Reliance Infocom virtual Stock Mania for Investors
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Bull or Bear ? Can you predit the direction of Dalal Street with Rs 1 Million in your virtual folio ? Then this game is for you.Reliance Communications Ltd, today unveiled "Stock Mania". On downloading this application, the customer gets Rs10 lakhs in his account to virtually trade on stocks listed on the BSE. The user also gets live feeds from BSE.
Visit RWorld for more info or call Reliance Customer Care.
Indian Real Estate Classifieds go SMS way
Monday, November 27, 2006
Indian real estate portal run by the times group, MagicBricks is the first real estate classifieds portal in India that will let the Buyer and Seller [Property Developer, Real Estate Agent, etc] communicate by means of SMS messaging for FREE!All the buyer has to do is to click on the SMS icon beside the property and add the senders name, mobile number and the relevant identity code is sent in short message to the recipient. Thus buyer and seller are connected by means of "Magic SMS"
MagicBricks is a leading player in the Indian Online Real Estate classifieds. Mumbai based Social Events and networking site, burrp! already has this feature.
Reliance Drops Night time Call rates to Zero
Friday, November 24, 2006
You ask for it and Reliance gives it. Reliance Communications Ltd has launched a STD/NLD calling card on which tariffs between Reliance phones is Zero between 11:00PM and 6:00AM anywhere in India. Guess they are specifically targetting to keep loved ones connected throughout night.Recall the days of late 90s when BSNL's STD cost would goto quarter of day time tariffs between 11:00PM and 6:00AM. But this time Reliance decided to give it away for FREE!!! Call your Reliance customer care to get your new calling card.
Mobile entertainment for Indian Teens and Kids - Comics go Mobile
Thursday, November 23, 2006
The next time you go for a long drive, just remember to carry your mobile car charger and load your mobile with Indian novels like Amar Chitra Khata which will keep your kid entertained.Yes that's right, The first Indian mobile novel Neelakannukal (Blue Eyes) has been written in Malayalam and distributed free to 600 mobile users on a trial basis. The concept had a wide acceptance and several publishers are now in talks with cellular operators to make it available on demand.
Mobile2Win, a cell phone content developer is m-enabling several comics and novels. This was first introduced in Japan and that market is way ahead of India. They also have big plans for localization.
The only drawback and problems users faced in reading NeelaKannukal was that it was distributed on Java platform and several phones were not Java enabled and several phones hung upon opening the same. Ufff!! Java! Maybe they must port a mobile comic reader to a non-Java version compatible with Symbian OS.
Days are not far when your early morning newspaper and your weekly magazines are delivered to you on your mobile.
Lee - from Blue Jeans to BlueCasting in Indian Malls
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Lee, is going for BlueCast promotions to sell its Blue Jeans.What is BlueCast - BlueCast is a process in which you use your Bluetooth enabled phone to receive mobile content.
Lee wants to promote this in Malls of Bangalore / Bengalooru and Mumbai. Malls will be the exclusive BlueCast zone and if you step into the mall and have a Bluetooth enabled phone, you will be given an option to receive the ad content and also a coupon to spend in the mall.
So the next time you are at a mall in either of these cities, be sure to watch a Blue ad and enjoy a FREE mobile coupon :-)
Weekend Updates
Sunday, November 19, 2006
The GSM wing of Reliance Communications Ltd, Reliance Telecom is planning PAN India presence by the end of 2007. MingleBox and SunsilkGangOfGirls - The battle for social network supremacy in India. Mobile India has a review of the world's slimmest phone - Samsung X820. Airtel launches SongCatcher - You can download a song which you are hearing on TV provided you are on Airtel network.
Redbus, Sales Guru, Picsquare and Experience commerce get angel funding from TiE. Have a great weekend.
Redbus, Sales Guru, Picsquare and Experience commerce get angel funding from TiE. Have a great weekend.
Nokia - N Series Mobile FilmMaker Contest
Thursday, November 16, 2006
While Apple and Microsoft are still fighting for the Music player market, Nokia has quietly won the hearts of Millions of Asians with Nokia N Series.Nokia and Discovery channel jointly have sponsored mobile film making contest. Forgive me I am late to inform you about the contest. The tools the participant use is any of the N Series phone and have put it to use in their profession or work they are passionate about.
Two Indian figure amongst the finalists, you can chose and vote for your favorite on MobiFilms and also win a N Series phone.
Hutch and Nokia Localize SMS in India
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Hutch has tied-up with India's most popular handset manufacturer, Nokia to provide SMS service in localized languages like Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Gujarati, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu.Hutchison Essar Ltd Chief Marketing Officer Naveen Chopra said,
"We believe that communicating in one's mother tongue is much convenient and lots of fun as it enables a person to be more expressive".
Currently, over 30 Nokia phones are equipped to support nine Indian languages using this application.The customer can enable this application by sending text INDISMS to 123 and downloading through WAP link or by logging into PlanetHutch and clicking on the INDISMS line. The application itself is free of cost, though downloading the application would involve a minor charge, it said
Tags: SMS India, Local SMS, Hindi SMS, Marathi SMS
Reliance Broadband launch for Consumers Delayed.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Mr. Bajpai, CEO of Reliance Broadband and Enterprise unit has said that they are initially focusing only on Enterprise customers and residential customers in Business Districts. The large scale consumer broadband launch may take upto 18 months. Time to look at Airtel and BSNL now :-)
In another development, Mobile India has statistsics of the mobile handset manufacturers marketshare in India at the end of August-2006,
Nokia 77%
Motorola 10%
Sony Ericsson 5%
Samsung 4%
Others 4%.
In another development, Mobile India has statistsics of the mobile handset manufacturers marketshare in India at the end of August-2006,
Nokia 77%
Motorola 10%
Sony Ericsson 5%
Samsung 4%
Others 4%.
LG Chocolate Platinum KE800 in India by New Year
Sunday, November 12, 2006
LG India will introduced a enw high end model - Chocolate Platinum KE800. It does look like a swiss chocolate bar :-)The KE800 is a Tri-band GSM/GRPS/EDGE phone (CDMA Version is available in Korea and Reliance Infocom may also get it in India) that has a bigger QVGA (240x320) screen, a FM radio tuner, a 2 megapixel digital camera and a microSD/TransFlash card slot in addition to the 60mb internal memory. The new Chocolate Platinum has lesser memory (128 MB on the KG800), but the card slot takes care of that.
The new Chocolate KE800 has been given a complete revamp in the looks, still retaining the slider form factor and touch-sensitive main buttons.
It is expected to be available by Q1-2007 in India and pricing details were not yet available but it was hinted that it will cost in the range of Rs11,000 to Rs13,500.
Toonami gaming comes to India
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Time Warner Inc earlier this year had signed a deal with Tata Indicom Broadband for gaming on demand. HT says that, Cartoon Network will launch Toonmai - Game On, Video Gaming Championship for Indian kids.Cartoon Network will undertake a school contact programme in seven cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Ludhiana, to promote the stunt. It will start in Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad at the end of November.
You can also win Toonami watches, loads of Pokémon goodies, Cybergiants and one Xbox 360 every week. Hurry!!! Toonami website is here.
Samsung unveils Mini MP3 Phone SGH-X830
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Samsung Corp today unveiled its Mini MP3 Phone, SGH-X830. This phone is designed exclusively for someone who prefer something different as far as design and portability is concerned.The phone weighs 75 gms and measures 84x30x19.9mm. The most appealing feature is the swing-open form factor, which allows the phone to function as a MP3 player when closed and as a phone when opened. In the MP3 mode, the phone displays the playlist, song information, and equalizer settings.
The phone has an in-built 1GB memory for storage of up to 250 songs. It also has click wheel navigation(like the iPod) for controlling music as well as phone functions. It has a USB 2.0 connection that handles large data volumes as well as a Music Library for organizing downloaded music.
The X830 is to release in India markets by Jan-2007.
Airtel Broadband Offering Free Anti-Virus in India
Monday, November 06, 2006
Bharti Tele-Ventures Ltd, promoted Airtel Broadband is offering Free Anti-Virus for all its broadband subscribers in India. Airtel has tied up with McAfee for anti-virus subscription services. Real time chat and e-mail help is also available.To download and install, you need your Airtel Broadband user-id and password. You can download the anti-virus here.
WestSide & Motorola hunt for MotoStar and MotoDiva in India
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Trent Ltd promoted WestSide and Motorola style showdown, have joined hands in association with MTV India to hunt for MotoStar and MotoDiva in 9 cities - Pune, Baroda,Ahmedabad, Nagpur, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Jaipur and Indore covering 270 colleges and universities.To participate in the Style Showdown you are required to visit the nearest Westside store and complete an entry form. From all the college entries received, eight colleges will be shortlisted for the final fashion show.
Motorola will announce a MOTODIVA (female) and MOTOSTAR (male) in each city who will be awarded the recently launched Motorola MOTOKRZR K1 each.
For further details, contact, Arati Mukerji (Motorola Mobile Devices) arati AT Motorola Dot Com and Bishalakhi Ghosh (Perfect Relations) bghosh AT perfectrelations.com
Weekend Entertainment gets better In India by DVD rentals
Friday, November 03, 2006
Earlier last month we covered how to save your time by booking Multiplex movie tickets using cell phones from anywhere in India.If you are not in a mood to drive to the Multiplex, you can always order Bollywood Movies, Games, Music to your door step - courtesy Madhouse.
Madhouse is one such media and entertainment company currently serving customers in Chandigrah, Delhi, Noida and areas in the vicinity. They are expanding rapidly and your pre-registrations are open for other areas as well. Compared to a hefty Rs499 registration fees by SeventyMM, Madhouse doesn't charge any registration fees and is only stocking high quality DVDs to bring ultimate viewing experience for the Indians. You can also rate, review(read/write) and the best part is, you can form a friendship network and see what your friends are viewing or playing.
Madhouse will also has offline presence with kiosks and multi-touch points. Madhouse currently has various plans to suit your needs and membership is by invitation only. Don't worry our blog readers get a 10% off and can also sign-up now. You can share your experience in Black and White.
The rise of Virtual Keyboards
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Do you recall those Bond Movies or Matrix ? Time is ripe atleast for one such cool innovation - Bluetooth Laser Virtual Keyboard. It is a tiny stick little larger than a match box when switched on will spread a layout of 63 keys QWERTY keyboard and let you type as though you are on your regular keyboard.This interfaces very well with your PDA, PocketPC or other Handheld enabling you to reply to your e-mails on the move and costs 10 times the regular keyboard at $180.
Gas cylinder booking on Reliance Mobile World
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Reliance Communications Ltd, has enabled Gas Cylinder booking for the Indian consumer through their Reliance Mobile World Application.It will be available to Hindustan Petroleum Ltd gas customers using Reliance Mobile World (R World) with the options of gas bookings, queries on mobile phones, real-time complaint registrations and many such facilities.