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It's an imported handset.. Non OMH... Works with Reliance out of the box with *228... Have a look at the phone specs here http://www.palm.com/...plus/index.html It's Capacitive Touchscreen with pinch, zoom, EVDO Rev A, 8GB Inbuilt Storage...

At last someone bought this phone... Post a detailed review after some use... For other members to know whether it is actually micro or MAXXX in terms of features & performance... Lolz

@arnuld Why don't you consider Palm Pixi Plus (With Wi-Fi) available with Sadikkbhai at an absolutely unbelievable price of approx 5K. This is a beauty of a Smartphone with both touch and physical QWERT keypad. If and when you can actually see this phone, all those entry level Samsung and Nokia's are toys in comparison. There is nothing which can come close to it at this price... That too Officially Registered with Reliance.

Long Shopping list... Droid Pro kitne ka pada?

Difficult to conclusively say which will be better... But if we put aside Microsoft hatred for a moment and compare rationally, IE 9 is a massively improved product from version 8 and now compares well/surpasses in few areas with Firefox & Chrome... Internet Explorer 9 Detailed Review http://www.pcmag.com...,2369160,00.asp

More details of this Dual Sim Android From ViewSonic... It's launching in Germany in April End without Contract for Euro 249 about Rs 16,000 http://www.chip.de/n...i_47239799.html This will definately come to India Soon and looks like a good option for Dual Sim Android.. ALL MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS FOR VIEWSONIC V350 Feature: Insert for two SIM cards Networks SIM card 1: HSDPA up to 7.2Mbps, quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz Networks SIM card 2: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz GSM Quad Band Size: 125 x 63 x 8.7 mm Weight: 125 grams Color touch screen: capacitive, TFT, Multi Touch, 3.5 inch (8.89 cm diagonal), 320 x 480 pixels QWERTY keyboard: only virtually Type: Bars Camera: 5 megapixel, autofocus, video recording (320 x 240 pixels) Media Player: yes GPS yes, A-GPS Memory 512 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, expandable with microSD up to 32GB Interface: Wireless b / g, Bluetooth 2.1 with stereo headset profile, USB, 3.5-millimeter jack Operating System Android 2.2 (Froyo) Processor 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM 7227 Battery: 1400 mAh Lithium-polymer Battery life: No information Other: Webkit browser, Google Maps, e-compass, office viewer, direct access to Android Market Launch: Late April / early May 2011 Manufacturer Price: 249 € (without contract)

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3D Battery Nanotechnology Could Charge Your Phone in Seconds Mark Brown Wired U.K. 21 March 2011 A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has made a new type of battery that could charge an electric car in five minutes, your laptop in a couple of minutes, and juice up your mobile phone in seconds. The new design takes its lead from both batteries and capacitors. The latter components can charge and release energy very fast, but can't hold much of it. Batteries, like the lithium-ion one stuffed in your smartphone, can hold a lot but take hours to recharge. "This does both," announces Illinois professor Paul Braun, boldly. His findings have been published in the 20 March, 2011, issue of the Nature Nanotechnology journal. Typical rechargable batteries, like the thin lithium-ion blocks in modern gadgets and nickel metal hydride batteries, degrade significantly if charged or discharged too fast. You can swap the battery's active material with a thin film to get faster charging, but because the material lacks the area to store energy, your iPad would run out of power in seconds. Braun's solution is to wrap that thin film into a three-dimensional structure to significantly increase surface area, and therefore bump up the energy storage capacity. The battery can last for the same length of time as a traditional battery, but charging is sped up by up to 10 to 100 times. To make this novel structure, the team creates a tiny lattice of tightly-packed spheres. Metal is used to fill in the space around the spheres, and then the whole thing is melted to leave a sponge-like 3D scaffold. Next, a process called electropolishing uniformly etches away the surface of the scaffold to enlarge the pores and make an open framework. Finally, the frame is coated with a thin film of active material. The resulting material allows the lithium ions to move rapidly, with high electrical conductivity. It can be packed in to any shape or material, including traditional lithium-ion-style packs. "We like that it's very universal", explains Braun. "This is not linked to one very specific kind of battery, but rather it's a new paradigm in thinking about a battery in three dimensions for enhancing properties." Other uses include high-powered lasers, military packs and defibrillators that don't need time to power up before or between pulses.

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Expected in India in April For Approx Rs 2,200 Listen up! The Nokia X1-00 is here Official Nokia Blog 8th March 2011 GLOBAL – It's orange and it's loud. Today Nokia launches a brand new mobile phone aimed at music lovers and the next billion, the Nokia X1-00. This device is intended to retail at less than €35 and offer the maximum boom-per-buck with special hardware features for users in growth markets. Read on to find out how it stands out from the pack, even without its distinctive colouring. This is a music lover's phone. You probably guessed that anyway from the massive speaker on the back, rated at 106phon (a phon is a measure of perceived loudness – 106 of them is enough to rattle your window frames, apparently). The frequency response has been tweaked somewhat, though, so that the sound remains undistorted at higher volumes, unlike most mobile phones. Why is this important in the markets the Nokia X1-00 is designed for? Two reasons in particular: first, because ambient noise levels can high in many places in the world, so you might need everything to be a bit louder to cut through. Second, because mobile music is much more likely to be a shared experience – you might be using this device as your main music player at home, for example. For this reason, the Nokia X1-00 comes with a 3.5mm audio jack, so you can plug it into speakers (or headphones, of course). Music-orientated hardware features are completed with three dedicated player keys and a nifty single-key playlist creator. There's also support for MicroSD memory cards for extra music storage up to 16GB. There's also an integrated FM radio for access to news and entertainment. Also making a welcome reappearance is the dedicated torch on the device. This is fairly rare in devices intended for Western cities, where there's always some ambient light, but pretty important if you live in a place where the power supply is unreliable or where there is no electricity at all. For similar reasons, the standby battery life is rated at a whopping 61 days max. Another unusual feature is provision for up to five phone books. Why would anyone want that? Because this is a phone that might be shared between an entire family or even neighbours. Less than €35 isn't very expensive for people in Western markets, but if you can divide that five ways, then it becomes accessible to people for whom that's nearly a month's salary. Otherwise, the specification sheet doesn't hold a lot of surprises: this is super-inexpensive and needs to be pretty simple. It uses the Series 30 operating system, so it's got the basics people need, with a souped-up music player app, calendar, clock and calculator, pre-loaded games and so forth, but no, it's not designed to be a smartphone competitor. It measures 112.2 x 47.3 x 16mm and weighs 91g. The Nokia X1-00 is scheduled to be available in selected markets beginning in April. Before taxes and operator subsidies, it should cost around €34. Any thoughts on the design decisions we've made to suit "next billion" users? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpHDE_7iIAs

The next billion – where are we up to? Official Nokia Blog Bringing mobile devices and the Internet to the next billion users is one of the key pillars of Nokia's business strategy. Having access to mobile technology is firmly linked to wealth and job prospects, equality and even health. But how much of an opportunity is out there and what does it look like? The numbers are sometimes so large that they stop making sense. This is the first of a series of infographics that we'll be publishing to cast some light on the story. In short, 86 per cent of the world's population don't currently use their phone to access the Internet regularly. That's almost 6 billion users who don't use a web-able mobile device and a whopping 3.2 billion people who don't have a mobile device at all. It's those markets which Nokia will be addressing. Were you surprised by these figures, or is it pretty much as you thought? Which group do you think will see the most change in the next five years?

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TRAI has postponed the implementation of NEW Pesky Calls Regulations Indefinately NOW...Which was supposed to be Starting From 21st March 2011.. No Time Frame is Given When it Will Come Info Force... What a Waste of Time... Again the MNP Drama repeating...It may be year's before Operators allow this to happen.. Relevant TRAI Notification 5th Amendment V2 .pdf

Today's EPIC OTA Update From Sprint is Coming bundled with Sprint ID... Fairly innocuous looking name for some cleverly disguised bloatware... So consider whether you would be comfortable with that OR should wait for XDA.. Subtler Sprint ID arriving on Samsung's Epic 4G, Galaxy Tab http://reviews.cnet....9-10356022.html What's Your Sprint ID http://support.sprin...vanity:sprintID

Read somewhere that this problem arises because sometimes the Electronic Programme Guide supplied by channels do not tag repeat telecast as repeat and hence the DVR recording software do not correctly identify it for it to be skipped...

In India only Tata Docomo network supports HD voice Quality In India, more than 27 mobile phones with high definition sound are available, though only one service provider offers a network that supports HD Voice. We all look for high definition sound while buying a TV; it's time we started looking for high definition Voice enabled phones. HD Voice enables conversation that is more natural and is similar to speaking to the other party face to face. According to a new report by GSA (Global Mobile Suppliers Association), there are 27 mobile phones and 15 mobile networks that support high definition voice. Among the 15 networks, only Tata Docomo has deployed a network in India that supports HD Voice. However, more is expected to come with a new 3G network being laid out in the country. The 27 HD voice-capable phones are from Alcatel, HTC, LG, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. All these handsets are available in India. Chipsets supporting HD Voice are also made by some leading semiconductor companies, and the number of phones with HD Voice is set to grow many fold. Nokia N8, C6, C7 and E7 handsets have HD Voice activated by default. Nokia C3 and X3 have recently been shipping with HD Voice, as have Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro. All upcoming Sony Ericsson Android phones are expected to have HD Voice activated by default. The first commercial mobile HD Voice service started in September 2009. The technology's momentum has been growing since then. HD Voice services operate on 15 mobile networks in 14 countries across the world: Armenia, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Egypt, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Russia, Spain, and the UK. Maximum benefits from using the technology on a mobile HD-capable network are felt when both calling and called parties use HD Voice-capable phones. However, improvements in call quality are observed even when calling a non-HD Voice phone, due to improvements in the acoustic performance and advanced noise reduction capabilities of most HD Voice phones. Part Info From Mobile Indian For More Technical Info, Download Following Technical Report: The Mobile HD Voice service using AMR Wideband technology GSA_Mobile_HD_voice_report_020211.pdf

Ericsson places first HD call over CDMA Don Reisinger. Cnet March 18, 2011 Telecommunications company Ericsson has placed what it calls the first-ever HD call over a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) network. HD calling, also known as wideband audio, has been available in Europe for some time over different network technology. Rather than calls being placed over the current 300Hz to 3400Hz spectral range, HD calls run on the 50Hz to 7000Hz spectral range. The result is a much higher quality of sound that improves fidelity of the human voice, which ranges from 80Hz to 14,000Hz. HD voice calls use the Enhanced Variable Rate Codec Narrowband-Wideband codec. "This is the starting point of a voice quality revolution that will significantly enhance CDMA networks as we know them today," Surya Bommakanti, the vice president of Ericsson's Product Area Core, BU CDMA Mobile Systems, said in a statement yesterday. Ericsson has been focusing efforts on HD calling for quite some time. Last year, the company rolled out HD voice over carrier Orange's commercial network in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress. However, that service was running over High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), not CDMA. HD voice technology is also available over Orange's network in the U.K., among a few other countries. Orange U.K.'s improved call quality can be accessed from the HTC Desire HD, Nokia N8, and Samsung Omnia 7, among other devices. However, HD calling is only available when both the call recipient and caller have HD-compatible phones. Ericsson's HD call over CDMA was done in a lab environment, and the company did not say when it plans to launch the service in the wild.

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Indian Market is quite demanding (Where's Racoon?) and HD voice may not be a deciding factor but good to have... Voice Talk still takes a lot of our time on phones... If so many handsets are available with HD voice capability and more coming... Only gives an informed choice to the consumer for opting for a good feature... Actual users of such handsets on Tata Docomo can only comment how good it is practically? And CDMA rocks in Voice Quality...

Smartphone OS Comparison-Which One is The Best? iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Symbian 3 There was a time when buying a smartphone was easy. You had a couple of platforms and a handful of models to choose from. Things have changed a lot today. You now have over half a dozen platforms out there with hundreds of different models between them, priced very close to each other. It doesn't help matters when several phones are identical to each other but simply running a different brand of operating system. You can decide what features you want in your phone but what about the operating system? There is no way you can choose between them looking at the spec sheet alone. Being in a position where we get to use all the latest smartphones on all the different platforms, we think we have answers to your operating system related questions. What follows is a brief comparison of the top four smartphone platforms - iOS, Android, Windows Phone 7 and Symbian 3-where we try to find which one is the best, ultimately narrowing down your number of options while buying and helping you choose better. Aesthetics iOS is the oldest of the four platforms here. Even though it is four-and-a-half-years old now and has barely undergone any major UI makeover, it still looks great. The UI design has a sense of timelessness to it and no matter how many times you look at it it does not look boring. Apple has also designed it in a manner where it is out of your way most of the time so that you can concentrate on your applications. This means there are no unnecessary animations and transition effects and whatever little is there looks natural and is functional. Android on the other hand has gone through considerable changes since its first iteration and has only got better with age. Having said that, over the years it has lost some of its simplicity and picked up some UI design elements that seem overdone, such as the 3D image gallery or the live wallpapers, which serve no functional value whatsoever and just consume resources for meaningless eye candy. This behavior is at odds with the usual Google way of designing things, where functionality takes precedents over attractiveness. Still, overall it is an attractive OS and although it lacks the timeless beauty of the iOS or the contemporary look of Windows Phone 7, it manages to look pretty good. Too bad you rarely get to see the real Android below the custom skins. Symbian 3 borrows the basic UI design of its predecessor and improves upon it. Despite that the end result is not something that one would call modern. You can see the roots of the operating systems, such as the soft keys at the bottom of the screen that were necessary for devices with buttons and a scroll bar for when there was no kinetic scrolling. It does not look bad per se, but it is not in the same league as others. Luckily, it is skinnable, so you can give a new look to it with a custom skin, although don't expect to make a swan out of a goose. The latest entrant into the world of smartphones, Windows Phone 7 took the world by surprise when it was first announced, partly because no one expected Microsoft to come up with something that was so fresh and modern. The beauty of the UI design on Windows Phone 7 is unlike anything that you have seen before on other smartphones. Unlike other operating systems here, especially Android, which borrowed heavily from iOS initially for their UI design, Microsoft came up with something that was completely original and yet incredibly good looking. So good is the UI design that most people would be seduced into buying a Windows Phone 7 device based on the look itself. Ease of use Designing a good looking interface is one thing. Designing a good looking interface that is also easy to use is another and no one does this better than Apple. If you don't believe us just search online for videos where kids are given an iPad or an iPhone and within minutes they manage to figure out the basics. In our experience iOS has turned out to be the easiest mobile operating system, where everything was so clear and obvious that anyone who used it for the first time, regardless of age, could figure it out without having to refer to a manual. The reason for this is that it does not assume that the user knows how to use it and because of that you can go around doing basic things without any help. It is incredibly intuitive and makes you wonder why others haven't figured out a way to make their software work this way. It feels as if it was designed with regular human beings in mind, not robots or geeks. We loved the keyboard especially. Next in line of intuitiveness is Android. It does not have the same level of simplicity as iOS, were you can detach you brain and still manage to work the interface, but it is still very easy nonetheless. Unfortunately, you would rarely get to use stock Android on every phone you use, which means if you are someone who's not a geek and are used to, say, an HTC Android phone, you will be lost when you pick up a Samsung Android phone. So even though Google and the OEMs try to make the UI user friendly, the fact that there are so many different types of them is bound to leave a layperson confused. Using the early versions of Symbian S60 5th Edition was as much fun as amputating your arm with a dull blade. The UI was designed for phones with keypads and Nokia had done little to ensure that it was usable, if not a pleasure. That's not the case with Symbian ^3, however, which feels miles ahead in terms of usability. Things now work the way they should and there is no longer a doubt in your mind whether clicking something will just highlight it or launch it. We still don't like the way the applications are scattered across the menu and the on-screen keyboard could have been better. But overall the latest version of Symbian is pretty user friendly, and unlike Android, you don't have to worry about different interface layouts on different devices. Windows Phone 7 may look great but it isn't the best when it comes to user friendliness. There are some things that aren't immediately apparent, such as the way you have to press and hold on certain items to display additional options. Then there is also the quirky behavior of the search button or the tiny call/end keys and the need to unlock the screen before you can receive a call. But more than anything, it's the lack of basic features such as multitasking and copy-paste for text that really makes things difficult for the users. We do love the keyboard though, which is on par with the keyboard on Gingerbread and almost as good as the one on iOS. Features Features was never a strong point of iOS, but over the years Apple has added a lot of functionality to the OS, such as the ability to install applications, multitasking, copy-paste, folders, etc. iOS today leaves very little room for complaint. However, there are some things that Apple is yet to take care of such as Bluetooth file transfers, file manager, mass storage, homescreen widgets and FM radio to name a few, but we have a feeling none of these will ever be addressed. Fortunately, Apple does add additional functionality with every major firmware upgrade but more often than not these are limited to newer devices, whereas the older ones get the short end of the stick. Android's biggest advantage over iOS has been the features and with the latest release Android has almost every feature that you could want, whether it is multitasking, widgets, tethering, Wi-Fi hotspot or Adobe Flash support. It feels the most complete out of all the four platforms here in terms of features, and if features are all that you are looking for then you would be happiest with Android. When it comes to features, Symbian ^3 is no slouch either. You will find almost every feature here that you get on Android, along with some that you don't, such as FM radio and USB On-the-Go connectivity. You even get multiple homescreens (three, to be exact) and widgets for them, which are very handy. Features like multi-tasking and copy paste, something others have just discovered and others are yet to, have always been part of Symbian since the first iteration several years ago and have been executed perfectly. Symbian ^3 has most of the features that you would want and there wasn't anything that we felt it should have that it didn't. This is one aspect where Windows Phone 7 fails miserably. For an operating system launching in 2010, Microsoft has left out some pretty major things. Although they are saying they will eventually incorporate most of them through updates we feel they should have had them from day one. While it was excusable to leave out on those things back in 2007, Microsoft has no such excuse, considering they were in the smartphone business even before Windows Phone 7. It does have some good features, such as the homescreen tiles, Xbox Live support, Zune pass and Office integration, but we don't think that will be enough to compete against the rivals. Performance When iOS first came out, it wowed the world with its fluid interface that ran perfectly even on the modest hardware of the first generation iPhone. Over the years the OS has become heavier and the proof of this is the way the iPhone 3G struggles with iOS 4.0. But try the same OS on an iPhone 4 and you will notice a world of difference. The UI is silky smooth throughout with no noticeable sluggishness. Even when switching between multiple applications, the UI maintains its smoothness without faltering. Something similar has been observed in case of Android. As long as you provide it with fast hardware, it runs fine but tends to choke on slower devices. However, unlike iOS, even when running on faster hardware, Android is never perfectly smooth. At times you will notice unexpected and inexplicable slowdowns while going through the UI, which deters from the overall experience. Google has also added unnecessary eye candy to the UI, which also tends to bog down devices with less than perfect hardware. Also, Android does not use the GPU to render the on-screen images, which means the CPU is overburdened, causing further slowdowns. Still, with some optimization, Android can be made to work pretty well on slower devices. One of the greatest strengths of Symbian is that it has always been a very light operating system that could be run even by weaker hardware. This is why all the Symbian phones have hardware that seem less impressive than what we are used to seeing on high-end devices, but that is absolutely fine as even on that hardware the OS runs perfectly well. Since the OS is so light, it removes the need to unnecessarily jack up the hardware and burn more battery in the process. This is why Symbian phones have the best battery life among smartphones. Nokia has also made good use of the on-board GPU to render all the on-screen images, leaving the CPU free to handle other tasks. When it comes to UI smoothness, Windows Phone 7 is unbeatable. That's mostly because it is always sitting on powerful hardware, but also because the OS is well optimized for it. This is another good example of the kind of performance you get when you know what the weakest device your software would work on and then optimize it accordingly. This is also why Android does not work well on low-end devices. The UI of Windows Phone 7 is so smooth, it gives you the illusion of moving physical objects around instead of UI elements, an illusion that Android fails to maintain, thanks to the occasional stutter. Unfortunately, the smoothness is only limited to the default applications as third-party applications could not live up to the same standards that Microsoft has set. We have seen Android developers come up with smoother applications even though they had no idea what phone their application would be running on. We hope things get better in future as these applications are updated. Applications This is one area where iOS pulls out a massive lead ahead of all the other platforms here. Being around the longest has certainly benefitted it and there are millions of applications available on the App Store right now waiting to be downloaded. Granted that more than half of them are not worth a second look but there are some really brilliant apps here. In fact, the general quality of applications available is the highest among all the smartphone platforms. Some of these apps have truly revolutionized the way we use our smartphones and in a way that not even Apple would have imagined when they made the iPhone. If apps are all you care about more than the device, then iOS is the platform to be on right now. Although Android is fast catching up with iOS in terms of number of applications, we have failed to come across truly compelling apps that would sway us in favor of the Droid. Most of the great apps on Android are already available on iOS and the remaining ones are Google's own apps. There are very few great apps or games that are exclusive to Android right now. Sure, things would change down the line and once everyone realizes that Android is the better platform to develop for, considering there are no strict restrictions to follow unlike on the App Store, people would eventually make a move towards Android. With Android already outselling iPhones in the US soon everyone would want to develop for the OS with the most number of users. Right now though, things aren't that great as such and if it's apps you want you should be looking at iOS, not Android. Also, remember that even if tomorrow Android Market does get all the great applications that does not mean they will stop making them for iOS. There was a time when people boasted about the number of applications that Symbian has. Although it does have one of the best libraries of applications available in terms of sheer numbers, a lack of application store meant it was difficult to have access to them. Now that Nokia has the Ovi Store, things are looking better. When we reviewed the N8 we remarked about the number of applications available for it. Even though the platform was quite new, the store had decent number of apps available for it. Even now it is growing at a steady pace. But the thing about the Ovi Store is that it will just take care of the basics and you won't be spoilt for choice as on iOS or Android. Want a Twitter client, there is Gravity. Want an IM app, use Nimbuzz. While this does make it easier to choose, at times you wish you had more apps from the same category to choose from. Windows Phone 7 has the least impressive library of applications available for it and although one can blame this on the short period of time it has been out we must say the Windows Marketplace didn't flood with great apps the way we expected it to be. Just like Ovi, it has all the basic applications covered, but there is nothing here that isn't available on the other platforms as of now. Also, the applications and especially games seemed unreasonably expensive on the Marketplace compared to App Store or Android Market. The same app as on these stores would cost two to three times more on the Marketplace for no reason. Perhaps developers are seeing Windows Phone 7 as a premium platform, considering all the Windows Phone 7 devices are high-end and think they can get away with pricing their apps high (the same reason why Android developers either choose to go the ad-based way or through OEMs because they know Android buyers aren't big spenders). Verdict You probably expected Symbian to be at the bottom of the chart when you started reading this article, but as surprising as it may be, it isn't. That (dis)honor goes to Windows Phone 7, which has a long way to go before it can play with the big boys. Sure it has the potential to be great with a killer interface that would seduce people into buying this phone (and flame me in the comments section for writing bad about it). But right now there are few reasons to consider buying a Windows Phone 7 handset. Perhaps by the time you are ready to buy your next smartphone, it would be ready for you. Symbian has gone through a lot of changes over the past years and it has never been in a better shape before. But we feel it has reached the end of its potential and it's about time it hands over the torch to MeeGo, which will take over as the premium operating system on Nokia's smartphones. While there is nothing bad about it, others just seem a generation ahead and although it still has the one of the best feature list around it's not enough in today's world. The fact the Ovi Store isn't exactly brimming with great quality apps is also another reason why it lags behind. iOS has had a long and successful journey and it still has a long way to go, but it seems too rigid in today's world. The interface design is still top notch and Apple's attention to detail is exemplary. However, you still miss some of those features, such as widgets for the homescreen or a notification system that does not annoy you. More than anything else, iOS's biggest trump card is the App Store, which is undoubtedly the best in the business. But the fact that you can only enjoy this wonderful OS on two smartphones, both of which are high-end devices, does not bode well for those who don't have 'Ambani' as their last name. Android today is a completely different animal compared to what it was two years ago. It felt rudimentary, to say the least, and although it showed potential it was difficult to predict back then what it would be today. Google has worked hard on the OS and thanks to a steady stream of updates it has completely transformed into this new OS that can go head-to-head with the best of the business. It's still far from perfect though and certain issues such as fragmentation would never be solved. But people have accepted them and found ways to make things work regardless of presence. Today's Android offers the best combination of features, performance and support from the developer community in terms of application and the fact that it can run on even a sub Rs. 7,000 handset proves that you don't need big bucks to own a smartphone. And it's because of all these qualities that it manages to narrowly nudge ahead of iOS, which has so far been the undisputed king of the smartphone segment. So our verdict is simple, if you don't have the cash to spend on an iPhone 4, get an Android. Source: Techtree

45,000 tests prove Android surfs faster than the iPhone Ottawa, March 17, 2011 A recent study performed by Ottowa-based Blaze Software reveals that Android's mobile Web browser is significantly faster than the mobile Safari browser found on Apple's iPhone. Blaze Software Inc released today the largest ever research study of smart phone browser performance. The purpose of the study was to determine once and for all which of the two leading smart phone vendors has the fastest browser. After taking over 45,000 measurements on the latest iPhone and Android devices, the study found that Android was 52% faster than iPhone on average. Android finished loading a Web page faster on 84% of the 1000 Websites tested. The study also found that the despite significant JavaScript performance gains in the latest Apple iOS 4.3 release and Google Android 2.3 releases, these improvement made no measurable improvement on the actual page load times of the sites tested. "We were very surprised by the results", said Guy Podjarny, Blaze CTO and Co-Founder. "We assumed that it would be closer race and that the latest JavaScript speed improvements would have a more material impact on performance. The fact that Android beat iPhone by such a large margin was not expected". The firm utilized the latest Android devices running Android 2.2 and Android 2.3 in the tests, and pitted them against iPhone 4 handsets running both iOS 4.2 and iOS 4.3. What makes this study unique is the size of the study and the fact that it used real phones on real world websites to make the measurements. Past studies have often used fabricated benchmark sites or manual measurements on a small number of sites. This study was made possible through custom apps developed to measure page load time on mobile devices. These apps run on the actual devices, load a page on demand, and measure how long it took. These agents are available as a free service to measure any site with the Blaze Mobitest Tool.

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One should not expect the same offers to remain life long or for very long period for any Operator. It's a function of how telcos are measuring net impact of MNP. Expect them to continuously change their strategies every quarter by modifying MNP retention plans as clear data becomes available. Vodafone is no longer offering CC175 Plan (Many here consider it as the BEST One Can Get) which i got when they were fearful of large number of port outs in the initial phase.. Eventually they turned out to be largest gainers in MNP and quickly dropped that plan. As far as Reliance is concerned, they told me that this billing discount offers of Rs 100 is tied with how long you are committing to remain on the network... 3 Months...6 Months.. Longest period for which they are offering the discount NOW is 6 months. Thereafter one can Call CC and get the same offer renewed again. How valid that promise is remains to be seen!!!

Best part is Samsung has launched it as an OMH Handset... So you can choose the operator of your choice. Brilliant... Price at Rs 9,750 and will be available from 25th March Countrywide...

India's Reliance Secures LTE TDD Partner March 16, 2011 Gagandeep Kaur. Light Reading Asia Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) , the only company in India to hold a nationwide license for Long Term Evolution Time Division Duplex (LTE TDD), has secured a partner to help with the planning, rollout and access infrastructure development for its multi-billion dollar broadband wireless access (BWA) network. But that partner isn't any of the major international wireless infrastructure vendors -- it's Mumbai-based integrator and technology developer Rancore Technologies Pvt. Ltd. , a small (up to 200 staff) company that specializes in technology evaluation and validation, acceptance testing, operations management and standardization for LTE, WiMax, IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem), IPTV and service delivery platform (SDP) deployments. "We are working with Reliance [industries] for its network rollout ... we are their technology partner," Rancore Vice President Atul Agarwal told Light Reading Asia. That's quite a coup for Rancore, as Reliance Industries is set to become one of the most influential broadband players in India in the coming years. Courtesy of its acquisition of Infotel Broadband Services in the wake of last June's BWA spectrum auction, Reliance Industries is the only company that holds licenses to operate in the 2.3GHz band in all of India's 22 circles (service areas). And while that spectrum is suitable for WiMax services, Reliance favors the LTE TDD technology that is gaining support in a number of other markets, most notably China. In fact, Reliance Industries was one of a number of companies that expressed strong commitment to the development of a global LTE TDD ecosystem at the recent LTE TDD/FDD International Summit in Barcelona. While that ecosystem is still in the early stages of development, particularly with regards to user devices, Reliance intends to launch its initial services in a few cities during 2011. That's important not just for Reliance, Rancore and any other companies that are brought on board for the launch, but also for the other BWA license-holders, as Reliance's go-to-market strategy is expected to influence the decisions taken by the other five companies that successfully bid for 2.3GHz spectrum. All of which is significant for India's communications market too, as there is a strong push for faster and more extensive broadband penetration in India that the country's fixed-line operators have been unable to fulfil. As a result, widespread broadband penetration is likely to be achieved only if the BWA license-holders can successfully develop and market their services. Rancore's role and relationship with Reliance Industries Though Agarwal refused to elaborate on exactly what it's doing for Reliance, an industry source with knowledge of the relationship says Rancore is involved in technology research and development and network planning for the license-holder, and has been funded by Reliance Industries since its inception in 2007. Agarwal declined to comment on any investment relationship with Reliance. It's possible, too, that Rancore's involvement in Reliance's plans may extend beyond testing, validation and planning. The Indian firm formed an alliance with wireless processor specialist picoChip Designs Ltd. that enables Rancore to use picoChip's wireless baseband technology for the development of "4G" base stations. However, Reliance has been working closely with a number of large, international technology players, including Ericsson AB (Nasdaq: ERIC), as it develops its LTE TDD strategy. Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. have also been linked to Reliance's LTE TDD plans, while Nokia Siemens Networks is working hard to win a slice of the action.