Four ZTE Android smartphones to be launched
ZTE is all set to change its low-cost handset maker image and enter into the business of higher smartphone market. Android-powered smartphones will supposedly be the next big target of this Chinese company. However, the latest venture to find its way to the market is 4ZTE phones. These phones are expected to circulate even outside China.
ZTE Smooth, the Palm Pre like device has features like Android 1.6, 2.8-inch QVGA display, QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, FM radio, and 3g (UMTS) connectivity. ZTE Blade is another high-end device and has features like Bluetooth, Android 1.6, WiFi, FM radio, GSM/UMTS connectivity and 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen.
ZTE Racer another Android 1.6 phone will have 3G, WiFi, GPS, and 2.-inch QVGA while ZTE Mercury, which is a look-alike of HTC Hero comes with 3.2-inch HVGA display, GPS and EDGE data.
The only problem these Android phones are expected to come across is the distribution otherwise ZTE is super committed to Android. The ZTE Smartphones will soon be popping on every comer of Europe and US.
Simoco Telecom launches GSM phones
Kolkata-headquartered Simoco Telecommunications (
South Asia
) Ltd has launched a range of GSM mobile phones in the Indian market. The company has launched eight different models that would be positioned in direct competition with global majors such as Nokia, LG and Samsung, among others.
The models include entry-level monochrome handsets with FM radio to camera phone models with high picture resolution and high-quality video recording facilities.
The phones are assembled at the company’s factory located at the Salt Lake Electronics Complex here and the components are outsourced from countries such as
China
and
Taiwan
. The GSM technology that has been adopted has been developed by Simoco’s development centre in
China
.
According to Mr Sanjay Ghose, Managing Director, the company would target markets in urban and rural
West Bengal
to begin with before venturing out to other states in eastern
India
.
Source- http://news.moneycontrol.com
Technorati : Eastern India, Mobile, Simoco
Ice Rocket : Eastern India, Mobile, Simoco
