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Visa Inc.  the world’s largest retail electronic payments network and Monitise plc leaders in the development and operation of mobile financial services, today announced the formation of a joint venture that will provide a technology platform for financial institutions and mobile network operators in India to offer a range of mobile financial services to consumers in the country The new company will combine Visa’s expertise in enabling secure, globally interoperable financial transactions with Monitise’s know-how in developing mobile financial technology for a broad range of handsets. The joint venture builds on an existing partnership between Visa and Monitise, and will give providers of financial services in India a platform to accelerate the delivery of mobile financial services such as banking, bill payments, mass transit ticketing, mobile top-up and others to consumers.

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Visa and Monitise form JV to offer mobile financial services in India

Seems like  Bright Telecom is perfecting the art of making Blackberry look-alikes. After lauching the gFone G588 , the company has launched yet another Dual SIM handset – g-Fone 571 which bares a lot of resemblance to the Blackberry Curve 8900 aka Javelin

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g-Fone 571 Dual SIM Blackberry 8900 look-alike for Rs.4000

After showing up in a gym yesterday the Motorola Shadow aka Droid2 was leaked again this time exposing a HDMI port. The user is also confirming the specs such as the 4.1-inch display , 720MHz CPU , 8GB internal memory , 8 GB memory card and a 8 megapixel camera. The HTC EVO 4G on Sprint might have a competitor from Motorola on the Verizon network

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Motorola Shadow Pic Leaked again – DROID Strikes back ?

The Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro which is the QWERTY version of the Vivaz is now shipping in select markets worldwide.

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Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro Now shipping in select markets

MTS the telecom arm of Sistema Shyam Tele Services Ltd (SSTL) has launched Voice services in Pune and is expanding it’s operation across Maharashtra. As a Promotional offer it’s charging 1 paisa for 4 seconds for calls within it’s network.  The company now offers data servers under the MBlaze brand in 17 cities in the state including Solapur, Kolhapur, Sangli, Jalgoan and Ahmdnagar Mr. Vsevolod Rozanov, CEO and President of SSTL said, “Launch of  MTS voice services in Pune heralds the  presence of  the  voice and high speed data services across the State of Maharashtra and  our entry into the Western region of India in a big way.

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MTS launches services in Pune

SPB Software has launched SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 for Symbian phones. SPB Mobile shell has managed to grab a lot of fans in the Windows Mobile space as a customisation and personalisation tool for touchscreen user interfaces

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Download SPB Mobile Shell for Symbian 3.5

A Versace phone yeh , meet the Versace Unique what the maker claims as the first luxuy touchscreen multimedia smartphone.The phone is developed by Versace in colloboration with ModeLabs and powered by LG technology. The phone is hand-assembled in France and built to the standards of all the Versace products. Versace Unique Features Sapphire crystal screen which is Impossible to scratch.

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Versace Unique Luxury Phone

Dell has finally announced the Android Tablet Dell Streak for UK. It was previous known as the Mini5.  It has a 5 inch display and runs on Android operating system

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Dell Streak Android Tablet hits UK

The LG Windows Phone & device codenamed as Panther has finally made a more legit appearance this time in Singapore. This is a prototype unit meant for development purposes and the model number on the box shows GW910 . Watch the Unboxing  Video and pictures below

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LG Windows 7 Phone Panther GW910 Unboxed Already

Nokia’s Ovi Maps has finally received an update , after its launch 4 months ago . In this update, Ovi Maps has become faster, better and more personal. New Features : Ovi Maps is now faster and more accurate : Ovi Maps team has now optimized the process of acquiring the location and have added Wi-Fi positioning as well

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Ovi Maps Gets an Update

Last year Nokia and Microsoft announced an alliance to bring Mobile Productivity solutions to Nokia phones and the first child from the alliance is Microsoft Communicator Mobile and application is now available from the Ovi Store. Only Nokia E72 and Nokia E52 seem to be supported at the moment. via Press Release First deliverable from Microsoft and Nokia alliance aims to simplify mobile collaboration Redmond, WA, USA and Espoo, Finland – Today, Microsoft and Nokia launched the first application from their alliance around mobile productivity, Microsoft Communicator Mobile for Nokia devices

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Microsoft Communicator Mobile latest child from the Redmond Espoo Alliance

Hootsuite has now added many new tools to its iPhone application. These new tools include Facebook Integration, Support for Geotagging, and Language Translation etc

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Hootsuite for iPhone gets Facebook integration and Geotagging

Nokia Software Updater has been now updated to v2.5.1. For the uninitiated, Nokia Software Updater is a desktop tool through which you can update the firmwares of your Nokia Devices

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Nokia Software Updater Gets Updated to v2.5.1

Meet the APad the Chinese clone of the Apple iPad and it does not run some dumb piece of software like Chinese clones .  In fact the reason it’s called APad is because it runs on Android OS.   The success of the Apple iPad might speed up the production look alike tablet devices and the APad looks too good to be true.  Looks like they are looking to capitalize on the flaws of the iPad by providing a Webcam ,  USB port , Memory Card slot etc.We hope its just not a mockup but a real product APad Specifications Dimensions(HWD): 190.5

Apple has officially sold 1 million iPads in a time of just 28 days since it went on sale and we have 1 of the 1 million iPads here at the FoneArena HQ and will be reviewing it over the coming few days CUPERTINO, California—May 3, 2010—Apple® today announced that it sold its one millionth iPad™ on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store and over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore

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1 million iPads sold in just 28 days

The much awaited PR 1.2 firmware update for the Nokia N900 has been leaked and this unofficial update has been circulating on the Internet since yesterday . We had posted this news on MaemoArena along with a bunch of screenshots and the changelog.

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Nokia warns about unofficial PR 1.2 Firmware update , can damage phones

Recently we had the chance of speaking  to HTC India. HTC who has been known as a PDA player for quite sometime now has made a surprise move by launching the Smart at a Sub 10000 price point

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Why HTC is betting big on the Indian Handset Market

Most of us never bother about the user manual which comes with a phone. But when it’s the user manual of a phone which is coming soon and packs a lot of goodies you are bound to get excited ! The Nokia N8 manual was found on the FCC website and there are a lot of interesting things. It might be the first phone to support memory sticks (if we are right).

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Nokia N8 User Manual shows up

I was begging, swearing, crying and whatnot for Nokia to finally bring out a REAL successor to the holy Nokia N82 for a loooong Time. You know i love my N82. It’s what i call a real Photography Flagship.

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Thoughts from Hell: The Nokia N8

Here are some exclusive pics of the Leaked Moto RAZR3  which hit the web few days ago. Interesting fact is that the phone has 109MB of RAM and a 19MB ROM It also have a new caller screen And it does look pretty

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MotoRAZR3 Pics