New LG BL20 Chocolate price and specification

September 29th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 1 Comment | Filed in LG

LG today officially unveiled the new Chocolate BL20 mobile phone . We have earlier covered LG BL40 Chocolate with huge 4.0 inch display , exciting looks and features . LG BL20 Chocolate come with slightly similar styling , but smaller screen size and inferior features . Chocolate styling is preserved in this model with elegant black -cherry red color combination and keypad orientation . Though there’s no touch UI , LG BL20 Chocolate uses touch sensitive navigation keys and slide out keypad .Specifications of new LG BL20 Chocolate includes 2.4 TFT display , upto 16Gb expandable memory slot ,3G , 5 mega pixel auto focus camera and FM radio .

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Samsung B3210 CorbyTXT and B5310 CorbyPRO price and specs

September 28th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 14 Comments | Filed in Samsung

We earlier covered refreshingly beautiful Samsung S3650 Corby phone . Available in different colors , competitive price and changeable back frames ,Corby targets youth and woman segment .Samsung recently added two new phones to Corby series by announcing B3210 CorbyTXT and B5310 CorbyPRO on a special event at Milan.Samsung S3650 Corby and B5310 CorbyPRO looks almost similar in design and slide-out full qwerty keypad .At the same time B3210 CorbyTXT adapts a business phone design like Blackberry or Nokia Eseries device .B5310 CorbyPRO specification includes 2.8 inch screen ,upto 16 GB memory ,3.15 MP camera ,GPS and WiFi . Samsung B5310 B3210 CorbyTXT includes 2.2 inch screen ,2 mp camera and upto 8GB expandable memory .

As per Samsung , B3210 CorbyTXT is intended for people who need to type more , send emails at lower price than Blackberry or Eseries device . The QWERTY keypad implementation in  B3210 CorbyTXT is exactly similar to Samsung B7330 OmniaPRO .The Corby genre is preserved on changeable background covers available in different colors .The major disadvantage is low resolution 176 x 144 pixels QCIF display that’s almost outdated for new generation phones .

Samsung B3210 CorbyTXT specification :

Bluetooth withA2DP , Li-Ion 800 mAh battery ,FM radio with RDS ,Office document reader ,EDGE ,GPRS , 40 MB internal memory ,web browser ,Fashion Jackets ,Document reader ,HTML browser and IM .

Samsung  B5310 CorbyPRO

Younger brother of Samsung Samsung S3650 has almost similar design , but superior in build quality and features . The major changes in Samsung B5310 CorbyPRO are upgradation of camera, inclusion of GPS ,3G and WiFi .

Samsung  B5310 CorbyPRO specification .

Bluetooth with A2DP , 16M color touch screen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution ,100 MB internal memory ,3G ,GPS ,WLAN ,EDGE ,GPRS ,DivX support , Fashion Battery covers and Li-Ion 960 mAh battery

The Samsung Corby series is similar to Samsung Star  in some features and price . Both have 3G and non 3G versions . There is no official confirmation regarding the pricing scheme . But we assume the price to in the range of 8000-9000 INR for Samsung B3210 CorbyTXT and 12000-14000 for Samsung  B5310 CorbyPRO . Both phone are expected to be launched on September of 2009 .

Update : Samsung announced new  Corby Mate in  India for a price of 7300 INR .

Update : Samsung announced Samsung Lindy, a variant of Smasung Corby with WiFi, 3G , 3.2 MP camera , dedicated music keys and other features.

Update: The latest price and specification of all Smasung Corby phones in India are available here

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Samsung Galaxy i7500 on Tata Docomo

September 26th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | No Comments | Filed in Samsung

Tata Docomo launched Samsung Galaxy i7500 in India . Samsung Galaxy i7500 is the first and only available Android based smartphone  from Samsung mobile .  So far we have seen Airtel announcing HTC’s Android phones  Hero and Magic in India . Android mobile phone market in India is getting bigger and competitive with the launch of Samsung Galaxy i7500 from Tata Docomo . Specifications of this stunning device includes a large 3.2 inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen , 5 mega pixel auto focus camera , 8 GB inbuilt storage ,GPS etc. Taking  competition with Airtel on other Android devices ,Tata Docomo offers 500 MB free data usage with Samsung Galaxy i7500 for period of six months .

Tata Docomo is attracting every kind of customers from its inception .They have released amazing tariff plans , Blackberry devices and now an Android based Samsung Galaxy i7500 .
  
Samsung Galaxy i7500 photos 
 

Samsung Galaxy i7500 specifications :

Samsung Galaxy i7500 is one of the thinnest Android smartphone (115.9 x 56 x 11.9 mm ) . It includes inbuilt applications for accessing Google services like Gmail , Google Search , Google Maps and Youtube .

Samsung Galaxy i7500 camera : 5 mega pixel auto focus camera comes with LED flash and Geo tagging . It can take images of quality upto 2592 x 1944 pixels and videos to 30 fps .

Samsung Galaxy i7500  display : It uses 3.2 inch AMOLED capacitive 320 x 480 pixels touchscreen which support upto 16M million colors .Accelerometer sensor and on screen keyboard with Android cupcake update 1.5 .

Other features :

8GN internal 128MB RAM expandable via card to 16GB , full function HTML web browser ,Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP ,116.7 g,EDGE ,3G ,WLAN ,GPRS ,1500 mAh battery ,528 MHz processor .

Major disadvantage of Samsung Galaxy Android phone is the non availability of FM radio .

Two colors black and white .

Samsung Galaxy i7500 price in India on Tata Docomo :

The price of Samsung Galaxy i7500 in India is set as 29000 INR including the cost of 500 MB data usage for 6 months provides by Tata Docomo .

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Change mobile operator without changing number

September 26th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | No Comments | Filed in Tips

Mobile operates brings new tariff plans and offers each day. But for a customer its not possible to switch between different mobile carriers for interesting plans and issues related to services. MNP( Mobile Number Portability ) is a service that helps the customer to change to their favorite mobile operator without changing phone number. Talks on implementation Mobile Number Portability in India began almost 2 years back. Now the service is almost ready to be rolled out. As per Department Of Telecom (DOT), MNP service in India will be launched by the end of December in some selected cities and networks. Customers in supported network would be able to keep their mobile number moving to a new network. There will be small activation time and charge associated with this switching .

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Champions Trophy Airtel and Vodafone cuts Roaming Tariff

September 25th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | No Comments | Filed in India

ICC Champions Trophy cricket 2009 matches were started last day on South Africa . As cricket is the most viewed games in India ,it is very usual for many telecom providers to  announce various competitive tariff plans and value added services. So this time Airtel and Vodafone announced a drop in roaming tariff for Champions Trophy cricket at SA . Those who travel South Africa to watch live cricket match with their Airtel or Vodafone SIM card can avail this special tariff plans . Vodafone provides special tariff plans with their South African partner and member of Vodafone group Vodacom  . Airtel partnered with another mobile operator MTN SA to provide special Champions Trophy roaming charges .

ICC Champions Trophy roaming charges on Vodafone :

Vodafone users can roam in  Vodacom South Africa network on Champions Trophy days from 19 Sept to 5 Oct 2009  at 50 % of the original rate .

Champions trophy roaming charges on Airtel :

Airtel later announced a better roaming rate which cost RS 10 for all incoming calls . GPRS , SMS and other tariff plans will be the same as existing . This special roaming charges will be available only during Champions Trophy match schedule on MTN network in South Africa .

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Windows mobile 6.5 features

September 23rd, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 1 Comment | Filed in HTC

The much talked Windows mobile 6.5 update will be available on October 6th of 2009 . The OS was first announced at mobile world congress on February 2009 .The 6.5 update is available for Windows mobile professional and Windows mobile standard devices .The major changes in Windows mobile 6.5 professional is its full support of finger gestures. A stylus is essential for the smooth operation on current Windows mobile 6.1 devices . But the latest Windows mobile 6.5 includes applications and interface are more touch friendly . Native internet experience also seen an improvement with a redesigned version of pocket internet explorer .

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iPod nano 5th generation price India

September 21st, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 5 Comments | Filed in Apple

Apple announced the new iPod nano 5th generation and reduced the prices of iPod touch models ,last week at Apple music event .As the name indicate iPod nano range of music players are very thin in size . They compete with Microsoft Zune , Sony Walkman , Creative Zen etc in portable music player market . The major specialty of 5th generation iPod nano is that it includes a camera .We just now spotted new camera enabled iPod nano on Apple India website with 8GB and 16GB models .iPod nano 5 th generation available on 7 brilliant colors , at a starting price of 9500 INR in India .

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