Motorola’s “Quench XT3” to sell in India at Rs.12,500

After a long hiatus of 8 months, this one has finally made to retail stores in India. We are talking of Motorola’s Quench XT3 touchscreen phone. Motorola has launched this Android based handset, Quench XT3 in India at a price tag of Rs. 12,500. Its price may however range somewhere between Rs. 12000 to 14000. The phone has a large touchscreen measuring 3.2” (HVGA), showing 480×320 px resolution and comes packed with cool features as a 3 Mega Pixel Camera, microSD card support, 3.5mm standard audio jack and advanced connectivity options as 3G , Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.The camera of the phone sports features as digital zoom, fixed focus and LED flash.

Motorola Quench runs on Android 1.6 which is not the latest Android version and thus may be considered as a downside feature of this mobile. Its lower price compensates for this and more so, its android platform makes this handset sought for as it offers an array of applications in entertainment, social networking and web browsing segments. There are unlimited messaging and e-mailing options on phone such as MMS, SMS, Email, G Mail. Internet e-mail protocols viz. POP3/ IMAP are permissible on Quench. This touch tablet weighing just 114g makes use of Full HTMLWebkit for browsing. Its battery is of 1270mAh tipped at 500 minutes of talk time and the phone makes use of both WCDMA 900/1900/2100 MHz and GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz network.

For faster connectivity, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (Category 7/8), EDGE Class 12 are there on the phone. There is A GPS feature in the phone and its memory is expandable to up to 32GB.

The highlighted specifications of Motorola Quench XT3:

* 3.2” HVGA, 262k touchscreen
* Android 1.6 OS with Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz Processor
* A GPS
* 3MP Camera with LED Flash
* 32GB microSD card
* WCDMA & GSM network support
* Wi Fi
* Bluetooth
* HTML Browser

Moto Quench was first seen at the Mobile World Congress sometime back in February 2010. This mid range phone is now on the verge of sale and boasts of audio players that run music in AAC, AAC+, AMR NB, MIDI, MP3, WAV formats and capture, play and stream videos in H.263, H.264, MPEG4 formats respectively. Qualcomm MSM7201A 528 MHz Processor along with 512MB ROM and 256MB of RAM powers the Motorola Quench.

Sony Ericsson to bring Windows 7 phones by 2011

In a fascinating revelation, Sony Ericsson CEO, Bert Nordberg has announced that the world class handset maker will launch their Windows 7 based phones by next year i.e. 2011. Sony Ericsson Android operating system based handsets are already booming the market and counts for 19% market share. The company plans to take over the market with Microsoft’s new OS, WP7 as well before its too late. Companies such as HTC, Dell, Samsung and LG have already launched handsets based on WP7 in the Indian handset market.

To a name a few, these are LG Optimus 7 & Optimus 7Q, HTC HD7, HTC 7 Mozart and Samsung Omnia 7. Hopefully, the company will expand its profits via this venture as the smartphone market is on a high in India and the graph is going up only. The feature phones market is on a decline and Sony Ericsson's intentions are quite obvious that it wants to catch up with the latest trend. Windows 7 is being highly praised these days as it is quite contemporary and trendy. Some of the most wonderful features of Windows 7 OS are mentioned below.

It features access to popular entertainment services such as Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE Gaming and Microsoft’s Zune Player for music and video. The former lets users play console video games and the latter let them download and play favourite music tracks. There is an AR Application called as Scan Search which lets user gets real time information on almost every aspect such as people, news, entertainment, weather etc. etc. Some analysts argue that delaying the launch would be disadvantageous for Sony Ericsson and it should have been done as early as possible.

It might be that Sony comes up with some real spectacular handsets. The company, Sony Ericsson hopes to release their WP 7 based hand sets by 2011 in the market. As of now, though nothing is official but phones are expected to come out soon as per the company officials. Sony is sure to make huge profits with these Windows 7 phones manufacturing in the near future. Windows 7 phones are a craze among youth just as the Android based phones and will soon give tough competition to them.

Videocon Zeus V7500, Android based mobile launched in India

In already flooded Indian handset market, Videocon Zeus V7500 is the latest entrant. It is the most economically priced Android mobile phone especially tailored for the Indian handset market at a price of Rs.12, 900. It is a multi touch phone with 3.2” capacitive TFT screen that offers a screen resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. It bears physical dimensions of 114.9 x 56.8 x 12.6 mm and weighs 114 grams.

This makes it a slim and smart choice for young buyers who consider looks as an important feature while buying a mobile phone. Its close resemblance to Spice Mi-300 in looks can be easily made out. Videocon Zeus V7500 has multimedia support via its music player that plays in AMR, AAC, AAC+, EAAC+, MIDI, MP3 and WAV audio formats. To augment the effect, there is an in-built 3.5mm audio jack. Zeus comes with a capable 5MP camera that features LED flash and geotagging also. The video player that is capable of playing H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG files can record in MP4 and H.263 formats at a speed of 24fps. As far as data connectivity features are concerned, the mobile phone supports many Bluetooth profiles as A2DP, GAP, HFP and HSP. It also sports WiFi and USB modem for browsing and accessing the Internet. The Android based gadget is GPS and JAVA enabled. It comes with 8GB microSD card, which can be expanded to an upper limit of 32 GB.

Running on Android 1.6, can be updated to Android 2.1 that will improve touchscreen behavior, picture quality and video quality on the phone. The messaging department is quite nice with various inbuilt applications viz. Gmail, Gtalk, RSS Reader, Notepad, YouTube, Facebook, Google Maps, Android Marketplace, etc.Battery delivers 7 hours of talktime and 17 days of standby time. Overall, Videocon Zeus V7500 handset offers spectacular specifications, really looks amazing and is a good performer. Yet, it is gonna get tough competition from Android based phones from HTC, Motorola and Spice mobiles.

Videocon Zeus hits the Indian handset market

Videocon, the Indian multi-national is a big name in the world of electronics. Now that the company has also entered the world of mobile phones, it was sure to make a name. Videocon has launched many economical mobile handsets in India. But now it has come up with a new surprise. Videocon has launched an Android phone called as “Videocon Zeus” in the Indian handset market. There is a tide of Android based mobiles in India already and we need to check out how is this piece of gadget different and what’s new and cool about this Android phone.

First thing that is quite phenomenal is that the Videocon Zeus price in India is just Rs. 12,900. Videocon Zeus that works on Android OS comes with a 3.2 inches multi-touch screen. This gives a real attractive look to this phone. Other interesting feature in this phone is its 5 mega pixel camera that makes it a perfect choice to capture the memorable moments of life. It is a boon for lovers of photography. It is a widely known fact and there are figures to support it that Android-powered have captured 17.2% market share of global smartphone market. There is lot of demand of such phones these days even in India.

Major companies like HTC, Motorola, Spice and Samsung have already launched their hand sets powered by this unique application. The hand set let its users download more than 70,000 applications comprising stuff as games, music players and many other local services. Many Android powered mobile phones are available in the market from companies such as HTC, Spice, Samsung and Motorola etc. and all have their unique set of features. Videocon Zeus is all set to give competition to all of them. The other advanced feature of Zeus from Videocon is its Wi-Fi capability.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 and Cedar launched in India

It was launched long back in other Asian countries and now Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 has landed in India to storm the Indian handset market along with Sony Ericsson Cedar.The former is a phone meant for the higher segment and the latter at a price tag of just Rs.8000 is for the mid-segment. Sony Ericsson is offering variety with the launch of these two handsets. The price of Sony Ericsson Xperia has been kept under 14K and is reasonable enough for a smartphone of that calibre. Xperia X8 is an Android smartphone offered at price of Rs. 13,900. It runs on Android v2.1 and was unveiled for the Indian buyers back in August. Other phones unveiled at the same time were the Sony Ericsson Aspen, the Cedar, the Zylo and the Spiro. While all the other phones have hit the market, Xperia X8 was anxiously awaited one.



The Xperia X8 is supported on GSM GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS HSPA 900/2100 and UMTS HSPA 800/850/1900/2100 network.

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 flaunts a 3.2 megapixels photo snapper to click pictures, shoot videos and the same can be uploaded directly on SNS as Facebook. The messaging features as Push email, IM (G-talk), Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync support with Dataviz RoadSync, MMS and Predictive text input are enabled on the phone. Xperia X8 has 3-inches wide HVGA capacitive touchscreen that offers 320 x 480 pixels resolution. Its speedy web browser supports quick video streaming and access to all kinds of social networking via Timescape. Its music player comes with PlayNow and TrackID.



For fast data connectivity, there is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The phone has capacious 128MB of internal memory and come pre-loaded with a 2GB microSD card. The memory can be extended to an upper limit of 16GB. Xperia X8 also has location based service like A-GPS, Google Maps, Wisepilot turn-by-turn navigation in selected regions.



Sony Ericsson Cedar is a basic phone that comes with all the requisite features as 2MP digital zoom camera, video recording, MP3/eAAC+/WAV player with 3.5 mm audio jack, FM Radio, 3D games, full access to Net, social networking and expandable memory. Though a entry level phone, Cedar has good connectivity features as it is 3G HSPA enabled and comes with Bluetooth with A2DP and microUSB v2.0.

Motorola announces Android based four new samrtphones

This is indeed a joyful moment for Motorola mobile lovers. Reason? Motorola has announced four new handsets, all smartphones to be launched soon, Each of these four new Motorola phones has a distinct set of features and are all Android-based. In fact, one of them, the Motorola Droid Pro, an Android smartphone is totally capable of conquering the BlackBerry mobiles phone market. The Droid Pro runs on Android 2.2 (Froyo) operating system and boasts a built-in QWERTY keypad with a 3.1-inch touchscreen.



The in built 5-megapixel photo snapper just is another jewel in its star-studded specs list. Like Blackberry smartphones, it will also let its users read and edit Microsoft Office documents. Its only downturn is that it cannot track changes in them. Security-wise also it is capable of wiping the data on phone and its microSD card in case of theft. The phone is also designed for business travel, with radios for both CDMA and GSM networks and also on their 3G variants.

The Motorola Spice, a new smartphone, features a slide-out QWERTY keypad for faster texting. Its exclusive application called as “Flashback” compiles all the phone calls, messages and pictures in a "digital diary" for the day. The Motorola Flipside is a small slide-out phone with a large QWERTY keypad.It has a 3.1” high resistance HVGA display.Its feature list includes 3MP fixed focus photo snapper with digital zoom.

It is a GPS device with FM radio, Android Webkit browser with Flash Lite, and Motorola's CrystalTalk Plus technology that improves call quality a great deal.
Last is the Motorola Bravo that runs on the Android 2.1 OS and is powered by 800MHz processor. It features a 3.7" touch screen, 3MP camera, FM Radio and GPS.

Android-based LG GT540 smartphone launched in India

There are many advanced features laid out in recently launched and moderately priced elegant smartphoneare, “LG GT540”. It is also popular as LG Optimus.

It works on Android OS v1.6 and boasts of 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with real fast zooming and panning capability.It let users enjoy advanced connectivity features such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, GPS receiver and digital compass.


SNS is integrated for getting updates from friends and contacts on all social networking sites. The DivX/XviD video support is enabled on LG GT540. The microSD card slot expandable to 16 GB is hot swappable. The battery of LG GT540 is quite big and impressive. Its 1500mAh standard Li Ion battery kept it running for nearly four days of regular use.

On the downside, LG GT 540 has no flash support and video call camera and its sunlight legibility is poor. Voice dailling is missing which is strange as it is a smartphone but then due to Android version 1.6 which is a bit old, it is quite possible. LG GT540 works on quad band 2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 and 3G (with HSDPA) 900 / 2100 and HSDPA 850 / 2100 networks.

Xperia X-8, Cedar & Yendo unleashed by Sony Ericsson in India

The mobile giant, Sony Ericsson has unleashed latest three models of mobile handsets,a smartphone Xperia X8, walkman series phone Yendo and a 3G basic phone Cedar. The handsets will be soon available at retail shops in India by September.

Xperia-X8 is an entertainment-oriented smartphone based on Android platform. Cedar is the basic entry level model for 3G and Yendo is the full touch walkman phone. Xperia X8 has a 3-inches wide HVGA capacitive touchscreen with 320 x 480 pixels resolution. Xperia X8 has in-built 3.2 MP camera and FM radio. Its speedy web browser supports quick video streaming and access to all kinds of social networking via Timescape and music player with PlayNow and TrackID. Xperia X8 is powered by 600MHz CPU and Google Android Operating Sysytem 1.6. For fast connectivity, there is Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The phone has capacious 128MB internal memory and a 2GB microSD card. The memory can be extended to 16GB.



Sony Ericsson has also launched a fully touchscreen walkman series phone called Yendo that features four corner touch user interface (UI) and it comes armed with 2 MP camera with digital zoom feature. Other music features of the handset includes a FM radio, a music player and a walkman player. Its 3.5mm audio jack, MP3/AAC tones and a Bluetooth A2DP stereo are quite good add-ons. It sports a 2.6-inches TFT screen with 320 X 420 pixel resolution, Yendo has micro USB connector, USB mass storage and modem also.



Cedar is the entry-level handset from Sony Ericsson with 3G capabilities. Cedar offers easy access to SNS through its specialized feature Widget Manager 2.0. It sports a wide 2.2-inch display. It packs a good 2 megapixel camera also. Its 3.5mm earphone jack gives great sound quality. The battery of Cedar is robust as it delivers upto 4 hours of talktime on 3G network.

Two new Android-based smartphones "Galaxy 3 & Galaxy 5" launched by Samsung in India

Soon after the launch of two admirable smartphones by Samsung mobiles in India, Galaxy S and Galaxy Wave, the handset maker has come up with two really credible and affordable “Android Phones”. The duo Galaxy 3 i5801 and Galaxy 5 i5503 are probably the most reasonably priced Android based smartphones in the Indian market. Popularly called as Samsung - Galaxy 3 and Galaxy 5 are priced at MOP of Rs.12,300 and Rs.10,200 respectively.



Both the smartphones boast of Android based features such as -

1. Layar Reality Browser –This is an enhanced reality application which let users know about all that is happening around on its display. It is about making user aware of real time digital information and social networking and supports all Google services as well.
2. Swype Text Input which eases text typing making it rapid.
3. Touchwiz 3.0 User Interface which is very user-friendly.
4. All Share - a feature via which users can share Multimedia content between devices like the mobile and the PC as well as the TV.
5. TV QWERTY Remote that lets users make use of mobile as remote for TV



Samsung Galaxy 3 i5801 comes with a all the advanced features suited best to the needs of business personnel. For instance, there is a ThinkFree Office Mobile which enables users to create and edit word docs, spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations. The phone also supports DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, Real and WMV movie files and FM radio. Out-of-the-box DivX format support enables users to watch videos in digital format without any transcoding issues.It sports 3.2-inch WQVGA 16M TFT hi-resolution screen.There is Wi Fi connectivity and its robust 1500 mAH battery and an internal memory of 130MB which is further expandable to 32GB using microSD cards. Users can also download applications from Samsung Apps store. It will be able to run update Android Froyo 2.2 also, thanks to its 256MB RAM.

Samsung Galaxy 5 i5503 comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA TFT display screen. It is also laid out with a 2MP fixed focus camera.The connectivity is enabled via Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi connectivity, 3G HSDPA with speeds up to 7.2 mbps. For music buffs, there is a 3.5 mm jack. The device also comes with FM radio and A-GPS. The 90 MB internal of the phone memory is further upgradeable to 16GB.