Nokia has unveiled their Supernova range of handsets in India - the 7610, the 7310 and the 7210.All three handsets are designed to give the Indian style conscious consumer an opportunity to express their personal styles through a range of vibrant designs, unique materials, and personalization withThe Supernova range comes with 3D patterns, bold colors and mirrored surfaces.
"Consumers are becoming more sophisticated in their selection of handsets and are basing their purchase decision on a blend of technology and style", said Devinder Kishore, Director Marketing Nokia India. "With our new range of stylish handsets, we aim to give consumers an opportunity to experiment with unique designs and express their individuality."Featuring a slide design and smooth curves, the 7610 offers Xpress-On covers in a choice of a set of 'steel blue' and 'red' covers. The theme colorizer feature lets people apply captured colors to the phone's key illumination and wallpaper.Additional features include a 3.2 megapixel camera with dual LED flash and 8x digital zoom, instant messaging, FM-radio, MP3 player and TV out for image sharing. The Nokia WidSets service gives access to enjoy and share content on favorite websites through the device.
The 7310 includes Xpress-On covers etched with 3D textured designs available in 'steel blue' and a second front and back cover in 'candy pink'.Additional features include a 2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom and TV out for image sharing, instant messaging and playing the preinstalled games on TV. The phone also features an FM radio and MP3 player.
The 7210 has a slim design is available in graphite color in a gloss finish and features a 2 megapixel camera.
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When we initially saw Nokia’s N78 back in Feb at GSMA 2008, it was revealed that the handset would be equipped with an FM transmitter so you could easily stream music from you handset into your car stereo via the FM radio receiver. However, we just got the phone for review at our Tech2 labs and I'm sad to report, that the Indian version of the N78 will not feature an FM transmitter in the music player options.The reason for this being – a few countries, including India consider it illegal to operate radio transmitters without a license. As ridiculous as that may seemit's quite true. Although the odd thing is there are a few other products in India, like Intex’s EUP-802 FM Modulator that work on the same technology and Sony Ericsson W980 that I recently previewed also came with an FM transmitter option (though it was a test piece and there's no word on whether or not SE would actually incorporate it into the handset when it launches officially) why didn't Nokia include it for us?Read d rest...
Remember the Parle-G sized Creative Zen Stone and the Creative Zen Stone Plus music players that we reviewed last year? The company has announced that both players -- Zen Stone in 2GB and Zen Stone Plus in 2- and 4GB capacities -- will now come with a built-in speaker.
The difference between the two players is that Zen Stone, a basic player, comes with no frills; it's just a compact music player. Whereas Zen Stone Plus, a slightly bigger music player, features a vibrant little circular screen, FM radio, voice recording facility, clock with stopwatch, and customizable equalizer settings.Creative claims the 2GB models of the Zen Stone and the Zen Stone Plus featuring in-built speaker, can hold up to 500MP3 or WMA songs. They also support audible files that can be used for listening to audio books. Meanwhile, the Creative Zen Stone Plus with built-in speaker also supports AAC files, including unprotected iTunes.
You can drag-and-drop music files to these players. Creative claims that upon selecting "Play" or "Random", users can listen up to music for about 20 hours from a single charge of the built-in battery. There is no driver installation necessary to add music.
Both players are available in matte metallic black, dark blue, pink, or champagne colors. A translucent silicon skin with a clip is included in the box, and an armband and ultra-portable key-chain with a tiny case that carries the player are available separately.
The Creative Zen Stone 2GB is priced at Rs 2,799, and the Creative Zen Stone Plus is priced at Rs 3,699 and Rs 5,499 for the 2GB and 4GB versions respectively.
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BenQ has launched its successor to the BenQ C30, the BenQ C36 music phone.The 78g mobile phone features a 1.3-megapixel camera that supports AVI video recording and playback, and can double as a webcam when connected to a PC. It's also equipped with a 2" LCD display and top key design that brings direct access to FM radio, MP3 player and camera functions.The C36's multimedia functions include a built-in FM radio with recording and schedule recording functions and an MP3 player that supports MP3, WAV, MIDI and AMR formats.The C36 also adds an e-book reader and a photo editor for touching up photos and comes with dual speaker for sharing music and a MicroSD card slot and USB connectivity.
The BenQ C36 will be available in Indonesia in May with other countries to follow in the coming months.
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Apple's iPod's got a twin, or so it seems...
Sandisk has introduced its "Sansa Fuze", available in 2, 4, and 8GB capacities, and priced at $80 (Rs 3,200 approx), $100 (Rs 4,000 approx), and $130 (Rs 5,200 approx) respectively.The device is set for launch in the US in April, while Europe and Canada will get it later this year in spring.
With around 3.1-inches length, 1.9-inches breadth, and 0.3-inches thickness -- the "Sansa Fuze" looks and feels like -- Apple's iPod Nano (comes with similar jog dial controls as well).
Features of the "Sansa Fuze" include: FM radio, microSD card slot, voice recorder, and 1.9-inches color screen that can play videos in landscape mode. It can communicate with services including Rhapsody to Go, Napster, and eMusic, and supports MP3, WAV, Audible, WMA, MPEG-4, and JPEG formats. The "Fuze" is compatible with Microsoft Windows XP and Vista, Mac, and Linux operating systems.
Sandisk claims the rechargeable battery of the "Fuze" is capable of 24 hours of audio and five hours of video playback while the "Fuze" itself is capable of storing up to 2,000 songs (in 8GB capacity).
Why would it be a likely competitor to the iPod Nano? Besides being a look-alike of the iPod Nano, the "Sansa Fuze" has features like microSD slot, FM tuner, and voice recorder which the Nano doesn't. Incidentally, the "Fuze" is the latest in a line of players from Sandisk such as 'View' and 'Click' that are also competitors to Apple's low-end iPod Shuffle.The 2GB model is black, the 4GB model comes in black, red, pink, or blue, while the 8GB model is silver. The device will ship with a one-year warranty.
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