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Samsung today announced the launch of the Samsung G800,a triband GSM slider with a dimensions of 101mm x 51mm x 19mm. What makes the G800 special is the 5-megapixel phone with 3x optical zoom and Xenon flash. An On Screen Display (OSD) shows various camera indicators in a horizontal preview mode. The large 2.4-inch QVGA LCD wide display allows users to view the screen like ... Full story

Following the Google, Yahoo India introduced SMS search in india. The service, 'oneSearch', will enable mobile users to search for information over their mobile phones.The service is available through major operators including Airtel, Reliance Mobile, Vodafone, Idea Cellular, BPL Mobile, Aircel, Tata Indicom, and Spice Telecom. Users have to SMS their queries to Yahoo's shortcode to make use of the service. ... Full story

Sony Ericsson announced new Walkman and Cyber-shot phones, the W910 and the K850. The new phones boast Turbo-3G speeds (HSDPA) for fast download of music and other content and are feature packed.The Sony Ericsson W910 Walkman phone’s unique shake control lets users flick the phone to control games or skip and shuffle between music tracks. The SensMe feature matches the music to the mood and ... Full story

The much-touted $100 laptop by Nicholas Negroponte - founder of the ‘One laptop per child’ (OLPC) initiative - was finally launched in India today in collaboration with the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group (RADAG). Now priced at $180 (around Rs 7,000), it will have its first pilot in India in a tribal village at Khairat (near Karjat, Maharashtra). Under the initiative, Reliance Communications will provide ... Full story

Indians sent 25 billion SMSs every year, Yes that might be the factor for google to launch its SMS service first in India(in Asia). This SMS service gives the power of Google Search in their ordinary mobile. Users do not need an Internet-enabled phone to access Google’s new service. Through the ‘Google SMS’ mobile messaging service, users can get business listings and movie show ... Full story

Reliance Communication (RCom) announced the launch of its newest color handset priced at Rs 999. The 'Classic 732' is the first color handset to be made available in the country at such a low price. Reliance Communication has earlier launched a colour handset for Rs 1234. These colour handsets have been made by contract manufacturers in China. The attractively priced Classic 732 has a large phonebook (500 ... Full story

Vodafone, formerly Hutch, on Friday introduced two of its Blackberry models - Blackberry 8310 and 8820 from Research In Motion (RIM), priced at Rs.24,990 and Rs.31,990, respectively. consolidating and expanding its business in the country.Vodafone Essar, India's second largest mobile service operator after Airtel, has a subscriber base of 34.11 million and a market share of 20.11 percent as on Aug 31, 2007, according to ... Full story

US-based Palm Inc, a leading high-end mobile handset maker, on September 25th entered an agreement with Bharti Airtel Ltd, to market its Treo 750 smartphone in India. The Windows Mobile-based smartphone will cost Rs.26,990 would allow users to surf web and access and send their emails. The phone also comes bundled with free unlimited data usage for a month and the ... Full story

BPL Mobile along with Buongiorno on Monday launched its icon-based WAP site wap.mizone.bplmobile.com. The look and feel of the BPL WAP site is icon-based instead of text-based. The complete content discovery process is a menu-based grid and thus the user finds both navigation and content discovery process extremely convenient. The technology provided by Buongiorno recognises handset compatibility and then accordingly provides customized experience to every user.The ... Full story

The country’s wireless market, the fastest growing in the world, crossed another milestone, with the subscriber base crossing the 200-million mark in August. India added 8.31 million wireless subscribers, including GSM, CDMA and wireless in local loop (fixed) or WLL (F), in August to touch 201.29 million users, according to figures released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) on Septmeber 21st. Full story