www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The head of Nokia, the Finnish mobile manufacturer, reportedly revealed that the firm aims to expand itself in the Indian mobile market by offering lower-cost handsets.
“India is our second-largest market. We aim to remove the affordability barrier,” chief executive and president Olli-Pekka Kallsvuo reportedly said. “We need to make mobility more accessible in India,” he added.
On 08.20.09, In Mobile, By Editor
On 08.16.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The specifications of the new Dell Android handset which will be soon launched in China have been released. Firstly the handset looks like the smartphone is codenamed Benzine – but will probably be marketed as Dell Mini 3i.
The handset features:
- Quad-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE
- 3.5 inch touchscreen display with 640 x 360 pixels, 262K colors and handwriting recognition
- Multi touch User Interface
- Virtual QWERTY keyboard
- A-GPS
- Microsoft Exchange support
- Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, USB 2.0
- 3MP autofocus camera with flash and 30fps video recording
- MicroSD card support
- 122 x 58 x 11.7 mm
- 103 grams
On 08.13.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: HTC which in April started selling the highly anticipated HTC Magic via Vodafone now reports to have sold 1 million handsets worldwide, fulfilling its plans which CEO Peter Chou had announced.
HTC further revealed that it now wants to shift its focus to mid-end smartphones for the rest of the year. According to Peter Chou, mid-end handsets will account for about 50-60% of the company’s shipments in the second half of 2009.
He further said mid-end smartphones should have a retail price of about $300. Most probably, the Android-powered HTC Click will be among these upcoming devices.
On 08.13.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: China Unicom, the Chinese mobile operator, will reportedly offer first set of iPhone in Carrefour stores and other outlets from September, said Guangdong Unicom Deputy Manager Zhou Youmeng. According to media reports, the operator has bought 5 million WCDMA iPhone handsets from Apple Inc at a price of RMB 2,000 each. The telecom operator plans to sell the 8G iPhones for around RMB 2,400 each and the 16G iPhones for around RMB 4,800 each.
On 08.11.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: BlackBerry Curve 8520, the handset which was anticipated to be launched by Vodafone UK soon, will reportedly be available for free with all tariff plans of the operator. At any rate, the 8520 is available right now from Vodafone UK on monthly plans starting at £25.
On 07.31.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Idea Cellular, the Indian mobile operator, has reportedly won licences to operate in the West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) circles. After the announcement the operator intends to complete its pan-India GSM wireless rollout by 2009-end. Idea also said it aims to focus on increasing its penetration in rural regions of the Maharashtra circle in the short-term, with P Laxminarayana, the cellco’s COO, noting: ‘We plan to achieve this through our various initiatives like vans that will go to rural areas for promotions; there will also be mobile handsets at subsidised rates on offer and the like to achieve our goal.’
On 07.31.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Vodafone UK will reportedly vend the Sony Ericsson Satio handset from October’09. The handset features a 12.1-megapixel camera, HSDPA and integrated GPS navigation. It also has a widescreen for watching films and TV and Walkman for listening to the radio and music.
The handset will be sold via Vodafone’s handset retailer Carphone Warehouse. Subscribers can already sign up on the retailer’s website for more information.
On 07.30.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news:Vodafone reportedly reveals that it is willing to sell the new Apple device, iPhone 3G S to its key terrirtories like UK and Germany. Andy Halford, chief financial officer of the company, said that “It’s a good product and we would love to have it in the portfolio in more countries”.
Vodafone at present sells the handset in 11 countries across the globe except the 3 major nations in Europe.
On 07.29.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: LG, the handset manufacturer, intends to launch the 3G version of the very popular LG Wine series, which has been a success with more than 2 million units sold globally.
The 3G version will be unveiled in Korea in September’09, via SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom.
The key features of LG’s Wine phones are the large screen and keypad, quick-access keys, text-to-speech, and the simple overall design.
On 07.23.09, In Mobile, By Editor
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Verizon Wireless, USA’s leading mobile operator, is now selling the BlackBerry Storm for half the price of its original two-year contract price to $99. Though the price of the unsubsidised handset still remains at $499.