Airtel announces top customer download preferences in 2011, Kolaveri Di tops
Airtel has released its annual survey of customer preferences for this year, Airtel Mobitude 2011. It shows in-depth study of data capturing all content downloaded round the year by over 170 million plus Airtel subscribers in the country. It includes various categories including top cine stars and sports icons, most downloaded songs, various sports, music downloads etc. Talk2me and Live Concert made it easier for the customers to interact with the movie stars, favorite singers & cricketers.
According to Airtel Mobitude 2011 – In the entertainment space, the ‘Kolaveri Di’ song has topped the Indian mobile charts with 2,10,000 music downloads within 18 days of its launch. The song has beaten all previous record holders like ‘Munni Badnaam Hui ‘and ‘Tere Mast Mast Nain’.
In the Bollywood segment, Katrina Kaif and King Khan maintains the leading position in the category of images downloaded this year. Despite several new entrants in Bollywood – Imran Khan and Jacqueline Fernandes were the only new comers to feature among the top 5 categories.
In the Hollywood segment, Kim Kardashian and King of pop – Michael Jackson holds the top position in the category of images downloaded.
Among sport stars, Sachin Tendulkar clearly continued to be India’s favourite, followed by the Indian cricket team captain M.S.Dhoni. Sania Mirza climbs to the fifth spot followed by Maria Sharapova.
According to the survey, about 20 million images and wallpapers were downloaded by Airtel mobile users in the last one year.
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Spirnt has announced the Motorola ADMIRAL, the first smartphone that boasts Sprint Direct Connect speed. It is powered by a 1.2GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It feature a 3.1-inch (640 x 480 pixels) touchscreen display and QWERTY keyboard. It has push-to-talk capabilities with Sprint Direct Connect that uses Sprint 3G (EVDO Rev. A) network.
Motorola ADMIRAL is designed to meet Military Standard 810G for dust, shock, vibration, solar radiation, low pressure and high and low temperatures and features Corning Gorilla Glass scratch-resistant display. It ha 5MP camera with 720p HD video capture, flash and 4x zoom, Wi-Fi – 802.11 b/g/n, aGPS, 4GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD and a 1860 mAh Lithium-ion battery that offers up to 9h talk time.
The Sprint Direct Connect offers push-to-talk services that allows individuals and groups get connected with just the push of a button. Other Sprint Direct Connect services include, Guaranteed Talk Permit , Call Alert with Text, TeamDCSM, NextMail and Availability Notification.
It supports Microsoft Exchange and other IT security features that could be managed using Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync Server, including password support, remote wipe and data encryption. It offers standard PIN and password lock support and alphanumeric password lock. It comes with Quickoffice to view and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as Adobe PDF documents.
The Motorola ADMIRAL would be available through Sprint direct ship sales channels, including Sprint Business Sales, Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) and Web Sales and can be ordered at Sprint Stores beginning October 23, for $99.99 with a new line or eligible upgrade and 2 year service agreement, after a $50 mail-in rebate via reward card. It would be available from all Sprint sales channels on November 13.
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Samsung announces bada 2.0 Power App Race contest for developers
Samsung has announced the bada 2.0 Power App Race for bada 2.0 developer globally that would offer them a chance to win cash prize up to $100,000 each. This is the second year of the Power App Race contest, and this would let the developers create new and innovative apps using the bada 2.0 SDK.
A total of ten applications – including five game applications, and five non-game applications will be selected and rewarded with prize money totaling $1,000,000. The app would also receive ‘Power App’ mark at Samsung Apps, exclusive marketing and promotion benefits. Developers who wish to participate should register directly on the bada developer site.
Entries open on October 18th and will close at midnight on December 31st. Developers can enter as many applications as they wish. The winners are judged by the people. The first 10 apps to reach 100,000 cumulative downloads would be chosen as the final winners, announced on the bada developer site upon reaching the target.
Sprint announces HTC EVO Design 4G, coming on October 23 for $99.99
Sprint has announced another phone in the HTC EVO family, the HTC EVO Design 4G. It has 4-inch (960 x 540 pixels) capacitive touchscreen display and has aluminum unibody design. It is powered by 1.2GHz processor and runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It features 5MP rear-facing camera with flash and HD video recording and a 1.3MP front-facing camera.
Other features include, 3G / 4G capabilities, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n with DLNA, 8GB microSD card included with support for up to 32GB with MicroSD, and a 1520 mAh Lithium Ion battery.
It also comes with Sprint applications, including Sprint Zone, Sprint TV & Movies, Sprint Football Live, Sprint Navigation, NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile. The HTC Watch that lets you watch shows and movies on the go.
HTC EVO Design 4G would be available through all Sprint sales channels, including Sprint Stores, Web Sales and Telesales (1-800-SPRINT1) starting October 23rd for $99.99 (excluding taxes) with a new 2 year service agreement or eligible upgrade and after a $50 mail-in rebate via reward card.
Airtel announces new contests for Indian Formula One Grand Prix
Airtel announced earlier this month that they would be the title sponsor of the Indian F1 Grand Prix. Now they have announced 3 contests, Airtel Grid Girls, Simulator Challenge and Ultimate Race Game that would provide an opportunity for the F1 fans to be part of the F1 Grand Prix.
Airtel Grid Girls is a reality show based hunt for India’s Formula 1 Grid Girls, similar to SingTel Grid Girls that happened in 2008 for Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix. The 48 shortlisted Airtel Grid Girls will play the coveted role of paddock girls of 2011 Formula1 Airtel Grand Prix of India and the top 3 shortlisted Grid Girls would be selected by public voting. The online registration for the Grid Girls is now up on Airtel F1 site.
‘The-A-Ticket’ is the ultimate opportunity for two people to watch the F1 Grand Prix live. One could win this chance by playing Ultimate Race Online Game and Voting for Grid Girls on Airtel.in/formula1 or by taking part in the Airtel Simulator Challenge that would take place in select cites (Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Noida) from 24th September to 22nd October.
The 17th Formula One Grand Prix of this season would take place at Buddh International Circuit in Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, India on October 30, 2011. The total seating capacity of the venue is about 1.2 lakh and the ticket sales have started already.
RIM announces BBM Music
Research In Motion (RIM) has announced BBM Music that is their own cloud based music service with the social features like music sharing and discovery for their BlackBerry smartphone. The BBM Music is powered by cloud music service provider, Omnifone and it has millions of songs from leading music companies such as Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI.
The BBM music lets you listen to full tracks from the friend’s profile, build a music profile with 50 of your favorite songs with an option to swap 25 songs each month and create multiple playlist. You can invite BBM friends to BBM Music and can share the songs with the BBM Music Community, view what your friends are listening to, and comment on their songs and playlists.
The BBM Music app also shows recent updates of the song added or removed, playlist created and comments made by friends in the timeline view. The songs can also be saved to the phone to listen them offline.
The closed beta trial of the BBM Music service starts from today in Canada, the United States and the UK. The users need to have the latest BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) 6 installed to use some of the social features.
The BBM Music would be available later this year at $4.99 USD in Australia, Canada, Columbia, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, the United Kingdom and the United States.
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ThreeUK officially announces Xperia Ray
Sony Ericsson recently announced two new devices and they are known as the Xperia Ray and Xperia Active. Xperia Ray is for people who are looking for a stylish device, and it really looks like a good device. It looks like Three UK is impressed by Xperia Ray so much and now they have officially announced that they will be carrying it but they didn’t tell us when actually they are launching it. Xperia Ray is small brother of Arc, and it comes with a 1 GHz processor, 3.3 inch FWVGA Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine, Facebook integration and an 8MP camera with HD video recording. Three UK will be officially launching it soon, probably next month or maybe later, so you better wait for it if you are looking forward to a cheap version of Xperia Arc. Check out Three UK preview after the break:
Anyone looking forward to Xperia Ray?
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T-Mobile USA announces Samsung Exhibit 4G and Gravity Smart
T-Mobile USA has announced two new Samsung phones, Samsung Exhibit 4G and Samsung Gravity Smart. Both these phones would cost less than $100 with T-Mobile under two year contract.
Samsung Exhibit 4G runs on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and is powered by 1GHz Hummingbird processor. It has 3.7 inch (800×480 pixels) AMOLED display, 3MP camera with flash and secondary VGA camera, 512MB RAM, GPS with A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and comes with a 1500mAh battery that offers up to 9 h talk time and 15 up to days standby.
The phone also comes with the pre-loaded apps like T-Mobile TV that offers free TV programs from ABC News Now, FOX Sports, PBS Kids , Azteca America and also has an option to purchase favorite movies and TV programs via Samsung Media Hub. It also comes with pre-loaded games like Bejeweled 2, Hasbro’s SCRABBLE and Doodle Jump (in U.S. and Canada only).
Samsung Gravity smart runs on Android 2.2 (FroYo) which comes with four-row, slide-out, QWERTY keyboard. It has 3.2-inch (320×480 pixels) touch-screen, 800MHz processor, 512MB RAM and 3MP camera with Flash.
Samsung Exhibit 4G comes in two colors, violet and black and would cost $79.99. Samsung Gravity Smart comes in Berry Red and Sapphire Blue colors, which would cost $69.99. The cost of these devices include $50mail in rebate and a two year agreement, that includes voice and data plan. Both these phones would be available this June exclusively from T-Mobile.
Verizon officially announces HTC Trophy, price and release date confirmed
We are hearing about HTC Trophy from a long time now, which is actually Verizon’s first ever WP7 device. We saw it first time back in February with Verizon branding on it and we heard a lot of rumored release dates. But now Verizon finally lifts the curtain and officially announces the HTC Trophy. Verizon will launch their first ever WP7 device on May 26th and it will go for $149.99 after $50 mail-in rebate. It will be available on Verizon online store on May 26th, and it will hit their outlets on June 2nd. Check out the features of the device after the break:
Well Verizon customers, if you are looking forward to a Windows Phone 7 device, then don’t forget to get your hands on HTC Trophy. So who’s getting it next week, anyone?
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LG Announces Glass-Free 3D Display for Mobile Phones
LG is showcasing it’s new glass-free 3D display for mobile phones at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.
LG states that it sees a tremendous growth potential for 3D displays and that it is looking to debuting this new exciting wy to watch movies and play games on mobile phones.
The 4.3″ Touchscreen has a WVGA resolution (854×480 Pixels). The technology also provides exceptionally bright and flicker free pictures.
The 3D display uses an applied parallax barrier, which delivers a series of light blocking slits attached to the front LCD panel. These slits ensure that the left and right eye see different images thus giving the illusion of 3D.
The display also has straighter, more upright barriers that are very precisely aligned to the LCD panel. This technological advance not only means smoother, brighter, crosstalk-free images, but also a wider viewing angle than on previous parallax displays.
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Samsung announces Wi-Fi Only Galaxy Tab for USA
Samsung has confirmed the existence of the WiFi only Galaxy Tab today at CES . This version of the Galaxy Tab will go sale this quarter in USA and will be available without a contract as it lacks 3G connectivity . Specs wise it looks identical to the Galaxy Tab 3G Version except the 3G part. No pricing or exact launch date has been announced but it should be competing with the Apple iPad base model.
Samsung Mobile Announces Upcoming Availability of Wi-Fi-Only Samsung Galaxy Tab
LAS VEGAS : Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), the No. 1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.1, today announced the Wi-Fi-only Samsung Galaxy Tab
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Sprint Officially Announces HTC EVO Shift 4G
Today, wireless carrier Sprint, officially announced the much awaited HTC EVO Shift 4G smartphone. This handset comes with a 3.6 inch capacitive touchscreen display with pinch-to-zoom capability, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, Android 2.2 (FroYo) OS, HTC Sense, 4G Connectivity, 5 megapixel camera with HD (720p) video recording and more. Check out the complete specs below.
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Techcom makes it entry into Indian Mobile Market announces 7 New Phones
Techcom a computer hardware and consumer electronics manufacturer in India has announced its entry into the Indian Handset Market. Techcom announced 7 new models such as T21, T31, T33, T51, T55, T60 and TQ21 in low and mid range series. These phones comes with Dual Sim Support, 8Gb MMC support, MP4/3GP player, Bluetooth, FM radio and personal data security .
Techcom calls the T21 as the flagship phone which have the capability of playing MP4/3gp video files of 200mb in size on the go. And comes with an unbeatable price of Rs.1500.
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