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LG launches watch phone in India , report and link of indiaserver.com quoted below, report & image copyright : indiaserver.com

http://www.india-server.com/news/lg-introduces-watch-phone-in-india-21955.html

LG Introduces Watch Phone In India
Last Updated: 2010-02-28T07:48:37+05:30

LG Introduces Watch Phone In India


LG Watch Phone

Good news for fans of ultra gadgets.LG has come up with its latest watch phone, the LG GD910.The new LG model just looks like an ordinary watch but functions as your mobile when required.

The GD910 was LG's latest watch phone introduced in India. The sleek model is just 13.9mm in thickness and comes with 3G and Video Calling capabilities. The modish phone has its front fascia with a scratch-proof tempered glass. The Bluetooth headset is also one of the exclusive features of the new release.

This ultra gadget is available for Rs. 49,990.
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Lava A9 mobile phone , link and report of The First Reporter. com quoted, report and image copyright: The First Reporter . com

http://www.thefirstreporter.com/technology/ready-featurepacked-mobile-lava-a9/


Are you ready for feature-packed mobile ‘Lava A9′ ?

by Amandeep on 23/02/10 at 2:51 pm



There is good news for mobile phone lovers ! Lava Mobiles, an Uttar Pradesh-based cell phone company, is very soon going to launch feature packed ‘Lava A9’ mobile phone in the domestic market.

According to reports, the upcoming Lava L9 mobile will equipped with a 2.4-inch TFT screen, a 3.2 megapixel camera, MP3, FM Radio and Video Player.

Apart from this, Lava A9 will come pre-loaded with value-added application viz. Nimbuzz and Opera Mini. The cell phone is expected to come with 256MB internal memory, which can be further expanded upto 8GB with the help of microSD cards.

However, Lava A9’s connectivity option includes Bluetooth, GPRS and EDGE. The cell phone will be come powered with Li-ion 920mAh battery, which offers great backup time to its consumers.

The company claims that Lava A9 is especially designed for those costumers, who want more features in less money. However, company officials denied to disclose any detail regarding its price tag.

Lava A9 is scheduled to launch very soon in India in two colours viz. black and red.
 

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gPwBIpwd4XpFMQne2mMh-3PMNn_A

Indian firm launches handset with 'AAA' battery power

(AFP) – 2 days ago

NEW DELHI — An Indian mobile phone company has launched a low-cost handset that uses commonly available AAA-sized batteries aimed at the hundreds of millions who live in areas where power supplies are erratic.

Priced at 1,699 rupees (35 dollars), Olive Telecommunications' "FrvrOn" -- short for "forever on" -- has a rechargeable lithium-ion battery common to mobile phones, but also a facility to include a AAA, dry-cell battery.

"We have electrification all across the country but the power supply is erratic," marketing manager Ravi Perti told AFP.

"With our phone, all one needs to do is pack a few extra cells (batteries) if one is travelling in areas where one expects power supply disruptions."

He said the phone would run for three hours non-stop on the lithium battery and for another hour with a conventional battery.

Though predominantly for the rural market, the handset "is suitable for the urban user as well. It is aimed at the heavy duty user who would need emergency battery backup," Perti said.

Government figures show more than 10,000 impoverished Indian villages have no access to grid electricity. Power cuts are common even in the smarter suburbs of cities including New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

Based in Gurgaon, a sprawling city next to the Indian capital New Delhi, Olive Telecommunication is a manufacturer of handsets and laptops.

India, the world's fastest-expanding mobile market, adds an average of 15 million customers every month, according to figures from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) posted on its website.

According to government figures, 45 out of every 100 people in India now have a mobile phone and use is rising sharply in rural areas thanks to the world's lowest call costs.
 

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ches-dual-sim-handset/articleshow/5712193.cms

Zen Mobiles launches dual sim handset
22 Mar 2010, 1623 hrs IST, PTI

CHENNAI: Zen Mobiles, part of Telecare Group, on Monday launched its X 380 mobile handset targeting tier II and III cities.

Priced at Rs 1,399, the mobile has got dual GSM SIM and a powerful stereo band, a release from Mumbai-based company said here.

The display of the phone is provided with TFT screen to have clear picture, it said, adding mp3 playback and wireless FM Radio were also standard features.

The phone has a expandable memory of upto 2GB and has standby battery life of five days, it said.

"With the launch of X380, Zen Mobiles has introduced a multimedia featured affordable handset to the Indian mobile users revolutionizing the market for handsets. Presently, we are targeting tier-II and tier-III cities since major chunk of growth lies in this sector only", Zen Mobiles MD Deepesh Gupta said.

Zen mobiles currently has around 200 distributors across the country, the release added.
 

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New Touch Screen Mobile Phone from Samsung , Link , report and Image Copyright: Times Internet Limited

http://infotech.indiatimes.com/pers...hes_S5620_Monte_phone/articleshow/5763356.cms

Samsung launches S5620 Monte phone
5 Apr, 2010, 1746 hrs IST, Indiatimes Infotech,



NEW DELHI: Samsung India has expanded its touchscreen mobile phone line-up in India with the launch of S5620 Monte.

Samsung S5620 has a 3" TFT touch screen and comes equipped with Smart unlock, accelerometer sensor, 3.15 mega pixel camera and geo-tagging.

Other features include smile detection capability, Bluetooth, 3.5mm audio jack, Google Maps, Stereo FM Radio and image editing applications.

The 3G-ready phone claims to offer 9 hours, 42 minutes of talk time. The phone's internal memory is 200 MB which can be expanded using a microSD card.

Samsung S5620 is priced at Rs 8,850 approximately.
 

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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ing-handset-at-Rs-700/articleshow/5865750.cms

Vodafone to bring handset at Rs 700
Amrita Nair-Ghaswalla, TNN, Apr 28, 2010, 01.36am IST

MUMBAI: The race to provide ultra low-cost mobile handsets to consumers in India has moved to the next level, with telecom service providers competing with mobile handset makers to offer models below Rs 1,000. Leading the way is Vodafone, which is set to launch its Rs 700 ($16) mobile phone in the country. The handset is expected to push the company's rural agenda.

Even as mobile phone makers like Nokia, Micromax, Fly and Ray are retailing handsets at alluring prices, this is the first time that a telecom service provider has decided to go below the Rs 1,000-mark. Earlier, Nokia retailed a phone at Rs 1,300, and Vodafone had a mobile priced at Rs 1,200. Besides India, the British operator is also set to unveil a pair of ultra-cheap handsets starting at below $16 in the developing markets of Egypt, Turkey and Africa.

Marten Pieters, MD and CEO, Vodafone Essar, said: "The average user in rural India does not spend as much as mobile consumers in Delhi or in Mumbai. Though the majority still make a revenue stream for mobile operators, the idea is to make mobile phones affordable and achievable for everyone," he said.

The Rs 700-handset will be retailed across the country, and not just in rural areas, reducing the entry barrier for consumers who have not yet bought a cell phone. On Monday, Nokia launched a Rs 6,000-handset loaded with a full qwerty keypad, email service and access to social networking sites.
 

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http://www.znews24.com/lava-b5-with-alpha-keypad-launched-at-rs-4399.html

Lava B5 with Alpha keypad launched at Rs. 4,399/-

Posted by Shiva Remala on July 16, 2010

Lava International mobile brand is one of the popular dual SIM brands, and it holds 6% of the market share. Lava mobiles have a reputation of being innovative with latest features. Freshly, Lava Mobiles has come up with yet another mobile Lava B5 with an innovative technology.

Lava B5 features a new 'Alpha keypad', which is neither a QWETRY keypad nor a regular multi tap keypad. It looks like QWERTY with all 26 alphabets featuring on the keyboard, but the only difference is it's arranged in A to Z order than the traditional QWERTY order.

Lava B5 Alpha Keypad​

Lava B5 is a business class phone with many key internet and social networking features.

Lava B5 features

"¢ Alpha Keypad
"¢ Dual SIM support
"¢ 2.2 inch QVGA screen
"¢ Email support
"¢ Social networking apps
"¢ Java support
"¢ 3.5 mm jack
"¢ Bluetooth
"¢ FM & media player

Lava B5 would be available in all leading mobile stores.

Lava B5 price is Rs. 4,399/-
 

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$35 Tablet PC launched , The Associated Press report:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jK-xNItHUfhfEVUEP_BvLbXmDlrwD9H4SJ6G0

India unveils prototype of $35 tablet computer

By ERIKA KINETZ (AP) – 8 hours ago

MUMBAI, India — It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011.

If the government can find a manufacturer, the Linux operating system-based computer would be the latest in a string of "world's cheapest" innovations to hit the market out of India, which is home to the 100,000 rupee ($2,127) compact Nano car, the 749 rupees ($16) water purifier and the $2,000 open-heart surgery.

The tablet can be used for functions like word processing, web browsing and video-conferencing. It has a solar power option too — important for India's energy-starved hinterlands — though that add-on costs extra.

"This is our answer to MIT's $100 computer," human resource development minister Kapil Sibal told the Economic Times when he unveiled the device Thursday.

In 2005, Nicholas Negroponte — co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab — unveiled a prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world. India rejected that as too expensive and embarked on a multiyear effort to develop a cheaper option of its own.

Negroponte's laptop ended up costing about $200, but in May his nonprofit association, One Laptop Per Child, said it plans to launch a basic tablet computer for $99.

Sibal turned to students and professors at India's elite technical universities to develop the $35 tablet after receiving a "lukewarm" response from private sector players. He hopes to get the cost down to $10 eventually.

Mamta Varma, a ministry spokeswoman, said falling hardware costs and intelligent design make the price tag plausible. The tablet doesn't have a hard disk, but instead uses a memory card, much like a mobile phone. The tablet design cuts hardware costs, and the use of open-source software also adds to savings, she said.

Varma said several global manufacturers, including at least one from Taiwan, have shown interest in making the low-cost device, but no manufacturing or distribution deals have been finalized. She declined to name any of the companies.

India plans to subsidize the cost of the tablet for its students, bringing the purchase price down to around $20.

"Depending on the quality of material they are using, certainly it's plausible," said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research. "The question is, is it good enough for students?"

Profitability is also a question for the $35 machine.

Epps said government subsidies or dual marketing — where higher-priced sales in the developed world are used to subside low-cost sales in markets like India — could convince a manufacturer to come on board.

This and similar efforts — like the Kakai Kno and the Entourage Edge tablets — show that there is global demand for an affordable device to trim high textbook costs, she said.

If it works, Epps predicts the device could send a shiver of cost-consciousness through the industry.

"It puts pressure on all device manufacturers to keep costs down and innovate," she said.

The project is part of an ambitious education technology initiative by the Indian government, which also aims to bring broadband connectivity to India's 25,000 colleges and 504 universities and make study materials available online.

So far nearly 8,500 colleges have been connected and nearly 500 web and video-based courses have been uploaded on YouTube and other portals, the Ministry said.
 

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HRD Minister Mr. Kapil Sibal displaying the new Tablet PC Image Copyright : Associated Press, hosted at: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jK-xNItHUfhfEVUEP_BvLbXmDlrwD9H4SJ6G0


In this Thursday, July 22, 2010
photo, India's Human Resource
Development Minister Kapil
Sibal displays a low-cost tablet
at its launch in New Delhi, India.
The device looks like an iPad
and is 1/14th the cost. India has
unveiled the prototype of a
US$35 basic touch screen
tablet aimed at students, which
it hopes to bring into production
by 2011. (AP Photo)
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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/editorial/Incredible-India/articleshow/6208457.cms

Incredible India
24 Jul 2010, 0612 hrs IST,ET Bureau

IT promises to erase the phrase digital divide from collective memory, and how. The personal computer unveiled by HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Thursday is a sleek touchscreen device that's Wi-Fi enabled for internet access and has all the regular applications available on PCs. And it costs an incredible Rs 1,500! The path-breaking innovation points at a world of possibilities for dramatic, technology-aided development and universal access to information and knowledge. Being wired and connected would be doubly advantageous for a youthful society like ours. But in tandem, what's required is governance reforms to shore up social and physical infrastructure, particularly in the rural hinterland.

Without quality power supply, modern roads and housing, our human resource potential would remain unrealised and suboptimal. Also, to leverage the huge societal potential of efficient but lowcost computing, the general neglect of public education — teacher absenteeism, lack of basic facilities et al — particularly at the primary and secondary levels need to be set right. Nevertheless, the tablet PC, developed by teams at the famed IIT, is remarkable for cost-effectiveness and is a feather in the cap for India's technological prowess.

The tablet PC is ultra power efficient as well, requiring just 2-watt supply or battery backup via solar cells. The device has no hard disk, and instead makes use of a 2-GB memory disc, the storage capacity of which can be upgraded. Further, users would have access to Microsoft Office suite-equivalent applications with open-source Linux software. Reportedly, the government is keen to subsidise half the computer's cost for institutions. So, for schools and colleges, the PC would be available for Rs 750. With scale economies, it should be possible to reduce overall costs to, say, Rs 1,000. And after discount, the PC could be available for as low as Rs 500! Ubiquitous computer and internet access would have much scope for proactive policy. The National Mission on Education through information and communication technology now needs to fast-forward development of high-quality e-content.
 

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Agree so, as open source Linux is used to make it easily affordable, however any type of Linux distribution used except Oracle Unbreakable or Red Hat , because they are carrying price tag to use.

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India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer

India unveils prototype for $35 touch-screen computer


23 July 2010 Last updated at 10:00 ET

The Indian government has unveiled the prototype of an iPad-like touch-screen laptop, with a price tag of $35 (£23), which it hopes to roll out next year.

Aimed at students, the tablet supports web browsing, video conferencing and word processing, say developers.

Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said a manufacturer was being sought for the gadget, which was developed by India's top IT colleges.

An earlier cheap laptop plan by the same ministry came to nothing.

The device unveiled on Thursday has no hard disk, using a memory card instead, like a mobile phone, and can run on solar power, according to reports.

'Manufacturer interest'
It would cost a fraction of the price of California-based technology giant Apple's hugely popular iPad, which retails from $499.

Mr Sibal said the Indian tablet, said to run the Linux operating system, was expected to be introduced to higher education institutions next year.

The plan was to drop the price eventually to $20 and ultimately to $10, he added.

Unveiling the gadget, the human resource development minister told the Economic Times newspaper it was India's answer to the "$100 laptops" developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US.

"The solutions for tomorrow will emerge from India," Mr Sibal said, reports news agency AFP.

Last year, one of the ministry's officials announced it was about to unveil a $10 laptop, triggering worldwide media interest.

But there was disappointment after the "Sakshat" turned out to be a prototype of a handheld device, with an unspecified price tag, that never materialised.

To develop its latest gadget, the ministry said it had turned to the elite Indian Institute of Technology, and the Indian Institute of Science, after a lacklustre response from the private sector.

Mamta Varma, a ministry spokeswoman, said the device was feasible because of falling hardware costs.

Several global manufacturers, including at least one from Taiwan, had expressed interest in making the device, she said, although no deals had been agreed, and she declined to name any of the companies.

The project is part of a government initiative which also aims to extend broadband to all of India's 25,000 colleges and 500 universities.

In 2005, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) unveiled the prototype of a $100 laptop for children in the developing world, although it ended up costing about double that price.

In May, Nicholas Negroponte - of the MIT's Media Lab - announced plans to develop a basic tablet computer for $99 through his non-profit association, One Laptop per Child.
 

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ADAM doesn't cost anything yet because it is not out in the market. And it never will be..... judging from the pace of development it seems to be vaporware. The only Indian tablet to ever see a commercial launch yet is this one:

http://androinica.com/2010/07/22/when-android-phones-become-too-big-the-olivepad/

Unfortunately, India does not have the manufacturing facilities to mass produce such consumer gadgets at cheap prices. India will first have to learn from the Taiwanese or Chinese on how to develop an electronics hardware manufacturing base. Even the OlivePad is a cheap tablet with a weak processor.......hell, even my phone is more powerful than the Olivepad.
 

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ADAM doesn't cost anything yet because it is not out in the market. And it never will be..... judging from the pace of development it seems to be vaporware. The only Indian tablet to ever see a commercial launch yet is this one:

http://androinica.com/2010/07/22/when-android-phones-become-too-big-the-olivepad/

Unfortunately, India does not have the manufacturing facilities to mass produce such consumer gadgets at cheap prices. India will first have to learn from the Taiwanese or Chinese on how to develop an electronics hardware manufacturing base. Even the OlivePad is a cheap tablet with a weak processor.......hell, even my phone is more powerful than the Olivepad.
Agreed KU, we need learn from them may be experience of South East Asian nations like Singapore, Malayasia, Indonesia may also help , especially last two countries also reaping benefits of having effective electronic hardware manufacturing base, roping in private firms like HCL, Onida, Videocon etc., may also do.

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