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^^^ According to CC, b&w handsets also are still available but they are expensive than RD3000 and are sold at around Rs 1600 odd. The models are LG 2690, 2650 etc. (not too sure) The b&w models are more sturdier than the colour ones, hence the cost is more. However the features are better in the colour models, IMHO. I doubt the veracity of the info doled out by the CC, maybe somewhere in some remote WW, these b&w models may be available, if unsold still.

First Theft Tracking CDMA Phone Techtree News Staff Email Print Jul 19, 2006 Samsung India has announced the launch of the Samsung Hero, positioned as the country's first Anti-theft Mobile Tracker and Emergency SOS Alert CDMA phone. According to the company, the new handset is targeted at consumers who want the twin benefits of high quality mobility and affordability. A slim and stylish phone, the Samsung Hero prominently features an anti-theft mobile tracker, as also an emergency SOS alert. Commenting on the launch, H C Ryu, managing director, Samsung India, said, "We are pleased to launch the country's first phone with Anti Theft Mobile Tracker feature and Emergency SOS alert system. These features add to the everyday safety of consumers, and minimize the pain of losing one's Mobile Phone . With the launch of Hero, Tata Indicom customers will be the first to enjoy this technology introduced by Samsung in the country." The Anti Theft Mobile Tracker, according to the company, has been introduced for the first time by Samsung and Tata Indicom. In the event the phone is stolen, and the number is replaced, the feature enables the handset to automatically send an SMS to up to two pre-selected numbers, giving the contact number of the new user without his/her knowledge. The other feature, the Emergency SOS Alert, is meant to ensure that help is close- at-hand in the user's hour-of-need. When the user senses trouble, all he/she has to do is press the "C" key four times, and the handset automatically sends-out an SOS SMS to up to 10 numbers pre-selected by the user. The SMS alerts receivers that the user needs help. Upon calling back the user, his/her handset automatically receives calls, thereby facilitating instant communication. The Samsung Hero mobile handset is immediately available through Tata Indicom True Value Shops and True Value Hubs for Rs 1,499, and comes along with seven days validity plus Rs 50 worth of initial talk time. Home | News | Telecom Link Courtesy: http://www.techtree.com/techtree/jsp/artic...&cat_id=613 Enjooooooooooooooooooooooooy.

@honest, 500 minutes at Re 0.30 works out to Rs 150 only. So still it is not a zero rental plan. But nevertheless, it is a good plan depending on one's needs....

Seems that our threats and emails have drilled some hard sense into their heads now!!!! Hope the same sense will prevail for introducing unltd wap browsing plans. Hope they will not price it at Rs 10000 per month, after all, ADA now needs money to sue MDA for notional losses suffered because of scuppering of MTN deal. @honest, That was a brilliant and hilarious encounter with CC, your long and vast experience speaks. Good one.....

^^^ Maybe in his dreams, he will become richer but in reality, he will never.

^^^ What about exp. memory and is it CDMA or GSM?

My 6265 almost 2 years old now, but has started giving a lot of problems since the last 4 - 5 months. I will vouch for kshah's, vijay malhotra's and greatest's views on Nokia and its ASCs. Add a couple of thousands to your budget and get HTC 6800 or Palm Treo 755p. You will never regret your decision. And now sadikbhai is offering some goodies as well. Contact him and go ahead.

Always go for LG or Nokia or Samsung only. Don't ever touch any Chinese, however great the company may be or howsoever feature-rich or priced-very-less the handset may be.

^^^ Is it MDA's or ADA's end that you are referring to? It is terribly sad that ADA could not sew up the deal with MTN. As I see things, my bet would be on ADA seeing the beginning of the end from now onwards. He has been making all the wrong moves recently without foreseeing problems that may come up from the family front itself. All his businesses have some problem or the other with MDA. Let him first sort out all problems with MDA once and for all or he will be finished for all.

^^^ Another good phone for sadik to import....

^^^ Welcome to the GSM gangster company!!!! Now it appears that the time has has come to change over to the public sector companies.

^^^ If the govt. falls, so will ADA as he is now linked to them very closely through Samajwadi Party. again no MTN takeover also..... no GSM launch also.......He he he

^^^ AFAIK, No changes in access through NetConnect. Only if you use WAP for accessing your emails through gmail or any other mail's web page, the charges are astronimically "introductory" at Re 1.10 per 10kb. So, for you it will still be time based only. Continue enjoying and hope NetConnect gets even more cheaper as @mitj@in has already stated elsewhere on this forum.

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^^^ Right, ENJOY................

Very interesting news snippets......

^^^ Check your Nokia topic for more info. Since you do not want FM, camera etc, you can safely settle for RD 3000, it is a fairly decent handset with good battery backup. Go for it.

^^^ LG's latest models have good battery backup. And most important, they are cheap at the prices you have mentioned. For RCOM, I would suggest you do not spend much on handsets. You never know, when they will raise rates by more than 1000%, yes that's right, 1000%..... Once they revise rates, you can safely throw away the handset and forget about it. Classics are still cheaper, but go for LG. Atleast you will have service centers in case you run into any problems. Finally, you can get the LG 3000 for Rs 1300, LG 3100/3500/3600 for around Rs 1800 with the connection. Bargain with the dealers and you will get good deals. 4 days back, one of my office staff bought a LG 3100 for Rs 1800 with a LT connection. Try your luck. Enquire around.

@petar, There is no change as such for Netconnect charges, only charges for WAP usage has been increased exponentially by 1000%. You can continue enjoying Netconnect as long as you want. Maybe as @mitj@in stated elsewhere - RCOM may extend the reduction in tariffs for Netconnect prevailing in Punjab circle to the Rest of India. But no firm news as yet.

^^^ I think there is no need to give them threats. Enough of this nonsense attitude towards old customers also. I have always had a faint feeling that RCOM will antagonise their old customers in some really stupid manner and hence, I had not gone in for any of the high end handsets. In hindsight, I seem to have vindicated myself. To remain with RCOM, one needs to only have a Rs 500 or max Rs 700 handset, RCOM is not worth more than this at all. Because if you ever try to use their high end services, you will be penalised very, very strongly. One should only use RCOM's voice services - to hell with the BB, PPCs, etc. and to hell with the way the world has advanced in mobile technologies. RCOM is only for pure voice and nothing else - don't use their SMS services also, they are worthless. Like kshah, I also have called Airtel and Voda people over for their plans and based on their presentations, I will go GSM and also definitely junk RCOM totally. As kshah has rightly said, no continuing even on prepaid with RCOM. The resentment is too deep now for any further amends. However even if all we high end Rimwebians terminate our connections, RCOM will be least bothered about it. Because we represent what is maybe 0.0001% (hypothetical only, no serious calculations, here) of their subscriber base. It is only a small pinch to them - a tighter slap would be more effective for them. Let us hope that our small pinch metamorphises into a very tight slap on RCOM's face. Then they will realise the facts. Let us all terminate our connections at the earliest.

@kshah, We cannot terminate because we will lose DAPO plan. Once we terminate or migrate to prepaid also, we will lose DAPO forever. So what to do?

^^^ Enjoy man, with RIMweb you will always get the latest and the best. Even RCOM cannot help you most of the times. This method of long press '0' was already posted elsewhere on this forum and I just remembered it and posted it for you. Your thanks may be re-directed to that person. Now since you have enabled RWorld already, are you aware of the new kb charges. You may end up paying through your nose for their stupid services. Please check this link: http://www.rimweb.in/forums/index.php?show...view=getnewpost for more info.

^^^ Signed your petition and added my comments also.

The following is the reply with an word attachment received from RCOM. It is a fact that they have started charging 1000% more now. It is the best time to quit RCOM now. I will surrender all my four connections now, I cannot continue with RCOM anymore. Dear Mr. Shah, This is with reference to your email regarding the services for your Reliance Mobile connections. Please find the WAP Differential KB Charging details with this email for your reference. Further, we wish to inform that we have made a note of your valuable feedback in this regard. We regret the inconvenience caused to you. Thank you for being associated with us. Warm Regards, Dharmendra Singh Negi Customer Care WAP Differential KB Charging <h2 style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0.0001pt; background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"> Description</h2> · W.e.f July 9th 2008, Reliance Mobile WAP Customers accessing any mobile internet site will be charged differentially for surfing. Browsing charges for accessing mobile internet sites (i.e. external sites – 3rd party/off-net sites) would be over and above existing RWorld charges. · Charges & Invoicing: Charges for accessing mobile internet site is Rs.1 per 10KB. Unlike on-net charges, mobile internet/off-net charges would be applicable on a Real Time basis. This charge would be over and above the existing on-net charges @ 10p/10KB. In the customers invoice, differential charging would appear as a different line item just underneath the existing on-net details. <h2 style="margin: 0mm 0mm 0.0001pt; background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><a name="_Terms_&_Conditions_(Index)_1">Terms & Conditions</h2> 1) Wap differential charging is applicable for accessing mobile internet site. 2) Charges for accessing 3rd party sites are Re.1 /10 Kb. 3) Normal KB charges of 10ps /10 kb is charged while accessing Reliance Mobile World. 4) Kilobyte size of a mobile site or website is the responsibility of the service provider, not Reliance Communications. 5) Rs.1/10kb charges is WAP differential charging only and do not include the cost of downloading the services or subscriptions from mobile site or website 6) The network usage charges are applicable to all Reliance Mobile World users having a wap enabled handset. E.g. Nokia 6155, Nokia 6265, Nokia 2865, Nokia 6275 etc. Its also applicable on R World enabled Wap/Brew handsets where mobile internet sites can be accessed e.g. Motorola V3M, Motorola L7C, Motorola K1M, Motorola V9M, Cool Pad 288, Blackberry 8703e, Blackberry 8830, Blackberry 8130, HTC Wave, HTC Libra, Kinpo Classic 762, Kinpo Classic 731, Kinpo Classic 732, UT Starcomm PPC6700, etc. 7) Reliance Communications assumes no responsibility for and does not endorse unless expressly stated, content created or published by third parties that is included in the sites and the services or which may be linked to and from the mobile internet sites. 8) The sites and/or the services may be used by you to link into other websites, resources and/or networks worldwide. 9) Reliance Communications accepts no responsibility for the content, services or otherwise in respect of these and you agree to conform to the acceptable use policies of such websites, resources and/ or Networks. The user is accessing the mobile internet site or 3rd party sites or off-net sites at own risk; Reliance communications is in no way responsible for quality of content/applications and impact on handsets. Reliance Communication is also not responsible for any consequences for any mobile internet or 3rd party sites or off-net sites accessed.

BT Offers Fixed-Mobile Convergence Solution in Asia Pacific British Telecom (BT) is launching a corporate fixed-mobile service through its Asia Pacific subsidiary. Markets in the region for the initial launch include Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and South Korea. "We are delighted to be the first provider of the fixed-mobile convergence corporate solution for the Asia Pacific markets. The solution has enriched our offering in Asia Pacific and enhanced our position as one of the leading convergence communication service providers," said Nathan Bell, Portfolio & Parnership, BT Asia Pacific. "BT Corporate Fusion will not only allow our customers to experience productivity gain, but will also enable them to streamline their infrastructure, simplifying management of communications within the organization and with outside contacts." BT Asia Pacific is building on the work of the UK team and customizing BT Corporate Fusion for the Asia Pacific markets heeding the specific standards and needs of the region. The completely client-based solution supports both GSM and CDMA settings and is PABX vendor and mobile operator agnostic, meaning that it is not tied to any specific manufacturers' mobile handset models. End-users can use existing phones as long as they are BT Corporate Fusion-compliant and companies do not have to invest heavily in equipment and related set up or manage handset inventory. Using prevailing Wi-Fi technologies to interface with the fixed network and with WAP/GPRS/Bluetooth/Wi-Fi to regularly keep the handset clients up to date, BT Corporate Fusion promises fast and seamless communication support to end-users, with minimal user disruptions." The rollout schedule of the BT Corporate Fusion has it ready for Wi-Fi access within the next six months. BT's Dalian Technology and Service Centre will provide helpdesk support to address end-user enquiries in Asia Pacific. Second and third level support will also be provided in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. BT's Research and Innovation Lab located there will continue to enhance existing technologies, adding new features, as well as testing new handsets introduced by different handset makers. Posted to the site on 11th July 2008 Source: http://www.cellular-news.com/story/32352.php