LG launches three new music phones

LG has launched three new mobile handsets in the music phone category. The phones are Dare, Decoy and Chocolate and are available through Verizon Wireless.

The Dare is a very sleek handset with a touch screen. It is is pre loaded with multimedia functionality. It has 3G V CAST capability - VZ Navigator and V CAST Music. It has a 3.2 megapixel camera with a photo-editing tool. Users can customize pictures, which is added fun.

Decoy has a five-way directional joystick, V CAST Music and V CAST Video functionalities. It also features a VZ navigator. The navigator gives you visual and audio signals. The finish is glossy in front and satin back.

Chocolate 3 is a slider phone. It comes loaded with a music player, an FM transmitter that can broadcast FM and support for Verizon Wireless. A special feature is dual speakers and Bluetooth for wireless stereo sound. The I GB memory is expandable to 8 GB.


However, the pricing for these handsets haven’t been yet disclosed by LG.

BenQ Joybook S41 Laptop comes to India

Like other lap top manufacturers, BenQ too has jumped into the high end lap top segment in India. BenQ has announced the launch of S41 Joybook in India. The lap top comes in with whole lot of high end features.

The 14.1 inch widescreen is designed to give a unique experience. The look and feel has been designed to be different. BenQ has used its Laminated Color Metal (LCM) Technology to finish the product to perfection.

The Joybook features include a response time of 16ms, a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam and dual 1.5W speakers which bring you SRS TruSurround XT technology surround sound. Bluetooth and 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN are available for connectivity. The nVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS graphic chipset with up to 1GB of TurboCache and nVIDIA PureVideo HD technology gives 3D visual effects on the notebook delivering unmatched visuals and system performance.

The notebook is Priced at Rs 47,000/- the lap top is likely to give other companies a run for their money.

7Seas Technologies releases 3D mobile games

7Seas Technologies, a Hyderabad based company called has made a major foray into 3D mobile games. The company has announced the release of seven 3D mobile games. These will be spread in the genres of puzzle, action, adventure and racing.

It is expected that 7Seas has made an investment of about $1 million to launch these games worldwide. L Maruti Sankar, Managing Director, 7Seas, said, “It took around 18 months for us to develop these games. With the penetration of high-end mobile handsets that support 3D mobile games, our focus would be on 3D Mobile Games.”

Ring tones and Wallpapers of the games will also be available. High end mobile users will be targeted via IMIMobile network. The games can be downloaded by just sending an SMS. The company expects a revenue of around $ 3 million in the first year. 7Seas Technologies has acquired a Germany-based gaming portal in January 2008.

The newly launched games include “3D Sudoku” and “Planets of Sudoku 3D” (puzzle genre), “Neetu The Alien Killer” and “Great Elude” (action), “Treasure Trove” (adventure), and “Derby3D” and “Kraze” (racing) titles. ‘Kraze’ and ‘Derby3D’ are available in both single- and multi- player, while three games Great Elude, Planets of Sudoku and Derby are multilingual and will be available in English, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and German.

Sony Ericsson launches 5 megapixel Cyber Shot C902

After LG and Nokia, it’s Sony Ericsson which has launched a phone with a 5 megapixel camera. Its latest offering is the Cyber Shot C902.

C902 sports of a 16 x zoom with auto focus and face detection. Eight keys facilitate selection of various modes of the camera. The photo flash can adjust for low light conditions. There are facilities to click nine photos one after the other in quick succession.

Mr Sudhin Mathur, General Manager Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, India remarks, “There is a change in the trend of more and more people replacing the camera with the camera phones. The Cyber-shot C902 is a perfect combination of style with superb camera features. Its unique camera features lets you capture your beautiful moments with the perfect shot”.

C902 has a talk time of 9 hrs and a standby time GSM of up to 400 hours. It has a blue tooth headset and is GPS enabled. The carrying case is attractive too. For Rs 20,995 it is going to provide a stiff competition to its challengers.

Sony Ericsson’s Cyber-Shot range are arguably the best of the cameraphones.

Samsung Soul And L700 Mobile Phones From Samsung

Very close to Sony Ericsson, Samsung has also announced the release of two new handsets namely Samsung Soul and Samsung L700. Both the phones are stylish and imitate high end fashion accessories. The new models target the middle to high end of the customer base.

The Samsung Soul features a 1 GB memory, 3 Mega pixel Camera, and a 16M Color TFT display. All other features like Bluetooth, FM Radio, video playback etc are also included. The handset comes in five beautiful colors and is very attractive.

L700 is a bar type handset. It is designed keeping comfort and convenience of users as the focus. This hairline pattern phone features a two mega pixel camera with flash Light Emitting Diode (LED). It has a high speed browser, office document viewer and all other features of high end phones.

The pricing has not yet been released. The phone is likely to be available in the markets later this year. Samsung is also targeting the European Markets.

Microsoft to reduce Xbox 360 price

There seems to be a cut throat competition in the gaming industry and the price war is just about to spread like fire. According to reliable industry sources, “Microsoft will be reducing the price of the Xbox 360 from the existing $ 349 to $ 299.”

Microsoft announced the previous price cut about a year earlier during August 2007, when the prices were dropped from $ 399 to $ 349. This time around there were rumors that prices in the European Market will be cut down. However the same did not materialize.

In the instant case it is expected that the prices may be slashed down for the most popular 20 GB model. If the price cut works out it will give the Xbox 360 an edge over its arch rival, Wii by Nintendo. The industry experts say that the price cut is a strategy to propel the Xbox 360 in an advantageous position just before the slew of games likely to be released in the coming months.

Nokia launches E66 and E71

Nokia is trying to retain its lead in the mobile phone market. The strategy of launching new products at regular intervals has worked well for Nokia. In order to consolidate the Business phone segment, Nokia has launched two handsets in the E Series, E71 and E66.

The E66 is a slider phone and a follow up of Nokia E65. It sports advanced integrated features such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS and 3G support. It runs on the Symbian operating system. It is priced at Rs 23,689. The Nokia E71 is the successor of E61 and E61i. It can handle MS Office applications with ease. It has advanced network connectivity in terms of HSDPA, wireless LAN and 3G. GPS along with Nokia Maps are included. It also sports a 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera, FM radio, music player along with 110 MB internal dynamic memory and 8 GB external memory. It is priced at Rs 23,689.

According to Devinder Kishore, Nokia’s Director (Marketing), “The launch of two stylish email-optimised devices from the E-series product range reiterates the potential of business mobility in India. The two handsets deliver an unmatched combination of advanced technologies, network connectivity options and stylish design”.

Nokia Announces Supernova Series

Nokia, the leading mobile phone handset manufacturer, has recently announced launching of four new powerful mobile phones under Supernova series. With the new induction, Nokia has emerged as super choice for the next generation mobile phone buyers. Uniqueness and quality of finish are the specialties that Nokia made available to each one of its models and the new models, 7210, 7310, 7510, and 7610, are of no exception. Speaking on the new release, Ja Harlow, vice-president of Nokia Live category said, “with the launch of the Supernova series, they are all set to provide people the ability to set themselves apart in the same way that they would with a traditional statement accessory”.

Bubble gum pink’ and ‘vivid blue’ colored Model 7210 is a glossy finished extra slim chic handset that will hit market in the third quarter of 2008. Costing around $189, the model supports 2 mega pixels camera, single click access for sharing photographs, tri-band GSM plus EDGE support, accessibility to Flickr, Nokia Music PC Client, SD memory expansion slot, and FM radio etc.

3D textured slim-sleek Model 7310 supports all features supported by the model 7210 and it comes with the price tag of $244. The candy-bar model incorporates amazing 4x digital zoom for its in built camera. Image sharing has made easy and user friendly in the model. FM RDS radio and MP3 music constitute other attractive features of the model. Different color options that are available with the 7310 model are ’steel blue’, ‘wasabi green’, ‘candy pink’, ‘plum jam’, ‘mushroom silver’, ‘yellow mellow’, ‘electric blue’, and ‘espresso brown’.

GPS enabled clamshell model 7510 allows accessibility to Nokia Maps 1.2 and Widsets in the ambience of its 2.2 inches QVGA display. Besides, it also supports NIPS enabled 2 mega pixel camera with LED flash and 4xdigital zoom, 512 MB microSD card, MP3 player, FM radio, Nokia Music PC Client, Nokia Search and Flickr, a link to YouTube etc. A side-key will permit you to open this iconic fold design model, whose back covers come in the shades of red, espresso brown, storm blue, and emerald green. You may purchase the model by only $283.5, but not before fourth quarter of the year.

Supernova model 7610, costing $354.3, is equipped with a 3.2 mega pixel camera powered by a dual-LED flash - a new technology in the mobile phone segment. State-of-the-art technology Theme Colorizer has made the model unique and most attractive to the fashion conscious customers. The new concept now will enable you to capture your most favorite color and then apply them for key illumination and also on the wall paper of the phone. The product will be available in the market in third quarter of 2008.

Digital SLR Camera D700 FX from Nikon

The rivalry for market share between the two giants Nikon and Canon is now spreading to the niche professional camera segment. The entry level Digital Cameras have already flooded markets the world over.

Nikon has endeavored to provide maximum facilities contained in its flagship product, D3, which is priced at around $ 5000, in the new Nikon D700 camera. What makes it more lucrative is a massive drop of almost $ 2000 in the costs. The D700 is priced at $ 2995.

The D700 is likely to compete 5D by Canon. When compared to D3 the D700 does not have an extra memory card slot and the battery life is comparatively lesser. If one is looking for a professional level Digital SLR camera then the D700 will be an ideal option. The camera will be shipped by the end of this month.

Salient features include a 3-inch LCD viewfinder with two Live View models. It sports the 51-point auto focus system with 3D Focus Tracking by Nikon. A scene recognition feature improves the auto focus performance. Its dimensions are 5.8×4.8×3.0 inches.

Ideacts Innovations launches advertising in Cyber Cafes

Ideacts Innovations, a Bangalore based company, has launched a advertising tool called “Clinck”. The tool is aimed at targeting advertising revenue from the large number of cyber cafes in India. This is an innovative plan and is a kind of first in the advertising world.

The plan involves launching advertisements on the desktops of enrolled Cyber Cafes in the country. It is estimated that 30 percent of the Internet traffic is generated from Cyber Cafes in the country. Clinck is an Active Desktop Application. It provides an interface to popular applications like Messengers, Web Browsers, Search Engines and so on to make browsing more interesting. In addition to all these facilities it displays advertisements on the desktop.

Ideacts is learned to have tied up with more than 600 cafes. The project is said to have received a funding of $ 5 million from a US based company called Sequoia Capital. The company plans to enroll as many as 3500 cyber cafes by the end of the year.
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5 Megapixel camera phone from Motorola with Kodak

The combination of the camera and the cell phone is getting more and more stronger. Motorola has collaborated with Kodak to launch a phone with a 5 megapixel camera. The LG Viewty is in the same league.

“Today’s creative consumers not only want to be the photographer, but also the retoucher, the exhibitor and the critic, the Motozine ZN5 lets them be all the things they want to be.” Jeremy Dale, corporate vice president, mobile devices marketing, Motorola, Inc is reported to have said.

Called Motozine ZN5 this camera phone has a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with a Xenon flash that is optimised for low-light environments shooting. It features the ‘Kodak imaging’ and ‘Kodak perfect touch’ technologies for handling the images.

The Motozine ZN5 looks similar to Motorokr E8. It has quad-band and GSM/EDGE but is not 3G capable. Wi-Fi can be used for transferring images to the peripherals. This is going to be a phone to watch for.

Google’s Gmail Labs in action

Google is now calling everyone to participate in a worldwide research curriculum through it’s newly introduced Gmail Labs. The new feature will certainly provide a new platform for gmail users to experiment with the exotic market solutions. With the use of Google’s Gmail Labs, you will be able to bookmark your favorite web links and then access those links by just a single click. All your bookmarked web pages will be kept stored in a label based intelligent folder to assist you open them instantly.

Google’s Gmail Labs will open a new dimension in the way people use emails today. Though, no immediate impact on the workings of traditional emails is predicted, the Gmail Labs will certainly define future of emails. At present, Google authorities will only post Gmail extensions at these researching labs to gather feedbacks from the ground level users; but eventually, external developers will also be allowed to use Gmail Labs platforms to post their products to seek users views, said a market analyst.

Google’s Gmail Labs will primarily focus on the development and customization of the free messaging services. The newly introduced feature will be available as a special tab on the Gmail Settings page. The Gmail Labs will permit taking new features to the users with higher speed and efficiency. Highlighting the launch, Keith Coleman, Gmail product manager, said “we actually want to take the next step and let Gmail users help us with that refinement”. The innovative idea of Google will make Gmail more demanding, sleeker and smarter in the coming days giving a great challenge to the existence of other email service providers.