Ever since Steve Jobs rolled out the iPhone in Jan’07 MacWorld, mobile phone manufacturers were highly uncomfortable of missing the touch screen bandwagon.

The Finnish mobile giant is now armouring its artillery with Nokia 5800 a touch screen gizmo code named “tubeâ€.With just three physical buttons and equipped with 8GB microSD memory card it can be [...]

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FoneArena’s video review of the N78.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEO4HZXTKHc

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Touted as the iPhone killer in the market, the Meizu M8 will be launched sometime in December this year. The good news is that the Taiwan-based distribution company is also planning on an official Indian launch!  

 Specs & features:

105mm x 58mm x 11.8mm (H x W x T)
ARM11 [...]

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If you have been at the receiving end of a scheming, lowly mobile phone thief or snatcher, you are probably upset more at the loss of crucial data. For all of us know, we can replace a handset, but how the heck do we replace our precious store house of information, phone numbers etc?
Mumbai-based Micro [...]

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Samsung launched its fully-loaded handset, Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900), in the Indian market recently. A touch phone that features Samsung’s patented TouchWiz user interface is a stylish and fully loaded handset that could be tough competition to some HTC touch phones.

Specs:
• High resolution screen
• 3.2-inch WQVGA LCD screen
• On-screen QWERTY keyboard
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating [...]

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It is being touted as India’s first universal web community of mobile internet users.

7Seas Technologies launched the beta version of its new mobile gaming portal mobizill.com.
On mobizill.com, users can publish, convert and share content with friends via both web and mobile devices. It offers a collection of mobile content such as games, ring tones, wallpapers, [...]

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The Nokia N96 launched by the company in India recently will be available across stores from September 16th.
Touted to give tough competition to the Apple iPhone, this handset will be available for Rs 35,000. Read Fonearena’s coverage of iPhone Vs N96 here.
At Rs 35,000 it is an expensive phone but with higher features than iPhone [...]

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India will soon become a Nation of mobile users. The steadily increasing mobile using population expands due to the ever increasing usage by the youth. A recently completed IDC study confirms that mobile users perceive they derive one of the following sets of benefits from using mobile phones – safety and security, productivity and convenience, [...]

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LG launched KP199, a candy bar phone with music capabilities for budget buyers.

Features:
• FM radio
• Music player
• Bluetooth connectivity
• Anti Theft Mobile Tracker
Anti Theft Mobile Tracker
If the phone is lost or stolen and the finder tries to insert any other SIM, the phone automatically sends out messages on two pre-stored numbers, and the receivers will know the location and [...]

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Just got some info that Sony Ericsson is hosting a live Xperia™ webcast on Sep 8th 
The webcast will include a world premiere of Sony Ericsson’s alternative reality thriller and give the first live, in-depth, demonstration of the Xperia™ X1 prior to its global launch. The webcast will air at 1pm (GMT + 1 hour) 8 September [...]

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