News | Fone Arena - Part 2911

Nokia re-enters USA with Lumia 710 for T-Mobile

Nokia is making a re-entry into the American market with the Lumia 710 for T-Mobile. Nokia and T-Mobile announced plans to launch it’s first Windows Phone in USA on Jan 11 2012.The Lumia 710 started shipping in several countries last week and now there good news for Nokia fans in USA. The T-Mobile version supports the operator’s 4G network and bear the operator branding below the windows keys.The best part of announcement is the pricing.
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Nokia Lumia 800 The Dark Knight Rises edition hands-on

As part of the The Dark Knight Rise Prologue promotional tie-in between Warner Bros and Nokia, Nokia has produced 40 limited edition The Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 800 smartphones. Being one of the lucky few in the world to own one, I believe it is only fair I share some of my thoughts here. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800 The Dark Knight Rises edition hands-on”

LG unveils PRADA 3.0 Android phone with 4.3 inch NOVA Plus display

LG has unveiled PRADA 3.0, their next phone in the PRADA range. They announce it would be launched next year, but they launched it earlier. This device has PRADA’s own elegant new design with 4.3 inch NOVA Plus display with 800-nit brightness. It has specially developed control concept with a unique menu and symbols in black, gray and white. It is powered by 1.0 GHz Dual core processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) that is up-gradable to Android’s Ice Cream Sandwich. Continue reading “LG unveils PRADA 3.0 Android phone with 4.3 inch NOVA Plus display”

Airtel launches Gifting and Call Me Back SMS services for prepaid customers

Airtel has launched 2 new services, Airtel Gifting and Call Me Back SMS for prepaid customers. The Airtel Gifting service would let the customers send and receive talk time and other packs just by dialing *141# from their pre-paid connection. Call me back SMS would let customers send an emergency call me back SMS to other Airtel customers if they doesn’t have minimum balance to make a call. Continue reading “Airtel launches Gifting and Call Me Back SMS services for prepaid customers”

Reliance Communications launches new voice voucher for GSM and CDMA prepaid customers

Reliance Communications has launched new voice voucher, Mera Pack Rs. 148 for GSM and CDMA prepaid customers. This value for money pack offers 1500 minutes of local calls and is aimed at high local call users. Continue reading “Reliance Communications launches new voice voucher for GSM and CDMA prepaid customers”

Nokia Money – Mobile wallet service launched across India

Nokia has launched Nokia Money, their own Mobile wallet service across India. This is a secure and convenient alternate to cash on a mass scale on mobile phone. Nokia Money offers basic financial payments such as utility bills, pre-paid mobile top-ups, DTH recharge, insurance premiums and tickets and more, without the need of accessing bank account or the internet. Continue reading “Nokia Money – Mobile wallet service launched across India”

Sony Tablet S and Tablet P launched in India

Sony has launched 2 new tablets, Sony Tablet S and Tablet P in India. They unveiled these tablet in Japan in April. The WiFi Version of the Sony Tablet S showed up on Sony India’s official site last month.These tablets have uniquely asymmetric design, Sony Tablet S has a wedge-shape, similar to a magazine that’s been folded over. The Sony Tablet P has dual screen design of provides optimized entertainment experience and portability. You can watch video on one screen while using the other to control it, or check e-mail while using the other screen as a keyboard. Continue reading “Sony Tablet S and Tablet P launched in India”

LG Optimus LTE L-01D arrives in Japan, available in Red color and with NFC support on NTT Docomo

LG has launched the Optimus LTE L-01D in Japan. NTT Docomo already announced the LTE device in their NEXT series this October. LG announced the device for Korea this October and it launched earlier this month in US on AT&T as LG Nitro HD. The LG Optimus LTE L-01D comes with a 4.5 inch (1280 x 720 pixels) True HD IPS display with 326 PPI and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It is powered by 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm snapdragon processor and features an 8MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash, 1080p HD video recording and 1.3MP front facing camera. Continue reading “LG Optimus LTE L-01D arrives in Japan, available in Red color and with NFC support on NTT Docomo”

Micromax X261 – Dual SIM Music Phone

Micromax has unveiled another Dual SIM phone, Micromax X261. It comes with 2.2-inch (176 x 220 Pixels) display and sports 1.3 megapixel camera. It comes with large loud speaker at the back, LED torchlight, Music player, Stereo FM radio and has expandable memory up to 8GB. Continue reading “Micromax X261 – Dual SIM Music Phone”

Carzonrent launches EasyCabs mobile app

Carzonrent India Private Ltd, popular company in transportation industry has launched EasyCabs Mobile Application for different platforms that would let people to book Easycabs via mobile phones with few click. EasyCabs provides cab service for customers in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru and has 2500 cabs. Continue reading “Carzonrent launches EasyCabs mobile app”

MAXX Mobiles launches Big Battery powered Dual SIM phone MAXX PRIMO

MAXX Mobiles has launched another Dual SIM phone MAXX PRIMO MX428 in the Big Battery series that comes with 1800 mAh battery. They have already launched few phones in the Big Battery series that include, MAXX Hexa (MX155), MAXX Rave (MX182 & MX190), MAXX Buzz (MX188) and MAXX SUPER (MX424 & MX439). Continue reading “MAXX Mobiles launches Big Battery powered Dual SIM phone MAXX PRIMO”

Jabra SUPREME Bluetooth mono headset launched in India

Jabra has launched Jabra SUPREME, their new Bluetooth headset in India. This is their first Bluetooth mono headset and it comes with Active Noise Cancellation technology that uses one dedicated microphone and an electronic chipset to generate an anti-noise sound to suppress the outside noise. This headset uses digital signal processing (DSP), proprietary Noise Blackout 3.0 and Wind-Noise Reduction technology with dual microphones in the boom arm tip that offers better audio quality irrespective of the noise environments they are in. Continue reading “Jabra SUPREME Bluetooth mono headset launched in India”

Samsung Omnia W vs Nokia Lumia 710

Here is the comparison between 2 latest Windows Phone Mango devices, Samsung Omnia W and the Nokia Lumia 710. The Samsung Omnia W is the Samsung’s latest Windows Phone device that was announced in September and they launched it in India in October. It packs in 1.4 GHz Processor and comes with a 3.7-inch WVGA(800X480 pixels ) Super AMOLED display. Nokia Lumia 710 is Nokia’s latest Windows Phone device that was announced in India in November. It comes with 3.7-inch (800 x 480 pixels) ClearBlack TFT display with Gorilla Glass and boasts 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon Scorpion CPU and it also comes with swapable back covers. Let’s get into the specs comparison. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia W vs Nokia Lumia 710”

Logitech Revue Google TV 3.1 Honeycomb update rolling out now , brings Android Market

Yes that’s Android market running on the TV. The big Google TV Android 3.1 update is finally rolling out to Logitech Revue units via an OTA update. The Revue retails for $99 and there was some confusion if Google and Logitech will release an update for this device. Now the update is finally rolling out including the Revue unit in the FoneArena Labs. Apart from access to the Android market , it brings some new features including a new interface and a revamped YouTube app. Have you got the updated your Logitech Revue yet ? Continue reading “Logitech Revue Google TV 3.1 Honeycomb update rolling out now , brings Android Market”

Samsung Omnia W now available for pre-order in India

Samsung Omnia W is now available for pre-order in India. It is now available for pre-order from online retailer, Flipkart. It is 10.9mm thick and weighs 115.3g and has 3.7 (800 x 480 pixels) inch Super AMOLED display. Samsung announced the phone in September and it was unveiled in India in October. Continue reading “Samsung Omnia W now available for pre-order in India”