Windows Mobile 6.5 Marketplace Now Open for Submissions

We have been covering about windows mobile and you might know about the upcoming 6.5 version of the OS.  If you are a mobile developer and want to develop applications for the new phones running WinMo 6.5, we just heard from Microsoft that developers can now submit applications to the Marketplace (from May 1st)

Below is a copy information we received about the mobile market from Microsoft Continue reading “Windows Mobile 6.5 Marketplace Now Open for Submissions”

SMSFame: Send Unlimited Free SMS in India Without Ads

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In the past, we have come across many free SMS messaging solutions, using which you can send free SMS to any number in India without incurring any charges and sometimes, you even have the ability to send SMS without even disclosing your name or identity. (It is useful while advertising a product or so) but the only disadvantage among such free messaging solutions is the receiver of the SMS will get the desired message along with an Ad that the free SMS providers add to make good the loss they incur for giving away free SMSing solution. Continue reading “SMSFame: Send Unlimited Free SMS in India Without Ads”

A Brief Analysis of the Indian Mobile Subscribers Growth in March 2009

Recently the Cellular Operators Association of India revealed the statistics of the growth and present subscriber base of all GSM operators operating in Indian territory. According to the report of COAI (Cellular Operator Association of India) Aircel had the highest growth in the month of March with the exact growth rate of of 5.73% over the previous month followed by Loop mobile, Vodafone, Airtel and other operators. Continue reading “A Brief Analysis of the Indian Mobile Subscribers Growth in March 2009”

Soon Virgin Will be Operating GSM Services in India

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This definitely would bring into your minds, how Virgin mobile started its services in India with a bang and a ‘hatke’ style. It is the first and the only Telecom operator in India to pay its customers even for receiving a call, though recently the Get paid on incoming charges was reduced.

Well, about its GSM launch plan, Jamie Heywood, deputy CEO, Virgin Mobile India, said, in a conference, that they (Virgin mobile) is already serving other parts of the world with both GSM and CDMA services, and even in India, they would soon launch its GSM services. Continue reading “Soon Virgin Will be Operating GSM Services in India”

Nokia E75 and N85 Pics more stuff coming soon

We have been getting a lot of queries about the E75 and N85 Rita bring us this Photo Gallery all the way from Paris

Nokia E75 in a Teapot

Well, we did not have the courage to do a Willitblend test on the E75 , but we bring you a steaming hot pic of the E75 sans the tea ..

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Nokia India launches Email with Ease Campaign

Nokia India has launched a microsite EmailWithEase.com to promote its Email offerings, and the Nokia E75 which we have been covering since its MWC launch this year

E75 is the first Nokia phone to come loaded with Nokia Messaging.

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Vodafone Offers 85% Discount on International Roaming

Voila..! You must be really shocked at least for a moment after reading “85% discount on International Roaming” right? Well, for the first time, even I was surprised and could not make my eyes believe the statement.

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But its a fact that, Vodafone is offering 85% of discount for roaming in South Africa. This aggressive move is taken by India’s major private telecom player – Vodafone keeping in mind the ongoing IPL 2009. Continue reading “Vodafone Offers 85% Discount on International Roaming”

Apple’s App Store Soon to hit 1 Billion Downloads!

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I just stumbled over the iTunes page and got to know about the celebration Apple is preparing for.

Yes, Apple will soon cross one billion downloads of applications available across Apps store and then it would be celebrating the 1 billion apps download mark by giving away huge amount of gifts. There is a counter running on the iTunes page with the live number of total apps downloaded, a screenshot of which could be seen on the top of this post. Continue reading “Apple’s App Store Soon to hit 1 Billion Downloads!”

iPhone Flops in India now onto China

When the Indian phone fanatics came to know about the release of the Apple iPhone 3G in India, they are all were all excited and so was Apple who expected to see great sales in the largest cellphone market in the world.

But that was not to be the case. When the iPhone 3G was released on Vodafone and Airtel, it disappointed a lot of awaiting customers due to it’s high price of 700US$. Even the people who bought their iPhone 3Gs couldn’t use it fully due to the lack of 3G networks in India. A senior Airtel executive said that iPhone sales have yet to reach 20,000 handsets. Continue reading “iPhone Flops in India now onto China”

Nokia N-Gage now LIVE in India

Nokia India announced the availability of its gaming service, ‘N-Gage’ in India with additional games and an expanded online offering. We told you about using OxiCash to buy NGage games in India

Nokia N-Gage is a part of Nokia’s internet services brand Ovi and brings alive a made-for-mobile gaming service to provide consumers the power to tailor and personalize the internet experience. N-Gage initially brings a catalogue of 30 exceptional titles developed by leading global as well as Indian publishers such as EA Mobile, Gameloft, Glu Mobile and India Games, in addition to Nokia Games Publishing.

With N-Gage, thousands of Nokia device owners in India can now discover high-quality made-for-mobile games using the N-Gage mobile application on their N-Gage compatible devices or on the online N-Gage showrooms (www.n-gage.com), accessed directly from their mobile devices.

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Mobile Stores to start selling Nokia E75 next week

Finally the phone was made official at MWC 09 at Barcelona this February ..

The price of the phone is expected to be Rs.23500 according to the dealer . Not yet confirmed though

The pricing seems perfect as E71 is retailing at just a few thousands away

If you can’t wait to check out the e75 check out the unboxing and the camera samples

For all of you who wanted us to let you know when the E75 is available in the market, here’s the first call.

We told you about the Pre Booking

Today , I got a call from a mobile dealer in my city about the availability of Nokia E75 . Most mobile dealers should start selling the phone starting from Monday.

We have been covering the E75 right from the first video leak in Sep 2008

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Nokia 5130 Xpress Music Review

Since we have had loads of requests from users about this launch we decided to bring you an Exclusive Nokia 5130 XpressMusic Review with loads of pictures of the phone and also a couple of video clips which demo the music capabilities of the phone. … But the audio quality is dynamic and enjoyable when you use the earphones or a set of insanely expensive Bose Speakers Nokia 5130 XpressMusic Price and Availability The phone has started retailing at a maximum retail price of Rs.6200 including taxes at Chennai Package Contents – Whats in the Box 1GB microSD card preloaded with 50 MP3 songs

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic the latest affordable music phone from Nokia.

Since we have had loads of requests from users about this launch we decided to bring you an Exclusive  XpressMusic Review with loads of pictures of the phone and also a couple of video clips which demo the music capabilities of the phone.

Nokia 5130 XpressMusic Design and Physical Aspects

The phone is bar form factor with rounded corners and a curved back panel with a smooth finish.

The speaker sits in the bottom of the back panel.

The camera is present in the top rear and

The keypad supports multilingual input

notice the Tamil Characters on the keypad.

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