Nokia N8 Price in India to be around 25k

Nokia, the biggest mobile handset producing company, is going to launch its latest feat Nokia N8. The new mobile really amazing as it laced with plethora of stunningly incredible features. The gorgeous looking smartphone has got the aluminium scratchproof body and present in vivid colours.
The new Nokia N8 has got 3.5 inch AMOLED LCD touchscreen (scratch resistant gorilla display) with the support of 16.7 million colours.

The new smartphone makes sure the user will not have to carry an additional camera when going on tour as the smartphone is fitted with 12 MP camera along with the Xenon flash with automatic red eye removal. Apart from Xenon flash the camera has also been advanced with Carl Zeiss optics, a 1/1.183 inch optical format image sensor.

The newly unveiled smartphone is the first handset which has got the Symbian S^3 operating system. The video recorder can capture high definition videos at 25 frames per second.

The new Nokia N8 is powered with ARM11 680MHz microprocessor, which is a little slower than others having 1GHz speed. The users do not have to worry about memory as the handset has got 16 GB inbuilt memory, which is expandable up to 32 GB with the help of microSD card.

The Nokia N8 provides 3G supportability (HSDPA download speed up to 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA upload speed up to 2.Mbps), GPRS supportability and also equipped with Bluetooth 3.0.

The new Nokia handset is priced at Rs 24,999.

Nokia is top mobile gaming device

The Asian ad and social networking specialist just released its Djuzz Mobile Gaming Metrics study, which shows what users are doing on its Djuzz free ad-funded gaming portal.

Djuzz delivered more than nine million gameplays for December, which was an 18 per cent increase, by 120,000 unique daily visitors.

15 of the top 20 devices used by these players were Nokias, accounting for 49 per cent of all downloads.

Competition came from 'white box' manufacturers, which took ten per cent of total downloads for the year.

Elsewhere, BlackBerry increased its share with 0.5 per cent (288,000) of overall downloads, gaining a strong foothold on several key mobile markets such as UK, US and Indonesia.

Nokia continues to lead in mobile handsets shipment, according to IDC

Research firm IDC in its India quarterly mobile handsets tracker for the third quarter of 2010 has said that Finnish handset maker Nokia had the largest share in terms of mobile phone units shipped with 31.5%.

However, the surprise in the handsets shipment party was the Chinese brand G’Five, which emerged as number two player in terms of unit shipments and Korean handset manufacturer Samsung stood at number three in Q3.

The India mobile handsets market continued to grow in Q3 2010 as well to record a quarter-on-quarter growth of 3.6% to touch 40.08 million units, according to IDC India. The year 2010 is expected to end with total mobile handset sales of 155.9 million units.

The number of emerging vendors in India’s burgeoning mobile handsets market grew to 68 and they garnered 41.2% of total shipments (sales) for the first time during the July-Sep 2010 quarter. This represented a steady rise from only 5 new vendors representing a 0.9% combined share of units shipped in the January-March 2008 quarter.

The third quarter 2010 saw a Q-o-Q growth in smartphone sales of 34.2% and a Y-oY increase of 294.9%. This underscores the trend that India mobile handset consumers have started showing higher preference for adopting smartphones.

Smartphone prices continued to drop through the year and as competition increased, devices were made available by vendors at lower price points. So, while 80% of total India smartphone sales were below the ASV (Average Sales Value) of Rs. 18,000 in Q2 2010, this proportion increased to 90% in Q3 2010.

"The India mobile handsets market got more crowded and fragmented in the lower- and mid-market segments with the entry of new players offering innovative models at attractive price points", stated Anirban Banerjee, Associate Vice President, Research, IDC India.

Will Windows Phone 7 turn into another great Microsoft product no one uses?

A couple fellow ZDNet tech bloggers chimed in with thoughts on Windows Phone 7 on Friday and Saturday and I thought I would chime in a bit on the topic as well. Ed Bott asked when Windows Phone 7 was going to get its grand opening and James Kendrick wanted to know if Microsoft could right the ship. I am not quite sure what seems to be holding Microsoft back from a full unveiling and active promotion of Windows Phone 7, but honestly think it is way too early to think Windows Phone 7 will die off like Kin. I have been using a T-Mobile HTC HD7 since launch day and as I will detail below it is my primary device and I am more pleased with it than any other smartphone I have tried in quite some time.

Nokia C3: T-Mobile to Sell Nokia C3

Nokia C3: Now, Nokia C3 is available through T-Mobile. Nokia C3 is available through monthly deals with T-Mobile. Nokia C3 is also available through O2, Orange and Vodafone.

Nokia C3 is having 2.4 inches TFT display with 320x 240 pixels resolution, QWERTY keyboard, microSD card slot, 3.5mm headset jack, 2 mega pixel camera, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, stereo FM radio with RDS and access to social networking sites.

Stay tuned for latest updates.  Nokia C3 is available for £4.26 per month, once cashback has been claimed for 15 months free line rental on an 18 month £25.53 per month contract.

Here is Nokia X7-00 official images & specs!

Here is Nokia X7-00 official images & specs!

Helsinki, Jan 17: Justifying our earlier reports about the specifications of upcoming Nokia smartphone, X7-00, media has got the official pictures of this smartphone, which is due at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona starting February 14.

Buzz up!
Technology blog PocketNow has published the latest images of Nokia X7-00, which they claimed as the official press pictures. According to the details on images, Nokia X7-00 will be available through AT&T network in United States.


The Symbian 3 powered Nokia X7-00 will have a 4.0-inch capacitive touchscreen with Gorilla Glass Technology or ClearBack Technology. The display screen also supports HD pixel resolution. This smartphone also boasts 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash at rear.

It is expected that the Nokia X7-00 will provide four speakers at the foue corners of the front panel, making it an unique multi-media smartphone that provide maximum entertainment to the users. The features and specs of Nokia X7-00 promise an ultimate gaming phone from world leader, Nokia.

Nokia X7-00 specifications (expected):
* 4.0-inch Capacitive touchscreen
* Gorilla Glass Technology

Blackberry Storm 3: Images, Specs Leaked

Look what RIM's cooking for Blackberry fans? A new Storm! According to an exclusive scoop from BGR, the new RIM Blackberry Storm 3 looks like a good overall smartphone, let alone a credible business phone. The Blackberry Storm 3 smartphone is speculated for launch around September later this year, according to reports, and will feature the yet-unreleased Blackberry OS 6.1.
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Although not very clear, the images below are claimed to be of the upcoming Blackberry Storm 3 touchscreen smartphone.

Blackberry Storm 3: Specs, Features
The Blackberry Storm 3 may launch under a different branding -- codenamed Monaco and Monza, said BGR who leaked the images above. As far as specs are concerned, the Blackberry Storm 3 looks like it will have a 2.7-inch 800x480 capacitive touchscreen, a 1.2-GHz processor, and a 5MP camera with HD 720p video recording.

The Blackberry Storm 3 will also come with an optical trackpad, a microSD slot, 8GB eMMC storage for apps and data and 512MB of RAM. The Blackberry Storm 3 reportedly supports quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSPA connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1, and a 3G Mobile hotspot.