Tata Docomo launches My Call Me Tune mobile app to browse, search and set Call Me Tunes


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 launches Unlimited Internet plan for pre-paid customers at Rs. 149


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 offers 20% extra talk time, discounts on 3G data packs and data cards


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”

Yandex to open its own Android App Store

Yandex, the leading Internet company in Russia has announced its own Android App Store. This would let them offer the new Store to OEMs for the Android tablets and Smartphones instead of Google Play Store and other Google Apps. Yandex already has a 3D user interface for Android called Yandex.Shell and other mobile apps, including Yandex.Search, Yandex.Mail, Yandex.Maps-based services. Continue reading “Yandex to open its own Android App Store”

Apple iPhone 5 Unboxing

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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NTT Docomo to launch new Mobile Translation Apps

NTT Docomo, Japan’s largest telecom operator has announced that they would launch 2 new apps, Hanashite Hon’yaku and Utsushite Hon’yaku for their customers. The Hanashite Hon’yaku is the world’s first commercial mobile service for translation that would translate the conversations between people speaking Japanese to other languages. NTT Docomo introduced a text translation app earlier this May. Continue reading “NTT Docomo to launch new Mobile Translation Apps”

Apple CEO Tim Cook apologizes for Maps on iOS 6


Apple CEO Time Cook has issued an apology letter on Apple website  regarding the new Maps app on iOS 6 saying that Apple fell short on the commitment to deliver the best experience to the customers. The new iPhone 5 sold 5 milion units in the first 3 days and the iOS 6 update started rolling out for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch last week uses Apple’s own maps instead of Google Maps that is used in more than 100 million iOS devices. Continue reading “Apple CEO Tim Cook apologizes for Maps on iOS 6”

Texas Instruments not abandoning OMAP yet, OMAP 5 expected early 2013

Earlier this week Reuters reported that Texas Instruments plans to concentrate more on embedded chip business than the smartphone and tablet business. Now, in a statement sent to GSMArena, TI said that they are not abandoning but broadening the reach of its OMAP products, aiming at embedded applications such as automotive, industrial, enterprise communication, vision and robotics. Continue reading “Texas Instruments not abandoning OMAP yet, OMAP 5 expected early 2013”

Samsung ATIV Tab gets a pre-order price in UK, coming in October


Samsung ATIV Tab running Windows RT Tablet with Windows UI has received a price tag in UK. Online retailer Clove UK has announced that it would be available in UK by the end of October. Microsoft was the first to reveal their Surface Tablet. The Windows RT version is expected to launch by October-end but they did not reveal the price. It has a 10.1-inch (1366 x 768 pixels) HD display, 8.9 mm thick and weighs 570 g. Continue reading “Samsung ATIV Tab gets a pre-order price in UK, coming in October”

Micromax Funbook Infinity launched for Rs. 6699


Micromax has launched the Funbook Infinity (P275). It has a 7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) capacitive touch screen display and is powered by a 1.2 GHz processor with Dual Mali 400– the 2D/3D Graphics Processor. It runs on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). It has a 2MP camera at the back and 0.3MP front-facing camera. There are dual front-facing loudspeakers for loud audio output. It would come with 2 movies (Rowdy Rathore & Tees Maar Khan) pre-loaded in the tablet. Continue reading “Micromax Funbook Infinity launched for Rs. 6699”

Samsung Galaxy Camera launching in India by mid-November

Samsung launched the Galaxy Note II in India few hours back. They have also announced that the Galaxy Camera would launch in India in India by Diwali, which is mid-November. Samsung announced the Galaxy Camera at IFA Berlin last month. The 16 Megapixel camera has a F2.8 aperture, 23 mm focal length and 21x Optical Zoom Lens with BSI CMOS sensor. It packs in a 4.77-inch 308 ppi HD Super Clear Touch Display and is powered by an 1.4GHz Quad-Core processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Camera launching in India by mid-November”

Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 officially priced in Italy and Russia, available mid-November

Nokia had unveiled the Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 at their NYC event on September 5th, but did not announce the pricing as well as the availability, it was a mystery till now. But Nokia Italy has done the impossible and actually announced the launch pricing of both the phones and the availability.

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Samsung Galaxy Note II launched in India for Rs. 39,900


Samsung has launched the most expected Galaxy Note II in India. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Note II at IFA Berlin last month and the pre-booking started in India on Samsung eStore couple of weeks back. The Samsung Galaxy Note II comes with a 5.5-inch (1,280 x 720 pixels) HD Super AMOLED display, 1.6 GHz quad-core Exynos processor and runs on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). It has a 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash at the back and a 1.9MP front-facing camera. It has S Pen that comes with S Pen specific apps such as S Note, S Planner, Email with hand-writing integration and S Pen Keeper that alerts users if their pen is too far away from the Note II. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Note II launched in India for Rs. 39,900”

Texas Instruments backs out from the smartphone space, no more OMAP

Dallas, Texas-based Texas Instruments is a pioneer in the chip industry. It has been part of the major shift in the smartphone industry which introduced the “System on a chip” concept into the mainstream. But the chip maker has started to wonder about the prospects of its future, when it comes to the insanely competitive smartphone business. And the company has made a decision to switch gears, moving away from the smartphone business and concentrating more on a more profitable and stable, embedded chip business.

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