India will soon become a Nation of mobile users. The steadily increasing mobile using population expands due to the ever increasing usage by the youth. A recently completed IDC study confirms that mobile users perceive they derive one of the following sets of benefits from using mobile phones – safety and security, productivity and convenience, [...]

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LG launched KP199, a candy bar phone with music capabilities for budget buyers.

Features:
• FM radio
• Music player
• Bluetooth connectivity
• Anti Theft Mobile Tracker
Anti Theft Mobile Tracker
If the phone is lost or stolen and the finder tries to insert any other SIM, the phone automatically sends out messages on two pre-stored numbers, and the receivers will know the location and [...]

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More research is out showing that today’s youth view their mobile phones as an extension of the online lives from their PCs.
The report from In-Stat points out that the generation aged 8 to 27 use their mobile phones to access their social networks wherever they are.
This news is great for companies attempting to bring PC [...]

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Nokia launched 2 new handsets the Nokia N79 and N85.
The N79 is a candy bar handset where as the N85 is a dual slider much like the N95.
N79
Touted to be a multimedia phone, the handset comes with changeable back covers in five colours: Light Sea Blue, Espresso Brown, Olive Green, White and Coral Red.

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The latest debate is whether the newly launched Nokia N96 is any competition to the Apple iPhone.
While the two handsets are very competitively priced Nokia will be in the range of Rs 32,000 – 36,000 and iPhone through Vodafone will cost Rs 31,000 and Rs 36,000), we think that Nokia N96 wins hands down. Nokia [...]

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 The Palm Treo Pro (christened 850 previously) is a Windows Mobile PocketPC for GSM users.

The handset is not launched yet, but its images have been splashed all over the internet lately.

 Specs &features at a glance (likely changes may occur):
• 400Mhz CPU
• 256MB ROM, 128MB RAM!
• 320 x 320 pixel screen

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Nokia is due to launch the 3640 fold economy flip phone across its markets.

Specs & features at a glance:
• GSM handset
• Internal display of 2 inches with 256K colours
• External 1.36-inch display with 265k colours
• Analog clock exterior screensaver
• 1.3 megapixel camera

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The LG KP106
B candy bar has been launched in India.

Specs and features at a glance:
• 1.5-inch LCD screen
• 65k display
• 128×128 pixel resolution
• 123×115×64 mm, weighs 63 gms
• 16 polyphonic ringtones
• One touch FM key
• Supports both English and Hindi keypads
• Built-in hands free

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Nokia has officially announced that it will launch the N96 in October in the UK.
The hi-tech handset is an upgrade to Nokia N95 dual slider, which has been very popular with buyers.
This super slick looking handset boasts of some amazing features as well.

Specs & features at a glance:
• 2.8-inch QVGA display
• 240 x 320 pixel resolution
• 16 million [...]

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Exclusive, touted to be stylish and certainly rugged, the new Mobiado Camo handset from their Professional Executive Model collection is all set to attract potential buyers.
Exclusive because only 200 of them will be manufactured. One can only fathom the price of the handset.
Rugged because it has a special DiamondShield coating which makes it resistant to [...]

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