Layar Reality Browser: Layar is an augmented reality application that shows the user what is around him/her by displaying real time digital information. Layar works by using a combination of the mobile phone’s camera, GPS, compass, accelerometer and a mobile Internet connection. Users can do real-time route calculation with this application, while travelling and discover places around them.

Social Hub: Integrates e-mails, contacts messages and social networks in your phonebook. Also the Social Hub provides users the freedom to communicate directly from their phonebook through SNS, e-mail, SMS/MMS. Users can also enjoy full integration of their Google, and Facebook calendars.

Google Mobile Services: Provides an easy access to the all the Google services like – Gmail, Gtalk, Google Search, Google Maps. Further there over 60,000 apps on the Android market which the consumers can choose from

Swype: Enabled by the Swype technology, this application allow users to type message with One continuous finger motion across the screen keyboard making text inputs faster and easier. In addition to the power of Swype technology, these handsets also provide the user the option to “Write & Go” where they can input the text first and choose the format of communication later. The communication format can vary from SMS, SNS, MMS, Email, Memo or Calendar updates.

Touchwiz 3.0: The brilliant Touchwiz 3.0 interface of the Galaxy 3 and Galaxy 5 gives a tactile, intuitive user experience and is unique only to Samsung mobiles. Galaxy 3 lets the user to customize upto 7 home screens. While the directional swipes provide shortcuts for easier navigation, the advanced interactive mobile widgets further heighten the Smartphone experience.

Samsung Galaxy 3

Samsung Galaxy 3 comes with preinstalled ThinkFree Office Mobile. which lets the user create, view and edit word documents, spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. With the File Manager in ThinkFree Office feature consumers can organize the documents with ease. Samsung Galaxy 3  is powered by Google Android operating system With a 3.2” WQVGA 16M TFT hi –resolution screen, the Galaxy 3 has a youthful design has a 3MP auto focus camera and a wi-fi connectivity speed of upto 74mbps. The phone comes with a 1500 mAH battery and an internal memory of 130MB which is further expandable to 32GB. The mobile is also compatible with all movie files with multi codec support and plays DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, Real and WMV movie files. Users can also enjoy music with a simplified music list and player.

The Samsung Galaxy3 (I5801) is priced at Rs.12,300/-

Samsung Galaxy 5

Samsung Galaxy 5 is powered by Android operating system and has 2.8 inch QVGA TFT screen and a 2MP fixed focus camera. For connectivity options, phone comes with Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and has 3G HSDPA with speeds up to 7.2 mbps.3.5 mm Ear jack, FM radio and A-GPS are some other features of Samsung Galaxy 5 smartphone. The 90 MB internal of the phone memory is further upgradeable to 16GB. The Samsung Galaxy3 (I5801) is priced at Rs.10,200.

Mr. Ranjit Yadav, Director, Mobile & IT, Samsung Electronics said

The Smartphone era has begun and is here to stay. We, at Samsung, are committed to making Smart phones available for everyone. We have been focusing on Open OS mobiles recently since many key characteristics of smart phones are becoming more and more relevant – especially mobile internet, messaging features, strong 3^rd party applications and flexibility for customization. In the open OS area, our strategy is to offer consumers with whatever they want. As a result we are offering mobiles based on the Android, Windows and our own proprietary OS bada in the Indian market.

The name, ‘Galaxy U’ come from the fact that it has a ‘Unique’ grip design, ‘Ultimate’ display, ‘Utilitarian’ apps and ‘Ubiquitous’ features like Wi-Fi.

Specifications:
Size: 119.5×59.6×12.4mm
Weight: 131g
Network: J-CDMA, CDMA Rev. A
Display: 3.7-inch 16M AMOLED Plus (480×800)
OS: Android OS
CPU: 1GHz S5PC111
Camera: 5 megapixel autofocus camera with 720p HD video recording
DMB: T-DMB
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
Bluetooth: 3.0
Video Formats: MP, 3GP, 3GPP, K3G, Divx, Avi, Mkv, flv, asf
Audio Formats: MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, AAC, MID, MIDI, FLAC
3.5mm headphone jack
MicroSD card slot: 8GB bundled, up to 32GB supported
Other Features: OZ Store, Kyobo e-book, Daum maps, Allshare, Live wallpapers, access to Google services
Battery: 1500mAh
Talk time: up to 7 hours
Standby time: up to 370 hours

Nokia X3 Touch and Type Key Features:

• Touch and type functionality
• Slim design with brushed aluminum cover in trendy colors
• 3G, HSPA, and most importantly Wifi for fast and cheap data access
• Dedicated music key for instant music player access
• Dedicated messaging key for direct access to SMS/MMS
• Email (Ovi Mail, Windows Live mail / Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Gmail + local ISP) & IM (Ovi Chat, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Gtalk) with Nokia Messaging** subject to local services availability
• Facebook and Twitter with Communities client
• Download thousands of apps and games from Ovi Store
• 5 Mega pixel  camera with 4x digital zoom
• FM Radio

Technical Profile:

• System: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100
• User Interface:Series 40 touch and type
• Dimensions:106.2 mm x 48.4 mm x 9.6 mm(L x W x H)
• Volume:45.2 cc
• Weight:78 g
• Standby time:up to 17 days (GSM + WCDMA)
• Talk time:up to 5.3 hours (GSM)up to 3.5 hours (WCDMA)
• Display:2.4”QVGA, up to 262K colors

Connectivity:

HSPA, WLAN 802.11n , Bluetooth 2.1, MicroUSB, 3.5 mm AV connector MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 16 GB.

Nokia X3 Touch and Type design video

Mr. Ajay Sharma, Country Head, HTC India, Said

The HTC Desire underlines HTC’s leadership in offering cutting-edge technology and a superior mobility experience. Globally, one of HTC’s core strengths has been its innovation-packed converged 3G devices and the HTC Desire is yet another testament to our technological capabilities,HTC Sense on the new HTC Desire not only delivers one of the most dynamic and personalized user experiences possible, but also one of the easiest ways to interact and integrate social networks into your life.

Mr. GurinderSingh Sandhu, Head Marketing, Tata DOCOMO said

TATA DOCOMO is a young brand that has rolled out GSM services across 18 circles,When we launched our services, we had promised our subscribers that we would bring to them the best products and services—products that will stand for innovation and a pioneering spirit, and which would offer them convenience and simplicity. Living up to that promise, we are launching the HTC Desire. This launch marks the strong relationship TATA DOCOMO enjoys with HTC and, going forward, we will continue to work together to launch more innovative mobile offerings for Indian consumers on the TATA DOCOMO platform.

Pricing & Availability

The new HTC Desire will be available at a Market Operating Price of Rs. 28,900* at all authorized HTC resellers across the country.

मेघालय के ईस्ट खासी हिल जिले के कोंगथोंग गांव में पीढ़ियों से बच्चों को किसी गाने विशेष से पुकाने जाने की परंपरा है. हर बच्चे के जन्म के समय उसके साथ एक गाना जोड़ दिया जाता है, जिससे उसे पूरी जिंदगी पुकारा जाता है.

कोंगथोंग गांव के मुखिया किरटाइड माजाव ने कहा, ‘‘अगर एक परिवार के 10 बच्चे हैं, तो उनके लिए 10 अलग-अलग गाने निर्धारित किए जाते हैं. गाना एक सेकंड से दो मिनट तक की अवधि का हो सकता है.’’

हालांकि बच्चों को इसके अलावा एक नाम भी दिया जाता है, पर इसका उपयोग उन्हें बुलाने में नहीं होता. यहां तक कि दूसरे लोग भी उनके नाम की जगह उन्हें गाने से ही पुकारते हैं.

कॉलेज के छात्र रोथेल खोंगसित इस परंपरा का पूरी तरह पक्ष लेते हुए कहते हैं, ‘‘जैसे ही गाना सुनते हैं, हम फौरन पहचान जाते हैं, किसके लिए गाया जा रहा है.’’ गांव में ऐसे कम से कम 500 लघुगीत प्रचलित हैं.

अनादिकाल से देवी-देवताओं एवं ऋषि मुनियों को चिरायु बनाने और उन्हें बल प्रदान करने वाला पौधा रीवा के जंगलों में होने का दावा किया गया है.

सैकड़ों वर्ष पूर्व पृथ्वी से विलुप्त हो चुके ’’सोमवल्ली’’ नामक इस दुर्लभ पौधे को लेकर वन विभाग का दावा है कि यह पौधा पूरी दुनिया में अब कहीं नहीं है. रीवा जिले के घने जंगल के बीच मिले इस पौधे को वन विभाग की नर्सरी में रोपित कर उस पर अनुसंधान किया जा रहा है. हजारों वर्ष पुराने इस विलुप्त पौधे के बारे में अब भले ही कहीं उल्लेख नहीं मिलता, लेकिन प्राचीन ग्रन्थों एवं वेदों में इसके महत्व एवं उपयोगिता का व्यापक उल्लेख है.

प्राचीन ग्रन्थों व वेद पुराणों में सोमवल्ली पौधे के बारे में कहा गया है कि इस पौधे के सेवन से शरीर का कायाकल्प हो जाता है. देवी-देवता व ऋषि मुनि इस पौधे के रस का सेवन अपने को चिरायु बनाने एवं बल सामथ्र्य एवं समृद्धि प्राप्त करने के लिये किया करते थे. हालांकि सोमवल्ली पौधे के साथ कई अन्य दुर्लभ पौधे हैं, जिनका रस मिलाकर गुणकारी औषधियां बनाई जाती हैं, लेकिन इन पौधों के बारे में किसी को जानकारी नहीं है.

Diana Helander of Adobe demos the full web on the new DROID 2 by Motorola running Flash Player 10.1. DROID 2 is the first Smartphone to ship out of the box with Flash Player 10.1 and benefit from HW decoding of all H.264 video profiles in Flash Player.

Kaspersky Lab

The Trojan-SMS category is currently the most widespread class of malware for mobile phones, but Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a is the first to specifically target the Android platform. It should be noted that there have already been isolated cases of devices running Android being infected with spyware. The first such program appeared in 2009.

Kaspersky Lab recommends that users pay close attention to the services that an application requests access to when it is being installed. That includes access to premium rate services that charge to send SMSs and make calls. When a user agrees to these functions during the installation of an application, the Smartphone may then be able to make calls and send SMSs without further authorization.

The signature for Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a has already been added to Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus databases