Nazara has signed a $4 million deal with Indian cricket player Sachin Tendulkar for exclusive rights to market mobile content based on the sportsman around the world. The deal was announced a month ago, but the dollar figure was released today. They claim it is the biggest mobile content deal ever done in India, and I’m inclined to believe it.
Today Nokia announced the 8800 model – the long awaited successor of the Nokia 8910i from the 8xxx series of high-end luxury phones. The Nokia 8800 has stainless steel body and unique pop-up mechanism. The display of the new phone is protected by scratch-resistant glass and features 262,000 colors and 208×208 pixels resolution. Nokia proudly announces that the preset ringtones and alerts are composed by the award-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. The other features of the phone include 0.5 MP camera with video capture, Bluetooth, EDGE, FM radio. The price of the device will be 750 Euro, the expected availability is set for 3Q, 2005
The company is interested in expanding into India’s film, publishing and online markets after a foray into the mobile gaming arena.
The company will be investing around $150 million in the production unit which is expected to begin in the first half of 2006 and eventually employ 2000 people.
Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.’s emerging markets phone arm has delayed its Indian IPO as it awaits clarity over changes to foreign shareholding rules, but it remains determined to grow in what is its most promising market.
Indiagames has announced it plans to launch a live mobile game show “Gotta play gotta win???. Far from being the killer app the claims, the game seems to be a normal interactive multiplayer game
Feature-packed multimedia smart phone with pen input and handwriting recognition
