Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
A product that can fulfill a user’s need of having multiple SIMs without actually buying a new handset is ready to be launched in India.
The US based equipment manufacturer Motorola is in talks with Indian telecom service providers to bring in iSIM (intelligent SIM), a flexible wafer that is attached to subscriber’s original SIM.
It provides additional services that can be controlled via SIM tool kit (STK) and other standards that work across mobile handsets, such as JAVA and SMS.
World’s largest cellphone maker Nokia will launch its unlimited music download service in India soon.
Nokia on Thursday launched its unlimited music downloading service in China, in a move to strengthen its position in the world’s biggest mobile market.
The unlimited music download offering in China will add further momentum to Nokia’s leadership in the world’s highest growth markets, including Brazil, Russia and Indonesia, the company said in a statement.
Airtel digital TV- the DTH service from Bharti Airtel – today announced the launch of ‘Airtel digital TV Recorder’, an enhanced Set Top Box (STB) with capability to record live television, anytime, anywhere. A first of its kind example of convergence between the mobile and TV screen, Airtel offers customers the convenience, to record their favourite shows using their mobile phones from anywhere in the world.
Airtel digital TV Recorder will be available at Rs 6990/- to all new customers and at Rs 5990/- to all existing Airtel digital TV customers going in for an upgrade.
Samsung Electronics, which is expecting its dual sim phones to contribute 15 per cent of its total handset volumes this year, will launch its own Operating System, Bada, in the second quarter of next fiscal, said Mr. Ranjit Yadav, Director, Mobile and IT, Samsung India here on Wednesday.
He was here on the occasion of the launch of two new dual sim handsets (B-5722 and Duos 259) taking the number of company’s dual sim handsets to six, including GSM and CDMA segments, in the range of Rs. 4,620-10,650.
Bharti Airtel, announced that it has successfully completed the deployment of the “Traffic Police Enforcement Automation” system by providing BlackBerry® smartphones to all the officers of the Bangalore Traffic Police.
Dr. V.S.Acharya, Hon. Home Minister, State of Karnataka in the presence of Mr. Shankar Bidari IPS, Commissioner of Police Bangalore City presented the last lot of 10 BlackBerry smartphones to the Bangalore Traffic Police personnel. With this, the Bangalore Traffic Police department has equipped all 650 officers a BlackBerry smartphone, giving them access to the large central database of vehicles, drivers and offenders.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on Saturday launched the country’s first commercial urban mobile WiMax network in Ernakulam. The service was inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Agriculture K V Thomas.
BSNL is the first operator in the country to launch commercial mobile WiMax service, for which technical support is being provided by Aviat Networks. “In the initial phase, 450 base stations will be set up across the state at a cost of Rs 100 crore, which will cover all the major cities and district headquarters.
Microsoft on Monday announced that its Windows phone 7 operating system for mobile phones will be available by this Christmas season, as a whole new platform that incorporates social networking, music, video, photos and games to provide a rich, personalised user experience.
At the Mobile World Congress that opened here, Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer unveiled the features that the Windows Phone 7 to be manufactured to specifications laid down by the company, will offer.
The Handcase launched its mobile search system, called Gune. Gune is a system of meta-search, ie it searches the other websites and generates a single page of results, optimized for small screen phones and smartphones. The websites consulted by the Gune are: Google and Bing.
New Delhi-based 2ergo, a provider of mobile enabling technology will launch location-based services in India by next six months, Ramesh Krishnan, chief operating officer, 2ergo told Telecom Yatra.
Location-based service (LBS) is a form of marketing and communication that uses location-tracking technology in mobile networks to target consumers with location-specific advertising on their mobile devices. Speaking on the forthcoming launch, Krishnan said, “Last year, 2ergo launched a LBS-based mobile application for one of our clients, Rightmove, in UK. Now we plan to launch it here in India.”
To cut a long story short, there is a striking similarity between the majority of mobile phone users; it is the sheer negligence and the habit to leave phones behind at any place. This is in no way a small quandary and owing to this, we do face umpteen problems. Remember, even if we prefer to accuse stealers at every time, phones are mainly lost owing to this. However, all such problems will be a part of tale thanks to the emergence of Zomm.
What is Zomm? You may certainly term it as a novel technological marvel but in reality, it is a gadget, unveiled at the CES 2010 and it can be your best aid provided that you have the habit of losing your classy cell phone from time to time.
