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Nokia unveils 7 new handsets for India’s emerging rural markets

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The world’s biggets mobile phone maker, Nokia has launched seven mobile phones for India. Nokia has launched these mobile phones to introduce low-cost mobile telephony service to India’s rural masses. The company has launched Nokia 1200, 1208, 1650, 2660, 2630, 2760 and Nokia 2505 in the market. The description of mobile phones are given below: Image Credit: TechTree Nokia 1200 and Nokia 1208: Nokia has introduced the Nokia 1200 and Nokia 1208 phones to fulfill the needs of entire family or village. Both of these phones have the first call-time tracking application and multi-phonebooks to make phone sharing simpler and more efficient. The call-tracking feature allows users and village phone entrepreneurs to pre-set a time or cost limit on individual calls and automatically ending the call after the limit has been reached. The multi-phonebook allows users to set up their personal phonebook. The Nokia 1200 and Nokia 1208 comes with 5 available phonebook. Both phones are equipped with addional features also like one-touch flashlights, localised languages, a teaching mode to learn about the phone. The Nokia 1200 comes with monochrome screen, while the Nokia 1208 has color VGA screen. The cost of Nokia 1200 would be estimated around 35 EUR and it would be available in the second quarter of 2007. While the cost of Nokia 1208 is 40 EUR and it would be available in the third quarter of 2007. Image Credit: Digis Image Credit: Mobilsk Nokia 1650 and Nokia 2660: The Nokia 1650 offers an aspirational design and practical features to help users balance their personal and professional lives. It supports 75 local languages and equipped with a flashlight, FM radio and MP3 grade ringtones. The cost of the Nokia 1650 is around 55 EUR. The Nokia 2660 phone has dual screen featured with GPRS technology for e-mail and Internet access. It supports Bluetooth technology, FM radio, MP3 ringtones with 500-entry phonebook. It has an integrated handsfree speaker function with long battery life. The cost of the Nokia 2660 is 85 EUR and it would be available in the second quarter of 2007. Image Credit: Handy discount Nokia 2630 and 2760: The Nokia 2630 is good balance between modern design with a full range of features. It has Bluetooth technology with digital camera. It has FM radio, shortcut keys and MP3 ringtones. The Nokia 2760 features a digital camera to allow users to experience digital photography. And Bluetooth technology enables them to share their photos. It has GPRS technology to access e-mail and Internet with 1000 contacts in the phonebook. Image Credit: TechTree Nokia 2505: The Nokia 2505 is one of the sleekest fold style for the CDMA market.It has 300-conatct phonebook with pre-loaded rintones and wallpapers. The Nokia 2505 is expected to be available in selected markets in Asia/Pacific, Middle East, Africa, China and Latin America during the 2nd quarter of 2007. Via: TechTree

Rcomm offers colored mobile phones for Rs 777

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Image Credit: Money Control Soon Indians will have the cheapest mobile phone in their hand. India’s second largest private telephony major Reliance Communications (Rcomm) has made the cheapest phone for Indians. Rcomm has launched the SIM based Classic 202 at Rs 77 (US$19), which is almost half of the existing colour handset prices of Rs 1,600. The company has launched ‘Classic 202′ along with ‘Classic 204′ and `Classic 203′, which are available at Rs 844 and Rs 888, respectively. The ‘Classic 202′ is featured with FM radio, ployphonic ringtones and address book. Rcomm has launched new SIM based CDMA handsets, which allows users to change to other providers, if they are not satisfied with the Reliance Communications’ services. Currently, the entry level black and white handsets are available at around Rs 1000 and color handsets at Rs 1400-1800 from Tata Indicom, the other significant CDMA mobile service provider. According to Reliance Communications President (wireless) S P Shukla, Rcomm is bringing mobile phones for an entirely new segment of population in metroes, small cities and rural hinterland of India. This will give opportunity to customers to buy new handset instead of buying second-hand phones. Via: Businesses Standard

Yahoo! launches OneSearch, mobile search portal in India

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World’s second largest Search Engine and Internet service provider, Yahoo! has launched its One Search Beta service in Indian market. Yahoo! One Search is available on its exclusive web portal, in.m.yahoo.com. Yahoo! has launched this service in other six Asian countries, including Malaysia and Singapore. One Search is basically a keyword search on the mobile web. Users can access Yahoo!OneSearch on their mobile browser through GPRS connection. Initially the service is available on GSM mobile phones not on CDMA mobile phones. Even users can access content on news. Finance, weather, images and Flickr on their OneSearch portal. Yahoo! has tied up with several content providers to offer better search results using its own search technology. The company will also open up the portal to advertisers in the form of sponsored links and display advertising. These ads will allow users to interact other sites or by connecting them through a call. Yahoo! has included its global clients like Pepsi for advertisement. Yahoo! has already open its OneSerach portal for mobile publishers in US. Yahoo! has already launched Yahoo! Go mobile service in India, which allows users to access services like Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger on their mobile phones. David Ko, vice-president, president and general manager of Connected Life Asia, said, It understands what busy consumers are looking for when they are on the move and brings up relevant answers in the first screen. Image Credit: Back Office & Search Views Via: DN India

Micronet debuts 11N Wireless Networking Product in Indian market

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Micronet has expanded its market in India with the launch of new 11N Wireless Networking Product. The new 11N Wireless Networking series comes with SP916N WLAN Broadband Router, which allows several users to split their Internet access and prevent them from illegal attacks. The new device comes with the SP906N Wireless LAN PCI card and SP907N Wireless LAN USB Adapter, which provides upgrades wireless connectivity in your computer. Micronet SP916N WLAN Broadband router is compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g/Draft-N wireless LAN, which provides high Internet access up to 300Mbps and provides wireless security with 64/128-bit WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK encoding. The SP916N WLAN Broadband router shares a single cable of xDSL Internet connection with four wired LAN ports (10/100M) plus one WAN port (10/100M). To set up an easy IP address with advanced network and security features, including DMZ, virtual servers, access control and firewall, the product supports DCHP. The device allows you to monitor various router statuses, including DHCP client log, system log, security log and device/connection status. The SP907N also supports WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption with USB 2.0 interface for easy installation. The SP916N WLAN Broadband router is equipped with following: 1) 32-bit PCI interface 2) Detachable antenna 3) 2T3R MIMO Technology Radio Modulation 4) Frequency band of 2.4000 ~ 2.4835GHz.