Are you pissed off sharing mobile with your friends? Are you afraid that your personal SMS messages may not be your personal any more? Don’t  want your friends to view your SMS messages? Then Active SMS Lock is an application to your rescue.

As the name goes, Active SMS Lock will lock all or some of the selected SMS messages in your inbox, so that you can control which SMS can be viewed by your friends and which will be locked.

Well, let me tell you, this app (Active SMS Lock) is only available as a free download only for Symbian S60 phones.

Thx to Dailymobile for the screenshot

Hit this link to download Active SMSLock

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After having brought you an amazing E75 picture gallery, as well as a comparison of the device with its older brother, the Nokia E71, here is a comparison of both devices’ camera performance. Both handsets sport a 3.2MP camera, with no special lenses (ie no Carl Zeiss lenses like the ones found on Nseries), but with autofocus and an LED flash. Even though, on paper, the specs are pretty similar, the performance and the results speak for themselves. The E71’s pictures are grainy, washed out, have a violet tone to them, whereas the pictures taken by the E75 are more vibrant and more realistic.

Here is the first comparison in daylight (E71 on the left, E75 on the right, click on the thumbnails to view the full image):

Now a close-up macro mode comparison. Notice the better details captured by the E75.

And finally a picture in pitch darkness: picture taken in a room with no exterior light, and no interior light. As you can see, the E75 comes out with a pretty decent picture, whereas the E71’s image is noisy, blurry, very poorly lit.

And as a finale, here is a video shot in pitch darkness, of the same board, with both devices. The E71 can’t use the LED as a video light, whereas on the E75, you have the option to use the LED flash as a video light, which yields better close-up videos at night, up to about 1m distance.

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I have been a great fan of the Nokia N97 White . Recently I got a chance to check out the phone - thanks to Dons from WomWorld . Here is the unboxing video of the N97 white. We also compare the N97 White and Black in the final portion of the video. So if you are still confused what color to pick ! check out the video below .

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Here are the live pictures of the Sony Ericsson W350 successor. the model number is not known but the device is codenamed Twiggy.  FoneArena is amongst the first websites to report this news.

From the pictures, we can conclude the following :

• Flip Down Form Factor
• External Media Keys
• 3.2 Megapixel Camera

The phone appears to have a play/pause button on the external side of the flip but is missing the forward/backward keys which might be some kind of touch sensitive keys that are illuminated upon launching the Media Application. The keypad looks similar to the W350 keyboard but the Twiggy has Call/End keys and keys look bigger. the screen looks bigger too.

There are three holes on the back surface out of which one is for the camera. The other two might be for the flash and portrait mirror. We will keep you up to date on the information of this device.

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The N85 and N86 following the suite of N97, N96, E71, E66, E51 E63 and 5800XM to got a firmware update and the latest version of the firmware for N85 stands at V30.019 and after the first firmware update Nokia N86 stand at  V11.043. The firmware update is always recommended because it usually improves the performance and reliability of your phone but there are times when it’s smarter to wait before taking such step and this is one of them.

There is no detailed change log at the moment but according to early reports, first firmware update (v11.043) for Nokia N86 fixes several known issues, brings dozens of minor bug fixes, further optimizes functionality and stability of the phone across many applications and adds OVI store client application.

Both these devices are S60V3 Feature Pack 2 hence have support for Over The Air Updates(OTA) and also have the User Data Preservation(UDP) feature. OTA Update is recommended if you are having an unlimited data plan or have wi-fi access as it is small in size and hence speedy then the update via the Nokia Software Updater.

Even though these devices support UDP its still recommended to backup your phone before updating.

If any of you chose to update feel more than welcome to share the changes in comments column  below

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When you buy a cell phone you are told to take care of the following things

1. Not to get the Phone near water or any other liquid leave aside getting it wet.
2. Take care that the phone does not fall
3. Keep it clean and avoid any contact to dust
4. Do not subject the phone to any kind of physical shock or stress

And the you have the Nokia 3720, a phone that defies all the general norms that one keeps in mind while handling a cell phone. Nokia have gone a step ahead and broken all these notations about cell phone care and handling

I said above:  Do not subject the phone to any kind of physical shock or stress, see this video to know how Nokia just trashed it

Also we tend to avoid bringing the phone in contact with water or any other liquid but see the following videos to see a Phone thrive in such conditions

The we avoid the phone getting a fall even from a foot high or so but see the video and find to your amazement that Nokia 3720 can survive a 5 meter drop

Though the phone has not been announced but seeing theses videos the launch is certainly nearing. Although the specs are unknown but the phone is rumored to have

Water and dust resistant (IP54 certificate)
Battery life: over 2.5 weeks standby time
FM radio
Integrated flashlight
S40 OS
2.2-inch QVGA display, 16M colors
25MB internal memory
MicroSD card slot
Bluetooth
3.2 megapixel camera

PS :  I’m going to buy this phone when it comes out and put in a bucket of water or take it to the shower with me !

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Leading Mobile Phone manufacturers like Nokia, Apple and Research in Motion (RIM) are in the process of rolling out localised versions of their application stores in India. These application stores will have a collection of applications which are customized for the Indian market.

Nokia, which recently started its Ovi Store, has plans to roll out the localised version by December this year. Though in the initial stages, Ovi Store will be available only in smartphones loaded with the Symbian S60 operating system, but Nokia has promised that it will be enabling the app store for all its phones by early next year.

Apple, which has the most popular App store among the lot, are also planning to pep up their Indian App store with India-specific applications. An Apple spokesperson said “Developers choose which countries their apps will be available. They also set the price for their apps. Customers have downloaded more than one billion applications from the App Store, the largest applications store in the world”

RIM, the people behind BlackBerry smartphones, is also gearing up to roll out its app store in India called the “BlackBerry App World” which is currently available only for the people of North America and Europe.

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Are you waiting for the Apple iPhone 3GS to hit indian shores ?  Some good news for you. A user named Charan left a comment in our iPhone 3GS India Launch post and he has even mentioned the official price of the iPhone 3GS in India on Airtel .  This is what he had to say

The Iphone 3GS would be Launched on 9th August in India, The Price is 32000/- for 16GB Version and 39000/- for 32GB Version. I got the Information from one of my Friends who is working with Airtel.

To confirm the news ,  we contacted Airtel and Vodafone and all we found was the launch date- August 9th. Both operators were tight lipped about the price .

In the meanwhile chk out our Apple iPhone 3GS Review - First on FoneArena

Thx Charan !

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MOTOZINE ZN5 is the first Motorola mobile phone to combine Moto’s ModeShift Technology and KODAK Imaging Technology to redefine the quality of images from a mobile phone camera. While we are still clicking pics using the phone’s camera, we bring you some pics of the phone itself. And this review might be a bit late as the phone has been in the market for quite sometime. But its better late than never !

Interesting features include

• 5-Megapixel Camera
• Autofocus
• Xenon Flash
• 3.5 Mm Headset Jack
• WiFi
• FM Radio

Here is the photo gallery  of the Motorola ZN5. The phone sells at an attractive price of Rs.16000 approx and is a good value for money if you are looking for a Camera phone which takes GOOD pics . Only Nokia N82 and N86 seem be around this phone but price is what makes the Moto stand out ! We have camera samples coming soon so stay tuned !

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Thanks to Vaibhav of The Symbian Blog who today reported that the Nokia Music Store has been launched today, i checked it out the very same moment and it really did open but the only sad part was that its a soft launch and one cannot download the tracks as of now.

The Music Store has a huge homepage and instead of posting all the screen-shots i chose to stitch them up and give the whole home page in a single picture, which is on your left hand side. This is how the store opens on my N96 in portrait mode.

To access the store all you have to do is to open the Music folder in your device and click on the Music Store Icon, alternatively you can also type in music.nokia.com in your device’s web browser and you shall be directed to the Music Store app by the device itself.

The home page has the image of the latest Bollywood movie New York adorning the top, above which you shall find the options to sign in, join, for help and  to take you back to the home page. The music store does not work with your standard Nokia account and you need to create a new one for it, which i feel is a let down as Nokia has missed an oppurtunity to merge all it services under one Nokia(Ovi) Account. So this mean you shall need to click Join Now and sign up for the service, which is a hassle free experience.

Below the poster of New York movie one finds the options to search the songs either by artist name or by the song title. Nokia has not only made international music and bollywood music available but  has also taken care of regional music.

In my case i searched an old Punjabi song by Gurdas Mann and to my surprise it was available, a big feat considering the CD’s of the very same number are very rare.

Also i was able to serch and find the songs of the old bollywood flick Abhimaan. Seems like Nokia has taken care of the diversity that our country has and made it a point to make the Music on its store appeal to all.

Nice effort Nokia..

Below the search boxes one finds the list of Genre’s . The there’s a featured palylist column having the latest bollywood releases and international releases.

Below that you shall find the Pin redemption icon, about which i am as clueless as you are………..

Once you have found the track you like you shall see three icons near it the one having 30 written gives you a Thirty Second preview of the selected song, The next tick mark icon adds the song to your wish-list and the third arrow icon downloads the track, which as of now is not possible.

All in all i am very impressed by the Music Store and seems like Nokia has got at least one store right. I hope that the store shall be sucess and Comes With Music Phones shall soon be a part of Nokia’s line up in India .

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