Archive for June, 2009

June 26, 2009
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June 25, 2009
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June 25, 2009
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Forget previous reports about hormone imbalances. It turns out that Steve Jobs has had a liver transplant, thanks to complications brought on by his 2004 pancreatic cancer.

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June 24, 2009
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HTC Hero.jpgHTC, Android’s only best friend, has announced yet another Android based handset, HTC Hero. Like its name, the handset looks sleek, sexy and seems that it is here to stay. HTC Hero’s hardware is similar to that of HTC G1 and HTC magic but the form factor is more alluring. The handset has support for Adobe Flash, which iPhone still lacks and its also sports a 3.5mm standard headphone jack. Other features include, a 5 meg snapper, 528 MHz Qualcomm processor, 512MB ROM, 288 MB Ram, Wi-Fi, GPS, Compass, microSD slot. To reduce finger prints and smudges on the phone, HTC Hero is Teflon coated and has the features like Widgets, which can be customized to suit your needs and the Sense feature can be used to switch between different user profiles, it can also be sued to switch between different widgets available. Hero indeed sounds to be a great phone by the way, with all this catchy features. Lets wait for some more first impressions. The phone is more people centered. [Via]

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June 24, 2009
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June 24, 2009
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TN Map.JPGRecently formed GSM JV, Tata-DoCoMo has announced the launch of its services in Tamil Nadu. Earlier it was indicated that their services will be rolled out all over India starting from South India. With the Indian GSM market being dominated by bigwigs like AirTel and Vodafone, Tata-DoCoMo is offering some differentiating services to its prospective customers. It is focusing on exact air time by charging cost/second. Users will be charged 1 paise/second thus they end up paying exactly for the time they have been on the call. This will be same for Value Added Services that the company will be offering. For starters the company is giving free miss call alerts and free voice mail with no monthly rentals. This is a good strategy by Tata-DoCoMo to lure new users to use its GSM network. There is one more insider news about a new company called Rainbow surveying the South Indian market for the launch of its GSM based services. Rainbow is the JV between an Indian and a Russian company.

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June 24, 2009
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S is for Speed. Or is it? iPhone 3G vs iPhone 3GS in a speed test. Seven tests - you pick the winner. Read the rest of this entry »



June 23, 2009
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magic.jpgFinally after almost a year, first Android based phone has been launched in India. This is not the G1 but HTC Magic, which will be sold by HTC on AirtTel. Cellpassion is there at the launch event being held in Delhi. The phone will only be available to AirTel subscribers. The Magic carries a steep price of Rs 29,900 in which the subscriber will get 100 MB of free data for a period of six months. HTC Magic will be available with all AirTel Stores and authorized HTC Resellers in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Coimbatore, Cochin, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Patna. Check out the Press Release here. Some highlights from the Press Release,

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June 23, 2009
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Thanks to our friends at Ill Clan Animation Studios for producing this T-Mo “My Fave Five” based skit for our One-Paw Bandit promotion.  Since March of this year, the One-Paw Bandit has awarded 38 phones to lucky winners across the U.S. and Canada.  If you haven’t done so already, become a PhoneDog Fan for your chance to play and win.  Check out the upcoming phones set to be given away soon. Read the rest of this entry »



June 22, 2009
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Nokia 5530 XpressMusic is the third touch screen phone from Nokia running on Symbian S60 5th Edition and second touch screen phone in its XpressMusic range of music phones. The first, Nokia 5800 has done pretty well since launch and 5530 bring the touch screen technology to masses, thanks to its price tag of INR 13,000. The phone is not that advanced as co pared to the Nokia 5800 but some of its features like the contacts scroll option on home screen and hardware changes would appeal to a lot of people. The video below shows how Nokia 5530 makes the life of an audiophile in you more interesting.

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