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Indian Mobile Company Launches ‘AAA’ Battery Based Mobile Phone Handset

March 5, 2010 by bharath

An Indian mobile handset manufacturing company ‘Olive Telecommunications’ has come up with an innovative idea of including most commonly used ‘AAA’ size batteries in the mobile handsets.

Gurgaon based Olive telecommunications has said while launching the model FrvrOn (= forever on) that this product is will come handy for those residing in rural areas that are having erratic power supply. The specially mobile handset as you can see in the picture, will have a provision for inserting an ‘AAA’ battery besides conventional Lithium-ion battery on the rare side.This is a dual powered phone.

"With our phone, all one needs to do is pack a few extra cells (batteries) if one is travelling in areas where one expects power supply disruptions."

AAA battery powered mobile handset

Mobile Handset Details:

Brand name: Olive Telecommunications

Handset model: FrvrOn

Battery backup : 3 hours (Li-ion) + 1 Hour (AAA battery emergency back up)

Price: Rs. 1699 INR ($ 35)

This is interesting.We need to see how other mobile phone manufactures will take out of this.Using ‘AAA’ batteries may not provide the longer talk time but definitely will reduce the hazards of conventional Li-ion batteries bursting.

Via Yahoo News(AFP)

Motorola QUENCH/CLIQ XT With MOTOBLUR Android Smart Phone

March 17, 2010March 2, 2010 by dennis

Motorola QUENCH with MOTOBLUR Smart Phone features with a full virtual QWERTY and front navigation touch pad. It has a 3.1 inch display and SWYPE technology for easy text input.

MOTOBLUR is Motorola’s new service created to make phones more personal and socially smart using Android. With MOTOBLUR you can sync contacts, posts, messages, photos and much more from Facebook®, MySpace, Twitter®, Gmail™ and many more.

Motorola QUENCH with MOTOBLUR will be known as CLIQ XT with MOTOBLUR in the United States(US). A detailed description of the specifications are given below.

Full Specs:

Feature	Description
Operating System	Android™ 1.5
Camera	5 MP DIGITAL ZOOM LED Flash and Auto Focus
Network	WCDMA 850/1900/2100 (for Global) WCDMA 900/1700/2100 (for US), GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE Class 12, GPRS Class 12
Battery and Life	1420 mAh Li Ion, 6.5 hours Talk time , 13.5 days Standby time
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.0, 3.5mm Audio Jack, Micro USB 2.0, Wi-Fi
Display	3.1 inch display 320 x 480 pixels (w x h), 65k TFT
Music	AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, AMR NB, MIDI, MP3, WAV, WMA v9
Video	Playback – H.264, H.263, MPEG at 24fps at HVGA resolution; Capture – H.263, MPEG at 24fps at HVGA resolution
Memory	Removable Micro SD card (included); Supports Up To 32GB MicroSD
Additional Feature	MOTOBLUR (content delivery service) aggregates Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Gmail; Syncs your work contacts, email and calendar
Location Service	aGPS, Turn by Turn directions, Google Maps, E-Compass
Input Type	Touch Screen, Virtual Keyboard, Android and SWYPE keyboards, Voice Commands
Weight and Dimension	123.5g, 59.4mm x 116.7mm x 12.3mm
Noise Reduction	Dual microphones and noise cancellation technology

Motorola QUENCH is also equipped with the new noise cancellation technology using dual microphone and mute call button facility.

Motorola QUENCH is expected to be released in the market next month.Price is not yet revealed. But the expected price is around $129 USD.

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Phone Features

February 23, 2010 by bharath

Well, looks like Nokia has been cashing in on the success of Nokia 5800 big time.I’m talking about the new model Nokia 5530 XpressMusic on the lines of Nokia 5800, Nokia 5230 & Nokia 5233.

Off late, Nokia has been just shuffling the features of Nokia 5800 to make it more affordable to the mid range mobile users.

And yeah, Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is another XpressMusic phone with touchscreen, 3.15 MP camera, great music player, Wi-Fi and what not.Weighs 107g, 2 geams lesser than the Nokia 5800.

The cons of the phone are lack of 3G and GPS.The phone was launched in August 2009 but is hardly found in stores.

nokia 5530 xpressmusic picture

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Full Specifications

Weight & Dimensions	Dimensions: 104.0 x 49 x 13 mm Weight: 107 g
Touch screen	Touch screen with pen or finger input – Full screen QWERTY – Alphanumeric keypad – Handwriting
Display	Size: 2.9″ Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels Up to 16.7 million colours AFFS technology
Battery Power (BL-4U)	Talk time: up to 4 h 54 min (GSM) Standby time: up to 351 h (GSM) Video playback time: up to 3 h 45 min (QCIF, 15 fps) Music playback time: up to 27 h
Camera	3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels) 4x digital zoom Autofocus LED flash (On, off, automatic, red-eye reduction)
Video recording	Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels (VGA) and up to 30 fps Up to 4x digital video zoom Video recording file formats: .mp4, .3gp
Music	Nokia music player Playback file formats: .mp3, SpMidi, AAC AAC+, eAAC+, WMA. MTP support Stereo FM radio 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
Memory	microSD memory card slot with hot swap, up to 16 GB (4 GB memory card included) 70 MB internal user memory
Connectors	Micro-USB connector 3.5 mm stereo headphone plug
Connectivity	Bluetooth version 2.0 (A2DP & AVRCP) MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support 3G: NO WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Software	S60 5th Edition, Symbian OS v9.4
Applications	Nokia Music Player, Nokia Music Store, Nokia Email, FM Radio, Flash Lite 2.0 Launchers:- Friendster – Hi5 – Facebook – MySpace – Amazon – YouTube
Colours	– Black with red accents – White with blue accents – White with yellow accents – Black with grey accents – White with pink accents

Nokia 5530 Price review:

US – $219.00

UK – £185.00

India – Rs.11,700 INR

Nokia 5530 Xpress Music Pictures:

Meebo IM App For iPhone Now Available

February 20, 2010 by dennis

Instant Messaging or IM apps are now targeting mobile devices. For those who want the convenience of instant messaging from any computer equipped with a Web browser, there’s Meebo. Now, Meebo can be installed in an iPhone or iPod touch increasing the mobility of the app and providing more convenience to the lazy users like us.

Meebo supports AIM, Yahoo, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk, Facebook, MySpace and 100 other networks. It can be installed in iPhone OS 3.0 or later, iPod Touch and iPad.

The features like landscape mode and the ability to add Away messages make using Meebo on the iPhone are convenient and joyful.

Some of the notable features are:

Multiprotocol support, including AIM, Google Talk, Facebook, Yahoo, Windows Live, MySpace, and many more.
Push notifications, which automatically activates when you close the app without signing out.
Conversation logging on Meebo’s servers and it is associated with your Meebo account.
Notifications, away messages, message copying, landscape mode, swiping between chat etc.

You can download this Meebo application from your iTunes. For more information please visit:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meebo/id351727311

Puma Launches Eco Friendly Phone With Live Sports Feed

February 18, 2010 by dennis

PUMA and Sagem Wireless has unveiled the PUMA Phone at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2010 (MWC). This is an eco-friendly phone that can be charged from the energy of the Sun. Above this, another exciting feature is that it will deliver Live Sports feed through the LIVE SPORT NEWS service from Agence France Presse (AFP) .

Some of the attractive features include GPS bike speedometer and run tracker, a pedometer, an analogue stopwatch and a yachting compass, along with the back solar panel for Earth-friendly battery charging.

The back side is a Solar Panel For eco friendly charging

This 3G phone has featured new stuffs which are kind of sporty and attractive. Some of the exciting features are given below:

Feature	Description
Eco-Friendly	Integrated solar cell with charge indicator in the back of the phone
Sporty Features	– Analogue stopwatch – GPS run tracker – GPS bike speedo – Pedometer – Yachting compass – Location on map – Geotagging – AGPS
Display	2.8” full touch screen tablet, Resolution 240 x 320 TFT Screen, wide viewing angle
Battery	Li-Ion 880 mAh, Standby time 350 hours Talk time: 3G mode: 4 hours 2G mode: 5 hours
Camera	Dual Camera. Main: 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash Video chat with front camera
Music	Music player which supports wide range of formats, FM radio
Connectivity	W-CDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1 and USB 2.0, 3.5 mm audio jack, HSUPA Cat. 4 (up to 2.9 Mbps) HSDPA Cat. 8 (up to 7.2 Mbps)
Memory card	microSD
Accessories	Eco friendly Box with which the phone and its accessories can be carried

The LIVE SPORT NEWS content from AFP will be available through the PUMA WORLD portal from May 2010. The PUMA PHONE will be available through mobile network operators across greater Europe and on PUMA online store from April 2010, following the international markets like India, Japan, China, USA, Canada.

If you want to see the detailed features of the phone, please see the document from the official website pumaphone.com given below:

Click Here PUMA PHONE TECH SHEET.PDF

The price of this phone has not been announced yet. Once the price is announced, we will update it as soon as possible.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Announced

April 17, 2011February 17, 2010 by dennis

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro has been announced. Both are smart phones with 5-megapixel Autofocus Camera, full touchscreen and a lot more. Both of the smart phones runs on a 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor and Android 1.6 operating system. The Pro Version comes with full Qwerty keypad.

XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro

Both of the sister models are almost of same specification and design. let us see the specification and features of the phones.

XPERIA X10 Mini Pro XPERIA X10 Mini

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Features:

Features	Description
Camera	5 megapixel,Flash, Auto focus, Geo tagging, Video recording
Connectivity	3.5 mm audio jack, aGPS, Bluetooth™ Technology, Synchronisation, USB mass storage, WiFi™
Design	Touchscreen, Auto rotate, QWERTY keyboard(in Pro Only)
Messaging	Conversations, Email, Exchange ActiveSync®, Instant messaging, Predictive text input, Text messaging (SMS), Picture messaging (MMS)
Memory	Phone memory Up to128MB, SanDisk microSD™ (up to 16GB)
Entertainment	Radio – FM radio with RDS, 3D games, Facebook™ application, Walk Mate, Video streaming, YouTube™
Music	MP3, AAC, Album art, PlayNow™, Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Processor	600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor
Operating System	Google Android 1.6™
Screen	16,777,216 color TFT touchscreen, 2.55 inches, 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA), Scratch-resistant
Available Colors	Xperia™ X10 Mini: Black, Pearl White, Lime, Pink, Red, Silver Xperia™ X10 mini pro: Black, Red
Battery	Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 4 hours Standby time: GSM/GPRS: Up to 285hrs

This phone will be available in almost all continents. It will be released early in certain countries like USA, Canada, UK, France, India, China, Japan etc. due to high demand of the model.

The official price of both the models has not been announced. We will update the price as soon as it is known.

But Wall Street Journal Reported on NOVEMBER 18, 2009 that it may cost $879 or 6,000 Swedish kronor or around Rs 40000 INR . But it may cost lesser than this expected price.

Update on Price: Sony Ericcson Xperia X10 Mini is available in India @ Rs. 15,000 INR.

Nokia 2730 Classic 3G: The Cheapest Nokia 3G Phone

February 12, 2010February 11, 2010 by bharath

Nokia has revamped it’s low cost mobile model Nokia 2730 Classic with adding 3G to it.With this, Nokia 2730 Classic 3G becomes the cheapest Nokia 3G model mobile phone available in the market.Nokia just re-launched this version in India.

Check out Nokia 2730 Classic Pictures and Specifications:

nokia-2730-classic

The price of Nokia 2730 Classic in India is Rs. 4499 INR and in UK it’s £89.00

Specifications:

Size	109.6 x 46.9 x 14.4 mm
Weight	87.7 g (with battery)
Display	-Size: 2.0″-Resolution: 320 x 240 pixel (QVGA) -Up to 262,144 colours
Input	Numeric keypad
Memory	30 MB internal dynamic memory microSD memory card slot with hot swap, max. 2 GB
Operating system	Series 40
Talk time	– GSM 3 h 50 min – WCDMA 3 h 30 min (Ectel)
Standby Time	– GSM 340 h – WCDMA 430 h (Ectel)
Camera	-2 megapixel camera-4x digital zoom
Connectivity	Bluetooth 2.0MicroUSB connector, USB 2.0 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
Colours	– Black – Dark Magenta

Just review the above features and you can easily conclude that this may be the cheapest phone in the market with good features like an 2MP cam, 3G, Music player etc.That too at 4,500 INR, it’s worth the deal if you are looking to buy a phone in the range Rs. 4,000 to 5,000 INR.BTW, it costs Rs. 2000 more than the non-3G version of the same model Nokia 2730 Classic.

Nokia X6 16 GB Phone Price Announced

February 9, 2010February 9, 2010 by bharath

Nokia announced the new touch screen model Nokia X6 in January 2010 with lots of features.Nokia didn’t announce the official price of Nokia X6 when it was released, now Nokia has officially announced the price of 16GB version of Nokia X6 on it’s UK website.Nokia X6 16 GB doesn’t come with music subscriptions as opposed to other versions of the same model.

Have a look at the specifications of Nokia X6 16 GB:

Review Specifications:

Size	111.0 x 51.0 x 13.8 mm
Weight	122 g
Display	Size: 3.2" Up to 16.7 million colours 640 x 360 pixels (nHD)
Input	Finger-operated touch screen
Memory	16 GB internal memory
Operating system	Symbian OS version 9.4 S60 5th Edition
Talk time	– GSM 8 hr 30 min – WCDMA 6 hrs
Standby Time	– GSM 401 h – WCDMA 420 h
Music playback time (maximum)	35 Hrs
Camera	5.0 megapixel AF camera (2592 x 1944 pixels)Carl Zeiss optics 4x digital zoom Autofocus Dual LED flash
Connectivity	3.5 mm audio jackA-GPS Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate Micro USB connector for USB 2.0 High Speed to PC MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support TV out (PAL) Wi-Fi
Colours	Black White/Pink

Price: Nokia X6 16GB Official price : £299.00

Price in India: Around 22,000 INR- 23,000 INR

Nokia X6 Pictures:

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You may also see the Sony Ericsson Aspen features

Sony Ericsson Aspen (GreenHeart) Launched

September 7, 2010February 2, 2010 by bharath

Sony Ericsson has today officially announced the launch of Sony Ericsson Aspen, Windows Mobile 6.5.3 powered Smartphone.

This is the latest addition to Sony Ericsson’s GreenHeart™ portfolio (focusing on reducing the impact of the mobile phones on the environment).And also this is the first SE Windows Mobile powered handset to include a ‘front facing’ QWERTY keyboard (like Nokia E72 and BlackBerry devices).

“Sony Ericsson Aspen™ is the business phone with a conscience, perfect for any consumer or company who want to make a green choice in their daily work life.” Said Quentin Cordier, Global Marketing Manager, Sony Ericsson. “An affordable GreenHeart™ phone with the latest version of Windows Phone, the Sony Ericsson Aspen™ has a rich user interface and powerful productivity tools. But it’s not all about work, stay in touch with the fun parts of life with Media Browser and PlayNow ™, with simple access to social networks and quick and easy access to media files. Find the fun with a-GPS, Google Maps™ and snap pictures with the 3.2megapixel camera.”

Aspen supports quad-band GSM/EDGE with either HSPA 900/2100 or 850/900/2100 radios, it has Wi-Fi (and of course Bluetooth).Aspen also has a built-in A-GPS support and comes with Google Maps for navigational purposes.Human curvature design makes it to fit into the palm of the hand.

SE Aspen is scheduled to be available in the markets in 2010 Q2.Specifications of Aspen are listed out in the table below.

Specifications:

Size	117 x 60 x 12.45 mm
Weight	130 grams
Memory card support	SanDisk microSD™, up to 16 GB
Operating system	Windows Mobile® 6.5.3
Talk time GSM/GPRS	Up to 10 hours
Camera	3.2 megapixel camera4x digital zoom Multishot Self timer Smart contrast
Connectivity	3.5 mm audio jackA-GPS Bluetooth™ technology Google Maps™ Micro USB connector Modem Synchronisation USB mass storage support USB support Wi-Fi™
Screen	65,536 colour TFT2.4 inches 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA)
Colours	Iconic BlackWhite Silver

Sony Ericsson Aspen Pics:

More Pictures:Link

Price And Availability:

Sony Ericsson Aspen is released and is available in markets worldwide at $325 (e-bay) and is priced at Rs. 14,999 INR in India.