News from India the most happening mobile market
Samsung has launched new Dual SIM smartphone, Champ Deluxe Duos in India. It has 2.8” touch screen display and has new TouchWiz 2.0 Lite with new graphics and support for 7 home screens. It has 1.3 MP Camera and virtual QWERTY keyboard that also comes with Hindi language input. It is 12.3mm thick and weighs 89.7g. Continue reading “Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos launched in India for Rs. 4790”
MTNL has launched a new with First Time Recharge Coupon (FTRC) of Rs 84 for prepaid GSM 3G subscribers, which provides Voice and Video call rate of just 2p/min within a group of upto 9 MTNL GSM subscribers and lowest local call rates for all networks in Mumbai. Continue reading “MTNL Mumbai launches 2p/min Voice and 3G Video Calling plan for prepaid customers”
Idea Cellular and Opera Software have signed a deal to offer a customized Opera Mini mobile web browser to Idea subscribers across India. This would let the Idea users to browse the Internet better and faster, and it also comes with customized Speed Dial shortcuts for easy access to unique Idea features. Continue reading “Co-branded version of Opera Mini launched for Idea Customers”
Airtel has offered Manual Mobile Office Setting instructions for Non-OTA devices after they received complaints about problem in GPRS settings on certain devices. Since the automatic GPRS settings doesn’t work on some devices, these instructions would help the customers to set manual settings for the these devices. Continue reading “Airtel offers manual GPRS settings for Non-OTA devices”
Idea Cellular has launched an unique ISD information Portal for its its prepaid & postpaid subscribers in Kerala. This would let the subscribers clear their queries on ISD calling and will help make ISD calls easier and affordable for them. Continue reading “Idea launches free ISD information portal for Kerala customers”
Airtel has launched Name Tunes, personalized Hello Tune service that enables you to personalize your caller tune with your own name. Airtel mobile customers can stamp their caller tune with their own identity by following a simple process that allows them to search and set their name as their Hello Tune. Continue reading “Airtel launches ‘Name Tunes’ personalized Hello Tune service”
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) has upgraded the minimum broadband speeds to 512 Kbps for all their customers in Mumbai. According to this, all the MTNL broadband customers in Mumbai with download speed less then 512 Kbps will automatically be upgraded to 512 Kbps download speed without any additional charges. They have also launched 2 new limited plans and an 1Mbps unlimited plan. Continue reading “MTNL Mumbai upgrades minimum broadband speeds to 512 Kbps, launches new plans”
Nokia Asha 300 is finally available in India from online retailer Flipkart. Nokia announced the Series 40 device at the Nokia World 2011 last year and launched in India in December. It is powered by a 1 Ghz processor and has 3G capability. It has 2.4-inch (320 x 240 pixels) resistive touch display. It has 5MP camera with video recording at 25 fps and has 32GB expandable memory. It also comes with Nokia Music Unlimited, DRM free Music service with 3 months free subscription. It is 12.7mm thick and weighs 85g. Continue reading “Nokia Asha 300 now available in India for Rs. 6835”
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has exempted the daily SMS limit of 200 for machine to machine and person to machine messages. TRAI restricted mobile users from sending more than 100 SMS / day per SIM starting 27th September 2011, to prevent pesky marketing SMS. Later they increased the limit from 100 to 200 SMS / day per SIM. Continue reading “TRAI exempts 200 SMS per day limit for SMS sent to, generated by machines”
TaazzaGO, location-based app for India that was launched last year for Android and also one of the popular app has been rebranded as Localbeat for India. This app is now available for iPhone. It lets you know about the happenings around your place in terms of news, shopping deals & discounts, events & yellow pages. The Android app has also been upgraded with new features. Continue reading “TaazzaGO location-based app rebranded as Localbeat, now available for iPhone”
Huawei MediaPad is finally on sale in India from online retailers after their announcement last November. It was announced globally last June and comes with a 7-inch (1280×800 IPS) LCD display, Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS (Upgradable to Android 4.0) and it is powered by Dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor. It has 5MP audo-focus camera and 1.3MP front camera. It is just 10.5mm thick and weighs 390g. Continue reading “Huawei Mediapad now available in India for Rs. 28000”
MTS has expanded its MBlaze high-speed data service to 10 more towns in Kerala that includes, Mahe, Peringanur, Neyyattinkara, Ambalappuzha, Aroor, Mannarkkad, Irinjalakkuda, Edappal, Taliparamba and Payyannur. This extends MBlaze footprint to 50 towns across the state. Continue reading “MTS MBlaze now in 10 more towns in Kerala”
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is actually a sweet device and currently the only one in the world according to my knowledge to run on Android 4.0 also known as ICS. The Galaxy Nexus is the 3rd member of the Nexus family of devices from Google and it is a c0-branded handset from Google and Samsung which runs on stock Android without any customization. The device was supposed to be launched in November last year and was postponed to December. Now more bad news as Samsung India’s official account tweeted that the device will now be tentatively launched in March. Still no definitive date though. Having used the Galaxy Nexus for around a month now , I actually like the device for a few things – Ice Cream Sandwich , it will be the first device to get Android updates as it is pushed directly by Google. The Camera is also incredibly fast.One thing i dislike about the device is the low quality of build materials used. Each time I open the back cover, I have a feeling it will break. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy Nexus India Launch postponed to March ?”
Airtel has announced that the Easy Recharge for pre-paid customers on airtel.in now supports payments via Net banking. They launched the online recharge for the prepaid users across India last August. It had payment support via Master/Visa credit or debit cards. Now the net banking support is a great advantage for those who have online net banking accounts. Continue reading “Airtel Easy Recharge on airtel.in now supports Net banking”
Uninor has launched a Special Tariff Voucher (STV) 21 for Mumbai customers. This value-for-money voucher would let them enjoy local calls (on and off net) at just 30 Paise per Minute to mobile or landline within Mumbai, Maharashtra and Goa. Continue reading “Uninor launches special local calling voucher for Mumbai customers”
