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Nokia E61i Review

Nokia E61i is an enterprise phone loaded with features. It gives Blackberry handsets some serious competition.

Update : Nokia E71 is out and chk out the review

The handset fits snuggly in the hand (at least for me)

The design is impressive and has luxury touch added to it due to the metallic finish similar to the 8800

The phone is an upgraded version of the E61 which lacked a Camera and had a primitive browser. But the built of the E61i is much better than the E61. The keypad has undergone a transformation for the better.

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Nokia 6555 3G Clamshell

Nokia 6555 is the latest addition to Nokia’s range of phones.

It shares points with the Prism Collection and the 8600 Luna.

The 6555 is a 3G Clamshell .

Features

Analogue timepiece standby display
Quadband / 3G Network Enabled
1.3 Mega Pixel Camera
QVGA Display with 16 Million Colors
Bluetooth, micro USB

Price

It will be available next month for a price of about (200 Euros) Rs.12000

Nokia India brand image under attack

The brand image for Nokia India is under serious threat due to the recent Nokia battery recall which we had covered last week.

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The company even made a status check possible via SMS to 5555 with the BT <26 digit battery no>.

But panic struck people are thronging Nokia service centers and dealers to check the status of their battery.

About 4-5 % of phones in India are affected according to IntoMobile

Airtel, Hutch and other operators are co-operating with Nokia according to HT

Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is going to be in India on Aug 22-24 . May be to have a idea of ground level situation in the country.

But He’s coming for meeting Top government officials.

via [IntoMobile]

Sony Ericsson K770 Cybershot

The K770 is the latest addition to the Sony Ericsson cybershot series of phones. It was announced in London today.

Its just 14.5 mm thick and features a 3.2 Megapixel Camera and Memory Stick Micro (M2) expansion. Its a triband GSM / GPRS / 3G phone. No EDGE though. There stereo Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, FM Radio and Music / Video Playback

Its expected to be available from Q4 2007 in select markets. Pricing will be announced shortly.

Mobile Prices for August Updated

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Nokia Prism Collection

The Nokia Prism Collection will be available globally after the Nokia 7500 Prism was announced earlier in China, Taiwan.

Nokia today announced the Prism collection which is aimed at the Fashion conscious users.The Prism collection comprises of the Nokia 7900 Prism and the Nokia 7500 Prism.

The highlight of this collection is the Color, Material used and Graphics. It boasts of a signature diamond-cut design, geometric patterns and graphic light-refracting colors. These phones are similar to the
Nokia 7380 and 7390 L’Amour collection

Nokia 7900

Features

16 Million Colors Organi LED Display
Living Wallpaper
2 Megapixel Camera
1 GB Internal Memory
Dual Band 3G and Quad Band GSM Connectivity
Expected Price : EUR 400 or Rs. 22000

Nokia 7500

Features

2 Megapixel Camera
Optional 2 GB microSD card
Expected Price : EUR 210 or Rs. 12000

These two mobile models will be available in the third quarter of 2007.

gPhone the iPhone killer

We had posted earlier last year about a Google Phone Under works

Some reports suggest that Google has shown a prototype device to phone manufacturers.

Eric Schmidt of Google has known to have spoken earlier about Ad supported Free phones for users

The Google phone or Gphone might reach markets within a year.

The search engine giant does believe in a Mobile Future and has big plans for the same.

Google works with Operators and Manufacturers to bundle its products like search and mail

It has not denied rumors about the G phone plans.

The gPhone might be a iPhone killer . The gPhone will have Gmail, Gmail and Search all preloaded.

Lets wait for some official confirmation.

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BBC

Sony Ericsson announces 8 new phones for India

Some great news for Sony Ericsson fans in India. Thanks to a market demands in India – product launch divides between rest of the world and India is getting shorter. Until a year back, new mobile handsets would atleast 2-3 months or even more to surface in India.

Last week Sony Ericsson announced 8 new phones for the Indian market

P1i – the business smartphone

Walkman phones

W580i

W910i

W960i

Cybershot phones

K810i

k850i

and under the general category

S500i and the T650i

All the phones are expected to be available with all mobile retailers across the country immediately.

Sony Ericsson P1

Sony Ericsson P1 is a revolutionary phone which tries to redefine the definition of a Business Class phone.

The P1 is a notworthy competitor for the Nokia E90 Communicator and Nokia N95

Also the P1 will replace the P990 in the production line we suspect

Highlights

25% reduction in size compared to P990i
Support for most mobile email protocols
3G, Wi-fi, bluetooth(stereo) ,Infrared
3.2 Megapixel Camera and a additional Video calling Camera
Dual function keyboard,Stylus,Touchscreen
Rich Media support
Memory Stick Micro Expansion upto 4gb with 512 in package

Price and Availability

Expected to be available in Q3 2007 which is the current quarter in selected markets.

The phone might hit Indian market soon.

Get more info about the specifications here Sony Ericsson P1

BlackBerry 8820 – The Wi-Fi Blackberry

BlackBerry 8820 is a Quad Band Wi-fi enabled Blackberry. Currently available only in the UK.

Specs

GPS
802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi
Quad Band
micro SD / SD Expansion

Nokia N95 8GB Edition spotted

Nokia might be rolling out a 8 GB version of the highly popular N95 to keep out competition from W960 and Apple Iphone

Nokia n95 8gb

This XML file NN95_8GB-1r100.xml was found on Nokia’s developer site

The specs are not clear though apart from the 8 GB storage.

Nokia 7500 Prism

7500 Nokia 7500 Prism is the latest fashion phone from Nokia.It was launched in China earlier this week.

Features

Series 40 platform
16 million colors TFT QVGA-display
2 Megapixel camera with flash
microSD expansion slot
Micro USB port and Bluetooth interface

Sony Ericsson W960

The Sony Ericsson W960 is the successor to the W950i

Its the latest addition to the Walkman phones range .

Its Sony’s competitor for the Apple Iphone for sure

Specifications

8 GB Memory for all you iPod fans
Wireless Wlan for business users and also Stereo Bluetooh
3.2 Megapixel Camera
2.6 Inch Touch sensitive display
TV out
Radio
SymbianOS

Camera Lens

Price and Availability

Expected to be available before end of 2007

Pricing : no official word on the price . Expected to cost 750- 800 USD which in the Indian context means that the phone will set you back by

Rs.33000 approximately

Nokia 8600 Luna announced

The successor to the Nokia 8800 has finally arrived. Aimed to target the luxury phone market, the 8600 Luna has been named so after the Roman god of Moonlight. The body is made of glass and stainless steel similar to the Nokia 880 and the 8800 Sirocco.