April 2010 – Page 2

Press: Pepsi brings refreshing content to Ovi Store

Nokia’s Ovi Store offers the world’s most popular apps and games on their summer of football channel

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced the launch of the Ovi Store football channel featuring exclusive Pepsi content as well as entertainment, apps and information from the world’s most recognized football content providers. The channel leverages Ovi Store’s global reach to offer Nokia football fans around the globe the easiest place to shop for the most popular and most refreshing mobile football content.

Launching today, Nokia’s Ovi Store football channel is the ultimate football fan destination featuring highly popular apps, games, and the ability to quickly personalize and refresh your Nokia.

As part of Ovi’s football offering, Pepsi’s charity football anthem ‘Oh Africa’ will be featured for sale on Ovi Music Store. The charity single performed by six-time Grammy nominee, Akon, featuring Keri Hilson, the Soweto Gospel choir and sixteen youth from around the world is the soundtrack to Pepsi’s 2010 football campaign. In addition, Pepsi’s football athlete themes and wallpapers will be available for free on the Pepsi home page at www.ovi.com

“Pepsi’s unique content combined with Nokia’s unparalleled global reach offers football fans around the world the chance to get involved with this year’s great Football summer no matter where they are,” said Marco Argenti, VP and Global Head of Media, Nokia. “The Ovi Store football promotion offers passionate football fans instant access to news, apps, games and a growing selection of personalization content from some of the world’s top teams.”

Claudia Lagunas, Digital and New Media Director at PepsiCo International commented: “Working with Nokia allows us to connect and communicate with the worldwide mobile community. Nokia’s Ovi Store offers an exciting new channel through which to share our football content with millions of football fans around the globe.”

Also launching today is the Nokia Skill Dribbler competition giving mobile gamers the opportunity to win a Football trip of a lifetime for two to see ‘El Clasico’ in Barcelona. To win, skill dribblers have to show off their silky football game skills, avoiding tackles and keeping control of the ball for as long as they can to accumulate points. The highest weekly scorers will receive a shirt signed by a one of the worlds’ top footballers and Nokia N97 mini. The top scorer of the competition will be on their way to Barcelona. To enter and play Skill Dribbler visit www.ovi.com.

In addition to PepsiCo’s content Nokia’s Ovi Store football channel will also host a long list of further content dedicated to 2010’s summer of football. From competitions and tournament updates to personalizing your device, football is a lot more fun when you are part of the action. Some of the key content and features to get you involved include:

Great goals
If you are supporting Brazil, England, or just great football, Great Goals will whet your appetite for what’s to come with a series of free audio and video downloads dedicated to great goals scored by great players.

Football updates and news
No matter where you are in the world, you can’t catch every game of the tournament but you can still get live updates. 2010’s summer of football news and update applications are available from the largest football websites in the world. Livemobile Football, ESPN Soccernet, and Goal.com are all available as free applications to keep you up to date with breaking news from around the world, previews and recaps of games for all major leagues in the world and more.

Games
Experience the latest in mobile football gaming and battle to win the cup for your country. Games available include Gameloft’s Real Football 2010 and Real Football Manager 2010, and beat the rest in the next generation of sports radar built for speed shooting, Speedhero Multisport, and the latest football games from EA SPORTS.

Touchnote
A picture is worth a thousand words, but reminding everyone your country beat their country with a postcard is priceless. This app takes digital pictures and makes them into physical postcards in a matter of clicks.

Social networking
Whether heading to South Africa or just down the street to your local bar, stay in touch with your friends and family to let them know where you are watching the game. Share your football experience with fans back home, comment on games, post media, and find out where the nearby parties are. Social networks like Nimbuzz and Buddycloud make sharing easy from your Nokia device.

Ovi Maps
Don’t miss the Game because you got lost, Use new Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation available on Nokia smartphones to find your way to stadium, bar, park, or wherever you choose to watch the game. After the game, find the best sights, restaurants, hotels and events wherever you are through the Lonely Planet and Michelin travel guides that come free with the new Ovi Maps. To download Ovi Maps, visit www.store.ovi.com.

Nokia Announces Three Messaging Phones

With all the great buzz about the Nokia Messaging Event and the little cool invitations Nokia kindly sent to us. It had put us through great confusions about the event. Rumors hinted about a Nokia N8 device release. But Nokia surprised us with launch of 3 new phones.

The launch event was at their website . The three new phones were the Nokia C3, C6 and E5.

Nokia C3 comes with a lot of features and of course all the three phones are built with messaging capabilities in mind. The C3 features include

Key Features:
Messaging made easy
• Full QWERTY keymat
• 1-click access to email and chat via Nokia Messaging
• Easy Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat account creation
• Conversational SMS for chat type messaging
• Favourite Contacts

Social networking made better
• 1-click access to social networking via Communities client
• Viewing alerts and news on the home screen
• Easy posting and changing of status and
uploading photos
• Quick navigation through your friends
latest posts

Experience the Internet in new ways
• Webkit based browser
• Opera mini client • Web Search
• WLAN (with easy access point authentication without opening browser)

Additional features
• 2 megapixel camera with 4 x digital zoom
• Media player
• FM stereo radio
• 3.5 AV connector
• support for up to 8GB memory card • built-in handsfree speaker

Techinical Details
System: GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
User Interface: Series 40
Dimensions: 115.5 mm x 58.1 mm x 13.6 mm (L x W x H)
Volume: 63.2 cc
Weight: 114 g (including battery)
Standby time: Up to 20 days
Talk time: Up to 7 hours
Display: 2.4” QVGA (320×240), up to 262k colors
Memory: Up to 55 MB internal memory, support for up to 8 GB microSD memory card

Colors
Slate Grey, Golden White, Hot Pink

Standard Sales Package Includes
• Nokia C3-00 handset
• Nokia Battery BL-5J, 1320 mAh
• Nokia Compact Charger AC-3
• Compact User Guide
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-102

Nokia C6 on the other side is a little more expensive version and is similar to the 5800, but with a keyboard and slightly polished looks.

Key Features
Messaging
• Full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing
• Favorite email accounts supported(Yahoo!® Mail, GmailTM, Windows LiveTM Hotmail, Ovi Mail)
• Emails delivered on the homescreen
• IM client available through OviStore(Yahoo!® Messenger, Google TalkTM, Windows LiveTM Messenger, Ovi Chat)

Social networking and sharing
• Favorite contacts and Facebook status updates available on the home screen
• Ovi Maps with free navigation and easy location sharing via Facebook
• Share pictures and videos directly from the phone
• Large touch display with customizable home screen and quick access to features

Additional features
• 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, integrated flash
• Secondary camera for video calling
• Media player
• FM stereo radio
• Music player
• Easy access to Ovi Store and Ovi Music
• Ovi Share
• Ovi Suite

Data Services & Connectivity
• WLAN
• GPRS/EGPRS multi slot class32
• Bluetooth 2.0 with enhanced data rates (EDR)
• IntegratedA-GPS
• Micro-USB connector
• 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector

Technical Profile
System: WCDMA 850/1900/2100 + EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA 900/1900/2100 + EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
User Interface: Symbian^1 (Symbian OS, S60 5.0)
Dimensions: 113.4 mm x 53 mm x 16.8 mm (L x W x H)
Volume: 80 cc
Weight: 150 g (including battery)
Standby time: Up to 16 days
Talk time: Up to 7 hours (GSM), up to 5 hours (3G)
Display: 3,2” TFT with up to 16M colors nHD 16:9 widescreen (640×360)
Memory: Up to 200 MB internal memory, support for up to 16 GB microSD memory card

Standard Sales Package Includes
Nokia C6-00 handset
Nokia Battery BL-4J, 1200 mAh
Nokia Compact Charger AC-15
Nokia Headset WH-102
Nokia 2 GB microSD card MU-37
Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101

And Finally the Nokia E5. It comes with a physical keyboard identical to the Nokia E72 and of course with same looks with slight changes which makes it less beautiful than the E72. But wait, we leave that to you. Check out the pics below.

Key Features

– Messaging made easy and enjoyable –
• Easy email and Instant Messaging set-up
• 1 click access to SMS, MMS, email, IM
• Full QWERTY keyboard for easy typing
• Support for multiple popular email accounts like Yahoo!® Mail, GmailTM, Windows LiveTM Hotmail, Ovi Mail,
and Microsoft exchange and IBM Lotus NotesTraveler business emails

– Stay always connected in your preferred way –
• Free global drive and walk navigation with Ovi Maps
• Most important contacts with images on the Home Screen
• Facebook updates directly on Phonebook
• Support for popular Instant Messaging services like
Yahoo!® Messenger, Google TalkTM, Windows LiveTM Messenger, Ovi Chat

– Explore and Share via fast internet connection –
• Fast Internet access (HSDPA/HSUPA and WLAN) to access your favorite websites
• 5 Mpix full focus camera with LED flash
• Share pictures in Ovi Share and Flickr
• Ovi store to find new content

– Business grade security and device management –
• Device lock
• Remote locking with SMS
• Device and Memory card encryption
• Mobile VPN client
• OMA DM client for lock & wipe, password enforcement

Inbox Colors
• Carbon Black, Chalk White, Sky Blue, Copper Brown, Silver Grey

Standard Sales Package Includes-
• Nokia E5-00 phone
• Nokia Battery BL-4D, 1200mAh
• Nokia Connectivity Cable CA-101
• Nokia High Efficiency Charger AC-8
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-102
• Nokia 2 GB microSD card MU-37

Nokia Original Accessories –
• Headset: Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-108,
Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-214
Nokia Stereo Headset WH-701
• Data: Nokia 16GB MicroSDHCCard MU-44
• Car: Nokia Universal Holder CR-115
• Power: Nokia Display Speakerphone HF-510
Nokia Extra Power DC-11

Technical Profile
System : GSM 850/900/1800/1900 WCDMA Band I + II + VIII (900+1900+2100) WCDMA Band I + II + V (850+1900+2100)
User Interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
Dimensions: 115 mm x 58.9 mm x 12.8 mm (L x W x H)
Volume: 75cc
Weight: 126 g (including battery)
Talk time: Up to 18h 30 min (GSM), 5h 30 min (3G)
Standby time: Up to 29 days
Display: 2.4” QVGA LCD (320×240) with 256k colors
Memory: Up to 250 MB internal memory, support for up to 32 GB microSD memory card

Data Services & Connectivity
• HSDPA cat9 (10.2Mbps), HSUPA cat5 (2Mbps)
• Tri-band WCDMA
• GSM GPRS data class 32, GSM EGPRS data class 32, DTM32
• Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP & AVRCP)
• WLAN
• Integrated A-GPS
• Micro-USB connector
• 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector

Nokia Acquires MetaCarta Inc.

Espoo, Finland – Nokia announced today that it has acquired MetaCarta Inc. MetaCarta, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a privately owned company which employs over 30 people and has expertise in geographic intelligence solutions. MetaCarta’s technology will be used in the area of local search in Location and other services.

About MetaCarta Inc.
MetaCarta Inc. provides powerful technology for finding anything written about any place. MetaCarta unique technology combines geosearch and geotagging capabilities allowing users to find content about a location in internal and external data stores. MetaCarta’s products make data and unstructured content “location-aware” and geographically relevant for easier organization and quicker action.

Google Maps 4.0 for BlackBerry adds Search by Voice, Google Buzz, Starring, Labs, and More

Google Maps version 4.0 is the first ever update in 2010 for BlackBerry from Google Maps Team. The new version help you find places faster, post from those places with Google Buzz, star them for quick access, and more. Search by voice Simply press and hold the green “call” button, speak your search, and see […]

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Google Services Now Optimized for iPad and Other Tablet Computers

While surfing the web on your iPad, we expect many of you will want to check your Gmail. If you go to gmail.com in your browser, you’ll see something different than what you’re used to on the desktop. We’re releasing an experimental user interface for the iPad built on the Gmail for mobile HTML5 web app that we launched last year for the iPhone and Android devices. Those devices have large screens compared to other phones, and tablets like the iPad give us even more room to innovate. To take advantage of the iPad’s large display, we’ve created a two-pane view with your list of conversations on the left and messages to the right.

gmail ipad

To try this new interface, go to gmail.com in your browser. We recommend adding a homescreen link for easy access. As this interface is experimental, expect changes as we continue to develop and optimize. Also, please let us know any ideas or feedback that you have. You can also access Gmail on the iPad through the native Mail app using the IMAP protocol.

Additionally, the iPad ships with a number of Google services pre-installed. As with Mac computers and the iPhone, you’ll find Google Search in the top right corner of Safari. The YouTube app for iPad is built-in, so you can watch HD videos and read and write comments. The new Maps app on iPad takes advantage of high-resolution satellite and Street View imagery, includes a new terrain view, and lets you search for local businesses and get directions. Just like on the iPhone, you can also go to the App Store to download Google Mobile App with search by voice. Of course, Google Mobile App was originally designed for the iPhone’s screen dimensions, but we’ve adapted it to work on the iPad and we’re looking into new ideas to make the app even better.

As you use Google’s web-based applications on iPad, you’ll notice that you sometimes see the desktop user interface and other times you see the mobile interface. We’ve evaluated the behavior of each Google web app using the iPad Simulator, and we are serving the interface we feel works best. If you’d like any help using our products on iPad, please click the ‘Help’ link within the product.

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If you are not living on another planet, you probably have heard enough about the iPad. If you are one like us, then you are dying for a hands on experience. Reports from users who had an early hands on with the device is that web browsing is really fast and smooth on the iPad. And if you are our regular reader of our website, you must have read that Google Has optimized its sites including gmail for the iPad

Today, we will show you how to experience the iPad like browsing on your system.

First you need the Mozilla Firefox Browser. If you don’t have you can Download it from here

Secondly, you need this extension. Download and install it

Now, go to tools>Default User Agent>Edit and add a new Agent with the inputs from the picture below. In the user agents field enter:
Mozilla/5.0(iPad; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.21.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 Mobile/7B314 Safari/531.21.10

Now switch to the iPad user agent through the same menu by simply selecting iPad. Hooraayy !!! You are now Experiencing the Apple iPad. And yeah, You are Welcome ! 😉

BSNL Revises Unlimited Broadband Plans

BSNL has introduced some changes in the available bandwidth for all it’s Home and Rural Unlimited plan Broadband Customers across the country.

Details of BSNL Promotional Scheme:
1.) Existing plan name: BB Home Combo UL 625 CS1
Revised name: BB Home Combo UL 625 CS1
Existing bandwidth speed: 256Kbps
Revised bandwidth speed: 512Kbps
2.) Existing plan name: Home UL 750
Revised name: BB Home UL 750
Existing bandwidth speed: 256Kbps
Revised bandwidth speed: 512Kbps
3.) Existing plan name: Home UL 750 Plus
Revised name: BB Home Combo UL 750
Existing bandwidth speed: 256Kbps
Revised bandwidth speed: 512Kbps
4.) Existing plan name: BB Home Combo ULF 900
Revised name: BB Home Combo ULF 900
Existing bandwidth speed: 512 Kbps upto 8GB, 256Kbps beyond 8GB
Revised bandwidth speed: 1 Mbps upto 8GB, 256 Kbps beyond 8GB
5.) Existing plan name: BB Home Combo ULF 1000
Revised name: BB Home Combo ULF 1000
Existing bandwidth speed: 1 Mbps upto 9GB, 256Kbps beyond 9GB
Revised bandwidth speed: 2 Mbps upto 9GB, 256 Kbps beyond 9GB
6.) Existing plan name: Home UL 1350 Plus
Revised name: BB Home Combo ULF 1350
Existing bandwidth speed: 512 Kbps
Revised bandwidth speed: 1 Mbps
7.) Existing plan name: VAS Home Combo ULF 1499
Revised name: BB Home Combo ULF 1499
Existing bandwidth speed: 1 Mbps upto 25 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 25 GB
Revised bandwidth speed: 2 Mbps upto 25 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 25 GB
8.) Existing plan name: BB Home Rural USOF Combo UL 500
Revised name: BB Home Rural USOF Combo UL 500
Existing bandwidth speed: 512 Kbps upto 4 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 4 GB
Revised bandwidth speed: 1 Mbps upto 4 GB, 256 Kbps beyond 4 GB
9.) Existing plan name: Rural USO Home UL 799
Revised name: BB Home Rural USOF UL 799
Existing bandwidth speed: 512 Kbps
Revised bandwidth speed: 1 Mbps
10.) Existing plan name: Rural USO Home Combo UL 899
Revised name: BB Home Rural USOF Combo UL 899
Existing bandwidth speed: 512 Kbps
Revised bandwidth speed: 1 Mbps
Note: It is a limited period offer and is available till 30-04-2010.
For any information customers can contact BSNL customer care number: 1500.

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With BSNL 3G mobile service, customers can enjoy high multimedia features like video calling, high speed Internet browsing, Live Mobile TV, Video SMS, & VoIP services.
Customers can avail the BSNL 3G SIM Card for Rs. 59. After the activation of SIM Card, prepaid customers have to recharge with FRC120. As an introductory offer, customers can enjoy 50 free video calls and free Data usage up to 25 Mb. Beyond free usage local calls will be charged at 30 paisa per minute and STD calls will be charged at 50 paisa per minute tariff rate.
Existing 2G prepaid customers can also migrate to 3G service by sending SMS M3G120 to 53733.
At the launch of 3G services, Mr Raja Reddy, General Manager, BSNL, Thanjavur, said “BSNL 3G Mobile and Data services up to 3.6 Mbps are available in Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, Virudhunagar in the Tamilnadu telecom circle. Presently 17 BTS (mobile towers) are 3G enable in Thanjavur SSA and six sites in Tiruvarur and another 10 BTS will be installed in Thanjavur and 2 more in Tiruvarur to provide seamless 3G connectivity across the cities and surrounding areas of SSA.”
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