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Spice mobile has announced the launch of its new handset S-820 for the music lover, with a Yamaha audio amplifier which ensures 3D surround sound.

The external memory of the phone can be expanded to 1GB which can store music and other multimedia content. With a built in FM player receiver, the phone can record FM radio too. The phone also comes with a wireless stereo Bluetooth headset providing a wireless experience.
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It’s all about first movers advantage. Nokia Nseries, the multimedia sub-brand of Nokia has gone ahead and launched N96 - its converged device in India. Optimized for web access and entertainment, the dual-slide Nokia N96 is a blend of style and cutting edge technology and represents a whole new chapter in mobile technology. N96 is the first ever mobile device to offer a memory size of 16GB expandable to 24 GB through an external micro SD card, allowing consumers to store hours of media and be entertained on the go.

It will be available across the country starting September 2008. Nokia also announced a pre-booking scheme, offering consumers the opportunity to secure the N96 in advance. The offer will be valid through 2000 Nokia outlets across the country starting August 20, 2008.
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No wonder Sony Ericsson is interested in acquiring India’s Spice Mobiles. Their recently launched gaming phone, Spice X-1, looks like something the Swedish-Japanese handset maker may release in the not-that-distant future as part of its “F” series of mobile gaming friendly handsets.

Back to Spice X-1. It’s clearly a mobile phone designed to appeal to the youth audience who dig the idea of playing games on their handsets. It features a 2.4-inch screen, 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, FM radio with record and play feature, and a microSD expansion slot. Being a gaming dedicated device also means it boasts a decent sound quality thanks to Yamaha-amplified 3-D surround sound technology, and dedicated gaming keys (like the Sony Ericsson F305).
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Sony Ericsson’s just launched T700 is sure to be a big hit in India. It is stylish, elegant and trendy, what the young gizmo lover love.

This is a season when most mobile companies are coming with their new and newer products. It seems like it is raining mobile from everywhere. And consumers are happier than ever before as they get better and still better choices.

The company has taken the wraps of its T700, a slimline handset aimed at the style-conscious mobile buyer. Sony Ericsson’s just launched T700 has metal casing and 10mm thin design and the company is pitching the T700 as an elegantly stylish handset with premium features for the mainstream mass market.
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Sensing strong revenue from GSM based mobile handset business, Chinese major Haier is planning to refocus on the same and is working with software companies and US based Qualcomm to add more applications for better functionality in its cellphones.

“We are more focused this time and are looking at GSM business more aggressively,” Haier Mobiles India Marcom director Avijit Dutt told.

He added that, however, the company would not exit its CDMA business.

“Though the company has done pretty well in the CDMA business and among the top three handset players in this category, it is seeing a better revenue inflow than the other business. But, there is a limit as the operators are more attracted towards the other technology, and the real money and business is in GSM,” he said.
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Samsung Telecommunications India (STI), has announced the launch of its full touch screen, ultra-slim lifestyle segment mobile phone – the Samsung TouchWiz (F480)- in the Indian market.

The TouchWiz is being launched to coincide with the Olympic Games 2008.

Announcing the launch of this new phone, Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Telecommunications India, said, “Given the growing consumer interest in touch screen phones , the Samsung TouchWiz offers a brilliant full touch navigation experience; widgets with ‘Drag and Drop’ technology and User Interface with Haptic Feedback which makes the experience of using the phone highly interactive and easy.”
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Global telecom major Nokia Monday unveiled its first global positioning system (GPS)-enabled mobile device for the Indian market to navigate and map a location of choice.

Priced at Rs.18,000, the Nokia 6210 navigator comes with its Maps 2.0 version that offers real-time voice and visual guidance using in-built GPS support. The device also has an integrated in-map compass for pedestrian guidance.

The navigator is preloaded with maps of eight cities across the country. Maps of other cities will be added in phases after securing clearance from the surveyor general of India and the defence ministry, Nokia India marketing director Devinder Kishore told reporters here at a preview of the new product.
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Samsung has launched much hyped mobile phone innov8 or i8510 in global market. It has eight mega pixel camera along with blink shot, smile shot and face recognition. The handset promises that with the help of innov8 one would be able to capture and store all the memories in style.

Launching the product Geesung Choi, President, Samsung Telecommunication Business, said innov8 is made for tech-savvy users for best possible multimedia entertainment, and with the 8-megapixel camera, pre-embedded 3D games, high speed data connections true entertainment is assured.
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Ticketvala.com, an Internet-based bus ticket booking platform, has launched mTicket – the Mobile Bus Ticket solution. Customers can now opt to pay and receive bus tickets on their mobile phones. This is a part of the company’s endeavour to use the telecom revolution optimally and cater to the anytime, anywhere needs of today’s mobile consumers.

The mobile ticketing solution is available for intercity bus services all across India. Currently, it is operational on services by select bus operators and will soon be available widely.
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Global consumer electronics and mobile phone vendors are going green in India. Heavyweight brands like Nokia, LG, Samsung and Haier, among others, are planning to roll out products that will be positioned on an environment-friendly platform.

It is the first time that environment as a brand strategy has evolved in the Indian consumer electronics industry. Till now, electronic brands had either used lifestyle, technology or health positioning in India.

“At a time when product features are becoming similar and efforts to drive emotional USP with brand ambassadors is getting cluttered, an environment platform helps attract the top end of the market. India is seen as a more attractive environment-friendly market than the US or Europe,” noted brand consultant Harish Bijoor.
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