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Nokia India Manufactures 500 mn Handsets – New Dual SIM Phone Soon

Posted: 06 May 2011 05:42 AM PDT


Nokia today announced that its manufacturing facility at Sriperumbudur, Chennai (India) has crossed production of 500 million handsets, marking a significant milestone for the company's manufacturing operations in India and globally.

Nokia India also announced that it will introduce the all new Dual-SIM GSM Mobile Phone very soon in the Indian market. According to Mr. Prakash Katama, Director – Chennai Factory Operations, Nokia India,The new dual SIM GSM handset would be produced at the Chennai facility.

Celebrating the milestone : As part of its celebrations, the 500th million phone by Nokia India Unit – a Nokia C3-00 – will be specially autographed by Nokia's brand ambassador Shahrukh Khan, and be available for auction to consumers through http://nokia500million.com. Nokia will match the amount raised through the auction, and the total proceeds will be donated by Nokia to a charity. The auction will begin today and end on 15th May 2011.

Besides becoming the proud owner of the specially endorsed milestone phone, Nokia will also host the highest bidder to watch the IPL 4 cricket match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians in Kolkata on May 22, 2011. The winner will personally receive the 500th million device from Shahrukh Khan.

Nokia also announced today that all the employees at its Chennai manufacturing facility will be gifted with a Nokia C3-00 as a gesture of appreciation for contributing towards achieving this milestone.

Nokia's success in Chennai (India) :

Nokia's Chennai manufacturing facility is recognized as a catalyst to the development of electronics manufacturing in the Chennai region, and a key catalyst to mobile handsets manufacturing in India. Nokia was the first global telecom company to setup a plant in India to produce mobile phones, by starting the Chennai facility in January, 2006.

Nokia's Chennai plant crossed 1 million handsets production in March, 2006. Initially aimed to serve the needs of the rapidly growing Indian market, approximately 50 percent of the current production today is consumed domestically and the rest is exported to 100 countries including the Middle East and Africa, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, North America and Europe.

Nokia's Chennai facility is based on global standards and can efficiently manage production of all types of Nokia handsets. Some recent models produced at the facility include Nokia X2, C3, 2690 and Nokia 5130. With the completion of Phase III of the operations, the Chennai facility's built up space now covers over 90,000 sq. metres.

Nokia offers Airtel Powered Data Plans on C1-01

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:55 AM PDT


Nokia offers Airtel Powered Data Plans on C1-01Nokia India today announced a first of its kind data offer for entry consumers on its stylish Nokia C1-01.

Setting new standards, the Nokia C1-01 is now available with attractive free content downloads powered with 50MB free data by Airtel.

The Nokia C1-01 supports expandable memory upto 32GB, the largest in its price range which enables consumers to store up to 32 GB of music, photographs and videos.

This device is ideal to share data easily through Bluetooth, MMS and USB slot within and all in an affordable range additionally this device also comes with one month free access to Ovi Life Tools service.

Priced at Rs. 2789, the Nokia C1-01 will allow customers to download for free

· Over 35 videos of Bollywood hit songs

· Over 20 cricket games

· Over 20 Wallpapers and animations

The offer will be valid for the first month of purchase.

Airtel Started iPhone4 Pre-registration in India

Posted: 06 May 2011 04:16 AM PDT


Remember our earlier post regarding Bharti Airtel and Aircel Will Launch iPhone 4 in India now.Finally some good news for iPhone4 lovers in India.

Airtel has stared its Pre-Registration process and its surprised to see Aircel is still calm regarding iPhone4 Pre-Registration process all we can see in Aircel portal is coming soon.

Last year when when Vodafone India announced its Pre-Booking page , Airtel quickly reacted to it and launched their own page in no-time but this time it looks like Airtel is very aggressive with iPhone4 launch in India.

Both operators did not give more details about exact date of launch and price according to our sources both operator will Officially launch the much awaited 'Factory Un-locked' iPhone4 by the end of May or first week of June 2011.

It Looks like Vodafone is no more interested in iPhone4 and they are only into promoting Blackberry for Indian consumers and Airtel and Aircel are into  iPhone4 in India.Now we have to wait and watch who takes the lead iphone4 or Blackberry.

Uninor Now Offers Free STD minutes On Calls Made To Any Network

Posted: 06 May 2011 03:13 AM PDT


Uninor Now Offers Free STD minutes On Calls Made To Any NetworkUninor customers in Bihar and Jharkhand can now avail free STD minutes from Uninor to any network across the country with two new offers STV 21 and STV 41.

STV 21 offers 50 free STD minutes and STV 41 offers 100 free STD minutes respectively.

Now Uninor subscribers can talk freely and be in touch with their friends, relatives across the country without worrying about the costs.

STV 21 comes with a validity of 15 days and offers Uninor customers 50 STD minutes free, while on recharge of STV 41, customers can avail 100 STD minutes free with a validity of 30 days. These free STD minutes are valid on calls made from Uninor to any other telecom network across the country.

One of the unique features of this product is the 'Carry Forward' option wherein a Uninor customer can opt to carry forward their unused free STD minutes on their next recharge with STV 21 or STV 41 within the validity period.

For example – If a customer has recharged with STV 21 on 1st of Apr'11, he received 50 STD minutes with validity till 15th April'11. If the customer recharges again with 21 or 41 on or before 15th of Apr'11 then all unused minutes will be carry forwarded, else the same will be forfeited.

Uninor customers can avail of these STD recharge vouchers by walking into any of the 101 fully functional Uninor brand Stores and over 30,000 Retail outlets spread across Bihar and Jharkhand.

End of Era: Videocon Withdraws Unlimited GPRS Pack

Posted: 06 May 2011 12:18 AM PDT


Videocon Mobile Services who is pioneer in bringing damn-cheap Own-Net Special Tariff Vouchers, has withdrawn the True Unlimited GPRS Packs in all telecom circles. Recently company also put the FUP on some popular voice Voice STVs for Own Net and STD calls in all circles.

At a time of launch Videocon offered RCV 96 for Unlimited GPRS/ Mobile Internet till 30 days and got Maximum Number of Popularity. Now the operator have withdrawn its “True Unlimited GPRS” offer, not totally but putting FUP/CAP on them by following the same policy of its On-Net calling and STD packs.

Now GPRS Pack of Rs.5 comes with 35 MB Data Cap, Rs.13 for 500 MB, while Monthly pack of Rs.96 will provide Free Data Usage up to 6 GB only.

Videocon’s Revised GPRS Packs in Details :

MRP Free Data Usage Validity
Rs.5 35 MB 1 Day
Rs.13 500 MB 3 Days
Rs.96 6 GB 30 Days
Rs.251 15 GB 90 Days

Thanks to Saurabh Mendiratta!

Sony Ericsson Announces Xperia Mini And Xperia Mini Pro

Posted: 05 May 2011 08:58 PM PDT


Sony Ericsson Announces Xperia Mini And Xperia Mini ProSony Ericsson unveils the new Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro, the latest additions to its Xperia family.

Building on the success of the original mini series, these innovative smartphones come packed full of features, powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon  processor, and run Android Gingerbread 2.3 OS with Sony Ericsson's custom four-corner Android UI & Timescape.

Beautifully designed, Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro both integrate best-in-class imaging and display technology from Sony, including Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine.

The two Minis features the same 5 megapixel snapper with LED flash at the back. Plus, their cameras are capable of shooting 720p HD video.

Xperia mini pro brings the optimized slide-out keyboard with smart functionality first seen on the Xperia pro to a compact smartphone. A subtle but fast Type & Send functionality eliminates the need to open a dedicated app for each type of message, and Smart Keyboard triggers predictive messaging actions automatically when the user slides out the keyboard. Xperia mini pro also comes pre-loaded with Office Suite and McAfee antivirus software, letting consumers manage documents and e-mails instantly and securely while on the move.

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini specifications

Size : 88.0 × 52.0 × 16.0 mm, Weight : 94.0 g
LED-backlit LCD, 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors.
Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine & Timescape UI
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm QSD8255 Snapdragon
512 MB RAM, 320MB Internal storage
32 GB expandable memory (2 GB microSD card included)
5 MP Auto focus camera, 2592×1944 pixels, LED flash
720p HD video recording
Scratch-resistant surface
Multi-touch input, Accelerometer sensor, Proximity sensor
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA & Wi-Fi hotspot
HSDPA 7.2Mbps & 5.76Mbps HSUPA
Sony xLOUD engine audio filter technology.
TrackID music recognition
Facebook inside. Keeping your friends closer
1200 mAh removable battery
Available colours – Black , White , Blue & Dark Pink

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro specifications

Size : 92.0 × 53.0 × 18.0 mm, Weight : 136.0 g
LED-backlit LCD, 320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors.
QWERTY keyboard
Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine & Timescape UI
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon
512 MB RAM, 400MB Internal storage
32 GB expandable memory (2 GB microSD card included)
5 MP Auto focus camera, 2592×1944 pixels, LED flash & a Front-facing VGA camera.
720p HD video recording
Scratch-resistant surface
Multi-touch input, Accelerometer sensor, Proximity sensor
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA & Wi-Fi hotspot
HSDPA 7.2Mbps & 5.76Mbps HSUPA
Sony xLOUD engine audio filter technology.
TrackID music recognition
Facebook inside. Keeping your friends closer
1200 mAh removable battery
Available colours – Black , White , Pink & Turquoise

Sony Ericsson Xperia mini pro and Xperia mini with HD will be available globally in selected markets from Q3.

Sony Ericsson also unveilsa new integration, Facebook inside Xperia, which will be included in the new Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro and soon to be available across the wider Xperia™ range. Facebook inside Xperia integrates social connections throughout the phone, by making Facebook immediately accessible from the most used areas of the phone such as the picture gallery, music player, phonebook and calendar. As people are becoming increasingly reliant on their smartphones for instant communication, Sony Ericsson is enabling people to 'like', share and comment more easily than ever before with Facebook inside Xperia.

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