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- Vodafone Launches Long Validity GPRS Packs, Renovates Existing GPRS Offerings
- Reliance Communications Organizes Customer Engagement Program in Karnataka
- LG Optimus 2X Upgrade in May this Year
- BSNL Launches a New Prepaid Plan for its Customers in Andhra Pradesh
- An Exclusive Section of Sony Ericsson in the Android Market
- Tata Docomo offers free incoming while roaming
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to get introduced India in July
- Apple confirms arrival of white iPhone in spring 2011
- Nokia 770 Internet tablet
- Google posts 27% rise in revenues: Q1 figures fall short of target
| Vodafone Launches Long Validity GPRS Packs, Renovates Existing GPRS Offerings Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:34 AM PDT Vodafone has launched two new long validity GPRS packs for its 2G prepaid customers and has also renovated its existing GPRS/Vodafone Mobile Connect offerings in all the telecom circles excluding Mumbai, UP East, Tamil Nadu, and Maharashtra-Goa. Vodafone's 2G GPRS is now available with Vodafone Mobile Connect (VMC) access which will enable the customers to browse Internet on their mobile phones and also in laptops/PCs by using their mobile phone as modem. The two new long validity GPRS/VMC Packs are available for just Rs.345 and Rs.645 offering 9 GB and 18 GB free data usage respectively. These packs will remain valid for 180 days and 365 days respectively. As far as the existing GPRS/VMC offerings are concerned, henceforth, the customers who want to access Vodafone's GPRS services for a limited period can opt for GPRS/VMC Packs for just Rs.4, Rs.14, Rs.55 and Rs.98. These packs are valid for 1, 3, 15 and 30 days respectively and offer free usage from 40 MB to 3 GB respectively.
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| Reliance Communications Organizes Customer Engagement Program in Karnataka Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:31 AM PDT Good news for the customers of Reliance Communications! The telecom operator has again started its customer engagement program known as 'Reliance First'. With the help of this program, the operator will interact with its customers and the customers can also recharge their account, pay their bills, upgrade or service their CDMA phones, submit their customer application form, and also discuss any other issues related to customer service. Like Reliance First program that was organized last year, the team from Reliance Communications will meet its customers under one roof in Mangalore, Mysore, Bangalore, and Hubli. The basic objective of this program is to have a platform for receiving feedback from the customers or understanding the customers' needs. Swaminathan, hub head of Reliance Communications (Karnataka), said that the Reliance First program that was organized in Bangalore last year was a grand success and the operator was able to meet a large number of customers. This time, the same platform will be offered across Karnataka.
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| LG Optimus 2X Upgrade in May this Year Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:28 AM PDT Familiar with LG Optimus 2X? This phone was launched in India few days ago with Android 2.2 Froyo and it will soon receive its Android 2.3 Gingerbread upgrade in May this year. According to an official spokesperson of LG in India, this will eliminate all rumors that arose after it was published in LG's Denmark support website that Android upgrade will come to India during June this year. Though nothing has been disclosed about when this upgrade will be available for all the LG Optimus 2X devices across the world, it is likely to begin from next month. Nvidia's chip has been used as the processor for LG Optimus 2X and hence, taking into consideration the announcement by Nvidia that all Tegra-based (Tegra is Nvidia's brand) devices will get lifetime support from the company, it appears that LG Optimus 2X will definitely turn out to be a great deal, particularly for the people in India.
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| BSNL Launches a New Prepaid Plan for its Customers in Andhra Pradesh Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:25 AM PDT Good news from Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) for its prepaid customers in Andhra Pradesh telecom circle! In its Andhra Pradesh telecom circle, the company has crossed one lakh Port-In Requests under Mobile Number Portability (MNP) and has also registered 74,000 GSM migrations into BSNL mobile network from several other operators. In order to celebrate this achievement and attract more 2G as well as 3G customers, the company has launched 'VENNELA-MATCH', a new prepaid plan for its 2G as well as 3G mobile customers in Andhra Pradesh telecom circle. This plan offers lowest local, STD and roaming calls, free SMS and several other benefits, and is available for only Rs. 28 (for 2G) and Rs. 24 (for 3G). As stated by Rajeev Agarwal, CGMT, BSNL Andhra Pradesh circle, the company is performing extremely well in Andhra Pradesh under MNP. The Andhra Pradesh telecom circle of BSNL has also witnessed a significant rise in revenue and is also maintaining its highest growth rate among all other operators in Andhra Pradesh in activations of new mobile connections.
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| An Exclusive Section of Sony Ericsson in the Android Market Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:20 AM PDT Good news from Sony Ericsson! In the Android market, the company has launched its own channel. Sony Ericsson is the first mobile phone producer to have taken such an initiative. This is an exclusive section in the Android market for the phones of Sony Ericsson. “My Apps” option in the Android Market for the phones of Sony Ericsson will be replaced by a link leading to the specific channel. “My Apps” can be accessed by pressing the menu key. The channel will offer recommendations in order to enable the users to find out the best games as well as applications that enhance the experience of Sony Ericsson phones. Also, it will provide a way to find original applications from Sony Ericsson like Timescape plugins in an easy manner. For better designing of products, the company also wants to make use of this channel to find out what people love and what they simply ignore.
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| Tata Docomo offers free incoming while roaming Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:17 AM PDT Free incoming while roaming- now that sounds really cool! And the best thing is, now it's possible for all the postpaid Tata Docomo users. The company has recently launched their keep it simple campaign where it has released 3 tariff plans for the postpaid users. These offers will let them enjoy free incoming when they are on roaming, outside the home network. The roam free plan rates are as follows: Roam free 299 Roam free 499 Roam free 799 All these plans will also offer per second pulse rate, free incoming facility while roaming on Tata Docomo network, 60p per local SMS and 1.20p per STD SMS. The users will also get to customize their plan with the toppings. The toppings are- 200 local minutes, STD 150 minutes, local 500 SMS or 2G data of 100 MB. Different plans have different topics available with them. 299 has 4 toppings, 499 has 7 toppings dn799 has 12 toppings.
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| Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to get introduced India in July Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:15 AM PDT An unexpected buzz is going around the Indian mobile market which says that the Samsung Galaxy Tab is about to get released in the Indian market in coming 3 moths. Yes, you heard it right. It might just come in July this year. We are not sure about when it's actually landing India but it is true that the company has announced its launch in US on 8th of June. Let's have a look at Galaxy Tab 10.1 features:
· Runs on Android Honeycomb · Equipped with Dual Core Processor · 10.1 inch screen- LCD and TFT · resolution of 1280×800 · 8 MP auto focus camera and 2 MP front camera · both 16 GB and 32 GB versions The price of this device is completely based on the memory status of the tablets. The price will be around Rs.25000 to Rs.30000. But it is expected that the price will increase once it reaches India.
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| Apple confirms arrival of white iPhone in spring 2011 Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:13 AM PDT Apple in a report in The Wall Street Journal has confirmed availability of white iPhone from 2011 spring onwards. It is expected that this model would be sold from both Verizon Wireless and AT & T outlets. Till iPhone5 is released this device should keep enthusiastic customers interested. The first announcement about the spring launch of white iPhone was made in 2010 October. They reiterated the same statement on 14th April 2011. During the initial announcement no mention was made about the carrier that would be selling this product. It is interesting to note that Apple CEO Steve Jobs exhibited this model in June 2010 and started collecting pre-orders. However, at that point of time only the black version was available. Color was not only the area of concern for Apple regarding this iPhone. In June last year when iPhone4 was released, numerous problems in its reception were reported. This problem arose from the antenna being placed on the outside casing. This problem reached such a level that Steve Jobs had to distribute free cases. Despite this problem Apple managed to sell nearly 16.2 million iPhones in last quarter of 2010.
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| Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:09 AM PDT For honoring RIM's (Research in Motion) pioneering venture into tablets manufacturing and marketing certain facts need to be explored. It is not Apple's iPad but Nokia's 770 that initiated the tablet usage. Nokia an established cellular phone manufacturer was the first company to bring out a device similar to a mobile phone but without voice capabilities branding it as a 'tablet'. Released in 2005, Nokia 770 based on TI processor of 250 Mhz featured 64 MB ROM, 64 MB RAM, 4.1 inch resistive touch screen, and 3 hours usage per charging. This attempt was a failure as the product did not sell well and Nokia shelved its plans on 'tablets' to concentrate on cellular phones only. Finnish company Nokia is attempting afresh to manufacture updated and fashionable tablets with attractive features and latest specifications. They are hopeful that these trendy models would meet the expectations of users.
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| Google posts 27% rise in revenues: Q1 figures fall short of target Posted: 15 Apr 2011 05:06 AM PDT From the first quarter (Q1) financial results posted by Google matters are looking bright for this international giant. For Q1, Google has declared revenue of US $8.58 billion, a figure 27% higher than the figure achieved in corresponding period of previous year. Out of this US $5.88 billion was generated from websites owned by Google. However this figure fell short by US $0.03 to Wall Street's projected figure of US $8.11 per share. Patrick Pichette, Google CFO has commented about the importance of search and search advertisements to Google customers and users. He further stated about the immense potential of Google on cellular phones and other display devices. He spoke about the company's vision in investments on a long term basis. Almost 5% of Google's stocks are traded in after hours. During Q1 revenue generation of US $5.88 billion from Google sites constituted 69% of total. This is approximately an increase of 32% over last year's figures of US 4.44 billion in 2010.
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Indian mobile application development company, Spice labs becomes the first Indian company to register over 10 million app downloads on Blackberry App World. Spice labs provides apps that are based on learning, information, entertainment and games. Spice Labs, that entered the mobile app market in the year 2007 also develop applications for different platforms like Symbian, Windows Mobile and Java phones, other than Blackberry. They offer both free and paid apps for consumer and enterprise markets. Some of the popular ones include Hangman, Snake, RailYatra, mKonnect etc. They have plans to invest more on the apps of their current categories which are their strength and keep their design simple with easy to use interfaces and to expect to get more feedback from consumers.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has banned Nokia's Push e-mail services in India. The Intelligence Bureau asked the Indian service providers not to launch the proposed Push / Power Email service till it gets monitoring system. The government has already warned Research in Motion's (RIM) Push email service on Blackberry devices due to lack of facilities to monitor emails. They had given them last date of 31st March 2011 to provide a solution to this problem, which has been already expired. Nokia Messaging offers push email services for Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Hotmail and Rediff mail. E-mail service is being activated in more than 50% of the E-series phones sold in the country. The home ministry has asked DoT and IT ministry to makes changes in the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 and Information Technology act of 2007 and provide proper framework to monitor telephone numbers, device identity, email IDs, IP addresses or keywords in real-time. Source
In the market for a dual SIM device ? Want decent social networking abilities as well ? And what if you want both on a budget ? Read on for FoneArena's review of the Samsung Chat 322 (Ch@t 322) which should satisfy all your requirements and maybe a bit more ! Samsung makes a lot of high end devices, ranging from the Samsung Galaxy S / SL series , the Galaxy Tab family and the upcoming Galaxy SII superphone. The expertise of making quality high end hardware has definitely trickled down and the Chat is a really good looking phone for its price range. The chrome strip around the body makes it look upmarket and the optical trackpad is a good inclusion. The back of the phone looks very similar to the Samsung Galaxy S. What this means is that though the shiny plastic looks nice but it is extremely prone to scratches and as such must be handled with care. On the left we have a volume rocker which gives good feedback in the hand and is easy to use even when not looking at the phone. On the right hand side of the phone we have Samsung's usual screen switch ...
