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If you remember well , we conducted a valentines day contest
We are announcing the winners of the contest today .
Sorry for the delay , mainly caused by so many entries and new handset launches @MWC 2009
We eliminated the entries and picked the lucky winners using a random number generator.
Some of ur comments were over 160 Characters and we could not consider them
Here are the winners !
Airtel and Research In Motion (RIM) introduced a new service plan specifically for Airtel customers in India.
The BlackBerry® Personal Mail service plan is an innovative offering that provides Airtel customers with unlimited email and instant messaging (IM) on BlackBerry® smartphone for just Rs. 499 per month. It is the first service plan priced at less than Rs. 500 to offer unlimited email and IM to BlackBerry smartphone customers in the Indian market.
Unlimited BB Rentals as high as Rs.1500 . And this plan comes as a surprise.
Looks like users are using accessing email from their devices much more nowadays.
And interestingly RIM has started to sell Unlocked BBs in India. We will update you on tat as well
Continue reading “Unlimited Email and Instant Messaging plan for Rs.499 on Airtel BlackBerry”
Fonearena had covered the launch of the LG KF300 almost one year ago as it had hit global markets. Read the full coverage here.
The same handset has now been launched in the Indian market in the price band of Rs 8,500. The reason for the after-thought launch by LG is unknown.
While the specs of the handset, re-capsulated below remain the same, the only addition seems to be inclusion of the Mobile Tracker. Continue reading “LG KF300 launched in India”
I just went to the local BSNL Mobile Counter and enquired about the availability of 3G SIM Cards..
I was a bit sad to hear when the person at the counter told me that , they are expecting the cards by April 20th 2009.
That’s nearly 2 months away from now
We have see the service beeing demoed by the ministers .. when will the common man get it ?
Please bring out the service soon guys ..
Japan is already using 4G and thinking of improving it ..
As all of you have already read, Chennai said hello to some serious technology development, though not commercially available as of yet. Yes Chennai witnessed the launch of 3 G services yesterday . But we covered it yesterday.There is another technology the government has been promising to launch for a long time.
Yes you got it right, it’s about MNP or mobile number portability. Continue reading “Come August, say Hello to Mobile Number Portability”
Well, considering the rising popularity of the radio, it is only but expected that radio enabled handsets are gaining popularity in the country.
Keeping the target audience of students and the youth in mind, LG recently launched two new handsets GB106 and GB110 with Radio capability and a new feature: The “Intenna” FM radio do away with the need to attach a headset to turn on the music. Both handsets are capable of accessing all radio stations without connecting the wired headset to be used as an antenna since they come with an integrated FM antenna.
Anil Arora, Business Group Marketing Head, Mobile Communication, LG Electronics Pvt Ltd. said, “We are happy to launch LG GB110 and LG GB106 which offer a completely new experience to its users. These powerful but affordable mobile sets offer mobile music on the move. At LG, we lay emphasis on understanding the customer needs and work towards meeting their expectations through our new offerings. This launch is in line with our philosophy of providing the best to our customers. I am positive that with the key feature of Intenna FM, these handsets will catch on everyone’s attention and be well accepted.”
Specs and features:
• 1.5-inch colour display
• Extensive phonebook memory
• Stylish leatherite carry pouch
• Black and Gray colours
While the LG GB106 also features an anti theft mobile tracker, the LG GB110 comes up with additional features like a VGA camera, a micro SD card slot (expandable up to 2 GB and 1GB card included) and MP3 full song play back.
Price:
LG GB110 is priced at Rs. 3,100 and the GB106 is priced at Rs. 2,100.
Access to real-time business e-mail on the MS-Exchange just got easier for mobile professionals with an easy-to-use, groundbreaking patent pending software solution “email@mobile” from Adroit Claretdene Infotech.
Users can now use their ordinary Nokia phone with WAP 2.0 mobile browser to wirelessly access their corporate e-mail when away from the desk through email@mobile without any monthly subscription.
email@mobile is a simple, affordable and easy-to-use solution that enables users to access their business e-mails on any ordinary Nokia phones like 5310 express, 6300, 3110c etc. (S40 series) while providing security and ease of maintenance for the IT department. Users can read text/ Word, PDF attachments, reply or compose new email, delete or send email, set up address book, View image and add image attachments from any basic Nokia mobile handset. Continue reading “Business emailing on Nokia just got easier with email@mobile”
Well BSNL Launched 3G Services in Chennai yesterday.
Now BSNL has announced the 3G Tariffs and plans .
The good news is that it will be available both on Prepaid and PostPaid.
You have to purchase a new 3G SIM card for Rs.300 and the website says that migration from 2G to 3G would not be possible.
We are not sure if it means just getting a new SIM card or getting a new number as well. Its most likely that it would be just the SIM.
Just in case if your wondering what kinds of speeds are possible on 3G
2.1 Tariff for 3G mobile service
2.2.4 Initial SIM Charges for both postpaid and prepaid service:
|
Particulars |
Amount |
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Cost of SIM (Inclusive of Service Tax) in Rs. |
300 |
|
Talk Value in Rs. |
NIL |
|
Initial Validity in days |
7 |
|
Migration from 2-G to 3-G |
Not feasible at present |
|
Applicable to |
Voice & Data plan |
Send FREE SMS using WavetelSMS
Popular Mobile phone Retailer Wavetel has unveililed a new product under beta called Wavetel SMS.
The site lets you send free sms messages all over india. – The cost to use this service zero.
We tested the service and it works very well
Head over to wavetelsms and give us feedback about the service in the comments..
Mobile telephony has entered the Third Generation in India with the launch of 3G services in Chennai, India. Today the 3G services were officiated by the first call being made by The Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nade, Shri M. Karunanidhi and the call was received by the IT & TELECOM Minister A. Raja.
“Considering the need for faster penetration of 3G, and the need for telecom access to rual areas, the Government policy will allow telecom infrastructure sharing between commercial telcos as well as infrastructure providers,” Mr.Raja said. DoT also plans enable mobile number portability (MNP) in major cities by August, and in other towns by end of this year. Bids have been invited of providing MNP switches
Continue reading “BSNL Launches 3G Services in Chennai, India.”
LG Just sent us an email about the upcoming Arena phone also known as the KM900
The phone was launched at the Mobile World Congress yesterday.
This video which is in an Ad for The new LG Arena rocks our socks .
Its just an innovative ad showing the features of the phone with some great music.
Turn on your speakers for this one.
Nokia Annouced today at MWC that the N97 will start shipping in June and will be available for purchase
We predicted that N97 is coming in the New Year. The date has been post-poned
The highly anticipated handset will be in stores and expected to have a price of Rs. 34000 approx
This phone is the flagship touchscreen phone from Nokia and the announcment of the availability was made
by Nokia’s Kai Oistamo
I dont think Nokia will announce another hi end device such as this for quite some time.
We have been talking about the N86 and that its the 8MP Flagship Cameraphone from Nokia
When we have been watching whats happenning in Barcelona , this phone was spotted in a ovi album in Singapore and within minutes the news spread accross the globe.
Enjoy the live pics
more pics below
Nokia just launched 2 new eseries handsets the Nokia E55 and the Nokia E75 and confirmed the e75 rumors
Nokia wants to continue the success which handsets like the E71 and E51 have had.
Both phones are equipped with Email functionality .
The Nokia E75 features full desktop email functionality with a slide out QWERTY keyboard and simple three-step email setup.
Its the first device to ship with Nokia Messaging with which You can now access Yahoo, Gmail and Hotmail and directly access over 90 percent of corporate inboxes with Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler.
Continue reading “Nokia launches 2 new handsets E55 and E75”
Sony Ericsson has announced 2 new Cybershot phones the C903 and C901 last week along with the W395 Walkman phone.
These launches come just days before the Mobile World Congress 2009 happening in Barcelona this week.
The Sony Ericsson C903 is a Quad-Band GSM and dual-band 3G phone with inbuilt GPS . Camera can capture 5 Megapixel photos with autofocus , flash. C903 has a dual LED Flash but C901 has a Xenon flash.Video recording is possible too.This sexy phone can be your navigator as well with Wayfinder Navigator app and Googles Maps comes pre-installed . The display is scratch resistant .
Continue reading “2 New CyberShot Phones from Sony Ericsson C903 and C901”
