Why India is worried about RIM’s BlackBerry services?
Canadian Blackberry smartphone developer RIM (Research in Motion) is in news due to serious security concern by various countries. One of the main reasons to worry is the messages and data is being routed through RIM’s servers based in Canada. Countries like India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have already shown their concerns about the security issues these governments have with RIM’s Blackberry services.
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Nokia releases beta version of its Ovi Browser for mobile phones
Recently Nokia has introduced its Ovi Browser beta for Series 40 mobile phones. As per Nokia betalabs, Ovi Browser will use Internet compression technology to delivers advanced web pages on mobile phone. This patented technology will compress the data usage by 90% and will give a quality browsing experience as pages will appear faster than ever. Ovi browser’s innovative user interface will enable easy and fast access to favorite content right from start page, thus user will be relived from menu hunting.
Nokia’s Ovi Browser is in beta stage and can be downloaded from browser.ovi.com. However, presently its only available for following Nokia’s Series 40 mobile phones. 2700 Classic, 2730 Classic, 3120 Classic, 3600 Slide, 5130 XpressMusic, 5220 Xpressmusic, 5310 XpressMusic, 5330 Mobile TV Edition, 5330 Xpressmusic, 5610, 6300i, 6303, 6500 Slide, 6500 Classic, 6600 Slide, 6700 Classic, 7210 Supernova, 7900 Prism and X3.
Nokia mentions on its betalabs blog that company is in process of setting up global infrastructure and commercial rollout of Ovi browser will only be early next More >
Uninor offers upto 60% dynamic discount on per second local and STD calls
Uninor’s innovative tariff model of Dynamic Pricing will now enable mobile users to avail upto 60% discounts on 1p per second billing in Karnataka circle. The dynamic discount is not only offered to local calls but STD calls also get the benefit. Customers may also get discount for calls from Uninor to any other operator. Uninor’s Dynamic Pricing plan will offer rates as low as 40p per second merely by crossing the road and changing the discount zone.
Dynamic Pricing offers discounts that change with location and time. Every cell phone tower broadcasts a different discount. This discount is always visible on the screens of all mobile phones in that area. So discounts change as a customer moves from the coverage of one tower to the next. At the same location, the discount changes every hour. This means a better discount could be available at the next traffic signal or simply by crossing a street.
Now riding on a 1-paisa per second billing, Uninor’s Dynaimc Pricing will by far be the most affordable mobile plan for customers in India. At full discount, a 1-minute call could now cost 24 paisa only.
This plan is available on a recharge tariff of Rs. 26 with a validity of More >
Now buy Nokia mobile handset in three easy installments
If you have been procrastinating your decision to buy a new Nokia phone for quite some time then it cannot be done for long as now you an buy a Nokia handset in three equal installments and that too without any additional cost. Nokia, which has been facing stiff competition from bunch of desi brands in mobile handsets apart from the established Samsung, LG and Sony Ericcsion , has come out with a new offer to push its sales further.Nokia, which has been judged ‘ Most Preferred Brand’ in handset manufacturer segment by CNBC Awaaz Consumer Awrads 2010 ,has partnered with four banks to encourage customers to buy Nokia handsets. This offer comes in association with CitiBank, HDFC, ICICI and Standard Chartered Bank. Credit cards holders of these companies are eligible for this offer as they will be billed for the Nokia handset in three installments. This offer is available for Nokia handsets with a minimum price tag between Rs 7000 to Rs 35000 and from exclusive Nokia Priority dealers only. More >
BSNL Director (HRD) Gopal Das to take over as new CMD
Gopal Das the 1975 batch ITS may take over as the Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL. Gopal Das is at present holding the post of Director (HRD) in BSNL. He will replace existing CMD Mr. Kuldeep Goyal retiring on 31st July.
Gopal Das also a member of the Special Study Group of ITU for Mobile Network is an elite choice among staff and officers of BSNL being a personality with positive attitude that is helpful for the growth of BSNL.
Vodafone offers Unlimited all India Vodafone to Vodafone calls free at Rs 599 in Madhya Pradesh.
Vodafone,one of India’s leading cellular services providers,has introduced a new unlimited pack for its prepaid customers in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh circles. The new bonus coupon is being offered for a price of Rs 599 and allows unlimited calls to all Vodafone numbers across India. The validity of the pack is 30 days and it is going to benefit more than 21 lakh Vodafone customers . Vodafone is the second largest GSM operator in India with a total base 10.9 cr as on June 2010. Apart from this new unlimited bonus pack Vodafone has two other unlimited packs that offer free calls to local Vodafone numbers. Unlimited Pack of Rs229 provides free calls to local Vodafone numbers with a validity of 30 days while similar pack of Rs 279 offers free 500 local/national SMS per day along with unlimited calling to local Vodafone numbers with validity of 30 days. Recently BSNL came out with a similar offer which allowed unlimited calls to BSNL network across India at Rs 500 which included video calls as well,
Tata Walky offers Free 799 local mins on New Connection
Tata Walky,wireless CDMA landline brand of Tata Indicom family gives one reason to prospective customers to get hooked to it .Now on purchase of new Tata walky connection a customer gets 799 mins of local calls free. Out of total free minutes 400 minutes can be used on local Tata to Tata and remaining on other local.Tata walky is available in pay per second and also 49paise/min plan.
Micromax X600-Rotate Upside Down to Change the SIM
Micromax mobile ,the brand which has shaken the mobile handset market at the bottom of pyramid, has launched a mobile phone with a feature which is new to the market.One reason why Micromax succeded is its ability to bring innovative features in its handsets.It’s not only the low price but the features at low price behind its popularity.
The latest model Dual SIM Micromax X600 has a feature which is new to the market.”SIM access using gravity sensor ” feature enables one to change the SIM by rotating the handset upside down.The phone has call and hangup key at both the sides and thus phone can be used from both sides.The technology behind this feature is gravity Sensor.
X600 flaunts 3.2 inch touchscreen phone with 2MP camera and multi instant messanger -nimbuzz,Bluetooth A2DP.Preloaded opera mini browser reduces the data bill burden for the customer as opera browser compresses the data transmitted upto 70%.
Price of the phone is Rs.4499/-
RIM may announce new BlackBerry OS 6 and Bold 9800 smartphone on 3rd Aug
On 3rd August, BlackBerry fans may hear some good news from press event by RIM. It is expected that RIM may introduce BlackBerry OS 6, the latest smartphone Operating System. It is also expected to see RIM launching its most awaited Blackberry Bold 9800 smartphone which will firstly use BlackBerry OS 6.
The Blackberry Bold 9800 smartphone aka the Torch 9800, has similar old look with a vertical slide out keyboard and touch screen display as a major additions. Other features include 4GB memory and 5 mega pixel camera.
BSNL offers on-net night calls at 8p/min with STV 125 in Himachal Pradesh
State run telecom PSU BSNL has introduced a new special tariff coupon of Rs 125 in Himachal Pradesh circle for its prepaid subscribers. BSNL is the second largest GSM operator in the circle after Bharti Airtel with GSM subscriber base of 12.5 lakh. This special tariff coupon comes with a validity of 365 days and offers multiple benefits to prepaid customers of BSNL. BSNL customers can call local BSNL numbers at just 8p/min during night and 25p/min during day timings. Call charges to other local numbers and STD on net will be just 50p/min. Apart from these benefits SMS charge to local BSNL numbers have also been kept attractive. SMS charge is just 10p for local BSNL numbers. More >
