News from India the most happening mobile market
After we saw that Vodafone India opened bookings for iPhone 3G .. Now Bharti Airtel does not want to stay far behind.. I landed on this 3g iphone page on Airtel’s website
The website says Become the proud owner of Apple iPhone3G on Airtel.
They also have a form to sign up for the iPhone
Why are they not revealing the pricing ?? Continue reading “Apple iPhone 3G Airtel India bookings open”
Vodafone India has opened up bookings for the iPhone 3G .. although it would be just a 2G phone here.
There is a Pre Registration page on Vodafone’s website which lets you book your iPhone.
Both 8GB and 16GB versions will be available
Interesting Microsoft Exchange Support is going to be there .. What happens to Blackberry’s ball game in India ?
The page says Currently compatible only with 2G networks. Only select features and services
are currently available in India.
Features they claim
Spice Mobiles, known in India for its range of highly functional economy handsets, has launched a dual SIM PDA in India.
The Spice D-1100 Dual SIM PDA has the capability of having both SIMs simultaneously active and has a touch panel, an integrated stylus and alpha-numeric keypad.
Motorola unveiled two handsets that are categorized as business class devices that run on the same Linux OS, i.e. MING handsets – the A1600 and A1800.
Motorola MING A1600
A typical business phone as the Specs & Features will prove, but this is also a handset that tourists will love because the handset will feature the option of taking pictures of signboards and having them translated with the help of an on board dictionary.
Continue reading “MING handsets – the A1600 and A1800 from Motorola”
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
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”
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
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 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.
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.
Continue reading “iPhone in India through Airtel and Vodafone”
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”
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
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.
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”
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”
