Today, Samsung released an updated phone model of Samsung S5230 by adding WIFI to it. The new model will allow owners to use wireless networks for Internet access. Samsung S5230 WiFi is available in candybar without a keyboard. The compact size of the phone (104,0 x53, 0×11, 9 mm) can fit it in the palm. It’s three-inch touch screen TFT-LCD has a resolution of 240 by 400 pixels and supports 256,000 colors display.  The camera has a resolution of 3 megapixels function of recognition smiles and various shooting modes. The automatic display rotation allows you to instantly switch between vertical and horizontal modes, making it easier to view large images. Continue Reading

The Black Magic is back! Vodafone Essar and Research In Motion announced the launch of BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone for Vodafone customers in India. Bold 9700 is sleek and stylish in its look. The main attraction of the phone is that it has powerful communications and multimedia applications with outstanding performance as claimed by the company. BlackBerry Bold 9700 will soon be available at Vodafone stores across India and is priced at Rs 31,990. Continue Reading

Remember whenever google was asked about mobile advertisement, they would say we will work with other vendors and look what HTC has revealed. HTC have revealed that they first engaged in discussions with Google about a new Google phone over five years ago. That, remember, is way before the iPhone, and before anything remotely like a smartphone came into existence. Indeed, back then the RAZR hadn’t even been released, and a 1 megapixel cameraphone was unheard of. Continue Reading

Remember Sony Ericsson’s bold claim that “on the 21st September the way you listen to music changes forever?” . Well if reports are to be believed, then you don’t have to wait for 21st September. The secret is out according to few blogs that Sony Ericsson has made a headset capable of playing songs automatically and will capture your moods. We don’t know how this headset works but we will certainly let you know as the announcement happens. Continue Reading

We all love Nokia labs for the applications it brings up, this time we love it for the cause it has made that application. Mobile phone has entered into everyone’s life as a must have communication tool and we love every bit of it but there are certain sections of disable people who are devoid of few features such as messaging. For blind people, messaging can hardly be a reality but Nokia labs has created a application which renders messages as Braille characters and then uses vibrations to give a feedback to the user.

There are other software available which mostly come pre-installed on phones and read out messages but giving feedback in form of vibrations is a new concept and we welcome it. It is far from being perfect but lets see it as a beginning.  Continue Reading

There were very posts going round the web about Nokia Erdos whether fake or real?. If real, why Nokia kept it under the wraps at recent Nokia world expo where it should have showcased it and should have made right noise for its publicity.  Well, here appears a video on youtube giving proof to its existence. Continue Reading

In the past we have seen that after launching a mobile phone, no manufacturer seem to care about enhancing them, they do release firmware updates but they are generally targeted to fix minor bugs. This time though Samsung is making noises that it will update its latest line of windows mobile smartphones with version 6.5 as and when it will appear.  Continue Reading

Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 to be launched on January.  Surprised to read this as Xperia X2 was sheduled to be launched on January, then how come X3.  Well, Sony Ericsson is rumoured to be launching another version of Xperia X2 which will come with Android OS but however they have given it a different index “X3″ but both are suppose to carry same hardware specifications. Continue Reading

Aircel today announced its plans to Blacberry services in India with phones BlackBerry Bold 9000, Curve 8900, Curve 8310 and Pearl 8110 to choose from. It will be available in all major circles including Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and the rest of Tamil Nadu. However the north east part of India has not been commented upon, may be Aircel will give a slip there due to security reasons. The target here are small business houses in which a user can access up to ten corporate and personal email accounts. Continue Reading

United States National Federation of the Blind and Motorola has entered into an agreement to manufacture accessories and phones for blind people. The phones will provide special functionalities such as verbal read out of time, date, messages, incoming calls, missed calls, charge state of battery and other necessities. Ability to access contacts thought voice commands will also feature on the list, though this feature is already available from various manufacturers, it is far from perfect due to various ascents used by various people. Continue Reading