Dual SIM mobile with a 'touchscreen' seems like the new secret recipe make a name the Indian handset market. Touchscreen devices are very much in demand all round the world, be it mobiles or cameras or even other electronic gadgets as music players. Keeping pace with the trend, Indian handset market is also booming with similar devices. All the mobile handset makers are offering phones with dual SIM capability in touchscreen handsets. Indian brands like
Micromax, Lemon and
fly are also not left behind. Desi manufactures have also come up with many a touchscreen mobiles with variety of features.
The latest in the league is
Lemon iT 717. The handset from lemon has been launched a day before on October 6, 2010. As per the specifications released by Lemon Mobiles,
Lemon iT 717 is also a typical dual SIM touchscreen mobile.The novel
iT 717 from lemon boasts a 3-inch touchscreen display and offers dual SIM and dual standby functionality (GSM+GSM). It has inbuilt 3.2 megapixel camera which makes it stand out of the crowd. The price of the phone also makes it a worthy buy and features in the phone are also such that they need a mention.
Lemon iT 717 features a inherent FM radio, video and audio player that support multiple formats like MP3, AAC, MIDI and WAV in which a music lover can play his favourite music. The volume keys on the edges of the handset make operation easier, faster and they are dedicated for the same. The internal memory of
Lemon iT 717 is around 28 Mb which can be expanded to upto 8 GB via micro SD cards.2000 contacts can be stored in the phone without a problem.
There is a large 1100 MAh standard Li-ion battery that provides talk time of 5 hours and 8 days of standby time.The joy of web browsing and Internet surfing is also possible on
Lemon iT 717 as it is preloaded with web browser Opera and Nimbuzz Instant messenger. The connectivity features also include PC synchronization, Bluetooth and Voice Recorder.
Lemon iT 717 price in India is just Rs. 4,499.
The gaming experience on the phone is also different just as the browsing experience on its WAP Browser. Apart from that, there is a display 2.0 inches, of TFT types that give resolution of 176 x 220 pixels. The phone operates at frequency of dual band GSM 900/1800 MHz with Dual SIM capabilities. With 0.3 Mega Pixels VGA Camera that sports digital zoom feature and gives a resolution of 640 x 480 Pixels, V1428 gives excellent memory collection opportunity to its users. The messaging options in Videocon V1428 are very basic and one may send and receive SMS and MMS. Lack of Email provision is a bit disappointing. There is provision for external memory expandable to 4 GB via a T-Flash Card. The special features of Videocon V1428 are pre-loaded LED Torch Light and Mobile Tracker.
Videocon V1428 comes in two chic colors, the dual tone Black and Burgundy and dual tone Black and Red. Its excellent Li-ion 1800 mAH battery offer a stand by time of 480 hours and talk time of 600 minutes. For connectivity and data transfer, there is GPRS and Bluetooth. The transceiver, battery, headset, travel charger, user manual and warranty card comes in its retail package.
Features of 
The organizer features includes Worls Clock, Calendar, task, alarm, notes and more. Some innovative features have also been included in the handset features list as Health function to track the BMI (Basal Metabolic Rate), an E-book reader and an answering machine feature.The connectivity features like PC synchronization and Bluetooth add weightage to the handset. The price of the phone also makes it a worthy buy though audio, display and games are not worthy of mention even. There are just Puzzle and Magic Sushi games.
