The HTC Desire was announced at MWC 2010 and we  brought you live pictures of this monster which is powered by a 1GHz CPU and features a 3.7 inch AMOLED Display. Now the price of the Desire has surfaced on Amazon UK and is due to be released on April 1st. The price of the phone is around 440 British pounds or Rs.30000 approx.The handset is expected to go on sale starting from April 1 2010.The price is for a unlocked phone without a contract. Some feel that the specs of the Nexus one and the Desire are pretty similar and the Desire might be the Non-Google version of the Nexus One. The handset features the famous HTC Sense which gives Android a whole new meaning ! As a bonus we have a video of the HTC Desire from MWC 2010 Which handset are you going to buy ? Nexus One or Desire or the Legend ? Similar Posts: Google Nexus One Unboxing Pics The Making of the Google Nexus One , Behind the Scenes Videos Google Nexus One Pictures and Videos Nexus One Hands-On Pics And Video Video : Nexus One Unboxed by Ninjas Share/Save

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Here is the most recent Nokia Ad on TV for the 5233 music phone. You must have heard about Nokia signing up Adah Sharma and Sharman Joshi Watch the advertisement below.  It shows Sharman Joshi picking a new track on his phone for each dress Adah Sharma tries out when the duo are shopping . Now how many of you like the ad ? Thanks to Indicine for the tip! Similar Posts: Nokia 5233 is a 5230 sans 3G price is lesser Share/Save

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Sygic AURA aims to be the ultimate GPS navigation product for both drivers and pedestrians. It is  designed for smartphones and mobile devices . It offers both offline maps and a connected mode with social networking and connected features. User can Drive, Walk & Meet in real 3-D “Our dream to build AURA has come true — three years of development has resulted in a product that completely differs from others on the market.” said Michal Stencl, CEO of Sygic. “We are happy to announce it now and here, in the world that asks: “What is the future of LBS?”. We simply trust it is AURA — one tool that combines navigation for pedestrians and drivers and lets users learn all about cities: where to go, where to stay and where to meet there. AURA keeps you on track whether your journey is by car or on foot, with the information you need at-hand, always available, without a mobile connection. Drive, walk and meet — AURA presents one incredible, beautiful package.” “We are proud to provide an expert answer to people who are asking why they should buy a new smart phone. The answer is simple, ‘AURA!’” stated Martin Kalis, Sygic marketing manager. AURA is designed smartphones and personal navigation devices like the iPhone, Google Android, Windows Phone 7etc. Watch AURA in action below The app is coming soon to the Apple App store . And looks like AURA will be available for India too but its not clear if we will get the full 3D features . More info on the official page We are really impressed by the preview and can’t wait to get our hands on the app when it releases Similar Posts: Nokia Ovi Maps free navigation crosses 1.4 million downloads Sygic Mobile Maps for Nokia N900 Coming Soon Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition launched with Lifetime Navigation Software Review: Sygic Mobile Maps India a Turn by Turn Navigation App for iPhone Nokia to Offer Free Turn By Turn Navigation Share/Save

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BSNL has launched 3G  services in Mangalore District  after Chennai, Bangalore , Hyderabad and Kerala The 3G services will be first available in Surathkal, Baikampady, Mangalore, Ullal, Deralakatte and Udupi . It will be available in other parts of the Mangalore district in a phased manner. The 3G tariffs are same as in other circles.  Many FoneArena users in Mangalore seem to use highend handsets and arrival of BSNL 3G should be great news for them Check out the FoneARena BSNL 3G Speed Test .  This is how the BSNL 3G sim card looks like Go grab one now !  its only BSNL who is offering 3G in India ( part from MTNL in in Mumbai and Delhi) Similar Posts: Enjoy 3G Speeds with BSNL in Kerala from Today BSNL Launches 3G mobile services Commercially Share/Save

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The folks at a game development company Distinctive Developments have posted a cool video comparison of the Nexus One and iPhone 3GS.  In the video they compare the 3D performance (GPU -Graphics Processing Unit) of the two phones. They render the same game scenes on both the phones and test the frame rate and graphics. As you can see in the image below, the 3GS is doing 60 frames per second and the Nexus One is doing 31 frames per second. One of the main reasons for the lower frame rate on the nexus one might be the larger screen size. The GPU needs to fill 2.5 times as many pixels on the Nexus One than it does on the iPhone. In this test the 3D engine code running on both devices is the identical with one major exception – the Nexus isn’t using Neon floating-point optimization Even though the  iPhone 3GS packs only a 600Mhz CPU compared to the Nexus One which packs a 1 GHz CPU, the iPhone wins in the 3D arena. The Nexus One is powered by Android which is not yet fully optimized for gaming and 3D applications like the iPhone according to this test. Similar Posts: Google Nexus One Pictures and Videos The Making of the Google Nexus One , Behind the Scenes Videos The Nexus One Unboxed and Caught on Video A Comparision between Nexus One, iPhone 3GS and Moto Droid Nexus One vs Nokia N900 in Pics Share/Save

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Very few people in this world possess great marketing skills like Apple CEO Steve Jobs. After making an short appearance at the Grammy Awards last month, the Apple launched its first TV Commercial for the upcoming iPad during the Oscars today. What better audience do you need for what some people call as an oversized iPod touch ? Video after the break The 30 second promo quickly shows all the features of the iPad. We love the iPad’s screen but what’s  scary is the onscreen keyboard. The guy did not even type a word during this ad. Does  that mean Apple is not confident of the keyboard on the iPad ? We have always wondered how easy it is to type on the iPad considering its pretty big to grip and type at the same time Similar Posts: Apple iPad Official Video Promo Apple iPad UI on the iPhone and iTouch Apple iPad takes centerstage at Grammy Awards Ceremony Rumor : Apple iPad Videos Apple iPad launch date April 3 , Pre-orders from March 12 Share/Save

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The Google Nexus One just landed at FoneArena and here are some unboxing pics.  The phone comes in a really small package similar to the Google Ion . The phone is really attractive and incredibly thin. It’s currently one of few good looking Android handsets in the market in addition to the HTC Legend.  Full marks to HTC for the phone’s design. Its really feels nice to grip this handset and the AMOLED display with 800×480 resolution is cool. This handset rocks on Android 2.1 (Eclair ) and the animated wallpapers are impressive. The 1 GHz processor means that this handset is really fast and there is no noticeable lag during operation. And here is a video of the Nexus one powering up Stay tuned for more Nexus One coverage on FoneArena as we will be putting the phone through its paces ! Similar Posts: Google Nexus One Hands On Photos Nexus One — The Dummies Guide Nexus One Live Coverage Starts Now Nexus One Hands-On Pics And Video Nexus One Live Pics Share/Save

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Something very very interesting popped up in my News Reader today: René, from the highly recommended german Website mobiflip.de has attended the CeBIT recently and amongst some other latest Devices, such as the latest HTC Bangers Legend and Desire, he also had a play with the long-awaited Sony Ericsson Xperia X10. The interesting Part? Well, the Demo Girl confirmed to René that the X10 will indeed be released with Android 2.0 on it! The Demo Device had 1.6 on it and to be honest, I’m again not too impressed with what i was seeing. The Device was obviously still lagging and did not do the Overall Impressions any Favors. While i’m confident that Android 2.0 should give the X10 a big Boost (I’m having the leaked Eris ROM on my HTC Hero and it’s significantly snappier), i smell Bugs all over the Device. Back in November 2009, i was invited to a Sony Ericsson Press Demo, with the official Introduction of the X10 to Austria, and had my Hands on a Proto. The Handset was pretty nice in Terms of Hardware Quality, and also the UX Interface was great, but i had Hangups and Lags over and over again. At some Point, i even wondered where the Snapdragon Processor was hidden. Seeing Renés Video shows a slightly better Experience than I’ve had it, but still far away from the Performance you would expect. But, and here’s were the Doubts kick in, this is the first Time i heard that 2.0 will be running on the X10, and i doubt that SE has much Time to actually make UX ready for the new Version. The Problems i smell here, are Bugs and closed Apps all over. While I’m happy we will get Android 2.0, I hope SE sorts out their Software and really gives us a Device that impresses us big Time. I’m having high Hopes in the Xperia X10, so please, let this Experience something to drool about! video in german Similar Posts: Sony Ericsson Rachel Rumours! Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Hands On Sony Ericsson Vulcan (XPERIA X2) Live Pictures Leaked! Sony Ericsson Robyn aka XPERIA X10 Mini Leaked Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 is Official — First Android Phone from SE Share/Save

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Hello Fone Arena Readers, how are you? Let me introduce myself shortly, I’m Michael Hell, from Austria, Europe. Some of you might know me as former Co-Admin of Symbian Freak Forums, or most recently, my own Blog – Thoughts from Hell ! I love to write Reviews and all Kinds of Rants and Opinions about what’s going on in the Mobile World nowadays, I’m no Industry Insider by any means, i just love my Phones and the Things you could do with them. Reading user-based reviews should be essential for everyone who’re up to get something new and some Day i thought, why not help them!? Last Year i had Honor of meeting Varun over in London, as Part of the OVI Good Things Trip and i think we immediately connected and had some relaxed talks. Varun offered me a Spot at Fone Arena as Author and well, what can i say – here I am writing my first Lines. Get ready to read some more of my Rants and Opinions, right here on Fone Arena! First off, i wanna present my brand new Picture Gallery of the Nokia E72, the latest Trial Phone I’m using, thanks to WOM World Nokia! My Hardware Review is in the Works already, but so far i can tell that the E72 lives up to it’s Predecessor. A very good build Quality, in Combination with S60 E-Series 3rd Edition FP2 = Awesome. There are some small Rants which i’ll point out in my Reviews, so keep your eyes opened for more in the next Days! You can find those and much more Pictures in High Resolution over in my Flickr Set for the Nokia E72! Similar Posts: The Nokia E75 In All Its Glory Nokia E75 vs N82 Image Gallery Nokia E72 Initial Thoughts Sony Ericsson Satio VS Nokia N97, 5800 XpressMusic And X6 Nokia 5730 vs Nokia N97 Photo Gallery Share/Save

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The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic was the second touchscreen-only Symbian phone to come from Nokia. Building after the popular success of the 5800 XpressMusic, it brings a bit less features (no GPS, no 3G), making it smaller and more affordable than the 5800. For those of you who were scared by the chunkiness or lack of style in the 5800’s design, the 5530 XpressMusic is a great alternative to consider. The 5530 XpressMusic features a simple design, with plastic materials, and a nice metallic rim around the top edge of the touchscreen. Beneath it is a colored rim, here it’s in turquoise blue because our unit is the white one. The bottom of the phone houses the microUSB plug, 3.5mm headset plug, and charging pin. The right side of the phone has the volume keys, the keylock switch, and the camera shutter button, whereas the left side (not shown) has the microSDHC and SIM card door. The top of the phone only has the power button. The metallic rim is almost flush with the rest of the touchscreen, and the simple design is further accentuated by the use of touch keys for the Menu, Call and End Call keys. A stylus is included with the 5530 XpressMusic because it uses a resistive display which requires a push to work, and the stylus can be removed from the lower back left side. The back of the 5530 XpressMusic is made of a huge battery cover, in plastic, engraved with the Nokia logo, and a few dotted blue patterns to follow the color theme of the phone. It also house the 3.2MP camera, non Carl-Zeiss unfortunately, and with one Dual-LED. The 5530 XpressMusic’s homescreen shows a ton of information, starting by the date and time, operator, profile. It lets you set up to 20 favorite Contacts that you can scroll through, and 4 favorite Applications. There’s also options to show your Email, Calendar and To-Do notes, as well as current playing Music on it. If you click on a Contact, you’re presented with your latest communication with them. There’s a small video demonstration included on the 5530 XpressMusic, that you can play from the Gallery menu, and that explains a bit more the options included in the phone. Here are a few shots of it. Being a touchscreen XpressMusic phone, the 5530 also has the Multimedia menu touch key on the top right, just above the touchscreen. Tap it, and you have the options to quickly access the Music Player, Gallery, Share Online, Video Player, and Web Browser. The 5530 XpressMusic comes with the BL-4U battery, a 1200mAh battery, that can last through 1-2 days of average usage, with some Music playing, Wifi browsing, calls, messages and such. Nokia 5530 XpressMusic – Seeing in Double And just because one 5530 XpressMusic isn’t enough, here are a few shots of two 5530 XpressMusic devices side by side, only for the sake of bragging that we had two of them at the same time. Nokia 5530 XpressMusic And Accessories The 5530 XpressMusic comes bundled with a nice set of WH-205 in-ear headphones, that unfortunately don’t have music control buttons, but come with 3 different ear-size tips. Similar Posts: Nokia N86 vs N82 Picture Gallery Nokia 5730 vs Nokia N97 Photo Gallery Sony Ericsson Satio VS Nokia N97, 5800 XpressMusic And X6 Nokia N85: Image Review Nokia N97 Announced, A New Flagship From Nokia Share/Save

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