May 2010

[While composing this, quite a bit of news got lost mid-way due to my carelessness / issue with Live Writer. So I write what I remember, so very less links will be seen here! Apologies to the 35.3 odd readers this blog has. for that. Yeah, this number is small but I assume them to be influential people in this industry, no? ] India News Tata Indicom is one of the recipients of the grants for Mobile Money projects. This is the project, in association with mChek! A service by Visa & Monitise is also being launched soon in India After 3G auctions, BWA auctions also seem to be going on successfully. Meanwhile, LTE forum says 4G is the future for India. Indeed, but when? White Blackberries are to be available in India soon. Is it not an oxymoron? Subscriber numbers go from strength to strength. 16.7 m added in April, taking the total to 638 m We got to forget MNP – It has been postponed to after 3G roll out! Looks like, the Defense Ministry might cause further delays in 3G roll out itself DoT is now trying to convince Home Ministry that the Chinese infra vendors are not all that bad Looks like the Yahoo-Nokia deal might have an unlikely player getting affected – MapMyIndia – who have a deal with Yahoo in India Not necessarily mobile – but important nevertheless – Google Translate now has Hindi also An insightful article on what the strategies of operators should be, post 3G auctions can be found here Mindtree, that acquired Kyocera’s India division recently, seems to be ready to launch its own handsets – thankfully, they are not looking for a B2C model Global News OLPC people too have gotten inspired by the iPad. It is going to be OTPC (not literally) from now – One Tablet Per Child. But the Chinese are so advanced – They have already released a clone as iPed While the world is envying Apple (now that they are the #1 tech co in the world, in terms of market cap), they are very afraid of Google. With the announcement of Google TV, the “hobby project” – Apple TV – is going to get serious and serious enhancements are expected soon Motorola’s iDEN project is still kicking and is getting launched in Latin America too After the SAP-Sybase merger, enterprise mobility space saw another merger : Trust Digital with McAfee An interesting experiment of a hotel using smartphones as keys – see here An insightful article on Android fragmentation is available here iPhone development can happen on Windows PCs too now – with DragonFire SDK

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Blackberry Storm 9500 is an advanced smart phone with all the important features that make it a tech savvy users cherished gadget. Blackberry Storm 9500 is equipped with interesting features, enhanced with upbeat style. The Blackberry Storm 9500 Key Features of Include: * 3.2 MP Camera * Media Player * Video Recording * BlackBerry Maps * BlackBerry OS as the operating system * Wireless Email * Organizer * Browser * Phone * Corporate Data Access * SMS/MMS * BlackBerry OS * Document editor * MP3/WMA/eAAC+ Player * MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV Player * Organizer * Voice dial/memo * GPS with A-GPS support * GSM Cellular Network * USB Connector * GPRS, EDGE, HSCSD and WAP Equipped with dimensions of 112.5x 62.2x 13.95 mm, the smart phone weighs 155 grams. Blackberry Storm 9500 has an impressive TFT LCD display which measures 3.25″ diagonally. The screen resolution is 480 x 360 pixels. It has Dynamic hardware brightness control for a very good user experience. Blackberry Storm 9500 is equipped with interesting camera and video recording features. Blackberry Storm 9500 incorporates Multimedia Player and BlackBerry App World. It has an inbuilt removable/rechargeable 1400 mAhr cryptographic Lithium cell which offers a talk time of 6h and stand by time of 15 days. Blackberry Storm 9500 has a stand-alone and assisted GPS support which is ideal to give your business a competitive advantage. Blackberry Storm 9500 has an inbuilt flash memory of 128MB which may be enhanced with the 1 GB Embedded Multimedia Card. Blackberry Storm 9500 offers easy navigation through the SurePress touch screen with features like portrait suretype and multitap, landscape QWERTY and portrait QWERTY options. The convenience keys include Send, End, Menu, Escape, Left/right (default voice activated dialing and camera), 2X Volume/Zoom, Power/Lock, Mute are the dedicated keys in the Blackberry Storm 9500. It is priced at Rs. 16,749 /-. The innovative styling, attractive build and user friendly features make the Blackberry Storm 9500 a great buy. By: Amrith K. A. Best Selling BlackBerry Mobile Phones in India: Blackberry Storm 9500 BlackBerry Curve 8520 BlackBerry Bold-9000 Related Books: The Magic Blackberry Blackberry in a Snap

G-fone G588 is dual Sim Gsm+cdma Qwerty keypad phone Price Rs.4800 Specifications Chipset MTK6225+QSC6010 • Band/Mode GSM:900/1800 + CDMA:800 • Dual Mode Dual standby • QWERTY Bar Type • Size(mm) : 112*62.5*12.2 • Weight : 105g • Battery : 1050mAh • Screen Size/Pixel 2.2″ QVGA 240*320 • System memory 128M bits NOR+64M bits