Mobiles

Tata Indicom launches Country’s First CDMA ‘Dual channel Radio Phone’

Tata Indicom launches Country’s First CDMA ‘Dual channel Radio Phone’ Tata Indicom, the fastest growing telecom service provider, has announced the launch of the first ever CDMA AM/FM enabled mobile phone in the market.
 
The newly launched handset comes with a unique radio-inspired design with volume boosters for clarity of sound even in noisy environments. Other than FM frequency channels, the handset comes equipped with AM too, a first amongst CDMA phones. 

Mobile handsets will be cyber-criminals’ next targets, says report

London, October 18 : U. S. experts are urging cell phone users to exercise the same caution with their mobiles that they do to protect their computers from spam and virus attacks. 

The Georgia Institute of Technology Information Security Center (GTISC) says in its annual Emerging Cyber Threats Report that mobile devices can become targets for hi-tech criminals.

The report suggests that with the rise in the number of smartphone users, more applications will allow financial and payment infrastructure that employs them, and cyber-criminals will try to obtain such sensitive data.

RCom introduces ‘Rs 550 Jaddu Pack’ a special mobile plan for low tariff rates

RCom introduces ‘Rs 550 Jaddu Pack’ a special mobile plan for low tariff ratesAnil Ambani managed Reliance Communications, country’s second biggest wireless operator, has announced a mobile plan christened ‘Rs 550 Jaadu Pack’ that is set to re-define the mobile telephony market in Indian market. 

With this newly introduced plan, pre-paid subscribers with lifetime validity would now be able to make local calls at just 50 paise per minute and STD calls to any phone anywhere in India at just Re 1 for lifetime by making a one-time payment of just Rs 550.

The longer you take to shop, the more you end up spending

The longer you take to shop, the more you end up spendingLondon, Oct 9: The longer you stay inside a shop, the more likely you’re to spend, reveals a new mobile tracking system, called FootPath.

The software, developed by UK company, Path Intelligence, can track movements of mobile users over specified periods of time.

FootPath works by reading an anonymous identification number, called temporary mobile subscriber identity, or TMSI, that mobile phones transmit and can then track their movements.

Samsung plans to tap 15% share of Indian GSM Mobile Business by next 8-10 months

Samsung plans to tap 15% share of Indian GSM Mobile Business by next 8-10 monthsThe mobile phone unit of Samsung Electronics targets to double its share of the Indian GSM mobile phone market and raise it further to 15% by June-July next year

Yesterday, Samsung Mobile has launched an 8 mega-pixel camera phone, 'Samsung Innov8' in the multimedia phone portfolio. The latest launched gizmo also has GPS connectivity, Wi-Fi and 32 GB memory along with mobile internet and gaming capabilities. The mobile handset is available at a price of Rs 45,999.

Greenpeace names Nokia greenest electronic brand

NokiaWashington, Oct 1: Nokia has been ranked as the most eco-friendly electronic brand, according to Greenpeace's annual Guide to Greener Electronics.

In the ninth edition of its guide, Greenpeace has declared that Nokia is a step ahead of other well-known manufacturers like Samsung and Nintendo.

Nokia managed to get a high score of seven out of ten possible points, because of its improved take-back practices in India, toxic chemical issues, utilizing models free of PVC and aiming to have all new models free of brominated flame retardants and antimony trioxide by the end of 2009, reports Environmental News Network.

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