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iPhone in India through Airtel and Vodafone

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.

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Blackberry Bold

The BlackBerry® Bold™ smartphone embodies elegant design – without sacrificing the features or functionality you expect from a premium smartphone. Well this is the official statement in the BlackBerry Website. Well Bold turns out to be the official name of the device we have come to know as the 9000.

UPDATE : Blackberry Bold 9000 is available in India and Pricing information

FEATURES:

THE BLACKBERRY EXPERIENCE

No compromises. With email, phone, IM and the Internet, it can connect you. With an integrated organizer, it can help you stay on top of your day. With camera and video recording, you can capture and share the moment with just a few clicks. And that’s just the beginning.

FAST PERFORMANCE:

Do more — do it faster. Take advantage of the speeds available on the HSDPA network and the BlackBerry Bold smartphone’s 624-MHz processor. Multitask and prioritize with access to your voice and data services at the same time. Continue reading “Blackberry Bold”

Two New XpressMusic Handsets from Nokia

Nokia added two more devices to its range of XpressMusic handsets: the 5220 and the 5320 XpressMusic.

“Today’s additions to the XpressMusic range up the ante with new ways for consumers to access their media, as well as interact and share content with friends and communities anytime, anywhere,” said Jo Harlow, Vice President, LIVE category, Nokia.

5220 Nokia XpressMusic

The Nokia 5220 XpressMusic has a bit of a lopsided designthat has a built-in lanyard making it easy to carry around.

Features and Specs:

• Dedicated XpressMusic keys
• 3.5mm audio jack
• External memory microSD
• 2 Megapixel camera
• FM radio
• Compatible with Nokia Music Store

Price:

Rs 10,200 approximately

5320 Nokia XpressMusic

A handset that has 3G social entertainment capabilities with Web 2.0 access.

Features and Specs:

• Say and Play feature
• Dedicated music keys
• 3.5mm audio jack
• Up to 24 hours of playback time
• 2 megapixel camera
• FM radio
• Nokia Music Store compatibility
• Extendable memory up to 8GB
• HS-USB for fast music transfer
• HSDPA
• Internet browser
• Access to Ovi
• Nokia Search 4.1
• N-Gage gaming in the landscape mode

Price:

Rs 13,980 approximately bsefore taxes and subsidies.

Airtel launching 3G services in India

After the Indian government gave green flag to launching 3G services in India, Airtel has taken this story further. The company will be launching 3G services soon. Airtel has recently tested 3G applications with various suppliers and will be soon launching 3G services in India. Initially the company will be launching these services in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore cause these are the 2 places where Airtel has testes their 3G applications, reports Economic Times. The DoT will be allotting 3G spectrum to various mobile service players in India and Airtel will be taking good advantage of this opportunity. Airtel has also partnered with SingTel who has experience is offering 3G services. By the way, many countries have started adopting 4G when India is on its way to embrace 3G but I am sure that India will catch up soon.

HTC TyTN II launched in India

HTC TyTN II A new launch..and a hi-fi handset by a pioneering company.

Phew! It’s a high-speed HSDPA handset with a built-in GPS for personal navigation and an adjustable screen angle….just what we needed? Surely!

Specs and features at a glance:

• 2.8-inch colour screen
• QWERTY keyboard
• Tri-band UMTS
• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• 3.5G high speed internet
• HSDPA and WiFi 802.11b/g
• Word Mobile
• Excel Mobile
• PowerPoint Mobile
• Contacts, calendar
• Push e-mail, notes, tasks
• PDF viewer
• Business card scanner
• MapKing R12 Continue reading “HTC TyTN II launched in India”

More Mobile offerings at Mobile Asia 2008 from Samsung – F490, SGH i550, SGH i780, F250, J210, SGH i450 and D880

Its party time for all Samsung phone fans in India . They recently unleashed more phones at Mobile Asia 2008 Samsung – F490, SGH i550, SGH i780, F250, J210, SGH i450 and D880

F490

A multimedia phone with a 3.2-inch TFT screen with a complete touch user interface, a 5MP camera and HSDPA connectivity with killer good looks and svelte lines.

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Samsung showing at Mobile Asia 2008 – Soul, Metal series, SGH G800, Serenata, Armani

Samsung showed off a lot of handsets from their platter, from lifestyle phones, to basic and low-end handsets at the Mobile Asia 2008

Samsung Soul

A slim, lightweight, stylish phone with features that adapt to the user depending on the application, the Soul is pure eye candy. With Magic Touch by DaCP, navigation indicators on the keypad change according to the user’s needs.

This 3G handset is equipped with professional photographic functions including a 5MP camera. It features music library navigation and a digital power amplifier.

Measurements of the Samsung Soul are 105.9×49.5×12.9mm. Continue reading “Samsung showing at Mobile Asia 2008 – Soul, Metal series, SGH G800, Serenata, Armani”

Nokia shows N96, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 3120 classic at Mobile Asia 2008

At the Mobile Asia 2008 showing, Nokia displayed most of its superb GPS handsets.

Nokia N96

Touted to be the successor of Nokia N95, N96 is a slider phone with 16GB storage and the option to further enhance it with a MicroSD slot as well!!!

For more details on the handset, read Fonearena’s coverage here.

There is no word on how much the handset will cost in India. The European price is Euros 550, i.e. Rs 33,700 approx. Read on for more .. Seems like Nokia demoed most of its last month’s Barcelona launches here ! Continue reading “Nokia shows N96, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 3120 classic at Mobile Asia 2008”

Samsung L770

Stylish? Yes. But somehow lacks zing. Almost all Samsung Slider phones have a similar look and the L770 is also devoid of an original or creative look.

Specs and features:

• GSM 900/1800/1900
• HSDPA 2100
• 102 x 48 x 14.2 mm
• Weight 93 grams
• TFT 256K colours Continue reading “Samsung L770”

LG KF700 for the all round web experience

A fully loaded handset with a web browser integrating Google Search, Gmail, Maps and YouTube, the LG KF700 unveiled at the MWC 2008 is an HSDPA phone that also makes video calls possible.

The USP in the words of LGE’s Press Release – “The world’s first phone with three separate input methods, the LG-KF700 itegrates a 3-inch touchscreen, alpha-numeric keypad and Shortcut Dial. Each of these input methods is assigned to the tasks at which it is most efficient, making LG’s highly intuitive interface possible. With its user-optimized navigation, all of the phone’s functions and features are instantly accessible.”

Specs and features include:

• Triband
• 3 MP camera with auto focus
• MP3 player
• MPEG 4 video player
• Bluetooth
• MicroSD expandable memory
• 3 inch 262 K colour touch screen
• 240X480 pixels

The handset will be available in markets around Europe by April 2008

Video calls with the Nokia 3120 classic

Nokia 3120 classic is a 3G device that offers video calls, web browsing, music downloads and email.

Features:

• Intuitive user interface, large tactile keypad, a great quality 2” QVGA display
• 2 megapixel camera with flash, as well as a video conference camera

Its a highly upgraded version of the immensely popular Nokia 3120

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Nokia launches Fashion Phone 7900 Crystal Prism

Nokia is on a mobile phone launch spree. Sometime back the company said that they will be launching 30 new phones in 2008; it seems that they were pretty serious about that. Yesterday they launched 2 phones for the budget minded and now today Nokia launched Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism , new addition to Nokia’s prism collection. Continue reading “Nokia launches Fashion Phone 7900 Crystal Prism”

Nokia 5610 Approved by FCC

FCC has approved Nokia’s 3G music Phone Nokia 5610 Xpress music. Here is the FCC Document for this handset. Now one more adds up to Nokia’s line of Xpress Music phones. Nokia 5610 Xpress Music phone is a 3G Slider. Continue reading “Nokia 5610 Approved by FCC”

ASUS P750 PDA launched in India

ASUS P750 PDA has been launched in India. One more smart phone release and this one is, at first glance, quite plain looking.

The handset is a complete business applications and connectivity set that will allow users to carry their office communication device in their palms.

Specs at a glance:

• Weight 5.1 oz
• Dimensions 4.4 x 2.3 x 0.7 inches
• TFT Display 2.8 inches
• 64 MB RAM
• Windows Mobile 6 Professional

Features:

• HSDPA3.6Mbps
• Bluetooth V2.0+ EDR
• WiFi
• USB 1.1
• Triband GSM (GSM 900/1800/1900)
• 3.5G high speed network coverage
• Built-in GPS antenna
• 3.2 Megapixel Camera
• Autofocus
• Recordable Image Formats: JPG
• Camcorder: 320x240pixel , 15frame/sec
• Recordable Video Formats: 3GPP, MPEG4
• Touch Screen Continue reading “ASUS P750 PDA launched in India”

Sony Ericsson W960i Official launch

The handset has been in the market for more than a month. But Sony Ericsson launched it officially a few days ago.

So what is the Sony Ericsson W960i?

It is a walkman phone with 160 MB phone memory that can store about 25 hours of music listening time. It has an 8GB in-built flash memory that can sore an astounding 8000 songs. A touch phone that has a super screen to watch videos or browse the Web.

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