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Monday, September 11, 2006

Sub-Rs 2000 Nokia CDMA handset

As a CDMA user myself, I often rue the fact that there are so few options on CDMA phones compared to GSM phones.

Nokia has now just tied up with Reliance to offer a CDMA handset that is priced under Rs 2000: The Nokia 1255.

It's an entry-level phone (what else did you expect for 2 grand?). The black and white phone does, however, include hands-free speaker phone, a voice recorder, a calendar and an alarm clock.

Sliding beauty: Samsung D600

Like most Samsung mobile phones, the Samsung D600 is great to look at with a sliding design that creates extra space for a large 240X320 display. The phone is packed with great features as well.

With such a large screen, it’s not surprising that the D600 comes with an excellent 2 megapixel camera which shoots video as well. The phone also comes with an integrated image editor for modifying your photos as well as Pictbridge which lets you conveniently transfer photos to your printer. You can also display your photos on your television with the help of a TV output cable. To store all these photos, the D600 has 81 MB of internal memory, which can be expanded with micro SD cards.

All that memory comes in handy to store audio files as well and you can listen to your music on the inbuilt stereo speakers. The phone supports a number of communications formats: you can connect to the Internet through GPRS or the newer, more advanced EDGE. When it comes with to your basic phone needs, notable features include a speakerphone which lets you talk hands-free and a picture caller ID which lets you assign photos to individual callers.

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Games people play on the cellphones

Mobile phones fill a unique niche in your gaming needs: because you carry them around with you at most times, they are right there when you need to kill a few minutes at the bus stop or when you are waiting for an appointment. In recent years the number of mobile games, both freeware and commercial, has exploded.

Freeware games are easily available on many websites. The files are tiny making them convenient to download and install even if you don’t have much memory. The range of games is immense: but board games and puzzle games like Sudoku are especially common. There are often multiple versions of popular games like Chess allowing you to pick the one that suits you best.

Commercial games tend to have superior production values. The mobile versions of popular game franchises like Splinter Cell and The Sims are also available now. If you are interested in a phone built specially for gaming you might try Nokia’s NGage QD the successor to the earlier NGage. Compared to a regular phone the controls and layout are much better suited to gaming and there are a number of high-profile games available like Civilization and Call of Duty.

Download 100 MP3 files in 3 minutes on your mobile phone!

That's exactly what Samsung Electronics plans to deliver right into your hands by 2008.

The company gave a peek into the potential of 4G mobile technology at a 4G conference held in Korea.

The company claimed it can deliver multicell handovers at blinding speeds of 100 Mbps.

It also demonstrated roving 1 Gbps data transmission while delivering a 32-channel HD broadcast download, Internet access, and video telephony services. Samsung claimed the roving data transmission speed is 50 times faster than current mobile WiMAX technology.

3G and smartphones from Meridian

UK-based Meridian Mobile plans to launch its range of 3G mobile phones in India.

The handsets are expected to be priced between Rs 7000 and Rs 10,000.

Skype for the mobile phone?

Who doesn't love a freebie? A small British firm called Rok is, apparently, all set to launch a Skype-like service for mobile phones.
Using the firm's specialised software, you can make free VOIP/ Internet-based calls to other handsets that have the same software.

iPod's call may not make music

There is an increasing convergence between mobile phones and music players. But is that what consumers want? Perhaps not, says the annual Digital Music Survey

According to a report in the Guardian, London, on the study, Apple may have a tough job convincing consumers to pick its next-generation iPods that also makes phone calls.

The Digital Music Survey of 3000 British consumers found that 46% of people preferred a phone that also played media files; 21% would choose a stand-alone music player and more than a third would never want a mobile phone and a music player combined.

Mobile phones with anti-virus

Mobile phones these days face an increasing threat from virus and malicious bugs. As the number of people using smartphones to surf the internet and check mails increases, security of data becomes a big issue. Mobile manufacturers have, therefore, decided to load an anti virus software when the handset is manufactured.

Also, Symbian Series 60 OS, the operating system used by most smartphones around the world, is pretty vulnerable to virus attacks. Because of this, leading PC anti-virus vendors like Norton, McAfee, and Kaspersky have come out with the Symbian S60 version of their anti-virus programs.