Spice Mobiles has launched a new trendy and distinctive metallic designed phone, named S-930 in the Indian market.

Touted to be a multimedia phone, the Spice S 930 comes packed with a virtual keypad and 2 MP Camera with Webcam facility.

The newly launched phone has MP3 player, FM Record & Play and stereo Bluetooth and 2GB expandable memory.

Moreover, the phone permits its users to access the image gallery through a swipe of finger.

Software giant Microsoft, joined by rivals Google and Yahoo, has launched a local mapping service for India, which offers users access to detailed listings and street maps for 9 Cities, business listings across 29 cities, and access to highway networks to 20,000 cities and towns.

Microsoft's India Development Centre (MSIDC) in Hyderabad has developed the first version of the service, on the PC and mobile at http://maps.live.co.in and http://m.live.co.in.

Recently, Panasonic announced its latest Toughbook H1 that has been specially developed for health environments. Basically the low power Intel Atom processor is incorporated by this rugged mobile clinical assistant (MCA). The latest Panasonic Toughbok H1 aims at redefining performance and functionality for the MCA category via offering six long hours of battery life, dual hot swappable batteries, screen that can be viewed in daylight and integrated Gobi technology.