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Motorola launches India’s first dual SIM Android phone

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Motorola has launched Milestone XT800, as reported by the mobile Indian last week. It is India’s first powered CDMA EVDO and GSM dual touchscreen smartphone. The XT800 is powered by Android 2.1 and has a pinch to zoom capacitive touch display.

Milestone XT800 offers a mobile internet experience with Wifi and WAPI1 connectivity, and supports world phone capability, which enables international even where CDMA is not present.

“We have specially designed the Milestone XT800 to provide infotainment on the go for consumers who want a device that matches the demands of a hectic lifestyle like that of a senior professional,” said Faisal Siddiqui, country head for India, Motorola Mobility.

Milestone XT800 has a 3.7inch 854 x 480 FWVGA (Full Wide Video Graphics Array) landscape touch display. Its display is healthy for a phone screen.

The smartphone has a 5 mega pixel camera with and auto focus, which is capable of great low-light shots with dual flash. XT800 has a 720p quality HDMI output for connecting it to a high definition television.

The phone uses and USB connectivity as well. It supports expandable memory up to 32 and comes with a 2 GB memory card.

The phone has a built in satellite navigation system with Google Maps. It also allows users to view and edit documents in popular formats including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and Zip. Motorola Milestone XT800 will sell in India for about Rs 40,000.

Tata Docomo launches India’s first M-health awareness service

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Tata Docomo, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices, has launched Sparsh, an IVR (interactive voice response) service to increase awareness among its subscribers about sex related health issues.
Sparsh is currently available in three languages – English, Hindi and Marathi, and other languages will be added soon.

Customers can access this service for at Rs 10 for 10 days by dialing 529222. The initiative is about sex education as most people are conservative about discussing these issues and clarifying their doubts openly.

Zubin Jimmy Dubash, the vice president at Tata Docomo, said, “Sparsh offers the customer complete privacy in accessing this information through a simple IVR call.”

In India, medical awareness and facilities have not reached all corners of the country, and initiatives like these help take information where it is otherwise unavailable. Tata Docomo aims to use mobile phones to provide accurate information certified by the Family Planning Association of India. The service is built in such a way that users navigate their way through information by choosing the ailment, such as “AIDS”, that they want to know more about.

How to add a keyboard and mouse to your tablet

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How to add a keyboard and mouse to your tablet

When Apple announced its first tablet, it was skeptical whether the device would be liked by people, but as we saw in the past year, tablet computers have grown popular amongst people with varied needs and of all age groups.

With their ultra portable size and advanced computing capabilities tablets have redefined the term mobile computing. Multi touch interfaces and the ability to understand gesture based inputs have enabled navigational wizardry like swipe and flick, which have become part of common language among tablet users.

Even though touchscreens do justice to many of the functions of a traditional computer with a keyboard and mouse, users still feel awkward using them due to the old habit of using these peripheral devices.

So, the solution is to simply connect a mouse or keyboard to your tablet and use it like a normal computer. Well, even though you can connect any based keyboard and mouse to a tablet, peripherals that connect using are always a better deal because they keep the whole operation wire free; and don’t drain your device’s battery as much as wired peripherals do, so your device runs longer.

Here’s how to connect a keyboard or mouse to your tablet

First, you need a Bluetooth enabled keyboard or mouse. We used Logitech Dinivo Mini for this.

Using a single and smaller device than your tablet is recommended because it keeps you mobile.

To begin with, charge the keyboard or mouse, or install batteries in the device and then switch on the pairing mode. Pairing mode can be accessed by keeping the power button pressed for 10 seconds or as mentioned in the manual.

After that, switch on the Bluetooth on your tablet and search for the Bluetooth keyboard or mouse that is also on. On locating the device, pair it with the tablet and type the code ‘0000’ at the prompt. The most commonly used code by Bluetooth devices is ‘0000’, so it should work.

Once the device is tethered to the tablet PC you can use it, but will have to connect the device every time you want to use it. To connect a keyboard or mouse again after having tethered it to a tablet once, simply switch on the device and the Bluetooth connection on your tablet, right click on the Bluetooth icon and select “connect”

App Review: Drive Safe.ly

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Smartphones have made our lives a lot easier, and most people will agree with me on this. But, have you ever felt that having a smartphone can be a bit of a problem as well? Especially while you are driving and get that important message or that email you were waiting the whole day for. Distractions like these can cause serious road safety problems.

So, should you not read that message or email? Or should someone read it out to you! Well, this is precisely what DriveSafe.ly does. It reads out messages, emails and BlackBerry Messenger messages so the user can focus on the road with his hands on the wheel and not on the phone.

DriveSafe.ly is a very simple yet useful text to speech application available for both and BlackBerry platforms. The is free and can be installed on your phone directly from the application store.

Users can enable or disable the feature, and can modify the automated response. Also available is the paid version of DriveSafe.ly, which allows users to make advanced customisations, including in speech and response control.

Apple gets new screws to prevent unauthorised repairs

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Apple is going to use a new tamper resistant screw, and there are no screwdrivers readily available in the market that can help you open it. It’s not the first time these screws have been used by the company. Tamper-resistant screws were first used by Apple in 2009 in MacBook Pro so users couldn’t replace the device’s battery.

The screw Apple uses is similar to Torx Screws, but with rounder points, according to iFixit. Moreover, Apple’s screws have five points unlike Torx Screws, which have six. The screwdrivers to undo these screws are only meant to be used by Apple certified technicians, but surely the grey market in your city will be able to provide a solution — although that will make the device’s warranty agreement useless.

It is expected that anybody who goes to Apple repair centre for any type of repair, will get the new screws for his or her device so no other person can open it anymore (apart from the Apple people).

Google Nexus S coming to India in Feb

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Nexus S, the second phone designed by Google, is set to hit Indian shores. According to AndroidOS.in the phone will start shipping to India by the end of next month.

Nexus S has been developed by Google and Samsung. It is the first phone to feature the latest version of Android, 2.3 also known as Gingerbread. The phone is powered by a 1 GHz Hummingbird and has a 16GB of memory.

AndroidOS.in was tipped off by one of its Hyderabad readers who learned about the impending release from a Samsung sales representative. Mrigesh, the reader, recently purchased a Galaxy S which turned out to be dead on arrival. Samsung is unable to replace the unit due to a shortage and has instead told Mrigesh to wait until February because it will be bringing the Samsung GT-I9003 to India then.

That might just happen to be the model number of a version of Nexus S that has a Super Clear screen. This edition is sold everywhere except in the USA and the UK, where Nexus S has an AMOLED display.

That Samsung will give Mrigesh a Nexus S in replacement for a Galaxy S, which is priced at Rs 27,000, suggesting that the two devices will be priced about the same.

Samsung’s Nexus S is installed with the best Google apps and is capable of multitasking; has a built in Wifi router; can make calls via the internet; supports Near Field Communications; and full web browsing.

Gingerbread is said to be the fastest version of Android yet, and it delivers a number of improvements such as user interface refinements, support, a new keyboard and text selection tool, internet (VoIP/SIP) calling, improved copy-paste functionality, and a gyroscope sensor for tracking the phone’s motion on six axes for motion control gaming etc.

Samsung mobiles to have smart displays

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Samsung has acquired Dutch firm Liquavista, which has developed a method of making displays called electrowetting. This technology will help Samsung make screens that display colour in different lighting conditions. The process of electrowetting also uses less power as compared to displays.

A similar technology is used by Amazon for its Kindle e reader, but the problem until Liquavista discovered electrowetting has been that companies weren’t able to apply the technique to colour screens. Moreover, displays made by electrowetting used to take a long time to respond and Liquavista claims to have reduced response time by 70 per cent. The company’s displays also use 90 per cent less power because they are made of material that has high capacitance, or allows wave energy to pass through it freely.

Samsung’s new display technology may not be good enough for gaming, but for web browsing and all types of navigation around the machine, it would suffice. A statement from the company suggests the technology has possible applications in e book readers as well as other mobile devices. Samsung expects it will be able to easily modify its production lines to use Liquavista’s expertise in electrowetting.

IBM and ARM to improve smartphone battery life

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To address this concern, ARM, a company that develops technology for digital products such as wireless, networking and entertainment devices, along with IBM, has announced that the two will join hands to develop advanced semiconductor technologies to enable the rapid development of next generation mobile products optimised for performance and power efficiency.

Through this agreement ARM and IBM will develop a microchip 14 nano metre (A nano meter is one-billionth of a meter. A meter is about 39 inches long) in length. This will be smaller in size than the 32 nm chips used in smartphones nowadays.

Reducing the size of the microchip will lead to optimising density, which in turn will improve the performance and power consumption of smartphones.

Currently, a majority of smartphones and other emerging mobile devices use ARM’s Cortex mobile processors. The new collabration is likely to improve the battery life and performance of mobile processors in small devices in the future.

Tata Docomo’s patriotic flavour

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As Republic Day approaches, Tata Docomo is getting into the mood by announcing special offers for its Call Me Tunes and My Song services. The offers will be for both post paid and pre paid customers. To subscribe to the service, users need to dial 543211. The call will cost 5 paise per second.

Customers opting for Call Me Tunes will get a 50 per cent discount for the first three months, while those who choose My Song will get the service free for the first three days. Also, patriotic songs cost Rs 5 per download. The scheme is on till January 26.

“At Tata Docomo we always try innovative ways to connect with our customers and as Republic Day is all about celebrating the spirit of freedom, it is an occasion for us to offer our customers the freedom to download their favorite patriotic songs at just Rs 5 – and that too for an entire month,” Yatish Mehrotra, hub head of the Southern region at Tata Docomo said.

Notion Ink Adam starts shipping

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Notion Ink Adam has been touted as the most innovative and promising tablet even before it was out in the market. Other tablet makers might call it unfair, but now the time has come for people to decide whether the hype received by Notion Ink Adam was deserved or not.

The tablet itself has evolved from humble origins but has received tremendous publicity, in fact it is already believed to be in the league of Motorola Xoom and iPad.

The first unboxing photos have now been made available by the Notion Ink CEO, Rohan Shravan. In the pictures the device does look good. The packaging of Adam appears clever as the tablet case itself can be used as a stand on which the device will rest when one work with a keyboard.

The customers, who have already pre-ordered for the device, will now feel relieved as the devices have been shipped to Hong Kong from the manufacturing plant in China, from where they will be shipped to individual customers.

Those who are wondering why there is so much hype around the Notion Ink, the answer probably lies in the way Rohan Shravan has conducted himself throughout the process of the development of the device.

He didn’t just build a tablet, he built a community which made everyone feel like an equal. Every concern and comment by ordinary users was listened and addressed by Notion Ink’s team through social media, emails and group discussions.

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