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Fly Mobile launches the Low Cost Music Phone DS102 in India

Sriram — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:13:07 +0000

The Fly mobile has announced that the company will launch DS102, a low cost music phone in India. The phone will mainly focus on Music and will have the brand as a powerful music phone. The DS102 is a Dual SIM phone which can store up to 100 contacts in the phone book.

The phone has a Music player with two loudspeakers which can make the music loud. The phone memory is expandable up to 2GB.

Fly Mobile has made this mobile available across India at Rs.1499.

Fly DS102

Samsung Fascinate launching on September 9 through Verizon

Praveen Sivaraman — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:06:22 +0000

The Verizon wireless is running advertisements featuring the Samsung Fascinate mobile’s launch on September 9th. The Advertisement has the tagline “available Sept. 9 at Verizon.” The company has also released an official press release which says that the Mobile will be officially available from September 9th as the Advertisement says. The device will be available at $199.99 after a two year contract. If you are planning for a fascinating mobile then grab fascinate in three more days.

Samsung Galaxy Tablet to cost between $200 and $400

Praveen Sivaraman — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:29:37 +0000

It is hot news from the Wall Street Journal as it has reported that the Samsung Galaxy Tablet will be somewhere between $200 and $400. Hankil Yoon, product executive, Samsung has informed the Journal that the Tablet will be available between $200 and $400 and the final price depends on the carrier. He has also mentioned that the Company is planning to ship over 10 million Tablets next year. Yoon also said that the Samsung is in talk with all the US carriers so the Tablet will definitely have a subsidized price below $400 and above $200.

If it is $200 then it is really great to buy a tablet that cheap but if it is $400 then scratch your head and decide.

Samsung Galaxy Tablet

Nokia N8 to go live on September 30

Piju — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:27:41 +0000

It seems that the most awaited Nokia N8 will hit the UK on September 23rd and will start shipping from September 30th. Tapani Kaskinen, Nokia’s Senior Communications Manager, Japan has informed the newspaper Kauppalehti that the device will begin its shipping on September 30th. So it means that the pre-order for UK will start pretty soon and the other countries pre-orders in few days time.

There is also a rumor that Nokia has purchased the Google adwords credits for the advertising of the Nokia N8. So this matches with the expected UK launch date and it is 1 week before the shipping date, well, this rumor could change true.

Nokia N8

Nokia X2 hits India

Sriram — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:27:31 +0000

Nokia X2 has arrived in India after a delay of three months. The phone was announced in April 2010 and scheduled for June release in India but it got delayed till today. The phone is available now with a price tag of Rs. 5,999.

The X2 is a very good choice for all who needs a good phone with a cheap price tag. The phone has a 2.2 inch QVGA display with dedicated music keys. The best part of the mobile is the presence of a 5 Mega pixels camera which is the surprising part. Some of the other features are 3.5mm headset jack, FM Radio, Bluetooth 2.1 and microSD card support.

Nokia X2

Samsung Galaxy Tablet to be available at €759 in Germany

Praveen Sivaraman — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:10:06 +0000

It seems that the unreleased Samsung Galaxy Tablet will be out with a price tag around €759 in Germany. The Twitter account of O2 Germany has got a tweet today which details the pricing of the Tablet which is due for its release on October 11th.

The customers have to pay an extra €99 other than the €759 as an initial deposit. The price is after a two year contract and the customers have to pay €27.50 each month the whole two years. Hit the source link to view the twitter account.

There is also a rumor that the device will be available somewhere around €699 in the France.

Source: Twitter

Cheap Froyo handset Ideos from Huawei

Piju — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:06:26 +0000

It has been a Froyo year so far and more handsets are looking forward to get that as well. The German based firm Huawei has announced that the company will launch a cheap Android 2.2 Froyo handset Ideos. The device will hit the market by Mid October with a price tag of $175 without any contract. The price sounds great isn’t t?

The phone is powered by a 528 MHz processor. There is a 3.2 Megapixels camera without LED flash. The phone features the 3G support and there is a Wi-Fi as well.

There is no word about the launch of the phone in the US or in other countries.

Hit the source link to go to the official site.

Source: Huawei

Ideos from Huawei

Huawei Ideos

Google Music by December 25th

Praveen Sivaraman — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:06:19 +0000

Here is hot news for you well this could be a Christmas gift from Google. The Internet Giant has plans to launch a new Music Service before this Christmas Eve. Reuters reports that VP of Engineering, Andy Rubin had talks with the Record labels about the launch of the new online music service before this Christmas.

It is being said that the service will be more or less similar like iTunes and without doubt this is being launched to compete Apple. The Record label executive reports that the Music player will be powerful with new features embedded in it. Well, this could be a start to the new Music Era. What do you all say?

Source: Reuters

Samsung Galaxy Tablet gets official

Praveen Sivaraman — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:16:26 +0000

One of the most awaited devices in the market is the Galaxy Tablet which has been made official by Samsung now. Samsung has unveiled the device and has announced that the device will hit the Europe by this mid September. The company has said that the US and Asia will receive the device little later.

The Features released by the company is just mind blowing as it supports the Flash which is not found in the iPad. The Galaxy Table is powered by a 1 GHz Cortex A8 processor running the Android 2.2 Froyo. The device will support the quad-band GSM. The Connectivity will be taken care by the all new Bluetooth 3.0 and the Wi-Fi a/b/g/n. There is a big 7 inch WSVGA multitouch screen which occupies the most of the space.

There is a 3 Megapixels rear camera and a front facing camera 1.2 Megapixels camera. There is a MicroSD card slot which supports up to 32GB memory cards.
What else you need in a tablet?
Hit the source link to read the official press release from Samsung.

Source: Samsung Galaxy Tablet Press Release

Samsung Galaxy tablet

Apple announces new iPod Touch, iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano

Praveen Sivaraman — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:15:23 +0000

Steve Jobs was pretty excited when he announced the new versions of iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano and iPod Touch. Steve Jobs announced that the front facing camera device iPod Touch will be available for pre-orders from today and the shipping starts by next week. He was having a big smile on his face when he announced this.
The size of the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle has been shrunk a lot and Apple has given the old matchbook look to the devices. The iPod Touch is the all same. Steve announced that the Shuffle will be priced at $49 and it will be available in five different colors.

The iPod Nano will hit the market in seven different colors with attractive price tags. The 8GB model is priced at $149 while the 16GB version at $179. Hmm, sounds interesting?

Steve was really excited when he announced the all new Front facing camera holder iPod Touch. Steve Jobs said that the iPod Touch has always outperformed the Gaming devices from Sony and Nintendo. The new iPod Touch will support iOS 4.1 and Facetime. The 8GB version will be available at $229, the 32GB at $299 and the higher version 64GB at $399.

What is your choice? Which one you are going to purchase? Do share it with us!!

Apple TV available for Pre-Order

Sriram — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:06:43 +0000

Apple has announced its all new Apple TV which will support HD videos and will have more focus towards the Streaming Media. The box for the Apple TV is Black in color and the size is exactly one fourth of its predecessors. Apple has made sure that the body looks slim and sexy with a good finish. The device will support Wi-Fi b/g/n connectivity along with the Ethernet ports.

Apple has integrated the option of viewing the HD Videos from the iTunes store at $4.99. Apple has announced that this price will go down soon. The Apple TV will also allow you to watch TV Episodes at $0.99 an episode. The Apple TV also has an option to watch live streaming from you Tube, Flickr, Podcast and Netflix.

The Apple TV is priced at $99 for which the pre-order starts today. The Device will be available in 5 countries including the US which is expected to increase in few months time. Hit the source link to read more about the Apple TV.

Source: Apple TV

Apple TV

Wynncom to launch Hindi QWERTY phone Y-45

Praveen Sivaraman — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:27:21 +0000

Wynncom has announced that the company will soon launch World’s first ever Hindi QWERTY phone, Y-45. The phone will come hit the market with the price tag of 3,400 INR. The Y-45 will feature a 2.2 inch color screen along with a 1.3 megapixel camera phone. The phone will also feature Bluetooth for connectivity purposes. The best part about the phone is the price and the Dual SIM card option. Yes, Wynncom offers Dual SIM option in the Y-45.

In the launch meet, Arvind Vohra, Co-Founder of Wynn Telecom Limited said, “We have designed a new multimedia phone Y-45 at an affordable price with a Hindi QWERTY keypad”

There is no doubt that this can help the Indian Youths to connect in the National language.

Wynncom Hindi QWERTY Phone Y-45

HTC Desire now available through U.S Cellular

carla — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:26:54 +0000

HTC Desire has finally made its way through US Cellular. The US Cellular promised the launch of HTC Desire long back and has finally done it now. This phone will be the first in the five phones list promised by the US Cellular.

HTC Desire runs Android 2.1 with the well known 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor. The 3.7 inch LCD screen phone is available at $199.95 after a two year agreement and a $70 MIR.

Google introduces Gmail VOIP Calling

Piju — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:52:55 +0000

Google has launched its new VOIP service via Gmail and that has got a huge response from the users. Google has tweeted in its twitter account that 1,000,000 Gmail calls are already made in the first 24 hours after the launch. It is a big number isn’t t? We have also heared that the sound quality is good than other VOIP providers. Google has also released an advertisement video which explains the communication modes used in the various eras. Check out the twitter link and the video below this news.

This new VOIP calling feature helps the users to make calls to the US and Canada for free of charge. The users can also make calls to the other countries at an affordable rate as well. It is not a big deal to call as all that you need to do is to click the “call phone” present at the top of your list. Just enter the number or the contact name to call them right away. Anyone tried this feature here? How this works?

Twitter: Google

Dell’s Aero gets Official

Praveen Sivaraman — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:26:01 +0000

Dell has made its Aero official today through an official press release featured in the Dell site. The company has said that the Android 1.5 mobile will be available via AT&T for $99 after a two year contract or the customers can avail it for the price of $299 without any contract.

The tri-band UMTS/HSPA Aero will feature a 3.5 inch touchscreen and powered by a 64 Mhz Processor. The phone will feature a 5 Mega Pixels camera along with an in-built GPS. Connectivity is taken care by the Wi-Fi and the Bluetooth present. Hit the source link to know more and order the new Dell Aero.

Source: Dell Aero

Dell Aero