Garmin , one of the most popular GPS Navigation system manufacturers in the world, has teamed up with Asus to bring several cellphones with top-notch GPS performance. Their latest model , the A10 , is now being released in India. It runs on the Android 2.1 OS. The phone is upgradeable to Froyo ie Android 2.2 and will get an update soon.
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Rediff launches Mobile Push Email Service at Rs.50 per month
Rediff has launched a new mobile push email service called Rediffmail NG supporting a wide variety of phones including Symbian , Java and Android. The service costs Rs.50 per month and the company aims to offer an affordable email service to the market.. We are yet to try out the service and will share our views as soon as possible. Looks like Blackberry and Nokia Messaging have some unexpected competition. And the most interesting part is that service will support even Micromax , Karbonn breed of phones.
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Samsung Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro Bada handsets available in India
Samsung launched a bunch of phones in Singapore this June including the Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro. Both these handsets are running on Samsung’s Bada platform and are priced below the Rs.10000 mark
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Micromax launches modu-T in India , world’s lightest touchscreen phone

Micromax is now going to sell the modu-T phone in India as reported by CellPassion earlier. The company will be the official distributor for modu Phones. In an event in Delhi , Micromax today announced the modu-T for India. The phone holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s lightest touchscreen phone at just 55g Continue reading “Micromax launches modu-T in India , world’s lightest touchscreen phone”
LG introduces 6 new CDMA handsets
LG mobiles has added 6 new CDMA handsets to their handset portfolio. The handsets are named as LG 6160, LG 6210, LG 6300, LG 6400, LG 510 and LG 235.
Nokia Siemens Networks demonstrates LTE using BWA Spectrum in India
Nokia Siemens Networks today demonstrated Time Division Duplex version of LTE using the broadband wireless access (BWA) spectrum in India. Gurdeep Singh, COO of Aircel made a video call using the test environment at the R&D facility of Nokia Siemens Networks in Bengaluru. The call was conducted with 4G mobile technology running on NSN commercial hardware.

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MTS users in India can now download Opera Mini

After partenering in various other countries, MTS and Opera Software have signed a deal to bring the OperaMini browser to MTS users in India. Users can download Opera Mini from the MY MTS Zone in their compatible handsets such as Samsung, ZTE, Haier,Huawei, Micromax and Hisense.
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Use your mobile phone inside aircraft after landing in India

Are you desperate to call you friends and relatives or colleagues as soon as your plane touches down on the runway. Soon , you can use your mobile phone in India even before the aircraft comes to a halt. Continue reading “Use your mobile phone inside aircraft after landing in India”
The LG Optimus GT540 Unboxing and Picture Gallery
A few days back, when the world was buzzing all about the impending launch of the Nokia N8, we received a small package from LG – India, in it, a phone (of course a phone silly! you don’t expect a microwave oven review here!), the GT540 also known as the Optimus. This phone bears no resemblance to the Transformers protagonist – Optimus Prime.

So we decided to review the phone despite the fact that you will be busy reading N8 and it’s features.
So without wasting time here’s the unboxing of the LG GT aka Optimus. Continue reading “The LG Optimus GT540 Unboxing and Picture Gallery”
Nokia N8 Dark Grey Photo Gallery

Here is a photo gallery of the Dark Grey version of Nokia’s N8. The photo gallery includes unboxing pictures too.
Olive Pad is on Track and getting Android 2.2 Froyo says Chairman of Olive Telecom
We had the chance of speaking with Mr. Arun Khanna , Chairman of Olive Telecom regarding the company’s plan to sell products through it’s online store. He told FoneArena that the Olive Pad has generated a lot of interest and that the company is in the process of upgrading the software to Android 2.2 Froyo and the device will be available in 10-15 days

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Videocon Zeus-Android Powered Smartphone

Videocon Mobile Phones made their entry into the Android world by announcing the Zeus smartphone powered by Android. Continue reading “Videocon Zeus-Android Powered Smartphone”
BlackBerry Torch Launched in India at a Price of Rs.35000

We just shared a Preview of BlackBerry Torch few hours ago and India too has some Torch goodness now. RIM launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800 along with BB OS 6.0 in an event in Mumbai today.FoneArena was present at the event and we have tons of hands on pics of the device coming up. Continue reading “BlackBerry Torch Launched in India at a Price of Rs.35000”
Nokia N8 Unboxing
The Nokia N8 went on sale in India today and those who had pre-ordered the device got their hands on it. Do to popular demand we decided to un box the N8 on FoneArena

Here are some pictures of the retail box an you will notice its much thinner than usual. Continue reading “Nokia N8 Unboxing”
Airfone launches AF202 first phone with 2 headset jacks
Airfone launched AF202 phone with dual Hands free jacks. It supports 3gp, MP4 and MP5 ( RMVB) formats for video. Its a well priced phone which supports RMVB video format. Continue reading “Airfone launches AF202 first phone with 2 headset jacks”


