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n a short while the festival season will start in almost all of India. It’s the time of celebration, of strengthening bonds, and making new beginnings. And of course, it is also the time when most of us get gifts from relatives and friends and bonuses from work, and more often than not, think of investing in a new mobile phone. Once upon a time, picking a phone was easy. Not any more. Especially if you are investing a lot of money into it. Like all consumers, you will be chasing the Holy Grail of the best product at the lowest possible price. Doing this would need a lot of research, from visiting company websites, to chatting up your local retailer to get to know which phones are going to be launched this season, to evaluating deals being offered by different people. And even after all this, you might trip up. Sounds familiar? Well worry no more as in our festival issue’s cover story, we bring you all the hottest and most anticipated devices that will hit the market this festive season. From the affordable category to high-end smartphones, we tell you which phones will offer the greatest experience and what to keep in mind while scouting for them in a deal-riddled market. With festivals come parties and parties mean eating out at restaurants. Now imagine reading your menu on an iPad or booking a seat in your favourite restaurant by simply sending a text. Yes, these are the cool ways that new age eating joints are employing to appeal to the tech junky in you. Our 'Spotlight' segment sheds light on these innovative escapades, covering apps and services that make a cellphone a foodie’s best friend. Of course, mobility is not only about mobile phones. There are some interesting solutions that can turn even a car into a high tech gizmo. From Bluetooth car speakers to tabs that navigate and transmitters that can turn you phone into a theatre, our 'Cell Clues' feature gives you tips and tricks to mobile-fy your car and make it hip and happening. Speaking of happening, we have so far enjoyed the spoils of the tariff wars in the country, but the recent increase in tariffs seems to indicate a turn in the tide. Are we in for a tariff turnaround? How much will the tariffs increase? What is next? Our 'In Focus' article delves into the dynamics of mobile tariffs and their fall and rise. As always, we not only bring you suggestions about the latest devices phones but also review a number of them. From the high-end BlackBerry Bold 9900 to the extremely affordable Reliance 3G Tab and Sony Ericsson W8, we have them covered. So usher in this festival season with My Mobile. Happy reading and if you are indeed looking for a new handset, happy shopping too.

EDITORIAL Pankaj Mohindroo |

Editor-in-Chief

DESIGN Ajit | Consultant Art Director Ajit Kumar Parashar | Graphic Designer Photographer | Abhinav

CIRCULATION Amit Prakash | Circulation Manager

A D V I S O R Y BO A R D Prithipal Singh S.C. Khanna S.D. Saxena Rajan Mathews T.R. Dua T.V. Ramachandran Shiv K. Bakhshi Sonu Halan Bhasin Bejon Misra

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Volume VIII Issue VIII, September 15 To october 14, 2011

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content

Headon

lead Story

The hottest phones and the best deals that will hit the market this festive season

cell-ebrity

Bollywood actor Imran Khan shared his love for cars and gadgets

Nokia E6 and BlackBerry Bold 9900 fight for the title of the best touch and type smartphone

Chief Speak

Lennard Hoornik, president (South Asia), HTC Corporation, talks about HTC's strategy to woo the Indian masses

Face To Face

Letters

Consumer Forum

Mobile Doctor

News

Vishal Maheshwari, senior director and APAC head, Yahoo! and Grant Kuo, MD, MediaTek India discuss the nature of their relationship

Bindesh Shah, director, Shrreji Mobile Distributors, leading distributors of Maxx Mobiles talks about the brand's strength and product line up

Rohit Chaudhary, co-founder and CEO, eTechies, to discuss the importance of warranty for a gadget

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content my guide

smart apps

Boredom Busters

High speed racing to air combat we bring you everything

Protect your phone from viruses and thieves or backup your iPhone contacts with ease

42 just in

sneak peek

BlackBerry Torch 9810, LG A350 and HTC EVO 3D are all set to scorch the Indian market

Take note of Samsung Galaxy Note and read the preview of Nokia 6000 which will soon hit the Indian market

BURN TESTS

53 maxx mX401 54 rage desire 55 nokia c2-00 56 byond by777 57 spice mI-410 58 reliance 3g tablet 60 sony ericsson text pro 62 nokia x7 64 sony ericsson w8 walkman 66 sony ericsson xperia mini 68 lg optimus 3d 70 blackberry bold 9900 72 Colors f16 fighter

et-cetera

vas

spotlight

Bluetooth speakers to portable chargers, cameras and printers, mobility is everywhere

Mobile Internet browsing is not just limited to English now

Food Food Food! Now phones and tabs come to fulfill the craving of your belly

cell clues

Spruce up your car with hot and happening gadgets

Total number of pages= 116 (112 + 4 cover)

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HTC ChaCha, Acer Liquid Mini, Huawei Ideos X5 and many more P 56

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 Phone of the month NOKIA X1-01

Hi, I am a subscriber of My Mobile since April 2011 and I am very happy with the magazine. However I am disappointed with the way in which the magazine is delivered to me through post. Most of the time, I get my magazine with its envelope torn completely. I would kindly request you to enclose the magazine in a polythene cover to prevent any damage to the magazine. -C Ganapathi Kamath, via Email

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Hi, I am regular reader of My Mobile magazine and it has significantly enhanced my knowledge about mobile phones and other gadgets. Sir, as I am planning to buy new phone, I am very confused among multiple phones and their operating systems. I request you to kindly publish an article on different operating systems prevalent in the market so that they can provide a better perspective and help readers like me. -Dilip P., via Email It’s been two to three months I have started reading this magazine. The way I used to ET CETERA know mobile phones and the way I know them today are two different things. Now I understand every latT est mobile technology (such as Android) and why it is being used Y in the industry. Today, the mobile is a multidimensional gadget and your magazine covers each and every aspect of technological advances in the cellphone industry today. I want congratulate your team for their hard work and creative ideas and innovations. -Sanjay Kumar, New Delhi WWW.MYMOBILE.CO.IN

MAGIC MOMENTS

Beautiful display of precious memories

HASSLE FREE COMMUNICATION Making travel convenient

here’s no dearth of Bluetooth enabled speaker phones in India today but finding a good one is still quite a task. Sometimes you don’t get the right functions and sometimes the performance is such that it turns into a sheer waste of time and money. However Plantronics has tried to address these woes with its new K100 device. This speaker phone looks quite stylish when one first sees it. The front panel has a round volume control dial right in the center. Inside the dial is the power on and off button. On the left of this metallic rind is the FM power on button and on the right is the mute button. The rest of the space on the front is taken by a large speaker. There is a USB charging port on the right panel and two noise cancellation mikes on the top. To connect the device with your mobile is fairly easy over Bluetooth and it is almost ready to use from there on. There is a ringer in the speaker that intimates the users about all the incoming calls though the volume of the ringer is quite feeble and there is no option to increase the same. The voice call quality of the K100 is fairly good especially while on the move. This device is capable of delivering 17 hours of talk time and 15 days of standby time. Which makes it a useful portable communication accessory. Plantronics K 100 also comes with an in-built FM transmitter that can become the Bluetooth-to-FM bridge between a smartphone and a car stereo for audio playback. However, to listen to the FM on this device is a little tricky. The Plantronics K100 comes at an MRP of Rs 4,669. 

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ou can now seize those wonderful moments of your life in the Transcend digital photo frame which is the newbie in the range of photo frames available in the markets. The black and white plastic bodied frame comes with a stand pin. The frame has an 8-inch high resolution coloured TFT LCD panel. This device has a sharp 800x600 (4:3) display screen and boasts of 2GB inter-

nal memory which, as per company claims, can store about 9000 images. It supports SD/ SDHC/MMC/CF/microSD/MS/MS pro/MS duo/MS pro duo/MS pro HG duo cards. You can also use USB flash drive. You can either use the buttons given at the back of the frame or can operate it using a remote that comes in the sales pack. There is an option to have background music while the slide show of the images is running on the photo frame. It also doubles up as an alarm clock or desk top calendar. You can use the photo frame in both portrait as well as landscape mode as it has an AOS rotation sensor with adaptive onscreen

interface. It also has options like nature tone colour processing to enhance photo appearance. You can give seasonal frame borders and animation themes to the images. There are various modes to choose from like slideshows, thumbnail, still picture and zoom-in in viewing options. The slideshows can be customised with transition effects. It is power efficient as it has an auto power cutoff system. You can put the settings in any of the 13 languages it supports. So keep it anywhere, be it in office or home and stay afresh looking at those fun-filled pictures of your near and dear ones. The Transcend 8.0 inch PF 830 Digital Photo frame comes at an MRP of Rs 6,600.

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a lot in enhancing my knowledge about the telecom world. My friends have started calling me ‘Mobile Guru’ for my knowledge and I tell them to read My Mobile magazine! -Rohit Uppal, Chandigarh I would like to thank you for you for the article ‘Tale of the Tab’ published in the last edition of My Mobile. As I was planning to buy a tablet for myself, your article proved to be a boon for me. The article is full of information and detailed specifications about the tablets available in LEAD STORY the market these days. It really helped me in purchasing a tablet. I W am looking forward to see some equally TALE OF THE good write ups in the upcoming edition. -Geetika Sharma, Bhopal

TAB

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Tablets have been around for a while but it is only recently that they have become the objects of everyone’s desire. What are these awesome devices and how can you choose the one that is best for you?

hat do you get if you mix a smartphone and a netbook? Well, it is a tablet- a name that is used to identify many things from medicinal pills to archaeological findings and is now being extended to cover computing devices that you carry in your hand and operate mainly via touchscreen. Today, tablets are being touted as the devices of the future and honestly, are doing pretty well today, giving netbook manufacturers nightmares. Pundits say they will change the way we communicate work and even live our lives. But what are these formidable devices? How did they come into existence? What are their benefits? And, most importantly, how to decide which one is the best among the rest? To help you answer these questions, we bring you a complete roundup of these devices and the top tablets that we have reviewed.

IN THE BEGINNING…

Tablets as a phenomenon are not new to the technology world. There have been a number of tablet notebooks by brands like Lenovo and Toshiba in the past. However, they were primitive versions of what we have today, often sporting monochrome screens, being bulky and being unattractive in terms of form factor. In many cases, they were simply a screen on a laptop that could be turned around and used with a stylus. They were considered radical and revolutionary at that time but seem defunct when compared with today’ s devices. Nonetheless they set the pace for innovation and evolution in this segment. In fact, the earliest reference to a tablet type device dates back to late 1960s when Alan Kay from Xerox’s Palo alto research centre presented the concept of a “personal computer for children of all ages.” Called the Dynabook, Kay

described its concept in a paper, saying: “we do feel that the pedagogical merits of teaching algorithmic thinking, having easy editing, etc. (all wrapped up in an environment which can go anywhere and can belong to everybody), are undeniable...The main handwaves are the flatscreen low power display (which does not currently exist but seems possible), the guess about how much can be done on an 8K machine( which has not yet been simulated), and the price.”

WHY TABLETS ROCK

Well, what was just a dream during those times has today become a reality. That said, if they have been around for so long, what has caused this sudden surge in the demand for tablets? Well, to start with, every terminal device needs an access path and until we had

TODAY, TABLETS ARE BEING TOUTED AS THE DEVICES OF THE FUTURE AND HONESTLY, ARE DOING PRETTY WELL TODAY, GIVING NETBOOK MANUFACTURERS NIGHTMARES. PUNDITS SAY THEY WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE WORK AND EVEN LIVE OUR LIVES

more efficient networks, there was no way we could have enjoyed the functionality of current day tablets. Faster and reliable networks have made it easier to consume online content on the move and this has led to a demand for a better user experience, which in turn, has made manufacturers opt for bigger screens, finally leading to the tablets of today. Some of the key factors that have spurred the popularity of tablets are:

Portability

With more and more of us living life on the go, tugging a heavy notebook around can play havoc with you back and enthusiasm to work. Netbooks are there but these are just smaller laptops with lesser performance capabilities.

Moreover, there is no wow factor in them. This is where tablets score. They are light, portable and stylish, making them a lot more easy to carry around. The lightest 10-inch tablet weighs around 560 grams that is significantly lesser than a netbook too. And in case of tablets like the iPad and PlayBook, there is the style factor too.

Functionality You can do almost everything with a tablet that you can with your netbook or notebook, from creating documents to making PowerPoint presentations to watching a movie. Then there are features like the camera accelerometer that make them even more potent portable multimedia and work devices that can be taken anywhere.

Interface

In simple terms, most tablets are a lot easier to use than netbooks and even most smartphones – you have a big touchscreen, large icons to press, and in most cases, options to pinch-to-zoom and turn pages by simply flicking a finger on the screen. Using a tablet is more intuitive and faster than most conventional computers.

Apps

Tablets also come with the support for thousands of applications and games. Well, so does the laptop. But when you compare the cost of buying a document editing software for a netbook or laptop to that for tablet, you will see that the latter is much more affordable. If you wish to buy Microsoft Office 2010, it costs about Rs 9,500, whereas a premium document editor will cost you about Rs 900. Similar is the case with games and other applications. Moreover, some of the apps available on the tablet are more evolved and relevant to today’s world, and thanks to the interface, most apps are a lot easier to use on tablets. Variety No, we are not talking about the variety of brands and designs. We are talking about the variety of operating systems that are available for tablets: Android (in many versions), iOS, QNX, Web OS, Windows and a few more. On the other hand, for most notebooks, one has to

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Hi, I am an avid reader of My Mobile magazine. As I am a very curious person who always wants to know everything about gadgets, I was wondering what exactly is the difference between RAM and ROM, how does it affect the phone’s performance and user’s experience? It would be great if you could do a story on this subject. It will really help your readers in enhancing their knowledge. -Vishal Raheja, Gurdaspur I have read the August-2011 issue of MY MOBILE. This was the first time that I have read your magazine. In the last issue I had gone carefully through the HD topic, which talked about HD video, HD audio and even HD sound. But you did not mention about mobiles that support all these HD features. I would also like to suggest that for the letter section, you should have three separate sections. The first section should be for the true followers of the magazine. The second section should be dedicated to critics, to send in their views and the third, that talks about the suggestions for the future issues. I hope you will pay attention to my requests and suggestions. -Suresh Vaidya, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh Corrigendum In the August 15- September 14, 2011 issue of the magazine Facebook for Every Phone app was wrongly mentioned as Facebook for All Phones in the Chief Speak segment. Any inconvenience is deeply regretted

Hi, I came across your magazine last week and decided to pen down few lines for you. I found My Mobile magazine very youthful. The mobile is the dearest gadget of people today not only for youth but also for people of all age groups. So this magazine catches the pulse of the nation and tries to infuse more knowledge and information about their loveliest, dearest and adorable handsets. One thing I would like to suggest to you is that you should improve your promotional activities as very e the nd hav few people know about My Mobile magazine. a s e m n a drea ellpho n The magazine is so rich in its content that it c i t y u e o k also azy ab atest ines? should be read by even larger group of people. you cr pen a few l ews and can ds on the l you have e r A -Himani Chandna, New Delhi ink r han al to for n I am a regular reader of My Mobile magazine and one thing I would like to mention here is that my friends have started giving me lots of compliments for my knowledge about the latest smartphones and other gadgets available in the market. The whole credit goes to your magazine which has helped me

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“I am a great fan of Apple products”

He may be the new age chocolate boy but Imran Khan has already lost his heart on Apple. We caught up with his gadget-y side recently. Surbhi Chawla Did you always want to be an actor? No, I had no plans to be an actor or working in the film industry. It was only when I was 19-20 years old that I decided that I would like to be a part of the film industry. I thought of being a director at that point of time but acting happened to me totally by chance. Right, now on to your tech side. Which handset are you using currently? I am using an Apple iPhone 4. Would you call yourself a gadget freak? Yes I am a gadget freak. I need to have the latest gadgets. I am a great fan of Apple products. I have an Apple iPhone 4, iPad 2, iPod and I use a MacBook Pro. So I am always surrounded by the newest gadgets. Do you prefer using a Windows or a Mac? I have not used a PC, I have always been a Mac user. Are you on Twitter, Facebook or any other social networking sites? I am not on Facebook or Twitter. I had a Twitter account till about a year back but I de-activated the same and have deleted it. And I have no plans to come back on social networking anytime soon. Which cars do you have? I have a strong liking towards sports cars. I have a BMW 3 Series car that was gifted to me by Aamir Khan, post the release of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. I also have a Porsche Cayenne S. What are your forthcoming projects that you are working on besides Mere Brother Ki Dulhan ? Well there’s a Dharma Production movie that I am doing opposite Kareena, which is ‘Ek Main Aur Ek Tu’. We have about 20-25 shoot days left for that movie. Apart from this film, I haven’t signed anything yet. n surbhi@mymobile.co.in

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consumer forum Complaint 1 I purchased a Samsung GT S3370(IMEI NO. 35267404062382/5) on 14 Feb 2011. The handset starts giving problem in two months. I submitted four times, every time problem continues. -Subhash Hatti Samsung's Reply Awaited.

claim that they have sent it to the company for being repaired but from what I can see it is not repaired at all. -Tanushree Dandekar Nokia's Reply Handset has been replaced. Customer's Reply I have received a new handset from the company and it is working fine.

Complaint 2 I bought a Fly B435 from Jai Telecom, Modinagar, in February 2011. After some months of use, the device started giving problems so I took it for repair at Aura Telecom at Munirka (service centre). However, the executives there were rude and unhelpful. Moreover, my cellphone was kept at the centre for more than a month and when I got it back I found that the problem hadn't been solved but the phone had been damaged. Since then I have sent my phone for repair again. Please help. -Ajay Fly's Reply Awaited.

care on 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th of August to enquire about the position of my complaint and every time the customer care executive assured me that they had deactivated the Game Mania subscription. But I have got no confirmation through messages from Airtel to tell me that the subscription has been deactivated. Instead I keep getting messages telling me that Rs 5 have been deducted for Game Mania subscription. Please help me sort this out and get my lost balance back

Complaint 6 I have a Samsung 9003 Galaxy S. It is just three month old and still under warranty. I went to the service center with the phone when I saw that its chrome coloured border was getting discoloured. However, the service center has asked Rs 5500 from me to fix this even though the phone is under warranty. Could you please help? -Manoj Soni Samsung's Reply Awaited.

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Complaint 3 I bought a Nokia C6 on 6/12/2010. It is having a problem with the headset - even though the headset is not connected to the handset it is still in connected mode only and I have never used a headset in my mobile. Secondly, if I attach my handset to my computer in the mass storage mode then my computer is unable to detect the handset. It can only detect it when I connect via the PC Suite. I gave my handset to Nokia Care Center but that has not solved the problem. They claimed that my phone was perfect after they worked on it and then handed me the phone in the same condition. To make matters worse, the memory card in the phone got corrupted too. I want my handset replaced as I cannot handle the hassle of going to the service centre again and again and getting my handset in the same condition. They

got any resolution form the company. Please help me in getting this issue noticed by the higher authorities. -Dhruv Kumar Nokia's Reply Awaited.

Complaint 4 I am an Airtel customer, I am quite happy with their network which is good in our state. But the problem for me is that on 14th August 2011, I did a recharge of Rs 98 for my Internet (2GB usage) GPRS plan. But when I checked my balance, I saw that it had only 1GB. When I called Airtel, I was told by the person that from now onwards Rs 98 would get me only 1GB of data usage. Another problem is that Rs 5 are being deducted from my main balance account on a daily bases for some Game Mania subscription. I don't how it has been activated on my number. I have already contacted the customer

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from the operator. -Rajesh Chandra Airtel's Reply Awaited.

Complaint 5 I bought a Nokia 2690 in 2010 from a mobile shop at Bhagalpur, in Bihar. After about a year my mobile Web browser stopped working. When I went to Nokia Care, I was told to come the next day to get the phone repaired. When I reached there, they told me to come back the next day without giving me any solution. I cannot just keep going back and forth to the service center. What should I do? My phone is still not repaired and I have not

I had bought Videocon 1424 mobile phone. The basic features were not at all user friendly. More the hardware was also not up to the mark and stopped working even in mild humid conditions. I had no clue why this was happening so I took my phone to the dealer from whom I had bought this phone. However, the dealer said that he could not do anything about it. I am completely shocked and clueless about what I should do. -Sapna Golecha Videoconâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reply We are looking into the matter and will revert soon.

Are you being harassed by a celco that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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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I want to buy a smartphone and have to choose from iPhone4, Samsung Galaxy S2, or HTC Sensation. My priority is apps, entertainment, camera, music etc. -Saurab The best out of these currently is the Samsung Galaxy S2, as it has the fastest processor among the phones short listed by you, a very good Super AMOLED display, the best battery, and also the most powerful camera that can give good results. Its music performance is also very good. I want to know how does RAM and ROM of a mobile phone affect the user experience, and what effect does each one has on a phone's performance. Please give me a simple and clear explanation for this -Nishant Singh RAM is operating memory of the phone that is being used when mobile is working or is in an idle state. It is an abbreviation for Random Access Memory and this memory is being accessed while using applications, browser, etc., so more the RAM, the better it is especially with respect to the operating system. It becomes necessary as all new operating systems are hungry for resources and more memory. ROM stands for Read Only Memory where the operating system is stored. If this is bigger you get more internal storage and you have the option to accommodate all updates for your operating system like Android 2.2 update to 2.3, etc. I want to activate 3G on my Sony Ericsson T715. How do I do that ? -Ashish Rajguru

To activate 3G on your phone, you need to the call customer care of your operator to get the service activated on your mobile connection. In the phone settings, normally the selection of network is on â&#x20AC;&#x153;automatic ,â&#x20AC;? and you can go to network settings and select 3G / WCDMA network to get optimum 3G speeds on your phone. However, 3G speeds also depend on the phones capability. The Sony Ericsson T715 supports only HSDPA, which is the minimum requirement to get a good 3G experience and to do video calls properly

UC browser. I even updated the software of the phone but the browser still would not work. Does the UC browser work with the Samsung C3200 or is there a problem with my handset? Hoping for a reply. -Pankaj I am afraid the Samsung C3200 does not support the UC browser yet, so there is no chance of it running on your handset. I am thinking of purchasing a Nokia 5230. Is this device good for purposes like Web browsing, installing applications, live TV, etc.? -Joy Chandyumnam The Nokia 5230 is good product at its price point. It supports 3G and is based on the Symbian operating system, so can support many applications. It has a 2.0-megapixel camera and the music quality in headphones is also pretty good. I want to buy a smart phone in the range of Rs 10,000 to Rs 15,000. Please suggest the best smartphone for apps and gaming. Would the Spice MI410 be a good option for me? -Harshit Mendiratta

I want to buy a mobile phone in the range of Rs 5000- Rs 5500 with features like 2.0-megapixel camera, good battery for music, Wi-Fi, QWERTY or touchscreen. Please suggest. -Rajiv Mukherjee A phone with Wi-Fi in this range is Samsung Corby Pro. You can also check out a few Indian brands, although the price of the Corby Pro might be a bit higher than your budget. I had purchased the Samsung C3200 a couple of months ago. However, I was surprised to see that the phone does not support

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When it comes to smartphones, I would suggest that you go with international brands as you require support on operating system upgrades, etc. You can choose from HTC Wildfire S or Samsung Galaxy SL, which are good handsets. I am planning to buy a smartphone. I have short listed the Samsung Galaxy S I9000/ I9003, and the Samsung Google Nexus S. But I have a slight inclination towards iPhone 3GS. Is the iPhone 3GS better than Android phones? I have heard the battery drains out fast in the iPhone 3GS. Is that true? Also, if I have to go for an Android

phone, can you tell me which is better out of these three phones mentioned above? -Lakshman Kumar The iPhone is based on iOS and the Nexus S on Android. If you looking for entertainment, may be the iPhone is better, but if you look at a wider usability of a phone for utility and entertainment, then the Nexus S is surely the better phone and it has a better and bigger LCD screen as well. Battery is more or less almost the same in both . Of the three Android phones, Nexus S is the best as it has the fastest processor, better memory and a very good LCD display. Please suggest that between Nokia 5230 and Nokia E63 which one has a good battery backup and sound quality. -Sanjay Kumar Nokia E63 has better battery performance but the sound quality of Nokia 5230 is better through the loudspeaker. But if you prefer to use the headphones, the sound quality of both the phones is at par with each other. How can I install the flash menu themes in Sony Ericsson mobiles, especially in Sony Ericsson C510i Cyber-shot phone? Please guide. -Shambhu R You can not install flash menu themes in Sony Ericsson C510i as it does not support the same.

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.

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Reaching Out is critical Yahoo! And MediaTek have come together to bring the real connected experience to the masses. Vishal Maheshwari, senior director and APAC Head at Yahoo! and Grant Kuo, MD, MediaTek India talk about the initiative and their expectations from it Sonia Sharma What made you come together to develop this idea of embedding Yahoo! services in MediaTek chipsets? This partnership is a getaway to the entire feature phone experience. Because what we are doing with this partnership is going out and creating services and experiences that Yahoo! has, in a tightly integrated manner with the MediaTek chipset. That enables device manufacturers to deliver services and experience that they could not deliver in the phones of the lower to midend range earlier. Our strategy on mobile has clearly been about distribution and discovery. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there and being seen, then people are bound to use it. And a key component of the strategy is to work with the entire ecosystem. We have got relationships with carriers, handset manufacturers, apps developers and our partnership with MTK is the next logical step for us. How does the ecosystem benefit from this tie-up? It addresses one of the key problems that this industry faces today and that is of reach. Mobile internet will grow only if we extend the reach, and doing that will be possible only when you make the mobile internet relevant through services on devices that people use and afford. We are benefitted as we are able to offer people a bunch of services that they can use even if they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have high-end devices and thus expand the entire ecosystem.

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Is there going to be a significant hike in the cost of the chipset with this solution? There will be a very insignificant jump in the cost. Currently, for the apps part one has to use Java and its royalty is high with respect to the affordable price segment. But our chipset is specifically for low-end handsets. Additionally, Java is more generic and encompasses elements for various categories of devices. Our solution is customisable according to a devices capability and giving a lot of freedom to the device manufacturer. And this chipset also allows a VAS company to create solution for the consumer and embed it at the core. But affordable device lack proper or rather efficient data connectivity options. How do you deal with that? Yahoo! services are developed agnostic to certain things. We are agnostic of operating systems we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t build necessarily for 2G or 3G data connectivity. It is optimised to run smoothly on any type of data connectivity and the capability of the services changes accordingly. Our services for MTK chipset are super optimised for that, and you cannot do something better than that. So we are custom tailoring the services for MTK devices and according to the target audience and geography, MTK has chipsets for every category and according to the device category, the data capability of a particular handset will be determined and the service experience will be optimised. n sonia@mymobile.co.in

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The MAXX Edge It might not be as high-profile as a Nokia or a Samsung, but the past few years have seen MAXX Mobiles carving a niche for itself in the Indian market by sticking to a basic principle – good features, simple interfaces, and low costs. We caught up with Bindesh Shah, director, Shreeji Mobile Distributors, to discuss the rise of the brand Waseem Ansari

What is your association with MAXX? We started distributing MAXX’s varied range of mobile phones two years ago. MAXX has a diverse portfolio of phones that ensures great quality at affordable cost. We are situated in Mumbai and have about 500 retail outlets in the Western Mumbai region. What changes in consumer preference have you witnessed over the last few years? A major part of India is dominated by rural regions and users here seek a basic feature phone that is easy to understand. We have seen that users across the country value long battery life and a multimedia experience in a handset. These are core features for a customer to buy the phone. MAXX “Big Battery” series, therefore, was very quickly absorbed in the market. The major shift that we have seen is users’ liking for touchscreen phones. MAXX SOUL MS727, a slider touchscreen phone priced at priced at Rs 3395 and targets consumers looking for an intuitive touch experience. The response for this phone has been excellent since its launch. What are the best selling models for MAXX in your region and why? The recent launch of MAXX GLO MX388, a gaming phone with superior multimedia experience was a runaway hit for the company. With the mobile gaming market in India already worth Rs

2.8 billion and growing at a rapid pace, we expect that the MAXX GLO will continue to perform exceedingly well. The MAXX JAZZ MX349, targeted at those who want superior sound, priced at just Rs. 1940, created a buzz in the market! Additionally, since we are in Mumbai, where ladies in the city perfer exclusive phones that suit their style, MAXX Vista MS502 has received good response in the market. A sleek slider phone with feminine colours, MAXX Vista MS502 is another bestselling model for the company. Mumbai is filled with cricket fans and Bollywood enthusiasts. To wow the users, MAXX’s latest launch MSD7, a handset signed by MAXX’s brand ambassador and Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni is in very high demand. MAXX Mobiles has a very good understanding of the market and has captured the nerve of the user by offering product that are brand to excite them. How important is after-sales service to a consumer’s buying decision? There are about 200 mobile phone companies in India today. Moreover, the market is filled with vanilla brands in the unorganised sector. Today’s users are very discerning of both price and quality. Providing after-sales service is a guarantee to consumer of the brand’s quality. This helps to establish the objective of long-term business and bringing value to the end user.

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MAXX Mobiles aims at providing world class customer service for all MAXX products. It is the only Indian handset brand that has a large network of 557 service centres across India that reaches out to its users in all possible ways. How critical is the cost-quality consideration for Indian handset operators? Users, especially in metros like Mumbai, have a mindset that cheap products never last long. Now the challenge for every Indian handset brand when they entered the market was to change this user’s mindset. The mobile phone industry in India has more than 200 mobile phone companies. Therefore, a good costquality equation is a major factor for each of these brands to make users trust their product and stand out in the crowd. MAXX Mobiles is stringent about product quality tests, operates ISO certified manufacturing facilities, provides top-class after sales service and ensures that health hazards are minimized through proper SAR certification. Do you have any message for your channel partners? Channel partners are the backbone of our business. They help us reach out to the remotest of areas and their feedback helps us to understand the needs of the users in different regions. We, in turn, help brands to realise the kind of products that are being accepted in the market. We plan to further deepen and expand our reach to consumers through our channel partners. n waseem@mymobile.co.in

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Web browser Chrome turns three

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Open source web browser Google Chrome turned three on September 01. In the third year, Chrome has also brought ‘Chromebook’ on the principle of its speed, simplicity and security. The Chromebook is pure Chrome, a computer built for everything you ever need to do on the web while doing away with all the usual annoyances of an old, slow PC. In these three years, Chrome has made the user experience faster with a new compilation infrastructure for the V8 Java script engine, code named ‘Crankshaft’. The user can also optionally enable ‘Chrome Instant’ which shows relevant content in the browser window as you type, before you press Enter.

Symbian Anna, the latest software update for Symbian 3 smartphones is now available for free downloads. The software has signifcantly enhanced the user experience on the Nokia N8, Nokia C7, Nokia C6-01 and Nokia E7 comes with new user interface, virtual QWERTY keypad in portrait mode, splitscreen messaging, enhanced Nokia Maps, better web browsing and stronger security with other features. It can also be downloaded using the latest version of OVI Suite (version 3.1.1) on a PC, or over-the-air directly to your smartphone.

InMobi and NDTV partner to bring media ads to smartphones InMobi (a mobile advertising network) and NDTV (a reputed Indian media house), have announced that they have entered into an exclusive partnership. This partnership will help in bringing mobile ads to consumers on NDTV’s mobile applications. It will also make it easier for advertisers to reach premium mobile consumers on NDTV’s applications. InMobi will have exclusive rights to monetise NDTV’s mobile applications for Apple iOS and Google Android devices in India and international markets. Advertisers that want to advertise on NDTV’s mobile application on these platforms can now engage with InMobi.

Mobile tariffs set to go up soon Where the inflation has already touched the back breaking digit of 8.43 per cent and food inflation has climbed above 10 per cent, mobile operators’s decision of increasing mobile tariffs has also contributed in the continuos back breaking process for common man. Indian telecom giant Bharati Airtel was the first to hike mobile tariffs by 20 per cent. Reliance, Idea and Vodafone are other operators who have followed the move. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has asked mobile operators about this hike. TRAI has sent letter to mobile operators seeking justification.

MTNL offers do it yourself website service Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) New Delhi, in collaboration with Akmin Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has launched ‘Mobile Web Site Builder Service’. This service allows anyone to create and publish a customised website using his mobile phone or PC. To make use of this service, MTNL mobile users will have to subscribe to it by SMSing “MSITE” to 55012. The service is available at a monthly subscription of Rs 75.

It has virtual portrait QWERTY for fast one handed typing, split screen view while typing, so that a user can see message threads, webpages, contacts or email. It is equipped with refreshed Nokia Maps and enables the user to check-in to social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. It also has special features for business users like instant messaging and presence with Microsoft Communicator Mobile, E-mail enhancements including full meeting request support, easy and secure intranet access etc.

BlackBerry accessories for travelling lovers Research In Motion (RIM) launched BlackBerry Genuine Accessories in India for enhanced BlackBerry experience while on the move. BlackBerry Bluetooth Visor Mount Speakerphone VM-605 and BlackBerry Wireless Bluetooth Headset HS-300 are the ultimate smartphone accessories for frequent travellers. BlackBerry Bluetooth Visor Mount Speakerphone VM-605 is a must have accessory for people who love to drive as it is Bluetooth enabled with an integrated speakerphone that can be used to answer incoming calls or make calls using voice dialing. The BlackBerry Visor Mount Speakerphone VM-605 can also be used with the vehicle’s stereo system to play audio files from the BlackBerry smartphones or making voice calls. It can also help in providing driving directions due to third-party application activated in it. The Bluetooth headset has Multi-function button control features like answer, end, mute and voice dialing. The headset comes with automatic volume control and noise cancellation for users to be able to hear and be heard loud and clear.

Bharti Airtel crosses 5 million mark in Bangladesh Adding another milestone in its success story, Bharti Airtel announced that it now has a subscriber base of more than five million in Bangladesh. Airtel is the fastest growing telecom operator in Bangladesh after it acquired 70 per cent stake in Warid Telecom and subsequently launched brand Airtel in Bangladesh in December 2010. The company also informed that it has added 160 new towns to its network spread in Bangladesh, which now penetrates to a total of 2100 plus towns across the country. A company statement said that Airtel Bangladesh also plans on extending its coverage to reach 72 per cent of the country’s population by December 2011. With a target of setting up 600 additional service centers in Bangladesh by March 2012 time frame, Airtel plans to further strengthen the presence of its support services for customers.

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Samsung increases its presence in Dual SIM segment Samsung has recently launched three new Dual SIM handsets - Samsung Star II DUOS (C6712), Metro DUOS (C3322) and Metro C3752. Samsung Star II is a full touch Dual SIM handset. There is a 3.2-megapixel camera, FindMusic application that identifies songs that are unknown to the user and also has Bluetooth 3.0. The onboard memory is 30 MB, which can be expanded to up to 16 GB. Samsung Star DUOS II has a 1200 mAh battery and priced at Rs. 6,920. Samsung Metro DUOS (C3322) has a classic metal design with 5.6 cm display and features other multimedia options like MP3 player, FM radio. The connectivity options of the phone include EDGE, Bluetooth 2.1, WAP2.0/HTML Browser and USB 2.0. Its 1000 mAh battery gives up to 10hrs talktime. The Metro DUOS is priced at Rs. 4,240. While, Samsung Metro 3752 comes in a slider form factor. It sports a 6cm TFT display and has a 3.0 megapixel camera. This handset also has eight regional language display support. The 900 mAh battery in Samsung Metro C3752 is capable of delivering a talk time of around 11 hours. Samsung Metro C3752 is priced at Rs. 5,270. Currently, Samsung’s Dual SIM portfolio now boasts of 14 models in the range of Rs. 1,860 to Rs. 10,990.

LACS Magnum heats the tablet space with Rs 4500 tablet Lakshmi Access Communications Systems Private Limited (LACS), a Bangalore based Devraj group firm launched Magnum, a Tablet PC for $99 i.e. nearly Rs 4500. LACS has introduced a wide range of Tablet PCs to suit every pocket. It is currently offering tablets that range from screen sizes of 4.3 inch to 10.9 inch while the price points starts from $99 and goes all the way up to $750.

Beetel launches Android tablet for Rs 9,999 Beetel Teletech Ltd., a Bharti Enterprises group company, has launched its first tablet, Beetel Magiq in India. This tablet has been competitively priced at Rs 9999. The tablet is equipped with Android 2.2 (Froyo) version and is supported by a 1GHz processor. It comes along with SIM calling feature and has 7.0 WGVA screen. The gadget also has a 2.0 megapixel front and rear camera. The device has inbuilt memory of 8GB, which is expandable up to 16GB. It has 2200 mAh battery and also supports Wi-Fi and 3G. On the downside, the OS of the Beetel Magiq cannot be upgraded to Android 2.3 or Android 3.0, which are more apt OS for tablet computers. Beetel Magiq comes packed with Airtel 3G data plan and pre-bundled with numerous Google Apps.

Even the Bollywood is getting more tech savvy these days and mobiles are increasingly being used to promote movies. Keeping the trend alive is Yash Raj Films that had launched an innovative way to promote its forthcoming movie via Blackberry BBM. The company has created an id for its Katrina Kaif and Imran Khan Starrer movie ‘Mere Brother Ki Dulhan’ and is using Instant Messaging to talk about this movie. BBM2 BlackBerry users could just scan the barcode to add this movie id or also add the PIN 227BFE3C. This id is also being used to send in all other promotional activities that are being done for ‘Mere Brother ki Dulhan’. The idea behind this campaign is not just to help the movie connect with audiences and drive in more viewers to flock the theaters but even give the stars a chance to communicate with their fans.

Policy & Regulation TRAI issues notice to norms violating operators

Nokia launches three Symbian Belle smartphones Nokia recently launched its three feature packed Symbian Belle smartphones. Bringing the latest smartphone functionality at attractive price points Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600 extend the range of available designs, features and functionality in the smartphone range. Nokia 700 smartphone is a touchscreen and is eqipped with 1GHz processor, 3.2 inch AMOLED screen, 2GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 32GB microSD card. Nokia-701 is a touchscreen phone and provides single-tap NFC pairing and sharing capabilities, allowing content to be shared and sound to be streamed wirelessly to headphones and NFCenabled speaker. It comes with 8GB internal memory and the possibility to increase to 40GB by installing a 32GB microSD card. The Nokia 600 smartphone delivers a big sound with built-in FM radio antenna for listening to radio without headphones and FM transmitter that makes it possible to broadcast music from your phone to any FM radio. It also has 1GHz processor, 5.0 megapixel full focus camera with LED flash and HD video capture, and 2GB of internal memory with ability to increase up to 34GB using a 32GB microSD card. Symbian Belle is the latest in a series of planned software updates to the Symbian platform, which started with Symbian Anna and will continue into 2012.

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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued notices to some leading operators for violating mobile number portability regulations by overcharging and preventing customers from changing their service provider. Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular, Loop, Reliance Communications and Vodafone are in the list. TRAI has received complaints from some customers regarding rejection of porting requests by these telecom operators. The ministry said it has also come to know that customers have been charged Rs.10 for a message for requesting porting code through number 1900 which is unethical.

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A complete buying guide to choose the best mobile for yourself in this festive season, telling you how to skim through deals, and a look at the handsets that are worth watching out for Surbhi Chawla and Mukesh Kumar Singh

he festival season is about to in and one can already feel the festive spirit in the air. It is again that time of the year which is known for high spirits, great food, giving and receiving gifts, and also letting yourself loose. The tone of festivities is set by Rakshabandhan and will only gather momentum and speed right through Eid ul-Fitr, Ganesh Chaturthi and the wedding season, before peaking during Navratris, Diwali, and finishing with a bang with Christmas and New Year. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a well-known fact that India is a savings-oriented society but this is the time of the year, even those with a conservative budget go overboard in terms of shopping and try to get the best for themselves and their dear ones. One of the main reasons for this mood is the fact that this period is considered to be auspicious for making purchases and buying new products. As a result, many people defer all their high investment decisions (such as purchasing cars and electronic products) to this period. A number of companies and institutions also dole out incentives to their employees during this period, adding to the purchasing frenzy.

Scratch cards, discount deals, cash back offers, contests, and bundled freebies like accessories are offered at this time to convince consumers to invest in a handset discount deals, cash back offers, contests, and bundled freebies like accessories are offered at this time to convince consumers to invest in a handset. Companies openly acknowledge the role that festivals play in helping the consumers get into the buying mode and hence, one can see a lot of new handsets launched around this time to catch the attention of the firsttime buyers and those who are looking for a worthy replacement for an existing one. This year too is expected to be no different in this regards. Marketing teams have already gone into overdrive during Rakhi, with online

sites offering Rakhi deals that offered gift packs that included a mobile phone with the Rakhi thread. And this momentum is likely to build up as we go deeper into the festive season. One is likely to see an increased activity across all handset categories. This time around, Indian consumers are also likely to be interested in checking out the latest gadget on

Logging in to festivity In the past, purchasing cellphones during the festive season was a rare occurrence â&#x20AC;&#x201C; people tended to invest more in clothes, other electronic goods and food. However, as the country has become more gadget-friendly, handsets have now become a part of the festive shopping list. Consumers are usually looking forward to buying something nice for themselves during this period, something that they can cherish for the whole year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a mobile handset fits the bill perfectly. They have even emerged as good gifting options - be it corporate gifts, wedding gifts or even a return gift on Rakshabandan, mobiles are the flavour of the festive season. Of course, cellphone manufacturers are well aware of this phenomenon and often attempt to lure more consumers by offering discounts and bargain offers. Scratch cards,

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lead story sold with an in-built memory card, so the other accessories may be a better option to consider. The brand of the accessory is another important factor along with the printed price that one should consider before going in for a particular freebie. Also, all accessories sound good but one should never get carried away by the price of the gift that is being offered but also consider how useful it will be for them.

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the block â&#x20AC;&#x201C; tablets. Keeping this in mind, we at My Mobile bring you a comprehensive buying guide, which will help you choose not just the best handset options but also skim through the deals so that you can make the most of this festive season.

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One of the most fundamental things that you should bear in mind before going to buy a mobile handset during the festival season or even otherwise is that mobiles are almost never sold at Maximum Retail Price (MRP). Usually companies have a Market Operating Price (MOP) at which handsets are made available. This MOP may be Rs 500 to 2500 less than the printed MRP. The difference on MOP may vary company to company and even category wise. Now, ascertaining the correct MOP is not exactly an easy task, so we would recommend that before purchasing a handset,

Offers During this time of the year, customers are often faced with a veritable deluge of offers. Some of these offers are being run by the handset manufacturers but the distributors too at times offer some incentives from their side. Most of these offers may consist of scratch cards and contests, and the prizes may vary from place to place. These are chance-based gifts, so if you are among the ones that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t consider themselves blessed by Lady Luck, then you should look for retailers that are offering something concrete up front. These up front gifts too may contain things like memory cards, scratch guards, shells, covers or Bluetooth handsfree sets. Most handsets these days are anyways

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Utility is one factor that one should never lose sight of when buying a handset. As the needs and likes of every individual are very different, so it is very important to know which handset will fit the bill correctly. In the heat of shopping and getting the best deal people usually tend to forget what they were looking for in the first place and often end up buying a handset, which is being offered at a greater

touchscreen handset or simply a handset for a lot of texting.

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discount. Though the new handset may be cheaper than the one that they had shortlisted initially, it might not be relevant to the user as much as the earlier choice. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a list of things that you should ponder if you are looking for a camera phone, a music phone, a

In the heat of shopping and getting the best deal people usually tend to forget what they were looking for in the first place and often end up buying a handset, which is being offered at a greater discount. Though the new handset may be cheaper than the one that they had shortlisted initially, it might not be relevant to the user as much as the earlier choice

The consumers of today are looking for a handset that not only keeps them connected and also acts as a complete entertainment device. To meet the needs of the customers that plan to watch a lot of YouTube videos and movies or even read books on the go, the screen size of the handset is very important. These buyers should consider handsets that have a large screen and ideally look at handset with a screen size of more than 3.0 inches. Another important consideration in terms of the screen itself is the quality of the display. Most of the handset companies are focusing on different types of displays. Apple has introduced Retina Display on its iPhone4 for what it claims is a better viewing and reading experience while the likes of Samsung, LG, HTC and Sony Ericsson are offering AMOLED as well as Super AMOLED and Super LCD screens in their high end models for the same reason. LG has recently launched a new handset called LG Optimus Black, which has a Nova display while its Optimus 2X has an IPS display. All these differ from each other (although in some cases the difference is barely noticeable) and a consumer looking for handsets in this range and wanting good display should do a thorough inspection before deciding which handset to buy. Ideally, one should look at demos of videos on these handsets to find which one of them is more appealing to them. You should also keep in mind the video, e-books and audio formats that are supported by the handset. This is especially important when one is looking at buying an entry level or mid level handset and looking forward to have a good music

experience. Another point to keep in mind is the fact that if you are looking for a good music handset, then the handset that plays music with the least amount of distortion is a better choice than the one that plays music the loudest.

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lead story today that can think of using nothing else. While buying a touchscreen handset people should opt for capacitive screen handsets rather than resistive ones, as they offer a smoother touch experience.

Two way traffic Of late, a new category of handsets have emerged that have combined a touchscreen with a physical keyboard. Targeted at those who want the convenience of both a keyboard as well as a touchscsreen, these however often tend to compromise one of the two – you may end up with a large screen and small keys or vice versa. Do make up your mind about what is more important before buying one of these.

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handy camera as well. Handset makers too are upping the megapixel counts in their devices and adding a number of photo-friendly features (editors, geo-tagging, sharing, etc.) to attract those who want a good camera in their mobile. However, if you are looking at a good camera handset, then remember that megapixels are not everything. Two separate handsets with same megapixel camera can have a very different image quality, so one should not blindly go in for the megapixel count but focus more on the image quality. To further assist the camera lovers, a lot of handsets come with additional features such as face detection, smile detection, panorama mode, geo-tagging, self timer and picture editor – once again, these work differently in different handsets so be sure to see which interface suits you best before you choose one.

Text it UP Mails and chatting have become quite popular and one thing that social network and push mail users want on their handsets is a very

good keyboard. Though there are plenty of QWERTY handsets around to appeal to these customers, not all are the same. Those looking for a good mailing device should also check for support of various email clients. Another thing to keep in mind is whether the handset has support for POP3, IMAP, SMTP, HTTP and Microsoft Exchange. Also people looking forward to getting a lot of mail downloads should see if the handset has document viewer or editor as may suit their needs. It is also important to check the comfort level with the keypad and other navigation options like trackpad.

Touching MObility Gone are the days when the Touchscreen handsets were exorbitantly priced and people had to think twice before buying one. A lot of affordable touchscreen devices are available today and there is a segment

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The festive season is generally marked by a spree of launches from handset manufacturers and this year has been no different. In the entry level segment, there have been a few dual SIM handset that have been launched by Nokia - C2-03 and Nokia X1-01. There are expectations that in the near future Nokia will also be launching Nokia C2-06. The Nokia C2-06 is similar to Nokia C2-03, which is also a touch and type handset. It does not have 3G connectivity or Wi-Fi. Just like Nokia’s recent dual SIM range, this handset has hot swappable slots and can support memory up to 32 GB through microSD card. Nokia has also launched its ultra low cost handsets Nokia 100 and Nokia 101 in Africa and it is expected that these devices too will be soon launched in India. Nokia 100 is a basic handset while Nokia 101 is a dual SIM one. Motorola had launched two affordable dual SIM handsets around this time last year and even this year is expected to launch another Dual SIM handset, the Motorola WX 306. It will be a basic handset supporting a candy bar form factor and it is

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Indian brands are also gearing up for the festive season in a big way. Karbonn has indicated that it will be launching as many as 12 handsets during this period

expected that one of the SIMs will support a 3G connection. LG too has launched a 3G dual SIM device â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the LG A350. It has a 1.3 megapixel camera and its USP is that it has been sweetly priced at Rs 4,000. On the higher end, LG has also recently launched its Optimus 3D handset, which is the first 3D handset in the world and does not require glasses to enjoy 3D content. This is a dual core handset, which is running on Android 2.2.2. It is currently priced at Rs. 36,000 and can be a good option for customers looking for a unique device. Taking cue from LG, HTC too has launched a 3D mobile in the market called HTC EVO 3D. It comes with a 1.2GHz dual core processor and LCD display with a 4.3 inch screen. It is loaded with 1730mAh battery and has a 5.0 megapixel camera. This one has a price tag of Rs 34,000. HTC is also expected to launch another device called HTC Bliss in the Indian market. The highlight of this device will be that it will have the latest Sense UI 3.5. It will run on a 800 MHz processor and it is expected that it will be running on Android 2.3 Globally, Nokia has introduced three new smartphones in the form of Nokia 700, Nokia

701 and Nokia 600. All these handsets are running on the brand new Symbian Belle OS and expected to reach Indian shores in the coming months. Its expected that Nokia 500 with Symbian Anna on board too will be available shortly. Samsung, which has been very aggressive in launching new phones in India has already launched the Samsung Star II Duos (C6712), Metro Duos (C3322) and Metro C3752 in the Indian market. The company is expecting these products to shine for it in the coming festival season along with its current bestsellers. Apart from these it is expected that Samsung will soon be launching the Samsung Galaxy R, which features a Tegra 2 chipset with two 1GHz Cortex-A9 processors, has 4.2 inch SC-LCD capacitive touchscreen and a

5.0-megapixel camera. Motorola has launched the Motorola Fire (an affordable Android handset that is running on Android 2.3 and has a 600MHz processor) in India as we go to print and is now expected to launch Motorola Defy+ and Motorola Pro+ in the coming months. Canadian handset maker, Research in Motion has already launched its Bold 9900 and BlackBerry Torch 9810 in the Indian market and will also be launching a new Curve series of devices by November 2011 to capture end of year sales. Sony Ericsson has tried to spice up the mobile market by launching its Sony Ericsson W8 and Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, which have been well received so far. The company has also announced that the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray and Xperia Active will be joining the fray by the middle of September. Both these handsets are Android-based smartphones. Android-driven Sony Ericsson Arc S is also expected to join them shortly - the highlight of this handset is that it has a 1.4GHz processor and 3D sweep panorama technology, which will allow users to capture 3D photos. Indian brands are also gearing up for the festive season in a big way. Karbonn has indicated that it will be launching as many as 12 handsets during this period. Keeping in mind the success of their low cost capacitive screen handset, the Karbonn 16161, and the budget

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lead story HSDPA, Wi-Fi connectivity, microUSB port and 8GB internal memory. It is expected that that MTS and Aircel too will be getting their tablets in the market in the coming two months, which will be equally competitively priced. Samsung will also be getting its Galaxy Tab 8.9 inch by September and the Olive Pad 2 is expected to be available around the same time, making it an entire bouquet of choices for the Indian tablet consumers.

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Android handset Karbonn A1, it is expected that there will be a good mix of touch screen and Android devices among these handsets. Even operators have joined the party. MTS has already launched two new Android smartphone under the Rs 5,000 band in the form of MTAG 3.1 and Livewire. The company has also indicated that continuing with its plans to offer subsidised handsets, it plans to launch another interesting device in the next two months. Even Vodafone is expected to launch a new Android device called Vodafone Smart. Clearly whatever those looking to purchase a handset will lack, it will not be choice.

And that is not all â&#x20AC;&#x201C; there are a number of other high-profile devices that might just make it to Indian shores in time for the festive season, although some might not. We would have loved to have seen the Nokia N9 based on the MeeGo OS but alas that device is not ever expected to be in India. Then there is the iPhone 5, about which very little is known (we do not even know whether it will be called iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S) and even lesss known about when or if it will come to India. Motorola has made a big splash with its laptop dock in Motorola Atrix that was showcased at the Mobile World Congress 2011 and that device was expected to be launched in India by this time. However, things seem to have changed and all we can do is wish that we will see it in India at some stage this year. Windows Phone devices have been a talk of the town ever since Nokia joined hands with Microsoft and we too are looking forward to what these two are up to. Nokia Sea Ray with

Tablet rush Tablets have become a new age craze in the Indian tech market and even operators are looking at making the most of this segment. Reliance Communication (RCOM) had launched in an affordable Reliance 3G Tab for Rs 12,999 running on Android 2.3.4. Airtel has tried to break the price barrier with the help of its Beetel MagiQ for Rs 9,999, which has a 1GHz processor, dual camera, HD video,

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Windows Mango on board is something that we are eager to get our hands on, although its release date is not certain yet. HTC on its part has showcased two new Mango devices - Titan and Radar. While Radar has a 3.8 inch Super LCD screen, HTC Titan comes with a mammoth 4.7 inch screen. These handsets may not be in India before the year end and may miss the festival rush but are still much awaited. On the subject of big screens, there is the Samsung Note, which is positioned as somewhere between tablets and smartphones, thanks to its 5.3 inch screen, and is accompanied by a stylus. In terms of tablets we hope to see the LG Optimus Pad 3D and check out its 3D prowess as well as the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, which was recently showcased at the IFA 2011 that was recently held in Berlin. The stage is thus set for a great shopping carnival to begin, as customers start to step into their shopping shoes and try to make most of this festive season. A word of caution: indulge in sensible shopping and try not to get carried away. It is indeed time to indulge but not at the cost of prudence. n surbhi@mymobile.co.in mukesh@mymobile.co.in

Pearl

ASHWA

chief speak

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our Motive is to Provide a

Good Experienceâ&#x20AC;?

Half a decade ago, not too many people had heard of it. Now, HTC is one of the top smartphone manufacturers in the world. We caught up with Lennard Hoornik, president (South Asia), HTC Corporation, to talk about his company and smartphones in general Sonia Sharma Amidst all the competition in the smartphone segment, are you happy the way HTC is growing globally? HTC is going from strength to strength globally. We have been historically very good in the US and have been getting success and a lot of traction in Europe. For us, success is coming through Asia too and this is being fuelled by the growth of smartphone market. Today HTC is growing because it has a very strong positing in this segment. Our strategy is to really focus on the user experience and looking into this detail has been fruitful for us. With such growth in smartphones, do you see feature phones disappearing from the mobile handset market? In the end, I feel that both of these segments will come together and we will see an integration happening. In the coming days, smartphones, multimedia and the whole entertainment aspect will all merge. HTC too is working in that direction. For instance, HTC Sensation has HTC Watch which allows you to buy and watch movies. HDMI connectivity is becoming a common feature in most of the devices in this category. So there is a lot of convergence happening which will lead to further

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blurring of lines between these two segments.

or even better than our competitors.

HTC has usually been the first to launch devices with new operating systems like Windows Phone 7, Android, Brew, etc. But now you seem to primarily focusing only on Android... We have launched two Windows 7 phones and they have been quite successful in the market. There is a group of customers who appreciate that operating system a lot and so, we facilitate devices for this customer base. Similarly, we also have an impressive range of Android devices too. However, irrespective of the operating system, all of these devices have a strong HTC character, which is reflected in the hardware, design and user interface. So it is not about the system that we use. We let the consumer decide that. Our motive is to provide a good experience on the top of any of the operating systems.

HTC has primarily launched touch phones but recently got into the touch plus QWERTY candybar segment with the Cha Cha. How do you see this segment growing? It is very much about what kind of experience the consumer wants and what are they using their phones for. We see that messaging, quick typing and QWERTY experience are a big part of the market and it will continue to grow. On the other hand, typing with touch is also improving. We see a role for both the interfaces evolving in the future.

However, irrespective of the operating system, all of these devices have a strong HTC character which is reflected in the hardware, design and user interface. So it is not about the system that we use. We let the consumer decide that. Our motive is to provide a good experience on the top OF ANY OF THE OSes Most of the big brands are launching their own operating systems. Will HTC also venture into that segment? If you look at our recent phones, we already have things like HTC Likes, HTC Sense.com, and HTC Watch, which provide relevant apps and content for the consumers. There are certain areas that we choose, in which we can provide some additional experience and if they are within the promise that we want to give to the consumer, only then we work on them. How important is the Indian market to HTC? One of the major pain points for HTC in the country has been after sales service. How are you improving that? India is going to be one of the biggest smartphone markets of the world at some point, so it is really important for us. After sales service is a significant aspect. We are working on it and it is the top priority for us. HTC is a well-known brand and we should offer a good service to the consumer. We have already made massive improvements in the past couple of months and you will see that how our service is at par

Is social networking a significant contributor to the growth in the smartphone segment? It is one of the important factors. I just read that in America, the very first thing in the morning that a third of women do is to check their Facebook page. The largest number of Facebook users after US are in countries like Philippines, Indonesia, and India. So it is a massive trend and we are happy that we are catering to this segment through our devices. 3G has recently been launched in India. Will it be able to boost the growth of smartphones in the country? 3G is a very important enabler as we need to have a wider bandwidth on the move to experience real mobility. It becomes an important factor to ensure that people do more with their devices. Almost all HTC phones have a trademark design. Is it conscious decision to make them look similar? In the car industry you can simply identify a BMW or an Audi irrespective of its model. Similarly, in the handset market, HTC has a distinct design language that people really enjoy it. That is the kind of detail we want to get across by using elements like unibody, curved glass and others. We want to have such a unique design language so that we are easily recognizable. What other innovations do you plan to bring in HTC devices in the coming days? What are your targets for the Indian market? We want to be a leading brand in the smartphone segment in India. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give any numbers but thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the position that we are aiming for. If you look at our focus, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very much about further development of HTC Sense. We see that it has a phenomenal impact on the way people use their phones. We also have devices like Cha Cha which has integration of social media. Then the Flyer has scribe technology. So, it is all about giving a very personal and natural experience to the user. n sonia@mymobile.co.in

In the car industry you can simply identify a BMW or an Audi irrespective of its model. Similarly, in the handset market, HTC has such a distinct design language . That is the kind of detail we want to get across by using elements like unibody, curved glass and others. We want to have SUCH A UNIQUE design language so that we are easily recognizable

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Head On

Clash of the titans Nokia E6

Features

BlackBerry Bold 9900

Screen Size

2.46 inch screen, pixel density- about 335 ppi

2.8 inch screen, pixel density about 286 ppi

Screen Type

TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16 million colours

Battery

1530 mAh, Li-ion battery

1230 mAh, Li-ion battery

Talktime/Stand By

up to 14.8 hours/ 681 hours

up to 6.5 hours/ 307 hours

Internal Memory

8GB storage (expandable up to 32GB)

Processor

680 MHz ARM 11 processor, 56MB RAM, 1GB OM

1.2 GHz QC 8655 processor, 768 MB RAM

GPU

Broadcom BCM2727 GPU

Adreno 205 GPU

WiFi

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n dual band

GPS

GPS, with A-GPS and free navigation

GPS, with A-GPS, BlackBerry Maps not functional

HSDPA 10.2Mbps, HSUPA 2.0Mbps

HSDPA 14.4Mbps, HSUPA 5.76Mbps

Operating System

Symbian Anna

BlackBerry OS 7.0

Browser

HTML, xHTML with Flashlite 4 support

HTML, no Flash support

Email, Microsoft Exchange support, Push Mail

Document Editing

QuickOffice

Documents To Go

Enterprise Features

Virtual Private Network, Video conferencing

Virtual Private Network, Mobile Voice system, BlackBerry Protect, Enterprise Server

Camera (Still)

8.0 megapixel fixed focus, LED Flash

5.0megapixel auto focus, LED flash

Camera (Video)

720p videos @ 25 fps

720p videos @ 29 fps

Video Playback

DivX/XviD support, TV-Out, 720p video playback

Plain vanilla 720p videos

Secondary Camera

Yes, a VGA video calling camera

No secondary camera

Music

More sound enhancements better interface

Equaliser presets work only in headset mode

FM Radio

Yes, with RDS

No FM radio

Price

17,500

31,000

FINAL WORDS: So there you have it - the Nokia E6 vs the BlackBerry Bold 9900. As you can see, each has its strengths and weaknesses. The Nokia E6 might seem to score on more of the parameters that we have chosen, but you rule out a BlackBerry at your peril. As always, it is down to you, the

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BlackBerry and Nokia, when it comes to the smartphone category, both are forces to reckon with. And they both have got touch and type fever now. We pit the BlackBerry Bold 9900 against the Nokia E6 in a no-holdsbarred, all out contest. Winner For a touchscreen, bigger screen size means better user experience. The difference in pixel density is not enough to tilt the scales in the E6’s favour, so there the winner is BlackBerry Bold Bold 9900 As both devices are pretty evenly matched here, this one is a draw. As far as the battery goes, more always means better, especially in these data and talk crazy days. The Nokia E6 wins here. It’s bigger battery gives the Nokia E6 the edge here as well. Both the devices have equal internal storage making this round another draw. With its powerful processor and more RAM, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 seems to stand out in spec terms. Nokia might claim that Symbian Anna OS does not require as much processing power but we honestly think that BlackBerry Bold 9900 wins clearly here. Our experience with the Adreno 205 GPU was better than with Broadcomm, making the BlackBerry Bold 9900 the winner here too. Needless to say that Wi-Fi b/g/n in an impressive feature, but dual band is more advanced Wi-Fi technology that enables interaction on two bands 2.4 GHz and 5 Ghz. It is this that enables the BlackBerry Bold 9900 to score over the Nokia E6 again! The GPS capabilities in both the phones are similar but the fact that the Nokia E6 offers lifetime free navigation makes it a winner in this segment. BlackBerry Maps, does not work in India, thus limting its funtionality. The more, the better applies to 3G speeds too. With better 3G speeds (both HSDPA and HSUPA), the BlackBerry Bold 9900 wins. Despite improvements, Symbian Anna still remains way behind its contemporaries. On the other hand BlackBerry OS 7 makes a powerful impression with enhanced functionalities. Once again, the BlackBerry Bold 9900 wins. When it comes to an improved interface and Flash support, we think the Nokia E6 has the better in the browsing category. In the Bold 9900, you need to activate BlackBerry services to use its mail, while Nokia’s mail works on any connection. So on the convenience quotient, we pick the Nokia E6 for this one. Since both the devices come with document editing apps, this round is a draw. Enterprise is still synonymous with Blackberry and with its level of protection and features, the BlackBerry 9900 leads here. While lower megapixel takes away from the Bold 9900, the fixed focus makes Nokia E6 loose some points. However considering the picture quality, we would say that the Nokia E6 wins by a very thin margin. Both the devices are capable of capturing 720p videos. With negligible difference in frame rate we rate both of them as equal. Another drawn round, folks. Needless to say, Nokia has a legacy when it comes to multimedia and it comes to the fore in the Nokia E6, helping it win hands down when it comes to video playback capabilities BlackBerry Bold 9900 has no secondary camera, making it useless for video conferencing on the move. The Nokia E6 wins this at a canter. Nokia E6 sound expereince, makes it stand well above the BlackBerry 9900. Nokia E6 wins this one too as even executives need their radio fix! You might be able to buy two Nokia E6s for the price of one BlackBerry 9900. The BlackBerry 9900 is a great device but it trails the Nokia E6 in the value for money stakes. consumer, to decide what works best for you. Those on a tight budget and looking for a more rounded smartphone experience are likely to prefer the E6, while those looking for a real enterprise experience will in all probability not even look beyond the BlackBerry Bold 9900. As we said, in the end, it is a matter of choice... n

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fa c e t o fa c e

Tech support @doorstep Warranties, like human beings, have a tendency to expire. So what do you do when your out of warranty gadget develops a snag? Well, eTechies is definitely an option. We caught up with Rohit Chaudhary, cofounder and CEO, eTechies and quizzed him about this new initiative Mukesh Kumar Singh, Surbhi Chawla You have quite an unusual name. What kind of services do you offer? Most people are not even aware as to where they should be taking their laptops or computers if they broke down and were out of the warranty period.That was the thought process behind establishing E-techies. We have tried to establish India’s first branded offsite and online tech support from a consumer’s or small business’ doorstep. We can also provide remote support to the customer. It is not that people in India were not getting tech support before us, it was just that the majority of the people could not rely on it. We are trying to give people the security and credibility of working with a brand. At the same time, they will also be assured that they will not be overcharged. Arranging capital and building a brand name are the two major challenges that any new companies that each company has to face. How did you deal with this? As we had already worked in companies that were providing remote technical support to clients in the US, we were well aware about how things should work. We also made it a point to invest heavily in CRM. Being a service-based company, we had to ensure that the processes at our end were in place before approaching customers. We had to make sure that our backend should be so strong that if even ten years from now, we get a repeat call

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from one of our customers, then we could trace that call and look at what was the service provided and what were our standards. On the funding part, Ranjan Anandan, who is currently heading Google and Jasmeet Bindra, who is the head for gaming at Mircosoft have joined the company as executive directors. We have offered them equity in the company for their services. With such stalwarts joining the company, we have a lot of guidance with regard to how we should take things forward. Currently we are present only in Delhi and NCR but we have plans to launch in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune. The road map is clearly in place but we do not want to rush into five cities all at the same time and not be able to provide optimum service to our customers. And all these are top cities from a computer and connected perspective. Do you provide similar support for smartphones as well? We provide user Interface support for smartphone. So if you have a Samsung, BlackBerry or such phones, then we can provide all support for its user interface. What about mobile repair? There are already a lot of organized as well as unorganized players in this segment. Another major trend in the mobile industry is that people are changing their handsets quite frequently, which may be as early as six months and during that period the handsets are covered by the warranty. Also, the prices of mobile handsets have nosedived in the recent past. So, consumers normally don’t tend to spend so much money on mobile repairing. If I am able to get my handset repaired in a specific budget then its ok, otherwise people prefer buying a new handset. We want to stay focused on the computer business, but we do support mobiles. n mukesh@mymobile.co.in surbhi@mymobile.co.in

boredom buster Rating

82%

Definitely not a Pesky Wabbit!

Bubbles + Bunnies = lots of fun

t’s been often said that a game need not have high end graphics or complex gameplay to keep you riveted to it. And Bounce the Bunny on the iPhone proves it. The game takes a page put of Angry Birds- you need to decide the trajectory that a rag doll bunny would take to reach the bull’s eye. Only, instead of a catapult, aiding the bunny in its hapless flight will be a shoe that kicks it! The objective is to gather as many stars as possible

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before reaching the target. The bounce part comes with the magic bubbles that you can create by pinching on the screen. You can change their position, size and even burst them if you don’t need one. There is a bubble meter and you can make bubbles only till the time there is some juice left in it. The bigger the bubble, the more juice it requires. The bunny happily bounces across these bubbles to gather stars and then reaches the end. One mistake and your bunny might end up drowning– a sad end to be avoided. Paths get more complexed as you go up levels. There are four environments, each of them has 15 levels. Bright and colourful graphics, happy tunes and simple rules makes this one a relaxing time pass. The game can be downloaded from the Apple App Sore for free. n sonia@mymobile.co.in

We tested it on the Apple iPhone4

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Mighty Wings

team or area that you are protecting gets destroyed completely. Each new mission brings with it new aircraft with different speeds, armour and handling capabilities. The graphics of the game are excellent and the dialogues between the pilots is spot on, making the game play even more interesting. As far othing beats the adrenaline rush of as the controls go, you can maneuver the flying a fighter plane but not everyone can be a fighter pilot in the real aircraft using the virtual joystick or accelerometer. We found the latter to be world. But you can in the digital one, in more convenient, as the centrally games like Tom Clancyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s H.A.W.X, placed direction keys were not which puts you in the pilotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seat Rating that comfortable to use. Once you in a hostile environment with get the hang of the maneuvering, enemies looking to ground you. the game comes with auto targetYou play David Crenshaw, a ing option making it a bit easier to pilot who is a part of the H.A.W.X shoot the target. And yes, it did give us squad of US army. The first mission a fair share of adrenaline rushthat you takes up in Mexico is the last mises. The game can be downsion of your team as H.A.W.X. Post that you loaded for free from Nokia Ovi join Artemis, a private military company, store. n and offer protection to clients from various parts to the world across 13 missions. sonia@mymobile.co.in You need to finish the mission before the We tested it on the

Magnificent man in his flying machine

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boredom buster Welcome to the Jungle! Shoot and jump to survive

ou are an army commando on a mission in a dense forest full of enemies. You have to rely on your gun and maneuvering skills to survive. That is what Jungle Mission is all about. It is a platformer with very basic controls and graphics. You keep running across the jungle with enemy commandos charging at you from the front.

(we told you it was simple). You get There are some special highly-trained assassins who drop into the battleRating three lives and stepping on a roadblocks takes away one. In case you ground with parachutes and to top it come in contact with the enemy, you all, the enemy has placed roadblocks die instantly (simple!!). If you lose all on the path. You have the option of three lives, you have to start the game changing your running pace and to all over again. There are no checkpoints in jump over roadblocks. You also need to between, so no progress is saved, and that jump to get power-ups that include extra procan be a bit of a pain, especially tection in the form of army cover, extra life, when you have progressed a fair etc. On the weapons side, there are a variety bit. The game is available at the of weapons upgrades like a stain gun, electric Android market for free. n shock gun, but with limited ammo. Once its ammunition gets depleted, you return to your sonia @mymobile.co.in standard gun. The idea is to run as far as posWe tested it on the sible and kill as many enemies as possible Dell Venue

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Have Car, Need Speed The NFS series continues. Faster and more furious than ever

ew games have the kind of cult following that the Need for Speed series has. Be it a laptop, mobile or a tablet, NFS, as we all popularly know it, has been driving people crazy. Literally. And now it is on the iPad as well in the form of NFS 2 Unleashed. The

game can be downloaded from the Apple App store for $ 1.99 ( approximately Rs 92). The basic idea of the game remains sameâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; drive like hell. You have various modes of playing such as Single Race, Quick Race, and Career. You can also play a multiplayer version over WiFi. There are various types of games like circuit, drift, etc., and the idea is to win them to gather as many stars as possible along with cash. The stars are important as in the career mode you need stars to unlock races. In the quick race trials mode there are various cups and each cup has various types of races. You can buy cars in both career and quick race mode. The races are based in various parts of the

world like London and Rio, all of them faithfully reproduced. You can steer via accelerometer or Rating virtual keys. There are various camera angles to view the race and you can choose which one you are the most comfortable with. Top that off with terrific graphics (some portable console owners will be jealous), great sound and engaging game play and you cannot see the NFS craze dying out in a hurry. n

85%

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Smart apps

Face (book) On!

ing to the phone's capabilities without giving up significant functionalities, and can be downloaded free of cost by going to http://d. Facebook.com/install on your phone's browser. You can access News Feeds, Messages, Requests, Events, Notifications, Friends, Profile, Find Friends and Search Facebook via acebook is in many cases the first site this app. On accessing an update on your wall, people check when they go online. the app gives you a pop-up menu according to However the real Facebook experience the update you are viewing. If it's a text is either limited to our computers or a few update then you can like, comment, high-end phones. Yes, there are some feaview wall, or view profile. ture phone versions but the experience Rating If a link is posted then you can they offer is limited in comparison. It is also access the link and if a photo to tackle this that Facebook has come is posted, then you get the addiout with Facebook for Every Phone, tional option of viewing the photo an application that is compatible with or the album. You can simply send around 2500 devices, many of them low-end updates from the homescreen and don't need ones. This application optimizes itself accord-

Now Facebook goes to every phone

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to go to the news feed to do that. The interface of the application is simple and easy to use. Since it can run on low end devices, the experience can be different due to the data capability of the phone. We tested it on Nokia X7 and Samsung GT-C3530 and it worked fine, although we were not able to upload photographs from either of the phones. That said, we are delighted to see a Facebook app that runs on just about any handset. The 'Social Network' just got very mobile indeed. n sonia@mymobile.co.in

We tested it on the Samsung GT-C3530 & Nokia X7

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Virus Free Droid Android gets a new Bodyguard, courtesy Norton

t may sound clichĂŠd, but mobile phones are becoming our lifelines. They are becoming an inseparable part of our daily life and work. Now imagine your phone getting lost, stolen or attacked by a virus. The mere thought of losing all the data sends shudders down the stiffest spines. Which is why Norton, a known name in the anti-virus

can unlock the phone with a passindustry has launched a mobile security software for Andorid phones. Rating word in case you get it back - you will have to choose these buddies The software can be downloaded from the phonebook of your phone from www.norton.com/nms. When only. For virus scan you can schedule you buy the package you get an actia scan and even scan the microSD card. vation code, entering which activates Web protection is another option which the software, which brings some very good blocks any kind of data theft when you are features with it. You can scan for malware, browsing the Web. All of which makes it a wipe data remotely in case your phone gets must for all those who store sensitive data stolen, block unwanted calls and SMSes and on their phones. Norton Mobile security is also block unauthorized access to information priced at Rs. 599. n stored in the phone. When you set up the anti-theft function, you need to create a passsonia@mymobile.co.in word that you can send to your lost phone to We tested it on the lock it, locate it or wipe the data on it. You Dell Venue can add your friends to the buddy list who

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Smart apps iBack up iPhone Contacts Now backing up contacts from your iPhone is a cakewalk

t may be the Godphone, but even the most ardent iPhone fan will admit that the syncing and complicated backup and restore process of iTunes can be a pain. Things become even more complicated if you have to transfer data from your iPhone to another one. But, now there is an app that takes the pain out of back up your contacts. Known as My Contacts Backup, the app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store for free. It is a no frills attached application with a very simple (to the extent of being completely bland) interface. Once installed, the app detects the number of contacts in your phonebook. There is a big backup button, clicking on which backs up your contacts as the popularly-used VCF or CSV files. You can choose which fields should be backed up and also the format. The contact pictures can be shrunk to make them fit for e-mailing. Once the back up is done, the app automatically opens the e-mail client and all you need to do is enter the e-mail ID and the contacts become accessible anywhere anytime. You can save the file on your PC and sync it with your Gmail, Outlook and with other mobile devices as well. The application offers great functionality with an easy interface and to top it all, costs nothing. A must for all iPhone users. sonia@mymobile.co.in

We tested it on the Apple iPhone 4

Rating

89%

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htc evo 3d Its time to 3D

he 3D revolution now has another crusader and this one has been introduced by HTC. Called the EVO 3D, this phone also offers glasses free 3D visual experience. Powered by Android and embedded with HTC Sense platform, the phone promises the well known and much loved performance to its consumers. A 1.2GHz dual core processor is another feather in the phoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cap. This touchscreen smartphone measures 126.1x65.4x11.3 mm and hosts a 4.3-inch LCD Capacitive touch display. It comes with a 5.0-megapixel camera that is also capable of taking 3D videos of 2.0-megapixel resolution. You can also make videos in 3D and play 3D games. It is equipped with features like Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio jack, Wi-Fi, GPS, Gyro sensor, Digital compass, audio player, FM radio, connectivity through social networking sites, etc. To top it all, the 1730 mAh battery is strong enough to handle extensive usage. n

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just in BLACKBERRY TORCH 9810 Another touch and

type with torch style

or those who love the sliders, BlackBerry has brought a new one in its Torch series. BlackBerry Torch 9810 comes with a full slide out traditional BlackBerry keyboard and has a 3.2-inch high resolution fluid display with optical trackpad. It has four other soft keys alongside the optical trackball. The handset runs on a 1.2 GHz processor for easy and fast functioning. The feature equipped metallic handset runs on BlackBerry 7. OS. It can be best opted for those who believe in multitasking as the Torch 9810 can handle work and fun aspects of your life conveniently. It has the latest BBM 6 that allows you to share data and enable third party application functionality in it. All these features other than an improved resolution and performance oriented processor are surely going to give its users a good experience. BalckBerry Torch 9810 is available for Rs 29,000 in the Indian market n

LG A350 Affordable dual SIM with HSDPA support

here was a time when a decent 3G dual SIM phone from any of the global players was a rarity. But now it seems that they have woken up from their slumber and are releasing dual SIM devices at a lightning fast speed. And the latest offering in this segment comes from LG. LG A350 is a new trend setter in the market especially for those who want more features at a lesser price. It is a feature packed powerful phone priced conveniently at Rs 4,000. The phone is a dual SIM and is equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera with features like white balance, exposure control, night mode and video recording. The phone has ROM of 256 MB and RAM of 128 MB with expandable memory up to 32 GB. The best thing about the phone is that it supports video calling and has a front facing VGA camera for the same. As far as 3G goes, it is HSDPA compatible. The device is equipped with FM radio and MP3 player and it also supports Bluetooth connectivity. With the launch of LG A350, LG has given a good and affordable option for those who are looking for a feature equipped low end handset with an assurance of a quality brand. At present LG A350 is the only dual SIM 3G phone available at the price of Rs 4,000 in the market. The phone is available in black colour. n team@mymobile.co.in

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sneak peak Samsung Galaxy Note Noting awesomeness

amsung is soon going to dazzle Indian customers with its new smartphone called the Samsung Galaxy Note. The phone comes with a big 5.3-inch screen and is the first offering from the company that sports such humongous display. The phone has dimensions of 146.9 x 83 x 9.7 mm and weighs 178 grams. It has an AMOLED capacitive touchscreen but also comes with a stylus. Samsung Galaxy Note has 1.4 GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system. Talking about phoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s multimedia features, it has 8.0-megapixel camera with features like autofocus, LED flash, touch focus, face and smile detection and image stabilization. It is also capable of recording HD videos at 30 frames per second. The audio player support WAV, eAAC, AC3, FLAC formats and Video player support MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV and DivX/XviD formats. The phone can support memory of up to 32 GB and offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS and 3G connectivity. Samsung will be launching HSPA and LTE versions of the phone. n

Nokia 600 A belle to love

okia is soon expected to launch its new Symbian Belle smartphone, Nokia 600. It also represents Nokiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new range of design, feature and functionality in the smartphone category. It has dimensions of 111 x 53 x 13 mm and weighs 100 grams. The phone comes with single-tap NFC technology sharing, pairing and powerful mobile Web browsing features. The Nokia 600 smartphone delivers big sound with built-in FM radio antenna for listening to radio without headphones and FM transmitter that makes it possible to broadcast music from your phone to any FM radio. It has 1 GHz processor, 5.0megapixel full focus camera with LED flash, HD video capture, and 2GB of internal memory with ability to increase up to 34GB using a 32GB microSD card. The 1200 mAh Li-ion battery can give a talktime of up to 15 hours on 2G and up to 6.5 hours in 3G. Symbian Belle is the latest version in a series of planned software updates to the Symbian platform, which started with Symbian Anna and will continue till 2012. The phone will be available in Black, White, Pink and Lime color. n team@mymobile.co.in

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Colors F16 fighter

Low cost dual SIM warrior Modest looks...

Pros  VGA 

Camera

Torch light

quality

ered by sound fea− tures

Weight | 82 grams

channels even in low signal areas. One can save 30 radio channels in the phone. However, there is no support for wireless FM connectivity, so be prepared to plug in those headsets whenever you want to tune in. The phone’s audio player supports most popular audio formats but the audio quality is average on both loudspeaker and earplug mode. The audio player contains some options like shuffle and repeat but does not have features like equalizer settings and base enhancement option. For connectivity purposes, the phone has USB support but does not support GPRS and Bluetooth – so you can forget about surfing the Net on this phone or connecting wirelessly to other devices. It has internal memory of 25 KB which can be expandable up to 4GB. The 1050 mAh battery gives decent back up.

Memory | 25KB, microSD

Alternatively

Battery | Lithium 1050 mAh

Colors F16 Fighter is priced at Rs 1,099. The other option in the same category is Rage RD 20V with price of Rs 1,449. n

45 mm

tech specs

Cons  Average

VGA camera is pow−

107 mm

A person looking for a dual SIM phone today has literally an ocean of options to choose from. However, the stark fact is that quite a few of these are not really up to the mark in terms of quality, notwithstanding their attractive price tags. An exception to this dreary rule is the Colors F16 Fighter . Do not be taken in by its relatively modest appearance – lurking behind it are some very handy features. The phone has a black and red color plastic body and fits in easily in one’s hand. The front and back panel of the phone are black in colour while the side panels are red. There is no shortcut button on the side panels. The phone has a torch on the top panel and bottom panel has a USB and mini pin charging slots. It has a 2-inch display and just next to the screen there are two crystal-like buttons which on first glance gives the impression of being the part of screen itself. Apart from these two buttons,

Size | 107 x 45 x 14.5 mm

build

 Low

internal memory

Screen | 65,536 colours the phone has circular shaped D-pad with two other soft buttons. The keys of alphanumeric keypad are not flat but are nevertheless easy to use. The back panel of the phone contains the camera and loudspeaker.

...but more than enough entertainment On the multimedia front, the phone comes equipped with FM radio, music player and a VGA camera. The images captured by the camera are of average quality but the camera also has some good features like white balance, scene mode and effect settings that can enhance the quality of the picture. It also supports video recording but once again, the quality is really average. The FM reception works smoothly and can search almost all available

Talktime/Standby (hours)| Up to 4 hours/Up to 300 hours

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verdict Looks

Features

Phonebook Capacity | 500

ease of use

Camera | VGA

performance

Frequency | GSM 900 / 1800

value for money

GPRS/3G | Yes/No Bluetooth/WiFi | Yes/No

Others | MRP Store, Yahoo!, MSN, Facebook

Price: Rs 1,099

7 8

overall

78%

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burn test Maxx MX 401 No

Noise Dual SIM

Pros

Under looks and keys

The multimedia front As for multimedia, the phone comes with a 2.0-megapixel camera, video recorder, FM radio, loudspeaker, audio and video player, sound recorder and FM recorder. It has a 3.5 mm standard audio jack, and also offers Bluetooth connectivity. However, it does not support wireless FM radio. The Audio player supports different formats like MP3, AAC, WAV, and AMR, while video formats that can be played are 3GPP, MP4, and Recorded AVI.. The camera quality is average and does not contain flash but has features like white balance, scene mode and effect settings. One can change wallpapers and screensavers but

 Support

two GSM SIM

 Noise

suppression feature

118.4 mm

Part of the Khamoshh series of Maxx that comes with a noise suppression feature, the Maxx MX 401 is a dual SIM candy bar phone with an alphanumeric keypad. The Noise Suppression feature allows the user to suppress the noisy background sound while talking on phone. One can also set the degree of noise suppression as per need but it is worth notable that the feature does not work in extreme loud background sound. The phone comes colour combinations of Blue with Black and Yellow with Black. The side panels contain volume keys, audio jack and charging slot. The front panel has the 2.4- inch screen, alphanumeric keypad, while the back houses the camera and speaker. The left side of the D-pad has three buttons – the top button is to access Menu, the second for SIM 2 calling and the third one for SIM 1 calling. On the right of the D-pad are three more keys for Phonebook, Noise Suppression feature and for End/Power on-off. The other direction keys of the D-Pad have some preset functions – the right key is for calendar, the left key for message editor, the down key gives access to various features of the phone like Camera, FM, Bluetooth, Wallpaper, Screen savers, Image viewer, User profiles, Video player, Tone settings, Alarm, Calculator and World clock, and the Up key is for Camera. The navigation key can be customised via the phone settings menu. The keypad is of average quality and the volume keys located on the side panels of the phone do not work well. The phone does not have the capability of supporting two active calls at the same time. So when a call is active on any of the connections, the second network will show as being out of coverage area or switched off.

Cons  Dual

SIM standby

 Average

looks

coupon powered by Hungama.com. With this coupon, one can download unlimited music, videos, ringtones, mobile wallpapers, etc., for 90 days. The phone is priced at Rs 2700 and we would say it is a decent buy. n team@mymobile.co.in

52.4mm cannot change the overall theme of the phone. The phone has some pre-installed Java applications like Twitter and Facebook. Audio quality is acceptable. The phone also has other features like Yahoo! Launcher, Auto Call Record and also allows the user to reject unwanted SMSes and calls via the Blacklist option. There is also an anti-theft feature. The handset has a 1500 mAh battery and comes with a 2GB microSD card. Also part of the package is a 90 day unlimited download

verdict Looks

Memory | 128 + 64,microSD Battery | Li-ion 1500 mAh Screen | 65,536, colours

GPRS/3G | Yes/No

ease of use

perfoRmance

8 7

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Weight | 97.8 grams

Up to 300 hours

overall

Size | 118.4 x 52.4 x 14.45 mm

Talktime/Standby | Up to 5.5 hours/

Features

value for money

tech specs

Price: Rs 2,700

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Rage Desire

Desirable Dual SIM It is raining dual SIM phones these days and one of the latest in stores is the Rage Desire. It is a dual SIM device but offers dual standby functionality so, when a call is active on any one of the connections, the second network will show as being out of coverage area or switched off. The Desire has a Black and Red color body and looks average. The phone is light in weight (just 85 gms) with a smooth body and round corners, making it easy to hold. There is no shortcut key on any of the sides panel of the phone, which has one mini pin charging slot and one earplug and USB slot. The keypad is alphanumeric and the central button of the D-pad is dedicated to contacts. The D-pad has three keys on the left side – the topmost key is for Menu, the second is a calling key or answer key for the second SIM while the third key is a l key or answer for the first SIM. There are also three keys on the right side of the D-pad too- for Phonebook, for audio player and for disconnecting calls. The other navigation keys contain some preset functions – the right key is for Profiles, the left key is for the Message inbox, the down

Pros  Supports

two GSM connections

 Web

browsing

Cons  Dual

SIM standby

 Average

battery backup

key for the Message editor, while the up key is for the Camera. The navigation keys can be customised as per user preference. The phone has a nice 2.0-inch display but the keypad is not that great to use especially if you are an aggressive texter. The phonebook allows to save up to 500 entries. It also has Blacklist option which enables the user to block calls from unwanted numbers.

Music, pictures, and the Web On the multimedia front, the phone comes with FM Radio, VGA camera, audio player, video player, video recorder and sound recorder. It also offers has wireless FM connectivity, and one can store up to 30 radio channels. The FM comes with recording feature i.e. one can record the checked channel. The audio quality of the phone is average

115 mm

A plain Jane?

The D-pad gives access

to various phone functions

on loudspeaker but much better through the headphones. The quality of pictures captured by the VGA camera did not excite us, despite the fact that the camera comes with additional options like white balance, focus, night mode, contrast setting and anti-flicker. The music player of the phone is basic and does not have additional features like equaliser settings, 3D sound effects, etc. As for Web browsing, it is on the basic side. The Bluetooth in the phone gives you access to share data with other devices. Battery life of the Rage Desire did not live up to our expectations. The 1400 mAh battery, did not perform according to our expectations. The device has 45 KB inbuilt memory which can be expanded up to 4 GB with a microSD card. However the microSD card slot is under the battery cover so one cannot hot swap it.

46.5 mm

tech specs Size | 115 x 46.5 x 16 mm Weight | 85 grams Memory | 45KB,microSD

Alternatively

Battery | Lithium 1400 mAh

Raged Desire is priced at Rs 1,549. Other alternative to this phone could be Byond BY120+ which costs Rs 1,799 in the market. n

Screen | 65,536 colours

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Talktime/Standby | Up to 4.5 hours/ Up to 300 hours

verdict 7

GPRS/3G | Yes/No

Looks

Bluetooth/WiFi | Yes/No

Features

Phonebook Capacity | 500

ease of use

Camera | VGA

performance

Frequency | GSM 900/1800

value for money

Others | Mp3 player, FM radio, Loudspeaker

Price: Rs 1,549

7 8

overall

76%

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burn test Nokia C2-00

Dual SIM multimedia wiz Another dual SIM from Nokia

Pros  Two

GSM connections support

Cons  VGA 

camera

Dual standby

 Opera

Mini browser

be set as per one’s needs. One can also set shortcut icons on the phone’s display and modify them later, if need be.

Decent multimedia The phone also packs in some very decent multimedia features. It has FM radio, audio player and camera. It has VGA camera and the pictures taken by it are of average quality. The camera has some basic features like white balance, and effect settings. It can also record video although there too the results are average. The add-on features for video are the same as those for stills. We found the audio quality of the phone to be very good– both on loudspeaker mode and on earphones. The audio player has some

The right soft key gives access to

the SIM manager by default

108 mm

After staying away from dual SIM devices initially, Nokia seems now determined to carve a niche for itself in this segment. Its latest phone with two SIMs is the C2-00, a candybar which can support two GSM networks. The first SIM slot is behind the battery whereas the second SIM is hot swappable and is on the right side panel of the phone. The second SIM can be inserted or removed without turning the phone off. Both SIMs remain active at the same time but one can call from only one of them at a time. To call from second SIM one has to switch between the SIMs, which is as simple as long pressing the “*” key. Though the call details and messages of both SIMs are shown together, you can find out each connection’s call or message quite easily. The phone’s front panel has a 1.8 inch display, below which is a square-shaped D-pad, surrounded by four soft keys. The left side of the D-pad has calling and shortcut keys whereas the right side of the D-pad has the SIM manager soft key and power button. The navigation keys of the D-pad work as shortcut keys too which can

options like shuffle and repeat but does not comes with equalizer or sound enhancement features. One can classify songs on the basis of artiste, album etc. the phone has 3.5 mm audio jack through which speakers can also be connected to it. It also has FM recording feature.

Apps too

45 mm

On the app front, the phone comes preloaded with Nokia life tools. After registering with this service, users can get information on a range of subjects such as Education, Agriculture and Health. The phone has a Facebook link too, through which a user can stay connected with their friends round the clock. Other apps on the device include Tips and Offers, Expense Manager, the Opera Mini browser and some basic games. For connectivity, the phone has GPRS and Bluetooth. The phone’s battery back up is very good – a fully charged phone can run up to three days after average calling and listening to some music.

Alternatively The phone is priced at Rs 2,800. A good option in the same category is Samsung Guru 36 which is priced at Rs 2,750. n team@mymobile.co.in

verdict Looks

Features

8 9

ease of use Phonebook Capacity | 1000 Camera | VGA Frequency | GSM 900/1800 Others | Games, Nokia Life Tools

Price: Rs 2,800

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perfoRmance

value for money

overall

82%

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Byond BY 777 Musically Yours Hey, good-looking!

Pros  Good  Loud

Looks

and clear music

Cons  No

music shortcut buttons

 No

3.5 mm jack

Weight | 90 grams

good for this handset, with an option to record FM. There are no shortcut music buttons on this handset, and no 3.5mm jack either– disappointing in a music phone. The BY 777 has a CIF camera that can click pictures at a maximum size of 1280 X 960. Although there are a number of shooting modes, image quality produced was average. The handset has very little internal memory but one can use a microSD card to expand it up to 8GB. Interestingly, the handset also has support to Hindi language. On the Dual SIM front, the BY 777 offers dual standby. That means that if a call is active on one SIM the other one appears to be off. It has a 1150 mAh battery, which according to company claims is cvapable of giving up to 200 hours of standby time and about 5 hours of talktime.

Memory | No, microSD

Alternativly

Battery | Lithium 1150 mAh

The Byond BY 777 is priced at Rs 2,199. Another option in this price range is the Genus G444 for Rs. 1,999. n

112.4 mm

Of late, Byond has been carving a niche for itself in the dual SIM phone category. And the latest dual SIM from the company is the BY 777, an entry level music handset. The BY 777 is a good looking handset with a metallic chocolate colour finish. Other colour options are black-red and black-orange. The handset has 2.4 inch screen on the front and an alphanumeric keypad. In the middle is the control key cluster. There are separate buttons for making calls from both the SIMs and both these keys are housed in circular shaped buttons on each side. There are four soft buttons for Menu, contacts, FM shortcut key and call end key and there is a D-Pad in the middle. The D-Pad houses the shortcuts to various functions. The top key is the shortcut for camera, the left key is for composing SMS, the down key is for the video camera and the right key is for that profile mode. However, one can modify these shortcuts . There are no shortcut buttons on the left and right side panel of the handset. The back panel has the speaker and the camera. The bottom panel has the USB and earplug jack and the charging slot. In a neat touch, there is

49.83 mm

tech specs Size | 112.4 X 49.83 X 12.56 mm

a thin flap attached to the battery, which helps one to pull out the battery. Over all Byond BY777 has utilitarian but decent looks for a phone in this price category.

Screen | 262,144 colours

Are we entertained?

GPRS/3G | Yes/No

As this handset is positioned as a music phone, we will look at that aspect first. The BY 777 has an audio and video player with a music equalizer, and supports MP3, WAV, AAC, 3GP and MP4 formats. Audio quality is loud and clear, for both loudspeaker and earplugs. Interestingly, the video player can play videos in landscape as well as portrait mode. Video playback quality was, however could have been better. There is an FM shortcut key on the front panel but no wireless FM. FM transmission was

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Talktime/Standby | Up to 5 hours/Up to 200 hours

Price: Rs 2,199

verdict 8

Looks Features

7 8

ease of use performance

value for money

overall

76%

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burn test spice mI-410

Spice-y Android!

Despite being

bulky the phone

as a sleek pro− file

The secondary VGA camera

opens the pos− sibility of video

calling through third party apps

Plain vanilla Android interface makes the

phone a bit predict− able

It’s raining Droids – Hallelujah! Of late, we have seen a lot of Indian brands displaying their affection for the Android operating system. However, most of them are looking at getting relatively low cost handsets using the OS. Spice has tried to spice (of course!) up matters by throwing a mid-range Android device into the mix – the Spice MI-410. The handset has a solid feel about it. It is not the thinnest handset at 10mm, but its highlight is its large

Cons

Pros  Large AMOLED screen

 Bulky

 HDMI output

 Battery back up not as

 1 GHz processor

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Size | 122 x 66 x 10 mm

camera shortcut button on this handset but one can use the volume key in order to zoom in and out. The handset can accommodate up to 7X digital zoom and also has LED Flash. Apart from the white balance, other settings that are available on this handset are brightness, face detection, smile detection, self timer and panorama mode. There is also a secondary VGA camera on this handset that can come handy for self portraits and 3G calls. The camera can also shoot videos at 1280 x 720 (720p HD) resolution and they are stored in the MPEG4 format. Spice MI-410 comes in with both an audio player and a video player. On the audio front, the handset supports MP3, MIDI, AAC and WMP formats with ease but not the WAV format. The video player supports H.263, MP4, and 3GP formats. The sound quality on the loudspeaker was average but it was good through the earplugs. The handset has a FM radio and one needs to plug in the earplugs to listen to FM. The internal memory available on this handset is 800 MB but one can expand it up to 32 GB through a microSD card. There is a 1400mAh battery with the handset that claims to give a standby time of 400 hours on the 2G network and 380 hours on 3G, where as the talktime promised is 4 hours minutes on 2G and 2.3 hours on 3G. Though the company was able to live up to its claims in regards to battery back up but we still found that the battery performance was a little lesser than the one offered by other handsets in this price category.

Weight | 143 grams

Alternatively

122 mm

screen - a 4.1 inch capacitive AMOLED touchscreen that dominates the front of this mobile. On the left side is the power off button, while on the right are the volume increase and decrease keys. The back panel houses a 5.0 megapixel camera and loudspeaker. The top has the 3.5mm jack and on the bottom is a USB port and HDMI output port. Overall it has a pretty functional and no nonsense design. The screen size and quality make it a good device for watching movies and reading books on. On the flip side, the handset is a little bulky to hold and will not slip easily into most pockets.

The Android touch On the front panel, there are four soft keys â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Back, Menu, Home and Search to help one navigate through this handset. Like most Indian handsets, the Spice MI 410 is running on Android 2.2 (Froyo), which is not the latest version of Android. The company has opted out of placing any layer on top of Android, giving the handset a vanilla Android interface. However, there is a small change in the lock screen. One has the option of unlocking the handset or directly going to the dialer screen, Contacts or the Android Market from the locked screen. The handset comes with five home screen panes but there is no option to increase or decrease their number of these screens. Long pressing the Menu key brings on the five home screen panels and one can easily toggle between them. Right on the top of the screen is the notifications bar, which intimates when one gets mail, calls, software updates and messages. The touchscreen experience on this handset was good especially if pitted against the other Android handsets from Indian brands. The handset comes pre-loaded with Gmail, Google Maps, Latitude, Google Search, a basic version of Documents to Go and YouTube. To meet the social networking needs of the users, there is a Facebook application and there is also social networking integration for your contacts. Moving on to the connectivity, the MI410 has GPS along with A-GPS support, Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth, and 3G HSPA+. Apart from the Gmail application, it also comes with support for Microsoft Exchange, IMAP, POP3, and SMTP clients. As the Spice MI-410 runs on a 1GHz processor at its core, its performance is quite snappy and it handled multitasking easily.

Multimedia package The handset has a 5.0 megapixel camera, which serves up decent stills. There is no

66 mm

tech specs

Memory | 800MB, microSD Battery | Li-Ion, 1500 mAh Screen | 16.7 million colours

Spice MI 410 is priced at Rs 13,999 in the market. Other options that you can consider are the Huawei Ideos X5 for Rs. 14,990, Samsung Galaxy Ace for Rs 15,500 or the HTC Wildfire S for Rs 13,800. All these are Android devices in the affordable category. n team@mymobile.co.in

Talktime/Standby| Up to 4 hours/Up to 400 hours

verdict

GPRS/3G | Yes/Yes

Looks

Bluetooth/ WiFi | Yes/Yes

Features

ease of use

perfoRmance

value for money

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

overall Others | Facebook, YouTube

Price: Rs 13,999

80%

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burn test Reliance 3G Tablet The Second Monsoon Hungama Begins

Time to tab the masses Reliance was one of the key players that started the downward spiral of mobile tariffs in the country. And now the operator is all set to change the game in the tablet market too. The Reliance 3G Tab is one of the most affordable tablets in the market today. The 3G tab runs the latest version of Android (2.3, or Gingerbread) has a 7.0-inch capacitive touch screen, a 3.0-megapixel camera and a secondary VGA camera in the front for video calling. At the bottom of the screen lie three capacitive touch buttons for Home, Menu and Back. Besides these is a LED indicator. The left side of the tablet is bare while the right one has the power cum lock key, volume key and a 3.5 mm jack for headphones. The back panel is detachable so you can replace the battery as well as the SIM in the old fashioned way. It has a silver colour finish with a prominent Reliance logo. While the design does not exactly stand out, the tablet is handy enough to use and carry.

Android 2.3 optimises the tab experience

Gingerbread Tab

Cons

Pros  Android 2.3 OS

 Relatively low resolution

(800 x 480) screen

 Very affordable  3G, Wi-Fi with Wi-Fi hot spot



No Flash support in the browser



No built in video calling

creation

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The upside of the tablet is that despite its lower cost, Reliance has not cut corners in using a dated operating system. The tablet runs on Android 2.3.4, which is the latest version of the operating system in the market. Not much has been done to the interface but a few tit bits have been added here and there to give it a Reliance touch. For starters, when you switch on the tab it plays the whole Reliance tune, then there is a Reliance wallpaper and a unique folding unlocking mechanism. The homescreen has five screen panels that can be customised with shortcuts, widgets, etc. The main menu has a grid view and the tablet comes with standard Google apps and also Reliance’s RWorld, which has two versions RWorld and RWorld online. In RWorld online, you have various options like Full2Music, Mobile Health, Cricket, Star Talk,

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file structures. The tablet has a smart dialer which adds to its convenience and usability as a phone, albeit a bulky one.

Tablets can be fun On the multimedia front, the tablet comes with FM radio which is plain vanilla but has an interesting interface. After searching and setting a frequency, you just need to drag and drop it into the empty space on the screen to save it. The radio reception is good and you can listen to the radio through speakers too. The is also a music player that sorts music on the basis of artists and albums. It comes with Dolby Mobile settings where you can choose between various equalizer presets and create two custom presets too. The sound quality of the tablet is pleasant, although we would have liked a bit more power. The formats supported by the player are AAC, AAC+, AMR/ AMR-NB, MP3 MIDI and Ogg PCM/WAV. The tablet has a dedicated video player application and here too you can use Dolby sound effects. It has support for MP4, H.263,H.264 video formats. For imaging there is a 3.0-megapixel fixed focus still camera that comes with picture quality and colour effect settings. You can set the exposure, ISO, white balance, contrast saturation, etc., as well . The picture quality of the tablet is average and lack of flash dents the performance. However, we are not fond of a camera in a tablet considering the inconvenience of shooting with such a big device. The tablet can capture VGA videos, letting you set video quality, choose video and audio formats for shooting, set the video duration and add colour effects. Again, video quality is average. While you can geo-tag pictures, the same is not possible for videos. The tablet comes with a 4 GB microSD card which is included in the sales pack while the internal memory is 512 MB. The battery backup is according to the company’s claims. There is YouTube app and a built in task manager to increase the efficiency of the tablet.

Alternatively Reliance 3G tab is the most affordable Gingerbread tablet in the market today. If you want another such tablet then you can go for Samsung Galaxy tab 7.0 and if you can let go of the calling feature, then HTC Flyer which is a bit overly priced at Rs 35,000. However, if you are sticking to a tight budget, then we would advise trying out the Beetel Magiq, which costs Rs 9,990, or the OlivePad, which costs Rs 15,990. However, they both run older versions of Android – Froyo – and the Magiq comes with a resistive screen, which detracts from the touch experience. n team@mymobile.co.in

119.7 mm

Simply Music, Music Mania and Sampoorna Jyotish pack.There is support for POP, IMAP and Exchange accounts, and of course, there is the customary Gmail app (hey, this is an Android tablet after all). The Documents To Go app, which allows you to open documents but you cannot create any. The 7.0-inch size of the tablet is optimum for carrying around easily, although we would have liked a higher resolution than the 800 x 480 sported by it. The device also comes with calling capabilities – you can use wired or Bluetooth headsets for convenience. The browser of the tablet supports multitiouch but lacks full Flash support. You can open multiple windows and can search words on page, forward a page or share it via Bluetooth, e-mail, SMS, Facebook and Twitter. These are subscription based packages that you can access directly from the tablet. For connectivity, the tablet comes with 3G as well as Wi-Fi connectivity. You can also create a Wi-Fi hotspot that allows you to share your Internet connection with up to five different devices. There is a file manager too, which is of great convenience to search and manage content on the phone, especially for those who love dabbling with

62.8 mm

verdict Looks

8 9

Features ease of use

performance

value for money

overall

84%

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burn test Sony Ericsson Txt Pro For Pros  Affordable  Hardware QWERTY

92.0 mm

All Ye Who Want To Type

Keyboard

 Scratch resistant

surface

Cons  Fixed focus camera  No flash  MicroSD card not hot

swappable

53 mm

Sliding surprise Among all the Android frenzy, the Txt Pro from Sony Ericsson comes as a pleasant surprise. No, this is not an Android phone, but a complete feature phone with a touch and QWERTY interface created for the masses. The Txt Pro is a slider phone with a stocky form factor. The front panel comprises a 3.0-inch capacitive touchscreen and below it is the home key just as we saw in the Mini but sans the metallic highlight around it. If you are not on the homescreen, a single press on the Home key brings you to the Menu and the second one takes you back Home. The QWERTY keypad slides out from the left and has square, island-like keys. We would have loved to have direction keys here to make navigation easier. The left spine has a volume rocker and camera key while the 3.5 mm jack and USB port are placed at the top. You wouldn’t call the phone a looker – it looks more utilitarian than stylish. However, if you want a sturdy touch phone, this could be an option.

Familiar interface No, the Txt Pro does not run on Android, but that has not stopped Sony Ericsson from giving it an Android-like interface. There are two swappable home screen panels and the four semi-circular functions on the corners. The first panel has time and date while the second one gives access to the Friends app, which combines all the communications of your five favourite contacts, including calls, messages and social network activity in one screen. We just wish it could have accommodated more

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friends, as it is a pretty handy. After experiencing the Mini and W8, we would say that the touch response of the Txt Pro failed to impress us much. Apart from the hardware keypad, there is a multi-tap virtual keypad which we totally avoided using because it was same that we saw in first generation Minis – no, we didn’t like it even then. The Menu is spaced out on three panels which can be accessed by swiping sideways. The device supports POP and IMAP account for e-mail, and it comes with a preconfigured link for Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. The multiple IM icon lets you download Ebuddy and also comes with Gtalk. For photo lovers, there is the Picasa Web album app. Links to Orkut, Facebook and Twitter are also preconfigured on the phone to give you a complete social networking experience. However, these are links and not apps so they take you to the site through the browser. On the bright side, the browser is Opera Mini which is one of the best in terms of speed.

is just about OK

The multimedia dimension The phone comes with a music player and FM radio. The sound quality of the device is acceptable. The music player comes with sound enhancement features like equalizers and sound enhancement features. The FM radio can be played through loudspeaker but it does require headphones to be plugged in. The interface is same as seen in other Sony Ericsson phones in a scroll form. You can scroll up and down to access the radio stations and mark your favourites too. Sony Ericsson’s trademark PlayNow and Track ID apps are preloaded on the phone. The infinity button seen on some Sony Ericsson phones is absent from the music player. The phone comes with a 3.0-megapixel fixed focus camera but no flash. The camera is pretty simple with no additional features. You can toggle between still and video modes and access the gallery but that is that. The picture quality is nothing to rave about and the lack of flash makes it a no-go in low light conditions. It also shoots QVGA videos at 15 frames per second and there is a dedicated video player on the phone. The phone comes with 100 MB internal memory which can be expanded up to 32 GB. On the downside, the microSD card slot is under the battery cover so you cannot hot swap it.

Alternatively The Sony Ericsson Txt Pro is priced at Rs 7,400. If you need a touch and QWERTY phone in this price range, you can consider Samsung Wave 533, which is pegged at Rs 8,500. Nokia X3-02 is also a touch and type phone but has a multi-tap keyboard. However, it has a 5.0-megapixel camera and runs on Symbian 60 operating system. It is priced at Rs 7,800. n team@mymobile.co.in

Island type QWERTY

keyboard is conve−

nient but lacks direc− tion keys

tech specs Size | 92.0 X 53.0 X 18.0 mm Weight | 136 grams Memory | 100MB, microSD The hardware cam−

Battery | Li-Po 1000 mAh

era key is a welcome addition as it makes

Screen | 16.7million, colours

clicking pictures easier

Talktime/Standby | Up to 5.1 hours/400 hours

Verdict

GPRS/3G | Yes/No

Looks

Features

Phonebook Capacity | Shared

ease of use

Camera | 3.2 megapixel

performance

Frequency | GSM 850/900/1800/1900

value for money

Bluetooth/ WiFi | Yes/Yes

Others | Friends app, Opera Mini

Price: Rs 7,400

overall

80%

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burn test Nokia X7 Back

4.0- inch AMOLED dis-

in the Game?

play gives a great visual experience

Symbian Anna’s new iconography is a refreshing change

Anna arrives ! After its (mis)adventure with N-Gage, Nokia is having another bite at the gaming cherry and this time with the X7, a powerful smartphone and one of the first devices to hit Indian shores running the new version of the Symbian operating system, Anna. The X7 packs in some of the most impressive specs we have seen on a Nokia handset– a

Pros  Gorgeous four inch display  Symbian Anna (huge

improvement over previous versions)

 Great for gaming and multimedia

Cons  Fixed focus camera, no front facing

camera

 Symbian Anna (not as good as iOS

and Android)

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Assassins’ Creed and Need for Speed in all their glory. Racing and steering using the accelerometer are a sheer joy. And the sound quality is impeccable. In pure gaming terms, we think this is the best device we have seen this side of the iPhone. Nokia has bundled some excellent titles with it to make this device a total gaming blast. It is awesome in handling video and music too. Battery life, however, is a bit on the lower side – if you play lots of games, you will struggle to see it through a day. Stick mostly to calls, mails and social network updates and the X7 will comfortably see you through a day and a half. Unfortunately, a few niggles stop it from becoming really great. The camera can record HD video but no auto-focus makes it pretty much useless when it comes to close up shots. Anna is a huge improvement over Symbian S60 (5th edition) but still lacks the fluidity, apps and social network integration of an Android or iOS. Twitter and Facebook are not really as much fun here, thanks to the limited apps at one’s disposal. The 640 x 360 resolution, while very good for Symbian, is not really up there with those seen on high-end Android and iOS devices. Round that off with a price tag of Rs 21,000 and the X7 starts seeming a tad expensive.

large 4.0- inch touchscreen AMOLED display, every connectivity option you can think of (3G, Wi-Fi, GPS), a 8.0-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, and Nokia’s traditional muscle in GPS and mail. But is all this enough to stand tall amongst the wave of Android devices and the iPhone?

The X7 is unusually shaped. Nokia has given it a slightly hexagonal touch by bending the corners inwards. Some might like it, some won’t. In terms of build, this is vintage Nokia – strong and solid. The front is dominated by the 4.0-inch AMOLED display of 640 x 360 resolution. There’s a single key below it, which serves as a Back and Home button, depending on where you use it. There are four grills on the corners of the phone where it bends inwards. Surprisingly for a high-end 3G device, there is no front-facing camera, so video calls are out. The back is dominated by a metal plate on which is the 8.0-megapixel camera and dual LED flash. As the back curves to meet the front of the phone, the edges are very thin, and the buttons that seem to be on the sides of the phone are actually on its back – the

119.7 mm

Not your usual looker

tech specs

62.8 mm

Price: Rs 21,000

Alternatively

volume key and camera key on the right, and the SIM card and memory card holders on the left. The battery is non-removable – the SIM card is inserted from the side of the phone. Incidentally, that IS quite a task as you have to hold one side of the tray down and drag it out – we thought we were going to break something at one stage. The phone feels solid in one’s hands and although some might find it to be a bit on the longer side and at almost 150 grams, also a little heavy, we think it will fit in most hands and pockets without too much fuss. All in all, we can say that the X7’s looks won’t appeal to everyone, but will attract attention.

Fun, fun, fun

If you love Symbian, we would recommend the Nokia N8, which has a far superior 12.0megapixel camera, can be updated to Anna, and costs Rs 22,500. If you are willing to try another platform and want top-class mobile gaming, we would point you in the direction of the venerable iPhone 3GS, which costs Rs 19,990 and has a wider range of games. There are few Android options too like Samsung Galaxy SL for Rs 20,300 and LG Optimus Black costing Rs 20,300. n team@mymobile.co.in

verdict Looks

8 9

Features

Anna might not seem too different from the Symbian ^3 OS seen on the likes of the N8, with three customisable home screens with widgets, but it adds a QWERTY keyboard in portrait mode and also throws in more colourful icons and a much-improved browser. Smartphone users will feel on familiar territory as they set up their mails in jiffy, surf the net, and use Maps to find their way around town. But it is when you come to gaming that the X7 really shines. The AMOLED display shows games like

ease of use

perfoRmance

value for money overall

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Sony Ericsson W8 The

Walkman revival begins Once known for its versatility in design, Sony Ericsson seems to be adopting HTC’s way of sticking to certain form factors. At least, that is what we felt when we saw the Sony Ericsson W8, the device that marks the return of Walkman phones in the market. It is a bar phone with a 3.0-inch capacitive touchscreen. Below it are three hardware keys for Menu, Home and Back. The left panel is bare, while the right one has the volume keys and the camera key. The power/lock key is placed at the top along with the charging port and 3.5 mm jack. The 3.0-megapixel flash-less camera is at the back. The device comes with changeable battery covers, two of which are included in the sales pack. The microSD card slot is under the battery cover but is hot swappable. While the phone is pretty good looking and easy to use, it does not fall in the ‘slim category.”

Android blues At a time when Android 2.3 is the norm, the W8 is still stuck with 2.1, which is frankly surprising. However, its USP is not Android but music. The user interface is the same as seen in other Sony Ericsson Android devices. The homescreen has five screen panels. The first one displays Google search, the second has date and time information, the third hosts the user guide of the phone, the fourth one has Timescape

and the fifth has the Walkman. You can add widgets to these panels from a predecided list. On each panel there are four semi-circular buttons, at each corner of the screen, giving access to the Dialler, Contacts, Music and Messages. These can be customized, if you wish so. The notification bar stays at the top, granting you notifications about new mails, missed calls, etc. A soft arrow at the bottom gives

tech specs Size | 99 X 54 X 15 mm

99 mm

The Walkman gets a Droid

Price: Rs 9,990

access to the main menu that is spread across four screen panels. The touch response of the phone is good and the same can be said about the visual experience, though we did get a bit bored by the same interface. Kinetic scrolling makes the touch interface even easier to use. The input option consists of a virtual QWERTY keypad both in landscape as well as portrait mode, but thanks to the relatively small screen size, typing was not easy. As for browsing, there is no multitouch support, although you can use the onscreen touch buttons to zoom in and out of the page. There is no Flash support either

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but text reflow makes reading easier. The device comes with support for Microsoft Exchange through RoadSync and you can set up other POP3 and IMAP4 email

accounts on the phone too. Connectivity options include 3G, Bluetooth, WiFi and USB. The phone also comes with GPS and WisePilot navigation software. Sony Ericsson’s trademark TimeScape integrates all social networks, mail and messaging activity into one slider scroll interface making them easier to access, straight from the homescreen. You can choose which content should be visible in the Timescape.

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Pros  Amazing sound quality  Additional speakers in the sales pack  SNS integration

Cons  Outdated Android (v 2.1)  Fixed focus camera

The speakers included in the sales pack add

 No secondary camera for video calling

a punch to the music experience

Great sound, not so great pics The real strength of the device is its sound. As expected, it is outstanding both through the loudspeaker and the headphones. There is an extra set of speakers in the sales pack and we think they work just fine for those moments when you want to play music out loud. The songs are sorted on the basis of artists and albums and there is an infinity but-

ton on pressing which the phone offers content related to the artiste. The FM radio comes with RDS support and an interface reminiscent of the scroll that used to come in old radios. The camera on the other hand is average. There is no auto focus or flash, and different modes like twilight, beach/snow, sports and auto, while handy, do not save the day. The camera is capable of taking VGA videos at 30 frames per second, but the quality didn’t excite us much. As far as the settings go, you can just choose between normal or MMS modes. The phone’s internal memory is 128 MB and can be expanded up to 16 GB using a microSD card. The battery backup of the phone is par for the course- one full charge gave around an hour of music, calling and around two hours of Wi-Fi connectivity.

Alternatively The Sony Ericsson W8 is priced at Rs 9,990 and comes with a set of portable speakers. Other option for a good music phone could be Nokia X3-02, which is a Symbian device costing Rs 7,800. An Android alternative could be Samsung Galaxy Fit priced at Rs 10,800. n team@mymobile.co.in

verdict Looks

Features

ease of use

perfoRmance

value for money

overall

86%

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burn test Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Mini Gets Max Muscle

Pros  Android 2.3  1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM  Browser with Flash support

LCD screen offers

Cons

a crispier visual experience

 No secondary camera

The home key is highlighted with a silver lining

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 No DivX/XviD support for video playback  Small screen

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Mini Major

and Sync settings. Once you add a Facebook account on the phone you can see your contact’s Facebook profile from the contacts tab itself. The phone comes with a music player and FM radio. Sound quality, as expected, is outstanding. The music player has equaliser preset options. There is an xLOUD function to enhance the sound through the loudspeakers. The FM radio comes with RDS support and the reception is very good indeed. The interface reminds one of old radios - you need to scroll up and down and mark your favourite stations and then use the up and down arrows to toggle between them.

92 mm

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini kicked off the Mini series and now we have the Xperia Mini. The design is similar, but instead of the 2.55 inch display of the X10 Mini, the Mini has a capacitive 3.0-inch LCD screen which is delightfully sharp and crisp. Below it, there is one hardware key highlighted by a semicircular strip which gives access to Home. On the left and right of this hardware key are two capacitive keys for Back and Menu. The left side is bare while the right has the volume keys and the camera key. The power/lock key is placed on the top and the charging port and 3.5 mm jack are placed at the bottom. On the back are the 5.0-megapixel camera with LED flash. Incidentally, the phone comes with changeable battery covers and two covers are bundled in the sales pack. The battery of the phone is detachable and the microSD card is hot swappable. Overall, the Xperia Mini retains the “cute quotient” of the earlier Minis, while adding a bigger, sharper screen to it.

Pic snapping stuff

A slice of Gingerbread Android The Mini runs on Android 2.3, accompanied with a 1 GHz processor, that makes perfor-

Price: Rs 15,400

53 mm mance snappy. The semicircular corners remain on Sony Ericsson’s Timescape UI. Now instead of one function they can house five functions. There are five homescreen panels, which can be customised by adding widgets, shortcuts and folders. The notification bar stays at the top, while a soft key at the bottom gives access to the main menu. The capacitive touch of the phone is good. The keys on the onscreen keyboard, however, are too small for comfortable typing. Web browsing is good, with dedicated zoom buttons and multi-touch making things easy online. The browser comes with support for Flash and the usual options like page search, sharing, as well as text reflow. Apart from the dedicated Gmail app, there is support for Microsoft Exchange Active Sync and you can set up other POP3 and IMAP4 accounts on the phone too. The OfficeSuite lets you open MS Office documents, but you will need to buy the Pro version to be able to edit and create new ones.

Connect and entertain

The phone comes with a 5.0-megapixel camera and LED flash, which can be operated by touch and also by a hardware key. The interface of the camera has settings and options on the left side and the gallery on the right of the viewfinder. The still/video toggle button is in the centre. Camera goodies included smile detection, geo-tagging, self timer and red eye reduction. The camera is capable of capturing 720p videos and you can choose from various scene modes. Both the video and still quality of the phone were good. There is no dedicated video player on the phone but it played 720p videos with ease. We were also able to play 1080p videos but could see some distortion when we switched from landscape to portrait mode. The video player surprisingly only supports 3GP and MP4 formats. The phone comes with a 2GB memory card and has a decent battery backup. One charge lasted for a little less than a day with continuous e-mail, couple of hours of calling and two hours of music.

Alternatively The Xperia Mini costs Rs 15,400. You can also consider HTC Wildfire S priced at Rs 13,800. n team@mymobile.co.in

verdict Looks

Features ease of use

Connectivity options include 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS. Check Extension enables search for Timescape plug-ins to enhance its functionality further by integrating more content into it like photos, music, FourSquare, etc. Friends Music & Videos brings together all the videos and music posted on your friends’ walls. For social networking fans, there is a Sony Ericsson Facebook Integration Version of the Facebook application in the accounts

8 9

perfoRmance value for money

overall

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Front facing

camera for video calling

Innovative 3D interface for 3D apps makes the experience interesting and also offers easy usability

LG Optimus 3D P920 The

Smartphone with the Third Dimension

A smartphone gets 3D at last! With all the hype around 3D, it was only a matter of time before it came on handsets. Although there have been a few 3D handsets in the past (most notably from Spice), LG’s Optimus 3D is the first smartphone to bring the glassless 3D experience to its users. A good visual experience requires a big screen and the Optimus 3D comes with a 4.3-inch screen, one of the biggest seen on a mobile 3D device. There is a secondary camera for self portraits and video calling along with two cameras at the back for capturing stereoscopic images and videos or rather 3D images and videos. The phone has a solid build with a faux brushed metal finish at the front. Again it is bit thicker than the usual and also a little heavy, making it a task to handle it. However it still exudes style and this combined with the new 3D capabilities, the phone will definitely draw attention in the public.

What? No Gingerbread? Rather disappointingly, the Optimus 3D runs on Froyo rather than Gingerbread which is the latest version of Android. The interface has been puckered up with LG’s 3D UI for 3D apps, but the rest of the interface is similar to what we saw in the Optimus 2X. There are seven homescreen panels which can be customised.

The application tray has three customisation options, category wise, which separates 3D apps from normal apps and the downloaded ones. Then there is a panel type page view and last but not the least, the list view. In the page view, you can make up to five panels and move icons accordingly with simple drag and drop gestures. The notification bar stays at the top and comes with add-ons like access to connectivity features. The Optimus 3D has the usual gesture control features - you can flip the phone to silence the phone or snooze an alarm. The 1Ghz dual core processor makes the phone’s performance snappy and quick. When it comes to web surfing, the Optimus 3D comes with a browser that has full Flash support a minimalist interface, although there is no text re-flow. For mail, there’s support for POP, IMAP accounts and MS Exchange, and the usual dedicated Gmail application. The Polaris document viewer lets you open MS Office files on your phone. Social networking apps preloaded on the device include Facebook and Twitter. The contacts tab also comes with SNS integration, letting you integrate your Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, MS exchange, and Google contacts with your phone ones. LG’s trademark SmartShare app lets you share content through DLNA. The

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phone comes with HDMI support in the phone but no cable in the sales pack, which means that you will have to shell out extra dough to get one. For connectivity there is WiFi and 3G, while navigation lovers can feast on the GPS-Google Maps combo. However, in India, Google Maps offer basic direction and location search. The device is capable of providing HSDPA speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA speed of up to 5.76Mbps.

The new dimension, without glasses As mentioned earlier, the Optimus 3D can capture 3D stills and videos but there is lot more. There is a 3D Space section that can be launched through a shortcut key on the right spine, giving you access to 3D games, apps and other 3D content. There is a separate 3D gallery which has an interesting 3D circular interface and is easy to use. There are separate sections for videos and images. The Optimus 3D comes with a dedicated video player which is capable of playing HD videos. As far as its 3D capabilities go, you can convert 2D videos into 3D and vice versa. On converting 2D to 3D your can also adjust the degree of 3D that you want to have in the videos. The 3D experience is good, but the parallax barrier technology used for glassless 3D

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Pros

Cons

 1Ghz dual core processor The stereo−

scopic cam− eras capture 3D and 2D stils and

 3D multimedia capability

and content support

 No Android 2.3 out of

the box

 Limited 3D apps  Expensive

 3G with built-in video

calling

128.8 mm

videos

68 mm requires you to find the right viewing angle where you can see the 3D image or video properly, so there is a certain amount of fiddling involved. We would also advise you not to watch 3D content for long stretches of time, as it left our eyes feeling sore! The camera too comes with a few 3D tricks up its sleeve. While in 2D you can take 5.0 megapixel pictures, the 3D mode is limited to 3.0 megapixel only. You can toggle between 2D and 3D shooting modes from the viewfinder itself. In the 3D camera mode you also cannot use the flash which is a bummer. You can manage the degree of 3D effect. The 3D camera is capable of capturing 720p videos in 3D too. And it all works well. There are few 3D games on the phone like the Asphalt 6 and N.O.V.A and you can download more from the Gameloft link given on the phone. However, the number of 3D apps and games is a bit limited. While the LG Optimus 3D is famous for its 3D, it has some very good “normal” features too. The camera shoots 5.0-megapixel stills and 1080p HD videos in 2D. The stills did not get us jumping with joy but were not too bad either while the video was pretty good. There is a music player that

Bluetooth/ WiFi | Yes/Yes Phonebook Capacity | Shared Camera | 5.0 megapixel Frequency | GSM 850/900/1800/1900 comes with equalizer presets, but they work only with the headphones. But without the presets the speakers gave good sound output. Alas, there is no FM on the device. The battery of the phone is decent -a full day of fiddling with 3D and constant Wi-Fi, calling, didn’t drain the battery completely.

Alternatively

Networking Integration

Price: Rs 36,000 verdict Looks

8 9

Features

The LG Optimus 3D is priced at Rs 36,000. Only other 3D device that is available in this category is the recently launched HTC EVO 3D and it is available for Rs 34,000 in the market. However if 3D is not that important and you wish to have a large screen touchscreen smartphone, you can also look at Samsung Galaxy SII priced at Rs 30,500 or HTC Sensation also, costing Rs 30,500. n team@mymobile.co.in

Others | 3D games, Social

ease of use

8 9

perfoRmance value for money

overall

84%

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 Touchscreen as well as

keyboard

 New BlackBerry OS 7  NFC support

QWERTY

Bold Gets a Beautiful ‘Touch’ The twin It is the first BlackBerry to offer a touchscreen and the classic BB QWERTY keyboard without any slider, and of all the Bold designs that RIM has doled out, it has opted to create the Bold 9900 in the image of very first one, the Bold 9000. Yes, the new Bold is slimmer, longer and lighter than the original and there are a few evolutions in design, but the overall look does evoke a sense of deja vu. As we said before, the Bold 9900 is a touch and type phone. It has a 2.8 inch capacitive touchscreen and an optical trackpad below it, surrounded by the calling and control keys. The phone has a silver colour highlight running along its spines, accentuating its similarity to the first Bold. The whole back panel does not slip out, only a part of it can be flipped open to access the battery. Above this patterned removable part, on the fixed part, lies the camera and LED flash. All in all, the phone looks pretty good – it is sleek, sexy and smart, notwithstanding its similarity to the original Bold.

115 mm

Pros

BlackBerry OS7 – stirred, not shaken

The QWERTY

keypad brings comfort to

those who text extensively

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 ushers in the next generation of operating systems developed by RIM. Honestly, we feel this as more evolutionary than revolutionary because we did not find the interface to be too different from the Blackberry Torch. 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. The interface of the Bold 9900 is fluid and efficient but still remains similar to that seen in the ear-

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66 mm

lier phones. Apart from the touch screen, you can also use the optical trackpad, which again is reminiscent of the older BlackBerrys. However, owing to its usability, it is always a welcome addition as it comes handy where touch is not convenient.

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 9900 takes care of your work and personal life as well. As always, 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!

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Messenger in one window – handy. The Bold’s browser has multi-touch but does not support Flash – that said, it works yards faster than its predecessors. You can actually think of browsing the Web on this baby. 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 superb as always for typing, making this a great device for those who like to write as well as speak words. Also on board is a Mobile Voice System (MVS) that uses the enterprise PBX system to cut down the call cost of its employees on the go, although we could not check this feature. It also comes with NFC support and while there is not much you can do with it right now, it will come in handy in the near future.

...and fun too! As mentioned earlier, the Bold 9900 is not just work. It comes with 5.0-megapixel camera which is complemented with flash, geo-tagging and image stablisation. There are 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. The picture quality of the camera is acceptable. The convenience key by default works as the shutter release key for the camera. However, yo can customise it according to your need. The phone is capable of capturing 720p videos, although you cannot use the flash during video recording. The video quality again is pleasant. 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 sound quality of the phone is good but on the downside there is no FM radio. 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 9900 is a snappy performer, thanks in no small measure to the 1.2 GHz processor and 768 MB RAM on the spec sheet.

verdict 8

Phonebook Capacity | Shared

ease of use

Camera | 5.0 megapixel

perfoRmance

value for money

Price: Rs 31,000

 Based on design of “ye olde Bold”

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Features

Others | Mobile Voice System

 Average camera

The BlackBerry Bold 9900 costs Rs 31,000. Other touch and type phones like the Nokia E6 and Samsung Galaxy Pro cost much lesser at Rs 17,500 and Rs 10,500 respectively and run on Symbian and Android plaforms. In case you wish for an equally powerful computing device, you can consider the Samsung Galaxy SII costing Rs 30,000. n

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 News OS, but same old UI

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Looks

Bluetooth/ WiFi | Yes/Yes

Cons

overall

80%

The mute and volume keys

double up as

music control keys

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et cetera OMG its Iomega Backup and charge your iPhone with style

Phone is not just a mobile phone, for almost all of us, it is a prized possession that we want to keep safe and all decked up with accessories. And while covers and screen protectors are a norm, what if you get a stylish charger that also backs up your phone’s content? That is exactly what the Iomega SuperHero™ Backup and Charger for iPhone does. This product is a boon for those who don’t sync their phone with iTunes regularly and thus in case the phone gets lost, there is a strong chance that the updated data may never be recovered. It is a stylish platform like charger where once you dock you iPhone or the latest iPod touch, an application is downloaded from the app store. After that the charger cum backup is ready to use. At the back of the charger lies an SD card slot and you can backup all your contacts and photos in this SD card. You can even choose if you wish to only back up one of the two. In

case you need to restore this data into another iPhone, this can be done with a touch of a button. Selective restoration is also possible and you can choose to replace the existing contacts on the iPhone with the restored one. The device is smart and can easily fit in on your office or home décor. The interface is also very easy to understand and use. The Iomega backup and charger also works nicely with the latest version of the iPod touch. Depending on the content, the first backup of your idevice might take some time but the subsequent ones happen quickly as it just adds the new content to the existing backup. It comes with a 4 GB SD card and is available in the market for Rs 4,499. n

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M-MLP8312 for NOKIA X7 MRP Rs 700/-

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et cetera Free from tangles Get on Highway Through Freeway

abra has been one of the pioneers in the Bluetooth accessory segment and has now introduced Jabra Freeway, an interesting Bluetooth car speaker. There is a slight curve at the front of this speakerphone and pretty much all the soft buttons are on the front panel itself. The top button is for the call connect and disconnect. On the left hand side is the FM transmitter button. The voice command button is on the right and a large speaker in the middle. On the lower left is a volume decrease button, mute button in the middle and the volume increase button in the right. The right panel has a charging slot and the power on and off button. An adjustable clip at the back lets you attach this speaker phone inside the car. As soon as one switches on Jabra Freeway, one is greeted by the voice command that guides the users to easily connect the speakerphone with the mobile handset. In case one misses the commands or does not perform as instructed the voice repeats the same command till the device is connected. The sound quality through this speaker was quite loud and clear. Even the music output from this speakerphone was quite pleasing to hear. One could also use voice commands and hence have a complete experience while on the move. Another handy feature for this loudspeaker is that one can effortlessly connect two devices to it. The Freeway is also able to gauge the inactive time and get into a standby mode and thus save battery. The voice command also keeps updating about the battery status from time to time. The battery performance of Jabra Freeway was good. It is priced at Rs s 7,499. n

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et cetera Fine Pics with FinePix Capture in HD

he Fujifilm has come up with its affordable range of camera with the launch of FinePix S3300 camera. It is a 14.0-megapixel camera with dual image stabilisation (high sensitivity + CCD shift type image stabilization) feature. As the name suggests the camera offers a fine picture taking experience to the user. It is equipped with some good features like Blink Detection, Face Recognition, Photobook Assist, Intelligent Flash, etc. One of the best features of S3300 is 26x super zoom with a 24mm wide-angle and super macro focus mode. EVF (Electronic viewfinder) button is placed right above the 3.0-inch screen and controls keys placed neatly on the right side of the screen. The Fujifilm FinePix S3300 features a mini HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) port for which a user need a HDMI cable to connect to HDTV (HighDefinition Television) and can enjoy picture taken from the camera instantly. Although the camera has plastic body but gives soft rubber feel while holding. With the Fujifilm S3300 user can easily take some great panoramic shots. By selecting Panorama mode on the top, user will be directed to take three serial shots in one go with a unique helpful tool. FinePix S3300 also allows user to captures full HD photos and 720p HD videos at 30 frames per second. The camera is priced at Rs 15,990.

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Etching memories

Portable printing simplified

ome solutions or rather small scale printing solutions which offer great value for money are difficult to find, however, with the launch of Cannonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new PIXMA MX426 Wireless Office AIO printer this problem seems to be addressed to an extent. The printer is capable of printing a borderless 4 x 6â&#x20AC;? photo in 42 seconds and has a fast print speed of approximately 8.7 ipm and 5.0 ipm for monochrome and colour doc

ument prints respectively. The device offers Wi-Fi connectivity along with wireless photo printing from your mobile phone, iPod Touch, iPad and Android device. It also features a 2.5-inch LCD display and comes with Ethernet connectivity option. With the ability to load up to 30 sheets of regular A4 paper for continuous feeding, faxing, scanning and copying becomes a seam-

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less process. With its 3-seconds per A4 fax speed and Super G3 standard, work becomes fast, efficient and effective. The printer is also able to print directly from memory cards, USB Flash Memory or PictBridge-compliant digital cameras, camcorders and camera phones. The device can also print full HD movie prints which are created by canon digital cameras. The printer is priced at Rs 8,395. n

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go wireless with BlAckBErry Drive with pleasure

or people who are looking at using their BlackBerry handsets effortlessly even while driving, BlackBerry has launched its Visor Mount Speakerphoneâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; VM 605. The overall design of this speaker phone is quite bold and attractive. On the front is a soft press button along with the speakers. It also has four light indicators for battery, call, power and connected. The right side of the speakerphone has a charging slot and the volume increase and decrease buttons, while on the left is the FM transmission button. The back has an adjustable clip that can be used to mount it. This speakerphone is quite easy to use. Getting this device connected to the BlackBerry phone was very effortless. All one had to do was press and hold the front panel till the time a voice alert would indicate that the speakerphone was now in pairing mode. Once connected, one just has to tap the front panel once to take the call and do the same again to disconnect. To ignore a call one just needs to press and hold the same front panel for a couple of seconds. One can also mute and redial from this speakerphone with ease. For adjusting the volume one can use the side volume buttons. The call quality is quite crisp and loud in the car. However, music output had some bit of distortion and could have been a little louder. Another added advantage of this speakerphone is that it gives voice alerts about all incoming calls in a female voice, so you know who is calling you before taking the call and without the need to check your phone. The same alerts work when the handset is connected to the speakerphone and also when powered off. This speaker phone comes with 1100mAh Li-Polymer battery, which claims to give 240 hours talktime with Time-out shutdown. Overall, this device gives a decent battery backup and had a good voice output and was fairly easy to use. The MRP of Visor Mount Speakerphoneâ&#x20AC;&#x201C; VM 605 is Rs. 4,699. n

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Powering on the go Charge in style

s we have started doing more and more with our mobile devices, a constant source of power has become a very important need. Although most of them come with a good battery backup, but there are times when you wish you have a charging plug around, but now there is a solution that will let you charge your devices on the go. ETO 3000 is portable compact charger which comes with multiple charging connectors. These connectors can provide life to any type of mobile handset or other electronic gadgets anytime anywhere. The device is extremely portable with dimensions of 100 x 56 x 14 mm and weighs just 100 grams. The device looks highly attractive with its matte finish body. It sports two charging slots at the top of the panel and has only button at the front panel which is round in shape and silver in color. The button has a light indicator in the center, which reflects the status of power it contains. If the light located in the middle of the button is green while charging the mobile or any other device, it shows that charger contains 70 to 100 % of power. If it turns orange then it contains 40 to 70 % of power and if it turns red it means the charger contains only 0 to 10 % power. The red light indicates that charger needs to get recharged before further use. The device has 3000 mAh/3.7 Lithium battery which gives decent backup. It has power output of 5.5V/16V/19V. There are four models of ETO chargers. And while the ETO 3000 is priced at Rs 2,990, the range of these portable chargers starts from Rs 2,450. n team@mymobile.co.in

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The Mobile Internet Goes Vernacular Mobile is now a mass market phenomenon and with growing variety of people that it caters to especially in India, vernacular language support for mobile Internet has become a necessity Heena Jatav

ndia is a country which has 22 official languages and 398 living languages. Although English and Hindi attract the most attention, there is a large chunk of people who prefer to consume media in their native language. Be it Gujarati in Gujarat, Malayalam in Kerala, Tamil in Tamil Nadu, Bengali in West Bengal and Marathi in Maharashtra, newspaper sales and television programme TRPs show that people of many states love to access information in their native languages. And more or less, the same applies to mobile internet too. The latest report published by IAMAI shows a 15 per cent growth in mobile internet usage in India in the past six months. As per the report, mobile internet users are likely to touch the figure of 46 million by September 2011. Another report published by IAMAI and IMRB shows that consumption of Indian language content is high among the Internet users in the non-Metros opening the Value Added Services (VAS) market for vernacular players. After being a largely English- only territory, the mobile Internet is getting a

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Needed: more than just English

Surfing the Internet in regional languages is enabling users to access information in their very own language. It not only helps them in shedding their hesitance of using online services but also provides them with ample information on their handsets. “Earlier I kept watching my friends using Internet on their phones for entertainment but I was not able to do so myself due to language problems. Now I can also surf mobile easily in Bengali,” said Probal Basak, a student from Durgapur. Even those who are comfortable with the English language prefer communicating with their near and dear ones in their native language as it seems more natural. After all, that is the language they grew up with. “Even if I am comfortable with English, I prefer using my regional language on my mobile phone. I specifically wish my friends and relatives using Tamil messages on special occasions like Pongal and Diwali, and also give birthday wishes in Tamil only,” said Vendhan, another student from Chennai. Though the mobile phone revolution has enabled users to communicate, search and accessing information, the fact is that it is restricted to a very small portion of the Indian population. The reason is simple. Even though the country has progressed immensely, there is a large section of people who cannot speak, read and write in English. And because of this, they are unable to type on their phones. However, this has now started to change. Just like their counterparts in other countries who can access information on their handsets in their own languages, Indian users can also get the same convenience on their phones and get benefitted from it. “The cellphone has become a ubiquitous instrument for every Indian. Providing relevant content in their language on the mobile is a huge value addition for Indian mobile users,” said B G Mahesh, founder, Oneindia.in, a vernacular application developer company in India.

A promising future As per industry analysts, the demand for vernacular content on mobile internet seems to be surging. Language is no more a barrier for technology savvy consumers. But according to the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) report, only 25 per cent of Internet users are aware of vernacular content online. The report also states that other than the top four metro cities, awareness of online vernacular content is comparatively high in small towns and cities. This is primarily because

According to the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) report, only 25 percent of Internet users are aware of vernacular content online. The report also states that other than the top four metro cities, awareness of online vernacular content is comparatively higher in small towns and cities

aimed to identify ideas and designs that will encourage the use of Indian languages on mobile phones to make users more literate in their native language. The trend is not limited to mobile phones, it has started touching tablets as well. Recently, Lakshmi Access Communications Systems Private Limited (LACS), a Bangalore based Devraj Group firm launched Magnum Marche, a Tablet PC which has a menu in 11 Indian languages. “The idea behind the creation of such a product is that we want to focus on the group of people who always fantasise of using such product but are held back because of their lack of familiarity with the English language,” says Mahendraa Kumar D Jain, managing director, LACS. He went on to say that the company will soon come up with mobile phones with regional content as well. Hazel Media, a mobility products and technology startup company has been coming out with products that enable interaction in vernacular Indic languages like Hindi and Marathi via mobile applications across various device platforms. “Our technology applies a platformagnostic and device-agnostic paradigm, where a device with basic capabilities is able to display vernacular language content without requiring in-built support for the languages”, said Manish Malik, founder and CEO of Hazel Media on the company’s website. Another VAS player IMI Mobile is also developing vernacular apps. Madhavan Iyer, senior VP-operations, IMI Mobile says, “ We are going to launch My SMS, a mobile application that can be consumed in any Indian language.”

Challenges remain

users from smaller towns are well-versed with regional languages and need more vernacular content online. The research also shows a higher usage of e-mail and news in vernacular languages in this region Mahesh Uppal, director, Com First and an industry expert, says that though Hindi is our national language and English, the official one, there is a large chunk of people who are not very well versed with these two languages and it is very important to localize the content for better adaptation. “Big areas where vernacular content browsing will probably thrive more would be entertainment, E-commerce and of course social networking,” says Uppal. Recently Nokia organised an event called Nokia Bhasha 2011 in Bangalore. The event

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However, there are a number of challenges that have to be overcome before regional language browsing attains its full potential. The biggest challenge is the non availability of language fonts on handsets. Apple has recently started supporting major Indian languages on their popular iPhone and iPad, which has given a huge boost to this segment. Another big constraint is publishing vernacular content for mobiles. Industry experts say the growth of language content on mobiles will be far larger once the handsets start supporting Indian language fonts. Due to the lack of language support software in mobile phones, many people feel helpless and end up getting alienated from technology. Handsets equipped with language supporting software will give an immense boost to vernacular content on mobiles. So for any of you who feel the need of using their mother tounge to get on to the information highway, its time to jump in! n heena@mymobile.co.in

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Cells for Foodies! Do you have a curious palette and crave for food quite often? Then you will be delighted to know that now mobile phones serve your food fetish in many ways. Now even restaurants are using technology to tingle your taste buds Harshita Rastogi and Heena Jatav

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t was Shikha’s last day in the office and everyone decided to give her a great farewell party. However, deciding on a party was one thing, getting a venue for it quite another. Where could one get a jazzy dance floor, apart from delightful food and beverages apt for a Friday night? Discussions were on when someone got a message on their handset – it was from a famous restrobar which was offering a great deal on that evening. Decision made! Which just goes on to show how ubiquitous mobile phones have become in our lives. We depend on these tiny devices for just about everything. With the evolution of various applications and services available on mobile phones, a whole new world has been created where people connect with each other, get relevant information on a variety of subjects including yes... food!

Calling Food! With mobile phone subscriptions growing at the rate of knots, restaurateurs have found thousands of new ways of using this device to promote their offerings. From choosing the kind of food to ordering food or reserving tablesapplications available on mobile phones serve the customers with a vast amount of information on just about everything pertaining to food. Now people can text their orders in ahead of time, choose from the menu of their choice while relaxing at home and can also avail various discount deals, all on their handsets. Food joints are going hi-tech and delivering menus straight on your mobile phones and also by adopting new and interesting ways of advertising. This trend of promoting food outlets is being seen especially in larger cities like Delhi, Mumbai, and Bangalore. Gone are the days when you got a pamphlet about restaurants offering discounts only in your morning newspapers. Now those discount pamphlets are available in your mobile phones itself in the form of messages and applications. These new forms of promotional activities have not only benefitted foodies but also to restaurant owners, who have experienced a boost in revenues and have also forged better relationships with their customers. The Touche restaurant in Bangalore has a touch table menu in which customers can view food images, order their food and can also play games on the table itself– a move that has paid off so far.

There are apps for that...and services too! There also are a host of apps related to food available on your phone depending upon the

operating system your phone runs on. These applications provide information on various food joints or give discounts on a number of restaurants and their services. Zomato is amongst the most sought after applications available on restaurants and hotels. This application contains a huge directory of restaurants in the metros and other major cities and thus acts as a food guide to the food lovers. Users can not only read the reviews on these restaurants but can write one as well. Also, one can check out the menu and see the exact location of the joint. The best part is that you can also get information about the best dish available there, which is based on its customers demand and feedback. “We have crossed 1.5 lakh mobile downloads per month and about 70 per cent of these are through BlackBerry alone with iPhone and Android holding the rest 30 per cent”, said Pankaj Chaddah, director, Zomato. Service providers like Bitequest are also very popular in Delhi and NCR areas. It is the perfect door to knock on for all those food lovers who hate waiting outside a restaurant. User can call on the Bitequest helpline number or can log on to their website and get a reservation done for the food outlets available on their list. The interesting part is that reserving a table in certain restaurants through them also let you enjoy discounts of up to 20 per cent or more on your bill. Besides the usual discounts, Bitequest also gives SMS based vouchers to regular customers. “We have various types of SMS blasts, one of which is informing frequent customers to avail some special discount on certain restaurants and the other being an informative message on a new restaurant or pub. Yet another is a pure promotional gig, in which a restaurant pays us to advertise it and give discounts to customers,” explains Rajveer Khanna, director, Bitequest. “We are into some exclusive deals with many restaurants which when approached through us give the customers an extra discount on booking for a big gathering or a special occasion.” The Burrp application, which is currently available on BlackBerry and Nokia is another option one can opt for to get updates on food joints and pubs. It gives you the details about nearby restaurants and eateries ranging from high-end pubs to ice cream parlors and roadside stalls and kiosks. This application can be downloaded for free. Even navigation apps like Google Maps and Nokia’s Ovi Maps include information about restaurants and hotels, although they do not do so with the kind of depth that specialised foodie apps do. It is not just high-end hotels and res-

From choosing the kind of food to ordering food or reserving tablesapplications available on mobile phones serve the customers with a vast amount of information on just about everything pertaining to food.

taurants that are getting tech-savvy, even smaller yet very popular restaurants like Kake Da Hotel(KDH) in Connaught Place and Paranthewali gali in Chandni Chowk are also becoming active in this regard and preparing online portals, which we hope, will have their mobile side too. And now Delhi has its own technology friendly restaurant named ‘[v] Spot Café and Bar’ by the Star TV network, complete with a quirky iPad menu, video walls and touchscreen gaming TVs. Tech and food clearly do mix. The day is not too far when you will be able to book a specific seat in a restaurant, choose your meal from a sumptuous menu, and even get notified as to how quickly your food will be ready, and pay for it – all on your handset. Which seems to be only fair – after all, one’s handset is becoming almost as much of a necessity as food! n harshita@mymobile.co.in heena@mymobile.co.in

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pimp my ride Now upgrading your car is not just about getting new seat covers and tyres, wireless technology also plays an important part in making your cars cooler. How? here are a few suggestions to start with

Getting a new car stereo? Make sure that you get one with an auxillary output and a USB slot. This will cut down the hassle of maintaining the growing stack of CDs in your car, and stylish USBs look cool too.

Imagine getting a device that not only lets you talk freely but also adds a boost to your music experience. Bluetooth speakers are an interesting and efficient way of communicating on the go without having to plug anything in your ear.

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Most of the time our phone conks off just when we need to use it the most. The most common reason being a drained battery. So equip your car with a car charger which gets plugged into the cigarette slot. Today chargers come with option of various adapters to suit multiple devices.

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Finally, there are a number of ways to mobile-fy your car and get convenient ways of communicating on the go. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for you to start scouting your neighbourhood market for some cool wireless accessories for your ride.

Driving in style has always been about Bluetooth headsets and there are many of them available in almost every price range. So go ahead and pick one for yourself. But remember talking on a Bluetooth while driving is still not permitted by law.

Trying to find your way but the usually helpful auto wallah is no where to be seen? Then the navigation devices can be of great help. Today there are a number of stand alone GPS devices and almost all smart phones come with GPS capabilities. But remember, the maps have to be bought.

Products used Cars: Maruti Swift and Maruti Swift Desire, Bluetooth Speakers: Jabra Freeway and BlackBerry Visor Mount VM 605. Charger: Nokia Car Charger, Navigation Device: MapMyIndia CarPad, Bluetooth Headsets, BlackBerrry HS-300 and Plantronics Discovery 975, USB Flash Drive: Kingston, Mobile Phone: Nokia E72

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Calling Inflation! The era of one paisa per second calling is passĂŠ. Mobile tariffs are shooting up, much to the shock of consumers who have grown accustomed to declines in call rates. Many is the person who has regretted their decision to switch to another operator, attracted by what were at that time, low call rates Harshita Rastogi

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nflation has become a major concern of every household and is the topic of discussion in our day to day life. Rare is the day that passes without someone talking about the rising prices of some household good, commodity or service. But considering the fierce competition in the telecom market, no one expected this price spike to hit the mobile services segment. So, the news of the Bharti Airtel, one of the leading telecom operators in India, raising its tarrifs for mobile services, took everyone by surprise. The Indian mobile consumer has become habitual of seen tariffs taking a downward spiral and most of us were hoping to reach a position where at least local calls become free of cost! When Bharti Airtel declared the price hike for its prepaid users in six of its circles, and that too by a whopping 20 per cent, most of its users could not digest the news with ease. Other big names in the mobile services business like Vodafone, Idea Cellular and Reliance Communications soon followed the suit as if they were just waiting for someone muster up the courage to take the first step.

Industry blues The recent price hike is like a crack in the crystal of unrealistic price positions the operators had created to lure in more and more subscribers and when you consider the earnings these operators had been making, you could expect no other outcome than a price hike. Unknown to many people, the telecom industry has been struggling with decreasing profit margins for the past year. A number of experts had predicted that this scenario would lead to an increase in prices. So, for them, the current rise in tariffs was just something waiting to happen. Vsevolod Rozanov, president and CEO of Sistema Shyam Teleservices (MTS) India, says, “The service providers are unable to provide quality services to the users at the current price levels. There is a requirement for funds to improve networks and develop broadband, and operators cannot arrange finances without increasing the tariffs.” “There are very few countries who have more than four operators. Entry of new operators increased the number per circle to 12-15 in India and pushed the industry into a state of hyper-competition, which in turn led to unsustainable tariffs like one paise per second”, feels Rajan S. Mathews, director general, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). Operators endeavoured to offer better services, network connectivity, infrastructure at reasonable or lowest prices, resulting in the crashing graphs on the revenue front. While there was gain in the subscriber base on one side, the other side of mobile services

Unknown to many people, the telecom industry has been struggling with decreasing profit margins for the past few years. A number of experts had predicted that this scenario would lead to an increase in prices. So, for them, the current rise in tariffs was just something waiting to happen saw declining Average Revenue Per Minute, stagnating Minutes of Usage (MoU) per subscriber and decreasing Average Revenue Per User (ARPU).

More subscribers, lower revenues From the year 2000 onwards, when new operators started entering the market, we saw the beginning of a downward journey of mobile tariffs. One crucial enabler for this was the Monsoon Humgama scheme launched by Reliance Communications. This was further fuelled by the entry of more green field mobile service providers in 2007. From as high as Rs 15.50 per minute in 1999, prices fell to as low as Rs 0.5 per minute in the year 2010. In fact, tariffs in India were amongst the lowest in the world in the year 2007 and reduced further by half since then. This resulted in decreasing Average Revenue Per Minute. Not only this, a significant fall in the MoU per subscriber, particularly in the last three years, also added to the concerns of the operators. According to TRAI, MoU per subscriber at the end of the year 2010 were about 20 per cent less at 369 minutes than that of 465 minutes in 2007. This could be possibly attributed to the fact that people started using multiple SIMs for their various needs owing to multiple cost effective options and availablity of free connections. This fall in revenue per minute along with minutes of usage resulted in a decrease in ARPUs of the operators. While in 2005 the ARPU per month was Rs 362 for GSM and Rs 256 for CDMA, it dropped down to Rs 100 and Rs 66 for GSM and CDMA respectively in 2011 as indicated. On a global level, the ARPU generated in India is amongst the lowest in the world and is lower than even one third of the revenue generated by others in the BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia and China). The result: in spite of a whopping growth in the number of subscribers, there was no matching growth in the overall revenues of operators. Although

the industry witnessed a growth of 43 per cent in the number of subscribers in the 2009-10, gross telecom revenue increased by a mere five per cent. The likes of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular were badly hit on the revenue front. Every move that they made to increase rates could affect their subscriber numbers. Adding to their vows was Mobile Number Portability that opened up doors for the users to switch to other networks without changing their numbers. Also, buying the spectrum for providing 3G services cost companies a large amount of money and has created a high preassure situation. The infrastructure required to support these services has added to the expenses. With no other option available, they are trying to make some cash through increased tariffs.

A bold step While all the biggies in the services segment have hiked their prices, the new operators are still offering rock bottom tariffs to the consumers. Rozanov says, “We have yet to see what exactly is happening at the ground level before we make any particular move. As a new player we cannot take any step as of now. We will have to review things circle by circle,” says Vsevolod Rozanov, conceding that MTS cannot make any changes in tariffs as it is relatively new in the Indian market. Bharti Airtel being the biggest mobile operator in the country took this step and opened up doors of hope for other operators too. According to industry experts this might not be the only spike in the mobile tariffs that you may experience. A lot depends on the new telecom policy too. If the new policy gives more scope for mergers and acquisitions in the mobile services segment, then there is a possibility that the number of players in this arena will reduce. As the stronger players will strengthen their hold, they will be in a position to hike the prices a little bit more. However, there is still time for this to happen. As Mathews avers, “We believe that the tariffs have stabilised and given the intense competition in the Indian mobile market, we do not expect any revision in the medium term”. Whatever the future holds is still to come, but one thing is for sure, the time of one paisa per second calling seems to have passed into history for most of us. While postpaid tariffs have not been touched as of now, there is a possibility that they rise as well in the near future. The message for the consumer is clear: either be prepared to shell out more or simply start cutting down on your calls. Inflation has finally called the cellphone industry! n harshita@mymobile.co.in

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myguide MODELS

SUB-ENTRY LEVEL

BYOND

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm)

CELKON

BY 809

BY 120+

BY 255

BY009

C 770

C777

C007

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

108 x 46 x 14

114.4 x 51.4 x15.1

110 x 48.6 x 15.5

120

Talktime/Standby (hours)

4/240

10/480

4/192

10/240

7/ 550

8/600

8/750

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/1.5

NA/2.0

NA/2.4

NA/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/2GB

NA/4GB

1016KB/.4GB

NA/16GB

NA/8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

NA/No

Yes/No

VGA/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

NA/Yes

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,249

1,799

2,099

2,399

1,999

2,299

2,399

MODELS

Price in Rs.

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

COLORS

PARAMETERS

GENUS

G-10

G-55

G-88

G-66

G123

G313

G444

Dimension (mm)

108.5 x 45 x 14.7

111 x 48 x 15.5

111 x 47.8 x 14.6

111 x 47 x 14.7

102.5 x 43 x 14.2

105 x 46.8 x 13.5

113 x 50 x 12.8

Weight (grams)

100

Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

5/300

4/200

4/260

10/720

3.5/120

3/160

10/128

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/1.8

262,144/1.8

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.0

262,144/1.8

262,144/2.0

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/2GB

NA/4GB

244.5KB/8GB

123KB/8GB+2GB

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

No/No/No

Yes/No/Yes

Digital/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

500

1000

200

1000

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.

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

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,749

2,099

2,399

2,499

1,199

1,799

1,999

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MODELS PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

GENUS

GQ523

A100

A180

GS 108

A190

A 120

GS 155

101 x 53 x 13.5

106.5 x 45 x 14

106.5 x 45 x 13.75

103.9 x 43.5 x 12.9

106.5 x 45 x 13.75

108 x 45 x 12.9

103.9 x 44.5 x 13.9

65.4

72.5

3.5/120

9/900

17/882

9/800

5/150

13/1300

15/720

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.0

65,536/1.5

65,536/1.52

65,536/1.8

262,144/1.5

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

250.5KB/8GB

NA/No

No/No

729KB/No

1MB/2GB

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No/Yes

No/No/No

VGA/No/No

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

600

300

1000

500

1000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Dual Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Dual Band/No

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

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

NA/No

No/Yes

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

2,000

1,100

1,300

1,650

1,900

MODELS

Price in Rs.

NA Yes/Yes

PARAMETERS Model

MAXX

NOKIA

GS 205

MX 128i

MX 365

MX 188

MQ 606

1280

1616

Dimension (mm)

110 x 48.6 x 14

111 x 42 x 15

105.7 x 45 x 16

111.7 x 49.9 x 15.5

114 x 60.4 x 11.3

107.2 x 45.1 x 15.3

107.1 x 45 x 15

Weight (grams)

50.1

58.4

65.8

74.5

81.92

78.55

Talktime/Standby (hours)

12/560

3.5/250

3.5/300

6.5/600

4.5/500

8.30/528

8.52/540

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.0

NA/1.8

NA/2.2

Monochrome/1.36

65,536/1.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

12MB/8GB

500KB/2GB

250.5KB/2GB

500KB/4GB

250KB/8GB

NA/No

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

No/No

Camera/Flash/Video

1.3MP/No/Yes

Yes/No/No

CIF/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

No/No/No

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

1000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM

Dual Band/No

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

Price in Rs.

Dual Band/No

Yes/No/No

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

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

Symbian S30

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

2,300

1,499

1,849

2,199

2,349

1,000

1,200

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MODELS

myguide

NOKIA

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

RAGE

1800

C1-02

X1-01

C1-01

107 x 45 x 15.3

108 x 45 x 13.8

112.2 x 47.3 x 16

108 x 45 x 14

Robo V

RD 20V

Smart

104.15 x 43.20 x 15.10 104.15 x 43.20 x 15.10 104.15 x 43.20 x 15.10

78.5

77.5

91.5

78.8

8.30/528

10.4/504

13/1032

10.4/540

4/250

4/300

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/1.8

NA/1.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/No

64MB/32GB

NA/16GB

64MB/32GB

45K/4GB

45KB/4GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

No/No

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

NO/NO

No/No

Yes/No

No/No/No

VGA/No/Yes

No/No/no

Yes/No/Yes

300

500

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

Symbian S30

Symbian S40

S30

Symbian S40

N/A

No/Yes

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

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

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

1,450

1,800

1,900

2,200

1,249

1,449

1,499

MODELS

Price in Rs.

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

RAGE

PARAMETERS Model

SAMSUNG

GEM

Desire

Striker

Flame

1081

E 1085

E1175

Dimension (mm)

113 x 46 x 14.3

115 x 46.5 x 16

114 x 46 x 16.5

115 x 48 x 14

107.4 x 45.5 x 13.6

108.7 x 46.1 x 14.1

Weight (grams)

100

64.5

Talktime/Standby (hours)

4/300

4.5/300

6/500

4.5/300

9/560

12/650

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/1.8

NA/2

NA/2.0

65,536/1.43

65,536/1.52

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

&/8GB

45KB/4GB

250KB/8GB

1MB/No

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

No/No

Yes/No

No/No

Camera/Flash/Video

Yes/ No/Yes

1.3MP/ No/Yes

No/No/No

Phonebook Capacity

500

300

1,000

500

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 Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Dual Band/No

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

N/A

Properitory

Proprietary

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

No/No

No/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,549

1,699

1,799

1,050

1,150

1,275

YMOBILE SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 96 MY

MODELS

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

E1252 Guru 26

E2230

111.6 x 45.7 x 13.5

109.2 x 46.0 x 14.9

SKY E2232

NEW

109.2 x 46.0 x 14.9

UFX

STAR i

LIBRA

PLANET

401

NEW

102 x 43 x 15.5

11/NA

14.7/660

NA/500

5/200

7/300

8/300

3/300

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.0

65,536/1.8

65,536/1.77

NA/1.8

262144/2.0

NA/1.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/2GB

4MB/8GB

20MB/8GB

150KB/4GB

294KB/4GB

100KB/4GB

128MB/2GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Yes/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

1,000

400

500

1,000

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

Properitory

Spread Trum

MTK

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No

Bar/No/No

1,800

1,950

2,350

1,400

1,660

2,400

1,999

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

PARAMETERS Model

VIDEOCON

XAGE

Star

Bizz

V1290

M171

M180

M702

M117

Dimension (mm)

107.6 x 45.6 x 12.6

98.5 x 54 x 13.3

100.4 x 44.8 x 14.4

112.5 x 46 x 14.8

105 x 45 x 14

112 x 48 x 13.8

109 X 47 X 9.5

Weight (grams)

Talktime/Standby (hours)

3/120

3/200

4/140

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/1.8

268,144/2.0

NA/1.44

262,144/1.8

65,536/1.8

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

64MB/2GB

28MB/4GB

NA/2GB

NA/8GB

NA/2GB

NA/8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

Yes/No/Yes

No/No/No

Yes/No/Yes

No/No/No

Yes/No/Yes

Yes/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

200

500

1,000

500

100

1000

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 Tri Band/GSM+GSM Yes/No/No

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

MTK

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

1,523

2,199

1,600

1,599

2,099

2,199

2,499

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myguide MODELS

ENTRY LEVEL

ZEN

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

BYOND

X381s

X400i

M16

BY 260

BY011

BY007

Gamestar

106 X 43 X 14

108 X 44 X 15

109 X 45 X 13

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

99.9

120

125

120

100

2.5/180

10/720

4/220

4/240

13/600

10/480

4/400

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/1.5

65,536/2.0

NA/2.2

NA/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

No/2GB

NA/4GB

NA/16GB

1016.5KB/4GB

1016KB/4GB

319.5KB/8GB+8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

No/No

No /No

Yes/No

No/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

500

1,000

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

1,699

1,999

2,499

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

PARAMETERS Model

CELCON

COLORS

GENUS

INQ

G-99

X-9

GQ533

GQ545

Mini

Chat

Dimension (mm)

112 x 60 X 12.6

117.5 x 51.5 x 14.8

112 x 54 x 14 mm

108 x 59 x 12.3

107.5 x 60.5 x 12.5

102.9 x 45.8 x 12.8

114.5 x 61 x 12.8

Weight (grams)

110

127

118

122

Talktime/Standby (hours)

6/450

4/400

4/200

3.5/180

5/360

3.3/260

3.5/285

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/2.4

262,144/2.4

NA/3.2

65,536/2.2

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/16GB

319.5KB/4GB

90MB/8GB

145KB/16GB

314.5KB/8GB

50MB/4GB

100MB/4GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

3.2MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/No

3.2MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

2,000

1,000

1000

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

Quad Band/No

Tri Band/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

2,999

4,599

3,200

3,300

3,500

5,100

YMOBILE SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 98 MY

MODELS

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

GB 230

A155

A 165

GU220

C105

T 300

GX 200

101.2 x 49.2 x 15.9

110 x 47.5 x 14.1

104 x 48 x 15.2

114.5 x 59 x 13

95.8 x 50.5 x 11.9

104 x 48 x 13

90.5

9/500

14.5/665

10/500

16/650

8/500

NA/680

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.0

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

5.3MB/2GB

3.9MB/2GB

4.5MB/2GB

4.7MB/4GB

20MB/4GB

80MB/8GB

Yes/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

No/No/No

VGA/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/Yes/Yes

1,000

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Tri Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/No/No

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

Quad Band/GSM+GSM Quad Band/GSM+GSM Yes/No/No

Yes/No/No

1,000

Dual Band/No

Quad band/No

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Generic

Yes/Yes

Slider/No/No

Bar/No/No

Slider/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

2,600

2,650

3,000

3,200

3,750

S310

S365

Dimension (mm)

114 x 48.4 x 10.5

117 x 50.9 x 11.5

Weight (grams)

MODELS

Price in Rs.

PARAMETERS Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

A350

X330

T500

116 × 53.3 × 12.85

109 x 61 x 13.8

105 x 57.3 x 12.9

113 x 61 x 12.9

116 x 51 x 12.8

91.45

77.5

NEW

C375

NEW

GX 300

13.5/800

14.5/559

NA/NA

13.5/975

8/720

16/789

NA/NA

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.2

NA/2.4

262,144/2.2

65,536/2.3

262,144/2.8

262,144/2.3

65,536/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

14.5MB/8GB

9.7/16GB

256MB/32GB

80MB/8GB

NA/8GB

78MB/8GB

30MB/4GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

3.2MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

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.

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

Quad Band/No

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

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Generic

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

3,900

4,100

4,200

4,700

4,900

5,300

YMOBILE 99 SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 MY

MODELS

myguide

PARAMETERS Model

T515

Dimension (mm)

NEW

105 x 57.3 x 12.9

MAXX

MOTOROLA

NOKIA

T310i

MX 375

MX 486

EX 115

EX 128

C2-00

95.8 x 51.0 x 11.9

108.6 x 46.5 x 14.5

115.8 x 51.2 x 12.8

109 x 61 x 12.35

107 x 57 x 12.8

108 x 45 x 14.65

105

86.5

55.5

62.7

102.2

74.1

NA/NA

14/569

5.5/400

5/520

3/240

3.2/250

5.75//460

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.8

NA/2.0

NA/2.4

65,536/2.3

65,536/3.2

65,536/1.8

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/4GB

18MB/4GB

506KB/2GB

75KB/4GB

50MB/32GB

128MB/32GB

16MB/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

3.0MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

1,000

Weight (grams) Talktime/Standby (hours)

Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/NA

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

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

Yes/Yes/No

Operating System

Generic

Symbian 40

Music Player/FM Radio

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Form Factor/T.Screen/QWERTY Burn test Rating

5,300

2,649

2,799

4,999

5,999

2,800

MODELS

Price in Rs.

NR 4,999

NOKIA

PARAMETERS Model

2700 classic

X2-01

5130

C2-01

Dimension (mm)

109.2 x 46 x 14

119.4 x 59.8 x 14.3

107.5 x 46.7 x 14.8

109.6 x 46.9 x 14.6

102,8x51,2x17

103 x 51.4 x 17

111 x 47 x 13.3

Weight (grams)

107.5

110

115

Talktime/Standby (hours)

C2-02

NEW

C2-03

NEW

6/288

4.3/480

6/288

8.4/430

5/600

5/400

13.3/540

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.0

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.0

65,536/2.6

262,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

64MB/2GB

128MB/8GB

30MB/2GB

75MB/16GB

10MB/32GB

48MB/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

2.0MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Shared

1,000

2,000

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

QUAD Band/No

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/R99

Yes/Yes/No

Operating System

Symbian S40

S40

Symbian S40

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

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Slider/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

3,500

3,900

4,000

4,400

YMOBILE SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 100 MY

MODELS

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

SAMSUNG

5233

E2152 Guru 36

Hero 3210

Duos 3212

E2550 Monte Slide

3213

111 x 51.7 x 14.5

115.5 x 58.1 x 13.6

111.6 x 46.3 x 13.5

112.8 x 46.4 x 12.9

111.6 x 47 x 14.2

98.5 x 48 .5 x 14.3

112.8 x 46.4 x 13.2

115

114

80.4

79.3

90.6

87.7

80.6

7/438

7/800

11/660

8.3/550

10/322

6.5/400

8.2/550

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16.7million/3.2

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.0

256K/2.0

65,536/2.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

70MB/16GB

55MB/8GB

NA/2GB

36MB/8GB

15MB/8GB

36MB/8GB

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

VGA/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

Shared

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band /No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Dual Band/No

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Operating System

Symbian S60

Symbian S40

Generic

Proprietary

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Slider/NoNo

Bar/No/No

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

5,950

2,750

3,100

3,200

3,300

MODELS

Price in Rs.

80 5,800

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS Model

2222

C3200 Monte Bar

3303 Champ

Metro Duos C3322

Ch@t C3222

C5212

C3530

Dimension (mm)

109.5 x 61.3 x 11.85

111.8 x 46.9 x 13.3

96.3 x 53.9 x 12.9

113.97 x 47.90 x 13.99

109.7 x 58.1 x 12.3

112.7 x 48.6 x 14.3

112.2 x 46.7 x 11.9

Weight (grams)

77.3

88.9

98.7

Talktime/Standby (hours)

11.4/550

8.2/500

12.3/666

10/500

11/500

13/281

13/550

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.0

262,144/2.4

262,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

45MB/16GB

40MB/8GB

30MB/8GB

46MB/16GB

54MB/8GB

60MB/8GB

50MB/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

VGA/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

2.0/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/No

Operating System

Proprietary

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

Price in Rs.

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

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

3,400

3,650

4,000

4,200

4,300

YMOBILE 101 SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 MY

MODELS

myguide

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

SONY ERICSSON

Metro C3560

Champ Duos

Metro C3752

Ch@t 335

Corby Colour

Corby II

Spiro

94.8 x 46.7 x 16.59

99.90 x 54.90 x 12.95

97.9 x 19 x 16.4

111.2 x 61.2 x 11.9

103 x 56.5 x 12

109.9 x 60.6 x 11.7

92 x 48 x 18

100

102

12610

14.3/476

13.3/900

12/520

3.40/500

9.3/620

4.3/476

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.6

65,536/NA

256,000/2.2

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.14

262,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

40MB/16GB

50MB/16GB

40MB/16GB

60MB/8GB

50MB/8GB

21MB/16GB

5MB/16GB

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

3.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

1,000

500

2,000

Shared

2,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

Tri Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/No

Operating System

Proprietary

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

Yes/Yes

Clamshell/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/No/No

4,400

5,000

5,200

5,800

4,300

MODELS

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes

PARAMETERS Model

SONY ERICSSON

SKY

UFX

Cedar

W150i Yendo

PLANET i

Dimension (mm)

111 x 49 x 15.5

94.0 × 52.0 × 16.0

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

Weight (grams)

79.5

Talktime/Standby (hours)

101

NEW

201

NEW

301

NEW

501

NEW

12.5/420

4/400

7/300

3/300

4/360

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.6

65,536/3.2

NA/2.2

262,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

280MB/NA

5MB/16GB

71.8MB/8GB

128MB/8GB

128/8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

2.0MP/Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/Yes/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

1.3 MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

2,000

1,000

1000

1,000

1000

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,HSU

Yes/Yes/No

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

Yes/No/No

MTK

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

4,500

5,200

4,800

2,699

2,799

2,899

2,999

YMOBILE SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 102 MY

MODELS PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

VIDEOCON

Astro

V 1410

V1424

V 1430

V1475

V1425

V 1606

107 x 54 x 12.6

112.2 x 62.4 x 13.2

106.8 x 47 x 15.05

109 X 45.9 X 15.9

114.3 x 46.8 x 14.3

108 x 47.5 x 17.5

112 x 48 x 13.3

118

3/200

6/360

5/180

13/600

6/NA

8/250

NA/NA

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

265,144/2.6

65,536/1.8

65,536/2.0

65,536/1.8

65,536/NA

65,536/2.0

65,536/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

128MB/8GB

NA/4GB

NA/2GB

NA/4GB

250KB/4GB

NA/4GB

Yes/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

VGA/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

250

1,000

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/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Nucleus

Propreitary

Proprietary

Nucleus

Proprietary

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

2,700

2,500

2,650

2,945

3,000

4,999

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

T-SERIES

PARAMETERS Model

XAGE

ZEN

V1665

VC 1605

V1755

MT711

M20

Z 77

M40

Dimension (mm)

108.5 x 53 x 14.4

112 x 48 x 13.3

110.48 x 57.28 x 14.65

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)

107

109

100

106

Talktime/Standby (hours)

6/340

NA/NA

6/260

4.5/250

5/200

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/3.0

65,536/2.4

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

58MB/16GB

NA/4GB

24MB/8GB

NA/16GB

No/microSD

10MB/4GB

No/4GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.0MP/No/Yes

Yes/Yes/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

1,000

2,000

500

1,000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM

Dual Band/Yes

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Dual Band/Yes

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Nucleus

Proprietary

Nucleus

MSTAR

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

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

5,250

5,500

5,700

4,699

2,599

3,299

3,599

YMOBILE 103 SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 MY

myguide MODELS

MID LEVEL

ZEN

PARAMETERS Model

NOKIA

Z82

S10

Z90

T325

P520

X3-02

Dimension (mm)

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

112 x 46 x 12.3

106.2 x 48.4 x 9.6

Weight (grams)

106

124

92.5

120

89.3

Talktime/Standby (hours)

5/220

2/100

2.5/240

7.9/381

23.8/454

12/630

5/430

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/2.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

9MB/4GB

NA/4GB

25.9MB/4GB

30MB/16GB

13MB/4GB

50MB/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

2.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.0MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

500

2,000

1,000

Shared

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

Quad Band/No

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Symbian S60

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

Slider/No/No

Swivel/Yes/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

4,799

4,999

5,399

6,800

6,700

7,500

7,800

MODELS

Price in Rs.

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

NOKIA

PARAMETERS Model

SAMSUNG

C3-01

C5-03

Star II

C6112

Wave 525

Star II Duos 6712

Monte S5620

Dimension (mm)

111 x 47.5 x 11

105.8 x 51 x 13.8

107.5 x 54.0 x 12.4

105.8 x 50 x 16.5

109.5 x 55 x 11.7

109.5 x 56 x 12.2

108.8 x 53.7 x 12.4

Weight (grams)

100

112

100

Talktime/Standby (hours)

5.30/405

11.5/600

8.2/900

9.3/385

15/900

10/550

9.5/769

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.4

61million/3.2

256K/3.0

262,144/2.4

262,144/3.2

262,144/3.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

30MB/32GB

40MB/16GB

30MB/16GB

30MB/8GB

100MB/16GB

30MB/16GB

200MB/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

1,000

Shared

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.

Quad Band/No

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA+HSUPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Symbian S40

Symbian S60

Proprietary

Bada

Proprietary

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

8,000

8,400

6,100

6,200

6,300

6,500

7,300

YMOBILE SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 104 MY

MODELS PARAMETERS Model

SAMSUNG

SONY ERICSSON

Star Duos B7722

W20 Zylo

Dimension (mm)

113.5 x 55.5 x 14.3

103 x 52 x 16

Weight (grams)

112

115

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Text Pro

VIDEOCON

Elim

J20 Hazel

V1688

V6200

92.0 × 53.0 × 18.0

110 x 45 x 14

102.0 x 49.5 x 16.0

105 x 58 x 16

118 x 53 x 15.3

136

120

NEW

12.5/420

4/339

5.1/400

10/430

4/430

6/340

4/400

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/3.2

65,536/2.6

16.7million/3.0

252,144/2.2

16million/2.6

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

250MB/16GB

260MB/16GB

100MB/32GB

280MB/8GB

280MB/16GB

80MB/4GB

32MB/8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

2,000

Shared

2,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Dual Band/GSM+GSM

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Nucleus

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 Generic

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/Yes

Slider/No/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Slider/No/No

Swivel/Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

10,300

6,800

8,000

8,800

7,650

9,500

SAMSUNG

VERTU

7,400

MODELS

HIGH END

NOKIA

PARAMETERS Model

PORSCHE

C6-1

P9522

P9521 (silver/club/white)

Wave II S8530

Constellation

Dimension (mm)

113.4 x 53 x 16.8

103.8 x 52.5 x 13.9

119.7 x 62.8 x 11.9

112 x 49 x 12

91 x 48 x 18.4

123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8

109 x 44 x 15.7

Weight (grams)

150

131

146

115

139

135

163

Talktime/Standby (hours)

11/400

12/420

6/450

4/300

3.5/600

14.1/625

4.25/400

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16.7million/3.2

16.7milloin/3.2

16.7million/4.0

262,144/2.8

262,144/2.2

16million/3.7

262,144/NA

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

200MB/16GB

340MB/32GB

8GB/32GB

NA/2GB

32MB/4GB

2GB/32GB

NA/NA

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.2MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

No/No/No

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

5,000

1,000

Shared

1,000

Quad Band/No

Tri Band/No

Quad Band/No

Yes/NA/No

Yes/NA/NA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/No

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

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

Symbian S 60

Symbian 3^

Symbian Anna

Bada OS

Yes/Yes

Yes/NA

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Clamshell/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

12,000

13,700

21,000

51,000

70,000/85,000

15,800

2,62,000+

YMOBILE 105 SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 MY

myguide MODELS

ENTERPRISE LEVEL

VERTU

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

APPLE

BLACKBERRY

Ascent

Signature

iPhone 4

Curve 8520

Curve 3G 9300

Bold 9780

Play Book

108 x 44 x 22

122 x 42 x 15.5

115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3

109 x 60 x 13.9

194 x 130 x 10

173

196

137

106

104

425

4/270

5/300

14/300

4.5/408

4.5/461

4.5/456

NA/NA

262,144/NA

16million/3.5

65,536/2.46

65,536/2.44

16million/7.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/NA

16GB,32GB/No

256MB/microSD

256MB/32GB

16,32,64GB/No

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

No/No

Yes/Yes

No/No/No

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours) Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

Camera/Flash/Video Phonebook Capacity

1,000

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Tri Band/No

Dual Band/No

Quad Band/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/No

No/No/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

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

iOS4

BlackBerry OS

No/No

Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

3,07,000+

5,99,000+

34,500/40,900

9,100

13,200

21,000

26,500, 32,500, 37,500

Wildfire S

ChaCha

Salsa

Desire

101.3 x 59.4 x 12.4

114 x 64 x 10.7

109.1 x 58.9 x 12.3

119 x 60 x 11.9

MODELS

Price in Rs.

NA Yes/No

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

BLACKBERRY Torch 9800 111 x 62 x 14.6

9810

NEW

111 x 62 14.6

HTC 9900

NEW

115 x 66 x 10.5

161.1

161

130

105

124

120

135

5.5/432

6.5/296

6.3/296

4/120

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/3.2

16 million/3.2

16 million/2.8

16million/3.2

262,144/2.6

16million/3.4

16 milion/3.7

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

512MB/32GB

8GB/32GB

512MB/microSD

512MB/32GB

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

1,000

Quad Band/No

Quadl 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 Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA BlackBerry OS

BlackBerry OS 7.0

Android OS v2.3

Android OS V2.2

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes//Yes

Yes/Yes

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

13,800

15,000

20,800

23,200

86 27,500

29,000

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MODELS

HTC

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

S-510 Desire S

T8698 Mozart

A7272 DesireZ

A9191 Desire HD

S710-e Incredible S

Sensation

115 x 59.8 x 11.6

119 x 60.2 x 11.9

119 x 60.4 x 14.16

123 x 68 x 11.8

120 x 64 x 11.7

126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3

Evo 3D

NEW

126 x 65 x 12.05

130

180

164

135.5

148

170

4/120

6/120

4/120

9.3/358

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/3.7

16million/4.3

16million/4.0

1GB/32GB

16million/4.3

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

1.1GB/32GB

512MB/8GB

1.5GB/16GB

1.5GB/32GB

1.1GB/32Gb

16.7million/4.3

1GB/32GB

Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/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

1,000

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

Windows Phone 7

Android OS, v2.2

Android OS, v2.3

Android OS v2.3

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

23,500

24,800

25,200

26,800

27,000

30,500

34,000

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

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

HTC

HUAWEI

Flyer

IDEOS U8500 X2

IDEOS U8800 X5

Optimus Me P350

Optimus One P500

Optimus Black P970

Optimus 2X

195.4 x 122 x 13.2

12 x 58 x 12.8

120 x 62 x 11.6

108 x 57.5 x 12.2

113.5 x 59 x 13.3

122 x 64 x 9.2

123.9 x 63.2 x 10.9

420

115

130

110

129

109

139

8/320

5/300

8.2/380

11/626

8/550

2 GB/32GB

14.5/421

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/7.0

262,144/3.2

16million/3.8

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.2

6/375

16million/4.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

1GB/32GB

NA/32GB

2GB/32GB

155MB/32GB

170MB/32GB

16 million/4.0

6.4GB/32GB

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/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.

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Android OS, v3.3

Android OS v2.2

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Android OS v2.2

Android OS v2.2

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

37,000

8,999

14,999

8,300

10,800

20,300

26,800

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PARAMETERS

MOTOROLA

Model

Optimus 3D

Dimension (mm)

128.8 x 68 x 11.9

Weight (grams)

NEW

Quench XT3

Quench XT 5

Charm

Flipout

Backflip

Defy

114.9 x 56.8 x 12.6

114.9 x 56.8 x 12.5

98.4 x 67.2 x 11.4

67 x 67 x 17

108 x 53 x 15.3

107 x 59 x 13.4 mm

168

114

142.5

110

120

133

118

13/450

5.8/134

8.20/560

6.4/267

3.5/377

6/315

6.8/237.6

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16million/4.3

262,144/3.1

262,144/3.2

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.1

16million/3.7

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

8GB/32GB

100MB/32GB

512MB/32GB

256MB/2GB

2GB/32GB

Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

Quad Mand/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

Android OS v2.2

Android OS v2.1

Android OS, v2.1

Android OS v2.1

Android OS, v1.5

Android OS v2.1

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/Yes/Yes

Swivel/Yes/Yes

Clamshell/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

36,000

13,000

13,990

14,000

16,000

19,000

18,990

Milestone

Milestone XT720

Milestone XT800

Xoom 3G/WiFi

Dimension (mm)

115.80 x 60 x 13.7

116 x 60.9 x 10.9

120 x 61.8 x 11.4

249.1 x 167.8 x 12.9

115 x 58.9 x 12.8

115.5 x 59 x 10.5

117.3 x 56.8 x 10.5

Weight (grams)

165

139

137

730

126

133

130

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

MODELS

Price in Rs.

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

MOTOROLA

PARAMETERS Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

NOKIA

6.5/350

8/200

5.4/100

32GB/MicroSD

7.3/400

14.4/681

9.6/555

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16.9 million/3.7

16millions/3.7

16million/3.7

10/336

262,144/2.36

16.7million/2.46

16,7million/3.5

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

512MB/32GB

150MB/32GB

1GB/32GB

16million/10,1

256MB/32GB

8GB/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

5.0MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

shared

1,000

Shared

Quad Band/No

Quadl Band/Yes

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/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Android OS v2.1

Android OS v2.1

Yes/Yes/Rev. A Android OS v2.1

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA Android OS 3.1

Symbian S60

Symbian Anna

Symbian^3

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

24,500

27,490

31,999

32,990/39,990

9,200

15,800

16,800

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HTC

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

SAMSUNG

Galaxy Pop S5570

113.5 x 59 x 12.9

123.7 x 62.4 x 13.6

110.4 x 60.8 x 12.1

Galaxy Fit

B7510 Galaxy Pro

110.2 x 61.2 x 12.6 108.60 x 66.70 x 10.65

Galaxy 551

5830 Galaxy Ace

111 x 55 x 15.3

112.4 x 59.9 x 11.5

135

176

106.6

108

106

156

113

12/390

9/430

9.5/570

10.4/642

11/610

6.1/520

12/520

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16.7million/3.5

16million/4.0

256,000/3.14

16Million/3.3

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.2

16million/3.5

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

16GB/32GB

16GB/No

164MB/32GB

160MB/32GB

512MB/32GB

160MB/32GB

158MB/32GB

Yes/Yes

12.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

5MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

Yes/Yes/HSDPA

Yes/Yes/HSDPA,HSUPA

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 Symbian^3 OS

Symbian^3 OS

Android OS, v2.2

Android OS,v2.2

Android OS, v2.2

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/Yes/Yes

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

22,000

25,850

8,500

10,800

10,500

11,200

14,300

I9003 Galaxy SL

Galaxy S i9000

P1000 Galaxy Tab

Dimension (mm)

123.70 x 64.20 x 10.59

122.4 x 64.2 x 9.9

Weight (grams)

131

118

MODELS

Price in Rs.

SAMSUNG

PARAMETERS Model

Talktime/Standby (hours)

SONY ERICSSON

Galaxy SII i9100

190.1 x 120.4 x 11.98 125.30 x 66.10 x 8.49 380

116

Tab 10.1

NEW

Xperia X10 mini

256.7 x 175.3 x 8.6

99.0 × 54.0 × 15.0

83 x 50 x 16

565

104

12.8/750

13.3/750

38/NA

19.3/710

16GB/No

4.75/446

4/285

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

16 million/4.0

16million/4.0

16million/7.0

16million/4.27

16million/10.1

16.7million/3.0

16Million/2.5

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

4GB/32GB

16GB/32GB

9/NA

128MB/16GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.2MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

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.

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, v2.2

Android OS 2.1

Android OS, v2.2

Android OS, v2.3

Android OS, v3.1

Android OS v2.1

Android OS 1.6

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

18,500

23,200

25,200

30,500

80 34,900

9,990

10,000

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SONY ERICSSON

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

Xperia X8

Xperia X10 mini Pro

Experia Mini

Experia Mini Pro

Xperia X10

LT15iXperia Arc

R800i Xperia Play

99 x 54 x 15

90 x 52 x 17

92 x 53 x 18

119.0 x 63.0 x 13.0

125.0 × 63.0 × 8.7

119.0 × 62.0 × 16.0

104

120

136

135

117

175

4.7/446

4/300

5.4/331

10/415

6.55/430

8.25/625

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/3.0

16million/2.55

16.7million/3.0

65,536/4.0

16.7million/4.2

16 million/4.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

128/16GB

128MB/16GB

320MB/16GB

1GB/16GB

1GB/32GB

512MB/32GB

Yes/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.0MP/Yes/Yes

8.1MP/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 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 1.6

Android 1.6

Android OS 2.3

Android OS 1.6

Android OS, v2.3

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Slider/Yes/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

V84

9,000

12,000

13,000

15,000

22,000

27,500

30,000

MODELS

CDMA

PARAMETERS Model

VIDEOCON

CDMA

Zeus V7500

V3 Gem

V3 Gem+

V3 Xing

Samsung Hero B319

Dimension (mm)

114.9 x 56.8 X 12.6

106 x 44 x 13.5

106 X 44 X 13.5

105 x 44 x 13

100 x 43 x 13.1

108 x 45.4 x 14.7

Weight (grams)

114

Talktime/Standby (hours)

Samsung Hero B189 Samsung Superstar

7/408

2/NA

2.5/NA

3.3/250

3.3/212

2.5/NA

3/257

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/3.2

NA/1.5

65,536/1.5

NA/1.8

65,536/1.52

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

156MB/32GB

NA/No

N0/N0

NA/No

NA/8GB

1MB/No

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/Yes

No/No

Camera/Flash/Video

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

No/No/No

Phonebook Capacity

Shared

200

500

Frequency/Dual SIM

Quad Band/No

CDMA/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/Yes/Yes

No/No/No

Operating System

Android 1.6

REX

BREW

REX

BREW

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

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

No/FM

No/No

Yes/Yes

No/Yes

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

12,500

999

1,399

1,499

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MODELS

CDMA

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

Samsung Hero B559

Samsung Vstyle

Samsung Super Hero

Ashwa

V3 V26

3 Sleek

V3 Dew

108 x 45.4 x 14.7

103 .8 x 43 x 14.7

103.5 X 438 X 15.1

109 x 46 x 14.5

105.2 x 46.5 x 15.2

110 x 48 x 14.2

102.4 x 56 x 13.45

100

3/257

3.8/245

3.25/135

8/400

3/NA

2.5/NA

4/160

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

65,536/1.52

65,536/NA

65,536/1.8

NA/1.8

NA/2.2

65,513/2.0

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

1MB/No

NA/No

64MB/2GB

NA/2GB

64MB/4GB

No/No

NA/No

No/No

No/No/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/No

VGA/No/No

1.3MP 176X220 Pixels

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

500

1,000

500

1000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM

CDMA/No

CDMA

CDMA/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

No/No/No

NA/NA/NA

No/No/No

BREW

REX

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

No/Yes

Yes/Yes

YesYes

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

1,499

1,550

1,700

1,999

2,249

2,500

MODELS

Price in Rs.

No/Yes Bar/No/No

CDMA

PARAMETERS Model

V3 Boss

LG 6160

LG 6210

Samsung B519

V3 Quick

Samsung Guru Muzik 219

V3 Pearl

Dimension (mm)

110 x 58.5 x 13.5

106 x 47 x 14.5

108 x 45.7 x 15.5

107 x 59 x 12.9

112 x 46.3 x 15.3

119 x 50 x 15

Weight (grams)

110

85.5

Talktime/Standby (hours)

3.5/NA

3.30/NA

6/300

4/285

3.5/NA

4/230

3/NA

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

NA/2.0

65,536/1.5

262,144/NA

65536/NA

NA/2.4

65,536/1.7

NA/2.4

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/4GB

13MB/4GB

NA/2GB

NA/32GB

14MB/2GB

NA/8GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Camera/Flash/Video

1.3MP/No/No

No/No/No

VGA/No/Yes

No/No/No

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/No

Phonebook Capacity

500

1,000

500

1,000

500

Frequency/Dual SIM

CDMA/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/No/NoJ2

Yes/No/No

No/No/No

Yes/No/No

No/No/3G

REX

BREW

REX

BREW

REX

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

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes

Yes/NA

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

No/No/Qwerty

Bar/No/No

2,599

2,550

2,950

3,400

3,499

3,799

3,999

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CDMA

PARAMETERS Model Dimension (mm) Weight (grams)

LG 6400

LG 6300

Samsung M309

Samsung M 699

109 x 47 x 13.7

106 x 48 x 14.7

113.1 x 46 x 10.9

98 x 48.5 x 16

Samsung Mpower

Samsung TXT M369

Samsung Duos 259

112x60.95x11.96

115.5 x 48 x 15.9

100

102

102.3

3.30/410

10/NA

3.8/227

3.6/280

3.8/30

4.5/420

4.8/230

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.0

65,536/1.9

262,144/2.2

62,144/1.9

262,144/2.2

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

15MB/4GB

21MB/4GB

NA/microSD

NA/2GB

15MB/2GB

104MB/16GB

40MB/8GB

Yes/No

1.3MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/No/Yes

1.3MP/No/Yes

Talktime/Standby (hours)

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

1,000

500

2,000

1,000

Frequency/Dual SIM

CDMA/No

CDMA/CDMA+GSM

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/No/No

Yes/NA/NA

Yes/NA/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/Yes

Yes/No/No

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

BREW

Proprietary

Yes/Yes

Bar/No/No

Slider/No/No

Bar/No/No

Bar/No/Yes

Bar/No/No

4,500

4,750

5,600

5,950

6,499

6,500

7,100

MODELS

Price in Rs.

BREW Yes/Yes

CDMA

PARAMETERS Model

Samsung M569

LG Zip CDMA

Corby CDMA

Galaxy Pop CDMA

Blackberry 8530

Blackberry 9670 Style

Blackberry 9650

Dimension (mm)

101.9 x 49.9 x 15.3

107 x 55.4 x 11.9

103 x 56.5 x 12.2

110.9 x 60.6 x 12.1

109 x 60 x 13.9

96 x 60 x 18.5

112 x 62 x 14

Weight (grams)

100

106.6

105

131

136

Talktime/Standby (hours)

2.5/165

5/150

5/200

5/320

4.5/252

5/312

Screen (colours)/Size (inch)

262,144/2.1

262,144/

262,144/2.8

262,144/3.14

65,536/NA

65,536/2.44

Inbuilt/Expandable memory

NA/4GB

72MB, 4GB

80MB/8GB

164MB/microSD

256MB/32GB

512MB/32GB

512/32GB

Bluetooth/Wi-Fi

Yes/No

Yes/Yes

Camera/Flash/Video

2.0MP/No/Yes

3.15MP/No/Yes

2.0MP/NA/Yes

5.0MP/Yes/Yes

3.15MP/Yes/Yes

Phonebook Capacity

2,000

1,000

2,000

Shared

1,000

Shared

Frequency/Dual SIM

CDMA/No

GPRS/EDGE/3G

Yes/NA/NA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/No/No

Yes/Yes/EVDO RevA

Yes/Yes/No

Yes/Yes/Rev. A

BREW

Android OS 2.2

BlackBerry OS

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

Price in Rs.

Yes/Yes

Yes/No

Slider/No/No

Bar/Yes/No

Bar/No/No

Clamshell/No/Yes

Bar/No/Yes

7,500

8,000

8,500

9,850

14,000

22,500

24,000

YMOBILE SEP 15 to OCT 14 2011 112 MY

RNI REG NO./DELENG/2005/15033 DL (ND) - 11/6100/09-10-11 (Posting Date 19-20 of every month)