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India’s leading telecom VAS provider “Spice Digital” recently uploaded its 139 RailInfo app on “GetJar” world’s biggest application store.

In an exclusive talk with Telecom Talk Spice Digital’s Technology team shared that 139 RailInfo  is a mobile application for Indian Railways powered by Spice Digital. By sending a specially designed SMS, the product saves the user the tedious task of creating a long SMS description.

All the user has to do is to enter data in easy to use Mobile Interface!This service is currently available for Airtel, Idea, Vodafone, Aircel, MTNL, Tata, Reliance and Loop users and would be shortly available to BSNL users. The RailInfo application has been developed on an in-house application development platform(MITR).It is carrier/operator agnostic -works across multiple carrier networks seamlessly.SMS 139 Application works across 300+ Devices covering platforms like Symbian , J2ME, Blackberry , Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Windows etc.

Functionality supported

The application runs on the SMS 139 service powered by Spice Digital,It provides the user easy access to the following services.

# PNR Enquiry

# Train Arrival / Departure

# Seat Availability

# Fare Enquiry

The application allows the user to find out information pertaining to Train Status, PNR Status, Availability of seats, and Fare Enquiry, for trains. The backend of the application is powered by Spice Digital’s SMS139 service. The application sends well formatted messages based on user form input and initiates a premium sms to the short code 139. The reply is received by the user in his SMS inbox.

The application doesn’t require GPRS to function, its completely based on SMS.

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In order to arrest the closure of its franchisee-owned cyber cafes owing to increased costs, city-based internet services company Sify Technologies Saturday launched 'Sify mylife' that enables a cyber cafe owner to increase his revenue.

"The 'Sify mylife' platform enables a cyber cafe owner to increase his revenue -- online and off-line. The cafe owner can earn by offering online services -- ticket booking, payment of utility bills, education courses and other services offered by us," chairman and managing director of the company, Raju Vegesna, told reporters here.

The cyber cafes can also earn by being a test centre for corporates holding online recruitment tests; providing wall space for advertisers by being part of Sify Ad Campaign programme.
"With increasing real estate and labour costs internet cafes cannot survive being just a browsing centre. There is a whole lot of revenue opportunities from online services," added Natesh Mani, president (Consumer Infrastructure Business Access Media).

He said there are around 160,000 cyber cafes in India and 37 percent of India's internet access happens from there.

For a cyber cafe to be part of 'Sify mylife' programme, it can either get a broadband connection from Sify Technologies or buy a modem like equipment costing Rs.9,999 from it.

"We source the equipment from China. It has one year warranty and Sify Technologies takes care of after sales service," Mani told IANS.

According to him, Sify Technologies' 1,200 cyber cafes and its retail broadband customers will automatically be part of 'Sify mylife'.

"The discounts and commissions on services availed are available only for the cyber cafes and not for retail customers.

"We may roll out reward points for our retail broadband subscribers at a latter date," Mani added.

Sify Technologies has around 100,000 retail broadband subscribers and the average revenue per user (ARPU) is around Rs.500.

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Computer scientists in the US are developing technology that will transform cars into intelligent vehicles fitted with aircraft-style black boxes that can record information about driving behaviour during accidents.

The car, which is being developed by researchers at computer chip giant Intel, will record information about the vehicle speed, steering and braking along with video footage from inside and outside the vehicle, The Telegraph reported.This would be automatically sent to police and insurance companies in the event of an accident to make it easier to determine the cause of car crashes and identify the person responsible.

The device forms part of an intelligent car envisaged by researchers at Intel. They are developing technology that will transform cars into smart vehicles that are able to detect dangers on the road and even take over control from motorists.
They have been in discussions with car manufacturers about developing cars that are permanently connected to the Internet and other vehicles using wireless technology. Camera systems that can recognise street signs and then take over control of a car if the motorist tries to drive the wrong way up a one-way street, for example, are being developed for use in vehicles.

On board sensors will also be able to detect pot holes in the road and report their location to road maintenance authorities as the car is moving.The cars will also be able to track the location of surrounding vehicles and alert drivers if they get too close or try to change lanes when another vehicle is in their blind spot.

The technology was revealed at a research showcase by Intel in Santa Clara, California, last week. The company has been in discussions with car manufacturers about putting the technology into new vehicles.

Justin Ratner, the director of Intel Laboratories and chief technology officer, said: "We are looking at a whole range of enhancements that will improve the driving experience, safety and security of vehicles."The intelligent vehicle is what we are talking about here. Once a car is connected, more or less on a continuous basis, all sorts of interesting possibilities present themselves.

"With vision systems on cars, it is perfectly reasonable for a car on its own to see the sign that says 'wrong way' or 'do not enter' and bring the vehicle to a halt at the side of the road so we don't have these senseless accidents where someone has failed to recognise a sign.

"We have talked to highway maintenance departments about using sensors that are already in cars to report the GPS coordinates for pot holes in the road to the maintenance department."Insurance companies are expected to welcome on-board car systems that will reduce the risk of accidents.

A spokesman for the Association of British Insurers said that aviation style black box technology for recording the circumstances around accidents could also help speed up payouts by reducing delays in determining causes of accidents.

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Lenovo has begun shipping its first 3D notebook, the IdeaPad Y560d. The notebook uses the TriDef 3D system, driven by ATI's Mobility Radeon HD 5730, rather than NVIDIA's popular 3D technology. A 15.6-inch display with 1366x768 resolution comes standard on all models.

The 1.60GHz quad Core i7 configuration is the first to arrive on the market, with 4GB of RAM and a standard 500GB HDD. The system is available directly from Lenovo and other retailers for $1500. The company is expected to expand its customization options in the future, starting with Core i3 offerings and ranging up to a 1.86GHz quad Core i7. The notebook will also be available with a Blu-ray drive and Lenovo's hybrid storage system, the RapidDrive, which pairs a quick-booting 64GB SSD with a typical 750GB disk drive.

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Spice has Launched Spice M 6363 in India .Its Dual SIM & also supports Dual Memory card slot , each slot supporting upto 4 GB. It weighs 92 g and also has a 2 Megapixel camera.Price - Rs. 4,000 approx

SPECIFICATIONS->>GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
Dual SIM [ GSM + GSM ]

107*48.2*15.5 [ Dimensions(in mm) ]
92g

Phonebook Capacity 1000
External Memory Upto Dual 4+4 GB

2.0” 65 K TFT
176 * 220 Pixels

GPRS
WAP 2.0 Browser
Bluetooth 1.2
USB

Camera 2 MP
Video Recording

Alarm
Calculator
Calendar
To-Do List
Vibrator Mode
Torch
Motion Sensor
FM Radio
Wireless FM
FM Recording
JAVA

Battery 1500 mAh
Talk Time Upto 8 Hrs.
Stand by Upto 400 Hrs

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Videocon Mobile has introduced Special Tariff Vouchers for its Users in Tamil Nadu.

DETAILS:

Cost - Rs. 53
TalkTime - Rs. 25
Local Own Network - 20 paise per minute
Local Others - 40 paise per minute
STD - 50 p 50 paise per minute
Validity - 90 Days 

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Lemon Mobiles is quickly scaling up its product portfolio to offer consumer a greater choice of exciting devices at really affordable prices!

Lemon Mobile, an Indian brand of handsets, promoted by Fastrack Communications and encouraged by Pacetel Communications Pvt Ltd, plans to soon launch Android-based budget dual-SIM phone. ” We will be launching Android 1.6 phone in the ‘near future’, to be called the P1, where the ‘P’ stands for ‘Professional’.

It will be the world’s first dual SIM Android phone, and will feature push mail, as well as a 400MHz processor,” Lemon Mobile’s Product Head, Rohit Arora, said in a release. Refusing to comment, any further details on P1, Arora, said the company will try to integrate innovative features in most affordable price range. The handset manufacturer that at present sources its handsets from China, will soon set up a manufacturing unit at Rourkee (Uttaranchal) strategies involve, setting up of a manufacturing plant in Rourkee, where the company will begin with assembling handsets and later start manufacturing cellphones here. Lemon Mobiles ventured into the handset space in October 2008 and has been making progress by leaps and bounds.

The company that at present works with 60 super distributors, over 5000 distributors and more than 20000 retailers aims to be among the top five players in the next two years’ time. Desi phones have been taking on biggies like Nokia, in the Indian handsets space. Two-year old company Micromax has ranked the fourth largest player in the mobile handset segment. The company has designed a three-year game plan of investing $ 300 mn globally, as it plans to expand operations in Latin America and Africa. It will raise the funds through equity.

Lemon is set to launch an application store in 4-6 months. The store will offer a mix of free and paid applications. Lemon’s soon to be launched iQ 505 will be preloaded with “Lemon Twist”, an application suite with a plethora of offerings. Lemon has partnered with various third party developers like Atom for m-Commerce, Mapmyindia for maps on mobile, Sanptu for social networking, Nimbuzz for online chat.

Currently, Lemon Mobiles has 300 service centres, the company also plans to strengthen its services profile. To the requirements of the upcoming technologies, Lemon will also be announcing 3G handsets. Sandeep Muhsran, director, Fastrack Communications, said.“These handsets will be entry level 3G handsets and will be priced between Rs 3000-4000,”

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Innoz Technologies has partnered with movie review portal ReviewGang.com to bring movie review,critics and ratings onto the mobile via SMSGYAN,the SMS driven answer machine.

In addition to critic reviews registered GYAN users can also post their reviews and ratings.These reviews are used to calculate a consolidated critic rating and user rating. Trusted users (editors) provide reviews which are of high quality.

Users can use the service by sending an Sms GYAN MOVIE MOVIENAME to 56161. Eg: GYAN MOVIE RAAVAN to 56161.

SMSGYAN claims to answer around 20k queries each day reaching at an impressive userbase of 1 million + all over India.Sms GYAN HELP to 56161 for list of keywords.

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In attempt to provide Broadband Internet connectivity at affordable rates to the peoples of Kolkata, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), cities largest Broadband and total telecom service provider, announced the launch of a new Fully Unlimited Broadband Home combo plan at just Rs.625.

 Apart from the above plan BSNL Kolkata (Calcutta Telephones) also offers Free installation of new Broadband line along with 15 days unlimited Free downloads at 2 Mbps speed to all the new customers registering their Broadband connection up to 31st July 2010 under any Broadband Limited or Unlimited Plan as their own choice of up to 2 Mbps speed. BSNL’s DSL Home Combo Unlimited Broadband-625 plan comes at monthly rental of Rs.625 along with Rent free Landline and High Speed Broadband connectivity at 256 Kbps. Existing BSNL Kolkata Broadband customers are allow to migrate in this plan or any other Broadband Plan just by migration request at their area exchange. BSNL provide always ON, faster Connection with dedicated bandwidth of minimum guaranteed 256 Kbps on its ADSL2+ technology. With the Triple Play BSNL Broadband, subscriber can talk on phone and surf Internet or play on-line game at the same time.

BSNL’s truly Unlimited Broadband plan comes without any Fair Usage Policy (FUP) over the data cap.

BSNL Broadband Home Combo 625 CS1 Plan In Details-:

Plan Name
Monthly Rent (Unlimited Broadband + Landline) Rs.625
Annual Subscription (Optional) (Pay for 10 Month Get free for 2 Month) Rs.6250
Download speed 256 Kbps
Free Email Id 1
FREE Local calls (per month) 100
Land line call Charges Rs.1
Customer Care For Information Dial 1500 or 1504 (toll free from BSNL phone)

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Yahoo! recently announced 2 apps and a search widget for Android. At MobiGyaan, we downloaded and installed the app in Motorola Milestone. Here is a quick review.
Hits
+ The applications have a slick and attractive User Interface.
+ The interface is fast and responsive on our device.
+ New feature: Smart Folders and Flag a message are very useful.
+ Yahoo Mail app integrates with phone contacts
+ The mail composer has a rich interface and supports attachments (multiple format support)
+ In Milestone, the indicator LED glows lavender, to match the App UI, when there is a notification. Misses
- No support for multiple accounts.
- No integration with other chat clients like gtalk or msn.
- No thumbnail for image attachments, in the mail view.
- No indication in the mail preview, for type of attachment
- Notifications are not spontaneous. The notification does not stay in the bar for a long time.
- Yahoo Mail for android is ad supported
- Yahoo Messenger log out every time you close the application without warning. It does run in the background seamlessly like the google talk.
It’s been a while since the supremacy in Mail and Chat has been taken over by Gmail. Yahoo is trying its best to grab that spot. They want to prove a point and tell the world that they still have what it needs to be a market leader. With the new Android apps, Yahoo hits certain sweet spots and misses a few by miles. But it’s a very good step that’s been put forward. The apps are already available for iPhone, but the iPhones versions have also been updated to support HTML5. Go ahead, try it out and tell us what you feel.

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eBay Application for BlackBerry smartphones is now officially available for download in BlackBerry App World. With this eBay App BlackBerry users can search, watch, bid or buy. It provides reminders in BlackBerry calendar when a listing is about to end, near real-time alerts when there’s another bid or you’ve won or lost an item. As a seller, you can watch and review your sale items. It provides ability to respond to a buyer’s questions.

It can be downloaded for free from BlackBerry App World. This App is supported in North America, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. Jump down to have a look at a few screenshots of this app and Hands-on video of eBay for BlackBerry.

                                              

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Yahoo! has announced availability of Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger apps for Android as well as a Yahoo! Search Widget for Android.

 "Yahoo! keeps more than 600 million consumers around the world connected to the people and things that matter to them most - wherever and whenever they want," said David Ko, senior vice president, Americas, Audience, Mobile, and Local for Yahoo!. "With the availability of our world-class Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger apps for Android and by harnessing the latest in HTML5, we're making it easier than ever for consumers to access fast, reliable, and feature-rich Yahoo! experiences across some of the fastest growing platforms in the market." The Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger Android apps are available globally as free downloads available in the Android Market, supporting OS 2.0 or newer.

With the new Yahoo! Mail App for Android, users can:
Receive push notification of new email messages
Send emails to contacts from the Yahoo! Address Book as well as to contacts in the native phone address book
Search email messages by sender, recipient, subject and keywords
Upload photos as attachments directly from the phone's camera or the photo gallery
View and download attachments
Insert emoticons and rich text formatting into emails
Effectively manage and organize their Yahoo! Mail messages, folders, and spam
Easily toggle between the Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger apps


With the new Yahoo! Messenger App for Android, users can:
Easily message friends, check friends' status updates and availability and update their personal status and availability
Send instant messages to friends via SMS text message1
Multitask and stay connected with the app working in the background; with push notifications, consumers can easily catch new messages and friend requests
Get full use of emoticons and rich text formatting
Send photos to friends directly from the phone's camera or the photo gallery

Yahoo! Search Widget for Android provides users with one-click access to Yahoo! Search. After the Widget is installed, a Yahoo! Search box is accessible on the home screen. With voice search for easier input, Search Assist for quick suggestions and recommendations, and auto-locate technology to deliver locally relevant results.

The Yahoo! Search Widget is currently available in the U.S. only for free. It is available for download in the Android Market and supports OS 2.0 or newer.

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