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Mobile number portability delayed again; Oct 31 is new deadline

Author: Pyαr kα Pαrшαπα ┼ // Category: ,

The implementation of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) has been delayed again. The Government on Wednesday said that the deadline for introducing the facility has been extended to October 31. The system was supposed to be introduced on Wednesday .
“The Government has taken the decision after reviewing the readiness of the various access/international long distance service providers and keeping in view the complexity and enormity of the testing involved before MNP is implemented,” said a statement. MNP allows subscribers to change their mobile operator without having to change the number.
This is fourth time that the Government is extending the deadline. Earlier, MNP was likely to be implemented in a phased manner in the first phase by December 31, 2009, in metro cities and Category ‘A' Service Areas and in the rest of the country thereafter by March 2010.
Extending time line for MNP implementation, the Government later decided to implement it in whole of the country in one go by March 31, 2010. Keeping in view the status of readiness of various stakeholders, the launch of Mobile Portability Services was extended to June 30, 2010.
Despite repeated extension of deadlines over the past one year, so far only 14 per cent of the mobile networks across the country are ready for the introduction of MNP. On an all India basis, only about 14 per cent testing has been completed and 36 per cent is in progress. In 50 per cent of the networks, testing is yet to be done.
BSNL, MTNL
While the private players are slow with the testing, state-run BSNL and MTNL have not even set up MNP gateways. BSNL has assured that it will set up all the gateways by July 18, after which it will start the testing process. But MTNL has not even issued the purchase order for the gateways. MNP cannot be implemented until all the operators networks have been upgraded and tested.
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Nokia E73 Mode

Author: Pyαr kα Pαrшαπα ┼ // Category: , , ,
Nokia has announced its new product E 73 Mode for the US market yesterday. More or less similar to E72 in look and specifications, the new E73 Mode boasts of a Qwerty Keypad , a five way scroll key and an optical trackpad. The 128gm phone consists of a QVGA of 240x320 pixels with 2.4 inches display size and 16 million colour resolution. It comes with 250 MB internal memory and 4 GB memory card included, thereafter expandable upto 16 GB. As far as the music functions are concerned it supports most of the audio formats like MP3, MP4, AAC, AAC+ and the music lovers can always use the 3.5 mm audio jack to listen those. It supports both video playback and video recording with a H.263 video player. The series 60 phone offers a Symbian operating system of version 9.3. Nokia E73 Mode is facilitated by wi-fi connectivity with the help of 32 class GPRS and EGPRS as well as 3G which therefore supports video conferencing. It also features a 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash which comes with an excellent image quality. Some of the other features of the phone are Stereo FM radio with RDS, Enterprise Push Mail, Document Editor, (word, excel, powerpoint and PDF), accelerometer with autorotate, GPS support and many more. Moreover another important feature is the ‘one touch theme changer option’ which can give the phone, a corporate look, a refreshing look and a very home look. Presently the phone comes with Titanium colour. It is going to be released in the US market on June 16th 2010. The price of Nokia E73 Mode has been decided to be around $70.
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Nokia Introduces Its First Dual Sim Mobile Phone

Author: Pyαr kα Pαrшαπα ┼ // Category: , ,



After several years of endless wait for Dual Sim (GSM+GSM) phone from Nokia, Finally, the world leading mobile phone maker join the bandwagon of Dual SIM mobile phones and introduced 2 low-cost dual Sim phone C1 and C2 that supports Dual-SIM and Dual Sim with dual standby respectively.
At a media conference held today in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, Nokia unveiled its First dual-Sim C1 (C1-00) mobile phone a 2-in-1 double SIM solution which has a  dedicated button to switch between SIM cards by simply holding down a key.
The Nokia dual-Sim Phone C2 also comes with FM radio and music player, with a massive amount of music storage with the phone supporting micro-SD cards of up to 32GB.The handset offers a wide range of information covering health-care, agriculture, education and entertainment via Nokia’s Ovi Life Tools, as well as the email account of its own Ovi Mail.
In addition to Ovi Mail, people’s favorite consumer email and chat accounts like Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail can be pushed direct to the phone via Nokia Messaging Services (NMS).
Nokia had kept on promising to respond to the request with a brand that will meet customers desires in terms of durability and high quality.The Nokia C1 and C2 Dual SIM phones will be available by the fourth quarter of 2010.
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G-Fone 571 Now In India

Author: Pyαr kα Pαrшαπα ┼ // Category: , ,
G-Fone today announced the launch of G-FONE 571 for Indian consumers,G-Fone 571 is equipped with 208 MHz speed processor.The company claims G-Fone 571 takes the mobile movie viewing experience to a completely new level.
G-Fone 571 will be available in two colors- black and white, and looks extremely sleek with the metallic body, the 2.2” landscape QVGA display and QWERTY keyboard. The G-Fone 571 has a 1.3 mp Camera with flashlight, FM radio, MP3 Ringtones and Music Player ,Stereo, Bluetooth and has an expandable memory of upto 8 GB.
G-Fone 571 comes with Mobile Tracker, Long Distance Control, an Indian Calendar, Motion Sensor, Web Cam, Built-In Modem, EDGE connection, Opera mini and USB. What’s more it gives you dual sim option to make life even more convenient.
Some of the pre-installed application in G-Fone 571 are Snaptu and Nimbuzz which is a mix of social and lifestyle applications on the other hand Nimbuzz  lets you call, chat, message and swap files on the go.
With the high speed it gives and the superb features it boasts of, G-Fone 571 comes for a price tag of  Rs.3999/

G – FONE 571 – Specification in Details – 208 Mhz

* 64000 Colors OVGA Display

* Screen Size – 2.2”

* Phone Book – 3000 X 8 Fields

* SMS – 2000

* Mp3 Ringtones

* FM Radio

* Mp3 Music Player

* 1.3 Mp Camera with Flash Light

* Your browser may not support display of this image. Unlimited Video Recording

* Video playback – Full Mp4 Support

* Expandable Memory up to 8GB

* Mobile Tracker

* Long Distance Control

* Stereo Bluetooth

* USB

* Web Cam

* Built In Modem

* EDGE Connection

* Nimbuzz

* Snaptu

* Torch Light

* Blacklist Calls & SMS

* Email

* Java Enabled

* Motion Sensor
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BlackBerry unveils new Bold and Pearl smartphones

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Toronto, April 27 (IANS) BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) Monday launched another smartphone - called BlackBerry Bold 9650 - to add another device to its premier Bold brand.
The company also unveiled the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G, its smallest smartphone yet.
'The new BlackBerry Bold 9650 is an extraordinary smartphone that we think customers will love,'' said RIM president and co-CEO Mike Lazaridis. 'Whether at work or at play, the new BlackBerry Bold 9650 offers a truly impressive communications, multimedia and connectivity experience,'' he said at the launch of the latest smartphones.
About the new BlackBerry Pearl 3G, he said, 'The BlackBerry Pearl 3G is unlike any other smartphone in the world and we expect a broad range of new and existing customers will be drawn to its powerful features and compact design.''
Beside a keyboard, optical trackpad and built-in Wi-Fi, the new smartphone also allows users to talk on the phone while browsing the web or sending and receiving email.
Loaded with 512 MB Flash memory and an expandable memory card slot that supports up to 32 GB microSDHC cards, the BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphone supports 3G networks.
Built in stylish design with glossy black finish and chrome highlights, the new device features large high-resolution display which allows pictures, videos and web pages with great contrast and detail, the RIM statement said.
Apart from a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, zoom, image stabilization, autofocus and video recording, the new BlackBerry Bold also features advanced media player for videos, pictures and music, a 3.5 mm stereo headset jack and support for Bluetooth.
The new BlackBerry Pearl 3G measures less than two inches wide and weighs only 93g. It also features an optical trackpad for smooth navigation, a 3.2 MP camera with flash for quality pictures, and support for up to 32 GB of personal content.
Both the new devices will support mobile applications built by third parties for RIM and carry built-in GPS with support for geo-tagging, BlackBerry Maps and other mapping applications.
'The BlackBerry Bold 9650 fuses form and function in a striking design and, in addition to providing premium phone and multimedia features, it of course delivers the industry's leading mobile solution for email, messaging (IM, SMS, MMS) and social networking,'' the company said in its statement.
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Blackberry 8520 for 16k

Author: ┼• Θн нΘ šαπαм // Category: , , ,
Airtel brings to India RIM’s Blackberry Curve 8520. Continuing in the footsteps of the Curve series the Curve 8520 is a rather affordable and feature packed device just like big brother Curve 8900. The Blackberry Curve 8520 is the first of the Blackberrys to adopt a trackpad instead of its famous trackball navigation. In addition to that, the Curve 8520 sports dedicated multimedia playback button situated at the top of the device along with its standard mute button placement. The Curve series from Blackberry always leaned towards the multimedia spectrum of mobile handsets. With the Curve 8520 sporting those playback buttons RIM wishes to change its image of being solely a business handset. On the down side RIM has tied up with Airtel for the Blackberry Curve 8520 and hence it’s not available with other networks; this will surely drop the success of the handset.





The Curve 8520 Features:

- 2.4 inch 65k colour screen

- Full QWERTY Keypad

- Playback Buttons

- 3.5mm jack

- Divx Support

- 512 MHz CPU

- Social Networking Support

- Wi-Fi

- 256 MB Internal Memory

- 2MP Camera with Video Recording

- 106 grams

- 4.5 Hours Talktime

- Rubberized Body

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 will be available nationally from Airtel’s authorised outlets through from Aug. 7 and is priced at Rs.15,990. So finally the BlackBerry, is affordable!
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