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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Nokia launches five new Ultimate mobile phones


Nokia Life Tools, the service which gives consumers in small towns and rural areas the ability to get a range of livelihood and life-improvement services on their mobile phones, will launch in Indonesia in early December 2009. Nokia also announced five new affordable and easy-to-use phones which will support Nokia Life Tools, and these phones will also be available globally.

“Following the successful launch of Nokia Life Tools in India, where people are getting the benefits of vital information sent directly to their mobile phones, we are pleased to bring this service toconsumers in Indonesia,” said Dieter May, Vice President, Emerging Markets, Nokia. “Inform, Involve, Empower -- the vision of Nokia Life Tools -- applies no matter where it’s implemented. With the number of devices that Nokia Life Tools supports, including the five new phones we are announcing today, we are giving people the solution that suits them the most.”



 


Five new mobile phones designed for consumers in emerging markets

With affordability and ease of use as the cornerstones of solutions for emerging markets, the five new Nokia phones -- Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616, Nokia 1800, Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 -- support Nokia Life Tools, and bring with them all the features that consumers around the world have come to expect.

Priced at EUR 20, EUR 24 and EUR 26 respectively (before taxes and subsidies), the Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616 and Nokia 1800 support FM radio, prepaid tracker, flashlight, anti-scratch cover and dust-resistant keymat, among other features. The long battery life, with up to 22 days of standby time, is vital for people in areas where access to electricity is limited.
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The Nokia 2220 slide and the Nokia 2690, priced at EUR 45 and EUR 54 (before taxes and subsidies), also support email on the device through Ovi Mail, giving people in developing markets their first digital identity directly from their handsets. Ovi Mail accounts can be created on the device and people can start sending and receiving emails without ever needing a PC. Other device features include FM radio, VGA camera, GPRS and MMS support, phone books for up to 1,000 contacts, and Bluetooth. Standby times for theNokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 are about 20 days and 13 days respectively.
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The first of the five new mobile phones will begin shipping before the end of 2009, with others expected to start shipping in the first half of 2010.

Nokia Life Tools in Indonesia

Nokia Life Tools will be available across Indonesia from early December 2009, with the Agriculture service available for Java and Sumatra at the first stage, and Education and Entertainment services available nation-wide.

Consumers will be able to subscribe to Agriculture, Education and Entertainment information and content. Nokia is collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture (Departemen Pertanian Republik Indonesia), the Center of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Synovate and other industry partners to bring valuable agriculture information, prices, news and tips directly toconsumers.

The Agriculture service will be available for commodities beginning with crops, livestock, horticulture and fisheries. Consumers will be able to subscribe to three of the most commonly grown commodities in their region. Also included in the Agriculture component are weather services, price services, and frequent agriculture news and tips.

The Education service features Learn English, General Knowledge and Test Preparation. Learn English has three levels of expertise with focus on English language fundamentals. General Knowledge will be primarily related to the province where one lives, as well as containing information at the national and international levels. Test Preparation will offer services at the Junior High School and Senior High School levels.

The Entertainment service features a range of mobile entertainment content, including news, music, comics, jokes, astrology, movie news and reviews. The content will be available toconsumers via subscription and/or on-demand.

At launch, customers of Telkomsel, Indosat, XL and Hutch (3) will be able to subscribe to Nokia Life Tools services. Nokia Life Tools will first be available on the Nokia 2323 classic, Nokia 2330 classic and Nokia 2700 classic in Indonesia. Aside from the 11 handsets which will come pre-loaded with Nokia Life Tools, the service will become downloadable on more phones later.

Nokia Life Tools services use an icon-based, graphically rich user interface that comes complete with tables and which displays information simultaneously in two languages. Behind this rich interface that comes out of the box on all Life Tools-enabled handsets, SMS is used to deliver the critical information to ensure that this service works wherever a mobile phone works, without the hassles of additional settings or the need for GPRS coverage.
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Friday, April 13, 2012

The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic with Say and Play function

  It’s been a while since Nokia has been in the news but that could also be because of LG’s KM900 and Samsung’s plethora of handsets making their way to MWC. Nokia has in fact announced an addition to their music range of handsets – the 5630XpressMusic.

This candy-bar styled, rather simplistic looking handset runs on a Symbian OS with an S60 UI and is equipped with -

  •       3 megapixel camera AF camera (LED flash)
  •          2.2-inch TFT LCD (240 x 320 pixels)
  •          N-Gage Gaming
  •          MicroSD card support (up to 16GB)
  •         3.5mm earphone socket
  •          Wi-Fi
  •          EDGE/GPRS, 3G (HSDPA)
  •          Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0
  •          FM radio with RDS
Apart from these, the 5630 will also feature Nokia’s 'Say and Play' function that will let users simply speak the name of the song or artist and the handset will locate and play the track. This handset is also bundled with Nokia’s 'Comes with Music' tag where it’s available already.

The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic’s new tweaked homescreen shows the Contacts Bar that allows direct access to up to 20 friends or business contacts straight from there and provides a full communication history with these contacts including recent emails, messages, phone logs and photos shared. A shortcuts bar at the bottom of the homescreen also gives quick access to the most frequently used applications including music, radio, Web, N-Gage and photos. This is all very similar to the 5800’s but in a more confined space of course.

The Nokia 5630 XpressMusic should start making its way to shelves by the second quarter of this year with a price tag of about Rs 12, 575 (200 EURO) exclusive of subsidies and taxes and a bundled 4GB microSD card.
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Nokia Launches Two New Handsets in India

Nokia has just launched two new Symbian Series 40 enabled handsets in the Indian market - Nokia 6700 Classic and Nokia 6303 Classic which further strengthened its style and imaging portfolio for mobile devices. The devices, which were launched by Bollywood diva, Priyanka Chopra, are targeted at the suave and savvy Indian consumers who are looking for superior functionality with premium finish at competitive prices. Alongside the Nokia 6700 Classic and Nokia 6303 Classic launch, the company also rolled out a consumer engagement initiative - “Pictures get us talking”. The consumer contest that starts from today, gives users an opportunity to upload their interesting and unique pictures on the Nokia website – www.nokia.co.in. The picture that starts the maximum conversations and is the most talked about in the virtual world will emerge as the winner. The winning entry will get a complete makeover by a well known fashion designer. In addition, Priyanka Chopra will also talk and Twitter about her favorite pictures on her Twitter page. Speaking at the occasion, Vineet Taneja, Director Marketing, Nokia India said, “Nokia is delighted to strengthen its bond with India’s style conscious consumers, both by extending our association with Priyanka Chopra and with the launch of Nokia 6700 Classic and Nokia 6303 Classic. The new devices combine the superior functionality and enhanced user experience with premium designs and materials available at an extremely competitive price point. The Nokia 6700 Classic shares the same 'DNA' as its predecessor Nokia 6300 and we believe that it will be one of our best selling devices in 2009.” The Nokia 6700 combines smooth surfaces, rich materials and precisely crafted parts with a full metal keymat which completes the premium finish. Other features include – * a 2.2 inch TFT LCD (240 x 320 pixel resolution) * 3G support with HSDPA, EDGE/GPRS * Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP * USB 2.0 (micro) * A-GPS navigation with Nokia Maps, * microSD card support * a 5 megapixel camera, * FM with RDS Additionally the Nokia 6700 features the innovative uplink noise cancellation (UNC) that blocks out background noises and Navigation via internal GPS with Nokia Maps (30 days license free). The second handset, the Nokia 6303 Classic features - * a 2.2 inch screen (240 x 320 pixels) * a 3.2 megapixel camera * GPRS/EDGE * Bluetooth 2.0 * USB 2.0 (micro) * microSD card support * pre-loaded Nokia Maps * 3.5 mm audio jack * FM radio The 6303 is not a GPS enabled handset. The Nokia 6700 Classic is available in Chrome and Black and is priced at Rs. 14,000. The Nokia 6303 Classic is priced at Rs. 8000.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Mi-Fone launches new Mi-Q range of QWERTY handsets

Mi-Fone (BVI) Ltd has announced the launch of Mi-Q range of low cost QWERTY mobile phones - Mi-Q+, Mi-Q1 and Mi-Q5.

The latest Mi-Fone handsets are affordable, stylish and designed to give young consumers a 'Blackberry experience' at a fraction of the cost. Targeting primarily the young Indian market, Mi-Fone sees the Mi-Q range of mobile phones as the perfect alternative to low cost Blackberry devices.

"The young Indian is techno-savvy, stylish and plugged into the global network through their mobile phones. They have often been hampered by the lack of cost-effective yet quality and technologically advanced handsets that enable them to stay easily connected considering the many challenges in ensuring decent connectivity", said Mr Alpesh Patel, CEO Mi-Fone.

With this range comprising of 3 Models viz: Mi-Q+, Mi-Q1 & Mi-Q5; Mi-Fone is providing the young Indian with everything he or she needs in a QWERTY handset including Email, Instant Messaging and uploading and downloading of documents.

At the bottom end is the basic Mi-Q+ with GPRS Class 10, WAP 2.0, capacity to receive and send MMS, FM radio, a torchlight and the QWERTY keypad for faster sms.

The dual-SIM Mi-Q1 mobile phone has GPRS/WAP/MMS and MP3/Video capabilities with a memory capacity of up to 1G. Mi-Q1 is as an effective multimedia QWERTY mobile phone targeting young genertation in India.

The Mi-Q5 comes with all of the above, as well as Bluetooth, and is capable of running Java applications such as the new MI-APPS initiative which combines instant messaging and push email under and an integrated format together with social apps such as Face book, MSN, etc. It can also take a memory card giving it greater capacity and is the option of being able to run Analogue television.

To support the launch of these devices, Mi-Fone has also initiated an advertising campaign that is reflective of its consumers and the spirit of its mobile phones: capable, trendy, confident, cheeky, and uncompromising. It is feisty and brash, taking the battle for the young Indian consumer directly to other mobile phone manufacturers. It is edgy and risky, unashamedly announcing Mi-Fone's foray into the QWERTY space.

It is about recognising your ability and capacity to move mountains. It is impetuous yet not foolhardy. Indian’s today tire of being the whipping boys of the globe and are standing up and working for what they deserve, carving a place for themselves. So too is Mi-Fone with this campaign, the first of which launches the Mi-QWERTY range driven by the tag line "Darker The Berry... The Sweeter The Juice".

The Mi-Fone series handsets are now available from Home Shop 18 Networks and Aditya Birla Stores.

You can get Mi Q1 mobile phone for Rs. 3,399, Mi Q+ for Rs. 2,500 and Mi Q5 handset at a price of Rs. 3,999 in the Indian market.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sharp Launches Mobile Phones in India- Alice, Blink, Tango and Cyborg

The Indian wing of Japan’s Sharp Corporation launched 4 new handsets for India and made it’s way into the hugely competitive Indian Mobile market.Sharps says that it’s phones target the users who want trendy products but are price-conscious. The company aims to make high quality mobiles highly affordable to all and plans to target the youth crowd with it’s range of handsets. The 4 models launched were Alice, Blink, Tango and Cyborg.

Mr. Takeshi Mori, General Manager, Sharp Corporation said, “A huge amount of research has gone into the making of these handsets. We had to strike a fine balance between what would work with the Indian consumers and how we can offer that extra edge that Sharp brings to its product offerings.”

These Sharp phones have features such as G-Sensor, LED illumination, Bluetooth, FM radio, Dual SIM facility, easy camera shot etc and come in interesting form factors such as the cycloid phone, 180 degrees rotating displays and the usual clamshell

Mr. Sunil K. Sinha, Managing Director, Sharp Business Systems (India) Limited said, “Sharp’s new handsets are in sync with the company’s history of innovation and commitment towards bringing quality products to life. The Sharp handsets symbolize our pioneering technological advancement and continued focus on R&D, and these would prove to be revolutionary in enhancing the mobile user experience, especially with the advent of 3G Network Services in India. We bring the same degree of quality commitment to the mobile business and assure our consumers of cutting-edge technology that will delight them in all ways including the form factor and one-of-a-kind service response.”

Mr. Kishlay Ray, General Manager – Marketing, Sharp Business Systems (India) Limited said that Sharp already enjoyed a high brand recall in India when it comes to business solutions. But this is the first time the company is tapping the a consumer segment. The Sharp handsets have been modeled keeping in mind the youth between the age group of 16 – 30 years in urban and semi-urban cities, who are stylish, on the move, confident, vivacious and above all want value for money. “Over the next six months we will be coming up with various offers and ideas to keep the brand name top-of-mind in the consumers’ minds.” he said

The company has not revealed the price of the phones although it is claiming to be price-conscious . The handsets are expected to hit the market later this year. Looks like another player trying to cash in on the 3G roll out in the country. We would love to have one of those cyborgs please !
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