Pics of Nokia N9 leaked

Pics of Nokia N9 has been leaked on the internet. The phone looks like QWERTY Variant of Nokia N8. No other details regarding its specifications, launch date, expected price is available. Earlier also, there was a similar rumour regarding leaked pics of Nokia N9, however those leaked pics look completely different from these pics.

Nokia X3-02 India Price and Launch Date

The Nokia X3-02 which is a Touchscreen variant of the X3 was launched today . Nokia is calling the handset X3 Touch and Type. The price and launch date of the handset has been revealed. But India is missing from the initial launch countries.
The initial launch markets are  China, Ireland & UK, Russia, Australia & New Zealand, Singapore, Germany, Spain & Portugal, France, Mexico and Saudi & Yemen according to Nokia Conv . It will be launched in other markets later. If Nokia wants to compete in India with brands like Micromax and Spice, they need to launch such handsets soon.
UPDATE: This phone will eventually come to India.The launch markets for the device are Africa, Asia-Pacific, BRAZIL, CHINA, Eurasia, Europe, INDIA, Latin America, Middle East, SEAP

Nokia X3-02 Price

The handset will go on sale this quarter and will be available a price of 125 Euros or roughly Rs.7500 approx excluding taxes.

Micromax X510 Pike Touchscreen Phone

Micromax X510 Pike has been launched in India recently. It’s a full touchscreen phone with colourful back panels. The X510 comes with WiFi and Bluetooth and does not seem like a Dual SIM phone like the remaining handsets offered by the company. It has a 2MP Camera on the back. It has two keys in the front and volume keys and music key on the side.

Micromax X510 Pike Features

The phone plays Video and Audio files and supports Radio too via a 3.5 mm audio port. The Pike is powered by a 1500 mAh a battery is expected to offer 8 hr talktime according to Micromax

Form Factor	Bar
Band	GSM900 / DCS 1800MHz
Weight	103.03g
Dimensions	110.2×55×14.75mm
Display	262K Colors  Full Touch Screen
Camera	2.0 MP
Music	Multi Format Music Player
	3.5mm Jack
WIFI	Yes
Stereo FM Radio	Yes
Video Player	Yes (AVI/3GP/MP4)
Messaging	Yes, SMS /MMS/EMS
Games	Yes
Bluetooth(A2DP)	Yes
Email	Yes
JAVA	Yes
Phonebook Memory	2000
SMS Memory	500
Expandable Memory	MicroSD (upto 16GB)
Battery Type	Li-ion 1500mAh
Talk Time	Up to 8 hours
Standby Time	Up to 16 days

The X510 also comes pre-loaded with Opera Mini browser for fast web browsing. There is Nimbuzz chat application which is a free Instant Messaging application. There is Snaptu which lets you connect to social Networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook. For Email there is a Zenga application.

Micromax X510 Pike Price and Availability

The Pike is available in the market for Rs.7000 approx and will come with a complimentary leather pouch in the box.

Sony Ericsson launches 6 new Phones in India

Sony Ericsson has launched 6 new phones in India as a part of their product lineup of 2010. Some of these phones are already available in the retail market and the rest will be available soon.
We were the first to bring you exclusive coverage of these phones from CommunicAsia recently
The phones launched are the Cedar, Yendo , Xperia X8, Aspen , Spiro and Zylo.
Sony Ericsson Cedar – Feature phone
The Cedar is an entry level 3G phone and would be priced at Rs.6000-7000
Yendo Walkman phone
The Yendo is an entry level Touchscreen Walkman phone priced at Rs.8000-9000
XPERIA X8 – Android

The XPERIA X8 is a slightly modified version of the X10 Mini and is priced at Rs.16000-17000 approx. [pics]
Aspen – Windows Mobile
This is a Windows Mobile Phone with both a Touchscreen and a QWERTY and part of a Green heart family of products. Aspen already available in the market for Rs.14000-16000 approx.
Spiro Walkman phone
This is an entry level walkman phone priced at around Rs.5000.

Zylo Walkman phone
The Zylo is available in the market for Rs.8000 approx.
Elaborating on the launch of the new phones, Anurag Kontu, Marketing Head – India, Sony Ericsson said, “Greater access to applications and customizable user experience on handheld devices has shaped the mobile success story in India today. As the communication entertainment brand, Sony Ericsson phones have always enjoyed a phenomenal response from consumers in the region. With the launch of the new portfolio, we continue to offer an amalgamation of communication and entertainment by fusing together best quality touchscreen experience, premium imaging and music features, and great connectivity options across price segments.”

Now recharge your prepaid mobile FREE !

What if you get a FREE coupon from McDonald’s while you recharge your prepaid mobile? Now online recharge market is getting more innovative and pursuing win-win offers for mobile users, service providers and retailers. Freecharge.in Launched, To MakePrepaid Mobile Recharge Virtually Free In India. Freecharge.in is a patent pending online service for prepaid mobile recharge that makes the recharge virtually free by offering equal amount in retail coupons. . The service is launched in partnership with some of the top retailers of India.

Freecharge is a newly launched ecommerce service that enables its users to recharge any prepaid mobile phone in India. Their offering is unique as the amount paid by the user for recharge is returned in form of shopping coupons of some of the top retailersin India, thereby making the recharge virtually free. If a user recharges his prepaid connection for Rs.100 by paying for it online on http://www.freecharge.in, he will also receive discount coupons worth Rs.100 that he can avail at any of the listed retailers.

The site, Freecharge.in, is launched with attractively valued coupons of McDonald’s and Barista. Users can expect to see more coupons of renowned national brands of restaurants, multiplexes, apparels and grocery stores being offered soon.

Accelyst Solutions Pvt. Ltd, the company behind Freecharge, is a strategic marketing company working with some of India’s top retailers. The young yet experienced team at Freecharge is currently seed funded by Tandon Group, members of the Mumbai Angels. The team has already acquired a ‘patent pending’ status for their business model.

Kunal Shah, MD, Accelyst Solutions Pvt. Ltd. said, “The potential of ecommerce in India cannot be doubted, though the lack of successful ecommerce companies in India mostly owes to the fact that companies do not invest enough resources in gaining insight about consumer behavior. At Freecharge we have taken this challenge head on and are constantly working towards improving user experience. “

The online prepaid recharge business currently contributes to less than 1% of the total prepaid recharge but given the volumes of the Indian telecom industry even this amount runs in over 100s of Crores.

Uninor Offers FREE 50 STD Minutes in UP for Raksha Bandhan

Uninor today launched an exciting offers on the auspicious occasion of “Raksha Bandhan” which is so close to Indian heart, keeping the sentiments of its subscribers in mind.

The operator offers 50 STD Min Free on its Unlimited Local Plan, creating a platform wherein each subscriber can choose Unlimited 197 Plan and freely talk to relatives and friends anywhere in India.

In Unlimited 197 plan customer gets 700 Local Min free on calls to any network in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, 2000 Local Uninor Minutes Free and now Raksha Bandhan Special 50 STD Minutes Free.

Also to add to the festivity Uninor has announced a Lucky Draw were in customers opting for Unlimited 197 between a limited period for 18th and 25th August have a chance to win daily prizes of Handsets, Free Talk Time and a Bike for the winner of the Bumper Lucky Draw.

“In this fiercely competitive market of 11 players at Uninor we focus on our customers requirements and build our products, pricing, network, and distribution strategy around inherent telephony needs of the customer. We aim to delight our customers with innovative, simple and value for money product offering at an affordable price, available at nearest telecom retail counter” said Rajeev Sethi, Hub Head UP E.

Tata Docomo Intros Pay 1st 30 sec And Free Next 30 sec

Tata Docomo, India’s fastest growing mobile operator continues to do the new! After bringing down the STD tariff to 45p/min as well local tariff as they are giving 15 seconds free airtime with every minute calling, they picks the local tariff to reduce.

Now with Tata Docomo enjoy unbelievable per second tariff for local calls in Kolkata and West Bengal. Recharge with RC26 and get 30 seconds free while talking to any local numbers for 1 minutes, pushing down effective local call rate at just 30p/minute.

When you recharge with RC26 (of Rs. 26) you will pay for 1st 30 seconds for every 60 seconds you call for. This is a limited period offer, valid upto 30th Sep ‘10. This STV is not valid for users availing STV 7 & STV 61.

Landline Number May Have 10 Digits Soon

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has reject the proposal to move the mobile number from 10 digits to 11 digits and proposed that the existing 10-digit numbering scheme should be continued to avoid inconvenience to the customers that would accompany any move to shift to an 11 digit numbering scheme.

Giving a two pronged strategy, TRAI has recommended that India should migrate to an “Integrated Numbering Scheme”  for Fixed (land line) and Mobile services by 31st December, 2011.

In other words both fixed line and mobile phones will have a 10-digit number. This would make available enough numbers to cater to expansion of existing services and introduction of new services for the next 30-40 years.

This integrated numbering will also facilitate extension of number portability to fixed lines.Till the integrated scheme is implemented the dialling of intra-circle calls from fixed lines to mobile will be with ‘0’ prefixed.

This would enable exploitation of spare capacity available in the sublevels of existing Short Distance Charging Area (SDCA) codes, to the extent of about one billion numbers without affecting any telephone number or STD code.

Spice Mobile Launches Android Smartphones in India

SPice Mobiles Ltd a flagship company of the Spice Televenture has come up with  Android based mobile phone and hand-held tablet devices for Indian consumers. These devices include smart phones MI-300, MI-410 and MI-700 Android tablet.

Spice Mobile intend to lures the bottom of the market who doesn’t want to shell out more for than 15k for smartphone. Spice MI300 Android smartphone will be available in India just for Rs. 9900.

The Spice Mi-300 is a 3.5G AndroidTM v2.1 ready device, with integrated Spice mobility offerings including a bouquet of customised applications developed by Spice Digital. The phone features a 3.2” HVGA Capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.

Apart from being exceptionally user friendly it has applications including GMS & MS Office, GPS & A-GPS for location tracking or turn-by-turn directions, WI-FI, Push E-mail, G-sensor, E-compass, Proximity Sensor and more than 1,00,000 downloadableapplications that can even convert your device into a metal detector. It comes with a 5MP Camera, Proximity sensor and all SNS applications, and is powered by the MSM7227 chipset from Qualcomm.

The Mi-300 is exclusively available across 200+ Spice HotSpot outlets across the top metros and cities across the country from today, giving Spice Mobility customers a complete Connected Spice Life experience, The Mi-300 comes to customers at an attractive introductory price point of Rs. 9990.

The superbly designed Mi-410 Ver. 2.1 impresses most with its High Definition video record and play capability on a large 4.1” HVGA capacitive display. This Wi-Fi enabled device also has 3G (HSDPA), Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR transferring data at blazing speeds of 24Mbps, AGPS, GMS & MS office to satisfy advanced connectivity needs, and is powered by the Snapdragon MSM8255™ chipset from Qualcomm.

The Mi-700 Ver. 2.2 has a spectacular 7” HVGA touch screen. This handheld tablet has perfectly balanced virtues of both a mobile and an internet device connecting over Wi-fi, Bluetooth and 2G/ 3G. The high-resolution 7” screen is remarkably crisp and vivid. Which makes it perfect for web browsing, watching movies, or viewing photos.

It’s designed to show off your content in portrait or landscape orientation with every turn. Add to that a hot swap memory card slot, USB data interfaces and Dual camera for video calling, which are absent in even popular tablets currently in the market. The Mi-700 is based on the MSM7227 chipset from Qualcomm.

The launch of these 3G Android 2.1 ready devices, places Spice Mobility in good stead in the android devices market for the global and domestic consumers.

Expressing his pleasure at the Spice Mobility conference, Mr. Dilip Modi, Managing Director, Spice Mobility Ltd. said,” The launch of the Connected Spice Life devices with the ‘& Series’ (Android) range is in line with our vision and strategic thought of providing customers new age high technology devices that have an interplay on the Mobile Internet Platform readily operable in the 3G and HSPA.

Our devices will have pre-embedded content and applications developed by Spice Digital, our VAS business and Spice Labs, our Mobile Internet & Apps business, retailed exclusively through Spice HotSpot stores across India to begin with, so as to offer an integrated mobility experience.