Nokia launches new music phones range

Targeting at the portable music players fans, the Finnish manufacturer has upgraded its highly popular N-series mobiles – Nokia N70, Nokia N73, and Nokia N91. The flagship in this Music Range trio is the Nokia N91 which would offer a 8GB hard disk for storing all your favorite tracks. Dressed in black and stylish as … Continue reading “Nokia launches new music phones range”

Nokia 6288 the upgraded 6280

Nokia has revealed a design update to the popular 6280 slider handset, the new 6288. While no departure has been made from the 6280 in terms of features, the 6288 does include a much cleaner front design. Mirroring the 6280, the 6288 sports a solid all-round feature set. The 3G capable 6288 has imaging covered … Continue reading “Nokia 6288 the upgraded 6280”

Bluetooth watch MBW-100 from Sony Ericsson

The MBW-100 is quite a stylish wrist-watch supporting Bluetooth 2.0 and some additional functions. Sony Ericsson had announced the release the Bluetooth Watch MBW-100. Its OLED LCD displays the info on the incoming call. You can decline the call by pressing a button. Besides you can operate the music playback on the phone (play, pause, … Continue reading “Bluetooth watch MBW-100 from Sony Ericsson”

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Sulekha Yellow Pages Available in WAP Enabled Mobile Phones

Sulekha.com, the biggest and most popular online community portal has launched its Yellow Pages service on the WAP platform. This will enable users to access over 400,000 business listings through mobile phones anywhere in the world. This service is the first of its kind in India and is available to users having WAP enabled mobile … Continue reading “Sulekha Yellow Pages Available in WAP Enabled Mobile Phones”

BSNL to launch sub 1000 rupee handsets under BSNL phones banner

BSNL aims to capture the low price market by launching handsets priced at Rs.1000 and below. It is in talks with Taiwanese and Chinese handset manufacturers for rolling out the sub-Rs 1,000 handset, which will be offered on the GSM platform.  The telco will sell the mobiles under the ‘BSNL phones’ banner.Sources say that the … Continue reading “BSNL to launch sub 1000 rupee handsets under BSNL phones banner”

Reliance Communications ties up for Nokia 1255 priced at Rs.2000

Finnish mobile handset manufacturer Nokia and Reliance Communications Ltd have joined hands to market the Nokia 1255 mobile handset in India at a price of Rs 1,999. thehindubusinessline reports This is Nokia’s maiden offer of a CDMA handset in the sub Rs 2,000 range and is aimed at first time mobile users. There are, however, … Continue reading “Reliance Communications ties up for Nokia 1255 priced at Rs.2000”

Motorola , LG and now its Nokia’s turn to name their phones

Nokia is joining the bandwagon – naming the phones instead of giving them numbers. Motorola’s RAZR SLVR and PEBL might have enjoyed great sales just because of their attractive names. LG’s Chocolate also is a hit. Nokia’s is known not to concentrate on thin phones like Motorola or Samsung do. Naming of phones is the … Continue reading “Motorola , LG and now its Nokia’s turn to name their phones”

Zero Rental GPRS

Airtel and Hutch are coming up with Zero Rental GPRS service as pointed out by Mobile Pundit. Airtel Chennai offers a zero-rental GPRS service for its post-paid customers at pay-per-use rate of Re 1 per 100 kilobytes. Which works out to Rs 10 per 1MB. Hutch is also planning to bring out something similar. Its … Continue reading “Zero Rental GPRS”

Aircel launches external Phone Book

Aircel Cellular, one of India’s leading mobile service providers, has launched Phone Book, a unique and useful external phone book service which offers subscribers unlimited memory to store their contacts’ addresses. This service will be useful for all subscribers who have lots of addresses to store but the memory in their handsets is a limiting … Continue reading “Aircel launches external Phone Book”

Airtel in $100-mn deal with IBM

Airtel -cellular telephony operator, on Thursday announced a 100-million dollar deal with software major IBM to deliver a suit of new product services and applications under a single delivery platform. “Bharti has partnered with IBM to deliver India’s first “service delivery platform” to enable it to deliver a suit of new range of services to … Continue reading “Airtel in $100-mn deal with IBM”

Paymate joins indian mobile payment space

Paymate is a mobile payment platform that allows users to use their mobile phones to make payments. The company recently got funding from VCs to the tune of $5 Million as reported by economic times and by mobilepundit The VCs are none other than legendary VC Ram Shriram with his Sherpalo Ventures which funded Google … Continue reading “Paymate joins indian mobile payment space”

Abhishek Bachchan roped in as Motorola brand ambassador

Abhishek is a stylish and sophisticated actor who appeals to all segments of the Indian society — young and old, urban and rural, fashion conscious and the intelligentsia. Addressing the gathering, actor Abhishek Bachchan said, “I am honoured to be an ambassador for a truly global brand synonymous with quality, innovation and style. Helping India … Continue reading “Abhishek Bachchan roped in as Motorola brand ambassador”

Motorola to setup facility in Chennai

Motorola, the world’s second largest handset-maker, on Wednesday said it will spend $100 million in stages to set up a manufacturing facility near Chennai, in an attempt to boost sales in one of the world’s hottest mobile markets. “India is a vitally important market for Motorola and as a strategic manufacturing hub offers compelling value … Continue reading “Motorola to setup facility in Chennai”

Nokia to bundle Google talk on internet tablet

Nokia, the world’s top mobile phone maker, will unveil on Tuesday a new version of its Internet tablet device that runs Google Talk communications software, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday. The pact between the Finnish company and Web search leader Google Inc. would offer consumers the ability to chat with other users … Continue reading “Nokia to bundle Google talk on internet tablet”