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Lava launches Holi special handset, the KKT 35

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On the occasion of Holi festival, Lava has launched a new handset KKT 35 along with a new application. The new handset to host the application known as “Color Matcher”, which enables the user to pick up any colour as background and can put it in home screen as wallpaper.

Commenting on the launch, Sunil Raina, chief marketing officer, LAVA International, said, “We understand that colours are a way of expressing ones personality and attitude. Normally consumer has a limited choice of selecting colours in a phone .With Color Matcher now you can pick up any colour which excites you.”

KKT 35 is perfect for color maniacs. The dual phone comes in a metallic and super slim body which adds to its exquisite looks.

It supports multiple format video players, which enables to play videos&#151 AVI, MP4, and 3GP. It has a wide 2.4 inch TFT screen. digital camera.

Its other features include Chat style SMS, Mobile tracker, conversation recording, Support, web camera, answering machine, FM radio, games, and 3.5 mm audio jack.

It also features excellent powerful 1400mAh battery that would enable the users to talk up to nine hours.

The company has hoped that the new handset will attract the young urban youth.

The phone is avialble at all retails stores for Rs 3,950.

Vodafone launches 3G services in UP

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Vodafone has launched its services in Uttar Pradesh, with Lucknow and Kanpur to begin with followed by Allahabad and Varanasi in the next two months. Remaining cities of UP will be covered in due course.

Vodafone will offer internet access at speeds up to 21.1 Mbps. It will offer various data plans starting from Rs 100 for 100MB to Rs 1250 for 5GB. Other goodies like free and will also be given.

For purpose users can pay Rs 650 for 1GB and 1250 for 5GB of data, users also have option to buy long duration packs like in Rs 6250 you get 5 per month for six months. No unlimited plan has been launched but 5GB should be sufficient for most use cases.

Currently, customers in east Uttar Pradesh will have access to Vodafone 3G services at no additional cost.

Vodafone is one of the last players to roll put its 3G services, Tata Docomo and Reliance communication were the first to launch 3G services in December in the country.

Airtel and Aircel have also launched services recently and are fast ramping up with several launches in the last couple of week. Idea cellular and Stel are the only remaining service providers who have not launched the service so far.

Tata DoCoMo launches 3G services in Ahmedabad and Baroda

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Tata Docomo, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices, has launched its services in Ahmedabad and Baroda. With this, Tata Docomo completes the phase I launch of its 3G services which is now available in 17 cities across Gujarat.

Tata Docomo was the first operator to roll out 3G services in the country including Gujarat in November 2010.

Tata DOCOMO’s 3G services are available in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Godhra, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Junagarh, Nadiad, Anand, Vapi, Valsad, Bharuch, Ankleshwar, Amreli, and Gandhidham.

“Our 3G services have received a phenomenal response from customers across Gujarat till date and today, we launch our 3G services in Ahmedabad and Baroda. While 3G as the next-generation of mobility, brings with it better voice clarity through Voice, fewer call-drops and high-speed Internet access,” Nipun Sharma, chief operating officer, Gujarat, Tata Docomo said.

“Our customers can now access 3G services both on pre-paid and post-paid platforms with the combination of various plans available on voice and data. These services will enable richer communication through video calls and video SMSs, mobile Internet,” he added.

Tata Docomo, offers plans under Small Screen and Large Screen categories. Small Screen plan works best for those mobile phone users who need both 3G voice and data connectivity, while the Large Screen plan is for those customers who want to use 3G services to access the Internet on their laptops, PCs and Tablets.

Small Screen Plan starts from Rs 11 to Rs 2,001 offering 10MB to 15GB of data usage. Priced between Rs 350 to Rs 2,000, the Smart Life Plans on pre-paid comes bundled with data usage and talk time. For large screen plans customer has option of unlimited packs starting Rs 1000.

Docomo also offers Video Calling, Mobile TV, Live Darshan / Aarti. 3G plans for a full month starts at Rs 90.

Tata Docomo 3G E stick (wireless data card) with Large Screen Plans is available in three different formats 3.6 Mbps, 7.2 Mbps, and 21.1 capable sticks priced at Rs 1699, Rs 1999 and Rs 4,200 respectively. It can be activated with the first recharge of Rs 109/- which comes bundled with 5GB data free for the period of one month.

Micromax M2

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Continuing with its innovations, Micromax has now launched the new M2 handset.
M2 is a dual phone with a music bias.

From the first look itself it reminds of the Apple iPod, and being a dedicated music phone it justifies it also to some extent.

The M2 features an industry first ‘click wheel’, which is a mechanism similar to the one found on the iPod used for navigation by both motion touch and click. The 2 inch display has a QGVA resolution, while the M2 features a camera as well.

It sports a multi format MP3/Video player and a 2GB on board memory for storage. The saddest part is that the memory is non expandable, which means you will have to stick to 2GB for life or you can wait for Micromax to launch another version maybe a M3. The connectivity is standard with a 3.5 mm headset jack.

The phone comes with bundled full sized adjustable headphones probably to justify its price of Rs 4,500.

It does come with a handsfree kit too. The phone’s sound output is SRS wow certified, so music quality is expected to be better. The battery is an 850 lithium ion battery pack, which should ideally power it for 1-2 days of music and calling, but not on the bigger headphones.

Idea launches mobile banking service

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Idea cellular has launched a mobile banking service called ‘Idea MyCash’, which is powered by Axis Bank to offer basic banking services including money transfer, using the mobile platform.

Axis bank and idea cellular has signed a MoU last December to offer financial products and services offered by the Bank through the mobile operator’s retail outlets.

Under this service idea cellular retailers will act as business correspondent of the Axis bank and will help the users open no frills bank account.

Users will also be able to deposit and withdraw money from their account through these retailers.

“Axis Bank in association with IDEA Cellular is offering a branchless banking solution that provides the elements of security, access and convenience in a cost effective manner. This association in a larger context enables the Bank to undertake financial inclusion by providing a host of financial inclusion products and services through the IDEA mobile platform and offered through select IDEA retail outlets” Shikha Sharma, managing director and chief operating officer of Axis Bank said.

“Idea MyCash, in association with Axis Bank, will ride on our deep rooted network to make banking services accessible to millions of Indians and include them in the economic development through financial inclusion” Sanjeev Aga, Managing Director, Idea Cellular commented.

Similar services have been launched by ICICI bank and SBI in partnership with operators like Vodafone and Airtel.

App Review: Shoot and Tag

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Only a handful of applications are fortunate enough to be endorsed by Nokia and even a fewer are added in its beta labs. The latest addition to the Nokia Beta labs is the Shoot and Tag application.

The application while recording a video automatically splits it in various bits or chapters so that the next time you need not to go through the whole video to look at a particular part of the video.

The does it through a software that automatically detects change in the subject during video recording.

For example, while shooting a natural scenery you shift to your kid doing something strange, so the shoot and tag application will detect the change in the subject and will tag the video and make a separate chapter out of it, with the new subject in its thumbnail preview.

Using this app, users can record short as well as longer videos depending on the capacity of their device. There is no limitation of size with this application.

However, this application does not allow the hardware button to be used for the video recording, so if you have a habit of using the hardware button for video recording you might have to struggle a bit with it.

Pricing and availability completely depends of Nokia and their liking or disliking of this application. As of now the application seems promising and can be downloaded from the Nokia Beta Labs or by visiting the following link https://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-shoot-and-tag.

Top phones for senior citizens

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Top phones for senior citizens

Although a high camera, faster performance, high resolution displays and multimedia are becoming key identifiers of a good mobile phone; these features are nothing more than a nuisance for some, especially elders.

With age our eyesight and hearing weaken. For old people, using a normal mobile phone is quite a task in itself. So rather than let the elderly struggle with cell phones, we have identified some mobile phones that are specifically designed for them.

iBall Aasan

The iBall Aasan might look like a funny little mobile phone but for senior people it is nothing short of a boon. Its extra large back-lit keys and large but simple display are very easy on the eye.

The design of this phone is such that it fits easily in the palm and does not cause any discomfort while holding. The shortcut keys are placed on the side for easy access and include buttons for torch and wireless FM radio.

The phone features a loudspeaker and the earpiece is tuned at a louder volume as compared to most other mobile phones. One of the remarkable features of this device is its SOS feature. This emergency feature allows the user to send a pre-recorded emergency message to five preset numbers at the touch of a button. After that the phone calls the numbers one after another until a call is answered, if not the phone repeats the loop three times.

It is priced at Rs 3,500.

Skymoon D1201

You might have not heard about this manufacturer but you will find its phones in the market soon. The D1201 is a small mobile phone but with a big keypad and a 1.7 inch display, for easy readability and operation.

This phone also features a flashlight and wireless FM. There are shortcut keys located on the sides that can be used to access FM and the torch, and to control the volume.

The design of this phone is quite similar to that of the iBall Aasan.

It is priced at Rs 1,500.

Other cell phones that provide great functionality for senior people are available only in the international market. However, people in India can buy them through channels such as Ebay Global. Two of such phones are mentioned below.

Samsung Jitterbug

Even though senior people like simplicity and prefer functionality over design, Samsung has dared to provide the first clam-shell cell phone for them.

The keypad is big with backlit keys that make readability better in both bright as well as dark light conditions. The phone features dual displays, with large character size and powerful speakers that make listening to calls possible in both noisy and quiet environments.

It is priced at Rs 3,700.

Just 5

When it comes to mobiles for seniors, all phones feature a big keypad and big character display. The major benefit of this phone is the emergency response feature, but in India you won’t be able to use it.

Here you will be using it as a basic phone with loudspeaker, wireless radio, and flashlight &#151 all standard features found on such devices.

It costs about Rs 4,500.

Olivepad 2 by month end

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Olive Telecom, which was the first company to introduce a tablet computer in India, is bringing out a new version of its Olivepad in a bigger, better avatar.

The tablet, the name of which is not known yet (though it may be called Olivepad 2,) will be available in India within the next 15 days.

According to sources it is expected to use a 10.1 inch screen, and the latest Android, version 3.0.

It comes on the heels of the launch of iPad 2 by Apple, which, however, is yet to arrive in India.

Olive is also working on a new user interface, which will give the tablet a distinct look and feel. This is a new move as the current Olivepad uses standard with no tweaks.

On the pricing front, while iPad 2 costs the same price as iPad 1, the new Olivepad will be about Rs 5,000 more expensive than the original edition.

Going by the market trend, the new tablet is expected to have a 1 GHz processor. 3G, front and rear cameras, and Wifi connectivity are given, as even the current model has these features.

Olive’s products have always been feature rich and since Samsung Galaxy Tab is only slightly more expensive than the new Olivepad, Olive will definitely ensure that its tablet has better specifications than GalaxyTab.

Samsung is also ready to announce the upgrade of Galaxy Tab and it will be interesting to watch how Samsung prices it.

The other reason that should cause Olive some worry is that iPad is now available in the market and prices start at just above Rs 30,000. Though for similar specifications to Olivepad you will need to shell out almost Rs 40,000.

BlackBerry Messenger might allow chat with Gtalk friends

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To woo non business users, BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) may soon allow people to chat with friends using other messenger clients such as Gtalk and Yahoo Messenger.

Till now BBM has been a closed network, and is trusted by millions of business users, but according to sources in the developer community, BlackBerry is thinking of opening up this network.

This move might prove to be a double edged sword. While it might attract a lot of new users, it might also dilute the USP of BBM.

The beta version of BBM 6.0 is already out with Twitter integration and better file sharing capability. It will be interesting to see if this is really carried out, and how it will be received by consumers.

App to secure your Android phone

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Smartphone owners who tend to save a lot of personal and official data on their devices, are naturally worried about their phone’s safety. The complexity and cost of the device are additional causes for anxiety.

To solve the problem, Whisper Systems has released an called WhisperCore, which encrypts data in your smartphone.

With the app, data remains inaccessible for others and even files which are erased by miscreants can be recovered by its special tools.

The app uses a passphrase to encrypt data, which is then stored on a removable card or drive partition.

WhisperCore has immense appeal for businesses that are concerned for data secrecy as employees tend to use their smartphones for official purposes.

The enterprise solutions from Symbian and Research In Motion (RIM) also encrypt data, but their target audience does not include private users.

The app WhisperCore, on the other hand, is free for individual users. Right now, the app can only be used in Nexus S phones, but support is likely to extend to other devices as well.

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