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How Nokia might win the Touchscreen War in India !

Ever since Steve Jobs rolled out the iPhone in Jan’07 MacWorld, mobile phone manufacturers were highly uncomfortable of missing the touch screen bandwagon.
The Finnish mobile giant is now armouring its artillery with Nokia 5800 a touch screen gizmo code named “tube”.With just three physical buttons and equipped with 8GB microSD memory card it can be further expanded up to 16GB. Unlike the iPhone the 5800 will not zoom out at the finger touch on the screen. Continue reading “How Nokia might win the Touchscreen War in India !”

Meizu M8 in India too

Touted as the iPhone killer in the market, the Meizu M8 will be launched sometime in December this year. The good news is that the Taiwan-based distribution company is also planning on an official Indian launch!  

 Specs & features:

  • 105mm x 58mm x 11.8mm (H x W x T)
  • ARM11 667MHz+
  • 3.32″, 16600K, 720×480 pixel resolution, Touchscreen TFT LCD
  • USB 2.0 Ultra Fast Data Transfer
  • 4, 8 or 16GB of built-in memory
  • Windows CE for Meizu M8 (Based on Windows CE 6.0)
  •  AVI, MPEG-2, RM(VB), MPEG-4/H.263/H.264 at 30FPS
  • 0.3+ MP camera on front, 3.0 MP camera on back. Auto-focus, no flash.
  • GSM + SCDMA Networks
  • Bluetooth 2.0
  • Wi-Fi

If you Lose your mobile often Micro Mobile Controller might be your saviour

If you have been at the receiving end of a scheming, lowly mobile phone thief or snatcher, you are probably upset more at the loss of crucial data. For all of us know, we can replace a handset, but how the heck do we replace our precious store house of information, phone numbers etc?

Mumbai-based Micro Technologies has a solution made for those of us who either lose or misplace a handset.

The Micro Mobile Controller System will help you to remotely manage your lost mobile handset. The solution creates a backup of all contact details even after the loss of a mobile handset. 

Once it is installed on to the compatible handset, the user has to provide two add-on recipients mobile numbers, which could be a mobile number of any friend/family/colleague. In case of stolen or lost handsets, the information can be easily retrieved using the add-on recipient mobile phones. Continue reading “If you Lose your mobile often Micro Mobile Controller might be your saviour”

Samsung Omnia comes to India

Samsung launched its fully-loaded handset, Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900), in the Indian market recently. A touch phone that features Samsung’s patented TouchWiz user interface is a stylish and fully loaded handset that could be tough competition to some HTC touch phones.

Specs:

• High resolution screen

• 3.2-inch WQVGA LCD screen

• On-screen QWERTY keyboard

• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system

• MS Office documents such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word

• Outlook Express

• 12.5-mm

• 16 GB Internal Memory

• 16 GB microSD card from Sandisk

Continue reading “Samsung Omnia comes to India”

Mobizill.com – Indian Web community of mobile internet users

It is being touted as India’s first universal web community of mobile internet users.

7Seas Technologies launched the beta version of its new mobile gaming portal mobizill.com.

On mobizill.com, users can publish, convert and share content with friends via both web and mobile devices. It offers a collection of mobile content such as games, ring tones, wallpapers, videos, themes and software, which can be optimized for mobile phones. Continue reading “Mobizill.com – Indian Web community of mobile internet users”

Nokia N96 in stores from September 16

The Nokia N96 launched by the company in India recently will be available across stores from September 16th.

Touted to give tough competition to the Apple iPhone, this handset will be available for Rs 35,000. Read Fonearena’s coverage of iPhone Vs N96 here.

At Rs 35,000 it is an expensive phone but with higher features than iPhone which at Rs 32,000 – 36,000 is not cheap either.

Catch the full phone specifications of the N96 here.

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Gen X choose functionality over looks

India will soon become a Nation of mobile users. The steadily increasing mobile using population expands due to the ever increasing usage by the youth. A recently completed IDC study confirms that mobile users perceive they derive one of the following sets of benefits from using mobile phones – safety and security, productivity and convenience, or style and status. We spoke to a few from Gen X to find out what their mobiles do for them and what handset models are popular.

Kunal who is a student of Class Xi owns a Nokia 6085. This flip phone has a FM Radio that Kunal really likes. He also likes the look of the handset. To him, it is just a way of keeping in touch with his friends.

Amit has a Nokia 6030 is a handset that supports 10 Indian languages and is an unpretentious handset that has easy-to-use functions. He has opted for BSNL as his service provider because he claims, “Government service is the best.” His mobile is useful to keep in touch with his friends. Continue reading “Gen X choose functionality over looks”

LG KP199 launched in India

LG launched KP199, a candy bar phone with music capabilities for budget buyers.

Features:

• FM radio
• Music player
• Bluetooth connectivity
• Anti Theft Mobile Tracker

Anti Theft Mobile Tracker

If the phone is lost or stolen and the finder tries to insert any other SIM, the phone automatically sends out messages on two pre-stored numbers, and the receivers will know the location and the number of the SIM inserted in the phone. Apart from this the phone sends the messages to the two numbers after every 12 hours or whenever the phone is used. Continue reading “LG KP199 launched in India”

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 event on September 8

Just got some info that Sony Ericsson is hosting a live Xperia™ webcast on Sep 8th 

The webcast will include a world premiere of Sony Ericsson’s alternative reality thriller and give the first live, in-depth, demonstration of the Xperia™ X1 prior to its global launch. The webcast will air at 1pm (GMT + 1 hour) 8 September 2008. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 event on September 8”

3G auctions in India

3G is steadily becoming a reality in India.

Since the 3G license guidelines were announced, the great 3G auction will now commence.

There are 66 auctions to be held — 22 for CDMA, 22 for BWA (Broadband Wireless Access), and 22 for GSM. These will be held simultaneously, and the government is currently looking for an eligible auctioneer (an international expert) who will help them carry out the spectrum auction. Continue reading “3G auctions in India”

Nokia launches two high end handsets Nokia N79 and N85

Nokia launched 2 new handsets the Nokia N79 and N85.

The N79 is a candy bar handset where as the N85 is a dual slider much like the N95.

N79
Touted to be a multimedia phone, the handset comes with changeable back covers in five colours: Light Sea Blue, Espresso Brown, Olive Green, White and Coral Red.

Continue reading “Nokia launches two high end handsets Nokia N79 and N85”

Will you get your Vodafone iPhone on easy instalments?

The price of the 3G iPhone stumped those who were eagerly awaiting its launch in India. To counter the ‘non-affordability’ factor doing the rounds among buyers, Vodafone has decided to offer the handset of easy 6 monthly or 12 monthly instalments.

It is rumoured that the company is holding talks with financial institutions to initiate a tie-up.

At the current rate of interest, we envisage an EMI of up to Rs 7000 for 6 months and at least Rs 4000 for a 12 month scheme. Steep for a handset we would say!!! Continue reading “Will you get your Vodafone iPhone on easy instalments?”