InfoSonics launched verykool i270 mobile phone set in Latin America

On February 24, 2010, InfoSonics, one of the top providers and distributors of mobile handsets and accessories in Latin America, announced verykooli270 mobile phone set. verykool USA, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of InfoSonics Corporation that desings and manufactures InfoSonics’ proprietary line of verykooli270 mobile phones. Joseph Ram, President and CEO of InfoSonics said that the verykool i270 comes with an integrated camera that doubles as a camcorder and web cam.

The verykool i270 measures (102.6 x 50 x 14.2mm) and weighs 95g. It has 512X 256 MB T-Flash external memory. The phone comes with a MP3 player that plays stereo audio quality music. It also has a speaker phone and support PEG4/H.263 video recording as also MP3/AAC/AC+(e) playback. The phone has Bluetooth and USB 1.2 connectivity. You can sync the phone with you PC via USB. Price of the phone has not been declared yet.

For more information about the phone visit the following link:

http://www.verykool.net/?cat=1023&title=View%20All%20&lang=en#inf_85

Samsung Corby Pop C3510: Price and Specifications and Features

On January 20, 2010, Samsung launched another new member of its Corby family; the Samsung Corby Pop C3510. The phone has been launched both in India and Russia. In Europe, the handset is launched under the name Samsung Genoa C3510 on January 6, 2010. It is the second generation Corby phone and is cheaper than the original Corby. The Samsung Corby Pop was announced in India in December 2009.

Samsung launched the Samsung Corby Pop to compete with LG GD510 Pop. The Corby Pop is an entry level touchscreen phone with colorful exterior and access to various social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter etc. It also allows you to access Google search engine.

The Samsung Corby S3650 is one of the most popular phones in India. It is a youth oriented phone that is very colorful and at the same time gives access to various social networks. Samsung Corby Pop C3510 is cheaper than the Corby and comes with a weaker camera. The Corby Pop’s touch enabled navigation system is very user friendly. With simple touch of finger, the user can easily navigate Corby Pop’s menus and access various features. It offers a wide range of easy applications.

Features:

The Corby Pop has more or less similar features like those of the Samsung Corby.

• Length: 103.9 mm
• Width: 55.4mm
• Breadth: 12.9mm
• Weight: 92 grams
• Network: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz;
• Display: 2.8-inch (240×320 pixels) 262K TFT touchscreen display.
• Memory: 30 MB memory.
• Memory expansion: Expandable up to 8 GB through microSD card.
• Camera and video: 1.3 megapixel camera with 4X zoom and video recording capability.
• Radio: FM radio with RDS.
• Audio: The Samsung Corby Pop features 3D Digital Natural Sound engine (DNSe). It has a music player that supports a wide range of audio files MP3/AMR/AAC/AAC+/e-AAC+/WMA files.
• Wireless communication: Bluetooth 2.1 and Wi-Fi.
• Headphone: 3.5 mm headphone jack.
• Social network: The Samsung Corby Pop gives its user access to a wide range of social networking websites and photowebsites through its quick link widget bar. You can access facebook, myspace, photobucket, flickr, picasa and friendster. You can also get live updates of the social network sites.
• Instant messaging: Samsung Corby Pop's multi-instant messengers lets user use Google Talk, ICQ, and AIM through its pre-installed Palringo platform. The user can also connect through Bluetooth Messenger.
• Email: Yes.
• Fake call application: Fake call application.
• Battery: Standard Li-Ion 960 mAh battery.
• Talk time: 10 hours.
• Standby time: 720 hours.
• Music play time: 25 hours.
• Price: The phone costs less than €100 in Europe. In Russia, the Samsung Corby Pop C3510 is priced at 5,990 rubles ($203). In India it will be less than Rs.7000.

India is currently the second largest market wireless telecommunication market in the world. It is also one of the fastest growing telecom industries in the world. A large portion of the India’s users are teenagers and young adults. People aged between14 and 24 years make up the largest portion of the Indian population.

MTV and Nickelodeon jointly conducted a survey on 18000 youngsters in sixteen countries around the world. The survey found out that average Indian youth, more than any other country in the world, considers mobile phone as a status symbol. Compared to other countries Indian youngsters love mobile phones and computers followed by Brazil and China. For this reason, phone like Samsung Corby has gained unprecedented success in India. There is a good possibility that the Samsung Corby Pop would become equally popular like its predecessor.

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Samsung Metro 5200: Price and features in India

On January 18, 2010, Samsung announced a new phone in India called the Samsung Metro 5200. It is a slider phone but what surprised many people in India that the phone does not belong to Samsung Corby family. For the last couple of months, Samsung launched several phone under Corby brand. The Samsung Metro 5200 is a slim slider phone.

• Breadth: 10.9mm
• Color: Red, Black and Blue colors.
• Display: The Samsung Metro 5200 sports a 2.1 inch screen with 240X320 resolution and 16 million colors.
• Memory: 50 MB
• Expansion: Memory can be extended up to 8 GB.
• Radio: FM Radio with RDS,
• Camera and video: 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash and face detection.
• Audio: Music player
• I/O ports: USB 2.0,
• Wireless communication: GPRS and EDGE connectivity Bluetooth 2.1
• Documents: Office docs support
• Accessories: 1 GB memory card
• Battery: 800 mAh provides 5 hour talk time.
  

Price: The phone would cost Rs.7,439 which is quite high for the price of a feature phone. In India, mobile phone is one of the must have accessories among the youth. More and more young people are now texting, sending messages, watching movies, playing games and browsing the Internet over their phones.

Asia is becoming an important region for Samsung. As Europe and American users are becoming more interested to use smartphones, Samsung is selling more smartphones in countries like India. Now, the company is trying hard to lure more consumers to buy its feature phones.

Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Samsung Group is a multinational conglomerate operation and one of the largest conglomerate with an annual turnover of $173.4 billion (2008). The company has numerous national and international business affiliates most of which united under Samsung Brand. Samsung Electronics is one of the top consumer electronics producers in the world. The company produces a wide range of products including mobile phones, TV, and wide range household appliances. The Samsung Heavy Industries is also the second largest shipbuilding company in the world. Samsung C&T is also a one top construction companies in the world.

Since 2005, Samsung Electronics became one of the most popular consumer electronics brand and the best known brand of South Korea in the world. Samsung Group accounts for more than 20% of South Korea’s total exports. It is also the domestic leader in financial, chemical, retail and entertainment industry. Due to the company’s strong influence in South Korea it is often referred as the “Republic of Samsung.”

Samsung was established by Lee Byung-Chull in 1938. In the beginning, it was a small trading company located in Daegu, the third largest metropolitan area in South Korea. Till the Communist invasion in South Korea in 1950, the company prospered. Due to the invasion, Lee left Seoul and started his business in Busan. During the Korean war, Samsung’s business prospered and assets grew twenty-fold. In 1953, Lee started a sugar-refinery which was also the first manufacturing company of South Korea after the Korean War. The company then diversified its business in many areas and eventually Lee turned Samsung into an industry leader in many domestic sector including insurance, securities, and retail. In the early 1970s, Lee started a radio and television station. For the project, he borrowed heavily from foreign interests.

In the 1960s and 70s, Samsung observed unprecedented growth, thanks to South Korean President, Park Chung-Hee’s vision. He emphasized heavily on industrialization and economic development strategy led by a handful of domestic conglomerates. Hee’s regime protected these companies from competitors and financially assisted them. Hee’s regime banned several foreign companies from selling consumer electronics in South Korea and created the opportunity for companies like Samsung to nurture and grow. Samsung became the first South Korean company to produce random access memory chips.

Samsung Group later created several electronics divisions including Samsung Electronics Devices Co., Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Samsung Corning Co., and Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications Co. It consolidated these companies under Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. in 1980s. Samsung’s first product was a black-and-white television set.

Samsung is also a major sponsor of various sports events. In order to improve its internationla image, the company spent more than $6billion on marketing since 1998. It was also among the major sponsors of the last five Olympics. The company also built a large video sign in Times Square in 2002.

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3G auction in India on 14 January 2010?

India has the second largest user base in mobile phone. So, many local and foreign companies are interested about 3g Technology. You know that with 3G technology, telecom companies can offer super fast Internet, voice and video facility to the subscribers. Now, it seems that the auction would take place on 14 January 2010.

PC world reported:

The communications ministry did not issue a notice inviting applications for the bid, as scheduled on Dec. 8, which led to speculation that the auction may be postponed again. The final date for applications was Dec. 21, according to a tentative schedule released by the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) in October.

The auction was originally fixed for January 2009, but was delayed as the country's finance and communications ministries could not agree on a minimum price for the licenses.

Indian government should be more proactive about allowing new technology to come in India. The government wants Indian economy to grow rapidly and for this there is no alternate to new technology. This 3G license and spectrums would bring billions of dollars to the government.  

Pakistan: Female literacy through Mobile Phones

Well, when I see this kind of report, I sometimes get confused. On the one hand, I feel that it is waste of money. After all, school is the best place for increasing literacy. On the other hand, this project is targeted for women who did not go to school. Anyway, the reality is that female literacy rate in Pakistan is extremely low. So, any effort is a good one.

From Future Gov:

The five-month programme, initiated by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), targeted 250 females aged 15 to 24 years old in three districts.

Pakistan, with half its population illiterate, is the fourth largest contributor to the world illiterate population. The literacy rate for males is 63 per cent, compared to only 36 per cent for females, making the country with one of the widest gap in this region.

Pakistan: Mobile Phone is Making Radio Popular

In South Asia, most people have this idea that radio is for poor people and television for well off people and mobile phone is not for poor people. Well, it seems to me that radio stations are making a comeback in Pakistan not with radio sets but with mobile phone handsets. In Pakistan, cricket is very popular and that is why, many people prefer to have handsets with FM radio facility. As a result, when there is a cricket match involving Pakistani national team, many people love to listen to the commentary by their mobile phone sets.

Pakistan is poised to have 100 million subscribers in the next few months.

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Sri Lanka: No Mobile Phone in School

In most countries in the world, mobile phone operators feel that it is the young generation who is their main customer. They have this feeling because young people try to adapt to new technology more than their elders. Sri Lanka is not an exception either. It has mobile phone penetration rate of over 50% and this is a good market for any company. So, the operators have brought this technology to the hand of teenagers and this has caused some problems in some schools. Many teenagers are getting addicted to their phone sets and what happened was that a teacher scolded a girl severely for talking to a boy with her cell during school time. This matter made the girl very sad and she committed suicide. Another student tried to kill himself. So, the government officials have become worried and have banned carrying cell phones in school.

Well, I do not support this decision because for working parents whose children go to school every day, mobile phone is a very important device to stay connected. So, what Sri Lankan government is doing in fact is like cutting off the head because headache pain.

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Smart Telecom: A New Mobile Phone Operator in Nepal

Nepal may not be a country that all the time catches the attention of international media for economic issues but it has some kind of peace and stability at this moment. So, it is also a very good time for economic activities and there is going to be a new mobile phone operator in the country called Smart Telecom. I tried to find the website of this mobile phone operator but could not do it. So, if you know the website address of Smart Telecom then let me know when the comment section.

The company has just got the license to provide mobile phone service in the country and they’re going to start the service is very soon.

My Republica reported:

Smart Telecom, which acquired the license to provide telecom services after depositing a fee of US$39,500, is a joint venture between Nepali, Singaporean and Israeli companies. Lal Sahu Distributions Limited of Singapore has 70 percent stake in the company, while Square Network Nepal and Gilat Satellite Networks of Israel have 20 percent and 10 percent shares, respectively.

As per the commitment expressed by the company during the time of acquiring the license, it will have to first introduce services in 398 VDCs in remote areas of western, mid-western, far-western and central regions.

There is a still a lot of room for growth in the mobile phone sector of the country as tele-density is not that high. Most people are poor and live in the rural areas and there is a very big market to catch.

Pakistan Mobile Phone Operators Competing with Value Added Services

For how many years, have you been using a mobile phone? I have been using for quite sometime. I remember that a decade ago, I had no idea about SMS or MMS. I was thinking of the mobile phone sector of Pakistan today. Now, mobile pone penetration is very high in the country and the mobile phone operators cannot see a lot of room for growth. So, they have to try to increase Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) by providing more and more value added services (VAS).

Right now, the mobile phone operators in Pakistan provide a number of Value added services. You can browse Internet, get latest news updates, horoscope etc. Well, I feel that mobile commerce (m-commerce) should be given more priority in the country. Of course, for it, the operators need a lot of support from the government. What I understand is that in America, you can do a lot of things with your mobile phone. The same thing needs to be done in Pakistan too.

(This entry was first published in February 2009. Because of a technical problem, the entry had to be deleted and I am reposting again now.)