Sony Playstation Phone Xperia cell phones photos video leaked

A Chinese website has leaked the first photos of the rumored Sony PlayStation Phone which has the Xperia branding of Sony's smartphones.





The Sony Playstation phone is expected to run Android and feature a Qualcomm processor, a 4-inch LCD display with resolution of 854 x 480p, 5 MP autofocus camera, LED flash, 512MB RAM, and a second microphone on the rear presumably for active noise cancellation, microSD slot, micro-USB port and battery capacity of 1,500mAh.





The actual specifications will be known only next month when Sony is expected to showcase the phone during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.







Sony Ericsson Xperia Playstation Phone preview:

Tata DoCoMo 3G Tariff Plans Unlimited Plans Services launched

Tata DoCoMo has become the first private Indian company to launch 3G services in India with the announcement of its 3G tariff plans. Tata Docomo 3G services have been launched in all the 9 circles for which it obtained the 3G license i.e. Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, UP (West), Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra-Goa. All plans are effective from November 10 in the above mentioned 9 circles. The plans start from Rs. 500 up to a maximum of Rs. 2000 a month.



To start your 3G experience, you can go for the Data Top Up plan of of Rs. 90 which allows 100MB use at 21 Mbps for one week. For 30 days top up, the plans are:

Rs. 200 top-up with 200MB usage at speed of 21Mbps
Rs. 500 top-up with 650MB usage at speed of 21Mbps
Rs. 2000 top-up for unlimited usage at speed of 21Mbps up to 15GB download, then the speed drops to 128 kbps.

A video call would cost 0.66 paise per second is about 40 paise/minute.

Voice and Data Plans for Small Screen:
These plans are for 3G enabled smartphones and are available in both pre-paid and post-paid.



There is also a special pre-paid plan for Rs. 350 which includes 500 minutes of local and STD, and 150 MB of data, with validity of 30 days.

Unlimited 3G Life Plans:
Those users who want blazing fast speeds but do not want to worry about download limits can check out their Unlimited 3G Life Plans.



Under the Unlimited 3G Data Card Plan for Rs. 2,000 users would get 15 GB of data usage at a speed of 21.1 Mbps and beyond 15 GB, usage would be free but with reduced speed of 128 kbps.

Airtel will roll out their 3G services by December, while Vodafone is expected to launch in Jan 2011.

Nokia 7705 Twist mobile phone introduced

Nokia has unveiled its latest mobile phone, the Nokia 7705 Twist. Nokia 7705 Twist is a sqaure shaped handset which swivels open to show a full QWERTY keypad.



Nokia 7705 Twist has features such as 2.4-inch, 262K TFT QVGA screen, 3 megapixel camera, video capture and playback, HTML browser, 2.5 mm headset jack, built-in mirror, support for various mail clients.



There is a large ring on right side called the 'Contact Light Ring', which flashes different colors depending on who is contacting the user.



Nokia 7705 Twist has dimensions of 2.71" x 2.71" x 0.59"and usage time of up to 270 minutes or standby time of up to 312 hours.

Nokia 7705 Twist has been initially launched in the US at a price of $99.99 after $50.00 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement.

Samsung Galaxy i7500 mobile phone launched in India

Samsung has launched its Android-based smart phone the Samsung Galaxy i7500 in India with Tata DOCOMO, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices.



Samsung Galaxy i7500 has features such as a 3.2” AMOLED full touch-screen, a 5-megapixel camera, 3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, EDGE/GPRS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, internal memory 8 GB expandable up to 32 GB, a 1500mAh battery and is only 11.9 mm thick.

Samsung Galaxy i7500 users can access Google Mobile Services suite which includes Google Maps, Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk, Google Calendar as well as Android Market.



The Samsung Galaxy i7500 also has a GPS integrator, which enables the user to use Google Maps features such as My Location, Google Latitude, local search as well as detailed routes descriptions.



The Samsung Galaxy i7500 has been launched with an exclusive offer of 500 MB free download per month, for a period of six months.

Samsung Galaxy is available at a price of Rs 28,990.

Tata DOCOMO launches unlimited GPRS packs

Tata DOCOMO has launched its unlimited GPRS packs, thereby making GPRS plans affordable at an unbelievable price in the Indian market.



The unlimited GPRS plans are as follows:

Rs. 15 GPRS Pack: Access unlimited data for 3 days.
Rs. 95 GPRS Pack: Access unlimited data for 1 month.

The Rs. 95 pack can also be used on a PC and laptop. While roaming in India, the user will be charged 10p/10kb.

To start using Tata DOCOMO GPRS packs, the user needs to have the internet APN support on his cell phone.

With the GPRS connection, the phone will be "always on" and can transfer data at high speeds immediately.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Rachael smartphone unveiled

Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Rachael smartphone featuring Google Android operating system, will be released in January 2010 according to rumours.











Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Rachael smartphone features a 1GHz snapdragon processor, 4 inch touchscreen display with 800x400 pixels resolution, a 8MP camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, a 3.5mm headset jack.







The Xperia X3 however will not have a QWERTY keyboard.













Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Rachael Specifications:



Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250 processor

Quad-band GSM connectivity (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)

Dual-band 3G (900/2100 MHz), HSDPA 10Mbps and HSUPA 2Mbps, A-GPS

4 inches touchscreen screen plus 800 x 400 pixels

8 MP camera Autofocus with LED flash

256 MB memory, MicroSDHC card support

Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi IEEE 802.11g, MiniUSB

Built-in-accelerometer

3.5mm audio jack

E-mail (POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, MS Exchange)



Watch this space for more details of Sony Ericsson Xperia X3 Rachael.

Samsung Pixon 12 megapixel phone launched in India

Samsung has launched the Samsung Pixon 12 mobile phone in India, which boasts of a 12 megapixel camera and full touch screen functionality.



The Samsung Pixon 12 has a 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen, 16 million colors, resolution of 480x800 pixels and the Touchwiz UI. The 12 megapixel camera has autofocus, xenon and power LED flash, smile shot, face detection and image stabilization. Video recording is at 720x480 pixels at 30 frames per second.



The Samsung Pixon 12 has 150MB of internal memory which is expandable up to 16GB with the microSD slot provided.

The Samsung Pixon 12 also has 3G, EDGE/GPRS, GPS, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0 (micro), FM Radio with RDS, DivX and XviD video format support and TV Out feature.



Users can also easily upload images and videos to popular social networking sites such as Facebook, Picasa, Flickr, MySpace and Photobucket.

The Samsung Pixon 12 is available at a price of Rs. 29,990.

Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot mobile phone launched in India

Sony Ericsson has launched the Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot mobile phone in India.







The Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot phone has a 2.4 inches, 256K colour TFT scratch-resistant display with resolution of 240 x 320 pixels. It has internal memory of 130 MB and supports upto 16GB Memory Stick Micro.



The Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot phone has a 5 megapixel camera with features such as Smile Shutter, Face Detection, Active lens cover, photo Fix and BestPic. It has a Facebook application for social networking and the user upload pictures and videos to Youtube and Picasa. Video recording is at QVGA resolution at 30 fps.







The Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot phone also has features such as 3G, Bluetooth with A2DP, GPS, A-GPS, stereo FM radio with RDS and Wayfinder Navigator.



The Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot phone also supports HP's Snapfish service which allows users to directly order for printouts of pictures.



It has dimension of 97 x 49 x 16 mm and a weight of 96 g, 10 hours of talk-time and 400 hours of standby time.



The Sony Ericsson C903 Cyber-shot phone is available in three colors Glamour Red, Lacquer Black and Techno White, at a price of Rs. 18,850.

Nokia N900 mobile phone unveiled

Nokia has unveiled its new Nokia N900 mobile phone. The Nokia N900 runs on the open source, Linux based Maemo OS software and provides a PC-like experience on a mobile device.



The Nokia N900 has a ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 3.5 inch WVGA touch-sensitive display with 800 × 480 pixel resolution, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera, dual LED flash with Carl Zeiss optics, up to 1GB application memory, 32GB of storage, expandable up to 48GB using a microSD card, OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration, fast internet connectivity with 10/2 HSPA and WLAN, Mozilla browser, Adobe Flash(TM) 9.4 support.



The Nokia N900 also has Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 support, a 3.5mm headphone jack, GPS and navigation Integrated GPS, pre-loaded Ovi Maps application and automatic geotagging.



The Maemo software complements Nokia's other software platforms like Symbian, which runs Nokia's smartphones. The screen can be personalized by the user with favorite applications, shortcuts and widgets.



The Nokia N900 will be available in select markets from October 2009 for 500 Euros (around $712).

Belkin Google Skype phone launched in India

Belkin has launched the Google Skype phone - Desktop & Wi-Fi in India. Indian users can now make cheap international calls using internet connections. Belkin Skype phone allows unlimited free calls to other Skype users.







A wireless router is required to detect a Wi-Fi surrounding and then the phone can log into the user's Skype Account. Once the user logs into the Skype Account, he can dial a Skype number or a mobile number and make overseas calls. Calls rates are as low as Rs. 1 per minute via Skype to other mobile phones globally. Belkin has bundled these phones with 30 Skype Out minutes and 1 month of free voice mail to some users.



The phone is pre-loaded with Skype software and has features such as call log, call history, clock and auto-list import.



However, the phone will not work in other VoIP platforms, but only on Skype. It has a two hour talk time and 30 hours standby time.



The landline Belkin Skype phone is available at a price of Rs. 7,300 while the cordless Skype phone is priced at Rs 9,712.

Samsung Omnia Pro and HD launched in India

Samsung India has launched two Omnia variants i.e. Omnia Pro B7320 and Omnia HD i8910, in India.

Samsung Omnia Pro has a full QWERTY keyboard, Windows Mobile operating system, 2.4 inches QVGA 320 x 240 pixels screen, 3 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, 3G, EDGE or GPRS and USB 2.0. It also has 70MB memory expandable upto 16GB with a microSD card. Samsung Omnia Pro is priced at Rs. 16,500.



Samsung Omnia HD i8910 is a full-touch handset with 3.7 inch AMOLED screen, 360 x 640 pixel resolution, 16:9 wide, has 16M colors and has a 8 megapixel camera with 720P HD video recording. It is powered by 1Ghz processor and has features such as HSUPA 5.76Mbps and HSDPA 7.2Mbps internet access, 16GB internal memory expandable upto 48GB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, support for DLA, a built-in GPS receiver and a dual stereo speaker.



The Samsung Omnia HD runs on the Touchwiz UI and also has a 3.5 mm audio jack, DNSe 2.0 (Digital Natural Sound Engine) and Virtual 5.1 channel Dolby surround sound.

Samsung Omnia HD is priced at Rs 33,990.

LG Viewty Smart GC-900 smart phone launched In India

LG has launched its Viewty Smart GC-900 smart phone in India.



LG Viewty Smart GC-900 has a 3-inch capacitive WVGA touchscreen display, 16 million colors, resolution of 800x480 pixels, 1.5GB of internal memory, memory expandable up to 32GB, 3.5mm audio jack, and is only 12.4 mm thick and weighs 102g.



LG Viewty Smart GC-900 has a 8 megapixel camera, with Schneider-Kreuznach lens, Shot Mode, light sensitivity upto ISO 1600, LED flash, image stabilization, multi face detection, smile detection. It can record 720p HD video at 30 frames per second.

LG Viewty Smart GC-900 also has 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP, USB 2.0, GPS and A-GPS. Its battery has a talk-time of five and half hours and a standby time of 330 hours.

The LG Viewty Smart is available in Silver and Black colors and is priced at Rs. 27,500.

Nokia 6700, 6303 mobile phones launched by Priyanka Chopra

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra launched Nokia's latest mobile phones, the Nokia 6700 Classic and Nokia 6303 Classic phones in India. (Click to enlarge HQ images)























Nokia 6700 Classic has features such as a 5 megapixel camera, assisted GPS navigation with Nokia Maps, FM radio, MP3 player, high speed data access and is available in Chrome and Black colors at a price of Rs. 14,000.























Nokia 6303 Classic hass a 2.2 inches large screen, a 3.2 megapixel camera, 8x digital zoom with autofocus and Nokia Maps. It is available in Steel and matt black colors at a price of Rs. 8000.

Sony Ericsson S312 mobile phone unveiled

After the lauch of the W205 Walkman, Sony Ericsson has now unveiled its S312 mobile phone. The S312 is a funky phone targeted at trendy teenagers. (Click to enlarge images)



The Sony Ericsson S312 mobile phone has a 2 inch, 262k, 176x220 pixel display, 2 megapixel camera with 2.5x digital zoom and Pictbridge printing, dedicated video camera key, internal memory of 15MB with support for Memory Stick Micro (M2) cards.



The Sony Ericsson S312 mobile phone also has features such as support for GSM/GPRS/EDGE/900/1800 networks, EGPRS, Stereo Bluetooth, media player with PlayNow and TrackID functions.



The Sony Ericsson S312 phone measures 100×46x12.5 mm and weighs 80 grams. It has a talk time up to 8 hrs and standby time up to 400 hrs.

The phone will be available in two colors; Stellar Silver and Argentum Black, in this quarter. There is no information on price as yet.

Sony Ericsson W205 Walkman mobile phone

Sony Ericsson has unveiled its latest Walkman phone, the W205 Walkman slider mobile phone. (Click to enlarge images)




The Sony Ericsson W205 Walkman phone supports GSM/GPRS/900/1800, has a 1.8-inch 128 x 160 pixel TFT display screen, 1.3 megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom and video recording, 5MB internal memory with support for up to 2GB Memory Stick M2 cards.



The Sony Ericsson W205 Walkman phone also has features such as Bluetooth, an integrated Opera Mini web browser, FM radio with RDS support, TrackID, multiple phone books and a torch functionality. It measures 92×47x16.4 mm, and weighs 96 grams.

It will be available from Q3 2009 in Ambient Black color. There are no details available as yet on the phone's price.