Editorial : The US gets a 4G phone , India gets the iPhone 3GS on a 2.5G Network. Who is to blame ?

Our friends in US are pre-ordering a 4G / WiMax Phone – the HTC EVO 4G.  In India , we still don’t have widespread 3G coverage. 3G services are being offered by only BSNL and MTNL currently and auctions for private players are hopefully starting in April.

Many users in India are already carrying a 3G capable device thanks to handset makers  like Nokia and the likes. But most of those users cannot use the 3G feature on the phone here. It’s simply irrelevant. Adding insult to injury is the launch of the iPhone 3GS on the nation’s largest GSM operator Airtel who has a 2.5G or 2.75G network. So who is to blame for the denial of the latest technology to one of the largest mobile markets in the world  ? Continue reading “Editorial : The US gets a 4G phone , India gets the iPhone 3GS on a 2.5G Network. Who is to blame ?”

Competition : Win GPS Phones , Car-holders and Car-chargers by Sharing your Nokia Ovi Maps Story

You can win a Nokia GPS Enabled phone a Car-holder and a Car-charger by sharing your Ovi Maps story in a new competition from Nokia Ovi Maps

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Photo Gallery : ARM at MWC 2010

The brain of your mobile phone is a tiny processor sitting in the mainboard of the device. Majority of mobile phones and mobile devices use ARM processors in some way or the other . The ARM architecture is licensed by several companies such as Apple, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Samsung,Texas Instruments

ARM displayed a wide variety of products utilizing the company’s technology during MWC 2010 ranging from phones , tablets , e-readers , notebooks and other devices including it’s latest Cortex A9 Dual Core offering !

The device you see below is a Android tablet powered by an ARM-based Nvidia Tegra chipset

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Sygic finally launches first turn-by-turn Navigation app for Nokia N900

Sygic has finally announced the public availability of Sygic Mobile Maps with Turn-by-turn navigation for the Nokia N900 Maemo devie. It’s available for purchase for around 60 euros and you need to download around 1.8 Gigabytes of maps data to your phone !

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Shipments of GPS-Enabled Handsets increased by 92 percent in 2009

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According to a new report by research firm Berg insight, shipments of GPS-enabled GSM/3G handsets increased 92 percent across the around the globe. Over 150 million GPS-enabled phones were shipped in 2009 and forecasts for 2014 stand at a mighty 770 million units

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Qualcomm bids for 3G Spectrum in India

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Qualcomm Inc which is a leading developer of mobile hardware solutions including the latest Snapdragon processors for mobile phones is now bidding for the 3G Spectrum in India. The 3G auctions are finally planned to take place in India next month and the government is inviting bids from companies willing to take part in the auctions. The last date for applying is March 19th.

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First Data partners with Tyfone to bring NFC to the masses

NFC or Near Field Communications in Mobile phones has never gone mainstream due to the very poor adoption by handset makers.  It’s practically very difficult to get hold of a mobile handset supported NFC even for testing forget about retail.  First Data and Tyfon have joined hands to bring NFC to the masses and this move can be a game changer for mobile payments and near field communications.  The have managed to create microSD card with a NFC chip inside and this means that roughly 60% of today phones can become a real mobile wallet when used along with these special memory cards. Continue reading “First Data partners with Tyfone to bring NFC to the masses”

Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, and now Hyderabad witness BSNL 3G Services

Its not been more then couple of days when we posted about the launch of BSNL 3G services in Thiruvanathapuram. Soon after the launch of high speed 3G services in Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram, 3G services are now launched in the state capital of Andhra pradesh – Hyderabad!

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Download Fring for Nokia E72 and more Symbian S60 devices and start making Video Calls

Fring was the first to announce  mobile internet video calls on Symbian S60 phones . It added support for iPhone/iPod touch devices

The company was also successful in bringing 3G Video calls . Now the good news from the folks at Fring is that they have announced a new version and support for more devices such as  the Nokia E72 and E75

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After Bangalore, BSNL Launches its 3G Services in Thiruvananthapuram

Earlier this week, BSNL launched its 3G services in Bangalore in the presence of the telecom minister – A. Raja. After the successful rollout in Bangalore, BSNL have now launched its high speed data transfer 3G services in Thiruvananthapuram but this time it was Sashi Tharoor (Minister of state for external affairs) who was being invited to launch the services.

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ASUS WaveFace Concept

This is the ASUS Advanced Project 2010 showcasing the technology of tomorrow, today.

The ASUS WaveFace concept was introduced at CES 2010 (Consumer Electronics Show). The WaveFace is actually a set of wearable smartphones and other electronics of different designs and features. Continue reading “ASUS WaveFace Concept”