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MOTOZINE ZN5 unveiled

Finally…an innovation from Motorola!

The first mobile phone to combine Motorola’s ModeShift Technology and Kodak Imaging Technology was unveiled in Beijing, China. With Kodak Easyshare Software and easy access to Kodak Gallery or other web sharing sites, pictures are easily moved off the device, allowing consumers to print, share and enjoy their favourite photos whenever they want.

Camera features:

• 5 megapixel auto-focus camera
• Xenon flash
• Settings for low-light environments
• Multiple capture modes
• Multi-shot and
• Panorama – which automatically stitches together continuous shots taken on the horizon line into a single, extended image
• Gallery Link – to upload images in one click

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Videocon to start telecom services from Chennai

Consumer durables major Videocon Group, which has bagged national telecom licence through its subsidiary Datacom Ltd, would roll out the GSM services from Chennai on August 15 this year.

Unveiling the plans, Videocon Chairman Venugopal Dhoot said that GSM services would be first launched in Chennai on August 15, to be followed by other metros, Kerala and North India.

“The national rollout plan will be completed in 18 months,” Dhoot added. Datacom intends to build up a subscriber base of around 10 million in three-four years of launch.

Datacom had obtained licences for providing GSM services in 22 circles across the country.

Dhoot said telecommunications would be a focus area for Videocon Group in the coming years and the group would invest around Rs 6,000 crore in this business. Continue reading “Videocon to start telecom services from Chennai”

Not Just Men , Women too Want SmartPhones

No more are you a geek if you have a Smartphone as women too are looking into smart phones, at least In India. Everyone from wives too professional woman is taking to Black Berry, Smart Phones, and PDAs etc.

In a Phone men look for Wi-Fi internet more while woman prefer Price, Size and Design. Woman give more importance to keypad on how easy it is to type on it and the speed of typing as women take to time very preciously. Men aren’t considered much about the aesthetics though no one will passé with a keyboard like N78.

As woman like faithful loyal partners, they prefer to stick to their gadgets for long. So they give more Importance to the price factor. Men love changing and updating their gadgets so they aren’t bothered much about the price.

Men give much thought to brand and are highly loyal to their favorite brands. Also men need Ease of Use as they usually multi task their phones. They also prefer touch Screens.

No wonder Iphone would be a huge success in India, once it launches. Will be interesting to see the pricing of it in India

Economy handset from Spice S-525

Spice Mobiles launched Spice S-525 which is an FM phone with a 65-K colour screen and features FM recording facility, where one can store select songs while listening to FM radio.

The phone also comes with features like mobile tracker, scheduled On/Off, Sing-tones, 500 phone-book records, speaker phone and a universal charger.

Price:

Rs. 2099

Asus M930 communicator launched in India

Asus M930 smart phone has finally been launched in India.

The handset has two screens – external 2-inches TFT LCD with 240 x 320 resolution and internal 2.6-inches screen with 400 x 240 resolution. The surface is reflective and features a free-stop flipping hinge that allows users adjust to any preferred angle or position.

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iPhone in India through Airtel and Vodafone

That’s good news for subscribers of Airtel and Vodafone. The iPhone will be made available to their customers in India.

The two companies announced that the 3G instrument would be available in India by the end of this year.

Vodafone and Apple will bring iPhone 3G first to Australia, Italy, New Zealand, and Portugal on July 11. In these markets, Vodafone will make available iPhone 3G on both prepaid and contract price plans that will include value data bundles.

Then, later this year, Vodafone will make iPhone 3G available in other markets including the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, South Africa, Turkey, and most importantly — India.

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iPhone 3G in India Bharti Airtel Apple ink Deal

Good news for all of you wanting to buy an iPhone in India.

Airtel and Apple have signed a deal to make the iPhone available in India later this year.

No word on the time or pricing yet.

3G does not make any sense in India. I tried to get in touch with Airtel officials about this . will keep you all posted.

Save your cash and get one of these sexy beauties !!

Apple iPhone is going to change the mobile handset scene in India

Full please release below

Bharti Airtel and Apple to Bring iPhone 3G to India
NEW DELHI and SAN FRANCISCO—June 9, 2008— Continue reading “iPhone 3G in India Bharti Airtel Apple ink Deal”

3G iPhone is official available from July 11

the For all of you who have been longing to get an iPhone .. Its Honey in your ears.

You can get a 3G iPhone with improved battery life and 3G connectivity for just $199 which is around Rs.8600

New Features

  • New iPhone 2.0 firmware
  • Relatively thinner Edges
  • GPS (Assisted)
  • 3G
  • Headphone Jack
  • Full plastic Panel
  • International Availability – will be available this year in India I Guess
  • Safari Mobile Kicks the butt of Nokia and Palm and Opera browsers
  • 10 hrs of 2G talktime ( Apple – I luv u) -5 hrs on 3G – 24 hours of Audio ( good bye ipod ! ) Continue reading “3G iPhone is official available from July 11”

Finally – Nokia N78 launched in India

Nokia finally launched the N78 in India equipped with a special feature – the ‘Location Tagger’ application, which automatically tags location data to the picture – allowing users to save pictures by date as well as by geographical coordinates.

At the launch, Vineet Taneja, Head-GTM, Nokia India said “The slim Nokia N78 fuses features in new ways.”

“It features location-tagging, which merges camera functionality and A-GPS to not only share pictures but also the places where they were taken. Users can now store all information about locations they visit using an image and share it online with the world. It also allows the fusion of music, camera and internet, enabling users to generate content right from the palms of their hands,” he added.

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LG KC 550 – 5 MP camera for a budgeted price

LG is out with a new 5 megapixel camera phone – the KC550. The handset is just 14mm thick.

It has a Schneider-Kreuznach auto-focus optics with an Image stabilizer.

This slider is a Tri-Band handset that comes quite well equipped for various media functions like a media player, FM radio, video and image editors and even motion sensitive games that work with the KC550’s integrated accelerometer sensor. Continue reading “LG KC 550 – 5 MP camera for a budgeted price”

Two new economy handsets by Philips

Philips has unveiled two economy mobile phones — Philips 198 and 199. These handsets are similar to each other with the only difference being the FM Radio feature in Philips 199 model.

The handsets will be rolled out only in Asia and Europe initially.

Features and specs:

• 1.5 inch CSTN colour display
• 128 x 128 pixel resolution with 62K colours
• 4-way navigation key
• 65 grams
• 99 x 42 x 13.5 mm
• SMS and MMS
• T9 predictive text
• Polyphonic ringtones Continue reading “Two new economy handsets by Philips”

Arun Sarin Steps down from Vodafone CEO post

May be being an Indian Himself he knew VodaFone India did terribly poor services and most of the subscribers are an unhappy lot.

Well thats not the reason why Arun is stepping down. Arun Sarin is Old He is 53 which is not quite old if he is working in India. Well Arun Sarin informed that he will retiring from the post of CEO of the worlds largest cellular conglomorate Vodafone. (PS Not in India though he is an Indian himself). Continue reading “Arun Sarin Steps down from Vodafone CEO post”

Confirmed: 3G coming at the end of this year in India

Indians were still waiting for 3G mobile services when other countries are forgetting 3G and looking towards 4G mobile technologies. Its time for the Indians to be happy now as, India’s Union Minister of Technology and Communication has made it clear that 3G telecom services in India will be up and running at the end of this year. Continue reading “Confirmed: 3G coming at the end of this year in India”

Apple planning big for the 3G iPhone

Apple is gearing up for the launch of the 3G iPhone this June. The company is also in talks with music label companies, just like Nokia is doing for its Comes with Music initiative. Apple is doing all this in order to expand the ringtones and music features that are currently available on the iPhone. Apple ia making sure that the iPhone 3G launch is a big one and the music lable deal should compliment it. Continue reading “Apple planning big for the 3G iPhone”

In Depth Review Of The N82 BLACK

If there is one device that has launched enough punch last year it definitely has to be N82 and if there is something that generated more buzz and fervor than N82 then it was its Black Version. The black version is nothing a colored cousin of the original N82. Looking sexier and more royal, N82 Black is touted to be yet another marketing gimmick from Nokia, which is known to always release similar black versions of its popular models ranging from N70 to N95 yet all. These days it’s a trend for mobile enthusiasts to wait for Black versions of a popular N series Model before they make their purchase plans. It does make sense to do so. Obviously a black version of any N series mobile does look sexier and packs in more punch.

Over the weeks we will be covering an in depth review of the N82 Black version hands on…

So keep watching this space.