The LG GD910 watch phone has been launched in India. Otherwise it looks like a high tech watch and also doubles as a mobile phone. It is known to provide Internet connectivity at 7.2 Mbps 3G HSDPA and is capable of making video calls. Its dimension is 13.9mm and has a top cover of tempered glass. It comes with a Bluetooth headset.

Designed to be stylish, the new device boasts of sharp looks while its aura adds to the user’s personality. The innovative Watch phone allows convenient communication along with classy Bluetooth headset, claiming to topple the feel of luxurious jewelry.

The device is crafted out of materials and stylistic elements found in watches from renowned manufacturers. It features a curved tempered glass face with a high-quality metal casing. With mere 13.9mm thick body, the tempting unit packs in 3G Video Telephony (VT) service and GSM Network capabilities.

Further, this touch phone lends support to 7.2 Mbps 3G HSDPA, enabling high-speed data transfers and video phone calls with built-in camera.

The LG Watch Phone can be purchased for Rs. 49,990.

Virgin Mobile has launched GSM services in five circles in south India – Chennai, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka – in South India. Calls within the circles will be charged at the rate of 20 paise for STD.

The call charges will be 40 paise per minute for local and 50 paise per minute for STD calls to other circles. Virgin Mobile’s GSM services come in three attractive offers viz vMingle Service, vGenie Service and vBelong Service.

In a related development Virgin Mobile has signed up Rocket Singh aka Ranbir Kapoor and Genelia D’Souza as its brand ambassadors. The company is known for its whacky advertising, the telecom operator will feature the duo mainly in television commercials.

Virgin is already offering services using CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) technology through Tata since 2008.

Virgin did not disclose the number of CDMA subscribers it has in the country.

Tata, a CDMA player, started last year also offering services on the GSM standard under the Tata DoCoMo brand, to take advantage of the booming GSM market. NTT DoCoMo is a key shareholder in Tata Teleservices.

The new Nokia 5230 is a new affordable price full-touchscreen phone from Nokia featuring a 3.2-inch resistive touchscreen with a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels,High speed 3G (HSDPA),in-built assisted-GPS with Ovi Maps,2 megapixel camera,Stereo FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack,and microSD card slot.

Nokia 5230 Mobile Phone

Nokia 5230 runs the latest Symbian S60 5th edition operating system and sports the 1320mAh battery with up to 7 hour talk-time and 33 hours of non-stop music playback.The new Nokia 5230 lacks WiFi support.

The new Nokia 5230 has been available at affordable price. Nokia 5230 price in India is approximately Rs 8500.

The new Nokia 5230 is a new affordable price full-touchscreen phone from Nokia featuring a 3.2-inch resistive touchscreen with a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels,High speed 3G (HSDPA),in-built assisted-GPS with Ovi Maps,2 megapixel camera,Stereo FM radio, 3.5mm audio jack,and microSD card slot.

Nokia 5230 runs the latest Symbian S60 5th edition operating system and sports the 1320mAh battery with up to 7 hour talk-time and 33 hours of non-stop music playback.The new Nokia 5230 lacks WiFi support.

The detailed features/specifications of the new Nokia 5230 mobile phone are:

* Network
o 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
o 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
* Display
o TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
o 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches
o Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
o Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
o Handwriting recognition
* Memory
o Internal 70 MB storage
o Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
* Connectivity
o 3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
o Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
o USB v2.0 microUSB
o Operating System Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
* Multimedia
o Camera 2 megapixel, 1600×1200 pixels
o Video recording VGA@30fps
o Stereo FM radio with RDS
o WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player
o MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player
o 3.5 mm audio jack
* Battery
o Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh(BL-5J)
o Stand-by Up to 432 h (2G) / Up to 432 h (3G)
o Talk time Up to 7 hours (2G) / Up to 4 hours 30 min (3G)
o Music play Up to 33 hours

What is advancement? Something that can be illustrated if looking at any of today’s Blackberry mobiles. Blackberry has proven to be the best and topmost brand in the mobile industry. But one is supposed to prepare oneself for spending a tad higher just to get one’s hands on the Blackberry mobiles as they are graded among the costliest mobiles in the market.

Blackberry models were introduced as sleek beauties that completely turned down the notion and trend of carrying bulky mobile sets that make the pockets look bulgy and ugly. Blackberry mobiles are known to satisfy the needs and demands of mobile users to a great extent. They are known to be quite popular among the mobile freaks who wish to have their hands on the best of the mobile models available in the market.

Blackberry cell phone are stuffed with lot of modern and ultra-tech features that are time and often demanded by the sophisticated mobile users who wish to operate advanced mobile phones or their use. As the mobile models are no more just simple calling kits, many popular brands are serving top-notch mobile services coupled with the sleek and stylish outlook of a mobile.

Blackberry cell phones are known to be true performers that imbibe a stylish build and are made available in a variety of models. Counting on some of the top class Blackberry mobile models, we have the popular names of, Storm 9500, Curve 8900, BlackBerry Curve 8520, Bold 9000, Pearl 8110, Tour 9630 and the recently launched Storm 2 aka 9550. Certainly, these models have stood out of the row just because they are handy to deliver all the high class mobile services that add to the functionality of one’s calling kit.

Blackberry cells are looked upon as a perfect fusion of mesmerizing features and high-speed functionality. The mobiles have high resolution camera, Wi-Fi connectivity, a music player and windows mobile feature. The memory card is open to expansion which is yet another exciting attachment to the Blackberry mobile handsets.

Blackberry cells are always expected to deliver something out of the box and Blackberry has always fulfilled their expectations, hats off to this superb brand. Blackberry mobiles are seemed to have been made with a great artistic mind that has attempted to encompass all the essentials that are demanded by the mobile user of today.

India may have already reached the landmark of half a billion wireless connections – a number that was unthinkable even a few years ago. The country had 488.40 million wireless connections at the end of October; and will cross the 500,000,000 (50 crore) mark by the start of the new year, if it has not already done so. Only China has more mobile subscribers.

China and India are emerging as the two super-phone markets. Analysts like Gartner (market research firm) and authoritative research firm iSuppli has already clarified the growth in India’s mobile phone users by the year 2010. The Times of India recently reported that this will grow to 500 million.

Phone users in India in 2010 is expected to reach 500 million, currently India was at 488.40 million (wireless) subscribers at the end of October 2009 and the current projections are calculated guesses taking into account the rate of growth observed for the past few months

IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) is unique 15 digit identification       number of the Mobile Handset. It is like the registration number of your vehicle.

• One can check the IMEI no of the Mobile Handset by pressing *#06#

• IMEI numbers are being allotted by five bodies authorized by GSMA.

• From IMEI number one can identify the make and model of the handset.

• To verify the IMEI number one can send a message “IMEI <15 digit IMEI No.> to 53232 or 57886.

• No two mobile handsets in the world should have the same IMEI number.

• IMEI number is an important tool for the handset tracking.

We all know that, all telecom operators blocked handsets with a fake IMEI or no IMEI number recently. Well if you are one of those unlucky ones whose mobile phone went dead, there is now a chance to reactivate it.

You just need to visit any centre authorised by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and Mobile Standards Alliance of India (MSAI) with your handset and change your IMEI Number at a nominal fee of Rs. 200 only. The Whole process will take you less than half an hour or so. Also you will need to carry an ID proof when you go to change your IMEI number. i.e Your Voter ID card or Driver’s Licence, or PAN Card or Passport etc.

If you are wondering if this new IMEI is genuine or not, you can check it for yourself. Just press *#06# on your phone and then send the new IMEI Number as an SMS to 53232 after your handset has been implanted. For E.g. SMS IMEI xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to 53232 without the quotes where xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx is your IMEI number.

Telecom regulator TRAI fixed at Rs 19 the reference rate for portability fee–charged from users for changing operator while retaining the number.

The per port transaction charge will be Rs 19 and the subscriber will not be charged more than that. However, operators are free to levy any amount less than or equal to this charge, TRAI said in a statement today.

Government has fixed the deadline of December 31, 2009, by which operators should ready their networks for porting of numbers in metros.

TRAI  issued guidelines on Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Per Port Transaction as well as Dipping charges thereby setting the stage for implementation of MNP in India from December 31 this year.

TRAI fixed the Per Port Transaction Charge at Rs 19 i.e. the service provider to which the subscriber wants to migrate will have to pay the MNP system provider, Rs.19.

Government has fixed the deadline of December 31, 2009, by which operators should ready their networks for porting of numbers in metros.

Accordingly the service is likely to be available in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

The Dipping Charge i.e. the charge paid by Access Provider or ILD provider to MNP provider has been left for the parties to mutually decide.  The porting charge i.e. charge paid by the subscriber will not exceed Rs 19.

The charges fixed by TRAI are very low when compared to earlier expectations of the amount to be in the range of Rs 250.

Aircel is all set to introduce Blackberry services in India in partnership with Research In Motion.

Research in Motion or better known as RIM is packing of technology in the field of telecom connectivity. Now Aircel, which is an upcoming telecom service provider is on its way to accept RIM’s technological innovation to its operations.

With Redington as retail distribution agency, Aircel will launch BlackBerry services in the cities of  Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and rest of Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

According to its chief operating officer, the company had accumulated good momentum, and BlackBerry services are to play a key role in its expansion.

Aircel customers will be able to select from a range of BlackBerry phones including the BlackBerry Bold 9000, Curve 8900, Curve 8310 and Pearl 8110.

By using the blackberry smart phone and services one can increase productivity by accessing email easily email. The blackberry services SMS, Picture messaging, social networking ,Video sharing and web browsing applications, as well as a wide variety of other mobile business and leisure applications.