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How To : Get an Apple iTunes USA Account for free and download items from the US App store

Spotted a cool free app or free download on the iTunes App Store but did u get a irritating message that the item is not available in the India iTunes Store

Well show you How To Get an Apple iTunes USA Account for free and download items from the US App store

Step 1: Get latest version iTunes (8.0.2.20) is the version we tested the hack on.

Set the country to USA using the dropdown at the bottom

Step 2 : Search for mocha vnc lite in the iTunes Store

Step 3 : Click on the free vnc lite app to download it .

You will be asked to sign-in to your itunes account.

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Nokia N96 Review with Video

Rita a.ka DotSisx has put together a great Video Review of the Nokia N96 in High Quality [specs]

She does a quick tour of this dual slider phone running S60 3rd edition FP2 and demos the features of this N-Series superstar.

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Valentines Day Contest Winners

If you remember well , we conducted a valentines day contest

We are announcing the winners of the contest today .

Sorry for the delay , mainly caused by so many entries and new handset launches @MWC 2009

We eliminated the entries and picked the lucky winners using a random number generator.

Some of ur comments were over 160 Characters and we could not consider them

Here are the winners !

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BSNL 3G SIM Cards to be issued in April 2009

I just went to the local BSNL Mobile Counter and enquired about the availability of 3G SIM Cards..

I was a bit sad to hear when the person at the counter told me that , they are expecting the cards by April 20th 2009.

That’s nearly 2 months away from now

We have see the service beeing demoed by the ministers .. when will the common man get it ?

Please bring out the service soon guys ..

Japan is already using 4G and thinking of improving it ..

BSNL 3G Tariffs / Plans Unleashed

Well BSNL Launched 3G Services in Chennai yesterday.

Now BSNL has announced the 3G Tariffs and plans .

The good news is that it will be available both on Prepaid and PostPaid.

You have to purchase a new 3G SIM card for Rs.300 and the website says that migration from 2G to 3G would not be possible.

We are not sure if it means just getting a new SIM card or getting a new number as well. Its most likely that it would be just the SIM.

Just in case if your wondering what kinds of speeds are possible on 3G

2.1 Tariff for 3G mobile service

2.2.4 Initial SIM Charges for both postpaid and prepaid service:

Particulars	Amount
Cost of SIM (Inclusive of Service Tax) in Rs.	300
Talk Value in Rs.	NIL
Initial Validity in days	7
Migration from 2-G to 3-G	Not feasible at present
Applicable to	Voice & Data plan

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Free SMS from Wavetel

Send FREE SMS using WavetelSMS

Popular Mobile phone Retailer Wavetel has unveililed a new product under beta called Wavetel SMS.

The site lets you send free sms messages all over india. – The cost to use this service zero.

We tested the service and it works very well

Head over to wavetelsms and give us feedback about the service in the comments..

Sony Ericsson launches Entertainment Unlimited with the Idou

We have see the Idou , the 12.1 MegaPixel Camera smartphone from Sony Ericsson . But SE has announced that its going to adopt an Entertainment Unlimited Strategy for its products. We have more information now about the phone and that it would be available in Q2 2009

We have see the Idou , the 12.1 MegaPixel Camera smartphone with Xenon Flash from Sony Ericsson

Now theres more information now about the phone and that it would be available in Q2 2009

SE has announced that its going to adopt an Entertainment Unlimited Strategy for its products.

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HTC Magic G2 Google Android phone unveiled

HTC Magic is the successor the first Google Phone. Its a sleeker version of the G1 sans keyboard.

The second Google Android smart phone was unveiled at Barcelona this week jointly by HTC and Vodafone

Its the first touchscreen only android phone . yes its getting closer to the apple iphone .

Its got a great 3.2 inch 320×480 pixel touchscreen display .

It will feature the cupcake version of the android software and will have an onscreen keybord

Well all of you are curious when will the Google Phone a.k.a HTC G1 [specs] would arrive in India.

But the 2nd version of the G1 might come soon to India as the Magic is exclusive to Vodafone for now. Continue reading “HTC Magic G2 Google Android phone unveiled”

Samsung Omnia HD i8910 makes a debut

Samsung has announced the Omnia HD with the model numbe i8910 .. The coolests feature of the phone being a 8 MP Camera and the HD Quality Video Recording.

It was one of the phones samsung announced at MWC 2009.

Another great achievement for Samung is that this is first mobile phone to support 720p video recoding ! Go Samsung ! – nokia might go HD soon

Its got a Full Touchscreen on a stunning 3.7 inch AMOLED Display

Its seen as a successor to the Omnia which ran on Windows Mobile Pro 6.1

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Nokia N86 launches as N86 8MP with 8 MegaPixel Camera

Nokia N86 is finally official and it will be officially called the N86 8MP

Dunno why 8MP is part of the phone’s model number. Perhaps Nokia wants to send its ownmessage to Sony about its 12 MegaPixel Camera

Well who needs a Digicam anymore when mobiles phones can do 5MP 8MP an 12 MP ?

Well for now lets get into the details of the N86

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Nokia Phones to get HD Video Recording soon

Nokia phones might soon get HD Video Recording soon.

If you wonder what HD is , HD – Hi Definition Video – 1080p which is a video resolution of 1920×1080 pixels. This is the quality of video you would experience on a Blu-ray DVD

ST-Ericsson who is a supplier of chips to Nokia announced a partnership to provide next-gen smartphone platform for the symbian foundation.

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LG Arena KM900 Official Product Video Rocks our Socks

LG Just sent us an email about the upcoming Arena phone also known as the KM900

The phone was launched at the Mobile World Congress yesterday.

This video which is in an Ad for The new LG Arena rocks our socks .

Its just an innovative ad showing the features of the phone with some great music.

Turn on your speakers for this one.

Nokia N97 to be Available for Purchase in June

Nokia Annouced today at MWC that the N97 will start shipping in June and will be available for purchase

We predicted that N97 is coming in the New Year. The date has been post-poned

The highly anticipated handset will be in stores and expected to have a price of Rs. 34000 approx

This phone is the flagship touchscreen phone from Nokia and the announcment of the availability was made

by Nokia’s Kai Oistamo

I dont think Nokia will announce another hi end device such as this for quite some time.

Nokia N86 Confirmed Specs Sheet leaked

Nokia might have forgotten to announce the N86 . Afer you saw the n86 live pics

The Specs Sheet and a Press Image has been floating around on the web.

The Official launch is very close

View the enlarged image

The specsheet confirms the existence of the phone and even theres a video of the N86 in action below

From the spec sheet its learnt that the phone will features a 8 Mp camera – no xenon but dual led flash , does video recording

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Nokia N86 Live Pics Leaked in Singapore

We have been talking about the N86 and that its the 8MP Flagship Cameraphone from Nokia

When we have been watching whats happenning in Barcelona , this phone was spotted in a ovi album in Singapore and within minutes the news spread accross the globe.

Enjoy the live pics

more pics below

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