Ajay Sharma, Country Head, HTC India said, “The HTC Touch2 is a compact Windows Mobile device which delivers a familiar touch experience that our consumers relate to, have experienced in the past, and expect in the future from the house of HTC,” said . He further added, “The Touch2 expands HTC’s portfolio of touch-based phones and will deliver an advanced touch experience to a broader group of people whether it’s making a call, chatting with friends on Facebook or simply responding to an important email, the HTC Touch2 gives you an immense sense of control”.

Vrajesh Shelat, Head – Wireless Data Business said, “Through this cutting-edge device, our customers will be able to enjoy a host of Windows Mobile Applications on our 3G ready network. Our association with HTC and Windows Mobile is a crucial step towards achieving our goal of having a leading market share in the fast-growing smartphone segment.”

HTC Touch2 basic features include:

• 7.11cm touchscreen
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• dynamic messaging
• browsing and productivity capabilities
• download games
• Outlook
• Calendar
• Contacts
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi
• download applications available at the Windows Marketplace
• supports 3.5G and equips an internal GPS antenna that supports navigation solutions like Google Maps

Major Features:

• The HTC Touch2 ensures that everything is at your fingertips in an attractive design that fits comfortably in your hand. It integrates the upgraded TouchFlo user interface with several features. The interface includes 11 color icons and aweather clock to view local time and weather.

• In order to give the users a superior mobile internet experience, HTC touch2 Opera Mobile and IE Mobile allows users to experience desktop-style viewing of Web pages. Internet Explorer Mobile also supports Adobe Flash, enabling Flash video content, like YouTube, to be viewed easily. Offering a best in class e-mail experience complete with the ability to synchronize with Microsoft Exchange, you have the ability to check and manage multiple e-mail accounts.

• With the Zoom Bar, users can simply swipe their fingers over the Web page or a photo to get a clear enlarged view.

• The Microsoft’s new My Phone service ensures easy and automatic backup and synchronization of photos, music, contacts and text messages from the Touch2 to the Web for free.

HTC Touch2 Price  and Availability
HTC Touch2 comes with a special Free Data Usage of 200 MB per month for Reliance GSM Mobile customers as an introductory offer. The compact HTC Touch2 on RCOM’s GSM is available for Rs.24,490 for users in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh while the rest of the country can buy it for Rs.22,490 from all top authorized HTC resellers.

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Blackberry Tour Feautures

• Dimensions : 112mm x 62mm x 14.2mm
• Weight: 130g
• 2.44 inch display with 480×360 pixels resolution
• Large QWERTY keyboard
• 3.2MP Camera with Flash and Video Recording
• 3.5mm audio jack.
• microSD Slot
• 1400mAh battery with 5 hrs of talktime and 14 days of stand by time.
• Enhanced background noise cancellation.
• Built-in GPS
• and the usual Blackberry Suport like BES , BIS and Messenger !

Prebooking Offer

Reliance users who Pre-book the Tour from Oct 7th to Oct 31st will get a 2 months of Blackberry Internet Service free of cost on Reliance’s CDMA Network. A GSM Version is also in the pipeline.

Blackberry Tour Price

The handset will be available at a price of Rs 27990 and on can consumers can get hold of one from October 12, 2009

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Back then, in the price range of Rs 16,000, and with Reliance as the service provider, this was the best I could purchase.

But once I started using the BB, I got addicted to it. And how! From the exhaustive Address Book to having Push Inbox and browsing on the go, the BB became an inseparable part of me. I loved the calendar that allowed me to store several appointments for a single day, each with a customised reminder and snooze.

I began enjoying its bulky look especially because it was sturdier than all the other handsets I’d owned. Strangely, I did not miss the camera or the media player at all. (Being a journalist, somehow it makes more sense to carry a digicam on my person!)

Recently though, my handset went through a very rough patch and ended up ‘dying’. (It just fell three flights of stairs!) I was worried that I’d have lost my phone book, contacts, reminders and my prized notes on my Note Pad…which included random jottings of article ideas and creative writing! I shot emails out to all the people on my mail list asking for their contact information, fearing the worst.

As soon as I was able to get to a Reliance webworld, I was told that the LCD of the handset had got cracked and all else was safe including my contacts, reminders and even my precious Note Pad. Did I breathe a sigh of relief…

While travelling to the webworld I’d been deliberating on a replacement handset and had a choice from amongst an HTC model and the very expensive but gorgeous BB Curve by Reliance.

At the webworld I was apprised of a very unique BB policy. My handset would be replaced by a new one, for Rs 7000 approximately (half the price of a new one) and not only will my contact book and all other details be transferred to my new handset, the activation would also be almost simultaneous.

I jumped for the offer! Today, I have a brand new handset (which is a notch up from my old one too), and all my precious data INTACT!

Having a BB is known to be a big deal. Even though I own one of the low end models, I always receive appreciative looks and envious comments from people who notice my handset. I admit, that kinda gives me a high!

No wonder, I love my BlackBerry.

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You must be aware that, in the past couple of months, Reliance launched its GSM services mostly across the country and also seen marketing its products in a full fledged manner.

Reports say that, the company is willing to spend around 150 million rupee towards its product’s marketing/campaigning. Well, Hritik may be a good attraction towards the company but it also matters how the company serves its customers, so we would rather say, its better if the company would spend more on upgrading or improving its services rather than just advertising its products.

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A company press release said that customers choosing reliance Mobile GSM service can avail a unique plan, which offers up to 100 per cent savings to those having ARPU(Average revenue per user) less than Rs 100 in the state at a one-time subscription charge (including GSM SIM) of Rs 35 only.

Customers opting for Reliance GSM serive can avail the benefit of unique customer experience programme after the first recharge of Rs 50. Along with full talk time on the first recharge, the plan offers an additional Rs 450 worth of talk time on local calls and SMS to any network.

The talk time will accrue to Reliance Mobile GSM customers in daily tranches of Rs 5 for the next 90 days.

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The handset was showcased at this year’s Mobile Asia held in Delhi earlier this year.

Steve Koh, country head of LG CDMA elaborates, “This handset is the first of its kind from LG dedicated to our CDMA customers and is of special interest to their business needs. With features like the Full Touch screen, QWERTY Keypad, HTML enabled browser, Push & Pull Mail, it is the most ideal phone in this segment. We have launched the LG Voyager with similar features in the US markets. The LG 10000 is another addition in our endeavour to constantly evolve and give our customers in India the latest in technology, while keeping our products as user-friendly and attractive as possible.”

Specs & features at a glance:

• 2.8-inch external touch sensitive LCD
• Internal display of 2.8 inch
• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Media player
• 2.0 Mega Pixel camera
• Video Recorder
• Extendable Memory Up to 8 GB
• Office Mail applications
• Full HTML browser
• Voice Recorder
• Dual stereo speakers
• Bluetooth
• microSD card slot

No word on the pricing yet

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Reliance Communications unveiled Motorola’s new CDMA handset W362 in Chennai. This handset is claimed to be made entirely in India, at the Motorola plant in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu.

This low end handset has very basic features and is a great buy for college students.

Specs & Features:

• 4x zoom VGA camera
• 1,000-entry phone book
• Expandable memory
• Voice recorder
• MP3
• FM radio with recording
• Integrated speakers
• USB for Internet access

Price

A very reasonable Rs 4,199

Initially, the handset will be available in 12 southern cities, including Chennai.

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Officials in DoT said a directive had been issued to service providers to work with officials of Blackberry licensor Research in Motion (RIM) of Canada to provide fool-proof security system.

The services, if stopped will affect over 400,000 users of Blackberry. Airtel, Vodafone-Essar, BPL Mobile and Reliance Communications offer this premium service.

The DoT secretary recently said the government was keen to resolve the matter at the earliest.
A RIM spokesperson said they operate in more than 130 countries and respect the regulatory requirements of different governments.

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HTC and Reliance Communications (RCom) together announced the launch of two new smart devices, the HTC P3000 and the HTC S720 through Reliance Communications network.

Peter Chou, chief executive officer and president of HTC, said, “The partnership with RCom further strengthens HTC’s commitment to serve the growing demands of Indian consumers. With the introduction of the HTC P3000 and HTC S720, customers will soon have access to these innovative CMDA devices.”

HTC P3000

A PDA with touch-screen and neat looks

Specs at a glance:

• Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS
• Display – 2.8-inches, 240 x 320 QVGA resolution
• TFT LCD with LED backlight
• 2.0 mega pixels camera
• 128MB ROM, 64MB RAM
• Bluetooth v1.2
• 11-pin mini USB
• Standby time of 150 to 200 hours
• Talktime of three and a half to five hours

HTC P3000 is priced at Rs 16,500

HTC S720

S720 is a candy-bar with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard called the Libra across the world.

Specifications at a glance:

• 103×51x19 mm
• 2.4 inch 240×320 pixel QVGA display with 65,000 colours
• Qualcomm MSM7500, 400MHz processor
• 256MB ROM
• 64MB RAM
• Microsoft Mobile 6.0.
• Email, texting
• Viewing documents and surfing the web
• Talk time 7.3 hours (228 hours standby)
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• Bluetooth 2.0

The S720 is priced at Rs 19,500.

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Now Forbes is telling us that Huawei Technologies of China has won a 500 million USD contract from Reliance India for GSM Network hardware and installation and the contract spans 3 years. Airtel and Vodafone are battling it out already in the GSM space and State owned operators are facing losses. Will entry of Reliance make things worse for them ?

Regarding the CDMA scene in India , Reliance and Tata Indicom are the sole players and its a different ball game altogether.

We need to see what Reliance does with its GSM spectrum. It has now got license to operate in 14 circles after it got a nod for its fresh GSM spectrum

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