Sony Ericsson Xperia smartphones get 50 GB of free cloud storage

As joked before, Sony Ericsson has announced its partnership with Box.net to offer 50GB of free cloud storage for Xperia smartphone users. If you have a smartphone Xperia, all you have to do Register or log in box on any phone Android Xperia before December 31, 2012 and get free storage will be activated.

You can grab Android box here. This offer is valid for any phone, including and X10 released after worldwide. Sony Ericsson is the second company after LG to offer 50GB of free cloud storage.

Android surpasses Symbian OS smartphones to become India's top

Google's Android operating system made ​​by Symbian OS smartphone to become the major market of India, India said IDC Mobile Phone Tracker for Q3 CY2011 Report. The report also said that Android accounted for 42.4% of the smartphone market in the last quarter and grew 90% from the previous quarter.

IDC India Mobile Phone Tracker Report, which was released today, there were pieces of interesting information. This is the first time we heard from one of the market research firms that Android has gained a significant share of the country, however, you should be aware that significant numbers only for the smartphone market, not market total phones in India, such as smart phones have only 6.5% of the volume of shipments in Q3.

In total, India's mobile market grew 12% in terms of unit shipments in the fourth quarter to reach 47.7 million units. Nokia continues to lead the overall market for mobile phones and smartphones in the country, followed by Samsung in both. Samsung was able to increase shipments of smart phones by 5% during this time and hope to launch Galaxy S II in the same period was of great help in this.
Samsung held 26% of smart phone shipments, details of other manufacturers were not reported in the press release.

Amazon Kindle selling over 1 million a week

Amazon.com Inc said it is selling more than a million Kindle devices a week, an unusual revelation largest Internet company that comes in the wake of some negative reviews of its new Kindle tablet of Fire.

Amazon said customers buy "more than" a million Kindle a week. This level of sales has been caused by three weeks, said in a statement.

The sales figures include the tablet Kindle fire and all versions of the Kindle electronic reader. The Company does not break out sales figures of the tablet of fire alone.

However, Amazon Kindle executive David Limp said fire sales increased week over week for each of the last three weeks.

Amazon said it had previously sold "millions" of Kindle, but the company has never given a number of sales a week, according to a spokeswoman.

The revelation comes after a series of negative feedback from Kindle fires which focused on issues such as the slow response of the user interface and web browser, the need for greater privacy and child settings, and lack of external volume control.

"The press release was very bullish and a clear response to the few high-profile negative stories," said Ben Schachter, an analyst at Macquarie.

Amazon shares rose 1.1 percent to $ 182.18 in mid-afternoon Thursday. The stock fell nearly $ 170, its lowest level since March, on Wednesday.

Recent reviews and articles have been "exaggerated" in part because it often compares the $ 199 Kindle fire iPad from Apple Inc, which starts at $ 499, the analyst said.

"That's like comparing a $ 20,000 car with a $ 50,000 car," said Schachter. "These reviews by some damage because people read them. Will and the iPad? No."

Despite the negative coverage, Schachter is sticking to its forecast of around five million fire Kindle sales in the fourth quarter.

Amazon said this week it plans a software update for the Kindle Fire in the coming weeks that will "improve performance, touch navigation, and give customers the option to choose which items display in the carousel."

Carousel refers to the windows that appear on the main screen Kindle Fire shows the applications that ran last. Some users have complained that the statement of what happened to the device is a privacy issue.

Google has eggs for everyone this holiday season

Google is helping people to experience a white Christmas and give them aHanukkah light show - all on their computer screens.

The tricks, called "Easter eggs" in addition to a long line of similar antics to amuse the people to use Google sites and products.
To get some of your own virtual snow, just use Chrome or Firefox on the desktop togo to Google.com and type in "let it snow" without quotes.
First, you will see snowflakes falling from the top of the screen. Then the frostsappear. You can hit a "thaw" better to see the snow fall, or click and hold the mouse pointer to draw on the screen mate as a child on the basis of a window with a finger.
If Hanukkah is your thing, Google has a bit of love especially for you. Type "Hanukkah" (again without the quotes) into Google's main page and you will see a series of yellow lights at the top of the screen.
Individuals luck now walking with ice cream sandwich on their phones, for example, you can open an Easter egg there, too.
To see one, go to Settings, About Phone and press the Android version several times in a row. A bit of Android will appear. Long press on the Android and it will get bigger and turn into many small droids that captures the entire screen.
And just last month, PCWorld point readers to a crazy Easter egg actually makes your Google search results page to a barrel. Try it yourself, it still works!

Shipments of mobile phones in India by 13.8 pc in July-September quarter

The mobile phone shipments in India increased by 13.8 percent to 47 million units in July-September 2011, driven by sales of dual SIM phones, according to research firm IDC.
At a quarter to quarter to year basis, mobile phone sales rose 12 percent. "... Mobile phone sales witnessed an outbreak, as vendors built channel inventory ahead of a long season of festivals. Dual-SIM phone shipments were remarkable, with sequential growth of 25.2 percent the previous quarter, "
International Data Corporation (IDC), Director of Research of India Deepak Kumar said in a statement. Looking ahead, IDC said: "The year 2011 is expected to close in mobile phone sales of about 184.4 million units ... watch 301 million market by 2015, an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.03 percent during the period 2011-2015. "

The smartphone segment is expected to see a much higher CAGR of 63.4 percent during the same period to reach 77.5 million shipments in 2015 units, he said.
In the July-September quarter, the smartphone segment saw a growth of 51.5 percent year on year and 21.4 percent quarter over quarter to collect a 6.5 percent share of the market for mobile telephony Overall, according to IDC.
Finnish mobile phone company Nokia was the leader in phones have two categories and smartphone, with a market share of 31.8 percent and 35.3 percent respectively during the period under review.
The Korean company Samsung was ranked second, with 17.5 percent of the feature phone segment and a 26 percent share of the smartphone market.
MAXX were spices and homegrown brand, witnessing a growth of 34.1 percent 10.1 percent, respectively, in total shipments during the quarter July-September vis-a-vis the previous quarter.
From an operating system, Android phones overtook Symbian emerging as the top platform of India for the first time, with a 42.4 percent share of the smartphone market.
The Android smartphone shipments grew by 90 percent between July and September compared with the previous quarter.
Apple iPhones that use the IOS operating system, consolidated its market share further during the quarter, representing 3.09 per of the total smartphone shipments from 2.6 percent in the second quarter of 2011.

Akash tablet booking

About 30,000 tablets have been put online for sale. Version Aakash students will be available for Rs.2, 500.The has a three-hour battery and no 3G. The payment mode is effective for tablets in government has so far acquired only 10,000 tabletsdelivery.The. DataWind, the Canadian company that manufactures Aakash, has started online booking and advance booking of low-cost Android tablet.Aakash 'snext commercial version called Ubislate 7, with a faster processor, is scheduled to bereleased in late January. Online reservations tablet has initiated through the official website www.akashtablet.com

LG Optimus Hub is available in India INR 13K

LG seems that India is trying to flood the Indian mobile market with Androidsmartphones. This morning, it was reported that two of LG's Android smart phones, which are now available on pre-order and will start around the last week of this month.Now, we have seen the sale of LG Optimus Hub Letsbuy.com INR 12,990.

Univa also known as LG, LG Optimus Hub was announced worldwide in September.Android 2.3 features, 800MHz processor, 3.5-inch TFT display, 5 megapixel rear camera and 1500mAh battery.

At this price, Optimus Hub will be competing directly with the Samsung Ace Galaxy, with almost similar specifications. What will be the choice, Galaxy Optimus Ace or Hub?

Sony PlayStation Vita hit stores in Japan

Expected Sony PlayStation Portable game machine Vita went on sale in Japan on Saturday, as thousands of gamers lined up early in the morning to be among the first to buy it.
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. is predicting strong sales, despite the release may have lost some holiday shoppers. A successful debut would help the company make up the rest of the wrestling business. Sony projects a loss of over $ 1 billion for the fiscal year through March 2012, which would be its fourth straight annual loss.

Ikebukuro shopping district in Tokyo, some 300 gamers in line outside an electronics chain that opened a couple of hours earlier than usual for the event. Many of the buyers had placed orders in advance on the Internet so they could start playing immediately.

The device is a touch-sensitive interface hand movement seen as the successor to the PlayStation Portable. Players can connect via wireless networks and hotspots Wi-Fi, GPS and the use of location tracking technology.
Television footage showed some buyers develop their new purchases and start testing in the store.
"I'm so happy to see so many people queuing for PS Vita so early in the morning," wrote Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Hiroshi Kono President in his official blog after touring several stores in Tokyo. "I can say that they had been anxiously awaiting today's release."
For Tokyo-based electronics and entertainment giant, the Vita is the biggest release of products from the PlayStation 3 five years ago. It is also accompanied by two dozen software products - the largest number of launch titles in the history of PlayStation.
La Vita has front and rear cameras, a touch screen on the front, a touch screen on the back and two joysticks, and command. It allows players to play against each other using the PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network Internet, a system that was beaten with a massive computer attack earlier this year.
Vita Launch competition will heat up with rival Nintendo Co. 3DS 's. Nintendo Co. 's 3DS had a disappointing start despite the efforts of the company to market its 3-D technology, with critics complaining about the lack of interesting games. Nintendo ended up reducing prices in the 3DS within six months.
Companies are challenged by the rise of smartphones and tablets, through which casual gamers play cheap and simple, as the mega-hit "Angry Birds".
The PS Vita will be released in North America and Europe on February 22.

Samsung to launch modified Galaxy tablet

Samsung Electronics, said it would launch a redesigned version of its 10.1-inch model Galaxy Tab in Germany as early as this week to avoid a ban on the sale of the tablet, a German court said it violated Apple's patents. "

For sales in Germany Samsung has changed the design of the framework of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 model and the location of the caller, and changed the name of "Galaxy Tab 10.1 N," said a spokesman for Samsung Electronics.

"We modified the model to reflect Apple's claims," the spokesman said.

Apple and Samsung have been involved in a legal battle around the world since Apple sued Samsung in the United States in April, saying the company's online Galaxy South Korean mobile phone and a tablet of "slavish" copying iPhone and iPad.

Apple has scored precautionary measures against some Samsung products in Germany, Australia and the Netherlands, and also tries to block sales of the Samsung models in the United States, the key battleground smarpthones and Tablet PCs.

Last month, Samsung will also be forced to upgrade three of its smartphones to get around the ban on temporary sales in previous versions of products that a Dutch court said that Apple violated a patent.

An Australian court accepted the appeal of Samsung Electronics fast track against the ban on the sale of its new Galaxy tablet computer in the country.

Samsung Electronics unveiled last month to ban sales of the iPhone 4S Apple Australia and Japan, following similar measures in France and Italy.

TRAI collects Rs. 6 lakh fine for nuisance calls

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has so far collected more than Rs.6 lakh for various mobile operators for violations of new rules on commercial communications calls and SMS, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.

 

Since the Telecommunications Regulation Business Preference customer communications 2010 came into force on September 27, 2011, providers oftelecommunications services have penalized telemarketers registered in 18 cases and deposited a total of Rs.6.05 lakh to TRAI to 30 November 2011, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora, said in a written reply to a questionon the subject.

So far, the TRAI has received Rs. 3.30 lakh from Tata Teleservices, while Vodafonehas put Rs. 2 lakh and Rs Loop Telecom. 75000.

3409 The TRAI has sent communications to subscribers who have registered astelemarketers, but they were doing telemarketing activities. Of these, 410 such connections have been disconnected.

Noting that the number of unwanted commercial SMS / call has dropped substantially since the new regulations came into force, Mr. Deora said: "Before the entry into force of this Regulation, by an average of 47,454 complaints were received from a months (March 2010 to March 2011). However, the total number of complaints filed by consumers with telecommunications providers September 17, 2011 to November 30, 2011 were only 9746 (4498 complaints a month). "

From these complaints, it appears that largely relate to unsolicited SMS, while complaints concerning unsolicited calls have been reduced considerably. It is also noted that most complaints of unsolicited commercial communications relating tounregistered telemarketers, Mr. Deora said.

..........Nokia may gain market share in the era of iPhone

President and CEO of Nokia has two new phones, Lumia 800 and 710, the clumsy giant in less than nine months. They were launched in India three days ago.

For a moment, ignore the specifications Lumia "(do not read anything bad). Do not compare yourself with other Windows devices handle. Consider what it means for the company. From the idea to the shelf, the trip Lumia is a rapidly changing the terminal industry standards. Reference to the age of Nokia, which looks like a sprint.

But the real mad scramble was the large number of dual SIM phones. More than two years behind in India and other emerging economies, the company has announced seven phones of its kind since June. And even then, Nokia was good. Phones are loaded with features dual SIM: Ovi services and specific innovations. The result: sending more than 18 million such phones since its launch.

Elop is already sprouting. In an interaction of the media in September said that the success of dual SIM phones had a "halo effect in our sole-SIM phones. India has shown that the mark of more equipment, great execution can good results. "

Innovation and agility at both ends of the mobile phone market: Does this mean that Nokia is getting its act back together? Or is that the achievements pale in comparison to what goes on in Apple, Samsung and local manufacturers in emerging economies?

ET on Sunday dissects the anatomy of the dual SIM to see if success can be replicated in all segments of the phone and ask if Nokia can win Lumia mind and market share in the era of the iPhone.

Better late than never

There are a lot of things that Nokia did well in the dual SIM segment. But most important is that entered this market at all. Many consumers have purchased brands in India, because there was no choice Nokia. As soon as there was one, the choice was Nokia.

"The brand enjoys high credibility, especially at the lower end. It was right with the launch of mobile phones at competitive prices. Consumers do not have to spend more, if anything, to switch from one brand to a Nokia India Dual SIM, "says Kunal Bajaj, director of India, Analysys Mason, telecommunications consultant.

However, Nokia did not rely on brand power alone. It includes the value and innovative additions to the consumer. He says D Shivakumar, managing director of Nokia India: "We refuse to address the dual SIM market the way the industry was that treatment, such as a vanilla commodity we segmented dual SIM user on parameters such as form factors and patterns of use and turned to pain. points have several SIM cards. "