokia Conversations team, was invited to the Nokia factory in Salo, in southwest Finland, where she was able to watch the Nokia N97 be assembled.

In the video (see below), you can follow Carita’s progress as she follows the Nokia N97 from the assembly table, through packaging, to crating, inspection, batch testing, and onto pallets on the truck.”

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Why I love my BlackBerry

When I bought the BlackBerry 8703e from Reliance in 2007, the one thing I just could not appreciate was the bulky look and the fact that being a “Business phone” it did not have a camera or a media player.

Back then, in the price range of Rs 16,000, and with Reliance as the service provider, this was the best I could purchase.

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iCanHasCheezburger now on Apple iPhone too !

The popular amusing cat photo gallery – “ICanHasCheezburger” now has its presence on the iPhone App store. The free iPhone app for “I can has Cheezeburger” basically pulls hilarious images from its site and amuses its users, doesn’t matter where and in what mood they are. Continue reading “iCanHasCheezburger now on Apple iPhone too !”

A Raja Hopes to Bring Down Mobile Call Rates as low as 10 paise

As of now, you must be aware that A Raja has regained its position as a cabinet minister and has been made the IT and communications minister yet once again.

After taking oath, A Raja, revealed about its plan and the upcoming developments he is going to see in the Indian Telecommunication space. Continue reading “A Raja Hopes to Bring Down Mobile Call Rates as low as 10 paise”

TATA Tele Orissa Circle Tops Customer Satisfaction Survey

According to a recent report by the business standard, in a recent customer satisfaction survey, TATA idicom tops with 94% customer satisfaction followed by, Reliance and BSNL – 93%, Airtel- 91% and the recently launched service provider in the state – Vodafone – 89%. The report also adds that, this high level of Customer satisfaction by TATA Indicom users is just in the state of Orissa and not the entire country. Continue reading “TATA Tele Orissa Circle Tops Customer Satisfaction Survey”

Soon Hritik Roshan may be seen Endorsing Reliance Products!

Hrithik Roshan is roped in by the Anil Ambani led Reliance communications. Reliance have struck the deal between themselves and the bollywood star. They have chosen him as he’ s seen as a Youth Icon. Video After the jump Continue reading “Soon Hritik Roshan may be seen Endorsing Reliance Products!”

BSNL Providing Free Incoming Video Calls for 3 Months

You must be aware that, as of now BSNL have started 3G services in many parts of the country, using which you can make and receive video calls, download data at a high speed and also browse the internet flawlessly. Continue reading “BSNL Providing Free Incoming Video Calls for 3 Months”

Vodafone launches GappaGoshti Scheme for Rural subscribers

Showing its love towards rural customers, Vodafone have recently announced ‘GappaGoshti’ scheme under its prepaid mobile services only for its rural customers in Goa and Maharashtra. Continue reading “Vodafone launches GappaGoshti Scheme for Rural subscribers”

Download FAN97 Nokia N97 Theme for Nokia 5800 only on FoneArena

We can’t wait for the Nokia N97 . We are restless like you all. So we decided to make a Nokia N97 Theme for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic which is one of the most popular touchscreen Nokia phones.

The theme is called FAN 97 and is meant for all the N97 fans out there !

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Vodafone Launches Bonus Cards for Punjab Prepaid subscribers

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Vodafone have just introduced a couple of Bonus cards for its customers in Punjab. Here are the details

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In prepaid bonus card 25 a customer can send unlimited national sms at the rate of 20 paise doesn’t matter which network or at what time you are sending the SMS. Continue reading “Vodafone Launches Bonus Cards for Punjab Prepaid subscribers”

Bharti Airtel: Mobile Tariff Cuts Limited

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Recently, it was speculated, by many mobile experts that roll out of new service providers and the upcoming mobile number portability (MNP) may lower the mobile tariffs further.

But in a press release, top officials of Bharti Airtel, India’s top mobile service provider said “does not expect the entry of new players in an already competitive market to drastically push down mobile tariffs”. Continue reading “Bharti Airtel: Mobile Tariff Cuts Limited”

India on the map again: 1 in 6 BOLT users is INDIAN!

That India is a humungous cell phone market is sort of old news now.

Touted to be one of the fastest growing mobile markets of the world (a DoT study shows we should be about a billion mobile users by 2014), it will come as no surprise that Indians have arrived on the mobility telcom map. Also consider the fact that several mobile companies have been launching their handsets in India along with their global launches and in some cases even before the global launch. Recall Sony Xperia!

Recently though, a very interesting Press Release arrived at our doorstep that informed us of how 1 in every 6 BOLT users were from India

Now that’s quite amazing too. What’s BOLT you may ask? Continue reading “India on the map again: 1 in 6 BOLT users is INDIAN!”

Teens Embrace SMS, Ignorant of Consequences

SMS – basically it was being evolved to convey short messages and over passage of time, its been used as a means of passing time, in fact teens are now seen texting every where and every time, doesn’t matter whether they are in school, sleeping, eating, playing or even studying.

Students, specially teens are seen glued with their mobile phone with a good ‘Unlimited’ sms plan on their mobile phone. That’s it. These unlimited SMS plans are adding fuel to the fire.

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Possible 5th Gen Apple iPod and 3 iPhone Variants Leaked

According to iLounge , the specs of the next gen iPhone and 5th Gen iPod have been leaked.

5th Gen Ipod

The ipod is illustrated above.

Major changes

Wider Screen means change in aspect ratio(in landscape mode) , good news for all those cursing the 4th gen nano.
Inbuilt Camera on the back – We guess VGA or 1.3 MP
No touchscreen
Smaller click wheel

Next Gen iPhone Rumors getting stronger

With the days nearing to the WWDC event the rumors just don’t stop coming.

iPhone 3.0

Expected in 2 storage options (32GB and 64 GB )
Might be 3 new variants ex:the nano, pro and pro extreme (for apple fanboys)
We might finally get a cheaper iPhone as its the worst selling phone in India due to the insane price
But the models for the various countries will be decided by apple.
Macrumors reported that China is getting a Matte plastic iPhone

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Light Hands On With The Nokia N97 with Pics – FoneArena Exclusive

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”