Tata Docomo and Alcatel Launches ‘One-Touch-Net-Phone’ – GSM QWERTY Phone in India @ Rs. 5,499

Tata Docomo in association with a leading telecom equipment manufacturer Alcatel, today announced the launch of their first co-branded GSM Mobile Phone in India named ‘One-Touch-Net-Phone’ which features full QWERTY keypad and offers one-touch access to Tata Docomo’s ‘Dive-in’ portal and host of Yahoo! services.

To be available in White/Lavender and Black/Silver colors the new Tata Docomo and Alcatel co-branded GSM mobile phone features a full QWERTY keypad and a large optical trackball and includes 80MB of internal memory and supports microSD memory card for expandable memory.


Though no details are available on its screen size but judging from its price and the similar style QWERTY phones currently available in market it seems to have 2.0-inch or 2.4-inch QVGA display with at least 256K color resolution.

It also features 2.0 megapixel camera with video recording capability, integrated FM radio with RDS, MP3 media player and stereo Bluetooth v2.1+A2DP wireless connectivity option. The handset also features WAP / xHTML 2.0 for internet access but does not appear to includes GRPS, EDGE or WiFi connectivity.

Apple iPhone 4 CDMA Version Coming On January 2011

Offlate a new buzz is going around regarding the launch of the CDMA version of Apple iphone 4.All Apple fans who were unable to take the advantage of using GSM version due to various reasons seems to be very glad of this news. Since the Cupertino-based company is more probably very close to the official release of CDMA iPhone 4, that is on January 2011, so Apple will order millions of units of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets due in December 2010.

According to our reporters Apple has already submitted a significant number of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets. But we are not sure that Verizon will remain as the sole operator to carry the first CDMA iPhone. Another name has been emerged to sell CDMA iPhone 4 device in U.S market beside Verizon Wireless, and that is of Sprint.

Download MySpace Mobile Application For iPhone & Android

MySpace has recently developed a wonderful application which is compatible with iPhones. This application retains most of the features that a user gets in its web version. Using this application one can access his MySpacethis account from the iPhone device, and that also at free of cost.  Twitter and Facebook are also coming up with the similar kind of services together, but MySpace being a major social networking site still remains far ahead

Here you will get some tips while using MySpace in iPhone.

MySpace recollects all previous information when you access this iPhone application through your MySpace account. It allows the user to cancel the automatic registration process that one needs to initiate the session. This option is displayed at the very top right corner of the screen of regular MySpace interface. Thus you can go back to the regular session on the panel where all your records are left blank.

MySpace mobile app can be downloaded into android based phones as well. The latest version of MySpace Mobile 1.8 application is available here.

Verizon iPhone 4 Coming Next Year

This week Apple organized a special event in San Francisco on 1st  September. Thousands of iPhone fans were expecting that the Cupertino-based firm would certainly make announcement on the release date of iPhone on Verizon  during the event.  But unfortunately Apple CEO Steve Jobs just remained silent on this issue. Perhaps Apple has no plan to release the handset this year.  Speculation is it may be available in the market in early 2011, that means next year.

Experts say this delay may be due to the reception problem of iPhone 4 which went on sale from 24th June. Since this problem hasn’t been solved yet, therefore Apple’s decision to postpone the launch of its upcoming iPhone 4 on Verizon seems justified. Similarly there was no mention regarding the white iPhone 4 which is expected to be released at the end of this year.

As per the industry news Verizon is doing quite good business selling Android-powered devices. So, at present they are in no hurry to start with iPhone on its network.

One Touch Net Phone launched by Tata Docomo

Tata Docomo which is the GSM Mobile Service from Tata Teleservices has recently made an announcement about the launch of its first co branded handset called One Touch Net Phone from Alcatel. This mobile phone will be fully integrated with the new EDGE Mobile services by Tata Docomo.

The One Touch Net Phone will come equipped with QWERTY keypad and will feature an ergonomic design. There is 2.4 inches of display in the handset that offers resolution count of 240 X 320 pixels. The 2 MP camera in the phone comes loaded with digital zoom so that you can capture good quality images.

The One Touch Net Phone physically measures 111 X 58.2 X 13.9mm in size with weight of 102 grams and is available in colour options of White & Lavender and Black & Silver.

3G Network in Malawi rolled out by Bharti Airtel

In order to expand its business in the fast growing mobile phone market of Africa, the Malawi unit of Bharti Airtel has made an announcement about the rolling out of its 3G network which will allow the users to enjoy video transmission and high speed internet access. Bharti Airtel thus now have its mobile operations in the 15 African countries after it get into a $9 billion deal with Zain of Kuwait this year.  With its Zain deal and expanding operations, Bharti is able to give a tough challenge to the MTN Group which is a dominant player in the continent.

The Zain Malawi, Bharti Unit is the biggest mobile phone operator in the entire southern African nation. An amount of $100 million is being planned to be spend by Bharti in the country over the next 3 years for the network expansion. Bharti has also made plans for the expansion of its business in the countries like Nigeria, Uganda and others.

Facebook and INQ Working on 2 Smartphone

The recent reports stated that Facebook and INQ Mobile Ltd are working together in order to create 2 Smartphone devices which might have the tie up for network with AT&T. These upcoming handsets would come loaded with the services of the social networking site. In the first half of the year 2011, these handsets will be unveiled in Europe, whereas in the second half of 2011 they will be launched in US.

The reports also stated that AT&T has not yet made a deal as to whether it will be a network carrier for the Facebook Smartphone or not. Facebook did not commented about any of its plans but it stated that it will continue to work with INQ which has earlier also sell the handsets that comes with feature of Facebook along with the other companies.

INQ also denied making any comments on the plans of these latest smartphones which are to be launched by Facebook.

Free Reebok Shoes on Purchase of MBlaze Data Card

The festive season has started and in order to attract the customers, the mobile phone operators are coming out with interesting offers and schemes and in the same row, MTS has made an announcement about the launch of its latest offer called “Speed Ka Double Dose”.

This latest initiative has been launched by MTS in association with Reebok and the offer will enable the customers to get a free pair of specially designed Reebok sports shoes worth Rs.3499 on the purchase of its MBlaze Data Card.

Besides free Reebok Shoes, the customers will also get the advantage of data usage of 1500MB and that too just for Rs.2999. This latest offer will be available in all the 84 towns under the network of MBlaze across the country.

Once the customers have purchased the services of MBlaze through any of the branded retail outlet of MTS they will get the scratch card with unique code which they will have to enter at the site www.mtsindia.in/MBlaze to get the free shoes of their size.

Government Rules on Blackberry met by Tata Teleservices and Bharti Airtel

Tata Teleservices and Bharti Airtel has recently conveyed to the government of the country that their networks have been upgraded so as to allow the security agencies to monitor the messages which are sent through the Blackberry devices.

The compliance reports has been sent by Airtel and Tata Teleservices to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) which states that they have carried out with the necessary upgradation.
60 days of time period is given to Blackberry makers, Research in Motion by the India, last month for providing lawful access of its data by the security agencies. As per the Indian Law, the telecom operators must make sure that the security agencies can get all the access to the services which are carried on their networks.

The services of Blackberry are offered in India through various mobile phone operators like Tata Teleservices, Airtel and others and the Canadian company wants to be as co-operative as possible with the Government of the country for ensuring its security needs.

New Maps for Motorola Android Handsets in India

All the users of Motorola Android powered models, Milestone, Milestone XT720 and Backflip will now be able to enjoy the new and the upgraded version of the maps of India for free. These maps of India comes along with free lifetime access to the fully voice guided street navigable MapmyIndia maps for the 620 cities in India.

This application will enable the users to get the voice guided navigation and the routing in the major national highways, state highways and cities. So now the Indian users of these maps can easily drive to 576000 towns and villages without any worries and can also explore more than 2 million of POIs like eating joints, hotels, petrol pumps, ATMs, religious spots, hospitals and others.

In order to access the services and enjoy the excellent experience of navigation, the users will have to simply launch the maps of India from the MOTONAV application of Motorola. The navigation service is free and there are no charges for the data or the activation.

Onida F810 Music centred handset

The recently unveiled Onida F810 is a music centric handset that will prove to be a good choice for all the music lovers. This latest handset comes with all the needed features so as to make your communication easy. The Onida F810 is a tough handset as it is water and shock resistant and thus you can carry it without any botheration no mater wherever you may go.

The handset comes in a bar shape and features 5.6cms of LCD display. The 1.3 MP camera of the phone with digital zoom is capable of capturing images having resolution count of 1280 X 1024 pixels. The camera is also capable of doing video recording.

To provide treat to your ears the Onida F810 comes packed with good quality MP3 player having audio recording features. The FM radio in the phone also comes with recording feature. The headset and speaker are an added advantage.

Other features that comes packed in the body of Onida F810 include games, WAP Browser, GPRS, Bluetooth with A2DP, expandable memory up to 8GB and others. This handset is launched with a price tag of Rs. 3999.

Onida G600 KY Rock with impressive music features

Onida G600 KY Rock is the latest handset launched by Onida which comes with impressive music features.  The music player of this latest handset is capable of supporting all the popular audio formats so that you can enjoy your favourite track in its original version. The FM Radio in the handset comes with recording feature which enables the users to record their favourite song when it is played on any radio station.

Onida G600 KY Rock is a bar shaped handset with 5.1 cm of LCD display. The 0.3 MP camera of the phone comes with digital zoom and can capture images having resolution count of 640 X 480 pixels. The camera can also perform video recording.

List of other additional features that comes packed in Onida G600 KY Rock include WAP Browser, Bluetooth, GPRS, expandable memory up to 2GB, anti theft mobile tracker, dual GSM and others. The phone is launched with an affordable price tag of Rs. 3499.

Weston Forays in the Indian mobile phone market

The increasing mobile phone market of India is attracting large number of companies to make an investment and the recent addition to the list is the consumer electronics firm called Weston which has made an announcement about its foray in the mobile market with the launch of 7 models having price range between Rs.1600 and Rs.3500

Weston has made a statement that the company plans to get the sales of around Rs.250 crore in the next one year from its latest venture. It was also stated by Weston that they plan to set up a new facility for the manufacturing of mobile phones at Dehradun and by next year this facility is expected to become operational.

Initially Weston will launch its handsets in the north and the eastern states of the country and then will slowly launch them in the other parts of the country. The Senior Vice President and Business Head of Weston Mobiles, Pankaj Sharma stated that “Our vision is to introduce the most affordable handsets in India keeping in mind the features to price ratio.”

Apple Allows Previously Banned Ringtone Makers Into App Store [Ringtone Makers Make Mark On App Store, Give Previously Banned Apps New Hope]

When the original iPhone first launched back in 2007 there was no official way to get third party applications onto the device. The only way to do such a thing was to break just about every rule in the book and jailbreak the device. Going this route gave consumers access to an expansive line up of applications developed specificially for the phone rendering it far more useful than when it originally launched.

However, when 2008 rolled around with the iPhone 3G, Apple introduced to the world the App Store. This new virtual mobile application retail outlet gave consumers official access to both paid for and free applications. Over the years the App Store has seen immense growth with over 6.5 billion downloads and over 250,000 appliactions available on the market to date.

Up until now, Apple has been pretty strict about which applications actually make it into the App Store. In fact, every one of those 250,000+ apps were subject to Apple’s intensive approval process. Due to these strict guidelines, many applications were denied access to the store if they even remotely replicated a feature already in the phone. Google Voice applications, for example, were originally allowed onto the market and then quickly pulled for duplicating a service already found within the iPhone.

India in talks on BlackBerry e-mail access: source

India, which along with several other countries has expressed concerns that BlackBerry services could be used to stir political or social instability, had threatened RIM with a ban if it were denied access to data.

A spokeswoman for RIM, which has never commented on whether the Indian government has access to BlackBerry services, was not immediately available for comment.

The Indian interior ministry said on Aug. 30 that the Canadian firm had offered several ways to allow authorities to monitor BlackBerry communications. The government said it would check their feasibility over the next 60 days.

Saudi Arabia, fretful over services such as online pornography, has reached a deal with RIM on access to the BlackBerry Messenger instant messaging service, a consumer product that operates outside of the secure corporate domain, according to government sources.

Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have raised similar concerns, with the UAE setting an Oct. 11 deadline for RIM.

Apple To Acquire Polar Rose Face Recognition Firm

Apple has acquired Polar Rose, a Swedish company that makes facial recognition software that can be used in the cloud, on a computer or on iPhone and Android smartphones.

Norwegian Mac site Mac1 reported the acquisition on Monday, according to a translation of the site via Google Translate. Financial details were not disclosed. Apple did not respond to a request for comment.

Polar Rose has developed  technology that uses complex algorithms to identify photos, so they can be linked to other information. The company focuses on facial recognition, making the technology particularly useful in social networks. For example, the technology could be used to identify and tag people in a group photo.

What Apple has planned for the Polar Rose technology is not known. The company does not comment on future product plans. However, Apple uses facial recognition technology in iPhoto to help users organize their photos based on particular people.

How to type new Rupee symbol on computer

Just like Dollar and Pound, India has launched new symbol for its ‘Rupee’ currency. We can always type dollar symbol using standard keyboard. Do you want to type and use new Rupee symbol using existing PC keyboard? This can be easily done by downloading new Rupee symbol font on your Windows computer.

1. Download Rupee Foradian font and save it on your computer. [via downloadactive]

2. Then goto C > Windows > Fonts folder to install new font on Windows. User of Window 7 can simply copy and paste font file in ‘Fonts’ folder in ‘Windows’ folder for installation.

3. After installation, open Word processor and then press ~ key at top right (under ESC key).

4. Then select ‘Rupee Foradian font’, this will convert ~ symbol into new Rupee symbol.

 Video Demo – use new Rupee font



Quick and easy way of writing new Rupee symbol font on documents, files, images and so on. While sharing Word documents showing new rupee symbol, both sharing PCs must have new Rupee symbol font installed on their respective PCs.

Samsung flexes young photo muscles with NX100

COLOGNE, Germany--Samsung, showing off its new higher-end compact NX100 camera, declared its ambition Monday to become a power in the camera industry.

"I believe the NX100 will be the catalyst for photo innovations in the digital camera industry and will propel Samsung forward to become one of the world's leading manufacturers," said Sangjin Park, president of Samsung's digital imaging division, speaking at press event at the Photokina show here.

Compact ILC (interchangeable lens camera) models are all the rage as the industry seeks to build new demand in a somewhat saturated market. Olympus and Panasonic led the way with their compatible Micro Four Thirds models, and Samsung and Sony have now arrived with models of their own featuring a larger sensor and their own proprietary lens mounts. These higher-end models aren't cheap: Samsung's costs $599 with a 20-50mm lens and $649 with a 20mm lens.

Google's social network building blocks

Google has quietly been stocking up on tools it will need to challenge Facebook in the social networking game, and says it's on the verge of launching a "social component" to a number of its core products.

Over the past month, Google (GOOG, Fortune 500) has made five acquisitions in the field: SocialDeck, a mobile social gaming company; Angstro, a social networking search application; Like.com, a social fashion store; Jambool, a social gaming virtual currency; and Slide, a social game maker. It also has a large stake in gaming giant Zynga.

But before you start to arrange the puzzle pieces, analysts say don't bother.

"Trying to predict how Google will put everything together using acquisitions is a fool's game," said Josh Bernoff, analyst at Forrester Research. "It's highly unlikely that the pieces will emerge into some form."

Google has a habit of making acquisitions to buy up talent, not products. Bernoff believes many of the recent deals were done to pick the brains of the companies' engineers, who have experience with social networks.

Germany seeks Internet data protection code

Germany's government urged the Internet industry on Monday to produce a voluntary data protection code to cover services like Google Inc.’s  “Street View” mapping service.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere met with representatives of Google and Apple Inc. Among others after Google's plans to introduce “Street View” in Germany ignited concerns in the privacy-conscious country over the extent to which people's personal data are accessible on the Internet.

De Maiziere said he proposed that the industry draw up a data protection code by Dec. 7, and “this met with approval.”

The industry should commit to “data protection-friendly basic settings” and give information “in a user-friendly way” about the gathering and intended use of data, the minister said.