Aircel & INQ Mobile to launch handsets in India

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Indian telco Aircel and handset maker INQ Mobile will launch the INQ Mini 3G and the INQ Chat 3G phones in India.

INQ Chat 3G is a Qwerty device while INQ Mini 3G is a slim-line mobile and both allow users to multi-task and to switch between applications such as Facebook and a camera. Over 5,000 outlets will make the phone available.

A campaign fronted by Indian cricketer and company ambassador MS Dhoni has been used by Aircel to support the launch.

INQ launches Chat 3G phones

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: After the launch of its Mini 3G, INQ released its Chat 3G phones in partnership with Singtel and integrated with not only Facebook, Twitter and IM, but also having push Gmail and GPS.

Users can receive Facebook and Twitter updates on the home screen, message inbox includes pokes and updates from Facebook and messages from Twitter and its qwerty keyboard makes for quicker messaging and online access.

Subscribers of Singtel can enjoy free six months’ subscription to SingTel’s IM on Mobile, besides, having free access to the AMPed music service on selected mobile plans. Navigating between Chat 3G’s different functions is easier and it is also faster than the Mini 3G.