David Tang, Vice President of Nokia China said, “Nokia is boosting its leadership in the CDMA market by updating an already strong line-up with products that appeal to a wide range of customer needs”.

Nokia 6316s – A 3G way to stay entertained

First in the list is Nokia’s new 3G multimedia handset 6316s. This has an elegant design and powerful functionality together in a compact slide with a stainless-steel body. With the following features, the mobile makes easier than ever for people to stay in touch and share the things.  The features include

• 2.2-inch QVGA display
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• Bluetooth 2.1
• Music
• Web Browsing
• Imaging
• Music Player
• GPS
• Dedicated Music Keys
• Email

This handset is available in black, red and  golden color and is expected to reach the market during the first quarter of 2010.

Nokia 3806 – A compact Health Assistant

The next in the list is Nokia 3806. This mobile also has the similar features like 2.2-inch QVGA display, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, navigation key in metallic finish, Bluetooth 2.1 and a MicroSD card support of up to 4GB.

The phone comes with an interesting Health Assistant application which should help you stay healthy as it is supposed to make it easier for you to deal with various issues of your daily life. Users are allowed to efficiently manage thir stress and lead a healthier life.

This mobile is available in piano black, pure white and rose gold and is expected to be available during the first quarter of 2010.

Nokia 1506 – The Cheapest CDMA

Finally in this list comes the Nokia 1506. This is supposed to be the most affordable CDMA model to date. Though it does’nt have much features, the available features include voice recorder,  a slender monoblock design with high-gloss colors, a Navigation key in metallic finish,  integrated handsfree speaker and long battery life.

This device is available in black and plum and is expected to reach the market before the end of 2009. Nokia has not announced the prices of these three new handsets so far.

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FCC has recently passed a new Nokia phone (RM-526). The phones picture/sketch got leaked and a friend of mine has made a picture in which he took the leaked picture and created a sketch to show us what the phone looks like. The phone is rumoured to be a CDMA phone for Verizion in America.

The phone has a unique square design with swivel form factor and with the hinge at the top corner. The phone is also expected t be in the upcoming Transformers 2 movie.

Nothing more on this handset is known and if anything comes up, we will let you know.

Thanks to NokiaPort.de for the picture.

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Specifications after the break:

Spec sheet of the Motorola Krave ZN4:

• CDMA 1X/EV–DO networks (800/1900 MHz)
• 2,8-inch touch-sensitive display with a resolution of 240×400 pixels and capable of 65K colors
• On-screen QWERTY-keyboard with tactile feedback
• 3,5-mm audio jack
• Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 connectivity
• 2 MP camera
• 130 Mb of bundled memory
• microSD memory card slot
• Bundled services: V CAST: Mobile TV, Video, Music (Rhapsody catalogue), VZ Navigator, Visual Voice Mail
• 950 mAh battery
• Standby time – up to 500 hours
• Talk time – up to 250 minutes
• Dimensions – 105×51x19 mm
• Weight – 130g

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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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Motorola MING A1600

A typical business phone as the Specs & Features will prove, but this is also a handset that tourists will love because the handset will feature the option of taking pictures of signboards and having them translated with the help of an on board dictionary.

Specs & Features:

• Quad-band GSM
• 2.4-inch TFT touch screen display
• QVGA resolution
• Stylus included
• EDGE and GPRS
• 3MP auto-focus camera
• Business card reader
• External memory via microSD cards
• A2DP profile
• Micro USB
• Media Player
• FM radio
• GPS
• Geotagging

No word on the pricing or availability yet.

Motorola MING A1800

This is a dual SIM handset, and is almost like the A1600 with the exception of the Dual SIM.

Specs & Features:

• 2.4 inch touchscreen display
• 3MP camera
• microSD support
• Bluetooth A2DP
• EDGE / GPRS
• GPS
• CDMA and GSM (Tri-Band) SIM cards

No word on the pricing or availability yet.

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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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But Reliance has few upgrade options that along with features, look super chic too. I don’t want a Black Berry, LG Chocolate hasn’t enough features, and the Nokia handsets by Reliance are just not good looking enough.

And then I come across this news item:

The latest LG Chocolate Phone KW838 can handle both CDMA and GSM cell phone signals. This handset is being marketed in China and it will come equipped with a pair of SIM card slots: one for a CDMA provider and the other for a GSM provider. You can have simultaneous access to two phone numbers; press the G button for GSM and the C button for CDMA. Rounding out the specs for this China-bound phone are a 3 megapixel camera, 3-inch touchscreen display, Bluetooth, and microSD expansion.

And I think, isn’t that just amazing?? The phone looks pretty good too! Why can’t our service providers get smarter handsets for us to choose from?

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Reliance Mobile Blog is the latest addition to the features of their mobile offerings. The classical song which plays is ” You got the whole world in your hands “. With mobile penetration sky rocketing in India this new feature seems to be mainly targetted at Youth.The AD shows a pretty young girl who encourages users to share your dairy on reliance mobile world. The advert seems impressive and well taken. It seems like the AD is taken in Singapore. I checked out the Official Site  and found that users are uploading mainly images and videos. So this might well be termed as Multimedia Mobile Blogging . But my worry is that since such a service is data intensive, how much time will it take for me to upload an image/video etc. I badly want to get my hands on a reliance phone and try out this service.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Hyderabad based IMImobile seems to be the powering this service for largest CDMA operator in the country.

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The application rendered by BSNL for a full-fledged CDMA mobility license has been approved. Since BSNL is State-owned, it was exempted from shelling out Rs 1,651-crores entry fee, performance bank guarantee fee etc for the CDMA license.

“The initial investment for this project will be approximately $500 million,” said BSNL CMD, Kuldeep Goyal.

BSNL has 70 million customers nation-wide and intends to expand the numbers with the introduction of CDMA services. They claim that they will be able to take 20% of the market share under their fold in one year. Do Reliance and TATA Indicom have something to mull over?

Even while most CDMA users swear by the reliability of our connections, we feel short changed as far as choice of handsets goes. We can only hope that BSNL can redeem us and in the process, maybe, guarantee switch-over customers as well.

Via: NDTV.com

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