World’s First GSM Call was made 20 years ago

I graduated in Electronics and Communications and Finnish names are pretty common in any work in the wireless communication space.  Nokia’s contribution to this space is pretty huge and the latest proof is Apple agreeing to become a licensee of Nokia. Now if you are a fan of technology , the first GSM call on a commercial network was made 20 years ago between Finland’s  Prime Minister Harri Holkeri and Kaarina Suonio,vice mayor of the Finnish city of Tampere . The network was built by Telenokia and Siemens now known as Nokia Siemens Networks – for the Finnish operator Radiolinja,  now known as Elisa.

Watch the video below in Finnish to take a ride back into the past and watch the first ever GSM call in action. Continue reading “World’s First GSM Call was made 20 years ago”

Airtel 3G Services now in Gujarat

Airtel is continuing to roll out 3G service in various parts of India. Gujarat is the latest state to get Airtel 3G services with most majors parts of the state getting it. Ahmedabad, Baroda, Rajkot, Surat, Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar, Nadiad, Anand, Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Amreli, Chikli, Dahej, Daman, Gandhidham, Godhra, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Porbander, Silvassa, Valsad, Vapi, Rajula, Diu, Una and Verawal are included in the rollout. Are you from Gujarat and waiting for Airtel to launch 3G services ? Let us know if you will opt for the service. You can check out the Tariffs and Plans here

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Airtel launches International Video Calling for 3G customers


Airtel has launched International Video Calling facility for its 3G customers across India. This would let the Airtel 3G customers to connect with the people in 227 countries worldwide using the video calling facility on their phone. Continue reading “Airtel launches International Video Calling for 3G customers”

Idea 3G now in Kottayam – Kerala


Idea has launched its 3G services in Kottayam – Kerala. Idea 3G is already available in Kochi, Calicut, Trichur, Palghat, Kannur, Malapuram, Alleppey, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Trivandrum and Nedumangad in Kerala. Idea 3G is now available in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, UP West, UP East, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Haryana and Maharashtra & Goa in India. Continue reading “Idea 3G now in Kottayam – Kerala”

Airtel launches 3G services in Assam


Airtel has launched its 3G services in Assam. This lets 33 lakh plus customers in Assam enjoy Airtel 3G services such as, faster internet, video streaming, video calling, Mobile TV and high definition gaming. Airtel launched their 3G services in Jammu and Kashmir recently. Continue reading “Airtel launches 3G services in Assam”

Sprint officially announces Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi, coming out on June 24

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is currently known as one of the best Android tablet available in the market at the moment. We just showed you an ad in which Samsung is telling us how slim is the tablet really is and Samsung also told us that it’s time to tab. Verizon recently announced that they will be launching it soon and now it will be hitting another major US carrier. Continue reading “Sprint officially announces Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wi-Fi, coming out on June 24”

AndyPad officially coming this summer, only for £129

There are number of Android tablets available in the market at the moment but not all of them are cheap and easily affordable. At least not cheap like the AndyPad. AndyPad will be launched in UK in September and it’s currently one of the most cheap and affordable tablets with some good specs. Continue reading “AndyPad officially coming this summer, only for £129”

Is this the successor to Motorola XOOM?

Motorola XOOM is known as the first ever Honeycomb tablet as well as it’s also Motorola’s first ever Android tablet. Recently a promo video was posted by Verizon Wireless on YouTube and after few hours, they made the video private but now it’s open for everyone again. So what’s so private in this video? Continue reading “Is this the successor to Motorola XOOM?”

HTC Flyer hitting T-Mobile USA?

HTC Flyer is an amazing product and I recently reviewed it and I told you that it’s a good tablet but the price tag is not so comfortable. Well, at the moment HTC Flyer is only available in Wi-Fi version in USA and Sprint is gearing up to launch the 4G version which is known as EVO View 4G. Continue reading “HTC Flyer hitting T-Mobile USA?”

Airtel launches 3G Services in Jammu & Kashmir – Srinagar

Airtel has launched its 3G services in Jammu and Kashmir starting with it’s capital, Srinagar. They launched their 3G services in Karnataka, this January and later launched it in other states like Delhi, Bihar, Hyderabad, West Bengal and UP West. Continue reading “Airtel launches 3G Services in Jammu & Kashmir – Srinagar”

Droid Bionic redesigned version leaked, make you drool

Motorola Droid Bionic was announced back at CES 2011 along with Atrix 4G, and Bionic was headed to Verizon Wireless. But then Motorola decided redesign Droid Bionic, and launch it as a completely different device. We recently showed you some leaked shots of Motorola Targa, which is actually codename of redesigned Droid Bionic. Continue reading “Droid Bionic redesigned version leaked, make you drool”

AT&T offering Atrix 4G for $99 only with 2-yr contact

AT&T launched their first ever dual-core device which is known as Motorola Atrix 4G which is also Motorola’s first ever dual-core device and it’s available at AT&T from 4 months now. If you are currently looking forward to buy Atrix, then it is your lucky chance to get it right now because AT&T is offering the amazing device for only $99.99 with a 2-yr contract. Continue reading “AT&T offering Atrix 4G for $99 only with 2-yr contact”

T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide leaked, launch next month?

T-Mobile officially launched myTouch 4G last year, which is a good looking device and currently exclusive to T-Mobile in USA. Now it looks like T-Mobile and HTC are gearing up to launch the successor to myTouch 4G and it will be known as myTouch 4G Slide. Our friends over at BGR got their hands on some images of myTouch 4G Slide, which is codenamed as Doubleshot and it’s actually just like myTouch 4G in design, but the new addition is the QWERTY keyboard. Continue reading “T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide leaked, launch next month?”

Verizon Wireless officially announces Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G tablet

Samsung recently announced that they will launch their first ever 4G tablet this year and it looks like the time is here because Verizon Wireless officially announced Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G tablet. The tablet was announced back at MWC and after that, Samsung redesigned the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to take down its powerful rival known as Apple iPad2. Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 will run on Android 3.1 and Verizon is offering both 16 GB and 32 GB versions with 2-yr contact. If you want to get the 16GB version, then you have to pay $529.99 to get it with a 2-yr agreement or you can get 32 GB version for $629.99.

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HTC EVO 4G receiving Gingerbread on June 6th, manually from June 3rd

HTC EVO 4G is the world’s first ever 4G phone and its exclusive to Sprint in USA. It was launched last year and its Sprint’s one of the best selling phones. EVO 4G is currently running on Android 2.2 which is now consider as older version of Android and at the moment, Gingerbread a.k.a Android 2.3 is the new Android thing. Continue reading “HTC EVO 4G receiving Gingerbread on June 6th, manually from June 3rd”