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WYnncom Mobile Prices

2010-08-03T14:44:00.000-07:00

WYnncom Mobile Y 30
Rs. 3,744

WYnncom Mobile Y 22
Rs. 2,780

WYnncom Mobile Y 21
Rs. 2,351

WYnncom Mobile Y 11
Rs. 2,351

WYnncom Mobile Y 10
Rs. 1,708

WYnncom Mobile Y 50
Rs. 4,494

Source: Mobile-Price dot Com

All Mobile Prices - Highest to Lowest

2010-08-03T14:38:00.001-07:00

Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220	INR 84,000
HTC P3300	INR 40,000
Samsung S8500 Wave	INR 32,000
Nokia N86 8MP	INR 30,750
Blackberry Storm 9500	INR 30,000
Nokia N97 Mini	INR 29,000
Micromax X2i	INR 28,000
Samsung Guru 2120	INR 28,000
Samsung Guru 1310S	INR 27,900
Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO	INR 27,800
HTC HD Mini	INR 27,600
Sony Ericsson W980	INR 27,000
Micromax X211	INR 26,700
Micromax X115	INR 26,175
Nokia N97	INR 26,000
HTC Legend	INR 26,000
Micromax C2i	INR 25,000
Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro	INR 24,750
Sony Ericsson W960i	INR 24,500
Sony Ericsson K220i	INR 24,000
Motorola W218	INR 24,000
Samsung i8000 Omnia II	INR 24,000
Sony Ericsson Idou	INR 23,500
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2	INR 23,200
Sony Ericsson R300 Radio	INR 23,000
Nokia 2690	INR 22,760
Samsung i900 Omnia	INR 22,500
Samsung M8910 Pixon 12	INR 22,500
Samsung E2100	INR 22,400
Samsung E2130	INR 22,300
Motorola W270	INR 22,000
HTC HD2	INR 22,000
Samsung C3010S	INR 21,750
Motorola Milestone	INR 21,000
Samsung i8910 Omnia HD	INR 21,000
Micromax X250	INR 19,800
Sony Ericsson K330	INR 19,500
Blackberry Bold 9700	INR 19,250
Nokia 2720 Fold	INR 19,000
Micromax Q3	INR 18,900
Blackberry Storm2 9520	INR 18,800
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10	INR 18,175
Sony Ericsson T250i	INR 18,000
Samsung B520	INR 18,000
HTC Touch Pro	INR 17,500
Micromax X310	INR 17,500
Nokia 2700 Classic	INR 17,500
Sony Ericsson W205	INR 17,300
Sony Ericsson W350i	INR 17,300
Nokia 2730 Classic	INR 17,175
Samsung B2100 Marine	INR 16,900
Samsung i8510 Innov8	INR 16,750
Samsung E251	INR 16,500
Samsung S3500	INR 16,499
Samsung C5212	INR 16,000
Nokia 7020	INR 15,600
Micromax Q55	INR 15,000
Samsung J700	INR 15,000
Sony Ericsson W395	INR 15,000
Sony Ericsson Z555i	INR 14,800
Nokia 7230	INR 14,800
Micromax X500	INR 14,800
Samsung L700	INR 13,800
Samsung S3650 Corby	INR 13,800
Nokia 5233	INR 13,700
Motorola ROKR E8	INR 13,250
Samsung Corby Plus	INR 13,000
Motorola ZN300	INR 12,900
Sony Ericsson K550i	INR 12,800
Sony Ericsson G502	INR 12,700
Nokia 3710 Fold	INR 12,675
Sony Ericsson W302	INR 12,500
Nokia 5230	INR 12,500
Nokia C5	INR 12,500
Sony Ericsson W380i	INR 12,250
Sony Ericsson C510	INR 12,000
Samsung S5233 Star	INR 12,000
Samsung D780	INR 11,900
Micromax W900	INR 11,600
Motorola Aura	INR 11,600
Nokia 5235 Comes With Music	INR 11,500
Nokia E63	INR 11,500
Sony Ericsson Zylo	INR 11,500
Samsung U800 Soul b	INR 11,375
Sony Ericsson W660i	INR 11,000
Sony Ericsson W595	INR 10,750
Samsung S5603 Star 3G	INR 10,500
Sony Ericsson K660i	INR 10,400
Sony Ericsson TM506	INR 10,300
HTC Touch Viva	INR 10,000
Samsung D880	INR 10,000
Sony Ericsson C903	INR 9,890
Samsung B5310 CorbyPRO	INR 9,750
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic	INR 9,600
Samsung i200	INR 9,500
Nokia 1203	INR 9,500
Nokia 1202	INR 9,450
Sony Ericsson W705	INR 9,400
Sony Ericsson K810i	INR 9,200
Sony Ericsson G700	INR 9,100
Nokia 1280	INR 9,000
Nokia 6700 Classic	INR 8,800
Sony Ericsson T700	INR 8,500
Sony Ericsson Yari	INR 8,500
Samsung Omnia Pro B7320	INR 8,500
Blackberry Curve 8300	INR 7,900
Sony Ericsson W910i	INR 7,700
Nokia E52	INR 7,700
Samsung GT-S7330	INR 7,700
Sony Ericsson Hazel	INR 7,700
Nokia 1209	INR 7,650
Samsung TouchWiz	INR 7,500
Samsung B7300 OmniaLITE	INR 7,350
HTC Tattoo	INR 7,250
Nokia N79	INR 7,050
Nokia E71	INR 7,000
Blackberry Curve 8310	INR 7,000
Blackberry 8320	INR 6,900
HTC Touch2	INR 6,900
Samsung E1100	INR 6,800
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic	INR 6,500
Nokia 1616	INR 6,475
HTC S710	INR 6,375
Samsung S8000 Jet	INR 6,300
Blackberry Curve 8520	INR 6,250
Nokia 1661	INR 6,000
Samsung E1070	INR 6,000
Samsung B100i	INR 5,975
Samsung B130	INR 5,850
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini	INR 5,750
Sony Ericsson W890i	INR 5,750
Sony Ericsson C702	INR 5,700
Sony Ericsson W760i	INR 5,500
Samsung 7603 Beat DJ	INR 5,300
Motorola ZN5	INR 5,100
Samsung B130T	INR 5,000
Motorola W181	INR 5,000
Nokia X6 16GB	INR 4,700
Micromax X116	INR 4,700
HTC Touch 3G	INR 4,650
Nokia 5030 XpressRadio	INR 4,600
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro	INR 4,500
Nokia 1800	INR 4,400
Samsung Solar Guru E1107	INR 4,200
Samsung Guru 1160	INR 4,200
Samsung GT-M7500	INR 4,100
Sony Ericsson P1i	INR 4,000
Sony Ericsson J132	INR 4,000
Samsung Guru 1125	INR 4,000
Nokia E72	INR 4,000
Samsung GT-E1117	INR 3,900
Nokia E75	INR 3,900
Motorola Q9h	INR 3,800
Sony Ericsson J120i	INR 3,700
Samsung Guru 1210	INR 3,650
Sony Ericsson W995	INR 3,650
Samsung i780	INR 3,600
Sony Ericsson C902	INR 3,100
Blackberry Curve 8900	INR 3,100
Sony Ericsson K850i	INR 3,000
HTC Touch Diamond	INR 3,000
Nokia 2630	INR 2,900
Sony Ericsson G900	INR 2,900
Sony Ericsson Aino	INR 2,850
Motorola W230	INR 2,850
Samsung S8300 UltraTouch	INR 2,750
Blackberry Bold 9000	INR 2,700
Nokia 2323 classic	INR 2,700
HTC Hero	INR 2,650
Samsung M8800 Pixon	INR 2,650
Nokia 2220 Slide	INR 2,650
Sony Ericsson Vivaz	INR 2,600
Micromax X225	INR 2,500
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1	INR 2,500
Samsung i7500 Galaxy	INR 2,400
HTC Magic	INR 2,400
Motorola W388	INR 2,300
Nokia N900	INR 2,300
Blackberry 8820	INR 2,250
Nokia 2330 classic	INR 2,250
Sony Ericsson C905	INR 2,225
Samsung GT-E1410	INR 2,211
Blackberry 8800	INR 2,100
Samsung Galaxy S	INR 2,100
Blackberry Tour 9630	INR 2,050
Samsung M120	INR 2,000
Samsung M150	INR 1,950
Micromax X280	INR 1,750
Samsung M200	INR 1,750
Samsung Metro 3310	INR 1,725
Sony Ericsson R306 Radio	INR 1,700
Sony Ericsson W200i	INR 1,700
Sony Ericsson S312	INR 1,650
Samsung M620	INR 1,650
Samsung J150	INR 1,650
Sony Ericsson T303	INR 1,630
Nokia 5130 XpressMusic	INR 1,600
Samsung Corby Mate	INR 1,540
Samsung Corby Txt	INR 1,525
Sony Ericsson F305	INR 1,475
Nokia 6303i Classic	INR 1,425
Sony Ericsson S302	INR 1,400
Samsung Beat 3510	INR 1,394
Nokia X3	INR 1,350
Samsung J800	INR 1,320
HTC Smart	INR 1,250
Sony Ericsson W580i	INR 1,105
Nokia 6700 Slide	INR 1,050
Sony Ericsson K790i	INR 1,050

Micromax Mobile Prices

2010-08-03T14:32:00.001-07:00

Micromax W900	Rs.7900
Micromax X500	Rs.5750
Micromax Q55	Rs.5100
Micromax X280	Rs.3650
Micromax X310	Rs.3600
Micromax Q3	Rs.3000
Micromax X250	Rs.2850
Micromax C2i	Rs.2300
Micromax X225	Rs.2300
Micromax X115	Rs.2250
Micromax X211	Rs.2225
Micromax X2i	Rs.2050
Micromax X116	Rs.1600

HTC Mobile Prices

2010-08-03T14:31:00.002-07:00

HTC Touch Pro	Rs.32000
HTC HD2	Rs.27000
HTC Magic	Rs.24000
HTC Legend	Rs.22500
HTC Hero	Rs.22300
HTC HD Mini	Rs.21000
HTC Touch Diamond	Rs.19000
HTC P3300	Rs.16750
HTC Touch 3G	Rs.16000
HTC S710	Rs.13700
HTC Touch2	Rs.13000
HTC Tattoo	Rs.12500
HTC Touch Viva	Rs.9750
HTC Smart	Rs.7650

Blackberry Prices

2010-08-03T14:31:00.001-07:00

Blackberry Storm2 9520	Rs.30000
Blackberry Bold 9700	Rs.29000
Blackberry Tour 9630	Rs.28000
Blackberry 8800	Rs.27900
Blackberry 8820	Rs.26175
Blackberry Bold 9000	Rs.22000
Blackberry Storm 9500	Rs.18800
Blackberry Curve 8900	Rs.18000
Blackberry Curve 8520	Rs.13800
Blackberry 8320	Rs.12900
Blackberry Curve 8310	Rs.12800
Blackberry Pearl Flip 8220	Rs.11600
Blackberry Curve 8300	Rs.11600

Motorola Mobile Prices

2010-08-03T14:30:00.001-07:00

Motorola Aura	Rs.84000
Motorola Milestone	Rs.27600
Motorola Q9h	Rs.17300
Motorola ZN5	Rs.15000
Motorola ZN300	Rs.6900
Motorola ROKR E8	Rs.6500
Motorola W270	Rs.2700
Motorola W388	Rs.2500
Motorola W218	Rs.2400
Motorola W230	Rs.2000
Motorola W181	Rs.1540

Samsung Mobile Prices

2010-08-03T14:29:00.000-07:00

Samsung i8510 Innov8	Rs.40000
Samsung Galaxy S	Rs.28000
Samsung i8910 Omnia HD	Rs.27800
Samsung i900 Omnia	Rs.26000
Samsung M8910 Pixon 12	Rs.26000
Samsung i8000 Omnia II	Rs.24000
Samsung i7500 Galaxy	Rs.24000
Samsung M8800 Pixon	Rs.22400
Samsung S8300 UltraTouch	Rs.21750
Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO	Rs.21000
Samsung i780	Rs.17500
Samsung S8500 Wave	Rs.17500
Samsung GT-M7500	Rs.16500
Samsung 7603 Beat DJ	Rs.15000
Samsung S8000 Jet	Rs.13800
Samsung TouchWiz	Rs.12500
Samsung B7300 OmniaLITE	Rs.12500
Samsung GT-S7330	Rs.12000
Samsung Omnia Pro B7320	Rs.11500
Samsung i200	Rs.10400
Samsung B5310 CorbyPRO	Rs.10000
Samsung D880	Rs.9890
Samsung S5603 Star 3G	Rs.9400
Samsung U800 Soul b	Rs.8800
Samsung S5233 Star	Rs.7700
Samsung D780	Rs.7700
Samsung Corby Plus	Rs.6900
Samsung J800	Rs.6800
Samsung S3650 Corby	Rs.6300
Samsung L700	Rs.6250
Samsung Beat 3510	Rs.6000
Samsung J700	Rs.5300
Samsung Corby Mate	Rs.5000
Samsung Corby Txt	Rs.5000
Samsung C5212	Rs.4650
Samsung S3500	Rs.4500
Samsung J150	Rs.4400
Samsung M620	Rs.4200
Samsung E251	Rs.4100
Samsung B2100 Marine	Rs.4000
Samsung Metro 3310	Rs.3900
Samsung M200	Rs.3700
Samsung B520	Rs.3100
Samsung M150	Rs.2900
Samsung M120	Rs.2850
Samsung C3010S	Rs.2750
Samsung GT-E1410	Rs.2700
Samsung E2100	Rs.2650
Samsung E2130	Rs.2650
Samsung Guru 2120	Rs.2100
Samsung Guru 1310S	Rs.2100
Samsung Guru 1210	Rs.1750
Samsung GT-E1117	Rs.1725
Samsung Guru 1125	Rs.1700
Samsung Solar Guru E1107	Rs.1650
Samsung Guru 1160	Rs.1650
Samsung B130T	Rs.1525
Samsung B130	Rs.1475
Samsung B100i	Rs.1425
Samsung E1070	Rs.1400
Samsung E1100	Rs.1320

Sony Ericsson Mobile Prices

2010-08-03T14:28:00.001-07:00

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10	Rs.30750
Sony Ericsson C905	Rs.26700
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2	Rs.24750
Sony Ericsson Idou	Rs.24500
Sony Ericsson W960i	Rs.23500
Sony Ericsson Vivaz Pro	Rs.23200
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1	Rs.23000
Sony Ericsson Vivaz	Rs.22760
Sony Ericsson W980	Rs.22000
Sony Ericsson Aino	Rs.19800
Sony Ericsson G900	Rs.19500
Sony Ericsson K850i	Rs.18900
Sony Ericsson C902	Rs.18000
Sony Ericsson W995	Rs.17500
Sony Ericsson P1i	Rs.16900
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro	Rs.16499
Sony Ericsson W760i	Rs.15000
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini	Rs.14800
Sony Ericsson W890i	Rs.14800
Sony Ericsson C702	Rs.14800
Sony Ericsson Hazel	Rs.12250
Sony Ericsson W910i	Rs.11900
Sony Ericsson T700	Rs.11500
Sony Ericsson Yari	Rs.11500
Sony Ericsson G700	Rs.11000
Sony Ericsson K810i	Rs.10750
Sony Ericsson W705	Rs.10500
Sony Ericsson C903	Rs.10000
Sony Ericsson TM506	Rs.9600
Sony Ericsson K790i	Rs.9500
Sony Ericsson K660i	Rs.9500
Sony Ericsson W595	Rs.9200
Sony Ericsson W660i	Rs.9100
Sony Ericsson W580i	Rs.9000
Sony Ericsson Zylo	Rs.8500
Sony Ericsson W380i	Rs.7700
Sony Ericsson C510	Rs.7700
Sony Ericsson W302	Rs.7250
Sony Ericsson K550i	Rs.7000
Sony Ericsson G502	Rs.7000
Sony Ericsson S302	Rs.6000
Sony Ericsson F305	Rs.5850
Sony Ericsson Z555i	Rs.5700
Sony Ericsson W395	Rs.5500
Sony Ericsson T303	Rs.4600
Sony Ericsson S312	Rs.4200
Sony Ericsson R306 Radio	Rs.4000
Sony Ericsson W200i	Rs.4000
Sony Ericsson W350i	Rs.3900
Sony Ericsson W205	Rs.3800
Sony Ericsson T250i	Rs.3100
Sony Ericsson K330	Rs.2900
Sony Ericsson R300 Radio	Rs.2500
Sony Ericsson K220i	Rs.2400
Sony Ericsson J120i	Rs.1750

Nokia Mobile Prices

2010-08-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

Nokia N900	Rs.25000
Nokia N97	Rs.22500
Nokia N97 Mini	Rs.19250
Nokia N86 8MP	Rs.18175
Nokia E75	Rs.17300
Nokia E72	Rs.17175
Nokia X6 16GB	Rs.15600
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic	Rs.13250
Nokia E71	Rs.12700
Nokia N79	Rs.12675
Nokia E52	Rs.12000
Nokia 6700 Classic	Rs.11375
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic	Rs.10300
Nokia 6700 Slide	Rs.9450
Nokia 5235 Comes With Music	Rs.8500
Nokia E63	Rs.8500
Nokia C5	Rs.7500
Nokia 5230	Rs.7350
Nokia 3710 Fold	Rs.7050
Nokia X3	Rs.6475
Nokia 5233	Rs.6375
Nokia 6303i Classic	Rs.5975
Nokia 7230	Rs.5750
Nokia 5130 XpressMusic	Rs.4700
Nokia 7020	Rs.4700
Nokia 2730 Classic	Rs.4000
Nokia 2700 Classic	Rs.3650
Nokia 2720 Fold	Rs.3000
Nokia 2330 classic	Rs.2650
Nokia 2690	Rs.2600
Nokia 2220 Slide	Rs.2250
Nokia 2323 classic	Rs.2211
Nokia 2630	Rs.1950
Nokia 1800	Rs.1650
Nokia 5030 XpressRadio	Rs.1630
Nokia 1661	Rs.1394
Nokia 1616	Rs.1350
Nokia 1209	Rs.1250
Nokia 1280	Rs.1105
Nokia 1203	Rs.1050
Nokia 1202	Rs.1050

The Equally Ravishing - Nokia 6600 Fold

2008-09-07T01:24:00.000-07:00

The second in the series launch from Nokia - Nokia 6600 "Fold"

The "Ravisihing Filp Phone" has got the elagance and marvelous features that would put other filps to a shame!

The new Nokia 6600 fold is a cool cell phone designed with an electromagnetic opening mechanism and dampened hinge for smooth motion, coming with an impressive 2.13-inch OLED display of 16 million colors with 240 x 320 pixel resolution and a glossy exterior that when tapped twice reveals the hidden 128 x 160 pixel display showing the time, incoming messages and calls.

This elegant input method allows the user silence or reject incoming calls with a tap of a finger.

Nokia 6600 fold supports 3G technology for fast transfers and sports a 2MP camera with a double LED flash and 8x digital zoom.It works on WCDMA 850/2100, GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks and features stereo music player, FM radio, web browser, Bluetooth wireless connectivity, micro USB, and 18MB internal memory with the possibility to add up to 4GB of storage via a microSD card.

It will be available on the market this summer in Misterious Black and Sophisticated Purple colors, at a retail price of approximately EUR 275, together with the other two models launched by Nokia today, the Nokia 6600 slide and the Nokia 3600 slide.

Source: www.techpin.com

The Astonishing - Nokia 6600 slide!!

2008-09-07T01:07:00.000-07:00

Flaunt it at your Work Palce, among College Freinds & those Exasperating Neighbours. Do it with Nokia 6600 Slide - Do it with Style

Another modern handset newly released by Nokia is the 6600 slide that will come this summer together with Nokia 6600 fold and Nokia 3600 slide.The new cell phones range formed by the 3 distinct models will be very accessible at starting prices between EUR 175 & EUR 275.

Nokia 6600 slide is, as its name suggests, a slider cell phone, similar with N series models, covered in high-quality steel with a glossy look, plus the aluminum center key which adds some more elegance.Same as the Nokia 6600 fold which is a clamshell, this new model comes to life when you tap it twice, revealing the time and different alerts such as incoming messages or calls, allowing you to reject phone calls with just a tap.

It features a more advanced camera compared with the fold version that has a 2MP capability. With the built-in 3.15MP camera you can capture high-quality images while on the go, record videos and send them to others via Internet or MMS.

This time we have a QVGA display type of 2.2 inches and 16 million colors instead of the Nokia 6600 fold’s OLED, Nokia Maps application, optional Nokia Bluetooth GPS Module LD-4W, quad-band 850/900/1800/1900 support, stereo music player, 18MB memory expandable up to 4GB with a microSD card, Bluetooth, Internet browsing, JAVA games, and micro USB connectivity.

Its 1000 mAh Li-Ion battery allows the user talk on the phone for up to 4 hours or keep it in stand-by for 14.5 days.

Nokia 6600 slide comes in Black at a starting price of EUR 250.

Source: www.cameraphonesplaza.com

Samsung SGH-a137 launched for AT&T GoPhone pre-paid

2008-09-07T00:56:00.000-07:00

Samsung SGH-a137 :

AT&T has launched the Samsung SGH-a137, an entry-level clamshell cell phone with on board Bluetooth support. The a137, available on AT&T's prepaid GoPhone plans, is the first prepaid cell phone on AT&T to offer a built-in A-GPS module.

The Samsung SGH-a137 is small, measuring only 88.9mm x 45.7mm x 20.3mm (3.5" x 1.8" x .8"). The internal display measures 2" across the diagonal and shows up to 262k colors, while the smaller hidden external display is capable of 65k different color shades.

The Samsung SGH-a137 is available now from AT&T as a prepaid GoPhone, priced at $39.99 before taxes.

Specifications for the Samsung SGH-a137

Band: GSM 850/1900MHz
Data: GPRS
Size: 88.9mm x 45.7mm x 20.3mm (3.5" x 1.8" x .8")
Weight: 82.2g (2.9oz)
Battery Life: Estimated 10.5 day standby time / Estimated 5 hours talk time
Main Display: 2" 262k color TFT
External Display: 65K color cSTN
Camera:No
Video: No
Messaging: SMS/MMS/IM
Email: Web-based
Bluetooth: Yes
Memory: unknown
Availability: Currently available
Other: Speakerphone, built-in A-GPS

Snapshot by Ricky Cadden
Source: www.mobileburn.com

Nokia Releases Firmware Update for Original N95

2008-09-07T00:36:00.000-07:00

The original Nokia N95 (commonly referred to as the N95-1, as there are four variations on the device) has received another firmware update. The two year old "multimedia computer's" latest update to version 30.0.015 improves general usability and fixes some issues with the 5 megapixel camera's color output.

Other items noted in the change log include:

Decreased device startup time

Addition of a 5th default theme

FlashLite 3 updates

Inclusion of Nokia Maps 2.0

Inclusion of N-Gage

Include of Share Online applet to Active Standy screen

To install this update, connect the N95 to a Windows XP or Vista PC and use the Nokia Software Updater program.

Unlike some previous updates to this model, all of the user information and added applications will be removed from the device. This update is not compatible with any other versions of the Nokia N95 smartphone (the N95 8GB, N95 NAM, and N95 8GB NAM).

Source: AWright, Brighthand.com Contributor

Google publicizes iPhone, Chrome browser

2008-09-07T00:25:00.000-07:00

San Francisco - A Google executive Thursday heaped praise on Apple's iPhone, even with his company set to challenge Apple in this same space with its Android mobile computing platform.

During the cloud computing-focused Office 2.0 conference, Google's Matthew Glotzbach, product management director for Google Enterprise, revealed his list of 10 things that can be done in the cloud today that could not have been done a year ago. Although the list focused on Google technologies, including its newly introduced Chrome browser, the tenth spot on the list was reserved for praise of Apple's iPhone.

"I'm a huge Apple fan, I'm a huge iPhone fan. It???s really opened up computing in the mobile world," Glotzbach said, emphasizing the iPhone's impact on cloud computing. With his iPhone, he said he can perform tasks such as accessing e-mail and documents and even flip through the presentation he was set to give Thursday morning. "The mobile landscape has really been transformed by the iPhone," he said.

Google, however, has its upcoming Android mobile platform, which could become a formidable challenger to iPhone. Asked after his presentation whether he would switch to an Android unit, Glotzbach took a wait-and-see approach. "We'll have to see when it comes out. I use the best device that there is for getting what I need done," he said.

Glotzbach is not the first Google executive to tip his hat to iPhone recently. Rich Miner, Google group manager for mobile platforms, did so at the eComm conference in March but did temper his praise with some criticism.

Much of Glotzbach's presentation served as a pitch for the company's application technologies such as Chrome browser and Google Talk, which supports translation between different languages.

There are 500,000 businesses using Google Apps, which includes the company's in-the-cloud business applications, Glotzbach said. There are 3,000 businesses each day signing up for Google Apps, he said.

Touting the ability to run fast, secure, and stable Web applications as another top-10 trend, Glotzbach touted Chrome, which was unveiled earlier this week.

"Obviously, the browser today is the gateway to the cloud," Glotzbach said. Chrome presents a leap forward in terms of speed, usability and its capability for the next generation of Web applications. He also emphasized the browser's V8 JavaScript engine, saying it is much faster than what Microsoft offers in Internet Explorer.

Microsoft even could adopt V8, since it is open source, Glotzbach pointed out. "I'd love it if Microsoft took some of the innovations we [put] in the browser and built on them," he said in an interview after his presentation.

Other trends cited on Glotzbach's list included the ability to search through several years' worth of e-mail. Google's Gmail enables this capability, according to Glotzbach. Users also can e-mail from an IMAP client

Another trend, the capability to chat with customers and partners in any language, was enabled by Google Talk and Google's translation capability, Glotzbach said.

The ability to collaborate simply and securely, cited as another trend, is being enabled by Google Docs, Glotzbach said. "It???s changed the way I collaborate. It's broken down those barriers."

Other trends cited included:

The ability to organize business travel via e-mail, through the third-party TripIt application.
Easy collection of data from coworkers and customers via forms, also via Google Docs and Spreadsheets.
The building of scalable business applications in the cloud, such as what Salesforce.com offers via Force.com.
The ability to create templates in Google Docs.
Sharing of video inside Google Apps

Source: Yahoo News

Culture and Customs

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Between the 1980s and the 2000s, the mobile phone has gone from being an expensive item used by the business elite to a pervasive, personal communications tool for the general population. In most countries, mobile phones outnumber land-line phones, with fixed landlines numbering 1.3 Billion but mobile subscriptions 3.3 Billion at the end of 2007.

In many advanced markets from Japan and South Korea, to Scandinavia, to Israel, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong, most children age 8-9 have mobile phones and the new accounts are now opened for customers aged 6 and 7. Where mostly parents tend to give hand-me-down used phones to their youngest children, in Japan already new cameraphones are on the market whose target age group is under 10 years of age, introduced by KDDI in February 2007. The USA also lags on this measure, as in the US so far, about half of all children have mobile phones.[15] In many young adults' households it has supplanted the land-line phone. Mobile phone usage is banned in some countries, such as North Korea and restricted in some other countries such as Burma.[16]

Given the high levels of societal mobile phone service penetration, it is a key means for people to communicate with each other. The SMS feature spawned the "texting" sub-culture amongst younger users. In December 1993, the first person-to-person SMS text message was transmitted in Finland. Currently, texting is the most widely-used data service; 1.8 billion users generated $80 billion of revenue in 2006 (source ITU). Many phones offer Instant Messenger services for simple, easy texting. Mobile phones have Internet service (e.g. NTT DoCoMo's i-mode), offering text messaging via e-mail in Japan, South Korea, China, and India. In Europe, 30–40 per cent of internet access is via mobile phone. Most mobile internet access is much different from computer access, featuring alerts, weather data, e-mail, search engines, instant messages, and game and music downloading; most mobile internet access is hurried and short.

The mobile phone can be a fashion totem custom-decorated to reflect the owner's personality.[17] This aspect of the mobile telephony business is, in itself, an industry, e.g. ringtone sales amounted to $3.5 billion in 2005.[18]

The use of a mobile phone is prohibited in some train company carriagesMobile phone use can be an important matter of social discourtesy: phones ringing during funerals or weddings; in toilets, cinemas and theatres. Some book shops, libraries, bathrooms, cinemas, doctors' offices and places of worship prohibiting their use, so that other patrons will not be disturbed by conversations. Some facilities install signal-jamming equipment to prevent their use, although in many countries, including the US, such equipment is illegal. Some new auditoriums have installed wire mesh in the walls to make a Faraday cage, which prevents signal penetration without violating signal jamming laws.

Trains, particularly those involving long-distance services, often offer a "quiet carriage" where phone use is prohibited, much like the designated non-smoking carriage of the past. In the UK however many users tend to ignore this as it is rarely enforced, especially if the other carriages are crowded and they have no choice but to go in the "quiet carriage".[citation needed] In Japan, it is generally considered impolite to talk using a phone on any train -- texting is generally the mode of mobile communication. Mobile phone usage on local public transport is also increasingly seen as a nuisance; the city of Graz, for instance, has mandated a total ban of mobile phones on its tram and bus network in 2008 (though texting is still allowed).[19][20]

Mobile phone use on aircraft is also prohibited and many airlines claim in their in-plane announcements that this prohibition is due to possible interference with aircraft radio communications. Shut-off mobile phones do not interfere with aircraft avionics; the concern is partially based on the crash of Crossair Flight 498.

Source: www.wikipedia.org

Usage - By Civilians

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Usage
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By Civilians

This Railfone found on some Amtrak trains in North America uses cellular technology.

See also: List of mobile network operators

An increasing number of countries, particularly in Europe, now have more mobile phones than people. According to the figures from Eurostat, the European Union's in-house statistical office, Luxembourg had the highest mobile phone penetration rate at 158 mobile subscriptions per 100 people (158%), closely followed by Lithuania and Italy.[6] In Hong Kong the penetration rate reached 139.8% of the population in July 2007.[7] Over 50 countries have mobile phone subscription penetration rates higher than that of the population and the Western European average penetration rate was 110% in 2007 (source Informa 2007). The U.S. currently has one of the lowest rates of mobile phone penetrations in the industrialized world at 85%.

There are over five hundred million active mobile phone accounts in China, as of 2007, but the total penetration rate there still stands below 50%.[8] The total number of mobile phone subscribers in the world was estimated at 2.14 billion in 2005.[9] The subscriber count reached 2.7 billion by end of 2006 according to Informa[citation needed], and 3.3 billion by November, 2007[2], thus reaching an equivalent of over half the planet's population. Around 80% of the world's population has access to mobile phone coverage, as of 2006. This figure is expected to increase to 90% by the year 2010.[10]

In some developing countries with little "landline" telephone infrastructure, mobile phone use has quadrupled in the last decade.[11] The rise of mobile phone technology in developing countries is often cited as an example of the leapfrog effect. In many remote regions in the third world went literally from having no telecommunications infrastructure to having satellite based communications systems. At present, Africa has the largest growth rate of cellular subscribers in the world,[12] its markets expanding nearly twice as fast as Asian markets.[13] The availability of prepaid or 'pay-as-you-go' services, where the subscriber is not committed to a long term contract, has helped fuel this growth in Africa as well as in other continents.

On a numerical basis, India is the largest growth market, adding about 6 million mobile phones every month.[14] With 256.55 million mobile phones, market penetration in the country is still low at 22.52%. India expects to reach 500 million subscribers by end of 2010.
There are three major technical standards for the current generation of mobile phones and networks, and two major standards for the next generation 3G phones and networks. All European, African and many Asian countries have adopted a single system, GSM, which is the only technology available on all continents and in most countries and covers over 74% of all subscribers on mobile networks. In many countries, such as the United States, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, India, Japan, and South Korea and Vietnam GSM co-exists with other internationally adopted standards such as CDMA and TDMA, as well as national standards such as iDEN in the USA and PDC in Japan. Over the past five years several dozen mobile operators (carriers) have abandoned networks on TDMA and CDMA technologies, switching over to GSM.

With third generation (3G) networks, which are also known as IMT-2000 networks, about three out of four networks are on the W-CDMA (also known as UMTS) standard, usually seen as the natural evolution path for GSM and TDMA networks. One in four 3G networks is on the CDMA2000 1x EV-DO technology. Some analysts count a previous stage in CDMA evolution, CDMA2000 1x RTT, as a 3G technology whereas most standardization experts count only CDMA2000 1x EV-DO as a true 3G technology. Because of this difference in interpreting what is 3G, there is a wide variety in subscriber counts. As of June 2007, on the narrow definition there are 200 million subscribers on 3G networks. By using the more broad definition, the total subscriber count of 3G phone users is 475 million.

Source: www.wikipedia.org

Mobile Phone - Power Supply

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Mobile phones generally obtain power from batteries which can be recharged from a USB port or from mains power or a cigarette lighter socket in a car using an adapter (often called battery charger or wall wart). Formerly, the most common form of mobile phone batteries were nickel metal-hydride, as they have a low size and weight. Lithium-Ion batteries are sometimes used, as they are lighter and do not have the voltage depression that nickel metal-hydride batteries do. Many mobile phone manufacturers have now switched to using lithium-Polymer batteries as opposed to the older Lithium-Ion, the main advantages of this being even lower weight and the possibility to make the battery a shape other than strict cuboid. Mobile phone manufacturers have been experimenting with alternate power sources, including solar cells.

In addition to the battery, most cellphones require a small microchip, called a Subscriber Identity Module or SIM Card, to function. Approximately the size of a one-cent postage stamp, the SIM Card is installed underneath the battery in the rear of the unit, and (when properly activated) stores the phone's configuration data, and information about the phone itself, such as which calling plan the subscriber is using. When the subscriber removes the SIM Card, it can be re-inserted into another phone and used as normal.

Each SIM Card is activated by use of a unique numerical identifier; once activated, the identifier is locked down and the card is permanently locked in to the activating network. For this reason, most retailers will refuse the return of an activated SIM Card.

Those cell phones that do not use a SIM Card have the data programmed in to their memory. This data is accessed by using a special digit sequence to access the "NAM" as in "Name" or number programming menu. From here, one can add information such as a new number for your phone, new Service Provider numbers, new emergency numbers, change their Authentication Key or A-Key code, and update their Preferred Roaming List or PRL. However, to prevent the average Joe from totally disabling their phone or removing it from the network, the Service Provider puts a lock on this data called a Master Subsidiary Lock or MSL.

The MSL also ensures that the Service Provider gets payment for the phone that was purchased or "leased". For example, the Motorola Razr V9C costs upwards of CAD $500. You can get one from Bell Mobility for approximately $200. The difference is paid by the customer in the form of a monthly bill. If, in this case, Bell Mobility did not use a MSL, then they may lose the $300–$400 difference that is paid in the monthly bill, since some customers would cancel their service and take the phone to another carrier such as Telus, or Verizon. This would eventually put the carrier or in this case, Bell Mobility out of business.

Source : http://www.wikipedia.org/ ; http://www.tech2.com/ ;

Mobile & Media

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The mobile phone became a mass media channel in 1998 when the first ringing tones were sold to mobile phones by Radiolinja in Finland. Soon other media content appeared such as news, videogames, jokes, horoscopes, TV content and advertising. In 2006 the total value of mobile phone paid media content exceeded internet paid media content and was worth 31 Billion dollars (source Informa 2007). The value of music on phones was worth 9.3 Billion dollars in 2007 and gaming was worth over 5 billion dollars in 2007 (source Netsize Guide 2008).

The mobile phone is often called the Fourth Screen (if counting cinema, TV and PC screens as the first three) or Third Screen (counting only TV and PC screens). It is also called the Seventh of the Mass Media (with Print, Recordings, Cinema, Radio, TV and Internet the first six). Most early content for mobile tended to be copies of legacy media, such as the banner advertisement or the TV news highlight video clip. Recently unique content for mobile has been emerging, from the ringing tones and ringback tones in music to "mobisodes" the video content that has been produced exclusively for mobile phones.

The advent of media on the mobile phone has also produced the opportunity to identify and track Alpha Users or Hubs, the most influential members of any social community. AMF Ventures measured in 2007 the relative accuracy of three mass media, and found that audience measures on mobile were nine times more accurate than on the internet and 90 times more accurate than on TV.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone ;

Applications:

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The most commonly used data application on mobile phones is SMS text messaging, with 74% of all mobile phone users as active users (over 2.4 billion out of 3.3 billion total subscribers at the end of 2007). SMS text messaging was worth over 100 billion dollars in annual revenues in 2007 and the worldwide average of messaging use is 2.6 SMS sent per day per person across the whole mobile phone subscriber base. (source Informa 2007). The first SMS text message was sent from a computer to a mobile phone in 1992 in the UK, while the first person-to-person SMS from phone to phone was sent in Finland in 1993.

The other non-SMS data services used by mobile phones were worth 31 Billion dollars in 2007, and were led by mobile music, downloadable logos and pictures, gaming, gambling, adult entertainment and advertising (source: Informa 2007). The first downloadable mobile content was sold to a mobile phone in Finland in 1998, when Radiolinja (now Elisa) introduced the downloadable ringing tone service. In 1999 Japanese mobile operator NTT DoCoMo introduced its mobile internet service, i-Mode, which today is the world's largest mobile internet service and roughly the same size as Google in annual revenues.

The first mobile news service, delivered via SMS, was launched in Finland in 2000. Mobile news services are expanding with many organizations providing "on-demand" news services by SMS. Some also provide "instant" news pushed out by SMS. Mobile telephony also facilitates activism and public journalism being explored by Reuters and Yahoo![3] and small independent news companies such as Jasmine News in Sri Lanka. Companies like Monster[4] are starting to offer mobile services such as job search and career advice. Consumer applications are on the rise and include everything from information guides on local activities and events to mobile coupons and discount offers one can use to save money on purchases. Even tools for creating websites for mobile phones are increasingly becoming available, e.g. Mobilemo.

Mobile payments were first trialled in Finland in 1998 when two coca cola machines in Espoo were enabled to work with SMS payments. Eventually the idea spread and in 1999 the Philippines launched the first commercial mobile payments systems, on the mobile operators Globe and Smart. Today mobile payments ranging from mobile banking to mobile credit cards to mobile commerce are very widely used in Asia and Africa, and in selected European markets. For example in the Philippines it is not unusual to have your whole paycheck paid to the mobile account. In Kenya the limit of money transfers from one mobile banking account to another is one million US dollars. In India paying utility bills with mobile gains a 5% discount. In Estonia the government found criminals collecting cash parking fees, so the government declared that only mobile payments via SMS were valid for parking and today all parking fees in Estonia are handled via mobile and the crime involved in the activity has vanished.

Mobile Applications are developed using the Six M's (previously Five M's) service-development theory created by the author Tomi Ahonen with Joe Barrett of Nokia and Paul Golding of Motorola. The Six M's are Movement (location), Moment (time), Me (personalization), Multi-user (community), Money (payments) and Machines (automation). The Six M's / Five M's theory is widely referenced in the telecoms applications literature and used by most major industry players. The first book to discuss the theory was Services for UMTS by Ahonen & Barrett in 2002.

The availability of mobile phone backup applications is growing with the increasing amount of mobile phone data being stored on mobile phones today. With mobile phone manufacturers producing mobile handsets with more and more memory storage capabilities the awareness of the importance in backing up mobile phone data is increasing. Corporate mobile phone users today keep very important company information on their mobiles, information if lost then not easily replaced. Wireless backup applications like SC BackUp offer users the chance to backup mobile phone data using advanced wireless technology. Users can backup, restore or transfer mobile data anytime, anywhere all over the world, to a secured server.

Source: http://www.comet-alliance.com/USA/images/part.jpg ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone

Mobile Handsets

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Nokia is currently the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, with a global device market share of approximately 40% in 2008. Other major mobile phone manufacturers (in order of market share) include Samsung (14%), Motorola (14%), Sony Ericsson (9%) and LG (7%).[2] These manufacturers account for over 80% of all mobile phones sold and produce phones for sale in most countries.

Other manufacturers include Apple Inc., Audiovox (now UTStarcom), Benefon, BenQ-Siemens, CECT, High Tech Computer Corporation (HTC), Fujitsu, Kyocera, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, Neonode, Panasonic (Matsushita Electric), Pantech Curitel, Philips, Research In Motion, Sagem, Sanyo, Sharp, Siemens, Sierra Wireless, SK Teletech, Sonim Technologies, T&A Alcatel, Huawei, Trium and Toshiba. There are also specialist communication systems related to (but distinct from) mobile phones.

Main article: Mobile phone features
Mobile phones often have features beyond sending text messages and making voice calls, including Internet browsing, music (MP3) playback, memo recording, personal organizer functions, e-mail, instant messaging, built-in cameras and camcorders, ringtones, games, radio, Push-to-Talk (PTT), infrared and Bluetooth connectivity, call registers, ability to watch streaming video or download video for later viewing, video calling and serve as a wireless modem for a PC, and soon will also serve as a console of sorts to online games and other high quality games. The total value of mobile data services exceeds the value of paid services on the Internet, and was worth 31 billion dollars in 2006 (source Informa).[citation needed] The largest categories of mobile services are music, picture downloads, videogaming, adult entertainment, gambling, video/TV.

Nokia: The Old or was it the Gold?

Nokia - NOW !

Nokia - The FUTURE ?

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone

Cellular Systems

2008-05-31T05:56:00.000-07:00

See also: Cellular frequencies

Mobile phone towerMobile phones send and receive radio signals with any number of cell site base stations fitted with microwave antennas. These sites are usually mounted on a tower, pole or building, located throughout populated areas, then connected to a cabled communication network and switching system. The phones have a low-power transceiver that transmits voice and data to the nearest cell sites, normally not more than 8 to 13 km (approximately 5 to 8 miles) away.

When the mobile phone or data device is turned on, it registers with the mobile telephone exchange, or switch, with its unique identifiers, and will then be alerted by the mobile switch when there is an incoming telephone call. The handset constantly listens for the strongest signal being received from the surrounding base stations. As the user moves around the network, the mobile device will "handoff" to various cell sites during calls, or while waiting (idle) between calls it will reselect cell sites.

Cell sites have relatively low-power (often only one or two watts) radio transmitters which broadcast their presence and relay communications between the mobile handsets and the switch. The switch in turn connects the call to another subscriber of the same wireless service provider or to the public telephone network, which includes the networks of other wireless carriers. Many of these sites are camouflaged to blend with existing environments, particularly in scenic areas.

The dialogue between the handset and the cell site is a stream of digital data that includes digitized audio (except for the first generation analog networks). The technology that achieves this depends on the system which the mobile phone operator has adopted. The technologies are grouped by generation. The first-generation systems started in 1979 with Japan, are all analog and include AMPS and NMT. Second-generation systems, started in 1991 in Finland, are all digital and include GSM, CDMA and TDMA.

The nature of cellular technology renders many phones vulnerable to 'cloning': anytime a cell phone moves out of coverage (for example, in a road tunnel), when the signal is re-established, the phone will send out a 're-connect' signal to the nearest cell-tower, identifying itself and signalling that it is again ready to transmit. WIth the proper equipment, it's possible to intercept the re-connect signal and encode the data it contains into a 'blank' phone -- in all respects, the 'blank' is then an exact duplicate of the real phone and any calls made on the 'clone' will be charged to the original account.

Third-generation (3G) networks, which are still being deployed, began in Japan in 2001. They are all digital, and offer high-speed data access in addition to voice services and include W-CDMA (known also as UMTS), and CDMA2000 EV-DO. China will launch a third generation technology on the TD-SCDMA standard. Operators use a mix of predesignated frequency bands determined by the network requirements and local regulations.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone

Mobile Phones: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow !

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Mobile Phone: Functionalities and definations

The mobile phone (also called a mobile, wireless, cellular phone, cell phone, or hand phone(hp))[1] is a short-range, portable electronic device used for mobile voice or data communication over a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites. In November 2007, the total number of mobile phone subscriptions in the world reached 3.3 billion, or half of the human population, which also makes the mobile phone the most widely spread technology and the most common gadget in the world. In addition to the standard voice function of a telephone, current mobile phones may support many additional services, and accessories, such as SMS for text messaging, email, packet switching for access to the Internet, java gaming, Bluetooth, infrared, camera with video recorder and MMS for sending and receiving photos and video. Most current mobile phones connect to a cellular network of base stations (cell sites), which is in turn interconnected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) (the exception is satellite phones). Since the mid-2000s, an increasing number of cell phones can connect to the Internet, a portion of which can be navigated using cellphones.

Contents [hide]
1 Cellular systems
2 Handsets
2.1 Applications
2.2 Media
2.3 Power supply
3 Usage
3.1 By civilians
3.1.1 Culture and customs
3.2 By government agencies
3.2.1 Law enforcement
3.2.2 Disaster response
4 Business models
4.1 Tariff models
5 Impacts
5.1 Human health and behaviour
5.1.1 Safety concerns
5.1.2 Etiquette
5.1.3 Use by drivers
5.2 Environmental impacts
6 History
7 Terminology
7.1 Related non-mobile-phone systems
7.2 Terms in various countries