Cool video of an assembly line for Nokia N97 in Finland…

Nokia is touting its latest and greatest N-series N97 model as a Facebook integrated phone. Here is a video that shows its FB capabilities.

Still nothing posted on their site, but newspaper are reporting that Wataniya has now launched BlackBerry service. Although no dates are specified but I guess its all in the works. Wataniya will be offering plans with BlackBerry Bold and BlackBerry Curve 8900 in the intial stages. Wataniya has tied up with EMS [Emitac Mobile Solutions [...]

Nokia USA is taking pre-orders for the much hyped and awaited N97.  The scheduled shipping date is July. By today’s conversion rates this will be equivalent to KD 202 approx. If you would like to place orders now, you get a free bluetoothe hands-free and also reduced price of US$ 659. N97 is awailable in [...]

Coke head or not..you gotta love this iPhone app…and please say NO TO DRUGS.

Its 20/20 cricket season season in the Indian sub-continent which is a cut down blazingly fast and super-exciting version of one day format. Although the irony is that the IPL [Indian Premier League] contest is happening in South Africa instead of India due to lack of security apparatus. Why would that be, well Kuwait and [...]

p.s. Its recommended to watch this in HD

So iPhones are now officially available in UAE and Saudi, and are coming soon to Qatar. But it seems Kuwait is far behind or rather invisible. Etisalat in UAE has postpaid plans only, but Mobily in Saudi is offering both prepaid and post paid options. So if you grab one from Saudi, its gonna cost [...]

Nokia’s latest & greatest [according to many] the N97 touchscreen gizmo, the iPhone nemesis is slated for release by the end of June rather than end of March as first assumed. Many websites are already taking pre-orders [with shipping by June 23rd], and have priced the device at Euros 800-1000 approx. This means that this [...]

News outlets are buzzing that atleast “two” mobile carrier companies in Kuwait are already complaining that they are not able to make huge ripoff profits from us, after the incoming call charges were lifted late last year. Now who could these “two” companies be?! Ofcourse we all know that these would be the same companies [...]

VIVA has reduced its prices for internet access over mobile from KD 27 to KD 20 per month and is also offering free USB modem. The catch is that the price is valid for 12 month contract only. This offer is valid till Jan 31. After that the price of internet access will be KD [...]

Well after a couple of months of VIVA excitement building up across Kuwait and at ChillNite.com and with me, I had my last chance to opt for VIVA on 10th Jan. I had booked 2 numbers and they were good numbers. But after looking at user feedback, service charges, and service offerings, I decided that [...]

Just got this SMS from VIVA that my number(s) are ready to be picked up by Jan 10th. The question is whether to switch from my current provider Wataniya to VIVA or not. Well lets look at what VIVA is offering me:

I use monthly plan from Wataniya, obviously would like the same from VIVA
Connection charges [...]

Interphone researchers are pooling and analyzing the results gathered from studies on 6,400 tumors sampled from patients in 13 countries. If the final results mirror the preliminary ones, the world’s three billion cellphone users might want to dial back their talk time. Israeli researchers participating in Interphone found that people who use cellphones regularly are [...]