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Samsung Widescreen – mobile TV and entertainment revolution

Samsung Mobile announced Samsung Widescreen mobile phone in Australia which promises to herald a revolution in mobile phone technology.

Samsung Widescreen is a dual flip action phone. While the phone is enabled with a traditional flip action, the second flip opens the phone sideways revealing a mini-laptop with a QWERTY keyboard. This dual design is perfect for watching TV or surfing the net. It has dual speakers, ensuring stereophonic outputThe mobile phone is enabled with Telstra’s Next G network, and Mobile FOXTEL, some of Australia’s most popular networks. The mobile phone will not only allow consumers to surf 33 channels, it also has the ability to record the favourite programs from the FOXTEL iQ set-top box.

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Nokia Diwali Dhamaka – latest phones update

Diwali is around the corner and Nokia is well prepared for that.

The latest Nokia phones including the N95 8GB , N81 8GB ,7900 Prism, 5310 and 3500 Classic are up for grabs with various retailers across the country.

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Nokia N81 and N81 8GB start shipping

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According to a Nokia press Release , The awaited Nokia N81 and N81 8GB edition have started shipping.

The estimated retail price of the Nokia N81 is 360 EUR (Rs.22000 approx. ) before subsidies or taxes. The Nokia N81 8GB is expected to retail for 430 EUR (Rs.25000 approx.) before subsidies or taxes.

Whats Hot about this launch is that

A preview of the N-Gage games service is also available in the devices, including playable demos of EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA 07, Asphalt 3: Street Rules and Space Impact Light. After the launch of N-Gage later this year, the full N-Gage application will be available for download. Players can then try all N-Gage games for free and buy only the ones they want.

Mobile gaming is getting really interesting and upgraded N-Gage looks promising.

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Nokia N81 8GB

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Nokia N95 8GB starts shipping

The upgraded version of highly popular N95, the N95 8GB edition has started to ship according to a Nokia press release

Boasting up to eight gigabytes of built-in memory, the Nokia N95 8GB has all the key features of its predecessor, including a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built-in A-GPS, WLAN, HSDPA and an innovative 2-way slide. The sleek black N95 8GB also boasts a luminous 2.8″ (240 x 320) QVGA display, so watching videos, browsing the Internet or viewing maps is a real pleasure. With its expanded memory, the N95 8GB offers up to 20 hours of video or up to 6000 songs

The 8GB Edition will be priced at 560 Euros exclusive of taxes.

That means about Rs.32000 approx in Indian rupees ?

Is it really worth it ? with no touch screen

Nokia N810, N800 successor announced

Nokia made a great new addition to its list of Internet Tablets. The Nokia N810 is a neat upgrade to the N800

Highlights

Maemo Linux based OS2008
Mozilla based browser with Ajax and Adobe flash 9
Wi-Fi
Up to 45 hours of music playback
its large (4.13″), sharp (800×480 resolution) wide screen makes
integrated GPS receiver
integrated VGA camera
slide-out keyboard

Mobile browsing on such a device is as good as on a PC.

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Nokia N810 with Gizmo

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Nokia N810 with Skype

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It tablet is expected to start shipping mid November with an estimated retail price of 479 USD about Rs.20000.

No info if it will available in India.

HTC Touch Dual

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The HTC Touch lacked a touchable keyboard. Touch screen phones are a nightmare to use for QWERTY and T9 users .

at least I found it irritating and slow to type. HTC seems to have addressed this issue with the HTC Touch Dual

As the name indicates the HTC Touch works both on GSM and 3G / UMTS networks.

It comes with Dual Input and a Dual Camera. The Touch Screen with the TouchFLO technology is still present but in addition to that

there is a slider keypad which allows you to enter text directly instead of using the stylus.

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Motorola RAZR2 V8

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The Motorola RAZR2 V8 is the currently most hot phone from Moto. You must have seen the Kinky AD set in a Subway Train.

Highlights and Features

512 MB Internal Memory
External Music Keys
2 Mega Pixel Camera
Faster ARM 11 CPU compared to RAZR
Stereo Bluetooth

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Serenata from Samsung and Bang & Olufsen

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Samsung(Mobile Manufacturer) and Bang & Olufsen ( World’s leading Audio products brand) have announced a great new mobile music mobile phone the

Samsung Serenata. The phone is a joint venture between the two brands. The phone is hand crafted by David Lewis , the designer at Bang & Olufsen.

The phone is aimed at the luxury phone segment and the price could be as high as 1500 USD or 60000 indian rupees

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HTC has sold 800,000 Touch phones

Htc-touch- Taiwanese phone maker HTC is claiming to have sold 800,000 Touch phones worldwide.

Apple recently crossed the 1 million or 10,00,000 mark in iPhone sales. The HTC Touch has not yet hit America and is available only in Europe and Asia.

TouchScreen phones are a craze now after the iPhone wave. Actually the HTC touch came to the market even before June -29th 2007 – the iPhone launch.

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Vodafone brings 2 new blackberry handsets to India

Vodafone India (Hutch) has introduced the Blackberry 8310 and Blackberry 8820 priced at Rs.24,990 and Rs.31,990
Vodafone acquired Hong Kong-based Hutchison International’s Indian telecom arm Hutch’…

Vodafone India (Hutch) has introduced the Blackberry 8310 and Blackberry 8820 priced at Rs.24,990 and Rs.31,990

Vodafone acquired Hong Kong-based Hutchison International’s Indian telecom arm Hutch’s stake for $11.1 billion in May this year. The company earlier said it would be investing $2 billion in consolidating and expanding its business in the country.

Vodafone Essar, India’s second largest mobile service operator after Airtel, has a subscriber base of 34.11 million and a market share of 20.11 percent as on Aug 31, 2007, according to data released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

It would be great to see the premium offerrings from Vodafone

Fly enters low cost handset market with V70 and M110

Meridian Mobile – A major player in the telecom (mobile handset) industry are pleased to announce the launch of low cost phones in Indian market under the Fly brand.

‘Fly’ a much sought after brand in the Central Europe market is now creating ripples not only in India but also in Germany, Spain and south Asian markets.

Fly currently has a range of 18 models in the Indian market. All the models are feature packed mid-segment phones. The latest to join the Fly family are the V70 & M110. This takes the number of currently running models to 20.

The V70 & M110 marks the entry of Fly in to the low priced segment. While the phones are reasonably priced, they still flaunt best in class features & stunning looks.

V70 – Candy Bar Phone

V 70 front A smart Candy Bar phone displaying simplicity at its best. It exhibits a lively combination of entertaining features at extremely reasonable prices. This light weight phone offers the most hunted features like MP3 ring tones and USB connect. It has a lot to do with the music lovers as it offers radio FM facility with built in antenna. It also has a 4x zoom VGA Camera for soft clicks and offers a satisfying storage capacity of 500 in phonebook and up to 200 messages. It gives a battery back up of 2 hours and 30 minutes of talk time and remarkable 120 hours at standby mode.

This phone is priced at Rs.3250/-

M110 – Clamshell Phone

M110 A Cute Clamshell mobile fulfilling all the basic requirements with its quality features. It can be connected with the PC sync via USB. It is a high on storage phone with a storage memory of 500 in the phonebook and up to 200 messages. The VGA Camera it offers facilitates the user with 4x Zoom. Enjoy foot tapping music and your favourite numbers every time your phone rings with MP3 ring tones. All these exiting features are available at most reasonable price.

This phone is priced at Rs.3150/-

Nokia 6301 a 6300 with Wi-Fi

The highly popular Nokia 6300 gets an nice upgrade to Wi-Fi with the new Nokia 6301

Nokia-6301_2 The highly popular Nokia 6300 gets an nice upgrade to Wi-Fi with the new Nokia 6301.

Its a Triband GSM phone with Wi-Fi and GPRS, EDGE. It sports Bluetooth 2 with EDR &. of the features are same as the Nokia 6300 except the Wi-fi and the UMA (Unified Mobile Access). The phone comes with a nice dock so you dont have to hold this beaaty when you are at work.
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