Honest 836 Report post Posted September 23, 2008 Motorola to launch affordable touch phone Economic Times In a bid to reap the heightened consumer interest for touch screen phones, after Apple’s hyped iPhone launch, rival Motorola is about to roll out an ‘affordable’ touch phone for the Indian market. Motorola plans to launch a feature-rich touch screen phone, positioned as an entry-level PDA, at the Rs 8,000 price point. The move is likely to trigger a price war and herald the emergence of low-priced touch phones in India, considering the fact that the current price band for such devices is between Rs 11,000 to Rs 36,000. The US cell phone vendor’s latest bet, model ‘A810’, will be sold under the ‘MotoYuva’ brand, the platform under which Motorola targets the youth consumer segment in India. Motorola is in talks with multiple telecom operators for bundling the device and has plans to push the handset even in the rural markets. MotoYuva A810 is going to hit the Indian market in the first week of October. The company expects its latest affordable touch screen device will help it gain significant market share in India. It may also roll out more touch devices in the next few months. Confirming this, Motorola India director (marketing - mobile devices) Lloyd Mathias told ET, “There is a huge expectation in the Indian market for touch screen phones. Since iPhone is priced quite high, there is a huge consumer segment which is waiting to be tapped. We hope to have a much stronger play in the touch screen market with this new handset.” MotoYuva A810 is a PDA phone with advanced handwriting recognition, internet-ready and host of multimedia features. Motorola has also customised the phone for the Indian market with features like SMS in Hinglish, large phone book that stores 500 entries, ability to store 750 SMS and high audio output. “All such customisations have been done in our Indian research lab,” said Mr Mathias. Apart from the touch screen phone, Motorola will launch two more handsets under the MotoYuva segment. It is also significantly expanding its retail distribution network in India. “We plan to grow the current network of 30,000 retail points in India. All such efforts should help us to grow our share,” Mr Mathias said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadikk 301 Report post Posted September 23, 2008 First look remind me of those Chinese phone, chaar haza ka with stylus and touch screen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted September 24, 2008 My dear friends, I'm 100% sure that this Motorala PDA will definetely catch the market. Afterall Motorola doesn't make cheap quality handsets. Regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted September 26, 2008 Motorola Adds 3 Phones to Its 'Yuva' Range Motorola has added 3 new phones to its 'Yuva' range - MOTOYUVA W388, MOTOYUVA A810 and MOTOYUVA ZN200. "Our YUVA range of mobile phones offers Indian consumers a diverse range of affordable options," said Lloyd Mathias, senior director and head of Sales and Distribution, India and South West Asia, Motorola Mobile Devices. "The YUVA W388 is a multimedia candybar phone, YUVA A810 is a touch screen phone, and the YUVA ZN200 is a slider imaging phone. There's a YUVA phone to suit everyone's style this festive season." The MOTOYUVA W388 candy bar phone comes with a dedicated music button, an enhanced MP3 player, MusicID application for song recognition and an FM radio with radio data system (RDS) functionality, which shows the name of the artist and the song and the type of music playing on the radio. The W388 also let users record excerpts of songs from FM radio and set an FM alarm. The W388 allows users to block unwanted callers, features Motorola's CrystalTalk technology for better voice clarity, offers 750 SMS storage and 1,000 phone book entries and an integrated VGA camera that supports 4x zoom and Java capabilities that enable users to download Java games. Memory is expandable upto 2GB. Courtesy : Tech2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harshkk 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2008 Are RIM Handsets are available in dual Sim card phone facility? and in what range these handsets are available in online market? I like Nokia N96 which was just launched few months back most, an amazing smartphone having dual sim facility and touch screen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lostjournal 7 Report post Posted November 19, 2008 Are RIM Handsets are available in dual Sim card phone facility? and in what range these handsets are available in online market? I like Nokia N96 which was just launched few months back most, an amazing smartphone having dual sim facility and touch screen. Dual Sim!!! Well, Well, Well.. There is some confusion dude. N96 is a GSM phone (which also supports WCDMA - which is not CDMA). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mufaddal 678 Report post Posted November 19, 2008 l ike Nokia N96 which was just launched few months back most, an amazing smartphone having dual sim facility and touch screen bro u have seen a chinese clone of nokia n96. ....................mind u no touchscreen nseries phone( only internet tAblets N800/N810) has been launched yet Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
