HTC Corporation has launched the new HTC Touch2 smartphone in India. The HTC Touch2, HTC’s first touch phone embedded with Microsoft’s newly released Mobile 6.5, has been launched on Reliance Communications’ GSM network. The HTC Touch2 comes equipped with the upgraded TouchFlo user interface that includes 11 colour icons and the weather clock on the [...]

Fly has introduced six new Dual SIM phones in India, this Diwali season. The new models are DS100, DS150, DS 200, V170, V180 and MC 160. “Our new range is loaded with high-quality features and offers a wide choice to consumers. DS100 is an entry-level phone with a powerful battery and Hindi language support. [...]

India’s mobile handset market touched 100.9 million units in the year ended June 2009, recording a growth of 6.7 per cent from 94.6 million units in the previous year ended June 2008, according to IDC India. In terms of units shipped Nokia had the largest share of 56.8 per cent, followed by Samsung with a [...]

Adobe has launched Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone, bringing a simplified version of its flagship software to the iPhone and iPod touch. The new app can crop, flip and rotate photos, or adjust exposure, saturation and tint, with option of converting to black-and-white. Two filters are included: Sketch renders a photo as a drawing, while Soft [...]

Microsoft India has launched new range of handsets from device partners, featuring Windows Mobile 6.5. The company is also debuting two new services to bring added value to consumers — My Phone is an in-built, free service that offers 200MB of online storage to back up all contacts and phone information; and Windows Marketplace for [...]

Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) has been selected by Unitech Wireless as its exclusive pan-India supplier to roll out and manage its GPRS core network under a three year contract. NSN will provide an entire gamut of services ranging from network implementation and network operations to care and managing the day-to-day operations of the pan-Indian [...]

Amongst the cheapest in the world, the mobile telephony tariffs in India are all set to fall further. India’s telecom regulator TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) is planning to ask all the operators to consider per-second pulse as a mandatory tariff option along with their other tariff plans.

“We plan to ask operators to charge [...]

Chinese handset manufacturer ZTE has announced it is to provide handsets to 3 in the UK, Ireland and Sweden.
The first model to be delivered in all three countries is the ZTE F102 3G handset, featuring a two-megapixel camera, MP3 player, colour screen, Bluetooth, USB and a Micro SD memory card. It also includes Skype and [...]

Amazon today announced its Amazon Mobile Payments Service (MPS) for developers.
The new service will allow developers to create software payment systems that let customers pay using their Amazon.com accounts across third party mobile sites.
MPS users will also be able to implement Amazon’s 1-Click purchase option so that customers can avoid entering in lengthy payment details [...]

Bharti Airtel has become the first mobile service provider to roll out 8 series mobile numbers in West Bengal. Now, Airtel West Bengal will be offering mobile numbers starting with 8, to be available in 8016 series. This will be available for new connections in both pre-paid and post-paid categories, as reported by Business Line. [...]