Mumbai, 17^th Mar, 2010. A-DATA Technology Co., Ltd., the worldwide leader in DRAM memory and Flash application products provider, announced its channel and brand strategy for India in a conference held in Mumbai today. To make presence stronger, the company also commits a soon-to-be opened India office in May, 2010. Along with these on-going activities, three channel meetings were held successfully in Kolkata, Patna and Siliguri, to further enhance A-DATA’s partnership with major distribution channels. Greater accessibility and visibility of A-DATA’s products in domestic market can be expected in the near future.

Shalley Chen, Executive Vice President of A-DATA Technology, Said

A-DATA India office will ensure that customers’ needs are responded in a timely manner. This justifies our global sales and brand strategy, and A-DATA will further strengthen our local presence and provide our customers and end users with the most timely and top quality service in India.”

The company is also pleased to be informed that local market responded well to all these lately movements of A-DATA. On the newly released winner list of Compass Award for 2010 by the renowned IT Exhibition in Kolkata, A-DATA’s NH92 was awarded with the best value new product. A-DATA was also awarded with Best Booths Award for its outstanding booth design.

ADATA just introduced its brand-new corporate identity at the beginning of this year to address its determination of expanding a solid international brand. Coupled with a modern, stylishly designed with vivid colors, a hummingbird icon symbolizes not only the fundamental corporate values of the company with of “integrity, fairness, honesty, diligence, ingenuity, harmony, love and innovation”, but also the splendid moments in life. A-DATA wishes to help customers store their every marvelous moment in life. The colorful hummingbird will both presents the all-new brand Image of A-DATA and conveys its product values to customers.

Tata Teleservices launched a unique product called “DIALOG”, that can convert your television set into a full fledged internet device. With this product customers can access internet without a desktop or notebook computer. The DIALOG comes with a set top box that directly connects to your television and enables you television with a web browser and photo viewing capabilities. This device also have four USB ports so you can connect with any USB device and watch movies and photos on your television set.

The DIALOG will be available in two options – with Photon Whiz at Rs. 6,699 and Rs.7,699 with Photon Plus. As of now, the service is restricted only to the Chennai and the Kolkata circles. It will see a gradual roll out across India in the months to come. Apparently, the current service is in the Test Run period and this would continue for the next three months.

TTSL national sales head Abhijit Sanyal said

We are launching the product first time in the country simultaneously in Chennai and Kolkata. We will take three months for the testing period and after that we will go for an all-India launch of DIALOG in the first quarter of FY11.

Sanjiv Sinha, Regional Head (East) and Chief Operating Officer of Tata Teleservices Limited CDMA Operations in Kolkata Said

In today’s day and age, the television set is a common and essential commodity in all households-we will help our customers experience the unique proposition of turning on their televisions to access the internet, check their e-mails, watch streaming video and listen to online music.

Apple Laptops are known for their sleek designs and powerful processors. Apple Laptops are loaded with great features and offer the latest technology and innovation. Since 1989, Apple Laptops has come a long way with the introduction of the 15.9 pound Portable Macintosh. In the early nineties, PowerBooks line of Apple laptops were introduced which were followed by the best selling iBooks. In 2006, the iBooks and the powerbook lines were discontinued and were eventually replaced with the dual core Macbook, the robust Macbook Pro and the sleek and stylish Apple Macbook Air.

Apple Laptops has technology products across different categories, like monitors, notebooks, iPods, Handsets and the newly introduced iPads. Apple Laptops has successful operations across different countries with many retail stores and apple online store is also a great way to purchase the latest products and software. Find the latest Apple laptops models and compare their prices and features below.

The Apple Macbook Air Laptop is a unique Laptop with a sleek and stylish design. It is very slim and lightweight making it easy to carry around. The Dimensions of the apple Macbook Air laptop are 32.5 x 1.94 x 22.7 and weighs just 1.36 Kg ideal for people who are always on the move. The Apple Macbook Air is an ultraportable notebook with NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor, it has an extended desktop and video mirroring which simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display.

The Apple Macbook Air Laptop also has built-in iSight camera, Mini Display Port. It has a Core 2 Duo chip in a specially designed package and small motherboard that help reduce its thickness. The LCD screen is backlit with LEDs, which saves battery, and allows the screen to be dimmed much lower than CCFL screens for additional battery.

The Apple Macbook Air Laptop is equipped with an integrated webcam and microphone that helps stay connected with your friends and family wherever you are. The Apple Macbook Air offers connectivity options like wi-fi, Bluetooth Ver 2.1 and USB.

The Apple Macbook Air Price is approximately Rs 109000 making it ideal for high level executives and business executives. For the latest Macbook Air Laptop Price in India and Deals visit Consumermate.com.

MTNL decided to provide Free 3G Jadoo offer from 22.2.2010 to 15.3.2010 for existing and new GSM customers. Free 3G will be discontinued after 15.3.2010. “Free 3G” customers who give ACT 3G SMS after 15.3.2010 will not be allowed to avail the “waival of onetime activation” charges.

The details of this offer are as follows:

• Promotional SMS with details will be sent to all the Dolphin & Trump subscribers.
• The one time activation fees of Rs 149/- will be waived during this period for all those customers who send “ACT 3G” SMS to 444 for Trump or 555 for Dolphin.
• The video call facility will be offered free to the customers in the MTNL network.
• Access to high speed Internet will be provided free of charge. However, the data download/usage will be charged @ Rs. 2/- per MB in pulse rate of 2p/10 KB.
• The 3G service will be disabled after the trial period when customer does not send “ACT 3G “on 444 or “555” respectively for Trump & Dolphin
• The customer has to maintain a minimum balance of Rs 25/- in his account.
• SMS will be charged at Rs 2/- per SMS.

How the customer can avail this offer?

Trump customers

• This facility can be availed by sending SMS “FREE 3G” to 444.
• If the customer wishes to continue the services after free trial offer with waiver of one time activation charges of Rs 149/-, the customer should send “ACT 3G” to 444 before the expiry of the trial period and upto 15.3.2010 only. The list of such customers will
  be maintained and they will be provided 3G services without charging any activation fees.
• From 16.3.2010, one time activation charges of Rs 149/- will be charged.
• The customer will have to maintain minimum balance of Rs 25/- in his account.
• The browsing and down load will be charged @ Rs. 2/- per MB in pulse rate of 2p/10KB. The subscriber who recharges with Rs. 45/- or Rs. 48/- coupon, the data tariff will be 1p / 10KB.

Dolphin customers

• He can avail this facility by sending “FREE 3G” SMS to 555.
• If the customer wishes to continue the services free trial offer with waiver of one time activation charges of Rs 149/-, the customer should send “ACT 3G” to 555 before the expiry of the trial period and upto 15.3.2010 only. The list of such customers will be
  maintained and they will be provided 3G services with out charging any activation fees.
• From 16.3.2010, one time activation Rs 149/- will be charged.
• The browsing and down load will be charged @ Rs. 2/- per MB in pulse rate of 2p/10KB.

India is now becoming a hot target for cyber criminals, recently i found a number of malicious Email are sent to Indian internet users asking their banking details or update their bank details. Now today i forged and well crafted Email asking me access my tax returns and enter personal information including PAN and other sensitive information.

Please be careful replying to these kind of Emails. None of the Indian banks and Income Tax department of India send these kind of Emails asking for your personal information.

Bharti Airtel has launched Application store for its mobile subscribers with more than 1250 applications. The Airtel App store will be known as “Airtel App Central”. Airtel App Central feature apps over 25 categories including business, games, books, social networking and other needs.  The Airtel App Central has over 1250 apps available for download across 550+ devices categorized under 25 customer categories – both free and paid applications. Customers can choose from India Specific Apps – religion and devotional Apps such as Ayyappa the God to Bhakti ki Shakti where our customers can express their devotion to Maa Durga to Qibla which allows our customers to calculate the direction from anywhere on the globe to the holy city of Mecca. Old local favorites such as Book Cricket and Gilli Danda stage a comeback in a Mobile Avatar along with other Games and Apps around popular festivals such as Holi, Diwali, etc. There is an SMS Directory App which saves you the trouble of remembering formats and those difficult to remember numbers which are required to query for popular services and information such as your flight details, cross check your railway booking or even find out insurance details.

Airtel App store offer an easy single click purchase option to Airtel subscribers. The cost is automatically added to the customer’s mobile bill or deducted from the available talk-time. Starting as low as Rs. 5, Airtel App Central will offer local and regional Apps for customers across the length and breadth of the country.

To experience the Airtel App Central, Airtel mobile customers can visit Airtel Live on their mobile phone and browse into App Central or SMS app to 54321 (toll free) to receive the URL.

Atul Bindal, President – Mobile Services, Bharti Airtel, said,

As the undisputed leader in the Indian telecom industry, we are committed to constantly delighting our customers and offering innovations to enrich their experience. With the Airtel App Central – India’s first mobile app store- we are offering a one-stop shop open 24×7 to meet all our customer’s personal device needs. We are empowering our mobile customers to transform their phones into smart devices – with the click of a single button.

Nokia has launched Nokia 2730 in India. Nokia 2730 is cheapest 3G mobile phone available in Indian market. Nokia 2730 is priced at Rs 4499/- only. Nokia 2730 classic is available in black and dark magenta colors. The overall measurements of the handset are 109.6 mm x 46.9 mm x 14.4 mm and it weighs 87.7 g. The battery life offers maximum of 7.4 hours talk time and 16.5 days standby time. It supports 3G for faster search and browsing and an integrated Opera mini browser. The Nokia 2730 classic is Nokia Life Tools compatible.

Nokia 2730 classic provides an ultimate experience of Internet experience and competitively loaded with Nokia’s Ovi Mail, Nokia Messaging, Nokia Life Tools, and browsing, making it easy for consumers to share and manage life tools.

Vineet Taneja, Director Marketing Nokia India said

Nokia has always had a holistic approach towards driving the adoption of 3G in India, both at the infrastructure and at the handset level. As the market leader, our investment into different technologies has always been aimed at being future ready and today with the launch of Nokia 2730 classic we have a portfolio of over 20 3G enabled handsets in the market. We firmly believe that 3G technologies and future enhancements will offer the most expeditious and cost-effective means of providing mobile internet access to the mass market.

Nokia 2730 Classic Features

• Nokia Life Tools
• OviMail
• 2megapixel camera
• Stereo FM radio
• Bluetooth
• Long talk time &intuitive phonebook and having 1000 entry capacity
• MMS, Email, Flash message, Audio message
• Expense Manager, Calculator
• Integrated hands free speaker
• Big key mat – easy to use

Amitabh Bachchan, The Bollywood superstar has started a new voice blog called Bachchan Bol. Amitabh Bachchan’s fans have to dial (022) 505678910 from their mobile or landline phones to hear the voice of Amitabh Bachchan and more importantly people can also sent their voice comments to Amitabh Bachchan. Bachchan Bol is a premium mobile service so you’ll have to pay around Rs. 6 per minute.

Bachchan Bol Service Video

The Bachchan Bol Service was launched in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) on Tuesday(09/02/2010). Amitabh Bachchan said at the launch of Bachchan Bol

We need to respect the medium of communication is rapidly increasing. It will be very difficult to stay away from it… It is difficult not to be involved now… It goes to the entire universe instantly. You get a response instantly. He was prepared for criticism, abuses, disagreement, for being lauded. If I expect everyone to say nice things, it is not fair. This is my personal philosophy. I never moderate. I hope there is. I hope there are people who may want to consider me. For an artist it is very challenging to be doing something different, something new all the time.It keeps our creativity alive. It keeps artists alive. It will be a terrible day for an artist to feel satisfied. That would be his death.

You can also join Bachchan Bol on following social networking website

Bachchan Bol on Facebook

Bachchan Bol on Orkut

Bachchan Bol on YouTube

Bachchan Bol on Twitter

Nokia 5233 finally launched in India and Nokia 5233 is cheapest touch screen Smartphone by Nokia.  The phone, priced at just Rs. 7,850 also makes it one of the cheapest Smartphone you can buy today.

Nokia 5233 is a fully touch screen Smartphone comes with 3.2 inch resistive touch screen with 640×360 pixels resolution. Nokia 5233 also have a 2 megapixel camera, FM Radio, 3.5 mm audio jack and micro SD card support expandable up to 16 GB.

Nokia 5233 is powered by 434MHz processor and run on top of fifth edition of S60 operating system and  AMR11 can make a more smooth operation of the speed. Has 70MB of memory in the case of the fuselage, but also can support maximum 16GB capacity memory card expansion. Nokia 5233 also supports A-GPS navigation capabilities, using the latest version of Ovi map, get more than 200 cities, satellite images and 3D icons, as well as facilitate the pedestrian navigation and driving navigation when browsing features such as topographic map services.

Nokia 5233 music player supports MP3 (VBR), AAC, eAAC, AAC, WMA, WAV and other audio formats and WMV9, MPEG4, 3GP (H.263) video formats.

The only thing you would miss would be support for 3G and Wi-Fi support. Nokia 5233 is available in Black and Red colors across India.

Nokia 5233 Mobile Phone Features

• 3.2 inch resistive touch screen
• 640×360 pixels resolution
• Quad band GSM network
• 2 megapixel Camera
• Stereo FM Radio
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• Wi-Fi, High speed 3G (HSDPA)
• GPS with AGPS support
• Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 application
• WMV/RV/MP4/3GP video player
• MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A music player
• Bluetooth, miniUSB
• Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 release 5
• 1320mAh battery with up to 7hour talk-time and 33hours non-stop music.
• 70MB internal memory
• Micro SD support up to 16 GB.

Nokia is planning to launch Rs 500 mobile phone in rural India. Nokia has already launched mobile phones available in a range of  Rs 1200 to 1800 with Nokia life tools. The Economic Times reports that these $10 phones will be a limited edition devices with a limited production run. That is something strange because Nokia has been traditionally known to flood its market with low-end devices. Will you buy the $10 phone whenever it arrives?

The Rs 500 mobile phone would be good option for rural India because its cheap and will come with some basic features including 96×68 pixels monochrome display, 3.5mm headset jack, FM radio, MP3 ringtones and even a flashlight.