Vertex Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd. today announced the launch of iBuzz Mobiles with the introduction of five mobile devices across six states in India. With a team comprising of professionals from the mobile industry and a combined experience of over 100 years, iBuzz mobiles will be available across key states like Delhi NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

Commenting on the launch, Mr. Sutikshan Naithani, Director & CEO Vertex Management Solutions said “ The idea for starting iBuzz came after an extensive research on the current mobile industry in India. There is a definite demand for professional mobile companies providing functionality in mobile devices at affordable prices. He Added we will be introducing 5 variants as part of our first phase and will be expanding our reach and portfolio in the coming year.”

The five models currently being launched are the i1800 (Big Buzz), i2200 (Picture Buzz), i3300 (Multi Buzz), i4400 (Music Buzz) and i4 (Slim Buzz). With the price range varying from Rs. 2200 to Rs. 4000. All phones support key features like Dual SIM capability, color screens, multi language support and music players. Other features include security measures like phone trackers, panic button, and support for popular social networking sites like Facebook,Twitter and Nimbuzz.

While most features are standard across all models, every product subcategory comes with certain key features including Dual Memory card slots in the Multi Buzz range, 30-day standby and 15 hour talk time in the Big Buzz and Picture Buzz, 40mm speaker with woofer in the Music Buzz and Java Support and opera mini browser in the Slim Buzz.

All five models of iBuzz Mobile will be hitting the market soon and will be available across leading mobile shops and retail outlets.

About iBuzz Mobile:

iBuzz mobile is a mobile brand by Vertex Management Solutions Private Limited. Vertex has been engaged in building knowledge projects and consulting assignments for various Indian and multinational companies over the last 2 years. iBuzzMobiles is a brainchild of Mr. Sutikshan Naithani and the brand aims at providing affordable functionality to consumers with state of the art technology and after sales support.

Mr. Sutikshan Naithani over the last 22 years worked on numerous FMCG brands including Samsung, Dabur and HCL Infosystems where he was responsible for establishing the distribution network for HCL Infosystems Ltd for Mobile Phones (Nokia Phones). Mr. Naithani is also the founding member of the Indian Cellular Association.

TV Ears provides a courteous way for people to turn up the volume on the television without disturbing everyone else in their home. The device is wireless and is a technology developed specifically for TV listening.TV Ears is lightweight, comfortable, and is currently a best selling listening device. The gadget has noise reduction ear tips that were originally developed for military pilots. The technology works by automatically increasing the volume for hard to hear words and will automatically lower the volume if the background noise on the television rises. TV Ears should reduce room noise as well.

According to the company, doctors are recommending the device for people that suffer from hearing loss. People with hearing problems can hear every word on the television clearly, and no longer haveto ask others around them what someone on the television is saying. Audiologist and hearing care professionals have sold the device for quite some time.

TV Ears wasn’t just created for the hard-of-hearing but can also be ideal for people that want to watch television quietly as a courtesy to friends and family members. Night owls who stay up late and don’t want to wake their families will find the TV Ears an ideal way to extend courtesy without having to forego a television show.

In particularly noisy homes, the TV Ears can also help. If a person is battling environmental noises such as dishwashers, fans, noisy neighbors, noisy kids, and family conversations, the TV Ears will allow a person to tune out everything and enjoy a television show in silence.

This scanner is a portable handheld scanner that allows you to scan the contents of books, letters, recipies and more by gliding the scanner over the surface of the page. Rather than having it hooked up to a PC while you scan, the portable scanner has a microSD card slot where you can connect up an SD card and copy images directly from page on to the memory.

The scanner can capture images up to 8.5 inches by 50 inches in length and is capableof capturing at either 600dpi or 300dpi.

To transfer the images to your computer you can either take out the microSD card and connect that up to a card reader, or attach the portable scanner up to your computer via a USB cable and drag and drop the files as needed.

The portable scanner is powered by AA batteries with a single set keeping the device powered for about 180 scans.

Till date, we spent money on buying expensive 3G phones thinking that it will soon be launched but we were always let down. Finally yesterday, 3G services saw light of the day in India withIndian government’s Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) launched the country’s first 3G services which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Minister for Communications and IT, A. Raja.

The launch took place at the India Telecom 2008 where the 3G connectivity was introduced by MTNL and Dr. Manmohan Singh made the country’s first video call.

RSP Sinha, chairman and managing director, MTNL said, “We believe in providing the latest technology and services to our customers and are proud to be the first telecom services provider in India to launch the 3G service. We are working closely with technology partners like Motorola to providea suite of advanced mobile applications that are not being offered by any other existing carriers. We believe these services will create a paradigm shift in the mobile experience of the Indian consumer.”

With this launch India has come to the global forefront of countries providing 3G connectivity. The 3G services will now equip Indians with abilities to carry out high speed data transfers, video streaming and conferencing, mobile TV, video mobile surveillance and access mobile Internet broadband. 3G will be made available to the metro cities of New Delhi and Mumbai initially.

As of now, only government owned BSNL and MTNL will offer 3G service by 2009. Licenses to the private players are yet to be auctioned, which will reportedly take place by the end of January 2009.

Google released an update for its iPhone app that allows people to search on Google faster and easier than ever before. This launch builds on the previous version of the Google Mobile App for iPhone to offer two innovative new ways for users to search the web while they're on the go: by voice and by location.

With the new version of the app, people can conduct a Google search by simply speaking their query into their iPhones. "Voice Search" uses speech recognition technology to transform spoken words into text and then runs the query through Google web search as if it had been typed manually. Additionally, to provide an even faster and more natural experience, when the app is turned on, Voice Search will detect the phone's movement and activate automatically when you want to do a search. This feature allows you to naturally bring the phone up to your ear and speak your search into the phone, just as if you were talking on the phone.This update to the Google Mobile App also uses the iPhone's location detection to further personalize your search results. Now you can just type (or speak) a query like "pizza," "movies" or "weather" and you will receive results tailored specifically to your current location, without having to include a city or zip code in the search.

The voice and location features add to Google Mobile App's existing tools that allow people to access all of Google's mobile services from their phone. To learn more, please visit www.google.com/mobile or download the app from the iPhone App Store by searching for "Google Mobile App."

LG Electronics and Microsoft today announced the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form strategic collaboration in mobile technology.

The agreement was signed in Seoul by Yong Nam, Vice-Chairman and chief executive officer of LG Electronics and Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft.

"This agreement between LG and Microsoft will create critical momentum in the industry," said Yong Nam at the announcement ceremony. "With this partnership, mobile computing will truly become an everyday reality, and LG and Microsoft will be at the forefront of it."

"This MoU further strengthens Microsoft relationship with LG and demonstrates our joint commitment to delivering the most innovative mobile experiences to our customers," said Steve Ballmer. "We are excited that leading mobility solutions providers, such as LG, are aligning with our vision for mobility."

The agreement includes strategic collaboration in R&D, marketing, applications, and services in the field of converged mobile devices.

"Under the MoU, mobile device business will be reinforced through incorporating LG?s core competences in marketing and products in mobile and IT sector and Microsoft?s proficiency in Windows Mobile OS, application, and service," reads the press release the companies issued today.Meanwhile larger home rival Samsung on the same day announced the launch of the domestic version of the Omnia touch screen handset model, based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system.

The model will be available from mid-November under an exclusive deal with No. 1 mobile operator SK Telecom, Samsung said.

Microsoft is hoping its Windows Mobile operating system can continue to challenge Symbian, a platform backed by Nokia and used in two-thirds of smartphones -- mobile handsets with computer-like capabilities.

Blackberry-maker Research in Motion and Apple's iPhone are also growing threats to Symbian, while several manufacturers are planning or have started to roll out smartphones based on Google's Android software.

Both LG and Samsung are members of the Symbian Foundation and are also developing models based on Android.