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Idea has launched 3G video calling booth in Malapuram, Kerala that would offer ISD video calls to any 3G enabled phones across the world. People can visit Idea kiosk at IMT Mobile, Dubai Souk, behind Kottakkal bus stand, Kottakkal to make International video calls. Apart from ISD, people can also make STD and local video calls to any 3G mobile phones with front facing camera. Continue reading “Idea 3G Video Calling booth offers free ISD video calls in Kerala till September 23”
RIM has launched the BlackBerry Torch 9860 in India. The BlackBerry Torch 9860 is a full touch BlackBerry smartphone running the OS 7 and powered by a 1.2 GHz Processor. It has 3.7 inch screen LCD display with Liquid Graphics and 253 ppi. RIM has already launched 2 BB OS 7 phones, BlackBerry Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Torch 9810 in India. Continue reading “BlackBerry Torch 9860 launched in India at Rs. 28490”
Airtel now offers Double Data Benefit on select 3G plans. All the Standard 3G packs now offer double data on recharge for both the Prepaid and Postpaid users. The Rs. 101, Rs. 201, Rs. 451 and Rs. 751 packs now offer 200MB, 500MB, 1200MB and 4GB (pre-paid) / 5GB (post-paid). Continue reading “Airtel 3G now offers Double Data on Select Plans”
RIM is launching yet another BlackBerry smartphone in India tomorrow going by the invite we have received. Our bets are on the Torch 9860 (BlackBerry Storm 3) which was unveiled few weeks back . The phone is expected to hit stores at around Rs.29500 within the next few days according to our sources.The 9860 is a full touch BlackBerry running the OS 7 and powered by a 1.2 GHz Processor.The Storm had a SurePress keyboard which drew a lot of criticism and the company has done away with even the Storm name and adopted the Torch branding. The Torch 9810 and Bold 9900 are already available in India. The 9860 has already been launched in many countries in the Middle East.
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Idea 3G is now available across 236 towns in Gujart including the major cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot & Gandhinagar, across 23 districts and 3 Union Territories. Idea has setup 1400 3G sites to offer 3G services for urban & semi-urban areas covering major industrial, agricultural and educational regions in Gujarat. Continue reading “Idea 3G now available across 236 towns in Gujarat”
Sennheiser, in collaboration with Adidas Originals has launched 3 new headphones in India. The Sennheiser HD 25 Originals is the high-end DJ headphones, the HD 220 Originals is the closed-back on-ear headphone and the CX 310 Originals is the in-ear headphone that comes in iconic blue tone in the Originals range. Continue reading “Sennheiser HD 220, CX 310 and HD 25 Originals Headphones launched in India”
Idea Cellular has launched a new VAS (Value Added Service) called Music Recharge, that would let the users to listen to their favorite Telugu and Hindi songs of different genres on their phone. The Idea users could listen to the songs just by recharging for a desired amount and dialing a number on any type of handset. There are over 1 lakh songs in the library to listen to. Continue reading “Idea launches Music Recharge VAS service in Andhra Pradesh”
Samsung has launched 3 new 3G phones, Samsung Champ 3.5G, Samsung Chat 527 and Samsung Primo in India. The Samsung Champ is a touch phone with 2.8 inch touch screen. The Samsung Chat 527 (S5270) is a QWERTY phone with optical track pad and the Samsung Primo (S5610) has 2.4 inch display. Samsung now has 13 phones in their 3G portfolio, and these phones would deliver data speeds up to 7.2 Mbps in 3G. Continue reading “Samsung Champ 3.5G, Chat 527 and Primo, 3G phones launched in India”
Micromax X222 is a Dual SIM GSM phone with Dual Standby, 2.4 inch resistive touch screen and a pretty affordable price tag. It has VGA camera, Stereo FM Radio, Bluetooth and Expandable Memory up to 8GB. It also has Muli-format Audio and Video player. Continue reading “Micromax X222 – Budget Dual SIM Touch phone”
Airtel has launched GO! GO! GOAL Contest 2011 for their Rajasthan customers. This contest would let the Airtel customers in Rajasthan to subscribe to their Football Day Alerts and Hall of Fame packs and win exiting prices. The HALL OF FAME PACK lets you follow your favorite footballer of all times and Football Match Day Alerts Pack offers you Live and specialized content from the world of football like European leagues (EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga and lots more), the Indian I-League and International Championships. Continue reading “Airtel launches GO! GO! GOAL Contest for Football lovers in Rajasthan”
eBay India has launched their app for iPhone users. The would let the Indian users log in to their eBay account and shop items. You can also search for an item, get instant alerts when you are outbid or when an auction ends and also compare prices in the store against eBay prices using the phone’s bar code scanner. Continue reading “Shop, Search and Compare prices with eBay iPhone app for India”
Nokia has released the list of popular Symbian apps in the OVI store in India. These apps are based on the popularity such as download, rating etc. among the users in India. These apps are of different categories like Entertainment, Social, Communication and Games. Continue reading “Nokia OVI store Top Symbian Apps in India”
Nokia has launched their Nokia 100, single SIM and Nokia 101, Dual SIM phones in India. These phones were announced in the last week of August. The Nokia 101 is Nokia’s fifth dual SIM phone and it is also the most affordable dual SIM Nokia phone till date. Both these phones run on Nokia’s S30 platform. Continue reading “Nokia 100 and Nokia 101 phones launched in India”
Samsung Electronics has just made an announcement that it’s investing USD 70 million in the Noida mobile manufacturing facility. Seems like India is one of the top 3 mobile markets for Samsung globally.This facility in Noida is Samsung’s 6th manufacturing unit outside Korea and employs over 4000 people. This facility in Noida is also capable of handling TVs , Refrigerators , ACs and Washing Machines in addition to mobile phones. Surprisingly Samsung also has a manufacturing facility in Sriperumbudur , Chennai where Nokia also has a pretty big factory. Press Release after the break .
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Idea 3G services are now available across 145 towns in UP West and Uttrakhand that makes them largest 3G network in this region. They expanded their 3G services to 128 more towns in this region in July and the data traffic in semi-urban regions seems to be growing. They have also launched Double Dhamaka 3G offer and 3G packs starting as low as Rs.7 Continue reading “Idea 3G now available across 145 towns in UP West and Uttrakhand”
