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Up Coming Phone on Mar 5th, 2010 |
no responsesMeet your friends, build connections, find your business contacts, develop relationships and stay connected with your peers anytime, anywhere; in short, everything you need and nothing that you don’t in one brilliant piece of gadget - LG’s “Cookie Pep”!
LG Electronics, a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, today unveiled the LG GD510, marketed as ‘Cookie Pep’ in the Indian market. ‘Cookie Pep’, is a compact 3-inch full touch screen phone bundled with the host of fun applications and social networking features. With its peppy, stylish and ultra chic design, the phone is targeted to the young audience who love to stay in touch with their peers, build connections and share their life even on the move.
“The all new LG Cookie Pep is in line with our strategy of introducing innovative gadgets and connecting with the youth through relatable propositions. As the name suggests, the phone will enable our young mobile users to have an unordinary fun experience. It delivers all the essentials in communication, multimedia and entertainment in a delightfully compact form. “Cookie Pep” will be actively marketed through a 360° plan and this will be our biggest campaign till date. I am positive that this phone will be an instant hit with the youngsters, said Mr. Sudhin Mathur, Business Head, Mobile Communications, LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.
LG Cookie Pep’s new ad campaign will also be the first communication from the brand that will witness endorsement by the newly appointed Brand Ambassadors - John Abraham, Genelia D’Souza and Abhay Deol. In sync with LG Cookie Pep’s image, these leading youth icons represent the values of excellence in performance. The radically refreshing communication around LG Cookie Pep will further strengthen the brand’s imagery of fun, youthfulness and free spirit. For the first time in the history of mobile communications, three leading Bollywood stars will come together – a rather unique way of delivering energized experience in an unordinary way!
The new LG Cookie Pep comes bundled with a plethora of fun applications. It is designed to offer a sociable and enjoyable mobile phone experience, bringing forth full touchscreen capabilities, as well as a fun graphical interface with pocket applications, live cricket simulation. This coupled with social networking connectivity allows users to easily stay connected to Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other popular sites at any given point of
time.
Fully fluent in multimedia, the LG cookie Pep plays music and movies in several popular file formats. An easy-to-use browser brings all the best mobile content to the device’s large screen and a 3.0 megapixel camera captures high quality photos and videos for sharing online or sending to friends.
The spacious 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen extends almost to the edges of the LG Cookie Pep with a narrow 4.8 mm bezel giving the illusion of an uninterrupted sheet of glass. The unit’s sleek design is accented by a single back lit button on the face that functions as the menu, end and
cancel keys, depending on the phone’s mode. The LG Cookie Pep is crafted from brushed aluminium which adds sheen to its sleek looks.
LG Cookie Pep will be available in the market since March week 1 and will be priced at Rs. 7,500 /-
Courtesy: LG Electronics India
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no responsesSkype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world’s most popular smartphone platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is now downloadable for free from the Ovi Store, Nokia’s one-stop shop for mobile content.
Skype for Symbian will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian ^1, the latest version of the Symbian platform. Skype will soon introduce this client to Symbian mobile devices from other manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson.
Skype for Symbian enables Nokia smartphone users to:
- Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world
- Save money on calls and texts (SMS) to phones abroad
- Send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups
- Share pictures, videos and other files
- Receive calls to their existing online number
- See when Skype contacts are online and available to call or IM
- Easily import names and numbers from the phone’s address book
“Symbian enables us to bring smartphones to more and more people and ensures scale for our solutions and compelling services, such as Skype. We’re seeing around 1.5 million downloads a day on Ovi Store now and believe that the Skype client for Nokia smartphones will have wide appeal to Symbian users,” said Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President for Smartphones, Nokia.
“Skype, the king of Internet communications, running on Symbian, the world’s dominant smartphone platform, makes for an explosive combination,” said Larry Berkin, Head of Global Alliances and GM USA, Symbian Foundation. “With Symbian’s global reach, Skype is that much closer to becoming the ubiquitous real-time communications platform for hundreds of millions of Symbian-based mobile users.”
Russ Shaw, General Manager, Mobile at Skype said, “With Skype for Nokia smartphones, more than 200 million smartphone users worldwide will be able to take the Skype features they love with them on the move. Alongside Skype’s relationships with operators and handset manufacturers worldwide, making Skype available direct to consumers will help millions of users keep in contact with the people that are important to them without worrying about the cost, distance or whether they are away from a computer.”
The initial Skype for Symbian application is compatible with the following Nokia touchscreen models: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530 and the following non-touch devices: Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.
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no responsesNokia today unveiled the Nokia C5, a smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing. The compact device includes access to Nokia’s range of mobile services, such as free navigation, in one affordable package, with an estimated retail price of EUR 135 (Rs. 8,436.15 /- approx.), before taxes and subsidies.
With direct access to favorite contacts on the device homescreen and Facebook status updates visible from the phonebook, the Nokia C5 keeps people connected with the ones who matter the most. Accessing social networking sites, such as Facebook and MySpace, is fast and easy, while instant messaging and email accounts from Ovi Mail and other email providers are available through Nokia Messaging. Loaded with a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 2GB memory card that comes in-box and high speed data connection for effortless uploading of photos and videos to various online communities, the Nokia C5 delivers an outstanding sharing experience.
The Nokia C5 offers the latest version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation, including location sharing with Facebook friends. The Nokia C5 also provides fast web browsing, allowing easy access to favorite Internet sites, Ovi Music) and a range of applications through the Ovi Store.
The Nokia C5 is expected to begin shipping in select markets during the second quarter of 2010.
The new Cseries represents the core of Nokia portfolio, focusing on social interaction between friends and family.
Courtesy: Nokia
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no responsesLG has launched the unique 3G touch Watch Phone (LG-GD910) in India with 3G Video Telephony (VT) service and GSM Quadband Network capabilities.
It is quite thin at just 13.9mm and packs in 3G and Video Calling capabilities as well. The phone is quite stylish and the front fascia is covered by scratch-proof tempered glass. The Watch Phone comes with a headset of it’s own, and has 3G HSDSPA (7.2 Mbps) capabilities for high speed data and a built in camera for video calls. The Watch Phone can work on all GSM networks.
This miniature gadget allows convenient communication coupled with classy blue tooth headset. It brings along with it the luxury of wearing a stunning piece of jewelry. At first glance, LG’s new Watch Phone appears to simply be a high-end timepiece. The company used materials and stylistic elements found in watches from top manufacturers to ensure that people will be comfortable wearing it for any occasion. The Watch Phone has a curved tempered glass face, high quality metal casing and is a mere 13.9mm thick
It is the first touch watch phone in the world to feature 7.2 Mbps 3G HSDPA compatibility and video phone calls using the built-in VGA camera. Other features includes, Flash Interface, MP3 player, Voice Calling, Text messaging and Text to Speech.
The LG Watch Phone is priced at Rs. 49,990/-
Courtsey: LG Electronics
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no responsesDigital Technology Leader, Samsung Electronics today announced the extension of its Jet series of Smart phones in India with the launch of Samsung Jet 2. The new Samsung Jet 2, while retaining the original stylish features of the Samsung Jet, provides consumers the benefits of advanced features of a smart phone and easy-to-use user interface of a conventional mobile phone.
Samsung Jet 2 boasts of the best display technology and speed of performance. Its pioneering 16M WVGA AMOLED display (3.1″) offers the most vivid and colorful touch experience and its 800MHz application processor delivers breathtaking speed and stunning performance. The new Jet 2 packs some additional features like the Google Push Email and allows media content sharing technology among DLNA certified devices. The phone also comes equipped with an English dictionary and an advanced Media Browser, which allows the users to close several widgets at once through motion control. The new Jet 2 also places the user at the centre of the digital revolution; SNS widgets listed on the phone allows users to easily access various social networking sites.
Announcing the launch of Samsung Jet 2 in the Indian market, Mr. Ranjeet Yadav, Director- Mobile & IT, Samsung Electronics stated ,”Today’s mobile users seek smart features and easy-to –use user interface in their mobiles. Samsung Jet 2 combines both these qualities and gives the user a superior and differentiated experience.”
Samsung’s Dolphin Internet browser is designed to let users surf the net and access popular websites, especially social networking sites, with ease and speed.
The browser enhances the mobile internet experience by allowing users to view up to five web pages simultaneously and bookmark their favourite websites as widgets on the phone’s homepage. A built in ad-blocker, multiple downloading and background downloading feature, and multi-purpose address field, further enhance the experience while Dolfin’s unique one finger zoom enables users to zoom in and out of web pages using only one hand.
Samsung Jet 2’s Multiple applications run both seamlessly and simultaneously through the powerful application processor, enabling users to dip in and out of the features as they wish. With its intuitive 3D media gate UI and motion-response UI, users can enjoy a dynamic, content-based experience. The 3D media gate on Samsung Jet II offers easy access to six key multimedia features, such as Photo album, Music player, Video player, FM Radio, Games and internet, all simply accessed by rolling a six sided cube UI on the screen.
With its eye-catching brilliant screen, Samsung’s latest TouchWiz 2.0 user interface gives an unrivalled user experience and includes iconic new features such as motion UI, smart unlock, customizable widget screen, which are all perfect for managing life at work and at play.
Breaking away from multi-touch zoom technology which requires the use of two fingers and two hands, Samsung Jet 2 gives consumers the ultimate in usability, portability and convenience through the brand-new concept – ‘one finger zoom,’ which enables one hand operation to zoom in and out. One finger zoom can be used not only for the Internet browser, but also for Photo browser and file viewer to see TXT, PDF and PPT files in four times bigger size – all just with one finger tip while you’re on the move.
Samsung Jet 2 packs features and a superior form factor to a super sleek body and super cool frame. Samsung Jet also boasts a host of multimedia features including a 5 mega-pixel camera, built-in GPS, DNSe & SRS Sound Effect technology for superior sound quality, and DivX and XviD video support for hassel-free video downloading and viewing.
While the original Jet is priced at Rs. 24,150/-, the new Samsung Jet 2 is priced at Rs.19, 500/- . With this launch, Samsung Touch screen mobile portfolio boasts of 20 models priced in the range between Rs.9,600/- to Rs. 40,000/-
Courtesy: Samsung India
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no responsesMi-Fone, Africa’s fastest growing mobile devices brand and nominee for “New Entrant of the Year 2009″ at the recent 2nd annual AfricaCom Awards, is making its splendid entry in the Indian Market.
Mi-Fone is currently available in 15 African countries including Ghana, Tanzania, Mauritius, DRC, Kenya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Zambia, Madagascar and Nigeria. In its second year, Mi-Fone has already established itself as a successful brand across the African continent, connecting with, and meeting the growing needs of the mass market sector with affordable lifestyle products. Offering an extensive range of phones incorporating GPRS, JAVA and other quality features normally associated with high-end mobile handsets, Mi-Fone’s extensive range of phones are now available in India.
Alpesh Patel, CEO Mi-Fone, says, “Mi-Fone’s entry into the India market started mid 2009 with the signing up of authorized distribution channels. We wanted to test the waters first as we know India to be an extremely competitive market.” Patel continues, “I am confident that with our current sales forecasts the time is right to embark on our brand awareness campaigns nationwide. Mi-Fone is not your typical out-of-the-box brand. Our team consists of individuals who have more than 25 years combined experience in the handset business. This, coupled with a young and creative marketing team, means that we are able to deliver relevant product offerings to the new mass market sectors. Our ongoing success in Africa with GSM Carriers, wholesalers and retailers has given us a good foundation on which to enter the Indian market.”
The Mi-Fone range of mobile handsets currently available in India includes the Mi-Q family, Mi-5QS, Mi-338, Mi-2010 and Mi-350a. Each ‘fone’ has been selected with the target market in mind - young adult mobile users who are techno-savvy on a global level.
The Mi-Q family of mobile handsets includes the Mi-Q (voice/SMS), Mi-Q1 GPRS with camera and Dual Sim card as well as the Mi-Q5S. With a full colour screen, FM radio and QWERTY keypad, the Mi-Q range provides affordable and quality user-friendly solutions in a compact package. The later versions of the Mi-Qwerty range will also include “MI-APPS” which will enable the mass market sector to get a lighter version of the “Blackberry experience”. Mi-Apps will launch with Push email and Messenger.
The Mi-Q338 offers an LCD touch screen, Dual Sim along with analog TV, MP3 and video capability as well as multi-media functions including SMS, MMS, GPRS, WAP and a shake sensor.
The Mi-350a not only has an antenna, which increases the reception by 2-3db, it also boasts two batteries - an innovative way of changing a battery whilst the phone remains on. These features are both ways in which Mi-Fone keeps you connected at all times.
Mi-2010 is a low cost Dual Sim handset celebrating African sports. It includes a camera to catch those memorable 2010 moments.
Courtesy: Mi-Fone
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no responsesLG celebrates International Women’s Day (March 8th) with its new Ice Cream phone. LG has launched their special Ice cream phone that is stylish and simple and suits a woman of today quite well.
LG Ice cream (KF350) is a superbly chic handset that will surely weave a special bond of love and care with its utterly feminine look and design. It is a phone which she would not only like to talk on but would also love to talk about. LG Ice Cream is an extension of a woman’s serene personality. Available in misty pastel colors like vanilla and pink, the handset’s appealing looks make it worth a possession.
LG Ice Cream is stylishly simple in design and the LED lighting adds to the allure of this luxurious mobile phone. It is loaded with cute and bright emoticons, which add colour to her child-like expressions.
This phone is equipped with features like 2.2″ TFT screen, 30 MB internal memory, FF CMOS, 3.0 mega pixel camera, expandable phone memory. It also has a bunch of other key features such as photo editing tools, a 25 MB internal memory that is expandable upto 2GB. The flip device has a very feminine look and measures 13.6 mm thick and has LED lighting as well. The KF350 comes with 25MB of internal memory that can be increased to 2GB using a microSD card. Bundled with an array of trendy features, the phone also keeps you updated with applications like News Hunt, data wallet and Live cricket.
LG Ice Cream (KF350) phone is available in vanilla and pink colours at priced at Rs 7,949 /-
Courtsey: LG Electronics
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no responsesAirfone India Limited a prominent player in Telecom Industry has launched value for money “Buddy” phones series. Airfone is a new generation mobile phone company offering a striking collection of multi-feature, incredible looking mobile handsets reasonably priced for almost every niche.
“With the launch of our Buddy Series phones and tie up with mobee enables us to offer the most competitively priced push email service. A full Qwerty keyboard phone with features like Dual Sim, Mp3 player at around 2000 is something is still unheard of”, said, Mr. Vishal Chitkara, Director, Airfone India Ltd.
Main Features of BUDDY AQ9:
Dual Sim Dual standby, Wirless FM, English/Hindi/Bengali interface, Phone book Capacity 500 contacts, MP3 Player with surround sound, One touch access to MP3 Player & FM Radio, Five LED Torch, 1200 mah battery with 3 to 4 hrs talk time and 1 card 250 hrs / 2 card 150 hrs standby, Expandable Memory, 1.8 inch QVGA 256k Color Screen, Operate your mails (Gmail, yahoo, lotus notes etc.) and Airfone AQ9 is priced at Rs. 2000 /-
Main Features of BUDDY AQ9+ QERTY:
Dual Sim Dual standby, Wirless FM, English/Hindi/Bengali interface, Phone book Capacity 300 contacts. MP3 Player with surround sound, One touch access to MP3 Player & FM Radio, Five LED Torch, 1200 mah battery with 5 hrs talk time and 5 to 7 days standby, Expandable Memory, Operate your mails (Gmail, yahoo, lotus notes etc.).AQ9+ is priced at Rs. 2,500 /-
Airfone mobile brings you QWERTY phones series Buddy AQ9 & Buddy AQ9+. Now in this new addition the users will get a feel of business phones in range of just Rs. 2000 /-
Courtsey: Airfone
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LAVA International has unveiled its new handset A9, loaded with advanced multimedia features and latest technologies. LAVA has entered the arena of mobile phones with handsets which have ability to stand out of the crowd.
As the craze for getting the latest and coolest devices in the market heats up and each manufacturer is upping the ante to give customers the best set of mobile experiences, LAVA International also decided to get its customers smiling by providing a power packed handset which will appeal to trendy and tech savvy customers.
This mobile is designed for style conscious consumers who are active on social networks. LAVA A9 is a small mobile computer with silver cues featuring a 2.4 inches TFT display. The product gives the user a truly personal internet experience in a compact handset. With many other different applications and services available in LAVA A9 like high speed web access facility, media player, games, will create a buzz in the market with its astonishing features that will take the company to newer heights.
The Java embedded games, 3.2 mega pixel camera and advanced connectivity options with utility applications like nimbuzz and opera mini are the standard features of this handset. LAVA A9 is a small, sleek gadget compliments new style segment.
LAVA A9 Mobile Features:
* A 9 has a dual SIM feature
* 2.4 inch screen
* FM radio and Recording
* MP3 / 4
* Wireless application protocol (WAP)
* GPRS
* Available colors: Silver & White
* JAVA Enabled, Email
* GAMES
* Contacts back up
* Nimbuzz / Opera Mini
Lava A9, an elegant phone at Rs. 5999 /- is drawing everyone whether it is young college going or a professional with features like social networking and web chat applications. Sporting a distinctly youthful design and mid range functionality, LAVA A9 have lucrative features which makes it stand out of the crowd.
According to Mr. Praveen Srivastava, Head Sales and Marketing, “The next generation internet is redefining the way we use and experience the internet. Web blogs, uploading pictures and videos on sites where one can share and comment, swapping and remixing of playlists, photos, videos, search, shopping, news – its made possible on LAVA A9 and now the phenomenon of online social networking, where users can catch up with old friends and make new ones while updating them of their lives by posting snappy comments.”
The reasons why these handsets have became so popular, assert mobile device vendors, are the fact that they provide users the most natural way to interact with their phones. From selecting contacts, dialing numbers and typing mails or SMS on LAVA A9 is an extremely fast and efficient input system.
Commenting on coming up with a handset like A9, Mr. S.N.Rai, Co-Founder & Director said that, “Mobile telephony had just started creating cripples in Indian mobile industry. Stylish appeal along with aspirational positioning had ensured that was a run away hit even in India. Having climbed the success ladder too fast, LAVA is becoming thorough thinker and has cracked the code of the secret way to the hearts of the Indian customers. And that cracked code is LAVA A9.”
LAVA A9 has been designed for younger, tech savvy, fashion conscious consumers. These handsets are supported by hi-end utilities which make them one of the best devices. These multimedia phones are equipped with sophisticated looks and design. More than communication gadgets, they have become a style statement to an extent.
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Nokia today announced the Nokia 6303i classic, a sophisticated and compact device that follows in the footprints of the Nokia 6303 classic and builds on the proven formula that made Nokia the world leader in mobile phones. The device is great value for money with its amazing feature list and an estimated retail price of EUR 105 ( Rs. 6700 Approx. ) , before taxes and subsidies.
The Nokia 6303i classic is a reliable companion that keeps you connected to people that matter you the most. Pictures taken with the 3.2 megapixel camera come to life on the large 2.2 inch screen, and email and instant messaging are available through Nokia Messaging, providing a very convenient way to be in touch with friends and family.
The design is unequivocal, in and out; stainless steel covers and compact size feel solid in the hand, and the intuitive user interface makes all key features easy to find. Furthermore, no matter whether you are sharing online, browsing web, or listening to music, the excellent battery life guarantees fun for a long time without charging.
The Nokia 6303i classic will start shipping in select markets during the first quarter of 2010.
Courtesy: Nokia
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LG Cookie Pep’s new ad campaign will also be the first communication from the brand that will witness endorsement by the newly appointed Brand Ambassadors - John Abraham, Genelia D’Souza and Abhay Deol. In sync with LG Cookie Pep’s image, these leading youth icons represent the values of excellence in performance. The radically refreshing communication around LG Cookie Pep will further strengthen the brand’s imagery of fun, youthfulness and free spirit. For the first time in the history of mobile communications, three leading Bollywood stars will come together – a rather unique way of delivering energized experience in an unordinary way!
“Symbian enables us to bring smartphones to more and more people and ensures scale for our solutions and compelling services, such as Skype. We’re seeing around 1.5 million downloads a day on Ovi Store now and believe that the Skype client for Nokia smartphones will have wide appeal to Symbian users,” said Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President for Smartphones, Nokia.
