Nokia Digital Design 2009

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You might know that FoneArena was in the capital to meet the Digital Designers behind Nokia phones. Nokia India had invited us to Nokia Digital Design 2009 at The Oberoi , New Delhi.  Everyone knows Nokia’s tagline is Connecting People.   The Digital Designers behind a phone play a major role in making sure phones  actually help people connect with each other effectively.

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Nokia launches its latest E-Series rockstar aka the E72 for 22989 in India

nokia-e72-indiaCalling all users who have had their eyes on the Nokia E72 .  The Finnish phone maker has finally announced its latest E-series rockstar aka E72 for India . Users can prebook the handset online . Continue reading “Nokia launches its latest E-Series rockstar aka the E72 for 22989 in India”

BSNL Launches 3G mobile services Commercially

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BSNL Chennai Telephones recorded a first of sorts for South India yesterday with the commercial launch of 3G mobile services. Touted to be the next generation in mobile technology, 3G services will enable you to access Internet on the move with a speed of upto 3.6 Mbps and allow you to do video calling, watch mobile TV and other media rich applications. Continue reading “BSNL Launches 3G mobile services Commercially”

Samsung Unveils 2 New Handsets – Samsung S5150 Olivia and Samsung S7070

Samsung has revealed 2 new handsets recently, the full touch screen handset, Samsung S7070 and the Clamshell Device S5150 codenamed as Olivia. The release of these phone also marks the start of the new “Diva” design line in Samsung.

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Samsung to Release Phone with Bada OS Soon!

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Samsung had earlier announced their Bada OS which we reported on. The new Bada OS is expected to be Samsung’s first choice and is expected to replace the Windows Mobile and Symbian OSes that Samsung mobiles currently use. Continue reading “Samsung to Release Phone with Bada OS Soon!”

Black Nokia N86 8MP Picture Gallery

The say a picture is worth a thousand words, so how about 28000 words? That is 28 high-resolution images of the Nokia N86 8mp. The more I use this phone, the more I love it and it only gets better with time. I will let this great picture gallery of the device speak for itself. You can click on the thumbnails to access the full resolution photo.

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TRAI fixes MNP Mobile Number Portability charges at Rs.19

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You must have heard a lot of news surrounding MNP or Mobile Number Portability. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has finally fixed the various charges for Mobile Number Portability in India and the TRAI press release is below. If you are still wondering what does MNP mean to you read further. Continue reading “TRAI fixes MNP Mobile Number Portability charges at Rs.19”

LG BL40

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The looks of the LG BL-40 will amaze anyone ! Is it a phone or a chocobar ?  The phone has some revolutionary features like a 4inch Touch- Screen with resolution of 800×345 pixels and for the first time on a mobile, screen with 21:9 aspect ratio. Actually it’s just recently that the first 21:9 aspect TVs were announced by Philips, so this is a remarkable achievement. It also sports a 5 Megapixel camera.Its also got  HSDPA, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Multi-Touch, Flash Based 3D UI
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Xperia X1 not getting Windows Mobile 6.5 Update

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All the users of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 who have been wondering if the device will be getting Windows Mobile 6.5 update, are in for some disappointment. Sony Ericsson specified today that Sony Xperia X1 will not be getting the official Windows Mobile 6.5 update. Continue reading “Xperia X1 not getting Windows Mobile 6.5 Update”

Sony Ericsson Closing Facilities and Laying Off Employees!

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After removing 450 employees from the payroll last September, Sony Ericsson is now planning to close down four of it’s facilities and lay-off 2000 employees worldwide.

The facilities that are planned to be shutdown are the facilities in RTP (North Carolina), Small Facilities(Miami, Seattle and San Diego), Sweden and Chennai. 2000 employees will be laid off and some of them will have the option of getting transfers to other places like Atlanta or California. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Closing Facilities and Laying Off Employees!”

Fly Unveils 2 New Dual SIM Handsets – MC 160 and E106

Fly Mobiles have announced the launch of 2 new Dual SIM touchscreen handsets in India namely, the MC 160 and the E106.

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The MC 160 based on Yamaha Chipset, features a QVGA touchscreen with a 262k color TFT display, Other features includes a phonebook which has hold upto 2000 names, 3 megapixel camera with Video Recording, 87MB Internal memory with support for expandable memory using microSD cards, Has support for GPRS, EDGE, A2DP and Bluetooth. The phone has a talk time of 4 hrs and a standby time of 200 hours. The Phone also has a mobile tracker with remote control capabilities and privacy protection feature and is decently priced at Rs. 6,000. Continue reading “Fly Unveils 2 New Dual SIM Handsets – MC 160 and E106”

Interview with Jon Tetzchner of Opera Software

At Symbian Exchange 2009 FoneArena got a chance to interview Jon Tetzchner CEO of  Opera Software. In this 20 minute interview , we talk about a lot of things ranging from Opera Mini, Opera Mobile and Opera Unite and also Google Chrome , Internet Explorer.

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