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Nokia X2 has finally arrived Indian stores at a price tag of Rs 5,999. It was announced in April 2010 and is the cheapest X series mobile from Nokia.

Nokia X2-00 comes with a 5 megapixel camera, 2.2 inch QVGA display, dedicated music keys, dual speakers, S40 OS and many features are similar to Nokia X3 but with a better camera (X3 has only 3.2 MP camera).

• 2.2” QVGA TFT display, 320 x 240 pixels, up to 260k colors
• Talk time: up to 810 mins, Standby time: up to 540 hours
• 48MB internal memory, hot swappable microSD support up to 16GB
• Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
• Automatic switching between GSM bands
• Firmware update over the air (FOTA), Series 40
• Five-way Navi™ key with soft keys, call and end keys
• Dedicated camera key and music key
• Ringtones: mp3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA and 64-tone polyphonic
• GPRS class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps
• EGPRS class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177.6 kbps
• TCP/IP support
• Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes
• Stereo Bluetooth version 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
• High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
• USB charging
• 3.5 mm AV connector
• Nokia Life Tools
• Opera mini browser
• Easy-to-use email client: Nokia Messaging Service 2.0
• Nokia Xpress audio messaging
• Instant messaging through Ovi Chat
• Adobe FlashLite 3.0 support
• Full web browsing of real web pages and video streaming
• Access to Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other online social networks
• 5 megapixel camera (2592 x 1544 pixels), LED flash
• Video capture in QVGA at up to 20 fps
• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz)

Nokia X2 Price in India : Rs 5,999/-

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To regain its lost market share Nokia has launched two dual SIM mobile phones in India. Desi handset companies launched dual SIM phones long back and it was an instant hit. Major brands like Samsung followed it and tasted success with their dual SIM handsets but Nokia failed to understand the mindset of common Indian mobile user.

In India most of the subscribers hold at least two SIMs as getting a SIM card is cheap and easy. Since different mobile service providers offers different tariff structure people accumulate SIM cards from many providers to get the best options available in the market. That boosted the importance of Dual SIM Phones.

But finally now Nokia also coming up with their own Dual SIM models.

Nokia Dual SIM Phones : C1 and C2

Nokia C1 (C1-00) : Dual band 900/1800 MHz, Shortcut key for SIM switch, Weight (with battery): 72.9 g, Resolution: 128 x 160 pixels 1.8" display screen, Up to 65,000 colors, Switch easily between two SIM cards with one touch of a button, Keep on talking for up to 13 hours with the long-lasting battery,

Nokia C1 Price in India : Rs 1,999/- 

Nokia C2 (C2-00) : Swap multiple cards using the second hot swap-enabled SIM slot, Use the shortcut keys to swap quickly and smoothly between active SIMs, 1.8" screen 128 x 160 pixels, microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 32 GB, Dual band 900/1800 MHz, GPRS class A, multislot class 32, Bluetooth version 2.0, High-Speed USB 2.0, VGA camera

Nokia C2 Price in India : Rs 2,500/-

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Micromax X510 Pike is a new offering from Micromax Mobiles with 7.1 cm 262K TFT Full Touch Screen Display, 2 mega pixel camera, microSD support up to 16GB, up to 8 hours talk time with 1500mAh Li-ion batter, 5 color backpanel, facebook integration, Snanptu preloaded etc

• 262K TFT 7.1 cm Full Touch Screen Display with 240×400 pixels resolution
• 2 Mega Pixel Camera
• Multi Format Music Player
• 3.5mm Audio Jack
• Nimbuzz Multi Messenger
• Opera Mini Browser Preloaded
• Snaptu
• Bluetooth with A2DP
• 2000 phonebook memory and 500 sms memory
• Expandable memory up to 16GB
• 1500 mAH Li-Ion battery gives up to8 hours talk time and 16 days standby

Micromax X510 Pike comes with Snaptu which is a collection of free apps like

• Twitter app to tweet, view profile, update status, view timeline etc
• Facebook App to view profile, inbox, pictures etc
• Picassa for Mobile – View photo albums, post comments, search images
• News and Blog Reader – combine your favorite blogs
• ESPN Cricinfo for Mobile – News, Live Scorer, commentary, scorecards
• AccuWeather for Mobile – Local and global weather forecasts – 7 day forecasts, satellite images
• Additional apps like Flickr, football, movies, trivia

Micromax X510 Pike Price : Rs 6,500/-

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One of the leading multinational computer giant Dell Inc has launched its first Android based smartphone named Aero in the US this week. Dell is famous for its personal computers, servers, storage systems, network and other pc peripherals.

Dell announced Aero in March 2010 and launched the product in US on Aug 24th. But currently it is working on an old Android version 1.5 which is a main drawback as most of the other Android based smartphone makers are switching to Android 2.2 or Froyo.

Dell Aero is lightest Android phone and comes with 3.5 inch capacitive touch screen display with 360×640 pixels resolution, 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, 8x zoom and LED Flash, microSD support up to 32GB (2GB Card included), Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, GPS with A-GPS support, 3.5mm audio jack, 1000mAh battery etc

• Video streaming. WMV, H263, H264, MPEG4 @30fps WVGA
• POP3, IMAP4, IMAP Idle, Webmail, Microsoft^®  ActiveSync^®
• EDGE class 10 and GPRS class 10
• Quad-band EDGE, UMTS 850/1900/2100
• OMA DRM 1.0 with Forward Lock. Microsoft^®  Janus
• HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
• Virtual keyboard with predictive text/auto completion
• handwriting recognition, QWERTY
• multi-touch UI
• Full media player with content management
• AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, WMA, MPEG, MP4, 3GPP
• 624MHz processor
• Adobe Flash Light
• One Touch access to social networking sites

In Android world 1.5 is a very old OS as many popular Android Apps requires a minimum of version 1.6. This will make a big issue for Aero as now market is flooded with a bunch of new stylish smartphones from Samsung, Motorola etc with latest Android versions. Also Dell has not announced any deadline for an OS update for Aero.

Dell Aero Price : In US Dell Aero sells for $99.99 with new AT&T two-year contract, and $299.99 without.

Dell Aero Price in India : Dell has not officially announced the product in India yet even though India is a major market for Dell for its personal computer products and laptops. In US Dell Aero comes for $299 without any contract which is almost Rs 14,000/-

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Handset major Nokia announced a new music centric mobile phone Nokia 5250 with 2.8 inch TFT touchscreen, 640×36016:9 aspect ratio, up to 16GB external microSD support, Symbian OS, 2 mega pixel camera, share photos on the web, GPRS and Ovi Store.

• Music Player on the home screen
• Download Tracks from Ovi Music
• 51 Internal Memory and MicroSD up to 16GB
• FM Radio
• Free copy of Guitar Hero 5 Mobile installed
• Easy Access to Social Networking Sites like Facebook, MySpace etc
• Ovi Mail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Instant Messengers
• 18 Days standby time and 7 hours talk time
• Battery supports up to 24 Hours continues Music Playback
• GSM/EDGE and GPRS
• 2.8-inch TFT screen with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels
• 2-megapixel camera
• Ovi Share installed to let you upload your snaps to the Web
• 104mm x 49mm x 14mm

Nokia 5250 Price in India : Rs 7,000 to 8,000 (115 Euro) , Expected to reach India by 2010 Q4.

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One of India’s leading mobile service provider Tata Docomo has tied up with mobile handset maker HTC Corporation to bring HTC’s latest Android based smartphone HTC Desire to India at a price tag of Rs 28,900/-

HTC Desire will be available from HTC Stores all over India from this week.

HTC Desire comes with 3.7-inch AMOLED display , 1-GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 576MB, 5 megapixel camera and all major smartphone features.

Additionally HTC Desire owners in India get an exclusive offer from Tata Docomo – Free 500mb of internet usage for 6 months (Only for Tata Docomo postpaid customers).

HTC Desire Features

• 3.7 inches (94mm) Touch-sensitive screen with pinch-to-zoom capability, 480 X 800 WVGA
• Android 2.1 (Éclair) with HTC Sense
• 5 megapixel color camera with Face detection, auto focus and geotagging
• 3G : Up to 7.2Mbps download and 2mbps upload speed
• GPRS, EDGE and Wi-Fi wireless LAN
• Bluetooth 2.1 with enhanced data rate, FTP, OPP
• Facebook Integration, Friend Stream and HTC Peep for tweeting
• Facebook, Flickr and Twitter Photo Sharing
• 512MB ROM, 576MB RAM, microSD support up to 32GB
• Digital Compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor and G Sensor
• 1400 mAh batter : up to 400 mins talk time and 340 hours standby time
• HTC Footprints, Internal GPS Antenna and Google Maps

HTC Desire Price in India : Rs 28,900/-

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