Beetel launches its first full touchscreen mobile phone, GD470

Beetel Teletech has entered an already overcrowded mobile market with the launch of GD470, its first full touchscreen mobile handset for India. The GD470 sports a 2.8-inch screen and comes with dual-SIM capabilities. Beetel Teletech adds that the phone comes with a host of customized applications, which they believe should entice the Indian masses.

Additionally, the GD470 comes loaded with 'Beetel World', which includes a host of social networking and infotainment features, like Facebook, Snaptu, Mig 33, Yahoo!, ibibo, Vuclip, Reuters, Hungama and Penguin. Beetel adds that the GD470 can also be used as a sound recorder.

Beetel's GD470 has a price tag of Rs. 3, 300.

Here's a detailed specifications of the GD470:

1.> 2.8-inch, full touchscreen
2.> 1.3 MP camera
3.> Bluetooth
4.> Video play - .3GP, .AVI, .MP4 formats up to 25fps
5.> MP3 playback facility (MIDI, AMR and WAV support)
6.> FM radio
7.> Expandable memory upto 8GB

Nokia Announces Inexpensive Dual-SIM Phone

Nokia has announced two very affordable phones with music features, the dual-SIM Nokia 101 and the single SIM Nokia 100. The 101 is the fifth dual-SIM phone from the company and is the most affordable of the lot.

The Nokia 101 is a dual-SIM phone, allowing the user to access two different networks. The Nokia SIM manager in the phone allows the users to decide which SIM card is to be used to make calls and which is to be used for SMS, to maximise cost benefits and maintain network coverage with just a single phone. It also allows users to store settings of up to five SIM cards on the phone and to personalise them by assigning names and logos for each SIM setting. The 101 comes with multimedia facilities including an MP3 player, FM radio, loudspeaker, and 16 GB expandable memory.

The Nokia 100 is aimed at users looking for durability and simplicity with an affordable means of texting and making calls. It is the most affordable colour display phone from Nokia and comes with an easy to use grid-based menu system with icons, which is easy to use. This phone also features an FM radio and a loudspeaker to play the same. The above phones come with Nokia Life Tools and Nokia Money for instant access to locally-relevant information on healthcare, education, agriculture, and entertainment.

The phones will come with an attractive offer from Airtel, which will provide customers with 100 minutes of free Airtel to Airtel talk time for one month. Customers can opt to continue the plan for the next month with a minimum recharge. The offer also includes 400 national and local SMS free every month. The Nokia 100 and Nokia 101 will be available at MRPs of Rs 1399 and Rs 1699 respectively with the former becoming available in October, while the latter launching in the next few weeks in black and red colours.

Philips to launch Android smartphones next month in India

Philips, which re-entered Indian mobile phone market toda, has announced that it will be launching two Android smartphones next month in the country. While, there are no details on these smartphones as of now, but they are said to feature longer battery life than the current standard in Android smartphones. These smartphone will also feature dual-SIM capability.

To give you guys a little background, China-based Shenzhen Sang Fei Consumer Communications Company sells the mobile phones under Philips brand. It is actually a unit of China Electronics Corp. and SED Group, which was initially set up as a joint venture between SED Group and Royal Dutch Philips Electronics Ltd. In 2007, San Fei bought Philips’ mobile phone business, retaining the brand name.

Company CEO Tan Jok Tin announced on Wednesday in the Delhi that they are seriously considering a local manufacturing facility and research and development unit in India itself.

We hope that company starts manufacturing Android smartphones in this facility in the future, which will surely help in getting prices down a bit.