Jul 03
Google today launched a new version of Google Talk for iPhone and iPod Touch that includes no new features but looks slightly more pleasing than the regular Flash based Google Talk gadget.
If you like to use the new iPhone version of Google Talk gadget on a desktop browser or your Firefox sidebar, just use the following links.
For Google Accounts / Gmail users: http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/m
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Jun 11
Spice Telecom has launched a combo offer of a slim 75-gram handset with a Spice connection at just Rs 599 in Punjab, targeting the rural market.The company offers both Spice prepaid and post-paid connections, and a three-year warranty for the handset.
The prepaid connection offers one-year validity with zero rental along with a call rate of 50 paise.
In post-paid connection, the customer has to pay a monthly fixed charge of Rs 35. Call rates will be 10 paise per minute for Spice-to-Spice local and 75 paise per minute to any other local number.
“We can aptly call this ’sabka mobile’ (everybody’s mobile). It is cost-effective and easy to use and especially made for rural population. This combo offer gives economically weaker people a chance to go mobile at an affordable price,” Spice Telecom chief operating officer Subodh Srivastava said.
“We are targeting rural Punjab with this combo offer. ‘Sabka mobile’ will certainly enhance our penetration in Punjab.
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Jun 10
Google’s photo blog today posted:-
Much as we like sharing photos online, we know that sharing photos with the friend who’s right next to you is even better. That’s why we launched a high-end mobile version of Picasa Web Albums for the iPhone back in December, followed by a version for Windows Mobile Pro in April. Both platforms make it easy to carry your entire photo collection in your pocket.
Today, we’re happy to say that our high-end mobile experience now includes the tens of millions of people around the world using S60 3rd Edition phones — a panoply of devices that includes all the latest smartphones from Nokia. Here’s what our S60 experience looks like:
Of course, sharing photos around the world is easier when you speak the local language, so we’re equally proud to announce support for 36 new languages in our mobile interface. (We cheated just a bit: You may notice we’ve judiciously replaced some text buttons with universal icons.)
We also took this opportunity to refresh and improve our iPhone and Windows Mobile support. Starting today, iPhone users can try our new zoom feature — just tap the magnifying glass icon. This loads a higher-resolution page, where you can use those wonderful finger gestures for zooming and panning, like so:
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Jun 07
Finnish cellular phone giant Nokia has strengthened its ‘N’ series by 
launching its unique mobile phone, N78 in the Indian market.
Targeting young generation, the new Nokia N78 weighs just 101.8 gm and sports a signature sleek black surface.
The company said that ‘N78’ will not only offer multiple experiences on single device but also helps combine experiences to make newer ones.
With 2.4 inch screen, the phone comes packed with 70 MB onboard storage capacity, FM radio, 3.2 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, MP3 player and GPS system with pre-loaded Nokia maps of eight cities with points of interest across 52 categories including bars, restaurants, cafes and hotels.
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Apr 19
Earlier this year, Apple COO Tim Cook confirmed that Apple’s expansion plans for the iPhone included India, but said only that the iPhone would arrive there “one day.” For a number of Indians, that day has already arrived thanks to unlocked iPhones, but many people are still waiting for the official release. That day may be coming soon, though, since Rediff is reporting that the iPhone will be coming to India in September of this year and that Vodafone will be the carrier.
The news is technically just a rumor, since it claims to come from a number of internal Apple and Vodafone sources. According to these sources, the 8GB iPhone will launch in September with a price of between 27,200 and 28,000 rupees, which at current exchange rates translates to $685 to $710. If that’s the case, Vodafone will be making a bit of money on the device (even if there is revenue sharing), and the company may also get a chunk of the Australian market as part of the deal.
No information about the terms of the deal, launch quantities, or sales targets is available, although one of the sources does hint that unlocked iPhones may also be available at some point. As usual, Apple and Vodafone are have no official statement on the deal, however we should be seeing an announcement sometime in the next month or two if the official launch will indeed be in September.
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