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Vodafone Launches App Store In India, Crosses 10000 Downloads Already !

March 8, 2010 by bharath

Vodafone Essar India (earlier known as Hutchison Essar) has just announced that it’s newly launched mobile application store has crossed 10000 downloads.According to Vodafone, the app store service has been operational since Feb 15, 2010.

In an announcement dated 5th March 2010, the company has announced that the app store was initially launched on 15th February 2010, without any promotion or media release.Now after receiving relatively good number of downloads (10k downloads in 22 days), Vodafone has decided to reveal the world about the existence of its app store service in India.

The application store is available to customers through data enabled handsets. Customers can send a message APP to 111 (toll free) and also access the store through the portal Vodafone live! by clicking a link on the home page. Over 15% of applications are available free of charge while the majority of paid applications are priced in the range of Rs. 5 to Rs. 30.

So as you can see in the above excerpt, to access the app store, the users can simply type APP and send a message to 111 (toll free Vodafone no).The store has over 800 applications in the categories: Entertainment, Utility, Finance, Social Networking, Games, etc. consisting of both Indian and international apps as well.You can explore all the free available apps (around 15%) before you can buy paid applications which costs you from Rs 5 to Rs 30.

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)

Airtel Announces Unlimited National SMS Packs Across India

March 5, 2010 by bharath

Airtel which has enjoyed the monopoly over the Indian mobile services is now facing the stiffest competition from the other mobile operators who have slashed down rates and are coming up with innovative offers, thanks to the likes of Tata Docomo and others like Aircel.Even Reliance is pulling large number of mobile users through their “Simply Reliance” plans that offers cheaper national /roaming calls and SMS.

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Airtel seems to be working out on minimizing the users migration, and it is evident now as they have come up with the Unlimited National & Local SMS pack across India.

The only difference is that unlike Reliance, which is offering the uniform rates across all the states, Airtel is offering this service for different tariff rates for different states.

Airtel is promoting this offer big time through Television Ads with “3 Idiots” fame Sharman Joshi.

Check out this Airtel Unlimited SMS Pack page to find out the exact tariff for your circle (for prepaid subscribers).

Postpaid subscribers can enjoy this Unlimited National/Local SMS pack at a monthly rental of Rs. 99.SMS “UNLIMITED” to 121 to activate this SMS pack.

Note:

This is not actually fully unlimited offer, Fair usage policy applies to this, meaning that there may be limit on the number of SMSs that you send on any given day (ex: 500 SMS per day !)
The free SMS offer doesn’t work on the Customary/ Festival days (Blackout days), Airtel will charge Rs, 1 per local SMS, Rs 1.50 per national SMS on these days.

Download: Skype App For Nokia Symbian Phones [via Ovi Store]

March 4, 2010March 4, 2010 by bharath

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Nokia which has just announced Nokia 5230 Nuron for T-Mobile USA, has another important announcement to follow.Nokia in partnership with Skype, has announced Skype mobile application for Nokia’s Symbian phones via Ovi Store.

Skype in these Nokia Symbian phones works both on Wi-Fi , as well as through mobile data connection like 3G (also works on GPRS/EDGE, but 3G is recommended for Skype as it offers more bandwidth for better clarity).

If you are using any of the below supported Nokia models, you can point your browser to skype.com/m to download the application or alternatively you can use the links given below to get it downloaded to your PC.

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You can download Skype Nokia Symbian Application from either Ovi App store or from Skype website.

Ovi Store

Skype website

List of Nokia supported phone models:

Nokia 5530, Nokia 5320, Nokia 5800, Nokia 6210, Nokia 6220, Nokia E51, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E71, Nokia E72, Nokia E90, Nokia N78, Nokia N79, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8GB, Nokia N82, Nokia N85, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8GB, Nokia N96, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6

Nokia 5230 Nuron: Affordable 3G Smartphone With Touchscreen, Ovi Maps And More

March 3, 2010 by bharath

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Nokia has announced the availability of Nokia 5230 Nuron in USA through T-Mobile 3G.

The phone comes with great features like 3.2” inch touchscreen, pre-loaded Ovi Maps that offers free turn-by-turn navigation.In fact, Nokia Nuron is the first carrier-supported phone to be released with pre-loaded with free Ovi maps.

Review: Of course, like many of the recent phones from Nokia, this one also is modeled after Nokia 5800.The differences are , no Wi-Fi and just a 2 Megapixel camera in case of Nuron.No inclusion of these features mean a heavy price drop for Nokia Nuron, priced at $180.The 3G phone is worth a buy for it’s affordable price with 3G, touchscreen, A-GPS etc.

Nokia 5230 Nuron Picture:

Nokia 5230 Nuron Full Specifications/Features

Display	Size: 3.2 inch, Up to 16.7 million colours, Full touchscreen display
Camera	2 megapixel 3x digital zoom CMOS sensor Dedicated camera key
Video Recording	– U to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps (TV high quality), up to 640 x 352 pixels and up to 30 fps (widescreen quality), up to 320 x 240 pixels and up to 30 fps/15 fps (email high/normal quality), up to 176 x 144 and up to 15 fps (sharing quality) – Up to 4x digital zoom Formats: MP4, 3GP, MPEG4-SP & AVC, WMV9
Music	3.5 mm stereo headphone plug, Dedicated music keys, Nokia Music, formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+, WMA
Video Playback	Supported file formats: MPEG4-SP playback 30fps VGA, MPEG4-AVC playback 30fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD
Memory	4GB microSD memory card in-box, expandable up to 16 GB 70 MB internal dynamic memory
Connectors	Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 high speed, 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
Messaging	MMS, SMS, Email, Nokia Xpress audio messaging
Browsing/ Network	GPRS/EGPRS/EDGE 177/296 kbps (DL/UL), WCDMA 384/384 kbps (UL/DL) 3G: HSDPA Cat 6, Upto 3.6 Mbps
Software	S60, 5th Edition, Symbian OS version 9.4, FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)
Applications	JavaTM MIDP 2.0 Flash Lite 3.0 Ovi Maps 3.0 Nokia Music
Navigation	Integrated A-GPS, Ovi Maps 3.0 application

Price:

The price of Nokia 5230 Nuron is : $179.99 (U.S)

Price in India : Rs. 8,200 Approx.

You may also checkout our coverage of Nokia’s recent phones:

Nokia 5530 XpressMusic,

Nokia 2730 Classic 3G,

Nokia X6 16 GB Phone ,

Nokia 5233,

Nokia 6303i classic,

The phone would be available from end of March 2010 according to Nokia online store.

What do you feel about this phone? Let’s know through comments..

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.

Dell Mini 5 Tablet – The New Android Smart Phone

April 26, 2010February 28, 2010 by dennis

Dell is one of the leading computer manufacturers. It is planning to release its new tablet Dell Mini 5. The prototype of the tablet looks stylish, slim and is expected to be released later this year.

Dell Mini 5 is powered by a 1 GHz Snapdragon ARM microprocessor.The display is a full touchscreen which is 5 inches. It is equipped with two 5 megapixel dual-flash cameras. It supports 3G, Wifi, EDGE. This is a hybrid of tablet PC and a Smart phone. Some of the Known Main features are given below.

Specification:

Feature	Description
Processor	1Ghz Snapdragon ARM processor
Operating System Software	Android 1.6 Donut
RAM Memory	256 MB RAM, Extensible with micro SD Cards
Display	5 inches (13 cm), 480×854 Screen resolution
Touch Screen	Multi touch, touch buttons, pressure sensitive and extremely sensitive touch.
Camera	Two 5 megapixel dual-flash cameras
Network	3G, GSM, HSPA on WCDMA with EDGE
Connectivity	WiFi ,Bluetooth
GPS	Yes

Compare the size with iPhone

This is just the preview. A lot of features are hidden and we will come to know soon. This Hybrid concepts of Dell mini 5 will be released later this year and it is expected to cost at least $1000 (US Dollars) or Rs 46,000 (INR)

Update: Read about the leaked Dell Lightning

Plants vs Zombies Top-Selling Game for iPhone

February 27, 2010 by dennis

Plants vs. Zombies have created record in sales during the introductory period. It has been reported that in 9 Days $1 Million revenue has been collected from this game in Sales. Apple’s App Store have not sold any application as many as the Plants vs. Zombies Game for iPhone.

The game is published by PopCam Games. And according the publisher, the $2.99 mobile zombie-zapper is selling over 300,000 copies in just nine days. This is a new record for the App Store.

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Plants vs. Zombies is the latest major franchise of PopCam to make the jump to iPhone and iPhone has a great adaptation of the game. It is said that this popular computer game is even more fun on the smaller touch screen.

With the increasing popularity of the game, there also increases the piracy. If you search for free download for Plants vs. Zombies Games for iPhone in the internet, you can see many sites offering free download. And we have verified that most of the sites are fake and spam sites. So, please keep in this mind and go to the official site for Buying the game. This game cost you only $2.99.

To buy and download the game Click here.

Samsung Jet 2 Mobile Phone Specification

February 25, 2010 by dennis

Samsung Electronics has announced Jet series in India with the launch of Samsung Jet 2. It’s the same as original Jet but apparently with an “easy-to-use user interface of a conventional mobile phone” and provides consumers the benefits of advanced features of a smart phone.

The Jet 2 feature set remains the same with 800MHz applications processor, 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display (WVGA), Dolfin browser, DLNA compatibility, Media browser, one-finger zoom, FM Radio, SNS widgets and Smart Unlock. The phone runs on TouchWiz UI 2.0 but also features Motion UI and Media Gate 3D.

The full specifications and features has been described below.

Feature	Description
Network	2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
Display	AMOLED resistive touchscreen, 16M colors Size 3.1 inches, TouchWiz v2.0 UI, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Motion UI, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Memory	Internal 2GB / 8GB External microSD, up to 16GB
Connectivity	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP microUSB 2.0
Camera	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, wide dynamic range Video 720×48 30fps, QVGA
Processor	Qualcomm MSM6246, 800Mhz processor
Music	MP3/WMA/eAAC+/WAV player, Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
Battery	Li-Ion 1100 mAh Stand-by Up to 422 h (2G) / Up to 406 h (3G) Talk time Up 8 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
GPS	A-GPS support, Route 66
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Colors Available	Black, Mystic Purple

It has some more Smartphone features like Multi-tasking Manager, Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync®, Continuous Shot, Panorama Shot, Mosaic Shot, Frame Shot, Fast 3D Touch and Motion-Response Interface.

The price in India will be Rs 19500 (INR) according to Samsung Retailer.

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