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Check out this Big Daddy of Camera phones, this one was unveiled by K-Touch in Beijing China at the CHITEC 2008. This phone, named as the K-Touch C280 sports a massive 8 mega pixel snapper, with 3X optical zoom and 1600 ISO. That are some really kick ass specs for a camera phone man!!!
[Via: Aving]

K-Touch C800 Specification

• Network: GSM Dualband 900/1800 MHz
• GPRS
• Dimension: 123 x 56 x 21 mm
• Display: 2.8-inch 256k colors TFT (240 x 320) Touch Screen
• 8 megapixel CCD camera with 3x optical zoom, auto focus, Xenon Flash
• Image stabilizer
• Dual microSD card slot
• MP3, WAV, AMR, WMA, AAC, AAC+ player
• Java
• Bluetooth
• Battery: 1300 mAh
• Up to 10 hours talk time
• Up to 14 days standby time
  

The following articles were posted in the week that was.

Rejected iPhone commercial
In-Depth N82 Black Review - Part 1
BlackBerry Thunder, thundering in September
Vodafone India fined
Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2??
Confirmed: Videocon getting into mobile handset business
Metal Gear Solid on your Nokia
Nokia's going "Green", big time!!!
Nokia and the Linux Connection
Update: Videocon’s ambitious Telecom plans
Leaked Again: Sony Ericsson BeiBei is G702
Nokia teams up with France Telecom
Typical Indian mobile phone user by Kamla Bhatt
Nokia Maps 2.0 sheds its Beta tag
Update: Project Capuchin Information Document
iPhone killer, HTC Diamond comes to India
Update: Videocon in talks with Motorola
iPhone Killer in India = HTC Diamond - HSDPA

Remember Nokia E71, which as supposed to be launched on 8th of May and till now there was no news about it. Now, suddenly Boy Genius Report has pictures of actual Nokia E71 and they have also come up with a hands-on review of the phone. This is very surprising cause the Nokia E71 is not official and then also its live pics are floating all over the BGR website along wit the hands on. Nokia if you are reading this its time for you to make things official.

[Images Via: BGR]

I told you about the iPhone killer, HTC Diamond Touch being launched in India but there is one bad news, though the Diamond has HSDPA connectivity it will be launched in India without HSDPA and will only sport EDGE connectivity. Did your heart break??

Videocon announced there telecom plans few days back and they even said that they have set up a mobile manufacturing facility that can churn out 10 million units in a year. Also there were rumors of Videocon buying the ailing business unit of Motorola. But for a long time nothing official came out from both the companies regarding this buyout. Now the news of this buyout has again surfaced after Business Standard reported yesterday about Videocon buying the ailing unit of Motorola’s business. Motorola is finding out ways to move it mobile handset business away from their other business units and Videocon’ Chairman Venugopal Dhoot has just said that their talks with Motorola are in initial stages of discussion and nothing concrete has come up. Apart from this, Videocon is also very ambitious about its telecom plans and 3G services. Videocon’s technical collaboration with various companies will help them in rolling out 3G services quickly in India. But I seriously think that Motorola should get rid of their ailing handset business by selling it to someone like Videocon, they know the Indian market well as compared to Videocon and it has been difficult for Motorola to crack the Indian market.

HTC launched the Diamond Touch last week. It also made to my list of iPhone killers and this week the same iPhone killer is launched in India. The Diamond Touch runs Windows Mobile OS, which is a major turn-off for many including me. It boasts of a multi-touch intuitive user interface, which is also the main highlight of this phone. HTC Diamond’s 3D TouchFLO interface is pretty revolutionary according to the company. Anyways, the Diamond Touch runs Windows Mobile 6.1 and has prism like look on the backside, which is not new, given the same look of Nokia Prism and the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1. The phone has unique touch interface called the 3D touch interface and is full touch screen without any external keys. It can kill iPhone with its 2.8 inch screen, 3.2 mega pixel clicker, a GPS receiver, Wi-Fi and other host of functionalities. It fails because it has Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, which is not that touch friendly; it hangs perennially.
You will be surprised to know that, AirTel would be exclusively launching the Diamond in India. So AirTel has succeeded in defeating Vodafone with the Diamond deal as, Vodafone will be the first one to bring iPhone to India and then AirTel will launch it for its subscribers. At least AirTel got hold of the iPhone killer before Vodafone.

[Launch Image Via: Digitimes]

Sometime back I posted an article on the Project Capuchin by Sony Ericsson. By the way for those who missed it, Project Capuchin technology is a Java ME API by Sony Ericsson that helps in bridging the gap between Java and the Adobe Flash Lite Technology.

Sony Ericsson’s Developer Website highlights some benefits of Project Capuchin, “Project Capuchin allows developers to combine the richness of both Java ME and Flash Lite by encapsulating Flash Lite content in Java ME applications making content created by Adobe Flash technology appear as Java ME applications. Project Capuchin empowers these two distinct developer communities to leverage their respective expertise to quickly and securely create highly engaging mobile content.”

Project Capuchin Information Document.

[Image Via: Sony Ericsson Developer Website]

Nokia introduced the Nokia Maps application in February 2008. Till now the version was a beta version but now Nokia has upgraded it and consumers can download this application and start using their on their mobile phones. Yesterday Nokia and France Telecom formed a joint venture, where Nokia is responsible for providing digital mapping solutions. The improved Nokia Maps application is called the Nokia Maps 2.0 and has given focus on enhancing Car Navigation, pedestrian navigation; there are enhanced city guides available. The car navigation functionality of this application has visual and voice guidance on every turn so you will never get lost. Similar kind of turn by run navigation is provided for pedestrians.
The new UI of the application also offers satellite images. At last Nokia has made use of it’s acquisition of Navteq, cause Nokia Maps 2.0 has vector maps that are provided by Navteq. From last two years Nokia is very keen on becoming a company that provides Location based services and with this kind of applications, Nokia is getting closer to becoming one and once in a while, acquisitions like Navteq also help.
I have a thought, which is lingering in my mind from quite sometime and needs to come out, with these kind of map and navigation applications coming, we humans will forget to use your brain to search a place. When you are in a new city, finding places is like an opportunity to talk with locals and increase social contact but these application will quickly give you whatever you are looking for…then what bout our social contact?????

Anyways, Download Nokia Maps

I came across this interview in YouTube. This interview was taken by the famous Blogger and podcaster from India, Kamla Bhatt. This interview will give you an insight on the Indian mobile phone consumer who is behind the staggering statistics that define the Indian mobile phone user scenario.



[Video Via: YouTube Kamla Bhatt]