Videocon Launches New Mobiles 

Videocon has launched two new models of double-SIM mobiles in the market. The launched models are Videocon Dost V1560 and Vphone Metal.  Videocon Dost V1560 has features like 1.3 MP camera, 2.8 inch display and expandable memory up to 16 GB. Similarly, Vphone Metal comes with a 2.4 inch display, LED torch and a powerful battery. 

 

 

Colors’ New Range of Bar Phones

Colors Mobile has launched seven different models of bar phones in Fighter Series for the year 2014. The launched phones are F28, F25, F21, F15n, F12, F9 and F7n. According to the company, the models have individual unique features like big battery, big screen, stylish look, big speaker and wireless FM among others. The price of the phones ranges from Rs 1645 to Rs 2745. Colors is providing a 1-year warranty for the handsets and six months warranty for battery.

 

Micromax Launches Three New Models 

Micromax has launched three new models of mobiles named Micromax X501, Micromax A47 and Micromax A37 in the market. Micromax A47 runs on Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and is powered by a 1.3 GHz dual core processor. Micromax A37 comes with Android 4.2 Jellybean, has a 3.5 inch screen and is powered by a 1 Ghz processor. Similarly, Micromax X501 is a handset with 4 inch capacitive touchscreen. It supports Bluetooth and has features like FM radio, music player, video player and expandable memory up to 8 GB.

 

 

Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo Launched

International Marketing Services (IMS), the authorized distributor of Samsung Mobiles in Nepal have introduced Samsung Galaxy Grand Neon the Galaxy series. Powered with 1.2 GHz quad core processor and 1 GB RAM Grand Neo runs on Android 4.2.2 Jellybean Operating System. The phone has a screen of 5 inches, and sports a 5 megapixel primary camera and a VGA secondary camera.  The phone supports dual SIM and has an internal storage of 8 GB that can be externally expanded to 64 GB. Grand Neo is priced at Rs 29,500, and customers will be provided with 300MB data for three months (900MB).

 

 

Nokia Targets Emerging Markets with Low-Cost X Series Android Phones

Nokia is targeting emerging markets with three low-cost smartphones that use Google's Android operating system rather than the Windows Phone software from Microsoft, which is about to buy Nokia's phone business.

 

Nokia will ditch many of the Google services that come with Android, which Google lets phone makers customize at will. Instead, the new Nokia X line announced Monday will emphasize Microsoft services such as Bing search, Skype communications and OneDrive file storage. Its home screen sports larger, resizable tiles resembling those on Windows phone.

 

"More and more people are buying smartphones for less that 100 euros," said Stephen Elop, Nokia executive vice president, as he presented the new phones at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. "That sub-100 range is a massive opportunity for us. According to analysts, it will grow four times as fast as rest of smartphone market."

 

The Nokia X is on sale immediately for 89 euros ($122). The Nokia X+ will cost 99 euros and the Nokia XL will cost 109 euros, with both going on sale in early March. (AP)

 

Facebook Bets Big On Mobile with $19 Billion Whatsapp Deal

Facebook is betting huge on mobile with an eye-popping cash-and-stock deal worth up to $19 billion for Internet Age smartphone messaging service WhatsApp.

 

The surprise, mega-deal announced on Wednesday, 19th February bolsters the world's biggest social network, which has more than 1.2 billion members with the 450-million-strong WhatsApp, which will be operated independently with its own board.

 

It fits with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's focus on being at the center of lifestyles in which billions of people around the world share whatever they wish over the Internet using smartphones or tablets.

 

It is Facebook's biggest acquisition and comes less than two years after the California-based Internet star raised $16 billion in the richest tech sector public stock offering.

Zuckerberg said that WhatsApp -- a cross-platform mobile app which allows users to exchange messages without having to pay telecom charges -- was worth the steep price because its blistering growth around the globe has it on a clear path to hit a billion users and beyond. (AFP)