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Ravishing Vidya

There is nothing dirty about Vidya Balan's gadget love P 22

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LG Optimus Net, BlackBerry Curve 9380, BlackBerry Bold 9790, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S and more P 51

Showdown

Motorola RAZR XT910, Nokia Lumia 800 and Apple iPhone 4S pitted against each other P 38

Stay Active to stay Connected Operators on a disconnection spree to accomodate new connections P 42

Samsung Omnia W

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first call

he future is always just a second ahead of us, but there are times when we pay special attention to it. And one of those is when a year draws to a close. Like many of its predecessors, 2011 was a busy year in the world of mobile technology. We saw the usual flurry of products and innovations. We saw new brands emerge, even as some established players stumbled. New partnerships were forged, while some older alliances showed signs of strain. New leaders emerged, even as some of the older ones passed into history and legend. It was, to quote a famous author, the best of times and the worst of times, depending on which perspective you took. So what will 2012 hold in store for us? Cloud computing, voice recognition, artificial intelligence, yet another iPhone? We could have sat at our desks, sifted through reams of data and come out with our predictions, but we decided that a better option would be to ask those very people who are most likely to be involved in what happens in 2012 - the members of the industry. Which is exactly what we have attempted to deliver in our cover story - 2012, as seen by the major players of the mobile world. And as George Santayana advised to never forget the past, we have also quizzed them about 2011. One of the amazing things about the progress of technology is the number of spheres it can influence. The app and tablet revolution has not just added a new dimension to the lives of adults, but can also be used to develop the lives of young ones. In our ‘Cell Clues’ segment, we bring you a few apps that will help in the positive growth of your child and at the same time, throw in some tips to protect your kid from technology abuse - tech is a two-edged sword, remember. We also take a closer look at the growing popularity of recharging your mobile connection online, fuelled by free gifts from websites offering this service. Our ‘SpotLight’ feature highlights this growing trend. When it comes to handsets, 2011 certainly decided to go out with a bang. It literally rained high-profile superphones in the Indian market with the likes of the Nokia Lumia 800, the Motorola RAZR, and the iPhone 4S arriving on Indian shores. While we did our usual reviews on them, the temptation to pit them against each other in a no-holds-barred contest was hard to resist, so we did just that. You can read who emerged the winner in that titanic struggle. There were other worthy handsets released across all segments too, and as usual,we have reviewed them for you. It just remains for us to wish you and your dear ones a very happy and prosperous 2012. And it seems apt to sign off with our prediction for 2012 - it will still see us striving to deliver the latest and most relevant information to you about the mobile world. In the most readable manner possible.

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Volume VII Issue XI, December 15, To January 14, 2011-12

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content

Headon

Which is the best superphone of all?

lead Story

Welcome the new year with new hopes, aspirations and technological innovations cell-ebrity

The oolala girl, Vidya Balan, reveals her techy side

Infocus

Digital navigation in India is finally catching up

What We Want

The glitterati spills out their wishes from the techno world for the coming year

Face To Face Sanjay Sinha, VP-mobile content, ACL Wireless, shares his views on the changing trends in the India VAS industry Lavina Tuaro, senior VP, Voice Products and Music, UTV Interactive discusses the emerging market of mythological content on mobile platforms

Letters

Mobile Doctor

Consumer Forum

News

Spotlight

Not using your phone to makes calls? You might face the danger of being disconnected.

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Ann Goh, regional sales manager, Mobile, South East Asia, Jabra talks about company's focus areas and more in the Indian market Y. Guru, managing director, Celkon Mobiles shares their investment and expansion plans for the Indian market

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D. Shivakumar, managing director, Nokia India shares his experiences with Indian consumers

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Chief Speak

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HTC Rhyme, Nokia Asha 300 and BlackBerry Curve 9350 CDMA hit the Indian market

sneak peek A brief preview of Samsung Nexus Prime and Nokia X2-02

et-cetera From Laptops to hard drives to wireless headsets and innovative charging solutions, we bring you everything from the techno world

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ABHAY LOVES TO TAB The 'Hatke' actor spills his gadget secrets P 20

SHOWDOWN Samsung Galaxy Note takes on HTC Flyer P 74

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NTP REVEALED! The draft telecom policy explained P 78

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Samsung Galaxy Note, LG Optimus Pro, BlackBerry Curve 9360, Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray and more P 51

Phone of the month HTC RADAR

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Hi, I am a regular reader of My Mobile magazine. The magazine is very interesting and informative. I really like the Consumer Forum section of your magazine as it becomes very interesting to know how you resolve the problems of your readers. My Mobile is a complete guide for the mobile world. To know anything related to mobile world, one can simply go through this magazine and get all the information. Keep up the good work. -Rajesh Kumar, Dehradun

big time Bollywood fan and always keep an eye to see which actor is going to reveal his/her gadget love in the next issue. As Akshay Kumar is my favourite Bollywood actor I request your team to kindly consider him at some time for your Celebrity column. My regards and warm wishes to the My Mobile team. -Roopak Kumar, New Delhi I have been reading My Mobile magazine for the last one year and it has really enhanced my knowledge about gadgets and gizmos. I have always been fond BURN TEST ET CETERA of reading about the O latest mobile phones and gadgets but was not aware about any guide or book which could keep me informed until one day my good friend showed me this magazine. I found it to be very interesting as it contains in-depth information about the latest trends. I thank My Mobile for delivering us the quality work. -Dilip Tripathi, Chandigarh 1@= AF;@

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he biggest problem that one faces while going on a trip is to find the right places to visit and the right hotels to live in. Yes, there are a lot of websites online but what if you get an application that can help you but what if you have an application that can get you live information on the go. This is what TripAdvisor does for you. It is a very popular service, which has been there for long but now it is available across platform on iOS, Android, etc. A number of new features is being added too. For instance now its not just about the best hotels, you can also get real time information about the happenings around you. The feature is called 'Near Me Now', which gives you latest information about the happenings around your location. You can also find the best attractions in the city across various categories like guides, spa, landmarks under the ‘Things To Do’ feature. It tells you about the places to stay, eat and see and even hotel or restaurant has the average price and reviews mentioned with the name. A map stays in the background and you can easily checkout the directions to the place. There are a number of forums that you can search for on the basis of destination and topics. Overall it’s a useful application for those who wish to make all the preparations before leaving or those who want to go with the flow after reaching their dream destination. 

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ombies and guns are a great combination, especially if you are using the later to kill the former. Contract Killer is a hit in the mobile gaming arena and those who liked the original will fall right in love with Contract Killer Zombies as well. Yes, you

play as shooter who is a contract killer on a wheelchair and is stuck in a Zombie infested land. You have a partner called Evelyn, who helps you in getting supplies, saving people, etc., while you covrt her back as she runs around. There is a map on which various missions are listed and more appear when you clear the existing ones. Apart from the dollars, you also earn experience points. Both Evelyn and other survivors can get attacked by the zombies and you need to save them before their life lines end. You can shoot the zombies directly or just blow up the explosive

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barrels lying around but they come in a little later. As you kill, you earn points and dollars which you can use to get more weapons. There are various types of missions like getting supplies, saving other survivors, etc. You can toggle between your guns and use the usual swipe gestures to tweak the direction and angles. The graphics, dialogues, music and effects blend together superbly to get you into undead slaughter mode. As you keep achieving the targets the number and types of zombies increase. The game is available for free on the Android Market and once you get comfortable with the whole swipe to aim thing, it proves to be murderously engaging. 

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I am a regular reader of your magazine. I have gained a lot of information from this BO R ED O M BU STER SMART APPS magazine about the Indian telecom sector which I often discuss with my friends too. I T specifically like Burn Tests, Games and app reviews and other gadgets information in Z the Etcetera column. I really like the news section in the magazine which has been a part of the magazine for the last six-seven months. One of the most pleasant things about the magazine is its design which I must appreciate for being so colourful. The magazine is complete in itself. I hope that you keep readers like me informed through your prestigious magazine. -Rahul Kumar, Ram Bagh, Bihar

ne of the hardest things to change in a phone is its appearance. In fact, it’s the first thing that we get bored of even when we haven’t tried and tested all the features of a device. But now there is way to add a zing to your phone’s design. This can be done through the My Skin My Style removable adhesive-based vinyl covers that not only make phones look better but also protect them from normal wear and tear. Offered by Poojara Telecom, Rajkot, Gujarat, these mobile skins have been developed for various models and can be stuck to the front as well as the back panel. The skins come with gaps for features like camera, volume keys, etc., without any rough edges. All you need to do is stick it to the phone, and you are ready to go. These skins are repositionable, so you if you don’t get it right the first time, you can reposition them again. These stick-on skins are easily removable and don’t leave any residue, making them easier to peel off and remove. These covers are available in various designs and the prices vary from model to model (starting from Rs 499). 

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Hi, my heartiest good wishes to My Mobile team. I like your magazine a lot but every time I feel that it contains more of advertisements and less of content. Every month when I purchase it and hope that this time I will get to read more and interesting content. The content of your magazine is always very interesting, but I find it very less because it seems to finish almost as soon as I get the magazine in my hand. I request you to kindly increase the content in your magazine as readers like me are more interested in enriched content than in advertisements. -Manas, Kolkakta

SKIN-DEEP BEAUTY! Changing your phone’s looks just got very easy

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Frequency | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Others | 3D panorama shots

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Pocket sized..

At a time when most cellphone manufacturers have been trying to come out with large touchscreen displays, Sony Ericsson has gone in the opposite direction and come out with the sleek and relatively small Xperia Ray. Sporting a 3.3 inch display, the Ray is mere 9.4 mm thin, and weighs just around 100 grammes, making it one of the lightest touchscreen smartphones around. And it looks very nice indeed. The front is dominated by the 3.3 inch, 854 x 480, display and below it are two soft keys for Back and Menu, and one semicircular hard key between them for Home, which also glows to show notifications (cool!). The sides are relatively plain with just the volume rocker on one side, and a micro USB port on the other. The top houses a 3.5mm audio jack and the power and screen on/off button, while the back houses the 8.0-megapixel camera and LED flash. All in all, the Xperia Ray looks like a compact, classy device, which is likely to appeal more to the fairer sex for its sheer lightness and relatively small factor, but is smart and sleek enough to be liked by men who are not too attached to large touchscreens as well.

...and a performer too

Beneath that rather small form, however, lurks a good deal of power. The Xperia Ray runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and packs in all the connectivity options you can think of ranging

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from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to GPS and 3G. A 1 Ghz processor and 512 MB RAM ensure that all apps keep running smoothly on the device. And those who smirk at the relatively small display will be taken aback at just how bright and brilliant it can – it is no super AMOLED – but at 297 ppi, packs in a lot of pixels into a small space, making it excellent for watching videos and browsing the Web (yes, there is support for Flash), although you might find yourself straining your eyes to read some of the smaller fonts. The Ray is relatively lightweight in terms of internal storage – you barely get 300 MB free when you start out – but that is rectified to an extent by a 4 GB microSD card which is part of the package.

Very good multimedia...of course!

One of the star performers of the device is the camera, which is also capable of capturing 720p video. It comes with the Exmor R for Mobile CMOS sensor (which we had also seen in the Xperia Arc) and with a host of shooting options including smile and face detection and image stabilisation. And when the colours were right, it pulled off some staggering shots and excellent videos. You can even take 3D shots using the 3D Sweep Panorama feature (you will need a 3D TV to see them, though). However, the LED flash proved unequal to delivering similarly brilliant performance in low life and night conditions. Given how

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I am a big fan of My Mobile magazine as this magazine stands out from the others. Earlier I didn’t have any information about various phones available in the market, what features they had and what all models were available but after reading your magazine I feel so knowledgeable about these matters. I really like the Mobile Guide section a lot as it provides a very clear vision about lowend and high-end phones. After reading the October 15 issue I came to know what spectrum is all about, while earlier editions had taught me about 2G and 3G. The magazine tells me about small things which prove very beneficial, for instance, I was not aware that the right term for flap phones is ‘Clamshell.’ I thank My Mobile for increasing my knowledge day by day. -Nitish Kumar, Sonepat

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I read the current issue of your magazine and found it amazing. Like the previous issues, this issue too contains ample information about the mobile world. I am also a regular visitor of My Mobile website and would like to suggest that you modify your website so that it contains more content. Hope you will pay attention to my request. Regards. -Ankit Anand

I am a big fan of My Mobile magazine. It is one complete guide for all the queries related to mobiles. It gives good information about all the gadgets and latest handsets available in the market. After reading your magazine I have really improved e the nd hav my knowledge about mobile phones and taba s e m n a drea ellpho n lets. I thank My Mobile team for giving us the c i t y u e o k also azy ab atest ines? best information. you cr pen a few l ews and can ds on the l you have e r A -Vidya Sagar Raj, Sitapur (UP) ink r han al to for n Hi, I read the article dedicated to the draft National Telecom Policy 2011 and found it very interesting as the article contains deep analysis of what could be in store for the future and what was in the past. In every issue I really like the celebrity column as I am

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mobile doctor Also, suggest if there is any phone better than the listed ones. -B. KARTHIK Among the phones that you have shortlisted, you can go for LG Optimus Net. However, you can also check out HTC Explorer which is a good phone within your price range.

I want to know if Nokia E-5 supports GPS with A-GPS or not. -Bishal Limbu Yes, Nokia E-5 supports GPS with A-GPS.

I want to buy a mobile of Nokia handset costing up to Rs 20,000. I personally like Nokia C7; however, want you to kindly suggest if Nokia C7-01 is better than this. Can you also give me the market price of both? -Mithun.M,

I want to purchase a tablet computer which costs about Rs 4,500. Please guide me and send me full details of the gadget. -Ashish You will have to wait a little more to get a tablet in this price range. Currently the price range for a tablet starts from Rs 8,000. I want to buy a T-Mobile phone. Could you please tell me whether I can rely on the company and also, if the handset would successfully work in India? How is the browsing speed on the phone? -Rajesh T-Mobile is an operator in USA and not a handset brand. They usually take a Samsung, BlackBerry or any other brandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phone and re-brand it as T-Mobile. These phones are usually locked to T-Mobile networks and you will have to get them unlocked to use them in India. This is usually not advisable for any device.

The Nokia phone is just 701 and since it runs on the latest Symbian Belle Operating System, has 1 GHz processor and is capable of HSDPA speeds of 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA speeds of up to 5.76 Mbps.

I want to buy an Android phone and need your help to choose the right one for me. I have shortlisted LG Optimus One P500 Thunder, LG Optimus Net, LG Optimus Pro, Samsung Galaxy Fit, and Samsung Galaxy Pop. I would like you to suggest the best among these considering that I want a good battery backup and features worth putting in so much money. My budget is Rs 11,000.

I want to know if Nokia N73 has a flash player to watch videos through online streaming. If not, then which mobile in the Nokia N series has this option available. Also please tell me that which phone supports Flash Player 9. -Pankaj Singh Nokia N73 is a very old phone and does not come with flash support to watch online videos. Recently no new N series phones

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have come to India. Infact now Nokia has C series, E series and numeric phone models. Currently all Symbian^3 and above (Anna, Belle) come with Flash Player 9 support. Between Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Samsung Galaxy S Plus, Samsung Galaxy SL or HTC Desire S, which phone should I buy? Also give me the best features of the phone or phones you would suggest. -Rahul Kumar The best among your shortlisted phone is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc which has a 1 GHz processor, 8.0-megapixel autofocus camera. You can also opt for HTC Sensation XE which has just been launched but you might have to shell out some extra money for this one. Among the latest set of smartphones available in the market, please suggest a good 3G phone that runs on either Android Ice-cream Sandwich OS or on Android 2.3.3. Also, it should have Wi-Fi support, at least 5.0-megapixel camera and stylish looks along with other good features. My budget for buying a new phone is Rs 20,000. -Saurabh Sah There is no phone running on the latest Android Ice-cream Sandwich Operating System in this price range. However, you can choose between Samsung Galaxy Plus or Galaxy SL which have been updated to Android 2.3 Operating System and fall within your budget. Both the phones have a good performance. I have a Nokia 5610. Whenever I try and download some app from Ovi store or any other portal, it shows a message saying that the SIM is not verified. Please suggest some measures to correct this issue. Also, how can I upgrade the operating system of Nokia 7210 Supernova? -Nihit Kumar To resolve this issue, you will

have to talk to your operator and get your account verified before being able to download apps. For upgrading your phone you can go to Nokia.com/software and follow step wise instructions there. In case you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel comfortable in doing it yourself, please visit a customer care centre and request for an upgrade. I want to buy a touchscreen phone with Phonebook capacity of 1000 plus, Hindi/Marathi support, 2000+ SMS storage and various types of folder creation option under the message save option. Additionally, it should have a good music performance especially through the loudspeaker. I use Nokia 6233 at present and it carries most of these features except touchscreen. Please guide. -Pradeep Lunawat You can opt for Nokia C5-03 which is a complete touchscreen phone in the affordable category. I need to buy a new CDMA mobile phone which must carry two features namely Auto Call Record & SMS Back-up to memory card. Budget is not a problem but I would prefer some phone that costs up to Rs 5,000. The more the additional features, the better it will be. -Deepak Jaiswal There are no CDMA phones from MNC brands that have Auto Call Record & SMS Back-up features. Among the Indian brands too this choice is very limited.

Is your mobile phone acting strange? Email your queries at team@mymobile.co.in and our mobile doctor Arshdeep Singh will suggest remedies for your ailing device. Disclaimer: The views expressed by Arshdeep Singh are his own and do not necessarily coincide with those of My Mobile.

consumer forum Complaint 1 I bought a HCL ME tablet model number AM7-A1 on June 17 this year. It worked smoothly for ten days but then stopped working at all. To complain against the same, I went to the Noida branch of HCL. The product was under full warranty so they said that they would replace it with a new one and kept the old one with them. After that they tried to give me an old tablet as a replacement but I refused to accept it. After three months on 14 October, they did replace my tablet with a new one of serial number 311Dev000076. But the replaced device did not work well for even a moment. The moment we left the showroom it got switched off and didn’t work at all. We immediately went back and registered a complaint. They again kept the faulty device. After about a month, they gave me another tablet of serial number 411DEV001038. This one also had a problem and stopped working after ten days. It too is with them and nothing has happened so far. I am fed up going to them and requesting for replacements. Please help. -Shailesh Giri HCL's Reply Awaited.

something had been downloaded on the mobile. When I told them that nothing had been downloaded, they talked to me very rudely and told that they would not return the balance at any cost. Please help me as they have deducted the balance. -Raj Nayyar BSNL's Reply Awaited.

screen. I have given it for service and its screen has been changed twice. But the problem still remains. This is the third time that I am facing the same problem. I live in a distant place and have to travel 200 km to visit the service centre. It is really time consuming for me to visit them again and again, so kindly help me out with this problem. -Santanu Tripathy, Orissa HTC's Reply Looking in to the matter

some time ago. After I submitted my documents, the cashier asked for Rs 125 for the pack which was actually costing Rs 25 only - on my objecting, I was told that it was a franchisee Vodafone gallery and thus charged extra money for a number that seemed good to them. They would charge extra for a number with a same digit ending. Please help. -Ashley Dcosta Vodafone's Reply Awaited

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Complaint 7

I bought a Nokia E-5 in February 2011. The handset started troubling me after about five months time, when it abruptly switched off and would not revive. When I removed its back cover and checked the battery I found the acid of the battery leaking. I showed it to Nokia Care where

I have a Nokia N8 with serial number 352684041267787. The camera on the phone is not opening and is showing "System error." I approached Nokia Care at Cell Point, B 100 A, South City-1, Near Signature tower, Opp. HUDA Gymkhana Club, Gurgaon. They stated that they will have to update the mobile but they have version 022.014 whereas my version is 025.007, which was updated over the air on 27 October. They do not know when this version will be available with them and even refused to give me a job card. Does this mean I will not be able to use the camera? My phone warranty is upto 31st October 2011. Please help. -Kishor Naik Nokia's Reply Customer already taken the delivery of repaired handset and working fine. Consumer's Reply Awaited

Complaint 2 I own a BSNL prepaid SIM with phone No. 8900596421. On 11 November, my balance was around Rs. 280 or Rs 282 in the early afternoon hours. However, when in the evening I checked my balance, it was down to Rs 134 for no reason. I lodged a complaint in BSNL (complaint number K11WB1125868) on the same day. They told me that they would contact the technical department and inform me about it. When I contacted them after two days, their response was the same. After five days, they told that the balance had been deducted for GPRS usage. When I told them that I had the GPRS pack of Rs 98 with 3 GB free Internet usage and 1 month validity which I got recharged on 8 November, they said that

Complaint 3 I bought a Spice M5700 touchscreen handset on 9th of July this year. I was highly disappointed with the touch interface of the handset as it started malfunctioning right from the moment I started using it. I put up with it till 17th October, when its touch went dead. I gave it to the service center the other day but have not received it till date. The IMEI number of my handset is 91110255104389905, please help. -Deep Nayan, Muzaffarpur Spice's Reply Awaited

Complaint 4 I bought a HTC Wildfire in March 2011 and have been facing regular problems with its touch-

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they termed the acid as water and refused to consider its warranty. Helplessly, I paid for its repair and received it back after two months. Now, a new problem has come up - its camera has stopped functioning. When contacted, the company said that they can’t do anything about this. I am very disappointed and want my handset replaced. Please help. -Sonakshi Madan Nokia's Reply The customer is not contactable since last 6 days so we have sent a mail to him. Consumer's Reply Awaited

Complaint 6 I bought a new Vodafone SIM card from a Vodafone gallery

Are you being harassed by a celco that doesn’t hear your plea? Email your issues to consumer-forum@my mobile.co.in and we will take up your cause with the concerned company. Kindly mention your contact number at the end of the Email so that we can get in touch with you. Whenever possible, also provide us complete details of the correspondence with the celco.

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Vodafone launches 3G services in Hosur, Karur and Erode

Nokia reveals its DRM free music service, Nokia music unlimited

Vodafone India, one of country’s telecom service providers, announced the launch of its 3G services in Hosur, Karur and Erode city of southern India’s Tamil Nadu state. Now, Vodafone customers in these cities can experience various exciting 3G services such as faster downloading, video streaming, multimedia gaming, digital TV and much more. With the launch of 3G services in these areas, customers can communicate and experience the advantage of adding power of mobility to the Internet. Currently, Vodafone has launched 3G services in 22 towns in Tamil Nadu including Chennai, Ariyalur, Coimbatore, Cuddalore, Kodaikanal, Madurai, Ooty, Palladam, Ranipet, Sivagangai, Sriperumbadur, Trichy, Pondicherry, Salem, Tiruppur, Sivakasi, Vellore, Pondicherry, Villipuram, Karur, Erode and Hosur.

Nokia has announced the availability of Music Unlimited Service on its Series40 (S40) phones. The service will be available on the newly introduced feature phones – Nokia X2-02, Nokia Asha 200 and Nokia Asha 300 and will offer young music listeners to download and share free music from the collection of songs from the Nokia Music Store. Nokia Music Unlimited, which was so far available on selected hi-end devices, received positive response from the consumers and Nokia is now all set to give price-conscious music lovers a faster entertainment experience by offering this music service on its latest affordable range of phones. Nokia’s DRM free music service comes packed with features like DRM-free tracks pre-activated on the device, easy browsing, downloading & renewal through the device itself etc. With this free service consumers can discover, enjoy and share latest, high quality music in a fast, easy and safe way irrespective of time and place. It also offers local and global music with an abundance of legal tracks from a range of artistes including international and local, global labels like Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music, and Nokia’s local partnership with Indian Music Industry, Hungama that represents major labels including Yash Raj, Tseries, and SIMCA (South Indian Music Companies Association), amongst others.

Idea brings affordable smartphones to promote 3G services in India

Evernote for Windows Phone Update

Idea Cellular, India’s telecom service provider announced the launch of a range of 3G smartphones starting at Rs 5,850 onwards. It is said that company has come up with affordable range of smartphones to drive penetration of data services in the country. As a special introductory offer, Idea is offering data services worth Rs 3,500* in a Rs 259 pack bundled with the new 3G smartphones. Hence, for the smartphone which is priced at Rs. 5,850, Idea 3G user gets it for a value of just Rs. 2,609. The Idea 3G Smartphones are running on 2.2 Android Operating System and

also have a 3.2-megapixel camera, touchscreen, GPS Navigator software, FM radio and MP3 Player. They offer WiFi, Bluetooth connectivity along with social media Apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, browser Opera Mini, and pre-loaded Google and YouTube, besides a range of other high-end smartphone features and Idea TV. These 3G devices can also act as Wi-Fi routers. The new Idea 3G smartphones will be available at all major mobile retail stores and Idea outlets across all major cities in India.

Evernote released its new version 2.1 in the market, which is packed with some new features and improvements. Evernote for Windows Phone 7 now lets you pin the things you need right on your home screen, let you quick access to features, notes and notebooks etc. You can pin notes and notebooks on your home screen that you access frequently. To pin a notebook or tag, swipe to the relevant screen, then tap the Pin button at the bottom of the screen. On the home screen the tile will include a number showing how many notes are related to the notebook or tag. New version of Evernote will also allow you to create a template. Template notes can take a number of different forms. You can create simple text-only templates, or you can make templates that simplify a complex workflow. The update also adds major improvements to the application’s text editing capabilities and also adds support for a number of languages, including Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Dutch, and Polish. Some other additional capabilities include background sync, search integration and sharing note on social networking sites.

Now access your bank account anytime anywhere with Vodafone’s m-Paisa Calling it a product for financial inclusion, Vodafone has introduced m-Paisa in collaboration with HDFC bank. The initiative will take banking to millions of unbanked Indians with the use of mobile phones. m-Paisa will allow customer basic banking transaction on the mobile phone and even deposit and withdraw cash at appointed Vodafone M-paisa outlets, without having to go to bank branches. The product offer transaction in five easy steps. The service has already been a success in different parts of Africa and has over 17 million customers.

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NEWS bits Policy& Regulations HANDSETS & MORE Nokia launches three new handsets for the Indian masses Nokia India recently launched its three handsets Nokia Asha 200, Asha 300 and Nokia X2-02. While the Nokia Asha 200 and Nokia X2-02 are in the dual SIM phones category, Asha 300 is a touch based single SIM phone. Nokia’s Asha series – Nokia Asha 200 and Nokia Asha 300 – and Nokia X2-02 come equipped with the Nokia Music Unlimited service. The handsets have Nokia browser and Web apps for better Internet browsing experience alongside entertainment. Their memory is expandable up to 32 GB and they also feature enhanced music player, built-in FM radio and Bluetooth connectivity. Other than these common features, all the phones have some additional features.

HTC Sensation XL launched in India HTC has recently come up with its new entrant in the market HTC Sensation XL. The phone is based on Android 2.3 OS and has 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. The phone can be considered as an upgraded version of its Sensation model which is already available in the market. It has 1,730 mAh battery and 768 MB of RAM and internal storage of 4GB, which can be expanded up to 32 GB via microSD card. The Sensation XL comes with 4.3-inch LCD and has 8.0-megapixel camera. On connectivity front, the smartphone supports Wi-Fi, GPRS, Bluetooth and 3G. HTC Sensation XL offers users a Beats Audio experience, which allows them to easily manage songs and playlists even while delivering unmatched audio quality. The phone comes in red and black colour combination and is available in all major stores across the country at a price of Rs 33,990.

Research In Motion Announces Sunil Dutt as Managing Director for India Research In Motion (RIM) announced the appointment of Mr. Sunil Dutt as Managing Director for India. Sunil Dutt is an industry veteran with 27 years of extensive experience in the Indian technology and telecom sector. Commenting on his appointment, Sunil Dutt - managing director, India for Research In Motion said, “India has achieved considerable success in RIM’s global business in recent years. I am excited to be part of RIM and to help drive this success further.” Earlier Sunil worked for Hewlett Packard India Sales Pvt Ltd as President, Personal Systems Group and was responsible for expanding their business in enterprise, mid-market and consumer space. Prior to that, Sunil worked on senior positions for companies like Samsung India Electronics Ltd, Nokia India Pvt Ltd, Whirlpool of India Ltd, Wipro Limited and Philips India.

PNY Launches M1 Attaché USB Flash drive PNY Technologies, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of memory upgrade modules, announced the new M1 Attaché USB Flash drive. The flash drive comes in a casing made of zinc alloy with a fine texture to give it a rich feel. The matte finish makes it resistant to gathering fingerprints and dust. The drive is water resistant and durable. It comes with a lanyard attached to its end to easily attach it to a keychain, purse, belt, etc. Its tiny dimensions and large capacity makes it a very convenient medium of sharing and storing pictures, movies, music, games, work documents and more. The drive works with all recent versions of Windows and Mac OS 10.3 and above. The drive comes with 5 years warranty.

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Kanimozhi and five other get bail in 2G scam case The Delhi High court recently granted bail to five people along with Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam (DMK) party’s M K Kanimozhi, accused in 2G scam case. The two-judge panel granted bail to Sanjay Chandra, the managing director of Unitech; Vinod Goenka, Chairman of Etisalat’s India partner DB Group; and three executives from Anil Ambani’s group. All the accused were in jail since April 2011. Former Telecom Secretary, Siddharth Behura was however denied bail.

Kapil Sibal speaks on offensive Internet content Telecom and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal recently met executives from Facebook, Yahoo!, Google and Microsoft and asked them to screen the content that is published on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, etc. Sibal urged these companies to monitor user generated content and ensute that no offensive content gets posted online. As reported by different media in the country, Sibal at his meeting showed executives’ material online that could be inflammatory; other content was obscene and defamatory. “We have to take care of the sensibilities of our people and have to protect them,” Sibal told reporters. Responding to the minister’s comments Facebook in a statement said that they already have policies in place to ensure that no offensive metrial gets posted on the site. It added, “We recognize the government’s interest in minimising the amount of abusive content that is available online and will continue to engage with the Indian authorities as they debate this important issue.”

Techiewood Emran Hashmi wants to endorse HTC Bollywood’s serial kisser Imran Hashmi is a much bigger gadget fan then we thought of. The actor is presently using three handsets i.e. iphone 4S, BlackBerry Bold and one of Samsung’s latest Android phone. Though the actor is using different OSes but finds android the best because he finds it more user friendly and rich in content. On being asked if Imran would like to endorse any specific mobile brand, the actor revealed his love for HTC. “If given an opportunity, I would love to become the face for HTC,” said Hashmi. The actor also confessed that he is hooked to messaging services and gaming on mobile phones.

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India mPowered India Telecom 2011 was flagged off with lots of fanfare in Delhi. The theme of this year’s event was ‘m-powering India.’

ndia Telecom 2011 got underway on December 7 in New Delhi. The threeday event, whose theme was ‘m-Powering India,’ was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. Also present on the occasion were Kapil Sibal, Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Milind Deora, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology (D), and Sachin Pilot, Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology(P). The Prime Minister also released the India Telecom Report at the event. The theme of the event ‘m-Powering India’ was based on the fact that though the telecom sector has witnessed phenomenal growth in the wireless space, this growth has been largely confined to metros. Rural and semi-urban India still remain largely untouched by it. Speaking on the issue, Dr. Manmohan Singh said, “It is a matter of great satisfaction for us

that the India Telecom sector is growing at a fast pace, but focus should be on empowering the rural sector of the country. There should be broadband connectivity for all village panchayats in the country.” While acknowledging the contribution of regulatory bodies and policy makers of the country, the Prime Minster said, “Our telecom tariffs are the lowest in the world. All this is possible due to the continuous efforts of our regulatory regime. The growth in the sector has been driven by various initiatives taken by policy makers from time to time.” The event serves a platform to promote opportunities in the telecom sector for pushing economic growth and for attracting FDI. Speaking on the occasion, Kapil Sibal said, “India is a land of opportunities. There is a huge investment opportunity in the telecom sector as in the next five years there will be Rs 6.5 trillion investment in it.” Sachin Pilot put forth his views and said

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that after seeing a hike in the numbers of subscribers, now the focus would be on delivering the quality services. “The Government understands that there are significant challenges and will work hard to achieve the targets. The focus will be on exploring new and emerging opportunities in the sector,” he said. The event aimed to showcase the latest technologies, while exploring the potential of untapped technologies and services such as green solutions, Wi-Max, 3G, and mobile financial services through exhibitions and conferences. The event hosted several information sessions such as “Socio-economic impact of mobile connectivity,” “Mobile: Powerful tool for enabling financial services,” and “Valueadded services enhancing quality of life and regulatory framework to achieve policy objectives.” More than 250 exhibitors from 36 countries marked their presence in the event. n

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“I am not a very application person” She has been setting the screen on fire with her performance in The Dirty Picture. But Vidya Balan has a tech side to her as well. We caught up with her to discuss Bollywood and tech Harshita Rastogi

What do you think of Silk Smitha? I would like to say Silk was a world famous dancing star of the 80s and the first to be named after a fabric. She had an enigma of her own. My character in the film Dirty Picture is also a dancing star, so Milan Luthria, the director, decided on using her name for my character, but only name and not the life story. The movie has nothing to do with her life. Can you give a famous dialogue from the movie? “Kuch logon ka naam unke kaam se hota hai, mera badnaam hoke hua hai”… Do you think with this movie the zero figure trend will die out? Well I don’t know about the trend but all I have to say is that I have always celebrated my curves. I am a woman and like to look like the same.

What according to you is the mantra of a successful movie? Film-making is all about team effort. Everyone in the team needs to work hard in collaboration to make it a success. We have all contributed in equal measures to make this film possible. Indian films are mostly male character oriented; however, The Dirty Picture has a female protagonist to take all the attention. How does it feel to be a part of a woman centric movie like this one? It feels great to be a part of a female lead movie. I think it is high time that women get more logical roles in the industry. Which phone do you use to stay connected? BlackBerry Bold and iPhone 4 are the phones that keep me connected to my loved ones anywhere and everywhere. Which applications do you use on your handsets? I am not a very application person. Also, I am not very well conversant with the iPhone as I have recently purchased it. So, cannot think of anything other than BBM at the moment. Do you also socialise on social networking sites? If not for personal use, then probably for promotionl purposes… Well unfortunately, I am not on any of the social networking sites, be it Facebook or twitter. Besides, I don’t feel that these really help in the promotion of a movie, as I have created the buzz about my latest without using them. I feel we all use different media to promote our films and going SNS does not go down well with me. n

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Like every year, 2012 comes with its own baggage of hopes and aspirations. Even as analysts and astrologers come out with their predictions of the year to come, we take a look ahead to 2012 – and cast an eye back on 2011 – with some of the leading names of the mobile industry through a series of questions. One thing we do know – THEY will be very much in the news in 2012

Tech that rocked 2011 Alpna Doshi | CIO, Reliance

Communications Limited 3G-based services took India by storm last year. Several telecom companies are now paying close attention to next steps on 3G applications and the huge advancement in mobile technology. The future lies in converged telecom and such advancements are taking us a step closer to “The Internet of Things.”

Prashanth Adiraju | directornew platforms business group, Intel South Asia The highlight has clearly been a new category of mobile computers, called Ultrabooks. Intel aims to re-invent mobile computing once again with the Ultrabook category by marrying the best of PCs and tablets, providing the most complete and satisfying of these experiences in one device. Viral Oza | marketing director, Nokia India The most important technological advancement of last year, to my mind, would be the availability of high end innovations on entry level devices. Not only does this make services like music and maps available to all but also helps us reach larger audiences across India. Shishir Singh | director – product marketing consumer & SMB Dell India With the growing pool of tech savvy consumers who started looking out for convenience of using devices that allow for easy convergence of their digital lives with better portability, connectivity and entertainment features, the introduction of our range of tablet and smartphones was a major milestone for Dell in India which saw a good response from consumers. P.Balaji | managing director, Sony

Ericsson India The year 2011 witnessed some of the most significant and revolutionary developments in the telecom industry. While Android invasion rose in 2010, a big lap was accomplished in the following year owing to Android’s quarterly market share inching over 50 per cent in in Q3 2011 (Gartner). Moreover, the online conversations in India around smartphone OS shows that the Android mania is leading consumer discussions.

Sunil Lalvani | director, enterprise sales, Research In Motion India The year 2011 was forecast as the year of tablets and looking back, we can see the evolution of this category or the ‘third screen’ taking the technology experience a notch higher. While the smartphone segment has seen constant growth, it’s the tablet category that took the market by storm this year, with variety in technology, content, form factor and price points. Several factors such as increased Internet usage, lower tariffs and availability of relevant content for Indian customers has accelerated the adoption of tabletsin India. Vishal Dhupar | managing direc-

tor, Asia – South, NVIDIA In the year where tablets and smartphones have been continually rolling out with upgrades in either operating system, camera quality, apps or more, NVIDIA stepped up with a quad-core mobile processor which will not only provide up to five times faster computing (when compared to Tegra 2), but also offer this exceptional processing speed while consuming lesser power! Earlier this month we announced the Tegra 3 to the world. This Tegra system-on-a-chip (SoC) features a quad-core processor with a 5th companion core specifically designed for work requiring little power, and an additional 12-core GeForce GPU. So, there are no limits to the capabilities of a smartphone/tablet powered by the Tegra 3, since consumers can listen to audio/video files, play games, search directions, access innumerous apps and still save on battery for late-night book reading!

Industry. Telecommunication in India is a very productive market, and has bloomed brilliantly in past few years. 2011 year has seen many developments but with two of the latest operating systems like iOS 5.0, and Android 4.0, they certainly are the biggest one.

Rothin Bhattacharya |

EVP, marketing, strategy & business development, HCL Infosystems Labeling is an important development given the increasing concern to save energy. It is set to gain traction in the coming days, with various PC manufacturers taking to it. HCL Infosystems introduced its BEE range of laptops in March 2011. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency is expected to come up with a schedule for covering laptops, desktops and office-automation products for mandatory compliance. The main purpose to introduce these BEE labeled laptops is to ensure that manufacturers and brands conform to norms appropriate to the energy conservation standards and to help customers make informed decisions while buying them.

Ranjit yadav |

country head, mobile and IT business, Samsung India I think the year was truly a year of convergence. On the one hand you saw a plethora of smart mobile devices like smartphones , tablets and the Galaxy Note being introduced. On the other, thousands of applications were developed which offered consumers opportunities to personalise their devices as never before.

Prem Kumar | CEO, Meridian

Telecom We consider the energy efficient innovation and evolution are the key factors behind the growth of any

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Five things to look out for Alpna Doshi | CIO, Reliance

Communications Limited æ Since the Internet is going to be the future; all thanks to mobile Internet- Internet of Things (IoT) appears to be a technology to watch out in 2012. With this, objects that are connected to the Internet can identify, sense and communicate data. æ Context-aware computing will improve the quality of interaction with the end user or an object. æ Next-Generation Analytics will change the way we make decisions. These NextGeneration Analytics will move from analyzing what happened (history) to analyzing real-time information to predict the future æ The focus of apps will shift from consumer centric apps to enterprise specific. Organization leaders will have to manage a diverse approach to app stores and segment apps by risk and value. æ Cloud computing will have a broad long term affect on most industries. Organisations will continue to move from understanding the cloud to decisions about which workloads to implement on cloud services. The focus will be more on hybrid cloud computing combin-

ing external public cloud services and private cloud services.

Prashanth Adiraju | directornew platforms business group, Intel South Asia æ We expect to see continued explosion of connected devices. It will be an era of “always connected” and mobile connectivity will become the preferred way of accessing the Web (all types of devices, from phones to notebooks). The concept of being “online” and “offline” will become irrelevant. æ Consumers are driving this era of computing. Consumers will continue to drive usage models, further blurring the distinction between types of devices notebook, tablet and smartphones. It will be a multi-device environment and no one device will be sufficient. æ IT vendors and service providers will be looking to “bring cloud to the people” – it will be as much a consumer story as an enterprise story. æ As more people gain access to computing, there will be a race to innovate around services, apps, content. E-commerce, social, gaming and location-based usage models will

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strongly emerge. æ The mobile revolution will continue to drive more devices and data consumption, demanding more energy, efficiency and secure data centers to support the overwhelming Internet traffic.

Viral Oza | marketing director, Nokia India æ Further blurring of lines between mobile phones and smartphones æ Location-based services being pushed to the next level æ Even tighter integration of social experiences with location and commerce-based services æ India’s emergence as an apps superpower æ Increasing number of people using the mobile to access the Internet Shishir Singh | director – product marketing consumer & SMB Dell India æ One of the key trends to watch out for is the innovation in the form factor – the laptops are getting slimmer, and at the same time are packed with performance. We believe that mobility will dictate the form factor of

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1. Viral Oza | marketing director, Nokia India 2. Vishal Gondal | god-in-chief, India Games 3. Sunil Lalvani | director, enterprise sales, Research In Motion India 4. Shishir Singh | director – product marketing consumer & SMB Dell India 5. Ranjit Yadav | country head, mobile and IT business, Samsung India 6. Neeraj Aggarwal | partner & director, Boston Consulting Group ( India) Pvt. Limited 7. Apoorv Nagpal | managing director, SAREGAMA India Limited 8. P.Balaji | managing director, Sony Ericsson India

P.Balaji | managing director, Sony

Ericsson India æ LTE is indeed an emerging technology, in the US and will follow in Japan æ Android 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich will offer new features from Android with the current experience. æ NFC or Near Field Communications is a promising technology that ensures benefits to consumers and businesses. It simplifies transactions, data exchange, and is expected to become a widely used system for making payments by smartphone. æ Mobility and Cloud - Research highlights the exponential growth in the number of mobile services using the cloud and the number of mobile phone users that access applications through the cloud. Telecom operators are essentially developing effective cloud services and applications, which can be accessed easily and securely across a variety of mobile devices æ App Penetration - Applications are increasing becoming an integral part of mobile user interface, and with an open OS like Android, the scope to create and download apps has only increased further.

Vishal Dhupar | managing director, Asia – South, NVIDIA

æ In one word: Mobility – On the front end to the back end

computing devices in the years to follow. We expect to see a proliferation of devices in different screen sizes to meet different needs as accessibility of information-on-the-go, becomes inevitable. æ We will see huge use of flash memory in consumer devices, entertainment devices, equipment and other embedded IT systems. æ Given the focus on driving cost efficiencies, productivity and business growth, we will continue to see technologies such as virtualization lead the way. Desktop virtualization would be critical in this aspect. æ Cloud computing is at a tipping point and we see it as a big opportunity for growing businesses to keep up with their growth without having to invest in and manage their infrastructure. æ Besides gaming, which already is a lucrative area in the mobile app development domain, there’s a trend towards building apps that use location based services and also provide content sharing over social networking. The other trend in the mobile apps domain is to empower knowledge workers while on the move with powerful mobile apps that connect them to their enterprise business apps at the back-end: CRM, ERP, HRM, or even custom apps like business process automation, etc.

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Innovative use of images and interactive technology to explore large and high-density datasets æ In-memory computing and cloud technologies æ Web will be high on 3D æ GPUs to become mainstream for Scientific and Technical Computing

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Telecom æ Even already with so much upgradation, processor and OS is the most exciting thing to watch out for æ Mobile 3-D to drive user acceptance æ Revolution in the Android and iPhone platforms æ Cloud Computing æ Green Technology

Ranjit yadav |

country head, mobile and IT business, Samsung India æ New smartphones across different OS platforms æ Growing number of applications and higher downloads æ Ability to write, crop and edit text while on the go on devices like the Galaxy Note æ New sizes in tablets æ Easier connectivity with 3G.

What’s not happening Alpna Doshi | CIO, Reliance

Communications Limited Snooping of SMS like the way Gmail snoops our e-mails. Apart from regulatory hurdles, there is strong customer sentiment against telco’s snooping on their customer communications. While customers have accepted e-mail operators snooping their personal emails, the same is not an accepted practice for SMS yet.

Prashanth Adiraju | directornew platforms business group, Intel South Asia 3D technology across a range of communication and entertainment platforms that promises a whole new level of immersion, interaction and realism WILL NOT BECOME a mainstream element of cinema, TV, Internet, video games and even mobile phones. Viral Oza | marketing director, Nokia India We definitely don’t see people using lesser of their mobile phones, or only youngsters using apps –apps will become more ubiquitous Shishir Singh | director – product marketing consumer & SMB Dell India We do not see the need for the traditional notebook or desktop form factor dying out, though we do see an evolution in terms of design and functionality to offer consumers the power to do more, be more flexible and convenience. Vishal Dhupar | managing direc-

tor, Asia – South, NVIDIA While tablets will continue their growth story along with Tegra through the coming year, I don’t see them replacing laptops until Ice Cream Sandwich grows in popularity and Win8 on ARM provides enough comfort and familiarity to the average consumer to make him switch to a tablet for most of his computing needs.

Rothin Bhattacharya | EVP,

marketing, strategy & business development, HCL Infosystems There have been talks on the deterioration of PC market in India. But we feel that the sentiment is premature. Devices like tablets and PCs serve different needs of the consumers and demand for these devices will co-exist.

Prem Kumar | CEO, Meridian

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Which tech’s going to rock Alpna Doshi | CIO, Reliance

Communications Limited Technology will enable context based services thereby improving user experience and capturing the imagination of the people. Major trends that I expect to see are: contextual and social user experience, mobile centric applications and services, increasing measures towards network security, cloud computing.

Prashanth Adiraju | director-

new platforms business group, Intel South Asia The unprecedented demand for computing from client devices to the cloud will continue in 2012 and this will continue to create significant opportunities for the industry.

Viral Oza | marketing director, Nokia India We can expect Location Based Services to take off in a big way next year. Location is one of the main enablers that deliver services to users. Context-aware services will be key for mobile apps, and location is a key enabler of that. Social networking will continue to flourish. Mobile commerce and payments will spread further with technologies like NFC. Shishir Singh | director – product marketing consumer & SMB Dell India We expect to see a proliferation of devices in different screen sizes to meet different needs as accessibility of information-on-the-go, becomes inevitable. However, while mobility is growing very fast we also see maturity in customers growing where they are identifying their need and priority between mobility and sharing/higher screen size. P.Balaji | managing director, Sony

Ericsson India We believe that NFC can revolutionise applications making it simpler to make transactions, exchange digital content, and connect electronic devices with a touch. It just requires somebody to take the lead.

Sunil Lalvani | d irector,

enterprise sales, Research In Motion India As businesses and individual customers are rapidly embracing latest in technology in their office or personal lives we will see rapid proliferation of NFC technology in the near future both globally and in India too. Augmented Reality adds a new dimension to location based search, making the function a lot more relevant to its users. Mobile gaming is the next

big thing in the telecommunication space with advent of social gaming in India. Social gaming started in India with the launch of games on the social networks, but now this has been extended to the smartphones and tablets with games created specifically for these form factors. Motion sensor gaming is another technology that will evolve in a couple of years.

Vishal Dhupar | managing direc-

tor, Asia – South, NVIDIA With our lives turning constantly mobile, we believe that a user’s mobile device is their most personal computer. This trend will only continue over the next year. We also expect to see today’s high-end mobile technology moving down to lower price-points as it’s succeeded by the new generation. While there will always be a core of early adopters who demand the latest and greatest, affordability is the key to bringing a new level of mobile experience to the masses. Another trend we have noticed is that TVs are becoming important display devices for consumers. Increasingly, tablets and super-phones are being integrated with HDMI output and are supported by quadcore devices capable of driving them. Hence, when at home, users will prefer to view content on the largest screen available to them and will be able to conveniently do so on their TVs by next year. We can also see the advent of console-quality gaming onto tablet devices along with PlayStation/Wii controller compatibility.

Rothin Bhattacharya | EVP,

marketing, strategy & business development, HCL Infosystems India has the world’s second-largest mobile phone users with over 865 million and more than 200 brands. In such a scenario technology will evolve in all ways whether it’s about operating systems and processor or connectivity and various other possible developments. In short we will experience everything we missed this year.

Ranjit yadav |

country head, mobile and IT business, Samsung India We expect the trend of smart mobile devices getting stronger in 2012 - new sizes of tablets, new smartphones as well newer applications across platforms.

Vishal Gondal | god-in-chief, India Games Clearly in 2012, we will see application stores

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gain more popularity and we expect around 30 million people to game next year. There are going to be more touch devices and better data connectivity for people to be able to get a better experience. So the avenues of gaming are going to improve considerably in the coming year.

Apoorv Nagpal | managing

director, SAREGAMA India Limited In the coming year, we expect that there will be better business models in place that will enables consumers to get good quality music free of cost and also allow music companies to make money. Music will be used in innovative ways and things like musical games, etc., are expected to gain popularity. Neeraj Aggarwal | partner & director, Boston Consulting Group ( India) Pvt. Limited In 2012, we expect that there will be more clarity on the policy front for the telecommunication industry in India. This will help

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Favourites of 2011 Alpna Doshi | CIO, Reliance

Communications Limited iCloud is good and has an interesting product conceptualization. The manner in which it allows you to sync all your devices seamlessly and share data across all your gadgets is an impressive feature. It will be good to see how Indian audiences accept this service.

Viral Oza | marketing director, Nokia India My favorite devices/services were the Nokia Lumia family, Nokia Asha devices and Music on S40 P.Balaji | managing director, Sony

Ericsson India One of my current favourites is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S. With customized apps, entertainment services and exclusive operator data offers, it is a fully loaded device which would appeal to the current generation of tech-savvy, well-informed and smart consumers.

9. Prashanth Adiraju | director-new platforms business group, Intel South Asia 10. Alpna Doshi | CIO, Reliance Communications Limited 11. Prem Kumar | CEO, Meridian Telecom 12. Vishal Dhupar | managing director, Asia – South, NVIDIA 13. Rothin Bhattacharya | EVP, marketing, strategy & business development, HCL Infosystems

in giving it the right push. Also a lot depends on the regulations to facilitate mergers and acquisitions, which will lead to much needed consolidation in the industry.

Prem Kumar | CEO,

Meridian Telecom Developments in convergence will be an interesting way technology will evolve next year. Also there will be developments in the mobility applications space involving search, social networking, mobile transactions, etc. Speaking of mobility, we will also see increasing use of mobile devices and tablets in the workplace. In the enterprise space cloud computing will evolve further as companies and even the government will turn to cloud computing for better data management and at optimum costs.

Sunil Lalvani | director, enterprise sales, Research In Motion India I love my BlackBerry Curve 9380. it’s a beautifully crafted first all-touch smartphone in the BlackBerry Curve family. It is both stylish and easy-to-use, featuring a brilliant 3.2” high resolution all-touch display. Additionally, I enjoy been con-

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nected with my friends and family and with BBM 6 and socially connected apps.

Vishal Dhupar | managing director, Asia – South, NVIDIA My favorite product/service will have to be Virtual Graphics Platform powered by Quadro and virtualization. I am excited about this, because it connects Quadro with Tegra and it is an interesting use case.

Rothin Bhattacharya |

EVP, marketing, strategy & business development, HCL Infosystems For me the X1 ME TAB has been my favorite product. The applications pre loaded in the X1 are very useful and help me in staying connected and entertained on the go.

Ranjit yadav |

country head, mobile and IT business, Samsung India Difficult to choose between the Samsung Galaxy S2 , Samsung Galaxy Note and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 750... guess all three.

Prem Kumar | CEO, Meridian Telecom It’s great that we finally saw the launch of 3G services in India. This has taken the Internet surfing experience on mobile to the next level. consumer products, as well as Advanced Exchange warranty on our smartphones and tablets.

P.Balaji | managing director, Sony

Prashanth Adiraju | director-new platforms business group, Intel South Asia From Intel’s perspective, some of the innovative products and services for the year 2012 will include Ultrabook, which will change mobile computing in 2012; Ivy Bridge processors, which will go a long way in revolutionising the computing performance by lowering powering consumption, adding new security integration, enhancing integrated graphics and improving popular wireless display capabilities in notebooks; and cloud computing, which will continue to transform the way businesses function. Shishir Singh | director –product marketing consumer & SMB Dell India We believe that our customer services and solutions will be the key differentiator for Dell over the next year for both the home as well as the commercial segments. We have steadily been building our capabilities in the area and have been the first to offer unique support services like Onsite service and Complete Cover warranty on all our

Ericsson India In 2012, we intend to shift the entire portfolio to smartphones; aiming to provide the best user experience for those looking for premium features, performance, and even various media that provide entertainment on-the-go.

Vishal Dhupar | managing

director - South Asia, NVIDIA Graphics You can expect some pretty exciting new developments in the fields of mobility and visual computing. Overall, the industry will continue its love affair with all things mobile. One particularly interesting trend to look out for will be increasingly visible technology like virtual instrument panels in cars and highly sophisticated in-car entertainment, etc.

Rothin Bhattacharya |

EVP, marketing, strategy & business development, HCL Infosystems As you must be aware, we have introduced our new X1 ME tablet. Since the mobility space is still relatively new to the Indian customer, we are positive about the response that this product will receive in 2012 in the Indian market.

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infocus Hrishita Bhatt recently turned Producer with the film ‘Shakal Pe Mat Ja’ and it shows in her tech wish for 2012, which revolves around video calls. “Technology has always been changing and I hope it will continue to do that to make our lives easier and better. I wish that in 2012 video calling really kicks off and makes one closer to one’s near ones even when one is not at the same place,” she says. Now that is what we call being video-sensitive!

-Hrishita Bhatt He may be known as Bollywood’s serial kisser, but what Emran Hashmi yearns for is simplicity in gadgetry. If that sounds hard to digest, just check out his wish for the coming year. He says, “I wish gadgets to get slightly userfriendly, because the simpler they are, the better they are to use. Also I wish to own a gadget which performs all the actions really fast.”

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-Emran Hashmi

What the Stars Want While running out of creative juice is not a problem for Indian Ocean’s drummer and vocalist Amit Kilam, he certainly hopes that 2012 will see smartphones that do not keep running out of battery juice. He says, “We are on tour most of the time and that’s when the problem with the phone battery arises. I wonder out of all the features why do the manufacturers not improve on the battery back-up of smartphones? In the new year I wish to own a smartphone with a great battery backup”.

-Amit Kilam We expected Ashish Shah, a known fashion photographer in the industry, to wish for something magical in the camera department. Or maybe something radical in image editing and graphics. How wrong we were! He surprised us all by coming up with a rather quirky answer. After pondering the issue with due seriousness, he came up with a wish for a gadget that many will be lining up to buy, if it ever makes it to the market. “I certainly need a gadget which cooks up some excuses on my behalf to my girlfriend while I am working,” he said.

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Ramona Arena who was seen in bollywood hits like Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gum, Aetbaar, Kuch Naa Kaho and is also a famous VJ is really tired of being struck in jams for hours and carrying two handheld devices to communicate. In 2012, she hopes to have, “A feature like a map with live satellite images which shows me the current traffic status in the area I am in, up to the area I want to be in. Also, I desperately feel the need of a high-end dual SIM phone, which the industry still lacks. I hope both my wishes get fulfilled this year.”

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Reality show winner and professional singer, Abhijeet Sawant, is clearly a devotee on the altar of 3G and good looking devices. Asked what he would want in tech in 2012, he said, “I wish to own a phone that stands out in video calling so that it becomes an experience in itself.” And here we were expecting him to wax eloquent about some fancy music player!

-Abhijeet Sawant

Pritish Nandy, a known journalist and media personality, gets the award for the more creative tech wish of them all for 2012. “I want to rub my cell phone and see a genie pop out and ask me for three wishes. I have my wishes ready for years now,” he said. Now, THAT is some wish.

-Pritish Nandy Chetan Bhagat, famous author and now the brand ambassador for Huawei Mobiles, wishes to get back alphanumeric keypads in mobile phone. Missing their features, he says, “They might be the trend, but I don’t really find touchscreens comfortable enough to type or use. With all the smart and exclusive features the phone carries, I wish the phone manufacturers bring back the alphanumeric keypad this year”. He COULD try some BlackBerry handsets, we think.

-Chetan Bhagat

She may have become the fantasy of millions after The Dirty Picture, but Vidya Balan seems tired of the trappings of success, in particular the constant need to talk to her fans and the media. Her idea for a dream gadget in 2012, therefore, was: “In the year 2012, I wish for a gadget that smartly answers all the media questions in my voice. It should actually speak my mind to the media, that ways I would easily promote my films and escape from the tiring sessions with media.” We know many media persons who would be heartbroken if that were to indeed happen.

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“This is a time of enormous opportunities”

In spite of formidable challenges facing it, the Indian VAS market has been witnessing definitive and desirable changes. Sanjay Sinha, VP-mobile content, ACL Wireless shares his thoughts about the Indian VAS scene Heena Jatav & Mukesh Kumar Singh

Where does the Indian VAS market stand today? How is it different from the global trends? This is the moment of unprecedented challenges for VAS in India. Consumer trust is low, no killer application in sight, the regulatory regime is rigorous, yet this is the moment of enormous opportunities. The old VAS order - with operator delivered, operator promoted and operator charged services - is definitely under stress. Conventional media (SMS/Voice) and the message (Bollywood and cricket in content) are being tested. While it may be too early to say alternative models have emerged, there are some decisive movements. Device centric, app store based, ad supported and D2C models are beginning to emerge. Wireless data (2G, 2.5G and 3G) is growing like never before. There is also some notable divergence between India and global VAS trends. Historically VAS usage globally is higher in comparison - SMS penetration in India under 50 per cent while it’s as high as 80 per cent in countries like Indonesia and China. Voice-based VAS on the other hand has a high penetration in India. What percentage of operators’ revenue comes from VAS? 12 to 18 per cent of revenue is currently generated from VAS in India. How would you measure the success or failure of VAS? For me, the criteria for success are (a) user uptake, speed and volume (b) user engagement, average usage per customer, and (c) user retention, life-span of user. I firmly believe that financial rewards are a natural outcome of success in these parameters.

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What are the challenges facing monetising of VAS content? The prevailing VAS ecosystem in India has certain built-in inefficiencies. The revenue distribution between players in the existing value chain is heavily skewed in favor of carriers. Lack of transparency in reconciliation and delayed payment cycle further amplify problems. There are other challenges. Reaching the customer is foremost among these. The most prevalent, powerful and cost-effective medium - bulk SMS (OBD and WAP push)- is now under stress on account of regulatory restrictions. Moreover bulk of the high ARPU users are registered under DND (Do Not Disturb) which means you can’t reach them. The advertising medium is too expensive to merit ROI. Average wallet size of mobile subscriber, which some reports claim to under Rs 10, is another big challenge. So even if there are demand and supply, there may not be enough money for transaction. What is the most popular VAS in India? Will we see the Indian market graduating from Bollywood and cricket related apps? The most popular VAS service, so far, has been the CRBT (Caller Ring Back Tune). This is the number one service in terms of penetration as well as revenue, for most carriers in India. The good news is that VAS in India is already moving beyond Bollywood and cricket. There have been some significant innovations on VAS front, especially on consumer utility sphere. Mobile learning, jobs, health, search, classified are new VAS buzzwords. There has been some laudable push from carriers in these areas. Then there are mobile advertising and payment, expected to grow exponentially in next 2-5 years. n heena@mymobile.co.in

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GPS and the

Art of Navigation

There was a time when finding your way about town meant having to stop and ask passers-by, or getting tangled in a foldout map. Thanks to technology, you now have a new option – using a handy gadget or app to tell you where you are and where you wish to go. That is the magic of GPS Harshita Rastogi

he days of relying on strangers, street signs and paper maps to find your way about town are coming to an end, all thanks to a new technological superhero called geo-positioning. Once the preserve of just a few niche devices, GPS is now available in just about every smartphone and tablet, and is making its way to notebooks. What’s more, even personal navigation devices (PNDs) are getting mainstream now and are more affordable than in the past – you can get one for less than Rs 10,000 now.

Directions from satellites in the sky

Navigation devices and apps today not only help you locate a place but give you further detailed information, ranging from restaurants to historical monuments to bank ATMS and public libraries and hospitals. If something

is important enough to be mentioned in a map, it is a fair chance that you will be able to see it on an app or a device. The main motive behind these is simply to simplify the complexities of mapping. Although initially used by defence forces, GPS-driven devices now are steadily going mainstream. These work on signals received from dedicated satellites that help locate the device’s location with surprising ease, serving up latitudinal and longitudinal information. When you enter the name of the destination, the system would locate the route and sometimes, also would suggest the best amongst all possible routes you should opt for. There are devices that give voice commands on turn-by-turn directions with visual displays of the route as you follow the directions men-

tioned. A new development is the emergence of A-GPS or assisted GPS. While GPS works purely on radio signals from satellites, A-GPS has the extra provisions to make use of mobile network resources that help locate and utilise signals from satellites in low signal conditions as well. A-GPS resolves these signal problems by using data available from a network provided by a third party, and works a whole lot faster than conventional GPS, although it does tend to work effectively only when a cellular network is present. Rare is the smartphone today that comes without GPS or locationbased services that allow you to share your

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PNDs, ANSs, and phones

GPS navigation devices for consumers include PNDs and automotive navigations systems (ANSs). PNDs are actually mini computers that are based generally on a smartphone OS (Windows CE is the most preferred option) and come with positioning capability as well as navigation functions. They often come embedded with maps provided by companies such as TomTom, i-GO, Map My India, and SATNAV. An ANS, on the other hand, is based on satellites for functioning and is designed keeping in mind the navigation requirements of an automobile – these generally come fixed with cards. They use GPS to obtain the position of the user and surroundings as per the information fed in the map database given in the unit. But stand-alone navigation devices have of late been facing stiff competition from smartphones that come with GPS/A-GPS and give the user to install a variety of mobile based navigation applications. Many cellphones in fact even come preloaded with their own maps and navigation software – Nokia was one of the pioneers in providing free navigation on its phones. Viral Oza, marketing director, Nokia India says, “Navigation services like Nokia Maps are adopted for ease of use and faster and better performance to find places and the best way to get there. Such services have been appreciated by consumers in India.”

due to the limitation of network, which often occurs in remote villages and hill side towns,” he points out. “Unlike phones, there is no call or message to disturb the continuity in the connectivity which results in a better user experience”, explains Jitendra Sharma, a rigorous traveller. However, Harsh Rathore, an IT professional, feels that mobile phones can do the navigation task pretty well too. “Being new to the city I need to look into the navigating application on my phone for help for some or the other reason, and thus it is of great use. When the purpose is being served on my mobile phone, why would I carry another device for help or invest so much in a dedi-

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PND manufacturers, however, claim that smartphones pose no threat to them. “Possessing expertise in standalone navigation device for over 20 years now, we think that though smartphones provide navigation app, they are not as professional as a GPS navigator. We are dedicated devices and work on a single device and thus, offer services in better ways. Moreover, we fix issues about sunlight reflection and provide a bigger and better display screen. Also, navigation apps on mobile phone often do not work in no signal zones”, says Tony An, marketing director for Garmin Asia. “We are optimistic about demands of standalone navigation devices. People are still willing to purchase a camera even though their mobile phones have a built in camera”, said he. Yoginder Yadav, a trekker echoes this sentiment. “While navigation services on mobile phones are undoubtedly handier and easily accessible, the dedicated PND are exclusively for navigation based services and thus, work best to serve the purpose especially in outdoor locations. Also, one cannot rely on live mobile navigation in low signal or dead zones

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cated navigation device? Also, I think a phone is more convenient to use,” he says. Both devices have their plus and minus points. While dedicated navigation devices are better at catching satellite signals and tend to lock on to your location a whole lot faster, mobile phones with GPS receivers perform more than adequately in urban, well-connected areas and save the user from the need to carry an extra device. What’s more, the Internet connectivity of mobile phones let you share your location on social networks or mail your location directly from the device. Perhaps this is why many developers have started coming out with map solutions for mobile phones as well

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as PNDs. Whether you opt for a dedicated device or an app for a cellphone, one thing you will not lack is choice. There are a number of dedicated PND manufacturers offering several models of such devices across different price segments, while several cellphones today come preloaded with navigation software, and also come with a wide selection of apps that can be downloaded to them. Many of them, like Google Maps, are even free of cost. And of course, there are other innovations taking place in the space.“We are always innovating and bringing better features at even better prices. We have recently supplied almost 650 devices of a connected 4-in-1 PND for the

Bihar Government,” reveals Amit Prasad, MD and CEO of SatNav Technologies. “The device has Navigation, Tracking, Logging and can also be used as a tablet/phone! We are the only company in the country to have such a product today. We have also added the lost mobile protection software as a bundled offering with our navigation software for smartphones. Thus, the customer gets all-India navigation, and at the same time also gets a tool to protect his smartphone from getting lost.”

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But it would be naive to assume that these device are infallible. Let it not be forgotten

that they depend heavily on the maps installed on them to pinpoint your location as well as serve up routing facilities. In a country like India where constant constuction is the rule rather than exception, roads often get blocked and routes diverted, it does take long for a GPS-driven device to get out of date, simply because its maps are not updated quickly enough. Data providers say that collecting data in India is a challenge in itself due to the unplanned division of areas into segments. Names of roads and monuments change frequently, and new ones pop up at the rate of knots – the Commonwealth Games held in Delhi made almost every PND in the country obsolete as they came with new roads, routes and landmarks. Moreover, the addressing system is again not very systematically done creating difficulties for data collectors – it is still very difficult to search for addresses on mobile devices! In these circumstance, updation of data at regular intervals becomes a necessity for the service providers. “We use the best of the technology as per the geographical and climatic conditions of the area, and localised team of well educated professionals to work on field for collecting data. The updated data collected is send to the R&D centre in Mumbai where at regular intervals the final updation in every segment of our mapping solutions takes place. You can find our updated versions of solutions every quarter”, says Rajat Tandon, country director-sales, NAVTEQ. SATNAV’s Amit Prasad concurs on the need to update information. “Updating maps is a continuous exercise. Other than our workers on field, we have a dedicated group of ‘citizens mappers’ who are our GPS enthusiast and give map inputs about their city on regular basis,” he told us. But in spite of these challenges, prospects for GPS devices in India remain bright. Rajat Tandon, country director-sales, NAVTEQ points out “About 70 per cent of the people are aware of navigation services. However, many have still never used these. As per our reports, out of this 70 per cent, about 24 per cent have actually used GPS devices or navigation based mobile application. This percentage is expected to rise in the coming years. The in-car GPS device manufacturers feel that the Indian automobile market is gaining momentum with every year. The volume of manufacturing units is increasing year by year and we think that the market would keep growing.” The day is not far off when you will ask a mobile device rather than a stranger for directions. That is the magic of GPS allied with great navigation software and maps. n harshita@mymobile.co.in

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The Superphone

Face-Off The Nokia Lumia 800, Motorola RAZR XT910 and the iPhone 4S have all hit Indian shores within days of each other. Which is the best option for the Indian consumer looking for a super smartphone? We put the three in the ring for a toeto-toe slugfest Nimish Dubey

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eldom has the Indian consumer been as spoilt for choice for a high-end smartphone as in the past few weeks. The month of November has seen no fewer than three devices, each claiming to be the best in its particular segment, being launched in the country – the Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia’s first Windows Phone device; the Motorola RAZR XT910 , which brings Android to the iconic RAZR series, together with Kevlar; and the iPhone 4S, the latest edition of the device that many people still refer to as the Godphone. With all of them priced in the region of Rs 30,000 or more, and each of them representing a different platform and brand, those looking for a high-end smartphone (a “superphone,” we would say) are in for a tough choice. We decided to pit the three devices against each other on different parameters.

Hardware

The results: Looks We have rarely seen so much smartphone eye candy. The iPhone 4S retains the sleek good looks of the iPhone 4 with its mix of glass and metal, the Lumia 800 comes with the minimalistic beauty and curved display of the N9, while the RAZR XT910 redefines smartphone anorexia and introduces Kevlar as a smartphone component. While choosing between the three was tough, we ultimately got swayed by the iPhone 4S – it was simply the most outstanding and eye-catching design of the three. The RAZR’s slimness got it second spot. The fact that the Lumia 800 came in third just shows how tough the competition was. Ranking: 1. iPhone 4S, 2. RAZR XT910, 3. Lumia 800

This is again a very tight call. In terms of processor, the RAZR XT910 and iPhone 4S boast dual core processors, and all three devices come with stacks of storage capacity, 8.0megapixel cameras, and very good displays. However, factoring in everything, we would award this round to the RAZR because of its combination of powerful processor and very good display. The iPhone 4S edges out the Lumia on grounds of its dual core processor, which eclipses the single core one found in the Lumia, even though that performs at the rate of knots. Very tight finish again. Ranking: 1. RAZR XT910, 2. iPhone 4S, 3. Lumia 800

User Interface And yet another battle that goes right down to the wire. While the iPhone 4S features the incredibly intuitive iOS interface with a notification bar, courtesy of iOS 5, the RAZR brings the goodness of Android Gingerbread with its browsing and social networking muscle, and the Lumia 800 banks on the incredible fluidity of Windows Phone 7.5. The Lumia would have taken this round but for the Siri factor on the iPhone 4S which gives users a whole new way to interact with their devices – by simply uttering normal commands. The RAZR XT910 comes third simply because it does not bring too much new to the Android table. Ranking: 1. iPhone 4S, 2. Lumia 800, 3. RAZR XT910

Preloaded software In terms of what already comes on the device, the category throws out a clear winner with the Lumia 800 winning by a mile. The device comes with everything a user would need from a browser to a complete office suite to excellent e-mail and social networking support, along with navigation software from Nokia. The RAZR XT910 with its lethal combination of Google services and Motorola add ons comes second. The iPhone 4S trails in third, simply because of the three, it comes with the least pre-installed goodies not going beyond the basics – yes, there are apps for just about everything on it, but you need to get out and get them. Ranking: 1. Lumia 800, 2. RAZR XT910, 3. iPhone 4S

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how super it claims to be. And when it comes to basic phone tasks and performance, we found the Lumia coming to the fore with good call quality, the best battery life of the lot, and the best handling of text messages of the threesome. The RAZR XT910 came in second mainly because of its awesome call quality while the iPhone 4S came third, being a decent rather than outstanding performer in the phone department.

This was a no-brainer, with the iPhone 4S sweeping away the opposition in terms of quality. While Android and Windows Phone both have a decent number of apps, they cannot match the iTunes App Store for sheer quality, be it in productivity or entertainment apps. The RAZR XT910 came in second, while the Lumia 800 trailed in third, very much the outsider in this category, although with every chance of catching up in the coming days.

Ranking: 1. Lumia 800, 2. RAZR XT910, 3. iPhone 4S

Ranking: 1. iPhone 4S, 2. RAZR XT910, 3. Lumia 800

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Value for money

Normally cameras are considered as mere add-ons to the entire smartphone experience but when the competition is so tight, they do become factors. We must confess that we had expected the Lumia to boss this segment, given Nokia’s amazing track record in cameraphones (we get goose pimples when we think of the N8 and even the N95). However, the iPhone 4S swept the decks with the competition with amazing detail and depth in both videos and still images. The Lumia performed creditably while the RAZR was frankly disappointing.

Even those ready to cough out a fair bit for their devices demand bang for their bucks. And in this category, the Lumia 800 scores, offering a fair deal for its price tag of approximately Rs 29,000. The iPhone 4S ironically comes second, in spite of its massive price tag of Rs 44,500, because it simply is doing things that no other device can. The RAZR’s price of Rs 33,990 however seems stiff when you consider that equally powerful devices on Android like the Samsung Galaxy S2 are available for lesser.

Ranking: 1. iPhone 4S, 2. Lumia 800, 3. RAZR XT910

7. Entertainment Each device offers something special for different kinds of users. While those loving gaming will find the iPhone 4S to be their device of choice, the RAZR XT910 comes across as the best in terms of sound quality, and the Lumia’s display is awesome for watching video and films. Frankly it is a very close finish, but we would incline towards the iPhone 4S in this department too as one can do so much more on it to pass the time. The RAZR XT910 edges out the Lumia for second spot, thanks to its awesome sound and the fact that it is very good in the video department, whereas the Lumia excels mainly in the latter. Ranking: 1. iPhone 4S, 2. RAZR XT910, 3. Lumia 800

Web browsing and online performance

The RAZR XT910 takes the mantle here thanks to its excellent browser that supports Flash and also Android’s seamless integration with various social networks. It is a very close finish between the iPhone 4S and the Lumia 800 for the second spot, but we would go with the iPhone 4S because of its improved browser (tabs, options to read later) and massive app

The month of November has seen no fewer than three devices, each claiming to be the best in its particular segment, being launched in the country – the Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia’s first Windows Phone device; the Motorola RAZR XT910 , which brings Android to the iconic RAZR series, together with Kevlar; and the iPhone 4S, the latest edition of the device that many people still refer to the Godphone reservoir which lets you get information in a variety of ways from the Web. The Lumia 800 performs respectably but comes third. Ranking: 1. RAZR XT910, 2. iPhone 4S, 3. Lumia 800

General phone performance A phone is a phone is a phone, no matter

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Ranking: 1. Lumia 800, 2. iPhone 4S, 3. RAZR XT910

Conclusion If one were to just go by numbers, the iPhone 4S seems to have an edge over the Lumia 800 and the RAZR XT910, winning on five parameters and coming second on three. However, it is actually run very close by the Lumia 800 which wins on three parameters, each of which is of critical importance to relatively new smartphone users – preloaded software, general phone performance and value for money. The RAZR on the other hand seems to be a good blend of style and substance, winning two categories (including best hardware and online performance) and coming second in five, showing it to be a very consistent performer. In the end, as always, it seems to boil down to what a person needs. Those looking for a smartphone that looks great and performs brilliantly and have no budget constraints should simply opt for an iPhone 4S, those on tighter budgets but still seeking high performance levels would love the Lumia 800, while those who want a blend of style and performance but are not willing to go the whole hog as far as expenditure goes would find themselves attracted to the RAZR XT910. To each their own superphone! n nimish@mymobile.co.in

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Inactive Connection Dead Phone! The move by a leading service provider to terminate those connections that they considered “inactive” has stirred up Indian subscribers once again. What is the rationale for this move? And is it a fair one? We take a closer look Heena Jatav

here is never a dull moment in the life of the Indian mobile user – tariffs get hiked, SMSes get limited, and the kind of spam one receives changes from day to day. Now, added to the mix is a decision by Airtel, to cancel its prepaid mobile connections which have been inactive for more than two months i.e. 60 days. As per the company’s announcement, disconnected numbers will be allotted to new customers after two months. According to Airtel, any subscriber who does not make any outgoing call or SMS and does not recharge their number within 60 days can be considered an inactive user, and runs the risk of their connection getting cancelled. As of now, all service pro-

viders have a policy that a number has to be recharged with Rs 200 within six months to enjoy uninterrupted lifetime validity service. But as per Airtel’s new decision, a subscriber now has to recharge the number or make outgoing calls within 60 days or face disconnection.

Consumer “sufferage”

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tions with the regular one only for call receiving purposes. People who travel to other states generally keep multiple SIMs so that when they move outside their hometown, they need not to buy a connection again or suffer roaming charges. People who frequently visit India from abroad. Consumers who are living in areas where recharge coupons are not readily available. Consumers who have given a SIM to their old parents who can just receive calls. Students who live in another town for study or job purposes and visit their hometown once or twice a year.

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Tata- Minimum Rs 200/- recharge in six months is mandatory otherwise SIM will be deactivated. And if there is only incoming call but no outgoing calls then also the SIM will be deactivated because the system does not track incoming calls. Airtel- At least one outgoing or incoming call is necessary within fifteen days otherwise the SIM will temporary deactivated and if there is no call or recharge within two months then the SIM will be permanently deactivated will be allotted to another customer after three months.

Airtel’s move could adversely affect all these users, whose only fault was trusting them with their money. But why is Airtel doing this? The reason is simple – it is running out of numbers. Literally.

The numbers game Airtel has the biggest subscription base in the country with a total of 1,718,46,824 (prepaid and postpaid) wireless subscribers in August 2011. The company says that its decision is being taken on the grounds of a shortage of phone numbers and it will affect Airtel’s 20 million subscribers across the country. As per TRAI’s recent data, Bharti Airtel has 88.86% subscribers under VLR (Visitor Location Register) which reflect that the company has 22.86% inactive subscribers. Visitor Location Register (VLR) is a temporary database of subscribers who have roamed into the particular area which it serves. Each base station in the network is served by exactly one VLR - hence a subscriber cannot be present in more than one VLR at a time. Airtel is not the only operator facing this problem. Other operators too have a significant numbers of inactive subscribers. As per TRAI’s data, out of the total 865.71 million subscribers in the country, 608.63 million were active on the date of Peak VLR for the month of August 2011, BSNL CDMA excluded. The proportion of VLR subscribers is approximately 70.30 per cent of the total wireless subscribers’ base reported by the service providers. Circle-wise, J&K has the highest proportion of VLR subscribers with 79.49% followed by the North-East (77.70%) and Assam (76.83%). Mumbai has the lowest proportion with 59.23%. Service Provider wise, Idea leads the tally with 91.55% followed by Bharti (88.86%); Etisalat is at the bottom with 31.86%.

A revenue-garnering bid?

Impact on consumers The worst sufferer in this case will be those subscribers who have opted for lifetime validity service because as of now they are required to recharge their account once in a six month period and in most of the cases not even then. “I have not recharged my number for more than six months but it is still working. I rarely use this connection that is why I do not recharge it frequently,” said M.K Singh, a businessman from Delhi. When we tried speaking to TRAI officials, they dodged the question and maintained that the rule of Rs 200 recharge in every six months still applies. On the other hand the operator representatives claim that this is a new regulation implemented by the regulator.

What about other operators?

While they have not spoken publicly on the matter, other operators too seem to be following a policy on the lines adopted by Airtel. When company officials refused to comment, we went to their customer care centres and got these responses: Idea- If there is no outgoing call or SMS for two months then SIM will automatically get deactivated. Vodafone- If there is no outgoing or incoming activity on SIM for two months then it will be considered as inactive and will be disconnected. Aircel- If there is no call/SMS on the number for 45 days, it will be deactivated. It does not matter whether a subscriber is recharging the number or not. Reliance- Minimum Rs 200/- recharge in three months is necessary otherwise the SIM will be deactivated.

The industry is abuzz with rumours that the decision is just an attempt by operators to increase their earning. The subscriber base in India has crossed 800 million but according to the data released by DOT (Department of Telecom), of these nearly thirty per cent are inactive, which do not generate as much revenue as their active counterparts. Since subscribers need to recharge their connection every two months or use their thus-far inactive numbers more frequently, there is no doubt that the decision will bring in more revenues. However, some feel that, thanks to the decision, service providers will be able to figure out the actual number of active subscribers on their network and improve their services to increase their subscriber base. Which side you believe is up to you.

Use that inactive connection–now! So what happens if you have not been using your connection for a while? According to customer care executives of the service providers we met, the customer will be informed via SMS and call that his/her number is an inactive number and will be permanently deactivated if soon there is no call made from it. Airtel has also mentioned that the new decision would be clearly communicated to all the customers at the time of purchase of new connections as the information will be printed on the cover of a SIM pack. The news can be considered alarming for subscribers who do not use their alternate SIM frequently. Our advice to them –make a call on it or risk losing your connection altogether. n heena@mymobile.co.in

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For Rewards, Recharge! : Who said recharging a phone connection was just about getting a certain amount of talk time? Thanks to a number of online recharging options, a customer today can get much more each time they recharge their connection Heena Jatav

or most people using a prepaid mobile phone connection – and there are millions – the whole process of recharging their connections is all about a regular task that is necessary to stay accessible on their handsets. This generally involves going to a person providing the recharge facility and either obtaining a recharge coupon or doing a transaction over the phone – pretty routine and humdrum, which is a pity, because recharging your phone connection can be fun. Like most things these days, you can go online and recharge your card. Of course, if you are routine type you can head over to your mobile service provider’s website and make a transaction. However, that is not your only option – there are a number of websites which not only let you recharge your connection online, but even offer rewards for doing so. These could vary from discounts to extra talk time.

Recharge, get more

FreeCharge.in is one of these websites that provide interesting offers on mobile recharge. FreeCharge facilitates prepaid recharges for all leading service providers (Mobile, DTH, and Datacard) under one roof. The USP of the site is that the customer not only gets an instant recharge, but also get discount coupons of equal or more value (corresponding

to recharge amount), delivered to their doorstep. The company has about 50 partners, and customers can choose discount coupons of their choice ranging from McDonalds to Shoppers Stop. “The company started with McDonalds and CCD, and today has an association of about 50 partners with the list growing day by day. Some of our esteemed partners/retailers are: McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Yatra, Goibibo, Café Coffee Day, Barista, PVR Cinemas, and Croma,” says Kunal Shah, CEO, FreeCharge.

Of course, if you are routine type you can head over to your mobile service provider’s website and make a transaction. However, that is not your only option – there are a number of websites which not only let you recharge your connection online, but even offer rewards for doing so. These could vary from discounts to extra talk time

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in. Often the word ‘Free’ comes with hidden terms and conditions and appears an attempt to pull the wool over the customers’ eyes. Shah however, denies that any such fine text exists on his site. “FreeCharge.in was conceived with the idea that customers do get the value out of their recharges, which in turn would encourage repeat purchase behavior, thereby increasing footfalls for the couponing partners/retailers as well.” FreeCharge.in recently added DTH and Data Card recharge services to its portfolio and is gunning to be the leading coupon brand in the nation. Another website that offers more for every recharge is Rechargeitnow.com. The site has over 3.5 million registered users and witnesses over 1 million transactions per month. Those who recharge get free discount coupon from its partners like Dominos, BigFlix, and Ferns ‘N’ Petals, as well as free recharge coupons. “We are engaging in this initiative purely from the view of creating an additional layer of value to our customers. The focus has been on offering clear tangible benefit to our transacting customers,” says Sharat Jain, CEO, Rechargeitnow.com. AnytimeRecharge.com is another player in this segment. The site has 2.6 lakh registered customers and more than 300 customers recharge their mobile numbers daily from it.

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Speaking about the idea behind the reward for recharge concept, B. Shabari Nadh, founder & CEO, AnyTimeRecharge.com says, “As the margin is very thin in this industry, these kinds of deals give value addition to both customer and the merchant.” The company gives double value of the recharge done by its customers by providing discount coupons of double the amount. “Our customers get Rs. 300 /- value for a Rs. 100 /- recharge as customer pay Rs 100 and get the talktime for it. Also they get printed discount coupons worth of Rs 100 and e-coupons worth of Rs 100,” he explains. AnytimeRecharge.com charges minimal courier amount of Rs 4 for coupon delivery and there is no extra charge for e-coupons.

Pay online, it’s secure!

While an increasing number of people are getting their phones recharged online, there is also a large chunk of people in the country who despite being have an Internet access are wary of doing any kind of transaction online, for reasons of security. Which is understandable, given the rising levels of cyber crime. However, the owners of these mobile recharge sites were quick to assure us on this front. “FreeCharge has tied up with leading payment gateway’s like CCAvenue, Techprocess, Citibank, ICICI, and BillDesk,

Presently, the online recharge market caters approximately two to three percent of total mobile recharge market in India. The scope for growth is therefore, massive, especially when you consider the fact that more people are getting online in the country with every passing day who have different security measures (PCI certification, encryption, firewalls etc…) along with multi layer architectural and 128, 256 bit encryption facilities for preserving the confidentiality of the data. Also, FreeCharge does not store any bank account details or sensitive information, but it is the payment gateways that have access to the same,” Shah asserts. Jain points out that Rechargeitnow. com has been secured by GeoTrust for security against user data theft and secured against unauthorised use of credit cards by MasterCard secure code and Verified by Visa. “The payment gateways we work with sup-

port 3D secure authenticated payment protocol to ensure the highest level of security transacting online,” he says. “Additionally, our direct relationship with operators across both mobile and DTH gives us a full 360 degree view into each transaction making each transaction auditable and transparent.”

The rewards keep coming...

India has approximately 840 million prepaid subscribers and the Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) is approximately Rs 100 which shows the huge size of the mobile recharge market. Presently, the online recharge market caters approximately two to three percent of total mobile recharge market in India. The scope for growth is therefore, massive, especially when you consider the fact that more people are getting online in the country with every passing day. The rewards are therefore likely to keep coming as more players enter this segment and compete with each other. The winner of course is the customer who is not only spared the trouble of going out and finding a vendor who can recharge their connection but can now do so from the comfort of their own homes and get rewarded as well. Recharging is well on way to becoming less about talk time and more about what you get along with it! n heena@mymobile.co.in

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chief speak

“Indian Consumers Are A Unique Bunch of People”

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D. Shivakumar, managing director, Nokia India, has a long association with the Indian telecom industry and has seen it through its ups and downs. As he moves on to a bigger role to manage Africa and Middle East along with India, we caught up with him to reminisce on his great Indian adventure Sonia Sharma As the leader of the biggest mobile phone brand in the country, what would you term the highlights for Nokia? And where do you think the company could have done better? We could have been significantly ahead in the dual SIM segment. That is something that we didn’t do right, to have a Dual SIM product range at the right time. However, we have tried a number of business models and innovations, which is good as we have experimented a lot. I think we have built a great brand, a great institution with great people and we are proud of that. We are also proud of the partnerships that we have made in this ecosystem. So we did a lot of things right not just for Nokia, but for the ecosystem on the whole. After such a long association with Symbian, Nokia has now collaborated with Microsoft to offer Windows Phone. Do you think that Windows Phone has the calibre to compete with the likes of Android and iOS? Absolutely. All the work that we have done on Windows Phone makes it stand apart and tough enough to compete in the market. The consumers see it as a fluid, modern and very quick operating system. They see the social and e-mail integration as very useful to them and appreciate it. Things like Nokia Drive, Nokia Mix Radio are of great value to them. Overall there is an excellent integration between hardware and software built with some signature Nokia experiences that makes it unique. I think you can’t sell plain hardware – you need an augmented product that offers a complete experience. How are the current fluctuations in the economy affecting the mobile phone business? Will prices go up? This Rupee-Dollar fluctuation affects top line significantly so we will be able to see the effects of these fluctuation in the results we see reported in the next 12 to 18 months. There will be an adverse effect on the ICT industry where the purchases are in Dollars. As of now from Nokia, there is no price increase of mobiles. The average selling price of the phone will go up because of the replacement market kicking in. When that will happen, people will want phones with higher specifications.

I believe that a recession or a slowdown is too big an opportunity to waste and this Diwali is a great example for it. We saw that the brands that had innovative products did very well during Diwali because the consumer was spending money on what gives them best value and experience. If you don’t offer innovation, you cannot survive through a slow down. When new brands had emerged in India, you had said that there would be no consolidation for the devices segment, just sudden death for some brands. Do you see that happening? Yes, it is happening now in India and you can see it. A lot of brands are just withering away or not making their media commitments. There is a lot of pressure on them. The mobile industry has been like that throughout. It is a hyper competitive, hyper innovative market which relies a lot on brand, innovation and scale. So this is not a market where you can just have a niche offering. Only genuine innovation works here and there is no scope for amateur innovation. What are your views on Foreign Direct Investment in retail? Do you see it as a step that will end traditional retail in India? Winston Churchill in the 1940s, I think, said that India is a country of shopkeepers and that is true. The reason is that to get into distribution in India you don’t need education, capital or space. So it has become a surrogate employment generator and the laws have also favoured the growth of retail in India. The average Indian mom

I have worked with Indian consumers for more than twenty years and I think they are a unique bunch of people. They take to brands slowly but they also give them up slowly. Brands have huge aspirational role in their life

and pop store is more efficient than the western mom and pop stores. So there is no way that the big chains will eat away the traditional stores. But these chains have an important role to play in developing an efficient supply chain to benefit the producer, consumers and the country. So there is a concurrent role for both. You now have Africa, which again is another growing market as your responsibility. How do you see it as similar or different from India? I would think that both India and Africa can learn from each other. For example, the role of mobility when institutions are not there is something very different in Africa. India, on the other hand, is very different. What is common of course is that Africa has conditions that are similar to India with similar GDP, high prepaid market and young population. The other commonality is passion. Africa has passion for football, India has for cricket. Passion for music and movies is also strong in both the regions. But the most important thing is that the significance and importance of mobility is huge so building it around that for the consumer is a great opportunity. How would you define the quintessential Indian consumer? I have worked with Indian consumers for more than twenty years and I think they are a unique bunch of people. They take to brands slowly but they also give them up slowly. Brands have huge aspirational role in their life and those who write books saying brands are dead are very wrong. I think Indians relate to brands in a very big way and especially to a brand like Nokia which has changed the lives of Indian consumers. Every time I talk to Indian consumers, their pride in the brand and what they want to do around it and how they want the brand to be seen is amazing. I think they have taught me a number of lessons about aspiration, quality, about a price-value equation, and not just price. Some of the lessons have been very humbling. The Indian consumer rewards you if you are a good brand, future thinking and innovative. And punishes you if you sit on your laurels. n sonia@mymobile.co.in

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just in HTC Rhyme Gingerbread OS with latest HTC’s Sense interface

HTC Rhyme is a smartphone running on Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) and Qualcomm MSM8255 1 GHz Scorpion processor. It has 3.7” WVGA touch-sensitive TFT display with four capacitive buttons place below the screen and a VGA camera for video calling. The phone has 5.0-megapixel camera with LED flash that lets user take instant pictures. Internal memory of the phone is 4GB with the option of increasing it to 32GB using a microSD card. Additionally, an 8 GB microSd card comes bundled with the

sales pack. The highlight of the phone is that it can be charged in style by placing the phone into a charging dock that too is bun-

Nokia Asha 300 A Ray

of Hope

okia Asha 300 is a touch based single SIM phone that comes equipped with the Nokia Music Unlimited service. The handset has been designed considering the convenience and usability in mind as it includes Nokia browser and Web apps for better Internet browsing experience. The phone has 1 GHz processor and the memory of the phone can be expanded up to 32GB. The phone also feature an enhanced music player, built-in FM radio and Bluetooth connectivity. The phone promises to give fast data connectivity through 3G and access to numerous apps in the Nokia Store. It has a 5.0-megapixel camera and allows strong SNS integration on the go. The phone has standard Li-Ion 1110 mAh battery which is expected to give talktime of up to 7 hours. The phone is available in Graphite, Night Shade, Gold, White Silver, Pink and Red colours. Its MRP stand at Rs 7,409. n

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dled with the sales pack. The phone is designed to give its users rich internet experience as it allows surf the web in style with multi-window browsing. The box pack includes “charm” and “tangle free headset”, other accessories as shown in the pictures/videos are not available in India market. It comes with 1600 mAh non removable battery which is expected to give a talktime of up to 10.3 hours and standy by of 295 hours on 2G netwroks. The HTC Rhyme is available expected to cost around Rs 26,500 in India.n

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BlackBerry Curve 9350 A CDMA Curve on

OS 7

lackBerry’s new handset Curve 9350 is the first phone based on new BlackBerry 7 OS for the CDMA users in India. It is a slim and stylish phone which comes with the iconic BlackBerry QWERTY keypad, known for its comfort. Adding to its functionality is an optical trackpad for easy, one handed navigation. The phone comes with 5.0-megapixel camera with flash. For connectivity the phone offers Bluetooth and Wi-Fi and there is GPS for location based services. The new BlackBerry 7 OS delivers the fastest BlackBerry experience. It also comes with new, pre-installed apps and services like Social Feeds that combines all your updates and offers a convenient interface. Adding to this is the very popular BlackBerry Messenger service.The phone is also equipped with Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. The BlackBerry App World offers a number of applications and games. The phone comes with expandable memory option and can support microSD card of up to 32 GB. The phone is priced at Rs 20,990 and available at all leading outlets across the country. n PNY_MyMobile_Dec2011.pdf 2011/11/16 下午team@mymobile.co.in 04:27:25

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sneak peak Samsung Google Nexus Prime The next of Nexus

he much awaited Samsung Google Nexus Prime is soon going to be launched in India. The handset will be the first to run on Ice-cream Sandwich operating system, the latest version of Android Operating System. This with Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9 processor is expected to give a lightening fast performance. The Nexus Prime will also have a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen which will measure about 4.5 inch in size. Other than basic features like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, the handset will offer NFC support for a better sharing experience. The internationally showcased Nexus Prime also comes with 4G LTE capability but one will have to wait and watch to see whether the same capability is launched in Indian version too. The phone has a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera for video calling. There is a 5.0-megapixel primary camera too and it will come loaded with features like touch focus, geo-tagging, face detection, etc. Radio lovers will miss FM radio in the phone. The phone is packed with a Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery seem to ensure a good backup. With all these powerful features loaded in the phone, it is speculated to be a tough competitor to the apple 4S. The phone is expected to cost anywhere between Rs 35,000 to Rs 40,000 in the Indian market. n

Nokia X2-02 Dual SIM delight for the masses

he dual SIM phone market is constantly gaining momentum these days and is expected to grow even more in the future. Nokia has recently entered this segment but has successfully wooed the customer with its offerings. The latest from the brand in this category is the X2-02 which will come bundled with Nokia Music Unlimited service for the feature phones. This service will allow music lovers to download and share free music from the collection of songs from the Nokia Music Store. Other than this service, its music features like Play via Radio feature, FM recording, in-built loud speakers and dedicated music keys will give the user a complete music experience. The Nokia X2-02 will also feature a Nokia browser and Web apps for a better Internet experience. The handset is expected to have an expandable memory of up to 32GB. It wil also have the Easy Swap dual SIM features that give users the option to personalise up to five SIM cards and hot swap them. The phone is expected to cost around Rs 4,500. n team@mymobile.co.in

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The loudspeaker grills on the back cover makes a statement

IPS-261-Touch

For that touchy, typey feeling At first glance, we must confess to feeling a trifle let down by the iBall IPS-261-Touch. The phone looks average and thanks to its hefty 2300 mAh battery, is also a bit on the heavy side. The phone has a 2.6 inch TFT screen which has lot of soft keys placed right behind it. It also has an alphanumeric keypad which we found not very impressive. There is a 3.5 mm audio jack and USB on the right side of the phone whereas the back panel contain loudspeakers, camera and flash. Users can use almost all features of the phone with both touch and type features. There is an icon for accessing the main menu from the screen, which you can also do by pressing the OK button of the D-pad. The phone comes with a resistive display which offered a decent response, although we would have preferred a stylus. The home screen has three panels and can be customised by placing widgets and shortcuts on them. The lower part of the screen also contains Menu, Dialler, Internet shortcut keys among others.

118.19 mm

Average looks

Pros  Free 

Touch and Type feature

Cons

Multimedia front The IPS-261-Touch comes with two cameras, with the main one being a respectable 3.15 megapixel, but we were frankly not impressed with the results. That said, the camera comes with some editing options to improve the picture quality. The camera can also shoot videos although alas, they too are of average quality. The sound quality of the phone was, however, very good on both loudspeaker and headphone mode, even though the audio player of the phone lacks sound enhancement features like equaliser settings, 3D sound effect, etc. The phone has good FM reception and can easily search all available channels even in low network areas. One can save up to 25 FM channels and can also record from the radio, with files getting saved in AMR and WAV format. The phone comes with some preloaded basic apps and games like Mobile Tracker, Motion Sensor, F1 Race, Puzzle and Magic Sushi. In a neat touch, the phone’s motion sensor works for changing wallpapers, music and FM channels along with other features, provided you give the phone a firm shake. For connectivity purpose, the phone has GSM, GPRS and Bluetooth but does not support 3G. The phone has internal memory of 250.5 KB which can be expanded up to 8 GB with the help of micro SD card. Battery back up is, however, superb – that big battery comfortably got us past two days of hectic use.

4GB memory card

54.19 mm

A

bit heavy

 Average

tech specs Size | 118.19x54.19x14.63 mm

picture quality

Alternatively The iBall IPS-261 Touch comes with a price tag of Rs 3,500. The other option in the same price category is the FLY E321 which is also a touchscreen phone, and costs Rs 3,490. One can also consider the Nokia C2-03 touch and type which costs Rs 4,600. n

Weight | 135 grams Memory | 250.5 KB, microSD Battery | Li-ion 2300 mAh Screen | 262,144, colours

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Talktime/Standby | up to 18 hour / up to 600 hours

verdict 7

GPRS/3G | Yes/No

Looks

Bluetooth/WiFi | Yes/No

Features

Phonebook Capacity | 2000

ease of use

Camera | 3.15 Megapixel

performance

Frequency | GSM 900/1800

value for money

overall

Others | Dual Camera, Mobile Tracker

Price: Rs 3,500

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burn test Xage M234 Q-Bar Affordable gaming on the go

The camera comes with flash which is not very

You have to credit Xage for making its new dual-SIM phone, the M234 Q-Bar, stand out in the looks department. The phone looks sleek with and its metallic black chassis, will catch more than the odd glance and is compact enough to fit comfortably into most hands.. The alphanumeric keypad is laid out in a manner that makes it resemble a QWERTY one, with various dedicated shortcut keys to its left and right side. The front panel has a 2.6 inch screen with two D-pad styled keys on both the sides of the D-pad. Also given on the home screen is a strip of various shortcut keys to various features available on the phone. The back panel

design

 Different

keyboard layout

The island type

keypad is comfortable to use

which is at best a basic performer. The FM reception on the phone works well even in low frequency zones, with decent sound quality. The Q Bar supports GSM plus GSM SIMs. There are two different keys given to make or receive calls. Other than this, the handset

Cons

tech specs

 Orindary

Size | 114.4 x 58 x 8.8 mm

Pros  Sleek

114.4 mm

effective

Sleek looks

1.3 MP camera

 2.6

inch screen is small for gaming

is a mix of metal and plastic, which, however tends to retain fingerprints.

Game performer One of the biggest strengths of the handset is its gaming. It comes with two gaming options namely Game and Gaming Zone, which are packed with arcade games of different types ranging from actions to puzzles to races. There are some very notable titles in here such as Mario, Contra, and Pac Man. While this is not the first phone to come with games preloaded, its spacious keypad structure lets you play games comfortably. We did, however, wish that the screen was a bit larger. The phone also comes with a shortcut key on the right side of the keypad for accessing Facebook. There is also a 1.3-megapixel camera

58 mm

Weight | 59 grams

comes with Bluetooth and GPRS facilities. The 1100 mAh battery gives outstanding backup, easily getting past a day.

Memory | 269.5 KB, microSD

Alternatively

Battery | Lithium 1100 mAh

The Xage M234 Q-Bar is priced at Rs 2,699. You can consider the Byond Game Store priced at Rs 3,299 as an alternative. n

Screen | 65,536 colours Talktime/Standby | Up to 6 hours/Up to 288 hours

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verdict 8

GPRS/3G | Yes/No

Looks

Bluetooth/WiFi | Yes/No

Features

Phonebook Capacity | 1000

ease of use

Camera | 1.3 Megapixel

perfoRmance

Frequency | GSM 900/1800

value for money

Others | MP3 player, FM radio, Loudspeaker

Price: Rs 2,699

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Rage Power Sleek Saying it in red and white

The Rage Power is Rage’s latest entrant in the entry level, candy-bar phone segment. And it sure does not look entry-level at first glance with its catchy combination of shiny red and white colours and sleek design. The front and back panels of the phone are red and a white strip runs on the side panel. Dominating the front of the phone is a 2.4 inch QVGA screen, just below which is a square silver color D-Pad with six soft control keys. To the left are two separate calling buttons, for SIM one and SIM two (the Rage Power supports two GSM SIMs) and a MP3 shortcut key. The right hand side has a contact shortcut key, power on/offcum-call end key, and a camera shortcut key. The phone’s sides are completely bare, save for

Pros

Cons

 Eye

 No

 Decent

 No

catching appearance set of features

support for micro-USB 3.5 mm jack

Price: Rs 1,999

a multipurpose port for charging/connecting the headset at the bottom of the phone. You can’t use micro USB and headphones with a 3.5 mm jack on this device because it supports only mini USB for multiuse. An alphanumeric keypad follows the control key cluster. The handset has Hindi language support so you can also type in Hindi. The keys are well-spaced and comfortable to use.

119.9 mm

looking budget warrior

Apps station On the multimedia front, the Rage Power comes with an audio/video player, 1.3 megapixel camera with dual LED flash support and FM radio. The music quality of the phone is acceptable on loudspeaker and good on earphones. The same goes for the reception on the FM radio mode. Reception on the FM radio was quite good and we were able to scan quite a few channels even while sitting indoors, although we needed to attach earphones to get it working. You can store up to 30 radio stations in its memory and also play it in the background. The 1.3 megapixel camera takes snaps of up to 1280x1024 pixels resolution and frankly, the quality of the pictures is not much to write about. The camera also has some extra features like image setting, white balance, scene mode and effect setting, which are handy, though. You can also shoot videos in normal, low and high mode and recordings can be saved in AVI format. You can transfer files via connectivity options like Bluetooth, GPRS and mini USB. The handset also supports auto call recorders, enabling you to save calls without any annoying beeps. The internal memory of the phone is 145 KB which can be expanded up to 8 GB through a microSD card. Battery life is on the better side – the 2200 mAh Li-ion battery provided up to 11 hours of talk time and comfortably lasted us through a

There is a dedi− cated key for music

57 mm

couple of days.

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Features

ease of use

performance

value for money

overall

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burn test LG Optimus Net A Touch of

Affordable Android

Hey there, regular-looking! After having tasted success with its Androiddriven Optimus One, which offered users what was at that time a recent version of Android (Froyo, 2.2) at a relatively low price, LG has attempted to repeat the formula with the newly launched Optimus Net. Unlike most LG devices which have a sleek form factor with angular design, the Net is a bit stocky, and looks “regular.” There is a 3.2 inch touchscreen in the front

with four keys below it for Options, Home, Back and Search. The deep black front panel is complimented by a contrasting while back panel that hosts a 3.0-megapixel camera. The front and the back blend on the sides, forming a dynamic wave-like effect that is pleasing to the eye. The sides, incidentally, host a 3.5 mm jack, USB cum charging port, power cum lock key and the volume keys. Overall the device looks decent, but is unlikely to attract much attention on account of its appearance.

A taste of Gingerbread The Optimus Net runs on Android 2.3.4, also known as Gingerbread, which you can customise in best Android tradition, with folders, shortcuts, widgets and the like. You can choose any of these as the default screen. The notification bar at the top gives access to silent profile, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS and data connectivity. You can also

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of the phone is good. One full charge lasts more than a day with extensive usage.

Pros  Affordable

Alternatively

 Android 2.3.4 OS

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 Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity

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Cons

tech specs

 No secondary camera for video

calling

 The browser lacks Flash

support

access the music player from it. At the bottom of the screen are four touch buttons for calling, Contacts, Messaging and Menu. You can integrate your Facebook, Twitter, Google, MySpace and MS Exchange accounts and view photos, and updates from the Contacts section itself. In a neat touch, the dialer comes with smart dialing, making calls a whole lot easier. The Optimus Net is capable of providing HSDPA speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps and also comes with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The browser comes with multi-touch capability but lacks Flash support. You can open multiple tabs and every time you open a new one it gives you bookmarks of previously accessed pages for convenience. Facebook and Twitter apps do not come preloaded and there is no integrated SNS app either, which is disappointing. Polaris Viewer lets you open office files but you cannot create any. The phone has GPS with A-GPS support and you can use it with Google maps which can offer basic directions and location search. Apart from Android Market, the phone comes with a link to LG World from where one can download LG SmartWorld, which is another repository of applications for your LG phone. There is an app manager which lets you stop apps running in the background and the download function lets you see all the downloaded apps at one place. An interesting feature is the Remote Call app that lets LG customer care remotely diagnose any problem with the phone without you having to go to the service centre. Once you call the customer care, the agent gives you a six digit code. You have to enter the code in the phone and it gives remote access of your phone to the customer care agent. Handy.

Multimedia mania The Optimus Net comes with a 3.0-megapixel fixed focus camera and does not have a flash.

113 mm

 No flash for the camera

Bluetooth/ WiFi | Yes/Yes

The picture quality is acceptable and the highest image size that you can choose is 2048 x 1536 pixels. You can also choose the image quality as normal, fine or super fine and geotag stills. On the video front, it can shoot videos of 640 x 480 resolution at 24 frames per second. The video quality is just about all right. You can add colour effects to the videos and adjust the video quality. You can share stills through Smart Share, Bluetooth, Email, Facebook, Picassa, Twitter, MMS and Social + (which uploads images to all your syned SNS accounts in one go). Videos can be shared with Smart Share, YouTube, MMS, Bluetooth and e-mail. For music enthusiasts, the Optimus Net comes with a music player that is pretty plain vanilla with no equaliser presets or sound effects. The sound levels are good but the treble was a bit high. The songs get sorted on the basis of artists and albums and you can choose to shuffle or repeat them. The FM radio comes with a nice scrolling mechanism for channel search - you can switch it off and on from the homescreen itself and also play it through the loud speaker. The internal memory of the Optimus Net is pretty low at 150 MB but it can be expanded using a microSD card which is under the back cover but hot swappable. The battery backup

Phonebook Capacity | Shared Camera | 3.15 megapixel Frequency | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Others | Polaris viewer, Remote Call

Price: Rs 10,200 verdict Looks

Features

ease of use

perfoRmance

value for money

overall

80%

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burn test Samsung Omnia W

Samsung’s Slice of Mango Pros  Windows Phone 7.5 OS  Super AMOLED screen

115.6 mm

 1.4 Ghz processor

Cons  No expandable memory  Picture quality could have been

better

 Browser does not have Flash support

Samsung smart Samsung has joined the Windows Phone fray in India with the Omnia W. A touchscreen device with a brilliant super AMOLED display, its sleek design and all black body make it easy to carry and flaunt. There is just one hardware key below the display, flanked by two capacitive keys for Back and Search. There is also secondary camera for video calling. The back panel has a 5.0-megapixel camera with flash with the camera key, power-cum-lock key and volume rocker placed on the sides. The Omnia W is compact and well designed and will definitely demand a second look.

Mango season As one cannot skin the Windows Phone OS, the interface of the Samsung Omnia W is just like other Windows Phone devices. It runs on Windows Phone 7.5 OS, known as Mango. The lock screen displays time, day and date with any of the notifications like missed call, new SMS or e-mail. Swiping it up reveals the home

screen which has the well-known tiled interface. 58.8 mm The overall functioning of the phone primarily uses side swipe where swiping on the right of the homescreen brings out the menu that is listed alphabetically. Similarly, in the People tab or Marketplace, more options or functionalities can be accessed by swiping sideways. The People tab comes with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter integration so you can see all social network activity at one go. Facebook integration can also be seen in the calendar that integrates events from your Facebook account to the phone’s calendar. The same can be done with Google and Windows Live activities. The touch response of the device is great and it offers multitouch support for the picture gallery as well as the browser. Internet Explorer lets you open multiple tabs and pin a particular web page on to the homescreen, although it lacks Flash support. There

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are no preloaded SNS apps, but you can always download them from Windows Marketplace. Additionally, once you sync your SNS accounts with contacts, you can update your status directly from there. There are Bing maps that can show you a your position even when you are indoors and are reasonably accurate.

Mail, connectivity and calls As far as e-mail goes, the device comes with support for Microsoft Exchange along with other popular POP and IMAP accounts. It comes with pre-loaded settings for Windows Live, Outlook (Exchange and Office 365), Yahoo! Mail and Gmail. If you have configured multiple accounts, you can simply link them and create one linked inbox to access all the e-mails at one place. You can use the

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MS Office suite to create and edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations. The device comes with Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, and lets you create a Wi-Fi hotspot and share your data connection with up to five people. Samsungâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AllShare app is also included in the feature list that allows you to share content over Wi-Fi. There is Bluetooth connectivity for wireless headsets but file transfer is still not supported. One thing that really bugged us was unlock screen access. If you get an incoming call, you first have to unlock the screen and then accept the call. Also, there is no cut and paste option - you can only copy and paste content. Multi-tasking remains limited: you cannot end tasks, only switch between them. Also, only apps supporting multi-tasking on Windows Phone 7.5 (and not all apps do) can run in the background.

The power

The interface

cum lock

is very finger

key is placed

friendly and

on the side

lively

instead of top

Entertainment menu The Omnia W has a 5.0-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash. The picture quality was decent but we have seen better on Samsung phones. You can choose resolution, photo quality and use the macro mode for shooting. There are no other options apart from adjusting contrast, sharpness, saturation, ISO, etc., in the camera app but there is a separate app that lets you capture panorama mode, beauty shot, etc. The camera hardware key is a great addition as it takes picture taking easier, although you can touch anywhere on the screen to initiate shutter release. As far as the videos go, the camera is capable of taking 720p videos, which again are of decent quality. There is a FunShot app that allows you to shoot pictures using various effects. The phone has to be synced with Microsoftâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Zune software to transfer music and videos. You can also create ringtones from the music stored in your PC but that is a very lengthy and cumbersome process. Music gets sorted on the basis of artists, albums and genres, there is a Connected Media that lets you stream content over Wi-Fi. Sound quality is good over both loudspeaker and headsets. The device comes with FM radio, which is usually missing from first generation smartphones of many bands and operating systems. The reception is good and the interface is sim-

ple to use. The Omnia W comes with a builtin memory of 8 GB but it cannot be expanded further. Like all Windows Phone 7.5 devices, it too performed without any lags. And it really surprised us in the battery department, easily lasting a day of extensive use.

Alternatively The Samsung Omnia W is priced at Rs 18,990. Those looking for Windows Phone 7.5 devices can also look at the HTC Radar, which costs Rs 23,000. You can also consider Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray priced at Rs 19,000. n team@mymobile.co.in

Price: Rs 19,000 verdict Looks

Features

8 9

ease of use perfoRmance value for money

8 9

overall

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burn test Scratch proof,

Motorola Defy + The

dust proof, gorilla

glass

display adds

to the phone’s

Tough Phone!

107 mm

strudiness

59 mm

Still Defy-ant Earlier this year, Motorola had surprised everyone with the Defy, a phone that was waterproof, dustproof and oblivious to scratches, and still managed to look good enough (we have seen our share of rugged ugly devices) and performed brilliantly. Now, Motorola has unveiled its successor, the Defy+. Yes, it still remains water proof (we dunked it into Pepsi, tea and coffee) and dust proof and thanks to its gorilla glass front, is still very scratch-resistant. In fact, in appearance, it looks every inch the successor of the Defy, with the same 3.7 inch 854 x 480 touchscreen display with four touch keys for Menu, Home, Back and Search beneath it. The sides are relatively Spartan, with one side having the volume rocker and the other the USB port, which can be covered by a flap. On the top is the 3.5mm jack, which again can be covered by a flap, and right next to it, almost too close, is the power and screen on/ off button – we found ourselves hitting the 3.5mm jack a tad too often for comfort. The back houses the 5.0-megapixel camera and

flash together with a sliding mechanism that locks the cover solidly, stopping any water from going through. The phone is not the slimmest we have seen and some people might actually be put off by the sight of the visible screws on the side, as well as the bulky port covers, but it was still remarkably compact and fit easily into most hands – remarkable for a device with such a large display. All in all, it is very reminiscent of the original Defy, which is not really a bad thing, unless you are the types that hankers for change.

The plus factor But if the Defy+ looks very much like its predecessor, its innards are rather different. For one, it has a much more powerful processor, a 1 GHz affair, powering it and running on it is Android 2.3. The interface too has a few subtle changes with Motorola’s Blur skin over Android complete with new icons, a few new apps and effects, a battery manager, a data manager and an onscreen keyboard that supports SWYPE input. RAM remains unchanged

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at 512 MB, internal storage is a healthy 1GB (expandable to 32GB) and when it comes to connectivity, you have all the options that you could want in a smartphone, ranging from 3G to Wi-Fi to GPS and Bluetooth. And the improved specs definitely result in a much snappier performance from the handset than we saw in the original Defy. There were almost no lags even when we opened multiple tabs in the browser and ran several apps at the same time – things did get a weebit slower when we got into high definition gaming, though. On the subject of the browser, it supports Flash and renders websites very well indeed. Social networks and e-mail (most popular services are supported) work smoothly with nary a hitch. The SWYPE functionality comes to the fore while typing as this is a relatively narrow device – the conventional keyboard just gets way too cramped and sliding your finger across letters seems so much easier.

Good performer On the multimedia front, the Defy+ does very

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Pros  Solid scratchproof, dust proof

build

 Boosted specifications  Very good price

Cons  Very ordinary camera  Battery life suffers when Blur is

turned on

 Some might not like the screws

and port covers

decently. It has a music player that supports most popular formats and while sound on the loudspeaker might seem a tad on the lower side, things were a whole lot better on the headphones. Video played well though without any stutters. However, the camera proved to be a massive let down, churning out very ordinary images and mediocre video. The sharp-ish processor meant that we could download and play some relatively high-end games from the Android Market and the presence of FM Radio was welcome. Call quality was, in best Motorola tradition, excellent. Like all Android touchscreen devices, the Defy+ too guzzles battery at the rate of knots, especially when you make the most of Android’s social networking muscle. However, in the case of the Defy+, we found our battery draining out very rapidly whenever we turned on the widgets in the Blur interface – yes, they are pretty, no doubt but they do consume battery, notwithstanding the best efforts of Motorola’s own battery manager. We would therefore advise keeping push-based Blur services to a minimum and turning off widgets in the interests of battery. All said and done, the Motorola Defy+ proves to be a very worthy upgrade to the original Defy. It retains its strong points, while throwing in much better hardware and software, even while not pushing up the price by too much.

Bluetooth/ WiFi | Yes/Yes Phonebook Capacity | Shared Camera | 5.0 megapixel Frequency | GSM 850/900/1800/1900

Alternatively

Others | SWYPE Input, Motorola

The Motorola Defy+ is priced at Rs 17,000. A good alternative to this is the Samsung Galaxy S LCD which packs in similar specs but has a larger 4.0-inch display and costs Rs 18,000. n

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GPRS/3G | Yes/Yes

Looks

Features

ease of use

perfoRmance

value for money

overall

Price: Rs 17,000

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burn test BlackBerry Curve 9380 Moving up the Curve

BlackBerry OS

Touch that Curve The Curve series is known as the affordable side of BlackBerry, serving up the legendary QWERTY experience at costs that are significantly lower than high-end devices. However, with the new Curve 9380, RIM has introduced the first full touch Curve phone in the market. The device comes with a 3.2 inch capacitive touchscreen taking up the majority of the front panel. Below the touchscreen is the optical trackpad flanked by four keys, two on each side. These keys are placed on a single plastic plate and are not easy to press. The overall build and design of the phone is sleek and solid, even though it is not heavy. In fact, it reminded us a lot of the full touchscreen Torch released recently. All in all, we found it

7.0, optimises the touch experience

extremely comfortable to use.

Seven up The Curve 9380 runs the new BlackBerry OS 7, just like all recent BlackBerry handsets. However, unlike the fast processors seen on the likes of the new Bold and Torch, the new Curve runs on an 806 MHz processor. For the most part, it performs well, although we did face a bit of a slowdown especially with multiple apps running together. Despite being a complete touch device, the interface of the phone is the same as seen in other non-touch

Pros  BlackBerry OS7  NFC capabilities  Good multimedia performance

Cons  No secondary camera for video

calling

 A bit expensive  Onscreen keyboard keys are too

small

Capacitive touch

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of the phone is

comfortable to use

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Fun times

Weight | 98 grams

On the multimedia front, the phone comes with a 5.0-megapixel camera with an LED flash, It has features like face detection, geo-tagging, continuous shot, and image stablisation. The convenience key is set by default as a shutter release key but you can always use a soft key too. The highest resolution that one can set is 2592 x 1944 pixels. The picture quality of the phone is good especially in well lit conditions and the flash helps to an extent in taking pictures in the dark too. The Curve can capture only 640 x 480 resolution videos and the quality is as good as it gets in this resolution. You can opt for image stablisation and video light for shooting videos. The video player on the device is capable of playing 1080p videos with ease. For the music lover, there is just the music player and no FM radio. Songs get sorted on the basis of artistes, albums, and genres. Sound quality is very good - a pleasant surprise. For sound enhancements, the Curve comes with headset music equalisers and audio boost features. The usual suspects like the BlackBerry App World, BlackBerry Messenger are present to offer the trademark BlackBerry experience. The internal memory stands at 512 MB but can be expanded. The battery of the phone was a pleasant surprise – easily lasting more than a day of heavy usage, which is quite good for an all-touchscreen device.

Memory | 512MB, microSD

Alternatively

109 mm

BlackBerry 7 OS devices. The top of the screen gives access to quick settings and device options, below it lies the profile, notification and universal search button, and at the bottom lies the app tray with five classifications namely Frequent, Favourites, Media, Downloads and All. In the minimised mode, you can see just the first row of icons and need to pull it up to see the whole app tray. The icons have been given a colourful touch which we have seen before and the interface is pretty smooth and intuitive, with the trackpad making navigation and selection a whole lot smoother. In the Contacts mode, apart from the usual details, you can also choose to view the contact’s recent activity on BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook, e-mail, etc. Speaking of which, it’s a no-brainer that the Curve 9380 comes with support for all prominent e-mail clients and you can also opt for enterprise services on the device. Needless to say, you need to subscribe to BlackBerry services to be able to use Internet or e-mail on the phone. As far as connectivity is concerned, apart from 3G, the Curve also offers Wi-Fi connectivity. The browser on the phone comes with multi-touch but lacks Flash support. The browser interface is minimalist and easy to use. The mouse cursor can be easily controlled using the trackpad and makes browsing a whole lot easier, and The input method consists of a touch QWERTY keypad both in the portrait and landscape mode. Well, while those accustomed to touchscreens might not find it too cramped, we must confess that we were left wanting for a larger keyboard, especially given our experience with BlackBerry’s excellent devices. The social feeds apps combines all your activity on Gtalk, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo! Messenger, BBM, and Windows Live Messenger into one window along with the subscribed RSS feeds. You can choose which one to keep and which to drop. The Documents to Go office suite that comes pre-loaded on the phone lets you create and edit MS Office documents. The Curve 9380 comes with the standard BlackBerry functionality that caters to your work needs efficiently. We just wish the interface could have been tweaked a little to make things more interesting. There is NFC capability on the phone, although its utility is limited at the moment, thanks to limited apps.

60 mm

tech specs Size | 109 x 60 x 11.2 mm

The Curve 9380 is priced at Rs 20,900. Those looking for an all touchscreen device in this range can also try the Samsung Galaxy SL, which comes with a 4.0 inch touchscreen, 5.0-megapixel camera, runs Android, and is available for Rs. 17,000. n

Battery | Li-Ion 1230 mAh Screen | 16million, colours Talktime/Standby | Upto 5.5 hours/

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Upto 360 hours

verdict

GPRS/3G | Yes/Yes

Looks

Bluetooth/ WiFi | Yes/Yes

Features

Phonebook Capacity | Shared

ease of use

Camera | 5.0 megapixel

perfoRmance

Frequency | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Others | Social Feeds, Audi Boost

Price: Rs 20,990

value for money

9 8

overall

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burn test Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S Slim and Smarter Pros  Android 2.3.4 operating system  8.0 megapixel camera  Improved processor

Cons

S for slim and sleek Like the first Arc, which grabbed a lot of attention, the Sony Ericsson Arc S too is a touchscreen phone with a beautifully curved body. In fact, as far as the design and style of the phone go, both devices seem identical. It comes with a 4.2 inch display powered by Sony’s Mobile BRAVIA engine, that makes it appear large but is surprisingly light. Below the screen are three hardware keys for Back, Home and Menu. The silver highlights on the side complement the sleek form factor and host a number of ports and keys like the HDMI port which is covered by a silver flap, 3.5 mm jack, volume rocker, camera key and the charging port. Like the Arc, the Arc S is also a stunner but honestly, we would have liked some sort of a differentiation between the two devices in terms of appearance.

 Fingerprint magnet screen

Up-to-date Android

 No secondary camera

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc S runs on Android 2.3.4. Although the interface remains similar to that seen on the first Arc, enhancements have been made for a better gaming experience and the OS also supports IP telephony and Near Field Communications. The hardware has been pumped up too - the Arc S runs on a 1.4 GHz processor and is packed with 1 GB of internal memory while the RAM

 Looks very similar to the

previous Arc

The touchscreen offers a fast and fluid experience

The 3.5 mm jack lets you use headphones of yor choice

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The cured slim shape of the phone justifies the Arc tag

stays the same at 512 MB. There are five customisable homescreen panes, with an Overview mode which shows you the panes floating on the screen. Pretty but not very useful. Sony Ericsson’s Timescape combines all your SMS, SNS, e-mail and voice communications and works smoothly with its scrollable tiled interface. There are five soft keys at the bottom of the homescreen for Media, Messaging, Menu, Contacts and Dialler. There is no smart dialing but you can easily integrate your SNS contacts list with the phonebook and view details from a single tab itself. The phone comes with support for all popular e-mail clients including POP and IMAP and also supports Microsoft Exchange. A neat touch is an e-mail app in which the screen gets divided into two parts, letting you view a preview of selected mail on one side, while displaying the list of mails on the other. Very tablet-ish. The phone comes with LiveWare manager, which lets you set the behavior of your handset when paired with an accessory. For instance, you can set the device to open the music player each time you plug in your headphones, or go to picture frame mode each time you connect a charger. The browser has full Flash support and you can open multiple windows and use multi-touch to zoom in and out. There is an OfficeSuite document viewer on the phone.

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Getting connected

tures and keeps mail and social networks running, apart from normal calling and texting.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Arc S offers a wide range of connectivity options such as 3G, Wi-Fi, USB v2.0 and Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR. Apart from that you have a 3.5 mm jack, a mini HDMI port and a USB On the Go feature. However, you will have to buy the HDMI cable and USB adapter separately. On the application front you can also share data over Wi-Fi using the Connected Devices feature. There is a special application which collates all the Facebook videos and music from your friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; list along with the list of games that your Facebook friends share on Facebook, and gives you the option of installing these games on your mobile phone.

Alternatively The Arc S is priced at Rs 26,000. Other options that you can consider are Samsung Galaxy S II for Rs 27,000 or if you wish to go for a different OS you can opt for Nokia Lumia 800 costing 29,990. n team@mymobile.co.in

tech specs 125 mm

Size | 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm

Great sound, cool camera For music lovers, the phone comes with a music player and FM radio. There are equaliser pre-sets to improve the sound quality using the XLoud feature. The sound of the music player is good through loudspeaker and even better through the headphones. The 8.0megapixel camera takes really crisp pictures. Shooting modes include smile detection, scene recognition, panorama and 3D sweep panorama. However, 3D panorama is cumbersome to use as you have to get the right sweep and move in the right way to get results, which even when you do everything right, are not exactly mind-blowing. You have touch capture and geo-tagging options. For videos, the camera can capture 720p HD videos and comes with face detection and infinity modes. Picture and video quality are both good. As far as the playback goes,

63 mm

Phonebook Capacity | Shared

the phone is capable of playing 1080p HD videos with ease, although there is no dedicated video player on the phone. Thanks to the faster processor, the Arc S performs snappily. However, battery life is standard Android â&#x20AC;&#x201C; be ready for at least one charge a day if you are a power user, who takes lots of pic-

Camera | 8.0 megapixel Frequency | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 Others | Facebook music and video, Live Ware manager

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Features

ease of use

8 9

perfoRmance value for money

overall

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5.0-megapixel camera takes

decent pictures

BlackBerry Bold 9790 Getting

Bold-er Still! Pros

 Impressive battery  New BlackBerry OS 7  NFC support

Cons  No video calling  No Flash support in browsing  No Wi-Fi hotspot capabilities

Mini Bold

Sleek form factor makes it easy to manage

Comfortable

QWERTY keypad is good for extensive typing

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The Bold series from RIM has been known for its powerful handsets, generally spread across large and smaller sizes. The Bold 9900 ushered in the touch and type trend in the high-end smartphones from RIM, and now the next Bold, the 9790, adds a smaller form factor and more affordable price tag to the series. It has a 2.4 inch horizontal capacitive touchscreen, with a full QWERTY keypad below it. Below the display comes an optical trackpad with four separate keys for calling, Menu and Back. And unlike the Bold 9900, the 9790 has no silver coloured borders running along its sides. The QWERTY keypad is comfortable to use, although the corners are a bit tapered, and the corner keys did not give a firm feedback on being pressed. The back panel has the 5.0-megapixel camera with flash. The microSD card is under the battery cover but is hot swappable. The phone is light and will fit comfortably into most hands – something we could not have said about the

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various scene modes like night, beach, auto, face detection, close up, etc., and you can access the gallery, geo-tag option, flash and scene modes from the viewfinder istelf. The picture quality of the camera is acceptable. The phone is capable of capturing 640x480 videos, which are of decent quality but the absence of HD video recording rankles. However, it can play 1080p HD videos very well, although the small screen is not really ideally suited for them. As with many recent BlackBerry devices, we were very impressed by the quality of the sound in this device, be it on calls or on the music player. There are headphone equaliser presets and audio boost to enhance the sound quality of the phone. The songs get sorted on the basis of artists, albums and genres but on the downside there is no FM radio. The music player can be controlled with the volume keys on the right side of the phone with the mute button doubling up as a play and pause button and volume keys for skipping back and forth. The battery backup of the phone is good. One full charge easily made it through the day with continuous Wi-Fi, e-mail and a couple of hours of video playback. The phone comes with 8GB internal memory that can be expanded further using a microSD card. All in all, the Bold 9790 is a snappy performer, thanks in no small measure to the 1GHz processor and 768 MB RAM on the spec sheet. There is also support for NFC, although we will be needing more apps to really get the most out of it – still, it does make the device future proof in that department.

110 mm

rather wide Bold 9900. The BlackBerry Bold 9790, like most new BlackBerry handsets, runs on BlackBerry OS 7. The home screen has a functional area at the top and a bar at the bottom that reveals the shortcut panels. The top is the notification area, on whose left are the profile settings and on whose right lies the universal search. At the bottom lies a bar that has five panels which segregate apps into All, Favourites, Frequent, Downloads and Media. You will notice a significant change in the icons - instead of the usual unicolour outlines, the icons are colorful. Long pressing on any icon reveals a mini menu, which allows you to set it as a favourite, move it, hide it, delete it or launch the full menu. You also get the option of which panel should be visible and which should be hidden. Yes, all in all, a massive improvement over the relatively dull BB interface of the past.

Work, apps... One of the benefits of using a BlackBerry is that you know that you are in good hands when it comes to your enterprise needs. But the Bold 9790 takes care of your work and personal life as well. The device has enterprise e-mail and support for POP and IMAP accounts. For instant messaging, there is Windows Live, Yahoo! Messenger and Google Talk, while Facebook and Twitter apps come preloaded for social network addicts. There is also a Social Feed application that combines all your communication through Google Talk, RSS Feeds, Twitter, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo! Messenger in one window. The Bold’s browser has multi-touch but does not support Flash. BlackBerry Maps are present but don’t run in this region so you will have to depend on third party software (we like Google Maps best) for navigation and finding your whereabouts. For the security conscious, there’s a BlackBerry Protect app that is capable of remote locking, data wiping and also backing up and restoring data on to a new BlackBerry phone. The device comes with Documents To Go pre-loaded on the phone and it lets you open, create and edit MS Office files on the phone. The QWERTY keyboard is super as always for typing, making this a great device for those who like to write as well as speak words.

All work... and play too! As mentioned earlier, the Bold 9790 is not just about work. It comes with a 5.0-megapixel camera which is complemented with flash, geo-tagging and image stablisation. There are

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tech specs Size | 110 x 60 x 11.4 mm Weight | 107 grams Memory | 8GB, microSD

Alternatively

Battery | Li-Ion 1230 mAh Screen | 16million, colours Talktime/Standby | Upto 5.1 hours/ Upto 432 hours

The BlackBerry Bold 9790 is priced at Rs 27,490. The other option that you can consider is Samsung Galaxy S II priced at Rs 27,000 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S costing Rs 26,000 in the market. n team@mymobile.co.in

verdict

GPRS/3G | Yes/Yes

Looks

Bluetooth/ WiFi | Yes/Yes

Features

Phonebook Capacity | Shared

ease of use

Camera | 5.0 megapixel

perfoRmance

value for money

Frequency | GSM 850/900/1800/1900

overall

Others | 1080p video playback

Price: Rs 27,490

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burn test Motorola Razr XT910 The Razr Returns...With Android

RAZR thin candybar

Few phones have captured the world’s imagination like Motorola’s iconic RAZR series. These devices carved a niche for themselves with their good looks, metallic build and clamshell form factor. And after a brief sabbatical, the RAZR is back and in a smartphone avatar. And in best RAZR tradition, it seems that Motorola has let its designers go wild in their imagination for the new RAZR XT910. Yes, we must confess that we are a bit disappointed that it lacks the clamshell form factor, but on the flip (pun intended) side, it is anorexically thin, measuring a mere 7.1 mm at its thinnest point, and has a body made of Kevlar which is said to be five times tougher than steel (the Batman uses it for his costume, which is good enough for us). The 4.3 inch Super AMOLED screen is a delight and the presence of gorilla glass means that it is scratchproof, making this one of the toughestbodied devices we have seen since the Nokia N8. You cannot remove the back panel and the battery is not detachable. There are two slots on the right side where you can put the micro SIM (no regular SIM slot here) and the microSD card. The 3.5 mm jack, HDMI port and USB port are placed at the top. Despite its big size, it is ergonomically designed and is convenient to use. Yes, it is unlikely to stand out in a crowd as spectacularly as it predecessors did, but it does have more than its fair share of style, thanks mainly to the materials used in its manufacture.

Android, with a Moto flavour

The RAZR is one of the slimmest

smartphones in the market

The microSIM card slot and microSD

card slot is placed under the flap

The XT910 runs on the latest version of Android, 2.3.5. The interface has been jazzed up and now you have a different lock where the whole screen moves in the unlocking motion. You can also access the camera and sound profiles from the lockscreen itself. There are five homescreen panels and you can tap on the home key to see all of them together. You cannot add more panels but these can be customised easily. The menu too is spread across panels and these can be sorted as All Apps, Recent and Downloaded. You can also create groups and then view apps group wise. Pressing the home button longer gives you access to recent apps that you have viewed accssed. The dual core 1.2 GHz processor under that sleek hood means that the RAZR performs at a decent speed. A new feature on the phone is Smart Actions, which lets you define conditions to launch any function of the phone. For instance, the screen will go dim if the battery goes down, the ringtone will change when the phone is charging, and so on. You can create these rules and set triggers for them. It might sound a bit complex but is an excellent option as the phone pretty much does everything on its own once you have set it up nicely. The Social Networking application combines a number of SNS services including LinkedIN and Orkut, bringing all social networking activity to one screen. You can choose to see all updates together or one service at a time. MotoCast is another application that allows you to stream content wirelessly from your PC to your phone. You need to add the MotoCast account on your phone and download the application on the PC. Contacts have strong SNS and e-mail integration and you can send e-mail, see profiles, send message on social sites, and write on your Facebook wall from the Contacts tab itself. Completing the online experience is the browser, which comes with full Flash support. On the productivity front, you can open and edit MS Office documents using QuickOffice, and can type away using the Big display adds to onscreen QWERTY the phone’s func− keypad that tionality

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The fun side The XT910 comes with a 8.0-megapixel autofocus camera but there is no hardware key for taking pictures, making it a bit tricky to use. There are various scene modes like macro and portrait and you can shoot in single shot mode, panorama and multi-shot mode. The picture quality of the camera is just about acceptable, which is a bit of a letdown in such a high-profile device. Geotagging is possible both for stills as well as videos (the camera can capture full HD videos, incidentally). A neat addition in the video mode is the Audio scene option that lets you capture sound manner. The video quality of the phone is good. The device comes with a music player that can play either through the phone’s library or via the MotoCast library. There are two types of equalizer presets, one for the loudspeaker and the other one for headphones, with the latter having more options. The loudspeaker sound is good but is frankly stunning on the headphones. There is no FM radio on the phone but Internet Radio can compensate and you can hear podcasts 68.9 mm too. Needless to say, you can share content over Wi-Fi using DLNA. The internal memory of the phone is 8GB and can be expanded using a microSD card. The battery backup of the phone is good - one full charge goes beyond a day with continuous usage.

Alternatively The Motorola RAZR XT910 is priced at Rs 33,900. If you are looking at an Android device with similar specifications, you can also opt for the Samsung Galaxy S2, which comes with a 4.3 inch Super AMOLED display, dual core processor and 8.0-megapixel camera for Rs 28,500. n team@mymobile.co.in

Cons

Pros

 Sentimentalists will miss

 Slim and built with Kevlar

the clamshell form factor

 Good specifications (dual

 MicroSIM needed

core processor, 8.0 MP camera)

 Good SUPER AMOLED

display

 Relatively ordinary camera

with no dedicated camera button

130.7 mm

also supports SWYPE input. A MOTOPRINT app lets you access printers wirelessly and take printouts directly from the phone. The phone comes with support for just about every sort of e-mail and with mulitple connectivity options, including 3G, Wi-Fi, HDMI, and DLNA.

Price: Rs 33,900 verdict Looks

Features

ease of use

8 9

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burn test Nokia Lumia 800 Lumia,

Pros

Lumia, Burning Bright? MS-Nokia’s firstborn

The first Nokia Windows Phone has hit the Indian market - the Nokia Lumia 800, which runs on the latest Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, also known as Mango. The Lumia 800 has a curvy body similar to the N9, which alas has not come to Indian shores. The front is adorned by a 3.7-inch gorilla glass display (which was susceptible to fine scratches from normal usage) with three touch keys below it for Back, Home and Search. The sides hold the camera, power cum screen lock and the volume keys. At the top is the USB port and micro SIM card slot. Putting in the micro SIM card (yes, you need one) is cumbersome as you first have to push open the USB port cover and then slide and pull out the micro SIM card tray, which we think is silly really. The back cover cannot be opened and the battery is not detachable. All said and done, the Lumia 800 stands out in terms of smooth looks and stylish form factor. It is available in colours Black, Cyan and Fuschia colours

with other popular POP and IMAP accounts as well as settings of popular Webmail services. You can create and edit MS Office documents with the bundled MS Office suite. For connectivity, there’s Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G. You can also create a Wi-Fi hotspot and share it with up to five people. The Bing search engine comes with both voice as well as visual search, but text scanning was not that accurate. There are other niggles. If you get an incoming call, you first have to unlock the screen and then accept the call, unlike in other touch devices where a single gesture suffices. Cut and paste is also missing, although you can copy and paste content. Multi-tasking too is a bit limited - you cannot end tasks but just switch between them. Finally, you still cannot transfer files over Bluetooth!

 Great form factor and very

decent specifications

 Very good display  Excellent battery life for a

large touchscreen device

Cons  Same interface as other

Windows Phone devices

 No expandable memory  Needs a micro SIM

Mango juice...sweet, most of the time!

116.5 mm

The interface on the Lumia 800 remains the same finger-friendly, tiled one seen in Windows Phone devices. And it looks gorgeous on the AMOLED ClearBlack display. Swiping on the right of the homescreen reveals a Menu with apps listed alphabetically, while in the People tab, swiping reveals new activities by contacts, recently accessed contacts and all contacts. The phone comes

with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter integration so you can see all social activity under one tab. The Calendar automatically integrates events from your Facebook account. There is multitouch support for the picture gallery and the browser (no Flash support, though). There are no preloaded SNS apps, but you can always download them from the Windows Marketplace. Moreover, once you configure the accounts in the People tab you can send updates through your profile there. The device comes with support for Microsoft Exchange along

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The Nokia touch

61.2 mm

Although the UI of the device remains standard Windows Phone, Nokia has added a few interesting apps for the users. The App Highlight feature collates and suggests some apps for the phone. The Surprise Me feature lets you shake the phone to scroll through apps under the Surprise Me tab. Then there is Nokia Drive that offers free voice guided driving navigation on the phone, and Nokia Maps that offers directions for driving, walking and public transport options. For multimedia

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the vicinity of Rs 29,990. Windows Phone fans could try the Samsung Omnia W which also comes with an AMOLED display but has a slower processor and a 5.0-megapixel camera and costs Rs 19,500. On Android, the Samsung Galazy S2 offers a 1.2 GHz dual core processor, a 4.0-inch SUPER AMOLED display and an 8.0-megapixel shooter at Rs 27,000. n

The camera come fitted

with Carl Zeiss optics

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tech specs Size | 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1 mm 3.7 inch diplay

Weight | 142 grams

is convenient to

work with owing

Memory | 16GB, No

to the Metro UI

Price: Rs 29,990 verdict lovers, Tune In gives you one-touch access to streaming music online. The phone comes with an 8.0-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, which unlike Nokia’s recent high-end offerings, comes with autofocus. It performs OK, both in video and still mode. The dedicated camera key helps in focussing as well as taking snaps, and you can choose between a number of scene modes. For music, you have to sync with Microsoft’s Zune software to transfer content on to the phone – you are, however, restricted to the

16GB onboard storage, which is not expandable. There is also FM radio, with an easy to use interface. The sound quality of the phone was acceptable. Thanks to 512 MB RAM and a 1.4 GHz Snapdragon processor, all this works at the rate of knots. Battery back-up is good – we were able to get through a day very comfortably with social networks and mail running with a few hours of calls.

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burn test The secondary

camera comes in handy for video chatting

iPhone 4S High

Performance, High Price

Looks familiar... One glance at the iPhone 4S will tell you why Apple did not call it the iPhone 5 – it looks exactly like the iPhone 4. Both have have the same proportions – 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3mm – although at 140 grams, the 4S is marginally heavier. The front is dominated by the 3.5 inch 960 x 640 retina display with only the home button beneath it. The sides are metallic, and on the left are the volume buttons and the silent mode slider, while on the left is the micro-SIM try. The top has the 3.5 mm jack and power/screen on/off button, while on the lower part are the charging port, speakers and microphone. The back houses the camera with LED flash and the legendary Apple logo. As in the iPhone 4, the feel of the device is nothing short of awesome, thanks to the premium materials used. Yes, it does look “glassy” and feels a tad delicate but it fits comfortably into most hands. Yes, we are disappointed that the 4S looks exactly like the iPhone 4. But that sure as heck is not going to stop us from flaunting it – it still looks that good.

...with changes under the hood, Sir(i)...

Yes, I Know!

am U az r in g! Siri- the virtual assistant offers a good value addition

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There ARE changes, however. The 4S comes with a powerful A5 dual core processor, which makes it work at a discernibly faster clip than the iPhone 4, which was no slouch in the speed department itself – this becomes evident while playing resource hungry games like Infinity Blade 2. The camera too has been upgraded to an 8.0megapixel one with an f/2.4 aperture, which can shoot full HD video. And we can go on record saying that we have not seen such clarity from a camera on a mobile device, including the amazing N8. The fact that you can tweak images and video on the device itself with minimum fuss is a colossal bonus. The most spectacular difference, however, between the iPhone 4 and 4S is the presence of Siri. A virtual assistant, Siri responds to your voice commands, and attempts to carry out various tasks, ranging from searching for terms on the Internet to making calls and sending mails and text messages to telling you what the temperature is. What makes it different from previous voice command software is the fact that you can talk to it normally – if you have specified a person as your spouse in your contacts, you can simply ask Siri, “Call my wife” or “Remind me to meet my wife at 10.30 tonight.” In most cases, yours will be done. Using Siri is easy – you either hold the phone to your ear until you hear a beep-like sound or long-press the home key. Yes, it does have issues with Indian names and terms, but if you speak slowly enough, you will find yourself increasingly addicted to it, especially because the responses are so “normal” and even witty. We have lost count of the people who asked Siri to marry them, only to be told

“we hardly know each other” or that marriage was not covered in her End User Licence Agreement. It is early days but we think Siri could redefine how we use handsets.

...and the same rocking UI and apps! Running alongside these improvements are the silky smooth iOS interface and vast app repository that lets you do just about anything on your device. The addition of a notification bar in iOS5 lets you keep upto speed with your mails and messages without opening specific apps a la Android, and thanks to the outstanding retina display, everything looks just gorgeous. iOS itself remains as intuitive and simple as ever – you just tap on icons to use the app or function you want – and the touch experience remains unparalleled. So much so that we have stopped complaining about the absence of Flash support on the otherwise superb Safari browser or about the absence of expandable storage. Multi-tasking, social networking, gaming, music, videos – honestly, they all work a charm on the device, and with the introduction of iCloud, the need to connect your device to iTunes is far lesser. We also did not experience any problems with calls, although battery life took a hammering when we heavily used the camera and Siri. You will struggle to get through a day on a single charge if you are a power user of either or just love to play lots of games. Alas, all this literally comes at a massive price – starting at Rs 44,500 for the 16GB version, the iPhone 4S is the most expensive regular edition smartphone in the country. Which really restricts it to those who have deep pockets and are crazy about technology, photography, gaming and Siri. And that seems a tad unfair.

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Alternatively The iPhone 4S starts at Rs 44,500 for 16GB. If you want the iOS experience minus Siri, we would recommend the iPhone 4, which starts at Rs 34,990 for 16GB, or the iPhone 3GS at Rs 20,990 for 8GB. On the Android front, you can try the Motorola Razr which is priced at 33,990. n team@mymobile.co.in

115.2 mm

Price: Rs 44,500 Pros

verdict 8

 Improved processor

Looks

 The best camera we have seen on a mobile

Features

ease of use

perfoRmance

device

 Virtual assistant, Siri

Cons  Very stiff price tag  Looks exactly like the iPhone 4  Battery drains fast

value for money

overall

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Smart apps

Tales With Touch Book reading

gets a new touch on the iPad

airy tales never grow old, but the ways of telling them change. And in this department the iPad seems poised to provide stiff competition to the likes of popup books and of course, one's granny, thanks to apps like Touchy Books, which recapture the magic of all the classics and modern day stories for children of various age groups. There are books for +1 age group kids, grouped as pre-beginners, +3 called beginners, +6 group called intermediate, and +8 which is termed advanced. The app offers books in seven languages namely Spanish, English, French, German, Japanese, Italian and Chinese. There are a number of

books available for purchase, although you can even try a few books as samples before buying the full version. Once you buy a book, you can choose to read it yourself or let the iPad do the reading. There is an autoplay option too that works like a slideshow, and reads and flips the pages on its own â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a whole lot of fun if you want a hands-off experience. There are other neat touches too - you can skip to a particular page, interact with the elements in the story and rate a particular book and if you are the paranoid parent type, can add parental control for kids and easily edit the books kept in the bookshelf of the application. So if there is a classic that you would like your kids to read, but cannot find it in your local book store, try Touchy Books. n

Rating

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We tested it on the Apple iPad2

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Get a Glympse Where art thou?

hether you are lost in a new city, or trying to get to a party venue or worst of all, stuck in a potentially threatening situation, letting know people know your whereabouts could at times be the small line that separates life from death. Glympse is an application that allows you to do just that, without having to punch in a long address as SMS or trying to get directions over a call. Once you download the application on

then send it whenever you want. the phone, you can simply share you best part is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the person who location with your friends and family Rating The receives the Glympse does not through SMS, e-mail as well as social need to have the software on their networking sites like Facebook and phone or computer to see where Twitter. Once you do that, you can you are â&#x20AC;&#x201C; all they need is a browser choose the time duration between 10 and the Internet. The app is simple to use, minutes to four hours for which you want though it does need a good Internet connecpeople to see your location and for that time, tion, and is available for free download from those you send the Glympse (yes, that's what the Android Market. n it's called) will be able to see your real time location. So, if you wish to meet someone and sonia@mymobile.co.in are en route, you can send a Glympse with We tested it on the that location set as a destination, and also Sony Ericsson Arc S with a message if you wish. Once you send a Glympse you can set it as you favourite and

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Smart apps

Just Dial to Find Out Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Yellow

also through e-mail. One of the most popular of these is JustDial, which is now available as an application on your Android device. Download the app, and all you need to do to get the information you need is enter the category or company name and the location. Instead of putting in the location you can ellow Pages are a very useful source of also choose the Near Me option to literally information about local businesses and choices in your vicinity. It actually works! vendors, but do tend to get outdated You can do a city-wise search too â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just and are bulky to carry around.Fortunately, enter the name of the city or choose there are services that have provided from the list of cities already in the you with such information over a Rating app. The app is available for two call. Just dial the call center number, countries - India and the USA. When ask for the relevant numbers and it you choose a city, you get Hotkeys for is sent on your phone via SMS and

Pages call service comes to Androids

85%

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nine search options of restaurants, movies, events, hotels, deals, Tag Your Friend (TYF), doctors , fuel stations and ATMs. The deals and Tag your Friend feature, however, are not functional yet. The app needs data connectivity all the time so if you are on roaming, it would be better if you use Wi-Fi wherever possible. Overall, it is a useful application to get information in a simple and convenient manner. without making any calls or consulting the Yellow Pages.n sonia@mymobile.co.in

We tested it on the Sony Ericsson Arc S

boredom buster Defend Your Castle Bow and arrows, spells, monsters...

ans of the Plants vs Zombies or Eggs vs Chicken will love this tower defense game which has a mythical touch to it. You are the guardian of the city wall and have to kill all the monsters that come in waves to attack it with their (yes!) boxing gloves. As you keep advancing the variety of monsters increase and after a few levels you also have

to fight a boss battle. How do you do it? There are two ways â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you can either opt to use a bow and arrow or just resort to magic spells. Shooting a monster is as simple as touching to release an arrow in its direction, but alas, it needs more than one arrow to kill a monster. The spells come in handy when there are hordes of monsters coming together â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you can choose from spells like Firewall, Glacial Spike and Lightening strike - but these take some of your Mana (life force used for magic) when you use them. Mana does get replenished with time but while it does, you could be in a spot. There is a store where you can use your gold coins earned by killing the monsters and

crystals for upgrades. More upgrades become available as you progress further in the game. While the game can be downloaded for free from the Android Market, there are a number of in app purchases in case you wish to get more coins and crystals without wishing to get your hands dirty crossing the levels. There are ads in the game but these are hardly noticeable in the heat of battle. If you do well, you can pick up honours like Monster Hunter, and so forth. Loads of fun. n sonia@mymobile.co.in

We tested it on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S

Rating

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boredom buster Christmas With A Zombie Twist

doll physics game where the clowns are trying to take all the gifts from Santa’s bag and you have to flick them around to kill them and stop them from reaching the sack of gifts. There are different types of Zombies and they can come from the ground or from the air. Apart from flicking them around you his Christmas, take some time out and can also use extra weapons like candy guns save Santa’s residence – yep, we are to shoot them down. Every time a clown is talking about a game that lets you be killed, it releases a gift and you need to the savior of the North Pole! The game touch on it to collect it. These clowns is called Zombie Circus: North Pole Rating also release special weapons that you Invasion and you have to save the can later use on them (how ungrateNorth Pole from Zombie clowns ful!). There are 60 levels in the game who have come to town with the and the difficulty keeps increasing as Zombie Circus. It is bbasically a rag-

Save the North Pole!

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you keep crossing the levels. Apart from the usual Zombies, you will also have to battle five bosses. You can play the game either in campaign or survival modes. From the beginning the game kind of hooks you up, but frantic flicking can tire your fingers. There are bonus rounds too where you can launch giant snowballs on snow skating clowns to kill as many as you can. The game can be downloaded for free from Windows Marketplace. Go get it! . n

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Battling Brain Eaters!

The little grey cells fight back

nyone who knows their horror literature will tell you that zombies eat brains – well, even the undead need some sort of sustenance to live (?). But what if the brain had the power to fight these zombies and save itself ? I Smell Brains game builds upon this extremely brainy notion. You have to defend the Brain Replicating Ailen Drifter or BRAD (no relation of Mr Pitt, we are sure) from the attack of various types of zombies. This BRAD is a huge pile of grey matter and has a few offspring. The zombies attack these offspring and eat them up and you have to defend them using various power capsules that grow on BRAD’s surface. Some just crush these zombies and others (those with maggots in it) blast them away. If all the offsprings get eaten, the game is over – brain death. There are different types of zombies, skeletons, mummies, etc., that attack BRAD. You get more points if you kill them in combos. The game can be played in either story mode or survival mode, with a tutorial to help you learn the ropes about gameplay. In

the story mode there are various levels which have waves, while in the survival mode there comes just one wave after the other – you can choose which you prefer. Gameplay is a mix of touch as well as accelerometer. You just have to touch the power capsules to make them fall on the zombies. This works fine if the zombie is right beneath the capsule but if you have to make it fall a little further, then you will have to tilt your device to get the right trajectory for hitting the target. The graphics and gameplay are simple and yet, the game does get a bit difficult to play and you have to manage the attack properly in order to combat the zombies which attack from both directions. Monsieur Poirot surely could not have meant this when he referred to using the “little grey cells” to solve mysteries. The game is available for free download on the BlackBerry App World for the PlayBook. Get it. Using a brain was never this much fun. n sonia@mymobile.co.in

We tested it on the Blackberry Playbook

Rating

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boredom buster

The Spirit of Indiana Jones Grab an idol...run!

default you get the avatar of Guy are is the person who Dangerous who is your no-frillshas not enjoyed the attached average explorer. Collect adventures of Allan Quatermain cash and you can unlock other and Indiana Jones on their TV characters who are adept in sets and cinema screens. If there Rating various skills. The longer you run was a swashbuckling adventurer the higher your score. You need inside you waiting to get out, try to complete objectives like Novice Temple Run, an unlimited runRunner on running 500 meters, ning game where you an adventurer Pocket change on collecting 100 coins, who is escaping vicious guardians of etc. You can also buy more coins. The 3D the temple after you take the sacred idol graphics of the game are very realistic from it (never a wise thing, we say). To save and you need to swipe your finger in the yourself from these vicious animals you right direction to make your explorer turn. have to run through the ruins of the ancient Compellingly athletic and temple and keep dodging obstacles like available for free from the tree roots, gaps in the corridors, even while iTunes App Store. n collecting as many coins as possible in the way. These coins come in handy for getting sonia@mymobile.co.in upgrades and power-ups like invisibility or We tested it on the speed boost etc., from the in-app store. By Apple iPad 2

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fa c e t o fa c e

“Mythology based content is a big market!” UTV Interactive recently launched ‘Divya Kathayein, an audio product, targeted at Indian consumers who love mythology. Lavina Tauro, senior vice president, Voice Products and Music, UTV Interactive talks about the product and the idea behind it Heena Jatav What is the idea behind bringing mythological content to handsets? Mythology based content is significantly consumed across different mediums in our country be it television, big screens or mobiles. After Bollywood and Cricket, it is the biggest market for business in the entertainment sector. With this background, we at UTV Interactive launched ‘Divya Kathayein’ which would provide the masses in the country mythological content on the go. With busy lifestyles, very few have the time to read up on their deities. This product gives them the opportunity to gain knowledge on their deities anytime and anywhere. Another factor that led UTV to launch content on mythology on mobiles was the recent success of the flagship product – Audio Cinema. Its phenomenal success within just two months of its launch reiterates that voice products are in huge demand in the country, as long as the content appeals to audiences.

the focus is more on Hindu devotional content, but we are talking to different content providers to acquire content for other religions. What is the demand for religious content on the mobile platform? Mythology/Devotion based content is a big market and consumed significantly across the country. This goes

in tune with our religious backgrounds and orientations. Success of mythology content across platforms be it television, films, etc., is noteworthy and has gained significant share in the mobile VAS market as well. 15-20 per cent of total mobile downloads is dominated by devotional content in India. This number itself showcases the popularity and demand of religious/devotional content. heena@mymobile.co.in

What were the challenges you faced while conceptualising the content? Precision. Mythology is a very sensitive topic and any error in content would spell trouble. We have to be extremely careful with the content that we publish. It has to be 100 per cent error free so that it cannot hurt anyone’s sentiments and for this, the content development process requires a lot of meticulous research. What will be the target region and age group for your ‘Divya Kathayein’? With Divya Kathayein we aim to reach out to users in the remotest of corners in India and to provide them with content which they can access even with their most basic mobile phones. The core age group is between 18-35 years. Are there any plans to come up with products for other religions like Christianity, Sikhism, etc., in the near future? Yes, the plan is to make this a complete devotional offering in the near future. However for now,

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spot light

Child’s Play! Contrary to popular belief, messing around with gadgets and apps will not curb your child’s development. If used properly, they could even help the learning process Heena Jatav

ccording to an international study, children begin using electronic devices at approximately seven years of age with televisions and desktop computers being the first gadgets they generally use. And if that seems far-fetched to you, then you need to meet Rajbir Singh who knows almost everything about a smartphone and hands out app recommendations, advice and suggestions at the drop of a hat. He is all of eight years old. It took him just a few minutes to tell me about an app, download it on to my phone and give a tutorial. And no, he is not an aberration. Daksh, a four year old, has not yet learnt to speak properly but finds it no big deal to head to the Internet to watch his favourite cartoons like Chhota Bheem and Ben 10. However, many parents get alarmed when they see their relatively young children spending a lot of time using cellphones, watching television or working on a computer, as they fear this would stop them from participating in outdoor activities and even make them antisocial. While we would go so far as to say that their fears are totally unfounded, the fact is that getting familiar with gadgets at a young age need not always have a detrimental effect on children. Many in fact could actually help their personality development and maybe even provide them with new avenues to express their creativity. Today, there are numerous applications and gadgets which can not only entertain but also educate your young ones.

What makes them particularly effective is the fact that they are a far cry from the conventional board and chalk methods of teaching that are getting increasingly predictable, and are therefore more interesting. What’s more, with tablets and smartphones getting more accessible and in some cases, affordable, developers too are coming out with interesting applications that are targeted at children. These applications teach everything from colours, mathematics, geography to computers, science, art, etc. Indeed, there is such a huge variety of apps out there for children that parents could have a tough time making up their minds about which one to use. We explored the wonderful world of children’s apps and well, here are a few that caught our eye: Kids ABC PhonicsThe app is suitable for those who want to teach the alphabet to their toddlers in an interesting way. The application displays a very large image of a letter. By clicking on the image, it changes from the letter to a picture of an object that starts with that letter. The app also contains a test mode in which you can check the knowledge of your child. It displays a picture and a child needs to recognise the correct alphabet with which its name starts. Basic, but lots of fun. Available on- Android Market Price- Rs. 208.05

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Christmas Story BooksChristmas is around the corner and if you want to gift something exciting to your child, then we would recommend this very handy app. The app comes filled with four Christmas books and carols. The books come with animated pictures and some very good music and there are also some exciting features like ‘Movie mode,’ which when enabled, automatically turns the pages and ‘Read to Me’ which reads books to children. An excellent way to develop the reading habit, we think. Available on- iTunes App Store,

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Android Market Price- Rs 51.62 for Android, Free on the iTunes App Store Vocabulary BubbleThis is a great way to build your child’s vocabulary. The app comes with more than four hundred words along with their meanings and definitions. The smooth graphics ensure that your child’s attention will not falter as they go through bubble after bubble. Who knows, your vocabulary might improve too. Available on- iTunes App Store Price- Free Kids First Puzzle HD Pro- Another vocabulary builder, the app is designed to teach new words to your child. There is a jigsaw element to the puzzle in which the child is asked to form a picture and then also spell out words. Beats sitting back and learning passively – we must confess even we were tempted to join in the picture-forming. Available on- Android Market Price- Rs 101.99 Test Your English- As its name indicates, this app will help your child in improving their English. It contains different tests

like Grammar exercises, Synonyms, Idiom tests etc. There are more than three hundred tests to go around, often with multiple choice answers and even the option to play a game, so there is plenty of learning to do. Available on- Android Market Price- Free Monkey Preschool Lunchbox- The app is targeted to get toddlers into learning mode just before they join school. The game revolves around helping incredibly cute monkeys pack a lunchbox but thrown into the mix also are seven different games that teach children about colors, letter, counting and other basic skills. Available on- iTunes App Store, Android Market Price- Rs. 103.76 for Android , approximately Rs 51 for iOS Countries of the WorldThe app is designed to teach your child the names of countries, their capitals, their flags, languages, religion, currency, and other details. It also contain a test mode and in a neat touch, audio clips to help in correct pronunciation. It might seem a tad dry at times, but in terms of utility, it is a geographical wonder. Available on- Android Market Price- Free Sudoku- The famous mathematical puzzle game is here, and is a terrific aid to your child’s memory. The app supports undo and redo button and also allows one to make rough notes, if necessary. The app contains six difficulty levels and you might to tangle with some of the tougher ones yourself if you think the lower levels are too easy. It is not ALL child’s play. Available on- iTunes App Store Price- approximately Rs 51 Math Bingo- The perfect app for your wannabe numerical wizard. The game is simple - you solve a math problem to fill the bingo spots. As soon as you fill all the empty spots you will be awarded with Bingo Bug to play with. Now, who said mathematics was boring. Or scary?

Children and Gadgets– Some Guidelines :æ Parents can set a lock on the app store to stop children from downloading inappropriate material. æ Parents should stay with children while they use gadgets. æ The brightness of displays should be adjusted in keeping the light of the room they used in. Being too bright or too dull could have an adverse effect on the child’s vision. æ Parents should take care that children do not end up using apps that are not meant for their age group – all apps come with age limit specifications. æ Gadgets like phones and tablets should be ideally kept in covers while being used by children to minimise the possibility of damage.

Available on: iTunes App Store Price- approximately Rs 51 Cinderella Puzzle Book HD- This app offers a colourful HD representation of the famous Cinderella fairy tale. The app contains 25 pages of beautiful illustrations with voice over narration that are bound to hold your child’s attention. Top that off with jigsaw puzzles and colouring games which ensure that the magic of the story remains long after your child has heard it. Available on:- iTunes App Store Prize- Approximately Rs 102 Apart from applications, there are a number of gadgets that can educate and entertain your child in equal measure. Gadgets like electronic kids laptop, electronic dictionary, kid’s camera are some of the exciting products on the list. The Government of India also seems to be looking to make gadgets more accessible to the younger generation, as can be seen from its Aakash tablet initiative. Although that tablet is targeted at older children, we are sure it won’t be long before apps for young ones start appearing on it. We would however insist that while apps and gadgets can make a positive difference to the life of your child, they are not enough by themselves. A healthy outdoor life is necessary too. A perfect life would be a balance of the two – ignoring either would be depriving your child of an opportunity to grow. n heena@mymobile.co.in

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“We are looking for some hot branding in India” The market for Bluetooth accessories is expanding in India, and Jabra is hoping to grab a sizeable part of it. Ann Goh, regional sales manager, Mobile South East Asia, Jabra shares company’s plans in this regard Heena Jatav and Harshita Rastogi

How is Jabra’s relationship with India going? It has been an interesting experience. We have been here for six years now and our company has taken a new direction here. We are focusing on Indian market considering it the largest market after china, and are thus, putting in more investment so as to expand our business. We have also changed our distributors and are looking at expanding our resources in India.

You talk about expansion. Are you planning to set up a manufacturing unit or exclusive stores in India? Well, as far as manufacturing unit is concerned, in the short term, no, we don’t see it happening, but I won’t say that it not going to happen. However, it surely would happen in the long term, possibly when we attain the next level in the market here. Also, as far as exclusive stores are concerned, if the response from the consumers will keep on gaining heights then you would definitely see our stores here soon. What is the size of your share in accessory market of India, especially when it comes to Bluetooth devices? It would be difficult for me to share the numbers but I can definitely say that we have been doing really well lately because of the changes we have made in our portfolio. In the midst of rebuilding the whole channel and branding up, as per my estimation, we have got about 5 to 10 per cent of the market share. However, we are sure that we have the aggressive strength to grow by leaps and bounds in coming years. Since we have done the recessing of channels, our numbers have doubled in the last two quarters. We are definitely looking for some hot branding in India.

What is that one thing that sets your brand apart from other Bluetooth accessory brands? Jabra is a niche brand with about 140 years of experience in the telecommunication industry. One thing different about Jabra is that we only concentrate on handsfree devices working on Bluetooth. We know about the expectations of our consumers and design products as per their requirements. Besides this, as a global brand, we have a much stronger product portfolio to cater to our segments of as compared to our competitors in the market. What would you say is your target segment? I would put it like this, in total potential consumers our targeted segment would vary from country to country. In India, we focus more on the mid-high end tier. That defines the cream of the mass market. In terms of category, one of the key focuses is on the music category. So for Jabra, it’s not only the call based features to be focused on but the music as well. We do both calls as well as music. Since India is a price sensitive market, what are your pricing strategies? Most of our products are high-end, costing as high as Rs. 8,000. But, considering the mass market size here, we have developed an entry-level headset to cater to low-end customers. However, we have no plans to launch any product costing below Rs 1,000. n heena@mymobile.co.in harshita@mymobile.co.in

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The real Slim Shady The Ultrabook

cometh

ntel would like us to believe that it is the next form of mobile computing – notebooks that are thin to the point of being anorexic, work incredibly fast, pack in lots of processing power and weigh just over a kilo. The faithful call them “ultrabooks,” Apple fans call them “MacBook Air clones.” And the first of these to land on Indian shores is the Acer Aspire S3. And while the sleek grey aluminum casing and 1.3 cm thickness does remind us of the MacBook Air, this is no mere clone. It packs in a very powerful processor, Intel Core

i3/i5/i7 processor, depending on the model you pick; has a full 13.3 inch display of 1366 x 768 resolution; 4GB RAM; a 320 GB/ 500 GB hard drive; two USB ports and a full HDMI port as well, with Windows 7 running under the hood. All this in a body that weighs around 1.3 kg and can be carried around comfortably. Thanks to the relatively large display, the keyboard is spacious too, making typing a pleasure. What’s more, the device works at the rate of knots – it literally came out of sleep mode in around a second and handled multi-

ple tasks and even some relatively low-end gaming without too many hassles. It would of course have been even faster if it had been running on Flash storage like the MacBook Air does, but we are not quibbling with what we have. Top that off with seven hours of battery life and you have a device that will turn heads and even work very well for road warriors. We have saved the best for last – the prices start at Rs 49,990, which is a good Rs 6,000 lesser than the 11-inch MacBook Air. Windows users finally have a notebook to take on the Air. n

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etcetera Packing gigs in micro space All the storage you would want on a microSD

obile phones and tablets may be coming with more storage than ever before today, but there are still times when one finds oneself running short, especially if one is a compulsive film watcher or high-def game player. So, if you think that even the 16 GB storage that comes packed into some of the high end handsets is not enough for your storage needs, we would recommend investing in Sandiskâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 64 GB Micro SD card XCI. The card is a blend of red and violet colour which sets it apart from others.

When it comes to the functionality, it is capable of transferring data at fast speeds, although our experience of it was a bit mixed in this regard. The company claims that card has a data transfer rate of 30 MB per second, but we sometimes found it reaching barely 14 MB per second â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of course, it could just be an issue of the device we were transferring the data to. And if you are using a MacBook Air or any other notebook that uses flash memory and are

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being restricted by the relatively limited storage on these devices, you could consider picking up one of these â&#x20AC;&#x201C; thPe sales pack comes with an adaptor that will let you use the card with most card reader slots. It can even serve as a very decent back-up memory storage card for those who do lots of shooting with their cameras. Mind you, all this does come with a price tag that might shock some- Rs 14, 799. Still, it is a price worth paying if you are the types that needs stacks of storage on their gadgets. n

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Jabra Hits the Streets Groove in style!

luetooth headsets have been gaining popularity steadily thanks to the fact that they do away with the tangle of cables that accompany their wired counterparts. But for the most part, they have predictable designs which do not really stand out in a crowd. Jabra, however, has put a spin on them with the uniquely designed Jabra Street 2, which are anything but run-of-the-mill. Tipping the scales at a very lightweight 30 grammes, it has a long stylish lanyard which you can wear around your neck. You can also tuck it in your outfit’s pocket or in your bag. Not only does Jabra Street 2 look different (and good as well!) it also delivers excellent sound in terms of quality, letting you listen to music from your mobile without any hassles – it supports most Bluetooth enabled devices which possess A2DP

connectivity. You can play, pause, go to the next track, return to the previous one, and control volume without laying a finger on the device which is the source of the music. Starting the Jabra Street 2 is very simple press and hold the answer/end button for just 5-6 seconds until the Jabra logo placed on the device turns blue in colour. Battery life is decent – a couple of hours of charging yielded up to eight hours of music. Jabra Street 2 comes in Black and White colour with earphones. Place it wherever you like and make your own style statement – we honestly cannot remember when headphones looked so stylish and yet were so simple to use. These stylish headphones are priced at Rs 3,799. n

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et cetera Seagate GoFlex Satellite Gigabytes meet wireless storage blended with Wi-Fi

f you are a gadget and gizmo freak who is always running short of storage space to keep information, then Seagate has just the product for you. The Seagate GoFlex Satellite not only lets you save and store up to 500 GB of data on it, but in a very neat touch, also can easily stream your entire media library wirelessly to your iPad or Android tablet. The drive also lets Android and smartphone users access it at the same time. There is no need even to be connected to an existing to be connected to a Wi-Fi network all you need to do is turn on the GoFlex Satellite, head off to the settings menu on your device and you will be able to connect to it. However, in the case of the iPad, you will need to download an app before you can use this device – the GoFlex Media, which is available for free download from the iTunes App Store. A glossy black plastic top panel of the GoFlex Satellite has two small lights, one for power, and one to let you know it’s wireless connection is active. It also synced with our PC with minimum fuss and at a decent clip. As per the specifications, the device comes with up to 5 hours of battery life and 25 hours of standby time – not a bad deal at all for Rs 11,500. n

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Ready, Aim...Click Another feature rich camera from Canon

anon has been a leader when it comes to cameras 230. It has brought to the market another enticing shooter called the Canon PowerShot SX220 HS. The camera goes really well in terms of look and is very comfortable to hold. The smartest part is the flash that is been placed right on the top panel. As you switch on the camera, the flash opens up automatically and can be put down if not required. All the function keys other than zoom in/zoom out cum picture click button are given alongside the LCD panel. However, you may miss a dedicated “delete” button which is usually present in most cameras. Unlike other cameras, it offers a scroll wheel to view pictures, which we think is very thoughtful. Coming to the picture part, the camera can click pictures at 12.1-megapixel, and packs in an HS System which helps you take

images in all situations. Another feature worth noting is its 28mm lens with 14x optical zoom that helps you take wide angle shots to frame landscapes and zoom in on distant object. You can also shoot videos in full HD with stereo sound. The optical zoom feature can be used for filming while Dynamic IS reduces the effect of shake and movement while shooting on the move. It has a large 7.5 cm (3.0”) high resolution PureColor II G LCD screen. You can shoot in high speed bursts and also slow motion, which is neat. And there is a provision of joining various video clips together from the same day into a single VGA movie – convenient, we think. The camera is available for Rs 15,995. Not a bad deal, we think, especially for those who want a compact device with decent shooting firepower. n

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et cetera Charged by the Sun Solar power to juice up your mobile devices on your PC

f you are the type that frets about the amount of energy you waste just recharging your gadgets, Amzer has an interesting product for you. In response to the call to go green, the company has come out with a very innovative alternative to charge your device without relying on electricity. It calls on the most powerful energy source in the solar system â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that of the sun. It absorbs the solar energy and stores it in the form of energy which is further used to charge electronic devices. The Solar Charger is extremely comfortable to carry and is actually shaped a bit like a slightly overweight smartphone â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no, it does not look smart but in this case, beauty

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really is skin deep. The unit is white in colour and has a solar plate on the front panel and a power jack with a full USB port on the top panel. You can switch it on or put it off using the slider given on the right side. On the left is a button which gives an LED read out about the status of the charger - if the four lights present on the top left of the front panel are on, then the charger if fully charged. It comes with a 3500mAh polymer Li-ion battery that would give you a reasonably good power backup and lets you charge most smartphones a couple of times. Incidentally, the device can be used to recharge all sorts of mobile phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, and portable gaming devices. It is small enough to fit into a pocket if need be. Best of all, it also can work as a normal charger â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you can charge it through a wall charger, car charger or USB port. Not bad for a price tag of Rs 3,059. n

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Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the good word! A feature

packed e-dictionary

asioâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Electronic Dictionary EWB2000C is a small handheld device that comes with integrated reference material in digital form. The Electronic Dictionary can not only find meanings of the English/French words but do a variety of other functions like translation, finding correct spelling, checking plural, noun or past tense of the verb. In addition to that it can also find other grammatical information about

a word. You can look up for synonyms or antonyms, collocations of a word, and can also check the parts of speech for a word. An inbuilt loudspeaker helps in checking the correct pronunciation of any desired word. The dictionary looks like a mini computer and is portable and compact to fit in your bag and work even on the move. The dictionary comprises 11 complete Oxford dictionaries of English and French and the Britannica Concise Encyclopedia and has a Multilingual Word and Phrase bank, which has the meanings of any key word or phrase in six different languages. On the hardware side, it comes bundled with USB cable and earphones. Mind you, at Rs 14,995, it does not exactly come cheap. n

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et cetera One for the Professionals

Portable and powerful option for road warriors

are slightly protruding, which makes them quite comfortable to type. It runs on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit OS, with 4 GB of RAM. There is an Intel core i-7 processor and for graphics, Intel HD graphics and an AMD Radeon HD 6490M. There is a fingerprint scanner for security freaks, and as far as storage goes, our unit had a 500 GB hard drive. There are two USB 3.0 ports on the left panel along with one

he latest entrant to Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vostro range is the Vostro 3350. At first, the 13.3 inch HD display of our unit did look a little small but it packs in a 1366 x 768 resolution. The keys are in the form of small squares that

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Ethernet port and the DVD R/W drive, while the right side houses the VGA out, HDMI out, e-SATA cum USB port and a headphones and mic port. The front panel has the card reader and LED indicators for the battery, Wi-Fi, power and HDD. We got about five hours of usage out of the eight cell battery which is par for the course for a notebook of this size. At Rs 37,000, this is a notebook for road warriors. n

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T Charging gets really portable

A portable yet affordable USB charger

his seems to be the gadget era on an average, many of us find ourselves carrying at least two gadgets with ourselves on our travels on a normal working day, be it a mobile phone, tablet, notebook, camera, media player or e-book reader. However, for all the utility they provide, these gadgets are hostages of their battery life and need to be kept charged to give their best. You could opt to burden yourself with a whole string of chargers, or just carry a single portable device. For those opting for the latter, iGo India has come out with a device called the iGo Keyjuice Charger. This pocket sized charger is surprisingly compact (it is little more than a small matchbox in size) in size and weight. It opens up to reveal a micro and mini USB connectors attached to the full size USB 2.0 connector unit

through rubber strings. It is compatible with smartphones and other gadgets that have support for a mini or micro USB port. The charging unit can be used for syncing purposes as well. As per the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s claims, the device would work with most phones, including BlackBerry, Motorola, HTC, Samsung and other leading brands. We did use it with many brands and encountered no problems, although it did seem to take more time to power up our handsets than a regular charger. One headache we did have though was in folding and unfolding the device as we found it too tight to open easily. The device scores high on portability, you can easily carry it in your purse or can attach it to a key chain or lanyard. The iGo KeyJuice USB charger is priced at Rs 599 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a reasonable price to be freed of a multiple charger burden. n

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et cetera Spinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Key Flash

drives with style and security

he USB drive has become very much ubiquitous today and is the preferred option for quick and portable storage for many people. However, there is not much to distinguish different USB drives from each other, storage apart. Which is perhaps why pen drive manufacturers are trying to make their products available in multiple designs and colours. And the latest to traverse this path are two small, sleek and stylish pen drives by Strontium, Spin USB 2.0 and Key USB 2.0. While Spin USB is sleek and smart, Key USB is extremely small. Spin USB comes in combination of red and black colours and also comes with password protection for user data. The data transfer experience from both the drives was good as it transfered data at around 20 MB per second speed. Spin USB also has a small ring placed on the top of it, which can be used to hang the drive like a key chain. As far as Key USB is concerned, the drive is one of the smallest pen drives available in Indian market â&#x20AC;&#x201C; so much so that you could actually lose it! Strontium Spin USB 2.0 is available at Rs 399 whereas Key USB 2.0 is priced at Rs 349. n

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“Service is always our focus” A relatively new player trying to carve a niche for itself in the competitive Indian cellphone market is Celkon Mobile. We caught up with the company’s MD, Y. Guru to ask him just how the company proposes to make its presence felt Harshita Rastogi

Celkon Mobile is an emerging brand in the Indian Mobile Industry. What strategy are you following for catching the eyes of the consumer? We believe that the right product is the key to sustain oneself in the market. Hence, we concentrated on getting the right product proposition. While being rich in features, we are offering products at much better prices than other players. That has placed Celkon among the top brands in India with sales of over 3 lakh per month.

What measures do you take to ensure good after sales service and customer satisfaction? Service is always our focus. Unlike any other company, we had first set up our service centres and network and then started our sales operations in India. Similarly, all our spare parts are procured with the product and are readily available for after sales service. Currently, we have more than 400 authorised Celkon Service Centers across India which assure good quality service to our consumers.

The Indian mobile market is highly competitive. What value proposition do you offer to your consumers? Celkon Mobiles has been started with a long term goal to offer superior quality products. The quality norms that we follow in terms of software, hardware and accessories has helped Celkon in being recognised among trusted quality companies in this sector in India. Another very important feat for us is that among all Indian brands, the product rejection percentage (failure rate) for Celkon is the lowest.

What innovation can we expect in terms of features in upcoming devices from Celkon? We are the first company to launch a Dual SIM 3G QWERTY phone C999 in a price band of Rs 3,500. We are also the first company to launch a dual Sim Android mobile, A-1, at less than Rs 5,000. We have recently launched a dual SIM touch and type QWERTY mobile, C227, at Rs 3,700. Finally, in our C770 model, we have loaded forty films in a 2 GB memory card – a first in India. It also comes with a 2.4 inch display, big battery, better sound, and we

have priced it at just Rs 1990. How important is the rural sector in your strategy? We have designed some of our models to suit this sector. If you look at our roadmap, we have big battery mobiles, big speaker mobiles, big torch mobiles, and regional language support. Also, we have been preloading regional content (Movies /Songs etc) in some of our mobiles and that’s been a huge success. Can you tell us about your investment and expansion plans. We have made a turnover of Rs 100 crores during our first year (2010-2011), and for the current year (2011-2012), we have projected Rs 400 crores. We have projected for Rs 1000 crores for the year 2012-13. Have you tied up with any service providers? Yes., we did tie up with a few operators in the past and offered some product bundling offers, and will be associating with one major operator soon. n harshita@mymobile.co.in

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SUB-ENTRY LEVEL

BYOND

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm)

CELKON

BY 809

BY 120+

BY 255

BY009

107 x 46.3 x 14.7

110 x 46 x 14

110.7 x 47.5 x 12.5

111 x 41.7 x 14.5

C207

NEW

108 X 46 X 16

C33

C 66i

NEW

108 X 46 X 16

NEW

120

Talktime/Standby (hours)

4/240

10/480

4/192

10/240

6/120

15/300

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/1.5

NA/2.0

65,536/1.8

262,144/2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/2GB

NA/4GB

1016KB/.4GB

468KB/8GB

303/4GB

NA/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

NA/No

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Yes/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

100

1000

500

1000

500

Weight (grams)

Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

Propriety

RTOS

NA/Yes

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,249

1,799

2,099

2,399

1,499

1,599

2,299

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JB 89

JB 189

A180

A190

GS 155

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100

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103.9 x 44.5 x 13.9

107.2 x 45.1 x 15.3

110 x 45.5 x 14.9

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81.92

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5/120

17/882

5/150

15/720

8.30/528

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262,144/1.5

Monochrome/1.36

65,536/1.8

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No/No

1MB/2GB

NA/No

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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No/No

Camera/Flash/Video

Yes/No/Yes

No/No/No

VGA/No/No

No/No/No

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

2,000

300

500

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Dual Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Dual Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

Operating System

Proprietary

NA/No

Symbian S30

S30

Frequency/Dual SIM

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,999

2,499

1,300

1,500

1,900

1,050

1,350

YMOBILE DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 96 MY

MODELS

NOKIA

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

ONIDA

101

C1-02

X1-01

C1-01

110 x 45.5 x 14.9

108 x 45 x 13.8

112.2 x 47.3 x 16

108 x 45 x 14

G 695 Style

NEW

RAGE

KYS 99 Sound

119 x 51 x13.2

NEW

Robo V 104.15 x 43.2 x 15.10

69.6

77.5

91.5

78.8

100

7.2/840

10.4/504

13/1032

10.4/540

7/NA

4/250

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/1.8

65,536/2.4

NA/1.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/No

64MB/32GB

NA/16GB

64MB/32GB

NA/8GB

NA/8GB Expandable

45K/4GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

No/No

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

No/No

No/No/No

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

No/No/no

300

1000

300

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

500

1,000

500

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Dual Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Dual Band/No

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

S30

Symbian S40

S30

Symbian S40

No/Yes

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,500

1,800

1,850

2,200

2,299

2,499

1,249

MODELS

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

RAGE

PARAMETERS Model

SAMSUNG

Smart

Desire

Striker

Flame

Dimension (mm)

104.15 x 43.20 x 15.10

115 x 46.5 x 16

114 x 46 x 16.5

115 x 48 x 14

117.5 x 50.5 x 15.6

119.9 x 57 x 14.1

107.4 x 45.5 x 13.6

Weight (grams)

100

120

105

64.5

Talktime/Standby (hours)

4/300

4.5/300

6/500

4.5/300

11/1000

9/560

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/1.8

NA/2

NA/2.0

65,536/2.4

65,536/1.43

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

45KB/4GB

250KB/8GB

85KB/4GB

145KB/8GB

1MB/No

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Turbo

NEW

Power

NEW

1081

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

Yes/No/Yes

Yes/ No/Yes

1.3MP/ No/Yes

1.3MP/Yes/Yes

No/No/No

Phonebook Capacity

500

300

1,000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Dual Band/No

Yes/No/No

N/A

Properitory

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,499

1,549

1,699

1,799

1,999

1,000

YMOBILE 97 DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 MY

MODELS

myguide

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

SKY

E 1085

E1175

E2230

E2232

3011

STAR i

LIBRA

107.4 x 45.5 x 13.6

108.7 x 46.1 x 14.1

109.2 x 46.0 x 14.9

110 x 45 x 12.2

64.5

85.5

9/560

12/650

14.7/660

NA/500

8/700

5/200

7/300

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/1.43

65,536/1.52

65,536/1.8

65,536/1.77

65,536/2.0

NA/1.8

262144/2.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

1MB/No

4MB/8GB

20MB/8GB

150KB/4GB

294KB/4GB

No/No

Yes/No

No/No/No

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Yes/No/Yes

1,000

400

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

500

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Dual Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Operating System

Properitory

Proprietary

Properitory

Propriety

Spread Trum

MTK

No/No

No/Yes

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

1,000 Dual Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Yes/No/No

1,050

1,275

1,950

2,000

2,499

1,400

1,660

SKY

UFX

PLANET

401

Star

Bizz

Dimension (mm)

102 x 43 x 15.5

107.6 x 45.6 x 12.6

98.5 x 54 x 13.3

115.5 x 50 x 17

114.8 x 51.6 x 15.4

115.5 x 49 x 17

Weight (grams)

MODELS

Price in Rs.

PARAMETERS Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

VIDEOCON V1414

NEW

V1451

NEW

V1533

NEW

8/300

3/300

3/120

3/200

4.5/200

5.0/250

5/250

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262144/2.0

NA/1.8

65,536/1.8

268,144/2.0

262,000/2.0

262,000/2.4

262,000/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

100KB/4GB

128MB/2GB

64MB/2GB

28MB/4GB

NA/8GB (4GB+4GB)

NA/4GB

NA/4GB+4GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

1.3MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

Yes/No/Yes

0.3MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

500

1,000

200

500

1000

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Yes/No/No

Yes/No/No

MTK

Nucleus

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

2,400

1,999

1,523

2,199

1,799

1,999

YMOBILE DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 98 MY

MODELS

VIDEOCON

PARAMETERS Model

V1476

Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

NEW

110.7 X56 X14.6

V1452

V1477

NEW

114.2 x 50.2 x 17.5

NEW

110.1 X 55.2 X13.9

V1448

NEW

114.8 x 49.7 x16

V1635

NEW

115.5 x 51 x 16.5

V1535

NEW

113 x 48.5 x15.8

V1532

NEW

114.4 x 51.4 x14.3

110

100

101

6/300

7/240

6/300

7/240

6/300

6/216

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,000/2.0

65,000/2.4

65,000/2.0

65,000/2.4

262,000 / 2.4

65,000 / 2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/4GB

NA/8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

VGA/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

800

500

800

500

2,000

1,000

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Yes/No/No

Yes/No/No

Operating System

Nucleus

Music Player/FM Radio

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

2,099

2,199

2,299

2,399

MODELS

Price in Rs.

NR 1,999

XAGE

PARAMETERS Model

ZEN

M171

M180

M702

M117

X381s

X400i

M16

Dimension (mm)

112.5 x 46 x 14.8

105 x 45 x 14

112 x 48 x 13.8

109 X 47 X 9.5

106 X 43 X 14

108 X 44 X 15

109 X 45 X 13

Weight (grams)

99.9

Talktime/Standby (hours)

2.5/180

10/720

4/220

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/1.8

65,536/1.8

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.2

65,536/1.5

65,536/2.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/8GB

NA/2GB

NA/8GB

No/2GB

NA/4GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

No/No

No /No

Camera/Flash/Video

Yes/No/Yes

No/No/No

Yes/No/Yes

Yes/Yes/Yes

No/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

500

100

1,000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Tri Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Yes/No/No

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

MTK

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,599

2,099

2,199

2,499

1,699

1,999

2,499

YMOBILE 99 DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 MY

myguide MODELS

ENTRY LEVEL

BYOND

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

CELKON

BY 260

BY011

BY007

Gamestar

110 x 49 x 11

116.7 x 50 x 14.8

111 x 47 x 14.5

114.3 x 45.5 x 13.6

C 227

NEW

117 X 57 X 13

INQ A1

NEW

108 X 46 X 16

Mini 102.9 x 45.8 x 12.8

120

125

120

100

Talktime/Standby (hours)

4/240

13/600

10/480

4/400

6/120

3.3/260

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/2.2

NA/2.4

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/16GB

1016.5KB/4GB

1016KB/4GB

319.5KB/8GB+8GB

256MB/16GB

2GB/32GB

50MB/4GB

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/No

1,000

2,000

2000

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Yes/No/No

Propriety

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,000 Quad Band/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Propriety

RTOS

Android 2.2

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

2,899

2,999

3,299

3,699

4,999

3,500

MODELS

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

PARAMETERS Model

INQ

Chat

C105

T 300

GX 200

A200

S310

S365

Dimension (mm)

114.5 x 61 x 12.8

114.5 x 59 x 13

95.8 x 50.5 x 11.9

104 x 48 x 13

99.8 x 51 x 15.8

114 x 48.4 x 10.5

117 x 50.9 x 11.5

Weight (grams)

122

Talktime/Standby (hours)

3.5/285

16/650

8/500

NA/680

13.5/800

14.5/559

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.0

65,536/2.2

262,144/2.2

NA/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

100MB/4GB

4.7MB/4GB

20MB/4GB

80MB/8GB

128MB/8GB

14.5MB/8GB

9.7/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

3.2MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Tri Band/No

Quad band/No

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Generic

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Slider/No/No

Bar/No/No

5,100

2,800

3,750

3,800

3,900

4,050

YMOBILE DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 100 MY

MODELS

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

JOSH

A350

T515

C375

GX 300

T310i

JT301

JM500

116 × 53.3 × 12.85

105 x 57.3 x 12.9

113 x 61 x 12.9

116 x 51 x 12.8

95.8 x 51.0 x 11.9

91.45

105

86.5

12.5/328

NA/NA

16/789

NA/NA

14/569

3/120

7/240

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.8

262,144/2.3

65,536/2.2

262,144/2.8

262,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

256MB/32GB

NA/4GB

78MB/8GB

30MB/4GB

18MB/4GB

NA/4GB

No/4GB

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

1,000

800

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/NA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

1,000 Quad Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Operating System

Generic

Proprietary

Music Player/FM Radio

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

4,700

5,100

5,300

5,350

2.999

3,299

MODELS

Price in Rs.

NR 4,050

PARAMETERS Model

JOSH

MOTOROLA

NOKIA

JB 325

EX109

EX212

EX119

C2-00

X2-01

C2-01

Dimension (mm)

102 x 59.5 x 12.8

106 x 53 x 13.9

103 x 60 x 9.9

108 x 45 x 14.65

119.4 x 59.8 x 14.3

109.6 x 46.9 x 14.6

Weight (grams)

105

74.1

107.5

Talktime/Standby (hours)

5/72

8.3/500

6.25/625

8.3/680

5.75//460

4.3/480

8.4/430

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.0

262,144/2.4

65,536/1.8

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

36KB/4GB

59MB/32GB

5MB/16GB

50MB/32GB

16MB/32GB

128MB/8GB

75MB/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

Yes/No/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

500

200

800

1,000

Shared

2,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

QUAD Band/No

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/R99

Operating System

Proprietary

Symbian 40

Symbian S40

S40

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Quad Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Clamshell/No/No

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

4,899

3,400

5,100

5,700

2,550

3,700

3,950

YMOBILE 101 DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 MY

MODELS

myguide

NOKIA

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm)

ONIDA

C2-02

C2-03

102,8x51,2x17

103 x 51.4 x 17

111 x 47 x 13.3

F090 Sparsh

NEW

96 x 54 x 14.3

KYS 70 movieking NEW 114.5 x 50 x 14

F099 Sparsh

NEW

99 x 56 x 13.1

F930 3G

NEW

113 × 47 ×14.4

110

115

120

5/600

5/400

13.3/540

4.5/NA

8h/NA

4.5/NA

8/NA

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/2.6

262,144/2.2

65,536/2.6

65,536/2.4

65,536/2.8

65,536/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

10MB/32GB

48MB/16GB

NA/8GB

Yes/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

1,000

2,000

1,000

Weight (grams) Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Dual Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/Yes

S40

Symbian S40

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Slider/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

4,100

4,700

2,899

2,999

3,299

MODELS

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

PARAMETERS

ONIDA

SAMSUNG

Model

F101 Sparsh

E2152 Guru 36

2222

3213

C3200 Monte Bar

Ch@t C3222

3303 Champ

Dimension (mm)

111.5 x 58.8 x 13.5

111.6 x 46.3 x 13.5

109.5 x 61.3 x 11.85

112.8 x 46.4 x 13.2

111.8 x 46.9 x 13.3

109.7 x 58.1 x 12.3

96.3 x 53.9 x 12.9

Weight (grams)

120

80.4

80.6

77.3

Talktime/Standby (hours)

NEW

4.5/NA

11/660

11.4/550

8.2/550

8.2/500

11/500

12.3/666

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.0

262,144/2.2

65,536/2.0

262,144/2.0

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/8GB

NA/2GB

45MB/16GB

36MB/8GB

40MB/8GB

54MB/8GB

30MB/8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

1.3MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Generic

Proprietary

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

3,499

2,600

3,000

3,300

3,500

YMOBILE DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 102 MY

MODELS

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

Metro Duos C3322

C5212

C3530

113.97 x 47.9 x 13.99

112.7 x 48.6 x 14.3

112.2 x 46.7 x 11.9

Champ Duos E2652

Metro C3560

99.90 x 54.90 x 12.95 94.8 x 46.7 x 16.59

Metro C3752

Champ 3.5G S3770

97.9 x 19 x 16.4

88.9

98.7

10/500

13/281

13/550

14.3/476

12610

13.3/900

6/350

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.6

262,144/2.2

65,536/NA

262,144/2.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

46MB/16GB

60MB/8GB

50MB/16GB

40MB/16GB

30MB/16GB

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

2.0/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/No

1,000

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity Frequency/Dual SIM

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

1,000

Quad Band/No

Tri Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Operating System

Proprietary

Propriety

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Clamshell/No/No

Slider/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

3,860

3,900

4,200

4,400

4,900

MODELS

Price in Rs.

NR 3,600

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS Model

SONY ERICSSON

Corby II

Star II

Chat 3G 527

Spiro

Cedar

W150i Yendo

Mix Walkman

Dimension (mm)

109.9 x 60.6 x 11.7

107.5 x 54.0 x 12.4

103 x 55 x 12

92 x 48 x 18

111 x 49 x 15.5

94.0 × 52.0 × 16.0

95.8 × 52.8 × 14.3

Weight (grams)

102

Talktime/Standby (hours)

9.3/620

8.2/900

3/288

4.3/476

12.5/420

4/400

9.6/465

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/3.14

256K/3.0

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.6

262,144/3.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

21MB/16GB

30MB/16GB

80MB/32GB

5MB/16GB

280MB/NA

5MB/16GB

256MB/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

1,000

2,000

1,000

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/No

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA, HSUPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA, HSUPA

Yes/Yes/No

Operating System

Proprietary

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Slider/No/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

5,350

5,600

5,700

4,300

4,400

4,900

5,800

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MODELS

myguide

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

SKY

UFX

PLANET i

101

201

301

501

Astro

103.8 x 57.6 x 11.5

110 x 47.6 x 12.2

111 x 49 x 11.5

116 x 59 x 13.2

107 x 54 x 12.6

VIDEOCON V1575

NEW

112 x 60.4 x 14.8

79.5

118

7/300

3/300

4/360

3/200

4/250

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/3.2

NA/2.2

262,144/2.2

265,144/2.6

65,000/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

71.8MB/8GB

128MB/8GB

128/8GB

128MB/8GB

NA/4GB

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

2.0MP/Yes/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

1.3 MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

1,000

250

2,000

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

MTK

Nucleus

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

4,800

2,699

2,799

2,899

2,999

2,700

2,699

MODELS

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

VIDEOCON

PARAMETERS Model

V1805

MT711

M20

Z 77

M40

115 x49 x13.5

108 x55 x11

112 x 60 x 16

111 x 47 x 14

108 x 45.6 x 14.7

114.5 x 48 x 14

Weight (grams)

109

100

106

NEW

V1666

ZEN

99 x 56 x 13.5

Talktime/Standby (hours)

V1545

XAGE

Dimension (mm)

NEW

4.0/100

5/320

3.5/300

4.5/250

5/200

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,000/2.8

65,000/2.4

262,000/2.8

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/4GB

58.5MB/4GB

NA/4GB

NA/16GB

No/microSD

10MB/4GB

No/4GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

1.3MP/No/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

Yes/Yes/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

2,000

1,000

2,000

500

1,000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Nucleus

MSTAR

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

2,799

2,999

3,199

4,699

2,599

3,299

3,599

YMOBILE DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 104 MY

MODELS

MID LEVEL

ZEN

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

NOKIA

Z82

S10

Z90

T325

P520

5233

111 x 58 x 12

107 x 47 x 16

68 X 68 X 16

102.4 x 56.4 x 11.9

109.1 x 56.2 x 12.95

111 x 51.7 x 14.5

115.5 x 58.1 x 13.6

106

124

92.5

120

115

114

5/220

2/100

2.5/240

7.9/381

23.8/454

7/438

7/800

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.4

65.536/2.2

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.8

256,000/2.8

16.7million/3.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

9MB/4GB

NA/4GB

25.9MB/4GB

30MB/16GB

13MB/4GB

70MB/16GB

55MB/8GB

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

500

2,000

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

1,000

Shared

Quad Band/No

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Symbian S60

Symbian S40

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

Slider/No/No

Swivel/Yes/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

4,799

4,999

5,399

6,700

6,100

6,200

MODELS

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM Dual Band/GSM+GSM

NOKIA

PARAMETERS Model

SAMSUNG

X3-02

C3-01

C5-03

500

Wave 525

Primo S5610

Dimension (mm)

112 x 46 x 12.3

106.2 x 48.4 x 9.6

111 x 47.5 x 11

105.8 x 51 x 13.8

111.3 x 53.8 x 14.1

109.5 x 55 x 11.7

118.9 x 49.9 x 12.8

Weight (grams)

89.3

100

Talktime/Standby (hours)

12/630

5/430

5.30/405

11.5/600

7/500

15/900

15.67/960

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16.7million/2.2

262,144/2.4

61million/3.2

16million/3.2

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

50MB/16GB

30MB/32GB

40MB/16GB

2GB/32GB

100MB/16GB

110MB/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

2,000

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Symbian S60

Symbian S40

Symbian S60

Symbian Anna

Bada

Proprietary

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

7,800

8,200

9,000

10,000

5,700

5,800

YMOBILE 105 DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 MY

MODELS

myguide

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS

SONY ERICSSON

Model

Star II Duos 6712

Monte S5620

Star Duos B7722

TXT

W20 Zylo

Text Pro

Elim

Dimension (mm)

109.5 x 56 x 12.2

108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4

113.5 x 55.5 x 14.3

106 X 60 X 14.5

103 x 52 x 16

92.0 × 53.0 × 18.0

110 x 45 x 14

Weight (grams)

100

112

115

136

Talktime/Standby (hours)

10/550

9.5/769

12.5/420

3.2/416

4/339

5.1/400

10/430

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/3.2

262,144/3.0

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.55

65,536/2.6

16.7million/3.0

252,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

30MB/16GB

200MB/16GB

250MB/16GB

120MB/32GB

260MB/16GB

100MB/32GB

280MB/8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

3.15MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

1,000

2,000

Shared

2,000

Shared

2,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Operating System

Proprietary

Generic

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Slider/No/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

5,800

6,700

9,500

6,300

6,800

7,400

8,000

MODELS

HIGH END

PARAMETERS Model

SONY ERICSSON

NOKIA

SAMSUNG

J20 Hazel

C6-1

700

701

Wave II S8530

Dimension (mm)

102.0 x 49.5 x 16.0

113.4 x 53 x 16.8

103.8 x 52.5 x 13.9

110 x 50 x 9.7

117.2x56.8x11

119.7 x 62.8 x 11.9

123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8

Weight (grams)

120

150

131

146

135

Talktime/Standby (hours)

4/430

11/400

12/420

7.14/403

17/504

6/450

14.1/625

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/2.6

16.7million/3.2

16.7milloin/3.2

16million/3.2

16.7million/4.0

16million/3.7

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

280MB/16GB

200MB/16GB

340MB/32GB

2GB/32GB

8GB/32GB

2GB/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

2,000

Shared

Quad Band/No

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Symbian S 60

Symbian 3^

Symbian Belle

Symbian Anna

Bada OS

Yes/Yes

Slider/No/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

9,100

12,500

14,400

16,300

17,900

21,000

15,000

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

YMOBILE DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 106 MY

MODELS

TAG HEUER

PARAMETERS

VERTU

Meridiist GMT Stainless Steel/Black PVD

Link

Meridiist Steel & Gold

Ascent

Constellation Ayxta

Ascent Ti

Constellation Quest

Dimension (mm)

112 x 46 x 15.5

118 x 67 x 16.6

112 x 46 x 15.5

117 x 46 x 19

100 x 48 x 18

115.5 x 49 x 13.1

116 x 60.8 x 12.7

Weight (grams)

155

200

155

148

174

160

165 to 185

Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

7/392

6.5/336

7/392

4.8/300

6/300

5/300

7.5/349

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/1.9

16million/3.5

262,144/1.9

16million/2.0

16million/2.4

16million/2.0

8GB/32GB

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/NA

256MB/8GB

NA/NA

8GB/32GB

100MB/8GB

4GB/No

16million/2.46

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

No/No/No

5.0MP/No/Yes

No/No/No

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.15MP/Yes/Yes

3.15/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Shared

1,000

2,000

1,500

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/R99

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Andriod OS 2.2

GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/No

Yes/NA

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Clamshell/No/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Strating 2,80,000+/ 3,50,000+

Starting 3,25,000+

Strating 5,40,000+

Starting 2,89,000

Starting 3,47,000+

Starting 3,68,000+

Starting 3,86,000

MODELS

ENTERPRISE LEVEL

PARAMETERS Model

VERTU

APPLE

BLACKBERRY

Signature

iPhone 4

Curve 8520

Curve 3G 9300

Curve 9360

Dimension (mm)

130 x 42 x 13

115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3

109 x 60 x 13.9

112 x 62 x 14.2 mm

109 x 60 x 11.2

Weight (grams)

166

137

140

106

104

130

Talktime/Standby (hours)

iPhone 4S

NEW

Curve 9380

NEW

3.5/300

14/300

14/200

4.5/408

4.5/461

5/336

5.5/360

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/2.0

16million/3.5

65,536/2.46

262,144/2.44

16million/3.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

4GB/No

16GB,32GB/No

16,32,64GB/No

256MB/microSD

256MB/32GB

512MB/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

No/No/No

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

2,000

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

Quad band/No

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/R99

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

iOS4

IOS 5

BlackBerry OS

BlackBerry OS 7.0

Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Starting 7,22,000+

34,500/40,900

37,500/44,600/57500

9,600

14,000

19,200

20,990

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MODELS

myguide

BLACKBERRY

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

Bold 9780

Play Book

Torch 9800

109 x 60 x 13.9

194 x 130 x 10

111 x 62 x 14.6

Bold 9790

NEW

110 x 60 x 11.4

9860

9810

9900

120 x 62 x 11.5

111 x 62 14.6

115 x 66 x 10.5

104

425

161.1

107

135

161

130

4.5/456

NA/NA

5.5/432

5.1/432

4.7/337

6.5/296

6.3/296

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/2.44

16million/7.0

16million/3.2

16million/2.45

16million/3.7

16 million/3.2

16 million/2.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

256MB/32GB

16,32,64GB/No

512MB/32GB

8GB/32GB

2.5GB/32GB

8GB/32GB

Yes/Yes

YesYes

Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Operating System

BlackBerry OS

Blackberry OS 7

BlackBerry OS 7.0

Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

22,000

26,500, 32,500, 37,500

27,000

27,490

28,500

32,000

XCD35

Aero

Streak

Venu Pro

Explorer

Wildfire S

114 x 56 x 12.2

122 x 57.9 x 11.7

121 x 64 x 12.9

152.9 x 79.1 x 10

122 x 63.5 x 15.2

102.8 x 57.2 x 12.9

101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4

MODELS

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

DELL Venu

NEW

HTC

120

104

164

220

192.8

81.3

105

4/216

5/400

9.8/400

7/NA

7.6/485

4/120

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/3.5

16million/4.1

16million/5.0

16million/4.1

262,144/3.2

16million/3.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

512MB/16GB

Yes/32GB

512MB/32GB

8GB/32GB

90MB/32GB

512MB/microSD

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

3.15MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

Quad Band/No

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Frequency/Dual SIM

Tri Band/No

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Operating System

Android OS v2.1

Android OS v2.2

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS v2.2

Windows Phone 7.5

Android OS v2.3

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

8,700

12,500

19,500

20,800

29,000

10,500

13,600

YMOBILE DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 108 MY

MODELS

HTC

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

ChaCha

Salsa

S-510 Desire S

Radar

T8698 Mozart

S710-e Incredible S

A9191 Desire HD

114 x 64 x 10.7

109.1 x 58.9 x 12.3

115 x 59.8 x 11.6

120.5 x 61.5 x 10.9

119 x 60.2 x 11.9

120 x 64 x 11.7

123 x 68 x 11.8

124

120

130

137

130

135.5

164

4/120

10/480

4/120

6/120

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.6

16million/3.4

16million/3.7

16million/3.8

16million/3.7

16million/4.0

16million/4.3

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

512MB/32GB

1.1GB/32GB

8GB/No

512MB/8GB

1.1GB/32Gb

1.5GB/32GB

Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Android OS v2.3

Android OS, v2.3

Windows Phone 7.5

Windows Phone 7

Android OS, v2.2

Yes//Yes

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

14,800

15,100

22,500

23,990

23,800

24,500

25,800

Evo 3D

Flyer

IDEOS U8500 X2

IDEOS U8800 X5

126 x 65 x 12.05

195.4 x 122 x 13.2

12 x 58 x 12.8

120 x 62 x 11.6

MODELS

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

HTC

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

Rhyme

NEW

119 x 60.8 x 10.85

Sensation 126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3

Sensation XL

HUAWEI NEW

132.5 x 70.7 x 9.9

130

148

162.5

170

420

115

130

6.3/265

4/120

11.8/360

9.3/358

8/320

5/300

8.2/380

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/3.7

1GB/32GB

16million/4.7

16million/4.3

16million/7.0

262,144/3.2

16million/3.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

1GB/microSD

16.7million/4.3

16GB/No

1GB/32GB

NA/32GB

2GB/32GB

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

Quad Band/No

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS 2.3

Android OS, v2.3

Android OS v2.3

Android OS, v3.3

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS v2.2

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Bar/Yes/No

26,000

30,200

33,000

34,000

37,000

8,999

14,999

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MODELS

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PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

Optimus Me P350

Optimus One P500

Optimus Pro C660

Optimus Net P690

Optimus Black P970

Optimus 2X

Optimus 3D

108 x 57.5 x 12.2

113.5 x 59 x 13.3

119.5 x 59.7 x 12.9

113 x 59 x 11.7

122 x 64 x 9.2

123.9 x 63.2 x 10.9

128.8 x 68 x 11.9

110

129

121

109

139

168

11/626

8/550

NA/NA

12/581

2 GB/32GB

14.5/421

13/450

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.2

6/375

16million/4.0

16million/4.3

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

155MB/32GB

170MB/32GB

150MB/32GB

16 million/4.0

6.4GB/32GB

8GB/32GB

Yes/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

3.5MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Operating System

Android OS v2.2

Android OS v2.3

Android OS v2.2

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

6,900

9,600

10,350

19,000

27,000

34,000

Fire

Fire XT

Milestone XT800

Dimension (mm)

116.5 x 58 x 13.45

114 x 61.9 x 11.95

120 x 61.8 x 11.4

107 x 59 x 13.4

249.1 x 167.8 x 12.9

130.7 x 68.9 x 7.1

115 x 58.9 x 12.8

Weight (grams)

110

84.3

137

118

730

127

126

MODELS

Price in Rs.

MOTOROLA

PARAMETERS Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

NOKIA

Defy+

NEW

Xoom 3G/WiFi

RazrXT 910

NEW

7/504

9.7/720

5.4/100

7.10/384

32GB/MicroSD

9.4/305

7.3/400

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.5

16million/3.7

10/336

262,144/4.3

262,144/2.36

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

512MB/32GB

1GB/32GB

2GB/32GB

16million/10,1

16GB/32GB

256MB/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

3.15MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

1,000

Shared

Quad Band/No

Quad Band/GSM+CDMA

Quad Band/No

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/Rev. A

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS, v2.3

Android OS v2.1

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS, v2.3

Android OS 3.1

Android OS, v2.3

Symbian S60

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

9,100

12,200

16,500

17,500

32,990/39,990

33,990

9,600

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MODELS

NOKIA

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

ONIDA

115.5 x 59 x 10.5

113.5 x 59 x 12.9

123.7 x 62.4 x 13.6

Lumia 800

NEW

116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1

Andy Android

SAMSUNG NEW

114 x 63.5 x 13.5

Galaxy Y 5360

Galaxy Pop S5570

104.0 x 58.0 x 11.5

110.4 x 60.8 x 12.1

133

135

176

142

125

97.5

106.6

14.4/681

12/390

9/430

13/265

8/NA

6/120

9.5/570

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16.7million/2.46

16.7million/3.5

16million/4.0

16miilion/3.7

262,144/2.6

262,144/3.0

256,000/3.14

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

8GB/32GB

16GB/32GB

16GB/No

235MB/32GB

160MB/32GB

164MB/32GB

Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

12.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Symbian Anna

Symbian^3 OS

Windows Phone 7.5

Android 2.2 froyo

Android OS, v2.3

Android OS, v2.2

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

15,500

21,500

25,600

29,990

6,999

6,800

7,700

Galaxy Fit

5830 Galaxy Ace

I9003 Galaxy SL

Galaxy S Plus I9001

Galaxy R I9103

Galaxy SII i9100

Dimension (mm)

110.2 x 61.2 x 12.6

112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5

123.7 x 64.2 x 10.59

115.6 x 58.8 x 10.9

122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9

Weight (grams)

108

113

131

115.3

119

MODELS

Price in Rs.

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Omnia W I8350

NEW

125.70 x 66.70 x 9.55 125.30 x 66.10 x 8.49 132

116

10.4/642

12/520

12.8/750

7/370

17.3/480

22.5/660

19.3/710

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16Million/3.3

16million/3.5

16 million/4.0

16million/3.7

16million/4.0

16million/4.2

16million/4.27

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

160MB/32GB

158MB/32GB

4GB/32GB

8GB/No

16GB/32GB

8GB/32GB

16GB/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

5MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

Quad Band/No

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Operating System

Android OS,v2.2

Android OS, v2.2

Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS, v2.2

Windows Phone 7.5

Android OS, v2.3

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

9,000

13,000

17,000

19,000

22,000

23,000

27,500

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MODELS

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SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS

Galaxy Tab 730

Model Dimension (mm)

NEW

230.9 x 157.8 x 8.6

SONY ERICSSON

Tab 10.1 1750

Experia Mini

Experia Mini Pro

Active

Neo V

256.7 x 175.3 x 8.6

99.0 × 54.0 × 15.0

92 x 53 x 18

106 × 60 × 14.5

116 × 57 × 13

453

565

104

136

126

NA/1750

16GB/No

4.75/446

5.4/331

3.2/416

6.9/430

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/8.9

16million/10.1

16.7million/3.0

16million/3.0

16million/3.7

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

16GB/No

9/NA

128MB/16GB

320MB/16GB

120MB/32GB

1GB/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Weight (grams) Talktime/Standby (hours)

Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS, v3.1

Android OS v2.1

Android OS 2.3

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

32,500

34,000

8,900

13,000

15,500

16,000

17,500

MODELS

CDMA

SONY ERICSSON

PARAMETERS

CDMA

Experia Ray

LT15iXperia Arc

Arc S

R800i Xperia Play

V3 Gem

Samsung Hero Plus 159

Samsung B209

Dimension (mm)

111 × 53 × 9.4

125.0 × 63.0 × 8.7

125 × 63 × 8.7

119.0 × 62.0 × 16.0

106 x 44 x 13.5

108.5 x 45.8 x 13.3

108.0 x 44.8 x 14.3

Weight (grams)

100

117

175

72.3

Model

6.8/430

6.55/430

7.4/460

8.25/625

2/NA

3/230

4.3/470

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/3.3

16.7million/4.2

16million/4.2

16 million/4.0

NA/1.5

65,536/1.52

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

300MB/32GB

1GB/32GB

512MB/32GB

NA/No

597KB/No

351KB/No

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Yes/Yes

No/No

Camera/Flash/Video

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.1MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

No/No/No

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

200

1,000

Quad Band/No

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS 2.3

Android OS, v2.3

CDMA/No

No/No/No

REX

BREW

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

19,000

23,000

26,000

31,000

999

1,000

1,100

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MODELS

CDMA

PARAMETERS Model

Samsung Hero B189 Samsung Superstar

Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

105 x 44 x 13

V3 Xing

Samsung Hero B319

Samsung B379

Samsung B339

V3 Ashwa

100 x 43 x 13.1

108 x 45.4 x 14.7

109.5 x 45.4 x 14.2

108.20 x 47.10 x 14.35

109 x 46 x 14.5

75.7

100

3.3/250

3.3/212

2.5/NA

3/257

4.3/470

8/400

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/1.5

NA/1.8

65,536/1.52

65,536/1.5

65,536/1.52

65,536/1.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/No

NA/8GB

1MB/No

351KB/No

64MB/2GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

No/No

No/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

500

1,000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM

CDMA/No

CDMA

GPRS/EDGE/3G

No/No/No

BREW

REX

BREW

Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

No/No

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,399

1,499

1,500

1,800

1,999

MODELS

Price in Rs.

No/No Bar/No/No

CDMA

PARAMETERS V3 V26

Samsung Guru 539

3 Sleek

V3 Dew

V3 Boss

LG 6160

Samsung Guru Muzik 219

Dimension (mm)

105.2 x 46.5 x 15.2

109.6 x 44.9 x 14.0

110 x 48 x 14.2

102.4 x 56 x 13.45

110 x 58.5 x 13.5

112 x 46.3 x 15.3

Weight (grams)

77.5

Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

3/NA

6/720

2.5/NA

4/160

3.5/NA

3.30/NA

4/230

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/1.8

65,536/1.77

NA/2.2

65,513/2.0

NA/2.0

65,536/1.5

65,536/1.7

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/2GB

2.5MB/4+4GB

NA/2GB

64MB/4GB

NA/4GB

14MB/2GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

No/No

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

1.3MP/No/No

No/No/No

VGA/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/No

No/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

500

1000

1,000

500

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

CDMA/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

No/No/No

Yes/Yes/CDMA1X

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

REX

BREW

Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

REX Yes/Yes

Yes/Yes

YesYes

Yes/Yes

Yes/NA

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,999

2,336

2,249

2,500

2,599

2,550

2,700

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MODELS

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CDMA

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

LG 6210

Samsung Guru Dual CDMA

V3 Quick

V3 Pearl

LG 6400

Duos 169

Mpower TV 239

106 x 47 x 14.5

114.9 x 47.8 x 14.1

107 x 59 x 12.9

119 x 50 x 15

109 x 47 x 13.7

115.5 x 48 x 15.9

118.5 x 50 x 12.45

86.7

110

85.5

110

6/300

6.5/300

3.5/NA

3/NA

3.30/410

4.5/250

4.4/420

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/NA

65,536/2.0

NA/2.4

262,144/2.0

65,536/2.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

13MB/4GB

7.41MB4GB

NA/32GB

NA/8GB

15MB/4GB

42MB/8GB

85MB/16GB

Yes/No

YesNo

VGA/No/Yes

No/No/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

1,000

500

1,000

2,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

CDMA/No

Dual Band/GSM+CDMA

CDMA/No

Dual Band/CDMA+GSM

CDMA/No

Yes/No/NoJ2

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

No/No/3G

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/CDMA 1X

Yes/Yes/EVDO Rev.0

GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

REX

BREW

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Qwerty

Bar/No/No

2,950

3,500

3,499

3,999

4,500

4,600

MODELS

Price in Rs.

BREW Yes/Yes

CDMA

PARAMETERS Model

Galaxy Pop CDMA

Blackberry 8530

Blackberry Curve CDMA 9350

Blackberry 9670 Style

Blackberry 9650

Dimension (mm)

112x60.95x11.96

115.5 x 48 x 15.9

110.9 x 60.6 x 12.1

109 x 60 x 13.9

109 x 60 x 11

96 x 60 x 18.5

112 x 62 x 14

Weight (grams)

102.3

106.6

105

131

136

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Samsung TXT M369 Samsung Duos 259

4.5/420

4.8/230

5/320

4.5/252

5/312

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.2

262,144/3.14

65,536/NA

NA/2.44

65,536/NA

65,536/2.44

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

104MB/16GB

40MB/8GB

164MB/microSD

256MB/32GB

512MB/32GB

512/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/NA/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.15MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

2,000

1,000

Shared

1,000

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM GPRS/EDGE/3G Operating System Music Player/FM Radio Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

Price in Rs.

CDMA/No

CDMA/CDMA+GSM

CDMA/No

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/EVDO RevA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/Rev. A

BREW

Proprietary

Android OS 2.2

BlackBerry OS

BlackBerry OS7

BlackBerry OS

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Clamshell/No/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

6,000

8,900

12,400

20,990

22,500

24,000

YMOBILE DEC 15 to JAN 14 2011-12 114 MY

Inviting Business Proposals We would like to introduce ourselves as the leading electronic manufacturer and trading house (importer & exporter) in India with a global presence. Our turnover base is in excess of Rs 15,000 Cr ($ 3 Billion). Our expertise is in the undernoted areas and we undertake import / export and manufacture of undernoted hardware for a number of leading brands in the country. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Mobile Handsets. Telecom Equipment. Color TV (CRT, LCD, LED) - in all sizes. Computers, Laptops & Monitors. Memory IC & Memory Board. All electronic components.

The above is supported by a strong financial standing & robust infrastructure as under : a. b. c. d.

A strong credit rating & bank letter of credit facility. Ability to import / manufacture on behalf of importer / deliver to destination. 80 offices & warehouses across all states in India. Full-fledged , end -to -end logistics handling capability with a 500 strong truck fleet.

We welcome business proposals for the above noted areas. Please write to : Senior VP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Commercial at seniorvp.commercial@gmail.com

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