Samsung announced the Symbian S60 phone – SGH i400 at Madrid,Spain. The phone is Samsung’s 2nd Symbian phone after the i520.
Features
The i400 will be launched in Russia somewhere in July 2007 and then move on to European countries a bit later.
Blackberry just announced the Curve 8300
It looks like the 8800 got a facelift.
We often say Beauty and Brains don’t get along but the tagline for this phone seems like Brains and Beauty
Features
Mobile Blogging – You might have heard about this term. I spoke about this topic at Mobile Blogging BlogCamp.In back in September last year.
Methods
Blogging using WAP / XHTML over GPRS / EDGE
In this method we will take wordpress.com for example
Login to m.wordpress.com and you would see the screen below
Type the content of you blogpost here.
Hit publish on your phone and this is what you will see on your PC.Do you notice that the new post is not top ?
Blogging via SMS
This is a costly solution but there are many providers like Reliance for instance which offer blogging via SMS.
You send a SMS to a predefined number with the post contents and it gets published to your blog.
Using a 3rd party Application
Shozu is a application which is currently free which lets you upload phones / videos to flickr or Youtube
Litefeeds is a free Mobile RSS reader which has blogging support.
Wizdom.In and FoneArena.com have joined hands to bring to you a GPRS / EDGE / 3G Speed Tester.
You need to simply install the free application on your mobile phone and sit back and relax as the tests are being carried out.
Please register for the Speed Test . We will contact you shortly with the details on How to get started.
As you might be know, this site is going through a major upgrade.
As a part of the same, we have added i-mate Dopod and Spice Mobiles to our list of phones.
Even the Apple iPhone has been added
We have also updated the other major brands.
Expect CDMA phones to be added very soon.
Happy Browsing !
Please feel free to post your feedback here or mail me at varun at fonearena dot com
I take great pleasure in announcing the launch of the MoMo Chennai Chapter.
In case you are wondering what MoMo is , it stands for Mobile Monday and was founded in Helsinki , Finland in 2000.Since 2004 the enthusiasm has spread globally and in India such events take place in Bangalore Mumbai
Its basically an event where participants exchange ideas , opinions & knowledge.
If you want to be part of the event check the links below
Alternatively you can mail me varun at [nospam] fonearena.com if you would like to be a part of the event.
We need your help to make this event a big success.
Great news for Mobile Developers in and around chennai.
Nokia is starting of its Open C Events in the Country.
If you are wondering what Open C is about but are interested to find out, then head to the venue.
Venue
Le Royal Meridien
1 GST Road,
St. Thomas Mount,
Chennai – 600 016,
Tamil Nadu,
India.
Date 24th April 2007, Tuesday
Time 09:00 – 17:25
Mobile phone theft whom to blame?
Mobile phone theft is on the rise in India.
A huge section of India’s working population use public transport.
IT, Call center jobs have lead to an increase in purchasing power.
Low Cost handsets have also lead to an increase in mobile phone users.
In a country of vast geographical distribution, the mobile phone has
transformed from being a luxury to a bare necessity. Cell phones have
become so common and theft also has risen dramatically over the past 2
years.
Major locations where theft occurs are railway stations, bus
stops, traffic signals, pathways Motorists who use their mobile when
driving might not only be risking their lives but also be a potential
target for the culprits. Of late there have been too many incidences of
bikers being robbed on roadways.
Insurance Cos had stopped offering Mobile Theft Insurance due to a
large number of false claims.
When you loose your mobile phone, more than anything it’s the personal
information that really matters.
Some pointers to avoid mobile theft
* Avoid using your mobile phone in heavily crowded areas
* Avoid using your mobile phone in public transport
* Avoid lending your mobile phone to strangers who might try to trick you
* Don’t talk while driving
* Avoid leaving your handset in your vehicle
* Do not leave you phone unattended in any place, even at your home
Vodafone Essar will be the new name of the old Hutch venture in India. This move comes after Vodafone’s acquistion of HTIL.
Asim Ghosh, Hutchison Essar’s current chief executive, will be chairman and chief executive officer.
Arun Sarin will be the Vice Chairman.
Ravi Ruia will non-executive chairman
Hi Folks,
We have updated the prices of all phones available in the market.
You can check the consolidated price list page as usual here PriceList
Do post your feedback here.
Nokia unveiled the latest E series at 3GSM 2007. The much slimmer E series range is bundled with a lot of additional features. E65, E61i are the sleek mobiles in dark red and brown black colours. Both devices run on S60 3rd Edition on Symbian OS 9.1. and have WLAN, GPRS and EDGE connectivity. Navigation and usability have been made easy with the “D-ring.” The center is a large square select button, and around it that is a raised, beveled square ring that controls the direction
The E65 has a 240×320 screen (QVGA), camera, MicroSD slot, and WCDMA (3G), EDGE, GPRS and WiFi connectivity whereas the E61i appears to be a tweaked version of E61 and has a QWERTY layout. The other models at the 3GSM 2007 by Nokia were the E90 and 6110.
The E90 has a two stage hinge, one stage that opens fully to put the screen at 90 degrees to the keyboard and a second stage that is adjustable from 90 to 180 degrees. The screen is pretty large anmd website can be viewed without the scrolling and resolution troubles.
The 6110 features Nokia Navigator, which includes many of the features that must be purchased as add ons to Maps like directions and city guides.
The other models were Nokia N77 and 3110. N77 has stereo Bluetooth support, microSD memory card slot, a 2 megapixel camera and 3G support with video calls. On the other hand 3110 is a perfect mid range phone with 1.3 megapixel camera, a stereo FM radio, Bluetooth, Infrared and tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support.
Nokia 3110 Classic – the successor to the 3100 ?
Hutch has changed colors since it started operations in India.
I remember seeing Hutch first in the Orange. They then changed to pink and blue.
Now after Vodafone has taken over Hutch , will Hutch move to Red synonymous with India’s other largest telecom provider Airtel.
It would be interesting to see what Vodafone does with Hutch.
The battle’s finally over ? Atleast IBN Live says so.
The long battle amongst the Telecom biggies for the aquisition of Hutch India might be over.
Vodafone has won the bid for $19 Billion.Essar is happy about the deal and the price. Vodafone is said to have even offered Essar to become a partner firm.
Hutch is expected to announce an official statement tomorrow
via [ibnlive]
The new version of Windows Mobile – 6.0 is coming and devices using the new operating system are expected to be available in the second quarter of 2007.
Whats in
The OS will be unveiled at the 3GSM in Barcelona next week.
