Blackberry 8520 is out in India with Airtel, as of now. Other careers will soon get this great device under their belts too.

Check out the teraple article below :

http://www.teraple.com/2009/08/blackberry-8520-is-unofficially-out-india-soon/

http://wavetelmobiles.com/wavetel-BLACKBERRY+CURVE+8520-mobile.html

The price of this machine is 15,000 INR ( approx ). Guys if you have waited long for a BlackBerry, then this is the one for you.. go ahead get one and mail me the review. We will post it in teraple.

Remember the Nokia – Symbian partnership of 1998 ? Nokia created a world of Symbian phones and it was ruling the market. Those were the times when there were only few mobile OS available in the market. Now this is 2009, where there is quite a lot of improvement in the   Mobile World. Many new OS have become popular and more capable than the Symbian OS.

One such is the Google Android ( Open handset alliance ). Currently there are some phone manufacturing companies that have a tie-up with Android.

Today, Guardian is reporting that Nokia will unveil an Android handset coming September. It comes no surprise to us. Symbian market share is slowly fading as the other OS is more capable. Its a do or die situation for Nokia to start building some good handsets with good ans stable OS.

Think, if there is a HTC , Samsung and a Nokia running Android, which one would you choose ?  Nokia ?

Nokia, face the fact and join the team

Update : Nokia denies any plans for releasing a Nokia Android device. “Absolutely no truth to this whatsoever,” said a Nokia spokesman.”Everyone knows that Symbian is our preferred platform for advanced mobile devices.”

Its a very difficult situation when you change your mobile  number often because you just relocated to some other state. You need to message or email your new number to all your contacts and takes a while to remember your own new number. And also spend some amount on taking a new number.

Even though roaming charges have slashed in India, its quite uneasy to talk when the incoming call is charged and the SMS rates are high on roaming.

All these problems will soon come to an end because TRAI is setting up regulations for MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY,i.e. you will soon be able to use the same mobile number with any operator in India. Say, when you relocate from Bangalore to Mumbai, and you have a Vodafone connection in Bangalore, you can just use the same mobile number in Mumbai with an Airtel Connection.

And the process will be made quite easy too. Just that TRAI has issued a guideline that the number will not be portable until completion 90 days with a career.  There will be charges for migrating from one career to another. The Department of Telecom (DoT) has already appointed two companies — Syniverse Technologies and MNP Interconnect — to be the MNP service provider, manage day-to-day management and implementation, and also maintain the database of all numbers.

MNP is ready to roll out on September 20th 2009 in the metros and the A category locations like Tamil Nadu, Gujarat. Rest of the country will see the MNP in March 2010.

HTC  Magic which was shown in the HTC India website has been launched by Airtel exclusively, in India.  Many of you already know the power of Android.

• The Android ™ platform opens up an unique opportunity to Airtel customers to customize their device with multiple mobile applications
• Airtel customers can avail many utility based applications such as Portfolio Manager, Hello Tune Manager, Weather Channel, Mobshare, In-mobile search and City Search
• HTC Magic offers cutting edge innovation with 3G capabilities, 3.2-inch HVGA touch screen, and 3.2 mega-pixel camera for an unmatched personalised mobile Web experience.

Airtel applications available with HTC Magic

1. Portfolio Manager : Portfolio Manager is Mobile Client application to provide general public a secured and user friendly service platform. Its objective is to facilitate investors in Indian share market to manage their portfolio in a handsome way. Special offer for HTC Magic users – 3 Months subscription waiver
2. Hello Tunes Manager : Hello Tunes Manager will be used by subscribers to search for, buy and share hello tunes/hello tune albums. You can use Hello Tunes Manager to send/receive hello tune recommendations from friends, rate hello tunes and much more. Special offer for HTC Magic – Free Hello Tune downloads for one month.
3. Weather Channel : This application provides detailed weather forecasts for the current day and next 6 days. Any location of user’s choice can be marked as favorite. The user can obtain weather forecast for (a) Current location (b) Favorite location (c) Any other location of choice.
4. Mobshare : MobShare is a Mobile phone picture sharing Application that enables Immediate, controlled, and organized sharing of mobile pictures, and the browsing, of the shared Pictures.
5. In-Mobile Search : This application enables the user to search for contacts, image files, audio files and video files from a single interface. The user can search any of the above mentioned files starting with the query string entered. It provides the user to view the image or play the audio / video files without the use of any external applications.
6. City Search : This application incorporates both location and data call technology, steering you towards the very best activities that your city has to offer. For the selected category, the application retrieves appropriate list of options for any location review. The application provides the full information (address, contact number and other information) for any selected option. User also has an option to call the selected option or SMS the info from the application.

Airtel customers to get free data download of 100 MB per month for 6 months. HTC Magic available at Airtel Relationship Centres and authorised HTC resellers across 17 cities. The Phone is priced at 30,000 INR in competition with the BlackBerry Storm and the iPhone 3G.

HTC Magic, which is the second Android phone that was released by Vodafone UK quite sometime back.  Android, the most anticipated mobile OS is greatly expected in many countries.

Many countries have already experienced and enjoyed Android, but a few are still left out. India is one of the major markets still left out by HTC & Google. But one of the HTC spokesman said that Android is coming soon to India as it is a major market for mobile communications.

In India, mobile communications technology is one of the main revenue making industries. Players like TATA & Reliance are shifting their focus platforms from CDMA to GSM.

Will India see Android by end of July 2009 ? The HTC India website has a wonderful presentation of the HTC Magic.

Does that mean HTC is readying Magic for India ?

I just got an opportunity to handle the Nokia N97 phone, which is scheduled to be on Nokia Stores in India, tomorrow 23rd June. Nokia is now accepting pre-orders for the N97. Its a 3.5 inch resistive touch screen with a full qwerty keyboard once you slide the device open.

Just a few quick points what i noticed in the 10 minutes time. N97 feels rugged, I guess it will withstand some rough use.

The screen is not so touchy, feels like a better version of the Nokia 5800 Express Music. The good part is that the screen uses widgets (applications) which act like a direct access to key applications. And the OVI store comes pre installed with this device.

I just heard that the battery is awesome, it stood for a 2 full days demonstration with a single charge. The Symbian OS seems smooth but there are delays in certain applications. The audio quality is very good. Sporting a clean finished and a metallic look, the phone feels quite sturdy. Just heard that the greatest music director of India just purchased the device, you know who it is.

You can check out the key features and some disadvantages at gsmarena.com.

Definitely, Nokia has worked really hard to make this device somewhat competitive to the iPhone or the G1 ( even the BB Storm or HTC Magic ), but cant really capture the iPhone users.

The phone is priced at 35,000 INR  ( 724 USD ) + some complements worth 1000 INR if you purchase the phone within 2 days.