News from India the most happening mobile market
The DoT (Department of Telecommunications) Government of India has issued a stern warning to telecom companies to put the required security system in place within 15 days or stop the services.
Officials in DoT said a directive had been issued to service providers to work with officials of Blackberry licensor Research in Motion (RIM) of Canada to provide fool-proof security system.
HTC TyTN II A new launch..and a hi-fi handset by a pioneering company.
Phew! It’s a high-speed HSDPA handset with a built-in GPS for personal navigation and an adjustable screen angle….just what we needed? Surely!
Specs and features at a glance:
• 2.8-inch colour screen
• QWERTY keyboard
• Tri-band UMTS
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• 3.5G high speed internet
• HSDPA and WiFi 802.11b/g
• Word Mobile
• Excel Mobile
• PowerPoint Mobile
• Contacts, calendar
• Push e-mail, notes, tasks
• PDF viewer
• Business card scanner
• MapKing R12 Continue reading “HTC TyTN II launched in India”
A Fashion phone that is bound to make waves in the mobile phone circuit, the new LG KF300 has good looks…although it does look like it is aimed exclusively at the ladies.
Specs and features at a glance:
• 2.2-inch QVGA display
• 1.3-inch TFT screen outside
• 128 x 160 pixels External screen
• 240 x 320 pixel 256K colours internal screen Continue reading “Stylish LG KF300 flip phone launched”
email@mobile is the first solution of its kind which allows users to register for a new email ID through a mobile phone.
Adroit Claretdene Infotech announced the launch of a new mobile email solution – email@mobile on Monday with which worldwide mobile users can own a free mobile email ID which shall be accessed over any ordinary mobile phone capable of internet browsing.
Users can now use their existing mobile phone with WAP 1.2 and above browser to wirelessly access their new e-mail box as well as register for new email ID through their basic mobile phone.
Continue reading “New mobile email solution – email@mobile – launched”
India is an emerging market or should it be called as a market, which has emerged as a winner in many areas. This time India is all set to take over the mighty (?) US in terms of number of mobile subscribers. According to TRAI, India will become number 2 after China by April 2008 when it comes to number of mobile subscribers. Continue reading “India to become 2nd largest Mobile market”
Spice has launched a handset with a multi touch interface to help Blind consumers.
The handset available for a mere Rs 800 is a basic handset devoid of flashing lights, screens and complex menu systems.
Mobiles are becoming an essential part of everybody’s life and with the technological advantages that are provided by today’s mobile phones it is not easy to leave a mobile phone at home and go outside. Continue reading “2008 Nokia Mobile Filmmaking Awards”
Fonearena had covered the launch of Nokia’s premium handset, the 8800 Sapphire Arte. Read the story here.
This exclusive and extremely stylish handset will now be available in India at a neat price tag of Rs 62,829, indeed quite close to the figure we had guessed.
Read the full phone specifications by Fonearena here.
Finally! Reliance has added two high end handsets to its repertoire making their line-up of handsets a little attractive for high end buyers.
HTC and Reliance Communications (RCom) together announced the launch of two new smart devices, the HTC P3000 and the HTC S720 through Reliance Communications network.
Peter Chou, chief executive officer and president of HTC, said, “The partnership with RCom further strengthens HTC’s commitment to serve the growing demands of Indian consumers. With the introduction of the HTC P3000 and HTC S720, customers will soon have access to these innovative CMDA devices.” Continue reading “HTC handsets with CDMA technology via Reliance”
Sony Ericsson introduced the W890 Walkman phone which will be sold through RPG Cellucom Stores.
Continue reading “Sony Ericsson W890 Walkman through RPG Cellucom Stores”
The smallest and lightest Palm phone Centro has made its debut in India with voice, text, email, web, contact and calendar capabilities, a full-colour touch screen and full keyboard.
The OS is ACCESS.
Specs at a glance:
• 320X320 colour Touch screen
• 5 way navigator
• QWERTY keyboard
• One-touch speakerphone Continue reading “Palm Centro smartphone in India”
In case you feel the need for a full keyboard on your mobile phone and you don’t have that QWERTY keypad on your handset then this Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard might seem attractive to you !
The Device works over Bluetooth and an Infrared Beam .. You need to pair this device to your mobile phone as a Bluetooth keyboard and you can place it on a flat surface and Voila ! a full virtual keyboard at your disposal ..
Continue reading “Real Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard Live Pics”
I have been a Reliance user for the past few years and when I wanted to upgrade my handset, I opted for the BlackBerry.
I am exceedingly happy with the handset. Although it does look a bit plasticky, but the Push Inbox and the ease of internet access on the move is just extraordinary. (I mean on my way to the airport a few weeks ago, I did a web check-in as I was getting late reaching the airport thanks to traffic snarls).
Imagine my shock when I read in a news item that the Blackberry was going to be blacked out soon as the Indian Government perceived it as a security threat.
The government had asked Research in Motion (RIM) to provide them with access to algorithms required to decrypt BlackBerry messages latest by March 31st else face a total ban on the service in India.
The latest on that front is that BlackBerry service in the country will get a breather. Continue reading “No ban on BlackBerry yet in India Phew!”
BPL Mobile Jukebox, a mobile radio service that will allow its subscribers to listen to their choice of music while they are on the move was launched recently.
Your Jukebox will greet you in your preferred language and customise your music according to your choice. The Jukebox will keep a track of your preferred music according to category and choices. For instance, if you skip certain songs belonging to certain categories 5 times, the jukebox will not play them for you and will switch to another mood/category.
The genre of songs available will range from Ghazals to Bollywood, Devotional, Retro (English & Hindi) and Regional music.
The service will be available to both post-paid and pre-paid subscribers of BPL Mobile and also accessible on a basic entry-level Non-Data enabled handset. Continue reading “BPL Mobile Jukebox launched”
Few months back Nokia appointed Shahrukh Khan as their brand ambassador in India for their mobile phone business. Nokia being the number one player in India wanted to go with the Number 1 Khan. Samsung on the other hand didn’t want to settle for less and has roped in the other Khan who is Number 1 in his own ways. Aamir Khan has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Samsung mobile phones. Continue reading “Aamir says, Jo Jeeta, Wohi Samsung”
