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| Nokia N95 Review |
| 2008-03-24 08:46:00 |
The best feature that will strike you about N95 is when you slide the display up, the number pad is visible and it can be used like any other phone and when you slide the display down, the music buttons show up with the display changing to landscape with all the audio features.It has the standard music player which can be controlled by the slide-out buttons or you can use the directional pad and other front-side buttons to control the music playing action.The album art is a bit difficult to get started with for someone who is not used to digging into the file system and moving things around, but it can be fixed.You might run into a little bit of a problem while browsing or viewing a ton of photos or videos might break while the music player is playing at the background.SanDisk has proclaim...
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| PS3 Firmware update |
| 2008-03-20 06:58:00 |
PS3 firmware v2.20 update!!! What now? This update will make your PS3 Blue-ray Disc Profile 2.0 (aka BD-Live) compliant. Another AWESOME feature is Resume Play - begin playing a DVD or BD disc from the point where you previously stopped it, even if you eject the disc and insert a different movie or game. I will love this feature!!!! And another interesting feature is that the Internet browser now displays some web pages faster. In addition [Save Target] has been added as an option under file. This option lets you save a file that is linked to a web page to your PS3 hard drive or storage media.According to Sony, the update should be available in a few days Source[Sony]
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| Flash the Iphone |
| 2008-03-19 09:07:00 |
Despite Steve's "HELL NO!", Adobe is developing a Flash player for the iPhone. Adobe's CEO, Shantanu Narayen said to the WSJ that they have evaluated the software developer tools and they think they can develop an iPhone Flash player on their own. A Flash player plug-in for Safari, however, would be much more difficult, if not impossible with the current SDK. But there are other possibilities, from a development point of view, which could actually be better for iPhone users.[Editor's note: The iPhone SDK limits what applications can do, and doesn't provide with a plug-in architecture for Safari, which is an application that Apple wants to keep as lean and stable as possible. There are, however, many possibilities open that ...
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| Google Search, now a button away on S60 |
| 2008-02-24 21:52:00 |
Move over Yahoo, Google is here. This might sound welcome to many, including me, but sour news for Yahoo indeed. What makes this even more alluring is the tighter integration of Google than Yahoo, which can be accessed simply by hitting the "pencil" key, used normally for copy/paste functions on most S60 devices. The new application will place a search box shortcut on the phone's idle screen and pressing the pencil key will bring up a search box. Sadly, this application is only available right now for a handful of cell phones like the N78, 6210 Navigator, 6220 Classic, and the new N96. But there is hope as Nokia promises to progressively implement Google search in over 100 countries around the world.Edit: Forgot to add the URL. Head over to mobile.google.com on your supported device to get it!
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| new ads for mastercard |
| 2008-02-15 07:49:00 |
hi here is the transcripts of some new mastercard priceless moments ads.two roundtrip tickets to the uk 1,30,000/- rs.limousine ride from the airport to the hotel 1700/- rs.two tickets to the amusement park 2000/- rs.watching the expression on their faces when you introduce them to your gay spouse, priceless.one pair of cricket pads 1200/- rs.one pair of cricket gloves 600/- rs.one protective helmet 3000/- rs.the painfull lesson learnt from saving money on the abdomen guard, priceless.one bottle of vodka 460/- rs.half a bottle of whiskey 140/- rs.fine at the court for drinking and driving 1300/- rs.watching the expression, when you blow your alcohol scented breath, on cops face, priceless.5 days stay at a holiday resort for 30 mla's 10 lakhs.flight cha...
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| CK800, Sonim XP1's rival from China |
| 2008-01-04 21:47:00 |
Sonim Technologies released the indestructible XP1 some time ago, but the Chinese look to give it some serious competition with their CK800. The CK800 strongphone, if you can call it that, can take falls, remain underwater, and come out of all that unscathed and still working. Another welcome feature would be its ability to be charged with a portable AA-battery charger. It is the perfect phone if you are the outdoor-kinda guy and can't handle a cell phone without breaking it.No word on pricing and availability though.CameraPhonePlaza
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| Tech2's PS3 Contest |
| 2008-01-01 08:38:00 |
Tech2 is known to have been generous in handing out a few goodies to us deprived and it's keeping that tradition alive with "Win a PS3" contest, where you get to win a 40GB Playstation 3 and a copy of the PS3 game, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune! To win, like always, decrypt the code that is hidden in three articles on Tech2 about Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, a cool new game for the PS3 and head over to the contest page to fill a form and you are all set to while away your precious time in 2008 being lazy and playing games!Good luck! Head over here for the details and here for the contest page.Source: Tech2
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| Happy New Year! |
| 2008-01-01 07:44:00 |
IndiaRant wishes a Happy New Year to all its readers and anybody who sees this. Sorry about not posting for the past three days, was out on vacation. We had a good time and hope you guys are having fun too!Here's to hoping that 2008 will be a good year for IndiaRant. As a step forward, I would like to invite any writers out there who are interested in contributing to IndiaRant. If you have a good sense of humor and a passion for cool gadgets, mail me and we can take it further.Have a good year guys!!
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| ASUS readies M930W, no E90 killer |
| 2007-12-26 22:39:00 |
ASUS's foray into to the mobile market might be recent but it's gaining more steam and is starting to give some serious competition to the already established players in the mobile industry. You might remember the phones already available in India from ASUS, all based on Windows Mobile. The latest product from ASUS's loins is the M930W with its sleek, a la communicator looks. Although it looks almost similar to the Nokia's successful business phone, E90, the basic and the most important difference is its operating system, namely Windows Mobile 6.0 Professional compared to E90's Symbian S60 operating system. It also sports the similar flip-open form factor with both an external and internal screen.It boasts a powerful Marvel PXA270M 520MHz processor, 256MB ROM, and 128MB RAM. On the connectivity side, it passes the test with Triband GSM (900/1800/1900) network compatibility, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA at 3.6Mbps, Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR, WiFi in b and g flavors, and miniUSB. Expansion is possible by way of microSDHC slot. The full QWERTY keypad is welcome and the D-pad looks promising.The biggest and most significant drawback is its internal screen, which is just a wee bit bigger than the external display. Why ASUS decided to waste so much space inside is anybody's guess.There is no information on its availability or pricing yet, but be sure that this baby will hit Indian shores after it takes a trip to Europe or the USA.Source: Symbian Freak
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| Pymoneta, make money roll |
| 2007-12-25 22:12:00 |
The ubiquitous accelerometer Nokia put into its N95 and N95 8GB makes yet another appearance, this time in the form of Pymoneta. Of no real use except to show off a coin trick to impress friends, if you are below 14.You can download it hereSource: Mobiles News
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| Christmas Time! |
| 2007-12-22 21:05:00 |
'Tis the time to celebrate life and gadgets! And what better way to celebrate and spread the joy than with lights and some geeky Jingle Bells music? Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays folks! :DSource: Spluch
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| Is this the Nokia N96? |
| 2007-12-20 21:34:00 |
Pictures of what is purported to be Nokia N96 have surfaced on the net. It doesn't look much different than N81, except may be a bit bulkier. The pop-up stand in one of the pics is intriguing, a digital TV tuner included perhaps? Also, looking closely at the pics of its behind, you can make out that it houses a 5-megapixel cam. The UI looks similar to the upcoming S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2. Even if this is the real N96, we will have to wait for Nokia's official announcement to be enlightened about its specs and the mysteries under its hood.Sources: SlashPhone & IntoMobile
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| Nokia 6300, now available in black |
| 2007-12-18 22:57:00 |
Nokia's popular 6300 is now ready to woo you with it's all-black sleek look. The specs will mostly be the same with S40 operating system, mini-USB support, EDGE, FM Radio, and a 2-mpx camera. Incidentally, 6300 was the highest selling mobile from Nokia in 2007.Source: Mobiles News
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| Nokia planning a triple slider? |
| 2007-12-17 22:59:00 |
A three-way slider with a full QWERTY keyboard is a great idea, if they could really get it work. Nokia has filed a patent application for a "layered mobile device," which would enable the keypad to slide either way like the N95 and another QWERTY keyboard similar to many of the HTC designs. Nokia could well be on the way to create a true multimedia computer, just like they have been proclaiming all along, if this design ever get off the papers.Source: UnWiredView
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| Student punished being smarter than teacher |
| 2007-12-17 22:54:00 |
Being smart does have its perks, but then there are those times when you have to put up with less smarter people who have a lot more authority. This was the case for a class 11 student of Big Spring High School in Newville, Pennsylvania, USA. The student got detention for using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer and trying to persuade his teacher that Firefox was just a better browser and he wasn't doing anything wrong. Click on the pic below to enlarge it.Source: BoyGeniusReport
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| emTube for N95 |
| 2007-12-17 22:13:00 |
After By Samir's YTPlayer, emTube is another application that has surfaced on the net, specifically designed for YouTube and Symbian OS 3rd Edition devices.With emTube, you can now watch YouTube videos on the move provided you have a better connection than GPRS. Of the two versions available, one makes use of the N95's useful accelerometer to orient videos to landscape on tilting the device, and the other version lets you just watch videos. It is known to work flawlessly with the latest devices such as the N95 or E65. I tried it on a N73 and could not play back videos with the application. There is an option to download the videos to your mobile phone, but when I tried to download a video, I get an "error during network operation: 303." This might have been due to my crappy EDGE connection (we Indians have got to get 3G soon!!!) Once downloaded, you can watch them with your flash player hopefully. According to All About Symbian, there were no problems like these on the N95.You can download both the versions here.Source: All About Symbian
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| Chinese iPhone |
| 2007-12-14 23:22:00 |
Those nifty Chinese people can't seem to control their urge to reverse-engineer just about every gadget released. The long list includes Nintendo Wii (called Vii), Nokia N95 (called NokLa N95), PlayStation and more recently Meizu's M8, which blatantly rips off the iPhone. Now, another Chinese manufacturer looks to take it up a notch with yet another iPhone copycat, with an almost similar user interface, a touchscreen display, the same kind of accelerometer to switch from portrait to landscape mode with just a tilt. One dandy feature we could appreciate is the shake to answer a call feature.Source: Gizmodo
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| TV on the go by Spice |
| 2007-12-14 02:45:00 |
Spice is offering up to 13 TV channels to its subscribers including NDTV, Times Now, Zoom, Bindaas, and Cartoon Network. Spice customers can also watch the forthcoming ICL Cricket matches live on their mobile phones. It supports up to 50 mobile phones including the Nseries, S60v2 devices, and Sony Ericsson's K, Z, W series phones.By messaging "SPICE TV" to 50789 or calling *789#, users can get the Spice TV app on to their mobile phones, although I don't see a point in watching TV at GPRS speeds with all the buffering and other delays while actually watching it.Source: TechGadgets
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| Make Money with Moola |
| 2007-12-13 23:47:00 |
Moola is a cool new site with a twist, you get paid for playing games and winning them.There is also an option to earn play money by using their own customized Google Search Engine. Have fun and make money at the same time!I have got a 100 invites to give away so click here to register
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| Video recording now possible on iPhone |
| 2007-12-13 22:44:00 |
Only Jobs knows what he was thinking while releasing iPhone without the standard video recording feature, but iPhone hackers save the day once again continuing the work where Apple left off. Granted, it's much now recording at a mediocre 15 frames per second but hey, this only means things will get better :DStart drooling iPhone fanboys, here is the video.
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| Let your mobile buy your clothes |
| 2007-12-13 22:29:00 |
Imagine a mobile phone that helps you buy clothes, without getting into a busy store? Nice huh? How about furniture too?Nokia is trying to make this a reality with a new phone they are developing, which uses image recognition to identify the picture of an item clicked a pic of in a store. The phone then loads the store's internet site and you can buy the item online. This item will then be delivered to you in 24 hours. Another handy feature could be its built-in translator which scans menus and helps you decipher all those foreign dishes for you.Source: Spluch
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| MOTOMING2 released |
| 2007-12-13 22:20:00 |
MOTOMING2 (A1600) is going to hit the shelves in February with a few improvements over its predecessor, the original MOTOMING (A1200).The A1600 Linux-based smartphone gets a faster processor, a 3.2mpx cam with LED flash, GPRS (huh!?!), Assisted GPS, and the ever-welcome addition of Wi-Fi. There are also three games thrown in for your itchy fingers.Make it yours in February 2008.Source: UnWiredView
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| Get YouTube on your Symbian phone |
| 2007-12-12 21:01:00 |
By Samir seems to working wonders on a daily basis. After Nokmote, YTplayer is another amazing application that lets you watch YouTube on the go, on your phone. You will need to have Flashlite 3 installed on your Symbian phone for this to work as it's a .swf file. It's still a beta project and limited in functionality but leave it Samir to finish it pretty soon!Let's hope By Samir continues to churn out more Symbian goodies and as always we will gobble them the moment they are online!You can download the beta version here.Source: AllAboutSymbian & By Samir
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| Service Pack 1 for Office 2007 |
| 2007-12-12 03:34:00 |
Hot on the heels of Microsoft Vista Service Pack 1 comes the Service Pack for Microsoft Office 2007. It brings in fixes for known bugs, some improvements, and a new feature that automatically retrieves info from Wikipedia and pastes it into documents.Download it here (219 MB).
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| Vista SP1 now available |
| 2007-12-12 02:26:00 |
The much awaited and needed Service Pack 1 for Microsoft Vista is here. It is a release candidate and is available for download on Microsoft's site currently and through Windows Update. No idea about its size yet though.Get the installer here (400 KB)Source: Engadget
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| Street Lights powered by......Shit |
| 2007-12-12 01:41:00 |
The town of Thiruneermalai in Tamil Nadu, India, puts it's stinking waste to good use to generate up to 3000 watts of power, enough to keep the street lights running at night. Waste from around 240 houses is collected in a sump and the methane gas produced by all of that powers a generator. And all this doesn't even generate odor to trouble the people living around the sump. The town is now mulling over using animal waste to generate more biogas.Click here to watch the video.Source: Gizmodo & National Geographic
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| Tips if you have lost a cell phone |
| 2007-12-12 01:11:00 |
Raise your hand if you’ve ever lost your mobile phone. C’mon, don’t be shy. That’s better! Don’t worry; it happens. Aside from the fact that you lost something that probably set you back a pretty penny, you’ve also probably lost your entire contact base with numbers, names, email addresses, the works. Everything that’s taken you months or years to accumulate is gone in one fell swoop. But given the scenarios these days I’m willing to bet that more than the phone, most of us would fret about losing all that data. So here a few tips on how you can prevent data loss.Backup and Data TransferYou have to understand that you can only back up your data on the PC provided your phone has PC connectivity. It could be via...
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| Try a phone before you buy it |
| 2007-12-12 00:46:00 |
Sure, you could get down to a store, talk to the surly sales guy, and get a hands-on experience with a demo piece, but Tryphone is actually giving you an opportunity to try it here, on the world wide web. Explore the phone's features with their simulator before you decide to go ahead and buy it.They have only got a couple of phones online as of now, but that may change soon with the addition of more phones. Try the iPhone, Samsung Juke, LG Muziq, and the Blackberry Pearl until then.Source: BoyGeniusReport & Tryphone
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| Nokmote, another cool app for your N95 |
| 2007-12-12 00:34:00 |
Nokmote is the latest application from ever-efficient By Samir, the guy who gave us rotateMe! If you thought Sony Ericsson's W910's "shake" control was great, you gonna love Nokmote. Not only can you control your music player with subtle shakes, you can control most of your Nokia applications with Nokmote. Some more good use of N95's accelerometer.Your Snakes game will never be the same again! :DThe app is still an alpha version and will mostly be released in the second week of December. Keep an eye here to grab this cool app. And yes, it's free!Source: BySamir & MobileNews
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| Android demoed in Tokyo |
| 2007-12-11 23:17:00 |
Open Handset Alliance's Android showed off its multitasking abilities in Tokyo, Japan, demonstrated by Willcom and PHS, Japanese operators.The demo showed a prototype running Android, which was able to receive a call with Google Maps running in the background.Source: SlashPhone
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| You've got competition iPhone, S60 Touch is comin' |
| 2007-12-11 22:50:00 |
It may seem like Nokia is copying Apple by trying to get a touch-based interface out as soon as possible, but it is inevitable that pretty much every device available now will have to go the touch way if they are to pave a better path to the future. S60 Touch is Nokia's endeavor to do just that and it looks like there's a good deal of effort behind it to ensure that Nokia will continue to dominate the mobile market.Here is a video of the S60 Touch in action at Nokia World 2007 held at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Although there is no actual device announced yet, be sure to expect Nokia to start rolling them out in 2008.Other devices showcased at Nokia World 2007 included the N82, the recently announced 3110 Evolve, and their newest luxury phones, 8800 Arte and 7900 Prism.Source: PhoneScoop
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| First Sideshow Notebooks unleashed in India! |
| 2007-12-08 03:58:00 |
Sideshow finally makes an appearance on the Indian notebook scene in the form of R200, produced by LG as part of their XNote series. The R200 was already launched in Korea in October 2007.For the uninitiated, Sideshow is a nifty technology introduced through Vista by Microsoft which enables quick access to email, photos, music, etc. without having to boot up the notebook or even flip the top open. This is in the form of a 2.6-inch display on the R200.Basic config starts with a 12.1-inch LCD, 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo, 2GB of memory, 128MB of ATI HD2400 graphics, 802.11a/g/n, and 160GB of disk space with a price tag of around Rs. 79,900/-Source: TechGadgets
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| Life's pains, a bird with a ringtone addiction! |
| 2007-12-08 02:17:00 |
Meet "Billy," a blue-fronted Amazonian parrot with a penchant for ringtones, yes, you read it right, ringtones. His current favorites are the Nokia theme, Lou Bega’s Mambo Number 5, BBC Match of the Day tune, Soul Limbo by Booker T, MGs, and Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry. Billy has the knack of copying any ringtone that's currently on Stuart McNae's phone and belting them out whenever Stuart is out of the room. “He waits for me to leave the room before he does it. I’ll rush downstairs to find it’s Billy,” says Stuart. Stuart McNae is a bus firm worker in Huddersfield, West Yorkers, in England and says that every time he changes the ringtone, Billy just copies it.Source: Spluch
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| ASUS ups EN8800GT to 1GB |
| 2007-12-08 02:00:00 |
Let's accept the fact that 8800GT 512MB was a killer card, better than the more expensive 320MB 8800GTS cards. ASUS now ups the ante cramming another 512 megabytes on to the EN8800 GT. Now, get ready for more DirectX 10 fun at great resolutions. Other welcome additions include a new Glaciator fan/heatsink hybrid, which will drop the running temperature by another 7 degrees Celsius. Also included is an overclocking app to cater for your overclocking impulses.You can watch these cards come out by the end of this year. The price is not revealed yet but expect it to be a bit more than the 512MB version, which is currently priced at around 16000/-Source: Gizmodo
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| Walkthrough Video of Windows Mobile 6.1 |
| 2007-12-07 23:10:00 |
Windows Mobile 6 devices in their Standard and Professional editions have started trickling into India and are slowly gaining ground over other device platforms like Symbian, Palm, Blackberry, etc. Be that as it may, here is a video of Windows Mobile 6.1 in action. Additions include the long-awaited threaded SMS feature (which was solved by Nokia's Conversation app on Symbian incidentally), a new Vista-esque theme, a better Internet Explorer, and copy/paste function.Click here to watch the videoSource: Boy Genius Report & Engadget
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| Crysis: Review & Contest |
| 2007-12-07 22:17:00 |
Stunning is just another word that could describe Crysis and if you are one of the thousands of gamers out there pining for it and cursing at your PC for not being powerful enough to play it, Tech2 is giving you a chance to do just that and win a NVIDIA 8800 GTS in the process! Just read the great review of Crysis at Tech2 and unravel the code hidden in the review. Once you crack it, you will have to mail the answer to cj@tech2.com and be the lucky one! Oh, and it's gonna be a Mumbai affair only but if you can afford to travel to Mumbai, give it a go.Speaking about Crysis, Tech2's Nikhil Singh says, "It’s just a shame that we cannot play the game at its full potential yet, since they released it a whole hardware generation too early." He gives it a well-deserved 4.5 star rating.Crys...
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| HTC Touch Dual comes to India |
| 2007-12-06 21:33:00 |
After HTC Touch, it is now the turn of HTC Touch Dual to finally make it to the subcontinent.“The HTC Touch Dual expands the HTC Touch product family and integrates 3.5G connectivity and a sliding keyboard into a slim and stylish design. This combination provides customers with the most uncompromising and intuitive touch experience available on a phone,†said Jack Tong, Vice President of HTC Asia.“The HTC Touch has not only changed the way people interact with their phones but it has redefined what touch means on a consumer device. HTC is committed to bringing advanced levels of technology to consumers with continuous innovation. The HTC Touch Dual is the next step forward,†Tong added.We have got an impressive spec sheet here with 3.5G (Yay! Yeah, like we can use i...
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| F250, Samsung's new music slider |
| 2007-12-06 03:33:00 |
Samsung has added one more to its line of music phones available with the F250, at a relatively inexpensive price.The new F250 has a sleek mirror finish exterior and sports a 1.3-mpx cam, USB 2.0 connectivity, Bluetooth, microSD expansion up to 2GB with 20MB internal memory, FM Radio and a 2-inch 65k color TFT display, all weighing in at just 96 g. It also plays nice with EDGE being a 2.5G device.It is expected to priced at around 180 to 200 Euros (approx. Rs. 10000 to 12000) and to be released early next year or this year end.Source: UnwiredView
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