“The service will cover 460 towns, 11,741 villages and a number of national, state and other highways, tourist and religious places throughout the state,” Reliance regional hub head Arvind Kumar told reporters at the launch.

The Punjab circle GSM market is dominated by telecom majors Airtel and Idea (till recently Spice) and the entry of Reliance is likely to make the competition even more keen.

Offering a Reliance GSM prepaid SIM card for a one-time charge of just Rs.25, Reliance officials said the inaugural offer to subscribers would provide 100 percent savings to the sub-Rs.300 users.

“The difference we are offering over earlier service providers is the superior quality of service which customers will acknowledge through the customer experience programme,” Kumar said.

The plan offers talk time worth Rs.900 on local calls and SMS to any network. Each subscriber will be given free talk time worth Rs.10 everyday for 90 days, Kumar said.

Reliance claimed that it had set up adequate number of towers across Punjab to provide high quality, congestion-free and zero call drop GSM services.

[via : The Hindu]]

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A simple candy bar handset, it boasts of a flashy set of LEDs that are embedded into its sides.

Specs & features:

• Quad-band

• GSM

• Slim 12mm

• HSDPA

• 3.2MP auto-focus camera

• Bluetooth with A2DP

• microSD card support

• FM radio

• 2.2-inch OLED display

The Armani brand is visible all over the handset.

The handset should be released in Europe in November sometime and then to South East Asis followed by the Middle East.

No word on the pricing yet.

Should make the perfect Christmas gift this season!

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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
• Built-in GPS
• Quad-band GSM, tri-band HSDPA
• 2 Megapixel camera
• 1500mAh battery
• Windows Mobile Pro
• Wi-Fi
• microSD memory card slot
• Infrared port
• Bluetooth
• 3.5mm standard audio jack
• microUSB port

Price is unknown but going simply by the looks, lets just say we are not impressed.

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It is called Innov8 and the ‘8’ certainly stands for the 8 megapixel camera this high end handset is equipped with, apart from the Symbian S60 smartphone OS(3rd edition Feature Pack 2). Oh wow! Action packed and feature packed.

Specs and features:

• Quad-band GSM
• 2.8-inch QVGA display
• 16 million colours
• Resolution of 240 x 320 pixels
• Accelerometer for automatically adjusting screen orientation
• 16 GB and 8 GB of onboard memory
• External memory via microSD
• TV out
• DivX playback
• FM radio with RDS
• 128MB of RAM
• 3D graphics accelerator for a superb gaming experience
• Inbuilt GPS (A-GPS support also) capabilities
• Wi-fi
• Bluetooth with A2DP
• USB 2.0 connectivity
• 3G with HSDPA support
• Geotagging
• 8MP auto focus camera with LED flash (Sadly, no Xenon!)
• Face and smile recognition
• Auto panorama mode
• Stereo speakers
• 3D surround sound effect
• DNSe 2.0
• 3.5mm audio jack

Launch:

The handset will hit Europe first.

Price:

780 Euros (approximately Rs. 51,000)

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Be it tourism, finance, economy, or newest technology, India is now the most preferred destination for all activities. India is now abuzz with activity and yes the world has finally understood its true potential. Well this is certainly why nokia has launched the Nokia E71 and the Nokia 6220 classic here, first amongst several markets. Nokia said India is an emerging market has the largest base for its handset markets. Moreover it’s a strategic move to take on a nearly close yet far rival Samsung.

Nokia E71 retails for 19500 INR and Nokia 6220 Classic retails for 17500 INR.

more info on E71 and 6220 classic follows

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The Spice D-1100 Dual SIM PDA has the capability of having both SIMs simultaneously active and has a touch panel, an integrated stylus and alpha-numeric keypad.

Specs & Features at a glance:

• Windows Mobile (v6.0) OS
• m-commerce
• News through Thomson Reuters
• 2 mega-pixel camera
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Windows Media Player
• Expandable memory of up to 2 GB
• Google search

Price:

Rs. 16,999 – a shade cheaper than the HTC Dual Touch.

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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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Sony Ericsson announced 5 new handsets for the discerning buyer and user.

Sony Ericsson C905

Leading the launch is this 8 megapixel that is touted to be Sony Ericsson’s flagship Cyber-shot handset. It look slick and comes equipped with a host of attractive features.

Specs and features at a glance:

• 2.4-inch QVGA TFT display
• 104 x 49 x 19.5mm
• 136g weight
• Quad-band GSM/EDGE
• UMTS and HSDPA support
• Stereo Bluetooth
• Built-in accelerometer for screen auto rotation
• TV-out port
• Wi-Fi
• USB
• FM radio with RDS
• Face detection
• Xenon flash and photo flash
• Geo tagging
• 2 GB Memory Stick Micro M2

A with scratch-resistant mineral glass cover will serve as a viewfinder on the C905.

Colours:

Copper Gold, Ice Silver & Night Black

Will be available from Q4 2008, which effectively means early 2009. No word on the pricing yet.

Sony Ericsson F305 & Sony Ericsson S302

Two lower mid-range handsets off which F305 offers interesting gaming features to the mass market and the S302 is one of the Snapshot series.

Sony Ericsson F305 Specs & Features

• 2-inch TFT display
• 176 x 220 pixels resolution
• Quad-band GSM/EDGE
• 2 megapixel camera (no auto focus)
• Built-in accelerometer
• Stereo loud speakers
• Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
• Stereo FM radio

The Sony Ericsson F305 offers unprecedented gaming capabilities in this price segment. But the frills end there. It is not armed with any other high-end features in an obvious attempt to keep the price down.

Games:

There are three games pre-installed on the device (Bowling, Bass fishing and Jockey) and they all employ its built-in sensor. Additional motion games developed by Gameloft are available for download at PlayNow.

Colours:

Polar White and Mystic Black.

Will be available from Q3 2008, which is end of this year.

Pricing is yet unknown.

Sony Ericsson S302 Specs & Features

• Quad-band GSM/EDGE
• 2-inch TFT display
• 176 x 220 pixels resolution
• FM radio
• M2 card slot
• Stereo Bluetooth (A2DP)
• USB
• 2 megapixel camera (no auto focus)

The Sony Ericsson S302 will start shipping in early Q4 2008, which effectively means early 2009.

Sony Ericsson K330 & Sony Ericsson J132

Sony Ericsson announced a couple of low-end devices, in competition with Nokia models in this segment.

Sony Ericsson K330 Specs & Features

• Dual-band GSM
• 1.7-inch TFT display
• 128 x 160 pixels resolution
• 10MB of internal memory
• VGA camera (with video recording)
• MP3 ringtones
• Bluetooth
• FM radio
• LED flashlight

Colours:

Gold on Black and Green on Black

Sony Ericsson K330 will be available in Q3 2008, which is end of this year. No word on the pricing.

Sony Ericsson J132 Specs & Features

• 1.5-inch display
• 128 x 128 pixels resolution
• 4MB of internal memory
• Dual-band GSM
• Dust-resistant keypad
• LED flashlight
• Built-in FM radio
• No camera

Colours:

Night Black and Heaven Blue

No prices announced yet.

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The first mobile phone to combine Motorola’s ModeShift Technology and Kodak Imaging Technology was unveiled in Beijing, China. With Kodak Easyshare Software and easy access to Kodak Gallery or other web sharing sites, pictures are easily moved off the device, allowing consumers to print, share and enjoy their favourite photos whenever they want.

Camera features:

• 5 megapixel auto-focus camera
• Xenon flash
• Settings for low-light environments
• Multiple capture modes
• Multi-shot and
• Panorama – which automatically stitches together continuous shots taken on the horizon line into a single, extended image
• Gallery Link – to upload images in one click

Specs & features:

• USB
• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth
• CrystalTalk technology
• Dual compatibility for GSM
• Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
• HTML browser
• SMS, MMS, IM and personal e-mail

“Today’s creative consumers not only want to be the photographer, but also the retoucher, the exhibitor and the critic,” said Jeremy Dale, corporate vice president, mobile devices marketing, Motorola, Inc. “The MOTOZINE ZN5 lets them be all the things they want to be.”

No word on the pricing yet.

MOTOZINE ZN5 will be first available in China in July 2008.

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Unveiling the plans, Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot said that GSM services would be first launched in Chennai on August 15, to be followed by other metros, Kerala and North India.

“The national rollout plan will be completed in 18 months,” Dhoot added. Datacom intends to build up a subscriber base of around 10 million in three-four years of launch.

Datacom had obtained licences for providing GSM services in 22 circles across the country.

Dhoot said telecommunications would be a focus area for Videocon Group in the coming years and the group would invest around Rs 6,000 crore in this business.

The group was also in talks with some companies based in the Middle-East to rope in a foreign partner for the telecom business.

He said that while the group had a strong cash balance, the foreign partner is also expected to bring in equity in the telecom venture.

via [Business Standard]

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