HTC Smart 3G Mobile Phone Introduced with Airtel in India

Recently, mobile service operator - Bharti Airtel announced to launch HTC Smart mobile phone in India. It is first commercial 3G smart phone based on Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform.

HTC Smart is a stylish mobile phone which is equipped with 2.8-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with QVGA resolution and a 3.5 mm stereo audio jack. It has 3.0 mega pixel color camera with fixed focus and flashlight.

You can customize your own personal experience with HTC Smart mobile phone using a variety of widgets for quick access to contacts, photos, music, weather and more. You can follow your friend’s status updates using HTC Friend Stream.

Facebook, Twitter and Flicker are other attracting social networking features with HTC Smart phone. You can buy the phone with Airtel Stores and with HTC sellers in 30 cities across India at Rs. 9990.

HTC Smart Phone Key Features:

Operating System-Qualcomm Brew platform

TFT display

3.0 Mega pixel camera

Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for wireless

GPRS

EDGE

3G

Internet Browsing - HTML

FM Radio

3.5mm Headphone Jack

Inbuilt 256 MB memory

Mr.Sanjay Kapoor who is the CEO-India & South Asia of Bharti Airtel said on the occasion, “As the undisputed leader in the Indian telecom industry, Airtel is committed to constantly delighting its customers and offering innovations to enrich their experience. With the HTC Smart, Airtel customers will be the first in the world to experience a revolutionary Smartphone that is not only affordable but is also 3G-ready.”

On the other hand, Mr. Peter Chou who is the Chief Executive Officer in HTC Corporation said, “We’re excited to launch the HTC Smart with Airtel in India first and Qualcomm, a company known for its innovations. HTC Smart offers easy-to-use widgets, browsing and connectivity at an affordable price. The integration of HTC Sense brings an unparalleled smart phone experience for people looking to do more on their phone.”

The statement was published in telecomtalk.info, an online news portal for telecom information. So, Airtel customers will be able to take the world’s first experience with revolutionary smartphone which comes at affordable price in Indian mobile phone industry.

With the HTC Smart, now Indian customers will get a good looking handset with latest technology and new OS. The phone will be the biggest competitor of Nokia 2730 classic in Indian mobile phone market.

RIM To Launch BlackBerry Storm 2 smartphone with BlackBerry OS 5 in India

Recently, Research In Motion announced to launch of the BlackBerry Storm 2 smartphone with BlackBerry OS 5 in India. The phone will be priced at Rs. 31990 in Indian market. BlackBerry Storm2 will be available across more than 60 cities in India through Redington’s national retail distribution channels.

Frenny Bawa who is the Managing Director of Research In Motion in India said, “Powered with the latest SurePress technology and BlackBerry OS 5, the new BlackBerry Storm2 offers customers a powerful and unique mix of advanced communications and multimedia features in a smoothly designed smartphone that will appeal to both consumers and business professionals.” The statement was published in telecomtalk.info, a telecom informative online news portal. According to the statement, the phone will appeal consumers and business professionals both.

BlackBerry Storm 2 is made with premium finish with sloped edges, chrome accents, glass lens and stainless steel backplate. It has large screen of 3.25 inch. It has touch-screen based menu features.

BlackBerry Storm2 supports UMTS/HSPA, uad-band EDGE/GPRS/GSM and Wi-Fi® networks. It comes with 3.2 MP camera with variable zoom, autofocus, flash and video recording.

BlackBerry Storm 2 mobile phone has 2 GB of onboard memory and 16 GB microSD/SDHD memory card slot. It comes with built-in GPS, Bluetooth® (2.1), A 3.5 mm stereo headset jack, iTunes®, Windows Media®, location-based applications and access to BlackBerry App World™.

BlackBerry Storm 2 handset contains many categories of entertainment also such as games, entertainment, IM and social networking, news, weather, productivity and more. The phone is featured with background noise suppression technology. It offers 256 MB of Flash memory also.

BlackBerry Storm 2 will be the biggest achievement of RIM in Indian mobile phone market. The phone is high priced so, it will target only middle class and upper class consumers in Indian market. Despite it the price range, the phone will attract youth and younger generation also. Nokia 2730 classic and Nokia 5230 will be the bigger competitor for the mobile phone.

E-Mail Checking Device Peek Launched by Aircel

Recently, Aircel unveiled Peek which is an E-mail checking device. Peek comes with a QWERTY keyboard. The gadget is mainly targeted to the Indian email users. Aircel Peek comes at Rs. 2,999.

According to the Aircel, Peek is the thinnest email device in the market. Aircel Peek gadget comes in the two colors - black and red. It has around 2-3 days battery capacity. Users can store upto 5000 email massage and about 1000 contacts.

About the price tag and plan, www.techtree.com an Indian news portal writes, “It would have been nice if the Rs. 2,999 you pay for the device is the only cost you incur. Sadly, that's not the case. Since it is an email device that you can use on the go, it needs an Internet connection and Aircel would want you to choose from its prepaid and postpaid plans. On prepaid offers, users get unlimited email service for Rs. 897 for 90 days. After the initial 90 days, subscriber can recharge with Rs. 89 for 7 days validity or with Rs. 299 for 30 days validity. Coming to the postpaid scheme of things, pay Rs. 897 for three months of unlimited email service. Post this, the user will be charged Rs. 299 per month for the e-mail usage. This is not exactly appealing since all you can do with this exclusive Internet connection is check e-mails.”

About the gadget the above mentioned news portal writes, “Aircel seems a little interested in getting a chunk of this messaging pie and has, for the same reason, launched a new device called the "Peek". The Peek is primarily advertised as an e-mail handset. There is a "new e-mail alert" LED on the top of the device that alerts users when they receive an e-mail. Great! Now, the problem with this one is that Peek is just an exclusive e-mail device. Sure, it looks like a phone - but did you notice any Receive/ End call buttons on the device? No, right? This is because, what you thought was a phone doesn't actually make calls! It's just an e-mail device - and that's just about it.”

Overall, Aircel Peek is a well designed email gadget that is basically to send a mail. In the current time, the gadget has real need in the Indian market. I think it is the biggest news just like Micromax C112.

Micromax Introduces Micromax C112 CDMA Handset with Tata Indicom

Recently, TATA Indicom announced to launch Micromax C112 CDMA handset. The handset is priced at Rs. 1699. Micromax C112 is a color FM handset is available with Tata Indicom’s “Pay Per Second”.

As we know that Micromax is India’s third largest handset player. So, it offers Hindi keypad, mobile tracker and a calendar also. You can enjoy with this phone with stereo FM radio with 20 channels.

Micromax C112 offers an exclusive feature of Schedule FM Record. With this feature, you can schedule the radio to power on and record your favorite programs.

A prepaid customer can get a new Tata Indicom connection free along with 200 minutes talktime that would be on per second billing option with Micromax C112.

Mr. S Ramakrishna who is the Regional COO- AP & Orissa Circle of Tata Indicom said on the announcement of the new offer, “We have been consistently offering such exciting propositions to our customers so that they get the benefits of feature-loaded handsets along with splendid tariff offerings. The Micromax C112 is a user-friendly, stylish and affordable handset. When you combine that with per second billing and free talktime of 200 local minutes through a recharge of just Rs 38/-; the offer truly becomes irresistible! The offer is aimed at our new prepaid subscribers who expect nothing but the best in class offerings and value propositions when it comes to Tata Indicom.”

Above mentioned statement was published in Telecomtalk.info which is a telecom informative web portal. Further the portal writes about the option of recharging, “What’s more, subscribers also have the option of recharging with a RCV of Rs 38/- as many times they want till 31st May, 2010 and avail free local talktime of 200 minutes. The validity for each installment of promotional talk-time is 30 days.”

TATA Indicom already has introduced Pay Per Call Plan. Now, Tata Indicom introduces Micromax C112 CDMA handset with a great plan which would be an added value for subscribers.