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Zen Mobile today launched Z82 - India’s first QWERTY handset with Analog TV. The main feature of Z82 is Analog TV, other features of this phone include - Dual SIM (GSM + GSM), 2.4 inch QVGA widescreen, 2 MP Camera, multi-coloured track ball and 3.5 mm jack.

It also features MP3 Player, FM Radio, FM Recorder and Bluetooth. It comes with internal memory of 9MB and has a storage capacity of about 1000 phonebook entires and 1000 SMSes. External memory can be expanded upto 4GB. It provides talk-time of 5 hours and standby-time of upto 200 hours. The phone is outfitted with Quad Band which supports all types of frequencies such as 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. Talking about Z82, Mr. Deepesh Gupta, MD, Zen Mobile said, “Mobile handsets with Analog TV have rapidly gained the attention of consumers worldwide. With the launch of Z82, one can now watch Live Telecast & News updates on a QWERTY mobile for the first time in India. With this innovative product, we will be strengthening our presence in tier-1 markets as well and are hopeful of getting a good response as it matches the qualities and features the urban segment prefers and that too at reasonable price. Our R&D team is in a process to develop the best innovative quality products which will be available in the market at affordable price.”

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Motorola India has expanded its MOTOYUVA range with five new entry level mobile devices. The MOTOYUVA WX range now features the MOTOYUVA WX181 candybar handset with FM radio and integrated light torch, and the MOTOYUVA WX260 and MOTOYUVA WX265 which add Bluetooth, integrated MP3 players, expandable memory of up to 2GB and GPRS connectivity. The MOTOYUVA WX Series is completed by the MOTOYUVA WX290 and MOTOYUVA WX295 which adds a digital camera to the MOTOYUVA WX feature set.

MOTOYUVA WX181

MOTOYUVA™ WX181 has 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) colour display and FM radio with integrated RDS which shows the songs, artists and genres along with a stereo headset . It allows up to five people to join a call simultaneously for conference calls on-the-go. MOTOYUVA WX181 offers a talk time of up to 8 hours and a standby time of up to 580 hours. Other features include a LED light (torch), calculator, currency converter and alarm clock. MOTOYUVA WX260 and MOTOYUVA WX265

MOTOYUVA WX260 comes with a FM radio and MP3 player and has WAP 2.0 that also allows you to browse the web. This candybar style handset with a 1.7 inches (4.4 cm) colour display offers up to 11 hours of non-stop music.



Lovers of the flip design can go for the MOTOYUVA WX265. It has all features of the MOTOYUVA WX260. Colourful lights on the front flip notify users when there is an incoming call or message or when the battery needs charging.



Both MOTOYUVA WX260 and MOTOYUVA offer wireless calls with Bluetooth 2.0, and store up to 2GB of music via an optional microSD card. Both the MOTOYUVA WX 260 and MOTOYUVA WX 265 provides storage of up to 500 messages and 800 contacts. Both come with bright LED torches.

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MOTOYUVA WX290 and MOTOYUVA WX295



MOTOYUVA WX290 features 1.8 inches (4.5 cm) colour screen, embedded digital camera, MMS and LED torch light. It also packs in a WAP 2.0 browser, stereo FM radio and Bluetooth 2.0.

MOTOYUVA WX295 is the alternative for those who prefer all these features in a flip design. It also offers users the benefit of seeing the call line identification on the front flip itself.

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Price



The MRP for each MOTOYUVA mobile is:

* MOTOYUVA WX181: Rs 1,490
* MOTOYUVA WX260: Rs 2,190
* MOTOYUVA WX265: Rs 2,490
* MOTOYUVA WX290: Rs 2,490
* MOTOYUVA WX295: Rs ­­­­­­­­2,890

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Leaders in innovation for telecom sector have now joined hands with the leading telecom portal in India to move one more step in redefining support for users.

Tata Docomo India’s youngest successful telecom operator has redefined customer experience through new schemes and support levels had introduced “Live Chat” platform which offers real time query resolution to customer’s issues.

Tata Docomo’s yet another unique Live Chat service provides a refreshingly different telecom experience to its GSM customers. The new service designed to help customers wherein its customer care executive will chat with website visitors in real time and have their questions answered instantly. The Live Chat service will be available 24×7 and also allows to share files during the chat session to the executive. The Live Chat tools also enabled Tata Docomo’s existing or prospective subscribers to submit their query for a new connection by giving their details.When users submit their query or details, they will get a chat window and a customer service executive will be online to resolve the query or issue in real time.

In its unique partnership, TATA DOCOMO will extend this service to the Telecom Talk users on the TT portal making it a value added experience for the users and retaining the initial principle of a one stop portal for dispensing telecom information in India.

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In a radical move to lure its customers with maximum benefits on talktime recharges, Bharti Airtel, the largest GSM mobile service operator has come up with first-of-its-kind innovative offers dubbed as Mobile Internet & Voice Combo and VAS & Voice Combo packs in Karnataka telecom circle.

Airtel’s 3 combo offers are priced at Rs.45, Rs.109 and Rs.50. The combo pack of Rs.45 that comes with a talk time worth Rs.30 as main balance and 100 MB free GPRS Data usage is valid for 30 Days from the date of recharge.

For a combo recharge of Rs.109, Airtel customer gets talk time worth Rs.90 and 100 MB free GPRS Data usage valid for 30 days. Apart from the Mobile Internet Voice combo packs, Airtel has also come up with VAS combo pack of Rs 50, that gives talk time of Rs 41, 10 free SMSes for seven days and free Radio Mirchi live service on mobile for 7 days.

Here are the details-:

Mobile Internet & Voice Combo pack	Rs.45	Rs.109
Talk Time	Rs.30	Rs.90
Free GPRS/ Data Usage	100 MB post FREE usage 30paise/50KB	100 MB post FREE usage 30paise/50KB
How to Recharge	Visit your nearest retailer and easy recharge for Rs45 to avail the pack.	Visit your nearest retailer and easy recharge for Rs.109 to avail the pack
Validity	30 Days	30 Days

VAS-Voice combo pack	Rs.50
Talk Time	Rs.41
Validity	7 Days
Benefits	10 Free SMS (L+N) Free Radio Mirchi live service on mobile for 7 days

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Videocon Mobile Services, one of the fastest growing new telecom operators in terms of Subscriber Numbers is rapidly increasing its tariff offerings portfolio.

After the recent launch of unlimited on-net calling @ just Rs.58, Local and STD SMS @ 1p in Mumbai.,Videocon Mobile services now adds 5 more new extra talk time vouchers which are dubbed as “FULL & EXTRA TALK TIME Vouchers” apart from Rs.62 and Rs.97 vouchers.

Videocon launches these 5 extra talk time vouchers in Gujarat, Mumbai and Haryana with denominations 222, 333, 555, 999 and 1111 in which you get the talk time of 240, 365, 615, 1150 and 1300 respectively.

All the above mentioned denominations will be available only on V Top Up (Mobile2Mobile Recharge).

The full portfolio of Extra Talk time vouchers are tabulated below:

MRP (Rs.)	Talk time (Rs.)
62	62
97	110
222	240
333	365
555	615
999	1150
1111	1300

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Now, uninor’s Gujarat customers can have a smile as uninor launches 2 special tariff vouchers with denominations Rs.37 and Rs.53. With Rs.37 STV you can enjoy 2000 local minutes which can be used to call any local uninor number across Gujarat whereas with Rs. 53 STV you can enjoy 125 FREE STD Minutes which can be used to call any STD number across India.

Both the STVs come with 30 days of validity. Uninor also added that, many more such customer centric offers are in the pipeline and will soon launch the same including the most awaited GPRS.

Both the special tariff vouchers can be availed through e-recharge and can be clubbed with the current tariff of 24×7 Badalta discount.

The offer details are tabulated below:

Particulars	I gain 37	I gain 53
Coupon Price(Rs.)	37	53
Talktime (Rs.)	0	0
Benefit	Get 2000 Free Uninor to Uninor local minutes	Get 125 STD minutes
Validity	30 days	30 days
Fine print	-	-

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AIRCEL, one of the fastest growing Pan India telecom operator today announced the launch of new innovative STV-210 (Special Tariff voucher) for its prepaid GSM mobile service customer in West Bengal and Sikkim telecom circle.

Aircel’s new STV-210 is specially tailored to provide maximum benefits in tripple ways i.e. lowest call tariff for Local and STD, Full Talk Value and Unlimited Free Access to Pocket Internet.

The STV-210 is priced at Rs.210 and provides Full Talk Value of Rs.210 which can be consumed with in 30 days from the date of recharge. By Using this voucher one can make a Local calls to any network at just 30 paisa per minute and STD call to anywhere in India at just 45paisa/Min. The tariff will be valid for 30 days.

MRP	TALK VALUE	BENEFIT	VALIDITY
Rs.210	Rs.210*** Note-: The talk must be consumed with in 30 Days from the date of Recharge. To check the balance dial *128#	Local Call @ 30p/Min STD Call @45p/Min Local/ National SMS @10paisa/SMS 3 Days Unlimited GPRS/ PI Browsing. local on-net @10p/min	30 Days

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In an endeavorer to provide relevant and accurate information on agriculture and educational services direct to the Mobile Phone users in rural and semi-urban India, World’s leading mobile phone maker Nokia join hands with Tata Docomo, the GSM mobile service brand of Tata Teleservices to offer Nokia Ovi Life Tools.

Nokia India today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Tata Docomo to offer Ovi Life Tools specifically created for the emerging markets to plug information gaps in the areas of agriculture, education and entertainment.

Tata Docomo and Nokia combine would provide access to Nokia Life Tool service which will be available via SMS, USSD, GPRS and STK, wherein, the SMS can be availed through a short code 55555. Nokia Life Tools includes three main services, namely Agriculture Services, Education Services and Entertainment Services. The Nokia Life Tools Agriculture service is available in two options a basic plan, which features daily weather updates and relevant agriculture-related news, as well as advice and tips, for only Rs 30/month.

While a premium plan provides weather, news, advice and tips along with the closest market prices for three crops a subscriber chooses, and which costs Rs 60/month. Nokia Life Tools supports 11 Indian languages of Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya and English.

Speaking on the new initiative,Mr.V Ramnath, Director, Operator Accounts, Nokia India said “We are confident that the agreement will strengthen the network and help the rural and semi-urban community by providing relevant and accurate decision critical information to subscribers. For this service to scale and benefit larger section of users, it is important to have partners like Tata Docomo who share Nokia’s vision of empowering people with the right tools.

Mr.Gurinder Singh Sandhu, Head Marketing, Tata Docomo stated Both agriculture and educational services on mobile are life assisting services which will act as powerful enablers in helping people earn their living.

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Reliance Communications (RCom), India’s single largest Dual Technology (GSM and CDMA) telecom giant today announced that it has added 2.8 million new wireless subscribers (GSM and CDMA) in the month of June-2010, taking its total subscriber base to 110 million.

The operator also stated that it has added 8.4 million new mobile subscribers on CDMA and GSM platform in this quarter with an addition of 16.3 million new users in May-2010

According to the operator, its “Simply Reliance” offers for GSM and CDMA redefine the Indian mobile telecom space as well as expand the overall Simply Reliance portfolio through yet another simple and transparent offering that delivers enhanced value through a single unconditional recharge for Home and Roam circle tariff. The ‘Simply Reliance’ attract more and more new subscribers under the brand Reliance.

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When We activate GPRS Packs in Mobile, we tend make complete use of it.One of the desired thing is to have Chat IMs(Instant Messenger) on Phone so that one could constantly keep in touch with their Online buddies.

Some of your Phones come with Inbuilt Chat Clients, if you don’t have default Chat Clients you can Use Third Party Chat Clients like Nimbuzz, Fring, eBuddy, mig33, Palringo.Here we try to provide quick insights on some of the IMs.

We have Tested these Chat Clients in Nokia 5230 (Symbian60V5 device) you can also find Download Links for the Apps which is suitable for your Model. Nimbuzz

Using Nimbuzz is a Good Experience though it Takes Several Seconds (or even minutes) to make Connection, Sync Accounts and load your Contacts.

It works like Charm when it is Completely loaded if you spare few extra seconds you will enjoy a wholesome chatting experience.

Every 3rd Party Mobile Chat Application Needs Users to Register with them you got to have a Nimbuzz Account before you could add any of other Third Party IMs like GoogleTalk, Yahoo or any another.

Once you are done with login all you need to do is set up all your other IMs which Prompts for your Username and Password.

I integrated my Gtalk Account to Know how it works.. These are the features which i observed

-Great User Interface you don’t feel difficulty in logging in.

-All Chat Sessions are Temporarily saved and different Tabs are maintained

-Unlimited Chat Rooms, Groups etc.

-Supports Voice Calls- Gtalk(Free) Also Call Phone Contacts (Buy Credits) Even on 2G

-Send File

-Share Photos

-Cool Touch Experience, Amazing Smiley Collections.. Must have App for Touch Phones.

-Pop Up Sound is Fresh and less irritative.

File Size. 1.24 Mb
Download to PC
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Fring

Features observed in Fring.

-Opens in Start Up of Phone(By Default)

-Loading Time is Impressive (Once Connected)

-Has a Cooler Interface than Nimbuzz.

-Notification Sound for Chat sounds bit Irritative when compared to Nimbuzz

-Though it has the Feature to Attach Files, When I sent a File it was Unsuccessful.

-Supports Video Calls

-Supports Voip Calls ( Free with Gtalk)

-One bad thing about Fring is it Displays Google Ads which is Quite Disturbing..

File Size: 1.15 Mb
Download to PC
Download using WAP browser

eBuddy

eBuddy’s File Size is Pretty Impressive Just 0.29 Mb.
But Features Seems bit Limited.

- In Addition to all other Chat Clients, it supports Facebook Chat

- Loads Very Quickly and Very Lite

- User Interface is Simple and Average

- Fits only Half of the Screen in my Nokia 5230 due to Navigation Keys.

- Do not Support Voice Calls

- No Notification Sound (by default)..
- No Chat Rooms

- A Good App which can be used only as IM and not for calls.

File Size: 0.29 Mb
Download to PC
Download using WAP

I Rate Nimbuzz and Fring Equally, Nimbuzz has an upper hand over fring as Nimbuzz is not Stuffed with Ads.

Both Nimbuzz and Fring has Cooler interface supporting Voice Calls and easier IM integration eBuddy being Simple, though supports Facebook Chat Client it has limited features (No Voice calls and Chat Rooms) eBuddy beats both Nimbuzz and Fring when it comes to File Size eBuddy is easy to download but has limited support.

If You want Full Fledged IM experience go with Nimbuzz or Fring Application.What Mobile Application do you Use for Chat?

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