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Airtel subscribers in Delhi and NCR will have another reason to celebrate the 61st year of our Independence.
Subscribers can avail the benefit of full talk time and STD at one rupee per month, minus processing charge or service tax on a recharge of Rs 1947. You also get a validity of 1 year.
1947 is the year of our Independence. Sounds cool!!!
As the day draws near, when two leading mobile phone operators in India, Airtel and Vodafone launch the iPhone, here is a low down on the negative aspects of the handset…that we read in an In-Flight magazine of a leading Indian airline.
1. Earphones: The iPhone sports “bland” looking regular earphones that are neither classy not stylish. The sound quality is good but the design is very cheap.
2. Technology: Apart from the touch screen, the handset does not use much technology. Depending on the model released may be missing features such as Java, FM Radio, Bluetooth, GPS, or the ability to forward messages, send business cards etc.
3. Applications: Third party applications must be installed via iTunes App Store and this means that this handset is not really the normal “smart phone”.
4. Touch screen: The touch screen on the iPhone is known to be cumbersome to use due to the scratch guard.
5. Customisation: The themes on the iPhone cannot be changed. So no wallpapers, themes or cover panels etc. Even the ring tones are not changeable!
Now this is what we’ve read. Tell us what you feel!
Just ask your sister to wait 6 days for the ‘Raksha Bandhan’ gift you owe her on 16th August.
Airtel has announced that they will release the iPhone in India on August 22, 2008.
Continue reading “iPhone by Airtel to release on August 22, 2008”
Samsung is launching its new mobile phone the F480 TouchWiz in India. Boasting a full touch screen, the mobile is set to pep up Samsung in the mobile touch screen segment. Compact with a sleek design it packs the combination of style and unique user interface. You can customise the sexy F480 as per your need. There are options for you to make the mobile experience simpler and faster with a touch. The quick drag and drop feature helps you to access favourite functions instantly. Continue reading “5MP Samsung F480 with touch screen”
The LG KP106
B candy bar has been launched in India.
Specs and features at a glance:
• 1.5-inch LCD screen
• 65k display
• 128×128 pixel resolution
• 123x115x64 mm, weighs 63 gms
• 16 polyphonic ringtones
• One touch FM key
• Supports both English and Hindi keypads
• Built-in hands free Continue reading “LG KP106B economy handset in India”
The Samsung TouchWiz (F480) will be launched in the Indian market on the eve of the Olympic Games 2008.
This full touch screen, ultra-slim phone has ‘drag and drop’ technology, which allows widgets to be selected from the left panel of the screen and dropped anywhere on the home screen.
Specs and features at a glance:
• 2.8-inch TFT LCD display
• 5.0 Megapixel camera with face detection, image stabilizer, auto focus, CMOS video lens and Wide Dynamic Range (WDR)
• ‘Auto Smile Shot’ feature Continue reading “Hi-tech TouchWiz from Samsung now in India”
Not just a good looking phone this one! It’s an action packed business phone, if that’s what you are looking for.
The Quad-band PDA phone HTC P4350 has been launched in the Indian market.
Specs &Features at a glance:
• 17mm thick, 168 grams weight
• 2.8″ TFT-LCD, 240 X 320 dot pixels with 65,536 colours
• Landscape view screen
• 2.0 Megapixel CMOS colour camera
• 5-way navigation control
• Semi-automatic sliding QWERTY keypad
• Windows Mobile 6.0 Direct push-email technology
• Internet browsing
• Pocket MSN Continue reading “HTC P4350 launched in India”
Nokia has been kind enough to keep showering India with Handsets after handsets, and by that not any tiny weenie one’s , the best handsets and most promising one’s and most of them having their global debuts in our Sub Continent.
The recent to follow trend is the promising Nokia 3600 slide. Any old world model that’s re shaped re sized and re made this is the remake of the old 3600, only in the slider form and the OS is the new nicer revamped S40. It’s a treat looking at the mobile and its gonna be a show stealer for the women folk.
Now vocal IM on your iPhone thanks to Palringo!
Palringo enables vocal instant messaging, picture messaging and text-based messaging over the iPhone’s 3G data connection.
Popular messaging services such as Apple’s iChat for Mac OS X, AOL’s AIM, Google Talk, Yahoo! Messenger, Gadu Gadu, ICQ, Jabber and Windows Live Messenger are integrated with Palringo.
In a series of another set of exclusive privilege launches in India, Nokia launches the 6210 Navigator in India.
According to some reports on the internet, Nokia 6210 Navigator is supposed to be one of the most well built devices nokia has ever released in recent times ofcourse next only to Nokia E71 , the undisputed leader as of now. Continue reading “Nokia 6210 Navigator debuts in India”
Palm, Inc. has unveiled a new version of their Palm Centro smartphone in Onyx black colour.
It looks decent.
According to some folks there is a certain amount of flair and fashion sense as well in the phone
I kind of disagree with that. Black looks stylish, but also somehow very ‘plasticky’. However, each buyer to his own. If Black is your choice of colour, the Palm Centro is now available in Black across stores in India. Continue reading “Palm Centro smartphone now in BLACK”
Sony Ericsson is pepping up its music phones with the introduction of W902.
The model boasts of autofocus camera, image stabilization for both photos & videos, as well as picture and video blogging and Sony Ericsson’s BestPic technology. It supports Google maps and can geotag the photos after being captured in the phone. Having 8GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) card and the high-end HPM-77 wired headphones this Walkman music player is on-board for a full music experience. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson W902 5 Megapixel camera walkman phone”
Looks like it is still a rumour although meetings between the two companies are underway even as we report this.
Spice Mobiles is possibly going to be incorporated into Sony Ericsson.
Feature rich Spice handsets incorporated into high-end Sony Ericsson could only mean that the entry level market for handsets will improve. Buyers of entry level phones will largely benefit from this alliance.
More on the tie-up as news trickles in.
Watch this space.
Nokia Nseries Fusions Challenge Gets Hotter!
Anyone interested in trying out a location tagging game? It involves intellect, promptness, creativity and of course technology. If you are a enthusiast who loves to explore new stuff… then you might want to try this out.
Register for Nseries Fusions Challenge This is the last week for registrations. (Closes on 27, 2008)
P.S. CHECK OUT THE PRIZES SECTION. Apart from the contest prizes, there is a special giveaway for Fone Arena members.
All you need to do is –
Continue reading “Contest Nokia Nseries Fusions Challenge”
Its going to be a zoomin’ rockin’ handset!
As the Formula One racing culture catches fast with the youth in India, Motorola has partnered with world-renowned sports car label Ferrari to launch a co-branded 3G-enabled handset named the “MOTORAZR 2 V9 Ferrari” in the Indian market.
Specs and features as indicated:
• 3G-enabled
• Unique racing interface
• 2 Megapixels camera
• 2 GB expandable memory Continue reading “MOTORAZR 2 V9 Ferrari”
