KanagaDeepan

Hmmm, 43k for S-III.... I fear Sammy might have asked us for an arm and leg if they gave S-III with good looks, premium materials (metal/ceramic), SuperAMOLED+ (RGBRGB and NOT RGBG pentile matrix), 2GB RAM as in Americas, etc... But the main disappointment here is, the launch of S-III will never affect price of S-II or even S... S for around 20k, S-II for around 30k, S-III around 40k... More good reasons to wait for Razr MAXX, imho...

Complain TI to pgportal....

Good offers stopped once flipkart bought letsbuy... The only coupon LBSALE with 5% discount was NOT at all working for all 5 transactions I have done in Letsbuy... So later I avoided them and now I think (seeing experience of Nitin ji above) that was a good decision....

Why 3% more for creditcard payments???? I even can't guess a good reason for this stupidity, imho....

^^^^^^ HAHA... Very TRUE....

OFF-Topic: ^^^^^^ Rajan ji, that advantage also holds true for GSM also considering the world phones and other 3GSM imported handsets from our reputed sellers here in Rimweb... Further GSM imported handsets can be changed frequently by changing SIMs, while in CDMA only few imported OMH supported (by means of tweaking) foreign handsets has that facility... Ironically, almost all those CDMA-RUIM enabled foreign handsets support GSM also... OnTopic:- Further this thread is a good example of "Having OMH enabled foreign handsets is NOT enough"....

^^^^^ Thats why I love and wait sooo long for Razr MAXXX.....

@ Avisekh, am talking from my experience....

Imho, beggary is better than burglary... If they found it too difficult to continue business in India or Trai's recommendations too costly, they better shut all their holes with cork and pack back to Russia... at last the only hopeful Cdma operator in India, has started following their big brothers path... I wonder with the timer starts running after pressing green in Cdma phones, and these fellows being hopelessly culprit, I wonder how much they might have looted even in per second plans... Even gsm of tata charges extra upto three seconds in per second plans, clearly shown by call timers... Sent from my SAMSUNG-captivate glide using Tapatalk

I think the "BROADBAND FOR ALL" just refers to ALL scammers like A.Raja, S.Kalmadi, P.C., who only will be finding AirHELL's 4G tariffs and device cost as very very cheap....

Earlier it was apprx. Rs250 for 1GB for 7 days, which I use during roaming, as my tour is also aprx. 7 days... OK type of offer esp when comparing Aircel...

China Finally Signs Off on Google’s Acquisition of Motorola, Deal to Close Within a Week The final hurdle in Google’s acquisition of Motorola has been jumped – China and its antitrust authorities signed off on the deal. Both the European Commission and U.S. Department of Justice signed off back in February, but for whatever reason, China needed more time. Thanks to this final approval, the deal is expected to close within the next week. What does this mean now? Well, probably not a whole lot in the short term. Google has continued to stand by their “Motorola is completely separate from Google” remarks, so for at least this year, we may not see anything change. Could Google eventually start to produce their own Motorola/Google branded products? Of course they could, but would that scare off many of their other partners in the Android ecosystem? Most probably NO... Source:- HERE

GOOGLE finally acquired Motorola-Mobility today.... We’ve acquired Motorola Mobility May 22, 2012 at 6:23 PM The phones in our pockets have become supercomputers that are changing the way we live. It’s now possible to do things we used to think were magic, or only possible on Star Trek--like get directions right from where we are standing; watch a video on YouTube; or take a picture and share the moment instantly with friends. It’s why I’m excited to announce today that our Motorola Mobility deal has closed. Motorola is a great American tech company that has driven the mobile revolution, with a track record of over 80 years of innovation, including the creation of the first cell phone. We all remember Motorola’s StarTAC, which at the time seemed tiny and showed the real potential of these devices. And as a company who made a big, early bet on Android, Motorola has become an incredibly valuable partner to Google. Sanjay Jha, who was responsible for building the company and placing that big bet on Android, has stepped down as CEO. I would like to thank him for his efforts and am tremendously pleased that he will be working to ensure a smooth transition as long-time Googler Dennis Woodside takes over as CEO of Motorola Mobility. I’ve known Dennis for nearly a decade, and he’s been phenomenal at building teams and delivering on some of Google’s biggest bets. One of his first jobs at Google was to put on his backpack and build our businesses across the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Russia. More recently he helped increase our revenue in the U.S. from $10.8 billion to $17.5 billion in under three years as President of the Americas region. Dennis has always been a committed partner to our customers and I know he will be an outstanding leader of Motorola. As an Ironman triathlete, he’s got plenty of energy for the journey ahead--and he’s already off to great start with some very strong new hires for the Motorola team. It’s a well known fact that people tend to overestimate the impact technology will have in the short term, but underestimate its significance in the longer term. Many users coming online today may never use a desktop machine, and the impact of that transition will be profound--as will the ability to just tap and pay with your phone. That’s why it’s a great time to be in the mobile business, and why I’m confident Dennis and the team at Motorola will be creating the next generation of mobile devices that will improve lives for years to come. by Larry Page, CEO SOURCE:- Link

^^^^^^ Ya... But I guess the reason behind China's concern on Google's openness and FREE s/w is for the benefit of chinese cos (like Huawei, ZTE and even cottage industries {unbranded} that makes and sells Android phones)... Guess what will happen to those cos if Google started making their own devices and changed the openness of Android like Apple (we even can't imagine) like their own PROP OS + Hardware...

^^^^ LOL... CID shaab... All they know is get some phone from China for Rs.xyz per KG and pack them in their boxes and sell... You have scared them a lot... They are too frightened that they may stop releasing high end phones in future, with the fear someone with technical knowledge may ask too many questions to them.... Jokes apart, we may have to wait for some tech sites to give a review on this one and its power say like playing 720p videos without sweating, multi-tasking, etc... Only then, I will recommend to friends... Earlier one dualSIM 3G+2G Android phone from spice was too promising, but the review showed its ugly face... Let us all wait and see... Even i the chipset is NOT mediatek, if the performance is good and overall NOT laggy, then surely its worth the money, imho...

^^^^^ If it can play TempleRun without hiccups, then its surely worth the price imho...

Anyway to confirm if MediaTek chipset is present?? I will definitely buy this for my friend, if it has one... It is as good as Galaxy S + DualSIM in <10k range....

If you got success for Razr, then that same procedure ditto applies for MAXX also, as both are using same ROM, everything from the beginning... But if you want to confirm, discuss with Parin ji reg the procedures as u have said earlier, he is having one MAXX now with him....

Sure my friend.... Just SMS me the price + a/c number + PartyVenue once it was done... You know, I am NOT joking... I earlier heard Razr and Droid4 is going to be WorldEdition phone (around announcements) from Hetal ji's tweet... As Razr and Razr MAXX has same ROM and almost same hardware (except battery), this was possible with MAXX also Just saw Razr (GSM) on Univercell_Chennai, that was the most beautiful phone I have ever seen... And with the much needed JUMBO battery, MAXX is THE BEST phone in the planet (for me)... Further being a BigRED (eg Inc2) phone, I think this will NOT get plagued with USSD issue like Photon... Even if the problem exists, I will use it for my postpaid TATA number... Already 5 people are waiting for my CapGlide for past 2 months... Now I think the recent price-reduction of MAXX and Razr will help u more... Again please strike a good deal from US Parin ji... Most probably you may be disturbed by me on Sunday (today) morning... Soo many work left now... Have to get microSIM for my BSNL number, beatings from my mom (every time I change my phone), sell the Glide (fully loaded) to a friend, buy a 64GB card (for 1080p videos), etc....

100+ REASONS NOT TO BUY A WINDOWS PHONE 7.5 WP7.5 (Mango) is already in its second generation but it still has many restrictions, limitations and serious usability issues. This is a list of its shortcomings as compared with other smartphone OS in the market. We are not comparing special features or abilities but those which have become the norm for all smartphones and even dumb phones. An Android, Symbian or MeeGo phone would have almost none of these shortcomings. An iphone share some restrictions with WP7.5 but is still miles ahead. Even the Nokia N9 running the first generation MeeGo OS is far better with none of the disastrous issues which impact on the sheer usability of the phone. Note: Some manufacturers may add their own provisions to overcome some of the shortcomings but they are not part of the OS and are applicable only to their specific models. The Nokia Lumia has no special add-ons so this list is generally applicable to the Lumia. OS LIMITATIONS 1. No true multitasking for 3rd party apps - they re frozen in the background. 2. No Divx/Xvid video codec support. Zune will convert with loss of quality. 3. No mass storage mode. 4. No micro-SD card support. 5. Only support up to 16GB storage . 6. No filemanager. Directory system is totally opaque. 7. Need Zune to transfer files. Zune will only transfer photos, videos & music. All other files need to email/upload to yourself. 8. Your contact details are automatically uploaded to cloud service whether you like it or not. 9. Limited to 800x480 resolution. 10. Voice search is hardwired to Bing. 11. Cannot use any MP3 file as ringtone except those with strict constraints. 12. Cannot set static IP address so no connection to ad-hoc networks. 13. No VPN support for this “corporate enterprise” phone. 14. Cannot sync directly with Outlook without syncing to Cloud 15. Totally closed OS, cannot sideload apps outside MS Marketplace. 16. System font size cannot be changed. 17. Images and photos cannot be renamed in the phone. 18. Windows Live ID account cannot change country once set. 19. No centralized notification page. 20. Alarm clock cannot work when phone is turned off. All Nokia Symbian and Meego phones can do this. 21. The idle screen is completely blank and cannot display time or notifications. 22. Only photos allowed as email attachments, documents not allowed. 23. Bluetooth does not have rSAP protocol which is the most common protocol for car audio streaming. 24. Cannot stream audio from video to Bluetooth devices (No A2DP). 25. No support for full on-device encryption required for secure applications like mobile banking and online payment. 26. Cannot use Bluetooth keyboard. 27. Cannot silence ringtone or alarm by flipping the phone. 28. Very limited customization option. 29. Cannot be upgraded to WP8 (Apollo) USABILITY ISSUES 30. No always visible status bar for battery life, signal strength, carrier, 2G/3G wi-fi, Bluetooth on. 31. Taskmanager has no option to shut down apps you don’t want running in the background. 32. Search and Back button cannot be de-activated in apps or games and easily touched by accident which interrupt your user experience. 33. Lockscreen need to be activated to show missed call/sms notification. 34. No way to close an app except pressing back button all the way to the first screen. 35. Tiny fonts in messages is very hard to read for those over 45. 36. Cannot create and save playlists on the phone. 37. Playlist can only be edited when you are playing it. 38. Cannot search your music collection on the phone, only in the Marketplace. 39. Cannot close music player, can only pause. Music player on lockscreen will stay until you reboot. Be careful not to touch it in a meeting. 40. No draggable progress bar for current track playing and no indication which track in an album is currently playing 41. Cannot lock screen orientation. 42. Online and phone contacts are mixed together with no ability to filter. 43. Cumbersome dialing with no smartdial. Not able to enter alphabets into dialler for name lookup. 44. Cannot save draft sms messages. 45. Call history only show phone number type. If a contact has multiple phone nos. for a type the number used is unknown. 46. Cannot recognize phone numbers in sms or email to save or use as calling number. 47. Text messages can only be deleted one by one or the whole thread. 48. Cannot select multiple pictures for deleting, sending or uploading. They must be done one at a time. 49. Clicking on the Me Tile doesn’t take you directly to your notifications it takes you to your profile, a serious usability blunder 50. Apps are listed alphabetically with no way to group by category. Can be hard to find if you don’t remember the name. 51. Calendar scheduler has no weekly view and monthly view is non-zoomable. 52. No peak time/off-peak time scheduling for email downloads to prevent unnecessary email downloads at overnight. 53. If both wi-fi and data connection are available which one it chooses to use is unpredictable. User experiences don’t agree with Microsoft that it “typically” choose wi-fi over 3G. FEATURE LIMITATIONS 54. No video call. 55. No haptic feedback for keyboard. 56. No Swype. 57. No flashplayer support. 58. No support for Java apps. 59. No call recording or app to do it. 60. No call blocking or app to do it. 61. No screenshots or app to do it. 62. No auto wallpaper changer and no app to do it. 63. Totally locked down os means apps which interact directly with hardware not allowed. This excludes a whole range of useful apps 64. No equalizer for Zune music player. 65. FM radio doesn’t work on speaker. 66. IE browser has no text reflow, no download capability and no offline reading. 67. No 3rd party browsers allowed except those based on IE. 68. Volume up/down buttons cannot be used to zoom in camera (sign of an immature os) 69. Cannot open zip or rar files received as email attachment. 70. Cannot send or receive video by MMS. 71. Office Mobile has much less features than 3rd party Office editors like SmartOffice, QuickOffice and Polaris. Shame on you, Microsoft! 72. No native Google maps and Bing maps is useless for most countries outside U.S. 73. Email time stamp does not show the year. 74. Wide difference in apps availability in different markets and users locked to one market. 75. Not all Bing features available outside U.S. especially Local Scout DUMB AND DUMBER 76. One volume control for all functions including media playback, ringtones, alarms, notifications. 77. Wi-fi disconnects when screen sleeps. 78. If you receive a text message when talking on the phone an audio alert will blast your ear at the full volume set. All other phones will give a soft beep. 79. Can only enter one mobile phone no. for each contact. Mobile nos. entered in other fields will not accept sms. 80. Cannot send/receive MMS without enabling 3G data connection. MMS does not use 3G data. 81. Phone cannot be charged when off. 82. Need to be plugged in to wall charger to sync wirelessly (a funny definition of wireless). 83. Oversized fonts for headings waste screen space and result in low information density 84. Phone will wake up and display sms content on lockscreen when locked – a privacy violation. 85. Phone can be rebooted without entering security code. FEATURES EVEN DUMB PHONES HAVE BUT WP7.5 DOESN’T 86. No bluetooth file transfer. 87. Cannot handle USSD codes necessary for prepaid users to obtain services. 88. Cannot filter call history into Missed Calls, Received Calls, Dialled Calls, Recent Calls, etc 89. No way to backup or export call history 90. Cannot show call duration in call history. 91. No way to edit MMS profile to work with a carrier in the OS. Need an app which is not available in all markets. 92. Call history does not group calls by contact. 93. Call history does not show the time of call for calls older than current day. 94. Cannot set custom sounds for different types of notifications. 95. No ringer profiles. 96. No silent option (no vibrate and no ring) from ringer menu. Need a trip to settings and another trip to revert. 97. Cannot send/receive contact as a csv file. 98. Cannot backup sms to PC. 99. Cannot save contact to SIM card. 100. Cannot change alarm ring tone or use a MP3 file. 101. Cannot set alarm snooze interval. BONUS SHORTCOMINGS 102. Unable to read long names in audio and video playlist as they get cut off 103. Zune does not allow user to add or update podcasts directly from the phone 104. Zune can only be installed if you have an internet connection 105. Alarm does not revert to speaker if headphones are plugged in. 106. Forwarded emails cannot be edited 107. OS does not reduce volume of text message alerts when using headphones 108. All photos automatically upload to Skydrive have resolution reduced (no option) and lose their EXIF information 109. Wifi- hotspot and internet tethering not integral features in the OS but need to be provided by manufacturer on a case by case basis. 110. Internet Explorer has no Forward/Backward button for page views. SOURCE:- HERE

^^^^^^ Sorry my friend... OP needs the phone that support 8GB (memory) CARD... So I think her old phone X2 is better than iPhone here Jokes apart, I too think he has to look for some smartphones for the requirements like E5 (for 3+ hour audio recording), imho...

This is called giving an offer half-heartedly.... Not ready to give offer, but then NOT easy to remain in market... This is the situation of AirHELL 3G now...

Yes, Europeans use ',' and '.' interchangely in numbers and so the confusion...

Without a doubt, S-III will be a success... But it is the too much expectation esp the ceramic finish + regular RGB matrix on display, reduced the level of initial excitement among geeks... I am sure, many who blamed S-III during launch will go for s-III in coming months, but we can't expect such "SHUT UP & TAKE MY MONEY" level of success of S-II now, imho... Anyway I am waiting for Razr MAXX or HD version of it only...

^^^^ Though I am not interested in freebies, I would like to thank Kamal ji for spending his time and efforts for our friends in Rimweb... Hats off to you sir ji...