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Bluetooth Review: Jabra Easy Go

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With the mobile phone boom in India, the mobile accessories market has also grown at a similar pace. mono handsfree kits have become an essential accessory to have with a phone.

Jabra, a Bluetooth handsfree manufacturer, has a new mono handsfree kit called Jabra Easy Go. The Easy Go handsfree kit gets its name from its easy and uncomplicated operation and simple, yet effective, features.

Easy Go has a simple, yet elegant black colour design with a silver trim. The size of this kit is not very small, but its slim profile gives it a touch of class.

Five phones you can gift your Valentine

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Five phones you can gift your Valentine

Still confused over what to gift your Valentine this year? Well, if that’s the case, we have the perfect idea for you — a mobile phone is ideal because it connects you to her.

There are innumerable mobile handsets available in the market right now, and it’s easy to get confused while selecting one, especially when price is an important aspect. Based on the current needs of people, we have chosen five top handsets within Rs 10,000.

LG Cookie Flip GD 580 (Rs 8,500)

What do girls like more in a mobile phone — looks or features? Well, both, and with the LG Cookie Flip GD 580 you get a good mix. This phone is available in candy pink colour and has a form which houses a QVGA resolution screen, an keypad and a 3 mega camera.

Nokia Mural (Rs 7,500)

There is something about clamshell phones that women tend to like. Nokia Mural is one such flip device with a TFT (thin-film transistor) display, 2 mega pixel camera, and a pink coloured aura design that highlights its body. If your partner loved the Moto Razr, she is bound to fall in love with Nokia Mural too.

Samsung Champ (Rs 4,000)

Samsung Champ is possibly the cheapest, most stylish touchscreen music phone available in the market today. In fact, this device got so popular in such a short time that Samsung also launched coloured variants of it. For music lovers this phone is great, and its small and sleek body fits in the palm of your hand.

Micromax Bling (Rs 5,500)

The magic that Twinkle Khanna created for this phone still carries on. It is not all because of her; the device itself is pretty neat and is liked by a lot of ladies out there. Its flip form factor is enticing, and the phone serves as a mirror too. This phone with dual has an impressive battery backup, call quality and has a 2 mega pixel camera as well.

Nokia C-3 (Rs 5,500)

In recent times many women have started liking Qwerty phones that are basically targeted at the business segment. So, for ladies too phones are not just about looks, but rather about functionality too. Nokia C-3 has inbuilt push email capability, a 2 mega pixel camera, a 2.4 inch display, and Wifi and connectivity.

Nokia prepares to launch new C3-01 in India

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Nokia plans to launch its latest smartphone based on the older Symbian S40 operating system. Called Nokia C3-01, the phone will be released in India by the end of March.

Nokia said in a Twitter post that the company will launch this device by the end of the first quarter of the year, but has not mentioned the price of the phone. Market speculation and mobile experts, meanwhile, expect it to cost around Rs 9,000 or less.

There seems to be absolutely no reason why Nokia has chosen to use the S40 operating system in a new device. Symbian S40 appeared for the first time in 2002. At that time it supported 128 x 128 displays. Over time, though, the user interface of S40 has evolved and it now supports up to (320×240 pixel) on smartphones.

C3-01 has a candy bar form factor and a shiny steel body which is just 11 mm thick. It has a 2.4 inch QVGA display, a 5 mega pixel camera with flash, an alpha-numeric keypad, and integrated and Wifi for wire free connectivity.

LTE ready for action

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Auctions for BWA (broadband wireless access) spectrum were held soon after the auction took place last year. While 3G services have already started rolling, we are yet to see action on the BWA front.

Consumers are yet to see high speed wireless data services which BWA promised. The primary reason for delay has been that operators chose a technology (LTE) which was yet to mature as they found it more future proof compared to the alternative — WiMax.

The WiMax camp claimed that the ecosystem would take at least two years to mature, but that doesn’t seem to be the case with 63 LTE capable consumer devices already available in the market, according to the Global Mobile Supplier Association. This has made it easier for operators to decide which technology to bet on.

Soon after the auctions took place, there was a fierce battle between the LTE and WiMax camps, but most operators are reported to have chosen LTE as it is backward compatible with 3G and 2G technologies, which WiMax isn’t.

This is an important consideration for operators across the world as it means that their LTE consumers can venture into areas where only 2G or 3G networks are available, and yet stay connected.

Network suppliers such as Ericsson, Qualcomm and Nokia Siemens Networks have already successfully demonstrated their LTE technologies, and now with devices readily available, it is a matter of time before BWA services are launched in India.

Aircel has said that it will roll out BWA services in the country by the end of the year. A Reliance Infotel executive earlier informed us that the company would launch BWA within the first half of the year. Reliance Infotel, which is the only service provider with a pan India BWA spectrum, is reported to have selected LTE for its network. Qualcomm also participated in the auction just to support LTE, a technology that it has invested in. Although Aircel has not confirmed its choice, it is also expected to go with LTE.

AirTyme Communications to launch 3G handsets in India

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AirTyme Communications, a mobile distribution company, plans to foray into the mobile phone market with its own branded phones.

AirTyme which is the exclusive distributor for CDMA phones of Motorola Mobility in India (it launched the Motorola Milestone XT800 recently), plans to roll out its own brand of handsets soon.

Initially it will launch two phones, a touch screen and a slide-out keyboard phone. It has multimedia features, (3G) speed, stereo Bluetooth, A-GPS, a full HTML and pre-Loaded VAS applications.

The company has listed some 12 phones on its India website, which the company officials claimed that the company will launch in the next two three months.

These phones include an powered full touch screen phones, and three QWERTY keypad slider phones. Company also plans to strengthen its newly launched distribution business in India. The company says that they will initially expand its foot print in the metros and slowly move to smaller towns.

Internationally company is a wireless device distributor across America for Verizon Wireless communication devices and modems from the leading original equipment manufacturers, including PCD, LG, Palm, Motorola, Nokia, Novatel Wireless, RIM, Samsung, and ZTE.

Mike Narula, chairman and chief executive officer, AirTyme Communications, says, “Our international expertise joined with the grasp of the Indian market is passed on to the agent through efficiency, timeliness, and dependability along with various other benefits such as direct to store shipping and a state of the art infrastructure.”

Asked about the devices they will sell and distribute in India, Mike said “At this juncture we will focus on smartphones, but do not eliminate the possibility of tablets, dongles and other accessories”.

Share, stream and control other devices with Android handhelds

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Rovi Corporation, a USA based entertainment solutions company, has announced that its Connected Platform technologies will be available pre installed on platform.

This technology will enable consumers to share and stream entertainment content from their Android devices to a variety of connected devices around the house.

Music, photo and video files stored on Android devices, powered by Rovi’s Connected Platform, will be capable of sharing media over the consumer’s home network for streamed playback on compatible devices such as digital TVs, set top boxes, digital video recorders, Windows 7 PCs and network-attached storage (NAS) devices.

Connected Platform on Android will also enable consumers to access and manage connected devices around their home from their Android phone or tablet, and stream content stored on their PCs or NAS devices to the Android mobile.

“Consumers want easy to use media experiences and at the same time are growing the number of devices they use to enjoy entertainment. Sharing among devices is complicated and must be simplified to meet market demand,” said Corey Ferengul, executive vice president of product management and marketing at Rovi Corporation.

Rovi’s Connected Platform is a DLNA 1.5 (Digital Living Network Alliance) technology component, and includes the ability to transmit and play high definition video over a home network.

DLNA is a certification program which provides standards for devices so that they can interact with each other. Many major electronics manufacturers are members of this alliance, including Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony and HP etc.

Most phones, TVs, PCs, cameras and devices from these big makes are DLNA certified and are therefore able to connect to one another, making the ecosystem big enough for the consumer to take advantage of a connected home. If you have several DLNA certified electronic devices at home, you will be able to connect them together and share the content among these devices.

The Rovi Connected Platform solution will be available to manufacturers from the current quarter onward.

MMS on Aircel at only 50p

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With Valentine’s Day round the corner, Aircel has announced an exciting offer for subscribers.

The new offer from Aircel will allow its subscribers to send MMS messages at 50 paise per MMS till February 14. The offer is meant to promote MMS amongst mobile phone users in India, and to encourage people to break the monotony of plain vanilla text.

With this special offer Aircel aims to free its subscribers form the monotonous text messages and give some nice warm wishes in a livelier and a more interesting way.

Microsoft and Nokia tie-up

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Microsoft and Nokia tie-up

For quite sometime we have been hearing a lot of speculations and rumors about Nokia and Microsoft coming together to set up a new smartphone business? Well that’s not a speculation anymore as Nokia and Microsoft have officially entered into a strategic partnership which according to them will benefit each other in the times to come.

In a joint statement Stephen Elop and Steve Ballmer, CEO’s of Nokia and Microsoft respectively said, “Today in London, our two companies announced plans for a broad strategic partnership that combines the respective strengths of our companies and builds a new global mobile ecosystem. The partnership increases our scale, which will result in significant benefits for consumers, developers, mobile operators and businesses around the world. We both are incredibly excited about the journey we are on together”.

The core philosophy behind these two giants coming together is ‘Why to fight when both can coexist in the same environment’ .

As per the statement by Nokia and Microsoft, they will now be working towards utilising the expertise of both the companies for achieving a common benefit of serving the masses with quality product and services.

Some of the things that people can look forward to are; Nokia adopting Windows Phone as its primary smartphone platform, Nokia Maps to be a core part of Microsoft’s mapping services and Nokia’s content and application store to be integrated with Microsoft Marketplace.

HP launches Veer, Palm Pre3 smartphones, and TouchPad tablet

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HP has launched three new products at a event. These are HP Veer, Palm Pre3 and a tablet called TouchPad. HP Veer is a tiny touchscreen smartphone, whereas Palm Pre3 is an extension of the existing Palm Pre series.

All these devices can sync data among each other so that users can make the transition between them smoothly.

With HP’s Synergy feature, users just have to sign into their Google, Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn or Microsoft Exchange accounts and the information will populate the phone or the TouchPad tablet itself, and will be updated continuously, which means users don’t need to make extra effort to access their email, or other social site information.

While other companies build larger smartphones, HP has gone compact with Veer. The device has all the power of a regular smartphone, but is smaller in size. It has a sliding keypad also, as well as flash support. The company has still not disclosed the price of Veer.

HP’s Palm Pre3, on the other hand, seems to be just an update to the already familiar Palm Pre, though it also has one of the largest WebOS phone keyboards yet. It has a powerful 1.4 GHz Qualcomm processor, and can shoot video as well. In terms of memory, 8 and 16 GB models are available, and connectivity options include HSPA+ and Wifi.

The WebOS interface has been improved for the TouchPad, and with users being able to group tasks together, multitasking has become easier. HP says that unlike tablets, which are designed to be fun to work on, TouchPad has been designed for mobile productivity. It is meant to be a standalone product as well as a companion to the smartphone, and yes, even tablet users can access and send messages from their WebOS tablet.

INQ launches Cloud Touch, the next version of Facebook phone

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The handset Cloud Touch from INQ (pronounced as ink) comes with some deep Facebook integration. It is targeted at teenagers who are mostly crazy about texting with friends, and those who spend most part of their day on Facebook.

The company is also known for launching the first phone which was endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg. So naturally, while talking about the phone, if users get carried away about the Facebook part of it, it’s understandable but the keyboard technology used in the phone should not be forgotten. Don’t look for Facebook branding also, though there is a dedicated key to access Spotify, the music streaming service.

It runs on Android Froyo (better than the previous BREW application platform) and has a built in music streaming service Spotify as well. The moment users unlock the phone, they’ll notice the constantly updating news feed and the fact that they can write on someone’s wall via the same menu. They can also call any friend just by tapping on the profile photo of that friend.

Those who have worked with SwiftKey and know about the Fluency engine, will know how its keyboard works. For others, the screen predicts what possible sentences the users might be typing, and they just have to make the selection to type it. It’s also important to mention the keyboard because the very concept of INQ Cloud Touch is completely typing oriented.

The company behind SwiftKey and Fluency, TouchType, had presented its primary typing concept product on prototype tablet also, but they were trying to strike deals with various companies at the same time. TouchType, however, makes it clear that the keyboard in INQ Cloud Touch is its own, though they have used consulting advice from TouchType and licensed the prediction engine for it.

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