Tata Indicom Launches Dual Sim Phone

[srk006 21]

Oh so this is not a dual-sim! sad..

[kshah 452]

Also I spoke to samsung helpline they are not aware about availability of data cable. THey promised me to revert with information in a day or two. Dont spend on this phone.

[geniusoid 0]

u can do a call forward frm one number. Thts the very reason they are offering free addon pack to cover the call forwarding issue dude!

[geniusoid 0]

No serial cables available.

USB Cable is the same as that of Samsung E 250 (GSM).

Its available with service centers at a price of Rs.300

[samir.bhardwaj 0]

spice telecom has launched dual sim mobile phone named D-88, which works for both GSM and CDMA at a time. We can receive calls for both the sim cards

[kshah 452]

Samsung SIM Phones uses Min Lock Once the TSim is Inserted First Min is Getting Stored into Phone than Other TSIM from Tata or Reliance will not Work

We require MIN Lock Breaker.

If we could can Generic Firmware This could be Solved easily

Samsung Uses USB cable and this Phone must not have any Support for Serial, But There are so many Mode to Upgrade like Diagnostic Mode, FLash ROM Mode and Phone Mode

It does not lock to particular MIN, but locked to MIN range. Its just patching of right place in bin.

[srk006 21]

Tata Indicom launches phone with dual technology

2 Aug, 2007, 1710 hrs IST, PTI

MUMBAI: Tata Indicom on Thursday launched a dual mode handset, Samsung Duo, which can run both GSM and CDMA based mobile connections.

"Instead of carrying two phones, a person can carry just one now with Samsung Duo," Tata Teleservices President Vinayak Deshpande told reporters here.

With the launch of Samsung Duo, priced at Rs 11,999, Tata Teleservices looks to attract subscribers of other service providers, he said.

The company would be launching about 15,000 phones in the next couple of days.

"Last year, about 2.5 lakh smart phone PDAs were sold. This year, smart phone PDA market is expected to touch 4 lakh," Deshpande said.

Samsung Duo supports data speed of 153 kilo bytes per second. The handset has 'panchang' and touch screen facilities.

The set has been launched in silver. As the market picks up, the company would look at launching Duo in other colours, Deshpande said.

Source

[ani_meher 42]

wow. hope it launches in Reliance as well. can ruim card work in it? 12k seems reasonable price.

[samir.bhardwaj 0]

but this phone can only work in one of the mode i.e. gsm or cdma. We can't even receive incoming calls from gsm sim if we have selected the cdma mode

[Saurav 22]

Another Dual Mode from Spice

Dual mode phone handset launched

Posted at Wednesday, 01 August 2007 22:08 IST

New Delhi, Aug 1: Eyeing a market share of 10 per cent in next three years, B K Modi group company, Spice Mobile, today unveiled a dual mode handset in which both GSM and CDMA based mobile connections can be activated.

The company which has a target of selling 1.5 million handsets in this fiscal today said the dual mode phones are for the non-metro areas of town and cities.

The company which banks heavily on marketing and branding is planning to invest about Rs 8 crore on these areas. It has Bollywood actress, Priyanka Chopra, as brand ambassador.

"The new phone is targeted to all who have two cell phone numbers and have been looking for a convenience of carrying just one phone, we are targetting mainly the consumers of town and rural areas. By 2010, our target in the market share will surge to 10 per cent," Spice Mobile Ltd., CEO Kunal Ahooja said here, adding it is estimated that around 8 per cent of mobile phone subscribers already own two numbers and we do foresee this trend to grow in future.

The company is also going to launch 'People's phone' costing less than Rs 1000, he said.

Spice which sold one million phones last year, will start manufacturing the handsets in 2008, he said.

The Spice Dual comes with two variants D-88 which supports both GSM and CDMA active connections at the same time and Spice Dual D-80, which supports two GSM and GSM active connections which is useful for travellers operating in the local area. The price of D-80 is Rs 9849, while D-88 is yet to hit the market.

http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/artic...px?newsid=81568

[kesav 127]

The TATA press release about this phone has enough information about the product.

http://www.tataindicom.com/pressroom.aspx

[city02 63]

True , i totally agree ,, dual phone means it shhould be able to receive calls in both network

broadly speaking dual sim has evolved:

1. 1st gen = offline asynchronous (restart handset to switch)
   
2. 2nd gen = online asynch (no restarting)
   
3. 3rd gen = synchronous (both SIMs on/able to get calls)
   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_sim

[ani_meher 42]

Tech2.com has good details as well as few working pics.

http://www.tech2.com/india/news/smart-mobi...the-duo/11281/0

Seems good phone to me, but switching it off for using GSM s**ks. still, touchscreen mp3 player at 12k is not bad!

[coolrajiv 1]

yup here are some images of this amazing mobile

[mrasool 0]

MUMBAI: Tata Teleservices and Samsung Telecommunications on Friday unveiled India's first touch screen based Dual SIM smart world phone, Samsung Duo.

The Dual SIM phones contain 2 SIM slots, unlike normal phones, which have only one.

Samsung Duo packs in features like 2.2” TFT touch screen, 1.3 mega pixel camera, Micro SD Card Slot, MP3/ AAC+ player with A2DP Bluetooth support.

On the software front, the handset packs in handwriting recognition, file viewer, sketch memo, organiser and India specific applications like Indian calendar, Hinglish, cricket scorer.

The handset supports data speeds at 153kbps on Tata Indicom network. The handset is priced at Rs 11,999.

The above information has been culled from the following sources:

http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pre...ne/07/45/296187

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/N...how/2253744.cms

http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/aug/aug47.php

This phone has two slots. One for a SIM card (GSM) and the other for a R-UIM card (CDMA)

But one thing is still not clear - Does only one slot out of the two work at any given time or both of them work simultaneously ?

[kshah 452]

MUMBAI: Tata Teleservices and Samsung Telecommunications on Friday unveiled India's first touch screen based Dual SIM smart world phone, Samsung Duo.

The Dual SIM phones contain 2 SIM slots, unlike normal phones, which have only one.

Samsung Duo packs in features like 2.2” TFT touch screen, 1.3 mega pixel camera, Micro SD Card Slot, MP3/ AAC+ player with A2DP Bluetooth support.

On the software front, the handset packs in handwriting recognition, file viewer, sketch memo, organiser and India specific applications like Indian calendar, Hinglish, cricket scorer.

The handset supports data speeds at 153kbps on Tata Indicom network. The handset is priced at Rs 11,999.

The above information has been culled from the following sources:

http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pre...ne/07/45/296187

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/N...how/2253744.cms

http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/aug/aug47.php

This phone has two slots. One for a SIM card (GSM) and the other for a R-UIM card (CDMA)

But one thing is still not clear - Does only one slot out of the two work at any given time or both of them work simultaneously ?

what ever, I will not prefer to spend on locked handset no onwards. Spice phone s\is better than this, atleast unlocked

[kesav 127]

Tech2.com has good details as well as few working pics.

http://www.tech2.com/india/news/smart-mobi...the-duo/11281/0

Seems good phone to me, but switching it off for using GSM s**ks. still, touchscreen mp3 player at 12k is not bad!

This phone belongs to second generation of dual phones that means it doesn't need any restart.

In the manual, it says just press a down key in idle and select the network. As simple as that.

I've very important question to all you folks.

Is is better than Nokia 6275?

Edited August 6, 2007 by kesav

[KumaarShah 143]

Any day, both connections remaining active would be preferable rather than pressing the down key and selecting networks. This is something akin to the dual SIM connection which is available for maybe Rs 50 onwards, wherein you insert two SIMs and then rotate the connections by switching on and off your mobile. Instead it is better to carry two mobiles.

Sadiqbhai's dual mode phone supports both active connections and one can hold RIM while taking another call on your Hutch number or maybe you can initiate a conference also this way. (not too sure, though)

So friends, search for a phone which offers both active connections rather than a phone supporting only one active connection. Technology has advanced a lot now so why go back to the old days.

[mrasool 0]

Also I spoke to samsung helpline they are not aware about availability of data cable. THey promised me to revert with information in a day or two. Dont spend on this phone.

Yes, Samsung has an old habit of doing this to their customers. If you look up an old post of mine, I had even posted pictures of a serial data cable for Samsung phones that was available for less than 2 months. Then they suddenly took the cable off the market for fear of people cloning their phones. To this date, Samsung has not released any cable or any English/Hindi language software for any of the old phones.

And they still haven't released any software for this phone. So please do not buy this phone until they make available the requisite cable and software.

[mrasool 0]

Another Dual Mode from Spice

Dual mode phone handset launched

Posted at Wednesday, 01 August 2007 22:08 IST

New Delhi, Aug 1: Eyeing a market share of 10 per cent in next three years, B K Modi group company, Spice Mobile, today unveiled a dual mode handset in which both GSM and CDMA based mobile connections can be activated.

The company is also going to launch 'People's phone' costing less than Rs 1000, he said.

Spice which sold one million phones last year, will start manufacturing the handsets in 2008, he said.

The Spice Dual comes with two variants D-88 which supports both GSM and CDMA active connections at the same time and Spice Dual D-80, which supports two GSM and GSM active connections which is useful for travellers operating in the local area. The price of D-80 is Rs 9849, while D-88 is yet to hit the market.

http://www.saharasamay.com/samayhtml/artic...px?newsid=81568

The Spice D-88 has already been launched and costs only Rs. 8,500 in my local market.

And it is a true dual-SIM dual-working phone. Both the networks work at the same time and one does not need to switch.

So it is a better option than the Tata Indicom locked Samsung Duo

[pbananth 1]

hello,

samsung and TataIndicom launched dual sim card phone DUO for Rs.12000/- approx..

when it will be for Reliance..

[Incognito 0]

Tata Indicom presents new mobile phone range with dual sim feature and the first phone of this kind is Samsung Duo. The phone is available with in Tata Teleservices. Samsung Duo is different for normal mobile phone as it contain two slots for SIM cards which make this phone dual sim phone. Samsung Duo works with 1GSM and 1CDMA, 2GSM or 2CDMA numbers. Its very useful feature for business oriented people and they need not carry tw0 mobile phones , just one Samsung Duo. Samsung Duo with Tata Teleservices will provide you with international roaming.

Tata Teleservices new dual sim mobile phone Samsung Duo currently launched only in Mumbai and the price of dual sim Samsung Duo with 1GSM and 1CDMA, 2GSM or 2CDMA numbers is Rs. 11,999 only.

Check the pictures :

Tata Teleservices new dual sim mobile phone Samsung Duo

Samsung Duo features:-

* 1.3MP camera.

* Bluetooth.

* MP3 player.

* Dual Sim tray.

* 2.2-inch hybrid TFT display.

* 10X digital zoom and video recording.

* Video in MPEG4 10MB.

* Internal memory and up to 1GB of external memory.

* Support word and PDF formats.

* Three input options ABCD’ keyboard.

* Works with 1GSM and 1CDMA, 2GSM or 2CDMA.

* You will get two connections that may be 1GSM and 1CDMA, 2GSM or 2CDMA.

Edited August 16, 2007 by Arun
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[Saurav 22]

probably Reliance is back with LG and it will launch dual mode in 1 month.

[jungleeabhi 0]

probably Reliance is back with LG and it will launch dual mode in 1 month.

hi ppl

did any one try the samsung fone with ril card ?

me a ril user.. wanted to change d fone..

so wanted to b sure. .if the fone will support ril ?

[Star Nirav 0]

probably Reliance is back with LG and it will launch dual mode in 1 month.

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I dont consider LG as aggressive player compare with SAMSUNG. You may never see any improved features in LG. Even Customer Care is also not upto the mark...

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hi ppl

did any one try the samsung fone with ril card ?

me a ril user.. wanted to change d fone..

so wanted to b sure. .if the fone will support ril ?

Nope... Sorry, till now, no any news / innovation has been come up which can unlock DUO for RUIM... I think, we have to keep patience.

One more thing, may be consider as an Idea :

If one operator is having GSM and CDMA network then they should have this feature to change from GSM to CDMA or vice versa. Or they should do tie-up with some operators...

Cheers !!!

Star Nirav

Solution Architect (Oracle DB)

"There are no limitations upto what you can achieve in your life,

"Except" you "Accept" the limitations in your mind."