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Apple working on a cheaper, not smaller iPhone

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Apple is not likely to build a smaller iPhone, a report in the New York Times has claimed. The report published in the NYT contradicted the earlier reports appeared in Bloomberg and Wall Street Journal.

NYT quoting sources in Apple, has said creating smaller iPhones would be rather difficult, simply because the platform itself is dependent on the screen size. If the screen size changes, the developers would have to rewrite the code for their applications. And Apple is not comfortable with the idea.

Also if the device goes smaller, it would difficult for the users to operate it. Apple believes its uniformity is the main advantage it has over other phones currently available in the market. Apple may rather concentrate on reducing the production costs by internal tweaks in the design and cheaper components, but it may try to retain the size of the iPhone. Some of the options for the company may include having less internal memory, a slower and a cheaper camera.

Apple’s engineers are instead completely concentrating on developing the next version of the iPhone. Apple would also continue to stick to its policy of reducing the price of older models when the new versions are launched.

Olive announces discounts on online shop

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With the launch of its online store Olive telecom, an Indian telecom device manufacturer, has announced some exciting new schemes on its products to lure new buyers. Buyers, with every purchase on the online shop, will avail a discount along with additional gifts that are being offered on some products.

The percentage of discounts varies from 10 per cent to 35 per cent, depending upon the price of the product and is available across the range on all the product available through online shop.

Some highlight discounts available on the online shop are a 17 per cent discount on the Olive pad along with free Map My India lifetime subscription, an 8GB and a leather case and a 34 per cent discount on the Olive Zip Book. Users can log on to the Olive online shop to check out other offers as well.

Umeox to release solar powered Android phone in India

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There is good news for smartphone users who do not have access to continuous power supply. Umeox, a Chinese handset maker, has showcased its solar powered smartphone called Apollo at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress 2011, and says it will ship the phone to India and other European, African and Asian countries by May this year. The phone will cost less than $100 (Rs 4,500).

It takes 2 hours and 30 minutes of exposure to the sun to charge the phone’s battery if isn’t entirely drained. A full recharge, however, will take 17 hours in the sun.

The phone has a 3.2 inch touchscreen with 320 x 480 pixel and 1 of internal storage expandable using a micro SD card. It has an FM Radio, a 3 mega pixel rear camera, 3.5 mm audio jack, and 2.1 with A2DP.

Phones made by Umeox have been available in India for quite some time, but haven’t been very successful. However, it is expected that Apollo will change the company’s fortunes in this country starved of electricity.

Free voice directions by MapQuest app for Android

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MapQuest has come out with an which may work as an alternative to the Google Maps in the app marketplace. The MapQuest app provides turn by turn voice directions service to the users and it is completely free.

The MapQuest service was launched for India way back in November 2010 and it was said at that time that the Indian users can look forward to same features available to users elsewhere. By that logic, Indian users can look forward to turn by turn voice directions too.

The interface itself is easy to use and the maps have been created using the data from Navteq. The maps from MapQuest load quickly, and users have less chances of coming across any blank tiles. Users may also choose to locally cache the map tiles.

The users, however, shouldn’t expect Google Street View or an equivalent here, it also means that the MapQuest app has to cover a lot of ground before it competes with Google Maps or to stand out as a map service in the market. So far, anybody who owns an Android phone depends on Google Maps for turn by turn directions which come free.

RockeTalk on bada, Android and iPhone

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Samsung has made RockeTalk available on Wave mobile handsets that run on its bada operating system. RockeTalk is also launching an version within the next 15 days. It recently released a version for iPhones as well.

RockeTalk has signed a deal with LG, Lava and Microsoft to preload the app in their handsets, and is working out similar deals with other manufacturers as well.

“RockeTalk is a very popular and user friendly mobile social network; their huge user base, cutting technology, advanced platform and their commitment to the mobile users has made them our preferred choice,” says Sarfaraz Borah, the lead of applications and services at Samsung India.

RockeTalk app can be downloaded from samsungapps.com, or through a desktop client called Kies.

As per mobile analytics firm Informate, RockeTalk is ahead of Facebook and Twitter on mobile phones in India. It is also one of the top downloaded applications, with 4.5 millions active users in India and 2.6 million outside the country.

Mandira Bedi to charm mobile users with cricket voice updates

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Mandira Bedi, who shot to fame by anchoring the telecast of the 2003 World Cup in a noodle-strap, will give voice updates on Cricket World Cup starting February 19.

Mandira Bedi said to The Mobile Indian, “This year I will not be doing anchoring on TV for the World Cup. Instead I will give hourly voice updates about the cricket matches that will be played during the World Cup, on a leading mobile service.”

She didn’t share the name of the telco that she will work for, but our sources believe it to be Vodafone.

Talking about her journey from being the lead of popular TV series Shanti to becoming the first lady of cricket, she said, “Initially when I started as a cricket host I was nervous but wanted to keep things simple and not behave as an expert of the game.”

She added that things have changed now as she understands the game better and people have accepted her as a cricket host rather than as a cricket expert.

Viewdle recognises faces on all social networks in a jiffy

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Viewdle, a mobile focused visual analysis company, has released a software development kit (SDK) that will allow gadgets such as smartphones to integrate the in their own products.

The facial recognition SDK from Viewdle has been optimised for the OMAP 4 Blaze mobile development platform from Texas Instruments. It appears that Viewdle intends to offer the technology to original equipment manufacturers so that they may integrate it in their operating systems.

Viewdle’s co founder and chief executive officer Laurent Gil says, ” The Viewdle face recognition technology needs very little processing power, thus making it ideal for the mobile computing segment, in which processing power is the most sought after commodity.”

Right now there is only one Viewdle product available, called Viewdle Uploader, which is a desktop program, but more programs such as ViewdleFaces, ViewdlePlaces and ViewdleGames will be in the market soon.

Quad core comes to mobile phones

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After demonstrating the power of dual core computing for smartphones, both Nvidia and Qualcomm are ready to familiarise the world with the power of quad core computing for mobile devices.

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon APQ8064 platform will be quite similar to its prevailing dual and single core chipsets, and will have a four core Scorpion clocking speeds of up to 2.5 GHz. The new platform will also have the next generation Adreno 305 graphics engine, a quad core display processor.

Nvidia‘s Kal-El (the name of Superman on Krypton) Tegra mobile platform, on the other hand, is slightly different from Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon because instead of the quad core display engine, Kal-El will use a 12 core graphics engine along with a four core mainstream processor.

Processors with multiple cores have enabled mobile devices to replace mainstream computers for many people. With the new chipsets, companies are looking at drastic improvement in processing, and the addition of numerous features such as video playback, recording, more efficient internet browsing, realistic 3D gaming and more. Keeping energy barriers in mind, both platforms, despite being performance savvy, will help reduce power consumption by up to 65 per cent.

Both companies expect that their new processor will be implemented in mobile devices by mid 2012.

DoubleTwist lets you stream media to Xbox and PlayStation3

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A new update to AirSync app from DoubleTwist, an app company that started in 2008, allows people to share photos, videos or music through their connected television, Xbox or PlayStation3, thus effectively using the Android phone as a media server.

DoubleTwist was among the first to sync media files, and it became popular especially because it worked with iTunes. Around 2009, DoubleTwist started supporting Android, and its latest, free update works on Android 1.6 or higher versions.

Users who already have DoubleTwist AirSync app installed on their Android smartphones just need to look for an update in the App Market.

AirSync allows users to sync media between a computer and a smartphone, without a cord. If users download new content on their computer, it is synced with the smartphone automatically whenever they are within the wireless range. Engadget reported being able to sync data between a smartphone and Google TV, though DoubleTwist hasn’t said anything about that yet.

Listen to cricket alerts instead of ringtones

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Tata Docomo has launched Not Out recharge vouchers which help cricket enthusiasts stay connected with the Cricket World Cup.

The two new recharge vouchers — 57 Not Out and 103 Not Out (which cost Rs 57 and Rs 103, respectively,) offer cricket content that includes games, goodies, alerts and trivia, bundled with talk time.

Subscribers who opt for 103 Not Out will get a free subscription to Call Me Tunes so that people who call them can listen to live score updates instead of ring tones.

“When you think of cricket, it’s all about fun, passion, excitement, celebration and winning. 57 and 103 Not Out are precisely that. The integrated combination of Alerts, Call Me Tunes, MySong, Dive-In (WAP site) and IVR will keep our audiences engaged in the cricket carnival like never before,” said Rishi Mohan Malhotra, head of value added services at Tata Docomo.

Recharge vouchers 57 and 103 Not Out offer worth Rs 28 and Rs 51, respectively, and both are valid for 30 days.

In addition, with 57 Not Out and 103 Not Out, subscribers can dial 54321194 and get 5 and 10 free call minutes, respectively, per match day.

Both vouchers offer subscribers one month free subscription to an IVR based Voice Game called Guess Master. The game is about guessing the winner of the day’s toss, the match winner, scores made in each inning, and 6s and 4s scored during each inning.

Subscribers can bid points on each guess and every correct answer will increase their chance to double their points, which they can redeem for gifts such as team India jerseys, shoes, iPods and TVs.

These vouchers also offer free subscription to the My Song service, wherein they can listen to live scores each time they call someone from their Tata Docomo number.

Scores will be played on match days, while music that subscribers have chosen will be played on non-match days.

Subscribers can also download cricket games, wallpapers and animations related to cricket, absolutely free via Dive In (Tata Docomo’s site).

Throughout the World Cup, subscribers who buy these recharge vouchers will be eligible to receive free cricket scores, trivia etc. via SMS.

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