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Lenovo has recently launched its new P990 GPS Phone to be released in Asia. The phone is first expected to hit stores in China. The unveiling of this phone reveals that the company is not just into making great business-class computers but they now plan to expand their business to the mobile market too.

The Lenovo P990 is a GPS enabled slider phone. The handset sports a 3″ display with 240 x 320 resolution and GSM 900/1800. It also features SIRFStar III GPS receiver chipset, a 2 megapixel camera, a 3 core CPU and microSD memory card slot for memory expansion.

The Lenovo P990 should appeal those looking for handwriting recognition as the device supports both English and Chinese languages.

The device is sure to come handy especially if you plan to navigate around Beijing during Read the story »

A recent report by China’s CCID Consulting states that the country’s mobile production is expected to hit 605 million in 2008. This data on the production of mobile phones in China is way above the 550 million mobiles produced in 2007.

Estimation is that nearly 66 % i.e., about 400 million units of the total production will be exported to overseas market. The remaining 205 million units should be sold in the domestic market.

Chinese mobile manufacturers have produced nearly 279 million cellphones in the first half of 2008 according to current data. Of these 96.4 million were consumed in China. Additionally, the world’s top five vendors namely Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG accounted for nearly 65 % of the total production. This figure has receded from the 70 to 80 Read the story »

Nokia, the world leader in mobility has collaborated with Lonely Planet to help travelers all over the world. Nokia aims to lighten your load with the distribution of Lonely Planet content via Nokia Maps. In an effort to assist you during those adventure trips, the guide gives you travel information at your finger tips trips simply by purchasing and downloading the city guides.

Maximilian Schierstadt, head of media partnerships, Nokia context based services, mentioned, “Lonely Planet is a well known brand amongst travelers and stands for adventure and editorial independence. We are very excited to offer their expert local recommendations and itineraries to our Nokia Maps consumers, which will allow Nokia to continue to innovate and enable compelling location Read the story »

The most recent news in the mobile terrain is the approval of the HTC Dream by the FCC. The device is the first to come from Google Android and the Open Handset Alliance. This should put an end to all the speculations surrounding the HTC Dream as the world’s largest mobile makers gear up to release their first smartphone to be running on Google’s Android operating system.

The FCC website posted the certification documentation confirming the name of the nascent phone as HTC Dream. The FCC approval permits the wireless device to be utilized in the US. The novel phone plans to broaden Google’s growth by expanding the company’s business beyond the personal computer and into the mobile market.

The smartphone boasts of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 support and will operate Read the story »

Samsung goes green with its new eco-friendly E200 Eco mobile phone which was unveiled at the Olympic Rendezvous @Samsung in Beijing.

The new Samsung E200 Eco’s case is made up of bio-plastic material. It is made up of natural plant-based materials, saving 1.16 tons of CO2 for every 1 ton of bio-plastic.

The company is said to package the E200 Eco in a recycled paper box without using any glossy coatings. Samsung has been striving to come up with devices which will not cause any harm to the environment.

Well, Samsung has also introduced two new phones namely W510 and F268 which aim at eco-friendly processes. Made of bio-plastic, the W510 phone has not used Lead, Mercury or Cadmium during its production whereas the F268 phone and all its accessories do not contain Brominated Read the story »

Motorola unveils three multimedia-centric Rokr models, termed as ZN200, W396 and W388. The trio share Motorola’s CrystalTalk audio-enhancing technology and boast to be a quad-band phone.

Stating features individually, the Motorola ZN200 employs a 2-megapixel camera with up to 8x zoom to capture and playback video at 15 to 20 frames per second, a 30MB internal memory with support for up to 2GB microSD card, and an in-built MP3 player or FM radio with RDS. The phone also integrates 1.9-inch with 262,000-color display, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, compatible with 850MHz GSM plus GPRS data, Web browser and the quad-band support.

The candy-bar Moto W388 handset and W396 flip phone share same features such as a robust music player, a 2GB external expansion Read the story »

A recent announcement by Panasonic, one of the leading handset manufacturers in Japan has revealed the Panasonic P706ie, an elegant 3G handset. Available in three color versions namely silver, black and lavender, the novel Panasonic phone should appeal consumers who are in search of mid-end featured phones.

The clamshell is feature rich and sports some great functions like mobile TV capabilities, HSDPA connectivity for data transfer speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps, Web browser, pre-installed maps, bar-code reader, multi-tasking capabilities, voice dialing, calculator, alarm clock, USB and much more.

The device also comprehends a 3 inch TFT internal display with a small external 0.8 inch display, a 2 Megapixel auto focus camera with VGA video recording and a front-facing camera Read the story »

Palm recently made public the details of its latest next-generation phone, the Palm Treo 850 on a company website. Palm has been facing strong competition from Motorola, Samsung, Apple, Research in Motion (RIM), and other companies. With Palm knocked out of the spotlight in recent times, the Treo Pro is expected to compete with the RIM BlackBerry Bold and Apple iPhone.

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, the Palm Treo 850 encompasses features like a 2.4-inch 320×320 resolution touch screen, microSD expansion slot, 2.0 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard and WiFi. Sporting a built-in radio, the phone will be accessorized by a 3.5 mm headset jack, a micro-USB jack for transferring data and should run on 400 MHz with 100 MB of RAM. In a glossy black and white colour scheme, the smartphone is expected Read the story »

The festival of Raksha Bandhan is highly anticipated by siblings all over the country. A token of love, rakhi gifts are known to strengthen bonds. If you still haven’t zeroed on a gift for your sister, we promise to simplify this tedious task for you. This festive occasion you can shower your love and affection by gifting your sister a great mobile phone or a mobile accessory.

With fluctuating prices for phones and accessories, we present some fantastic options that range from expensive devices to more cost efficient ones. Ideal for your budget, the prices have been rounded off and are an approximation of the market price.

Cost Efficient Devices (Price range below 10,000)

1) Nokia N72

The new Nokia N72 is beautifully fabricated Read the story »

Nokia is getting up and close with Ramadan-related mobile software. The Finnish company had released the N73 Ramadan Special Edition last year. The application was an instant hit and the company advances a step ahead extending the reach of the Ramadan app to all Muslims who use other Nokia phones too.

Nokia has launched Nokia Ramadan Microsite that will make available an entire collection of free software and Ramadan-related services. These services will be downloadable worldwide and will be pre-loaded on a number of handsets in the Middle East. Along with the new N78 throughout August, the N70 Music Edition, E51, 3120 Classic, 6500 Slide, 6300 and 2630 can also avail of pre-loaded Ramadan apps. Additionally the N95 and N82 along with eight other devices can also download the application.

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