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Nokia Dual SIM handsets witnessing rocketing sales says CEO Stephen Elop

Stephen Elop, the CEO of Nokia has said that the recently launched Nokia Dual SIM phones are seeing exceptional sales in the Indian market. Even though there are lot of Indian competitors such as Maxx mobiles, Micromax, Karbon  etc in the Dual SIM category, Nokia lead in the market share. Elop, on his second visit to India since he took charge as CEO of Nokia, said that, India played an important part in the company’s transition strategy. Continue reading “Nokia Dual SIM handsets witnessing rocketing sales says CEO Stephen Elop”

Nokia Symbian Belle Smartphones to get Microsoft Apps


Nokia has announced that they would offer Microsoft Apps, that are a collection of Microsoft productivity applications for the upcoming Symbian Belle phones. Some of the Microsoft Apps include Microsoft Lync 2010 Mobile, Microsoft OneNote, Microsoft PowerPoint Broadcast and Microsoft Document Connection. Continue reading “Nokia Symbian Belle Smartphones to get Microsoft Apps”

Reliance launches Triple Dhamaka offer for 3G customers


Reliance Communications has launched Triple Dhamaka offers for the 3G customers. This would allow the Reliance 3G customers download 3 times more data without any extra charges. The Reliance 3G customers can avail these offers through R World, Retail outlet or simply by dialing *565*100#. Continue reading “Reliance launches Triple Dhamaka offer for 3G customers”

NTT DOCOMO to launch GALAXY Tab 10.1 LTE and ARROWS Tab LTE in Japan

NTT DOCOMO has announced that they would launch the docomo Tablet GALAXY Tab 10.1 LTE SC-01D and the docomo Tablet ARROWS Tab LTE F-01D. These are the first tablets compatible with its extra-high-speed next-generation LTE service, Xi (Crossy). Both these tablets come with 10.1-inch (1280 x 800 pixels) displays and features dual core CPUs running on Android 3.2. Continue reading “NTT DOCOMO to launch GALAXY Tab 10.1 LTE and ARROWS Tab LTE in Japan”

Idea offers local on-net calls at 10 paise per minute for Gujarat customers


Idea Cellular has launched new offers for Gujarat customers that would let them make local calls within the circle at 10 paise per minute. There are 2 tariff vouchers one for throughout the day and other for night. They announced similar offers for Andhra Pradesh customers earlier this week. Continue reading “Idea offers local on-net calls at 10 paise per minute for Gujarat customers”

First Impressions and Hands-on with Vodafone Blue 555 Facebook Phone

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Well this is not first time a Social Networking oriented Phone has been launched. We have seen INQ phones, HTC ChaCha & Salsa facebook smartphones.  But Vodafone Blue Facebook phone is definitely something different.There are few reasons. Continue reading “First Impressions and Hands-on with Vodafone Blue 555 Facebook Phone”

Airtel launches 3G services in Tripura


Airtel has launched their 3G services in Tripura. Airtel 3G services are now available in 50 plus towns across India. Airtel 3G services would be available for customers in Agartala starting midnight on 6th September 2011.

Other than the high-speed internet on the move, Airtel 3G also offers Mobile TV, International video calling, Video streaming and much more. Continue reading “Airtel launches 3G services in Tripura”

Chinese Search Engine Giant Baidu announces Android-based Yi OS for Mobile

Chinese search engine giant Baidu enters into the Mobile OS market with its Yi OS that is based on Android.  It was announced at Baidu World event in Beijing and it includes several Baidu apps such as Ting, their social music service, Shen Bian app similar to Google places, maps and a book-reading app. The core features such as integrated voice search would remain the same. Continue reading “Chinese Search Engine Giant Baidu announces Android-based Yi OS for Mobile”

Vodafone Blue – Facebook phone launched in India at Rs. 5000

Vodafone has launched their Facebook phone, Vodafone Blue in India. This phone is developed in collaboration with Facebook that has the qualities of a smartphone and social networking functions. The phone was announced in UK this July. This phone has dedicated F button that lets the user upload pictures, visit profiles and update status at a single click. This has 2.4 inch screen, Full QWERTY keypad and an optical track pad for navigation. Continue reading “Vodafone Blue – Facebook phone launched in India at Rs. 5000”

Idea offers local on-net calls at 10 paise per minute for Andhra Pradesh customers


Idea has launched new tariff voucher for this festive season that offers all the local on-net calls at 10 paise per minute for Andhra Pradesh customers. This is available for both existing and new Idea prepaid customers. Continue reading “Idea offers local on-net calls at 10 paise per minute for Andhra Pradesh customers”

Tamil Nadu: Vodafone launches International Roaming offers for Sri Lanka, launches 3G experience zone in Salem


Vodafone has launched new offers for the prepaid customers in Chennai and Tamil Nadu travelling to Sri Lanka. These top-up packs would let them make and receive calls at cheaper rates while in roaming. They have also launched new 3G experience zone in Salem, Tamil Nadu. Continue reading “Tamil Nadu: Vodafone launches International Roaming offers for Sri Lanka, launches 3G experience zone in Salem”

Airtel launches Mangalmurti Pack for Ganpati festival

Airtel has launched their new special pack called Mangalmurti for the Ganpati festival that offers a host of products that include LIVE Aarti at Siddhivinayak and Lalbaugcha Raja, Ganpati downloads and Ganesh predictions. Continue reading “Airtel launches Mangalmurti Pack for Ganpati festival”

Intel to discontinue MeeGo development ? Not so fast !

Rumors are rife that Intel plans to discontinue MeeGo development following the rather tepid market response to hardware based on fledgling OS. Digitimes reports that Intel is planning to “temporarily discontinue development of its MeeGo OS” . If Intel backs down from the OS it would mean the end of the linux based operating system from a commercial point of view and would be relegated to being a hobbyist OS at best.

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Philips Xenium X806 Dual SIM Phone launching in India on Sep 7

Heard of Philips Mobile Phones ? They were available quite a while ago and we have not heard from them in a while now. The Xenium range of phones are popular in Europe and Russia for their exceptional battery life. Looks like the company is making a comeback into India or at least testing the waters again as we got an invited to a launch event happening on September 7th.Interestingly the invite comes from Conplex Telecom India. From the looks of the phone in the invite we are placing our bets on the Xenium X806 which is a Dual SIM phone with 1 month standby time and around 8 hours of talk time. Continue reading “Philips Xenium X806 Dual SIM Phone launching in India on Sep 7”