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Intex launches new projector phone

Posted by Abhishek Wednesday, 30 March 2011 0 comments


Intex has launched its second projector phone, the V.Show Mini Theater IN 8809 that is similar to its predecessor the Intex V.Show IN 8810 which was launched in November last year. Unlike its predecessor, the IN 8809 doesn not have a touch screen and unlike the Spice's Popkorn projector phone it doesn't offer analog TV.

The IN 8809 is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) quad-band phone with EDGE and GPRS connectivity and shows-off a candy bar form factor with a 2.4-inch QVGA display (320x240pixels). A 2 MP camera rests at the back.

Other specifications include Bluetooth, FM recorder scheduler, audio player with equalizer, MS office files viewer, 3.5mm headphones jack (you can connect speakers to it as well), 87MB internal memory expandable upto 16GB via microSD card.

Intex has not released details of the projection capabilities of the device. You can buy the V.Show Mini Theater IN 8809 Projector phone for Rs. 6,300.

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Intex launches new projector phone

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Intex has launched its second projector phone, the V.Show Mini Theater IN 8809 that is similar to its predecessor the Intex V.Show IN 8810 which was launched in November last year. Unlike its predecessor, the IN 8809 doesn not have a touch screen and unlike the Spice's Popkorn projector phone it doesn't offer analog TV.

The IN 8809 is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) quad-band phone with EDGE and GPRS connectivity and shows-off a candy bar form factor with a 2.4-inch QVGA display (320x240pixels). A 2 MP camera rests at the back.

Other specifications include Bluetooth, FM recorder scheduler, audio player with equalizer, MS office files viewer, 3.5mm headphones jack (you can connect speakers to it as well), 87MB internal memory expandable upto 16GB via microSD card.

Intex has not released details of the projection capabilities of the device. You can buy the V.Show Mini Theater IN 8809 Projector phone for Rs. 6,300.

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Pre-release Windows 8 code hits PC makers

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Microsoft's webOS luvvin' partner HP is among the PC manufacturers getting copies of early Windows 8 code, according to reports.
HP and other Windows PC OEMs are reported to be getting builds of Microsoft's next desktop operating system known as milestone 3 – seriously pre-beta stuff.
They're sucking down the code through Microsoft's Connect external testing system.
Doing some back-of-envelope numbers based on earlier reports, Microsoft was due to start coding milestone 3 at the end of February, it seems this tranche of Windows 8 code is a month old.
What are PC makers getting, exactly?
According to leaked screen shots on different sites, something called History Vault, which is described to be analogous to Mac OS X's Time Machine for back up.
There's also a system-reset feature that'll let you reset your machine and retain your data once that inevitable day comes, often very soon, that your Windows PC starts slowing to a crawl.
We've yet to see what Windows 8 will look like. Rumor has it there will be two interfaces: a tile-based UI and an application programming model code-named Jupiter that'll download new Windows apps from Microsoft's Marketplace.
The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, incidentally, was reported on Wednesday to have hit the 12,000 mark, with 3,000 apps having been added during March.
Meanwhile, there are growing whispers that Windows 8 will set the next version of Internet Explorer – version 10 – as its default browser.
If, as is being calculated, Windows 8 will hit beta in September with a view to shipping in 2012, that would mean the quickest IE development turnaround in Microsoft's history, and would make IE9 the shortest-lived version of Microsoft's shrinking browser.
Speculation is already mounting that a pre-beta, show-and-tell version of Windows 8 will be on display for the company's partners at Microsoft's World Wide Partner conference in July.
Other features expected in Windows 8, according to slides leaked last year, include support for a tablet form factor, instant-on, and facial recognition.
When Windows 8 does arrive, one person who won't be pulling the Windows PC marketing levers will be Microsoft's über comms chief, Mich Matthews.
Microsoft's global head of marketing is stepping down after 22 years with the company, during which time Microsoft launched Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 on the desktop.
Each launch now follows a familiar monolithic format: global venues, white papers from paid analyses like IDC to "prove" its net value to local economies, and a desperate hunt for a table of features that justify not only your upgrading to the latest version of Windows but also buying the most expensive SKU.
Matthews said that she has not got another job, but wants to do something new.
The change comes after Microsoft said it was putting out a tender $1bn of its ad spend in the US. The incumbent on this portion of the business was the Interpublic Group of Universal McCann. ®

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Pre-release Windows 8 code hits PC makers

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Microsoft's webOS luvvin' partner HP is among the PC manufacturers getting copies of early Windows 8 code, according to reports.
HP and other Windows PC OEMs are reported to be getting builds of Microsoft's next desktop operating system known as milestone 3 – seriously pre-beta stuff.
They're sucking down the code through Microsoft's Connect external testing system.
Doing some back-of-envelope numbers based on earlier reports, Microsoft was due to start coding milestone 3 at the end of February, it seems this tranche of Windows 8 code is a month old.
What are PC makers getting, exactly?
According to leaked screen shots on different sites, something called History Vault, which is described to be analogous to Mac OS X's Time Machine for back up.
There's also a system-reset feature that'll let you reset your machine and retain your data once that inevitable day comes, often very soon, that your Windows PC starts slowing to a crawl.
We've yet to see what Windows 8 will look like. Rumor has it there will be two interfaces: a tile-based UI and an application programming model code-named Jupiter that'll download new Windows apps from Microsoft's Marketplace.
The Windows Phone 7 Marketplace, incidentally, was reported on Wednesday to have hit the 12,000 mark, with 3,000 apps having been added during March.
Meanwhile, there are growing whispers that Windows 8 will set the next version of Internet Explorer – version 10 – as its default browser.
If, as is being calculated, Windows 8 will hit beta in September with a view to shipping in 2012, that would mean the quickest IE development turnaround in Microsoft's history, and would make IE9 the shortest-lived version of Microsoft's shrinking browser.
Speculation is already mounting that a pre-beta, show-and-tell version of Windows 8 will be on display for the company's partners at Microsoft's World Wide Partner conference in July.
Other features expected in Windows 8, according to slides leaked last year, include support for a tablet form factor, instant-on, and facial recognition.
When Windows 8 does arrive, one person who won't be pulling the Windows PC marketing levers will be Microsoft's über comms chief, Mich Matthews.
Microsoft's global head of marketing is stepping down after 22 years with the company, during which time Microsoft launched Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 on the desktop.
Each launch now follows a familiar monolithic format: global venues, white papers from paid analyses like IDC to "prove" its net value to local economies, and a desperate hunt for a table of features that justify not only your upgrading to the latest version of Windows but also buying the most expensive SKU.
Matthews said that she has not got another job, but wants to do something new.
The change comes after Microsoft said it was putting out a tender $1bn of its ad spend in the US. The incumbent on this portion of the business was the Interpublic Group of Universal McCann. ®

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Yahoo! takes on Google, social networking sites

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Mr Prabhakar Raghavan, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice-President and Head of Yahoo! Labs, at the 20th International World Wide Web conference inHyderabad on Wednesday. — Photo: P.V.Sivakumar
Mr Prabhakar Raghavan, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice-President and Head of Yahoo! Labs, at the 20th International World Wide Web conference in Hyderabad on Wednesday. — Photo: P.V.Sivakumar
HYDERABAD, MARCH 30: 
Once a favourite with Indian Internet users, who later shifted loyalties, Yahoo! seems to be in a reload phase to win back the lost ground and take competition from Google and social networking sites head on.
The mail, search and news portal has lined up Search Direct for release in the second half of this year. The service, which targets Google's prompt-based search, will provide answers based on the user needs.
“Users do not come to a search engine with just search strings. They expect some useful information. For one, if you type Spiderman, you may specifically be looking for reviews on the film, film tickets, pictures or news,” Mr Prabhakar Raghavan, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice-President and Head of Yahoo! Labs, said.
Like in Google search, one will get prompts. But the similarity ends there. “You will get answers as categories as you begin to key in the search string. You can directly go to the category,” he said.
Mr Prabhakar, who was here to take part in the 20th World Wide Web Conference, said Yahoo! registered 30 million users a month in India and 74 per cent of all the net users in the country. With the user base growing, the company is planning to replicate a survey it conducted in the US to measure effectiveness (of Web content, including advertisements).
The company, which claims it registers 100 crore clicks every day in its homepage in India, said its Content Optimisation tool would allow users to see content based on their preferences.
The hybrid model picks trends based on the patterns in ‘clicks' and gives editors tools to pick relevant content.
The tool, which at present is offered to English users, would be expanded soon to its regional content, which was not so dynamic.
On Yahoo! facing competition not just from Google or MSN but also from social networking sites, he said the company is working on a Status message option to allow users to collaborate in smaller groups.
By picking threads from the message sharing pattern, users can talk on a one-to-a-few basis as against one-to-many in social networking sites.
Mr Prabhakar said the Internet should be open and any efforts to stack on the basis of Operating Systems and exclusive applications could defeat the spirit of the Web that was built on openness.
Of its total workforce of 14,000 globally, Yahoo! has 2,000 employees at its R&D facility in Bangalore.

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Yahoo! takes on Google, social networking sites

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Mr Prabhakar Raghavan, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice-President and Head of Yahoo! Labs, at the 20th International World Wide Web conference inHyderabad on Wednesday. — Photo: P.V.Sivakumar
Mr Prabhakar Raghavan, Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Vice-President and Head of Yahoo! Labs, at the 20th International World Wide Web conference in Hyderabad on Wednesday. — Photo: P.V.Sivakumar
HYDERABAD, MARCH 30: 
Once a favourite with Indian Internet users, who later shifted loyalties, Yahoo! seems to be in a reload phase to win back the lost ground and take competition from Google and social networking sites head on.
The mail, search and news portal has lined up Search Direct for release in the second half of this year. The service, which targets Google's prompt-based search, will provide answers based on the user needs.
“Users do not come to a search engine with just search strings. They expect some useful information. For one, if you type Spiderman, you may specifically be looking for reviews on the film, film tickets, pictures or news,” Mr Prabhakar Raghavan, Chief Scientist and Senior Vice-President and Head of Yahoo! Labs, said.
Like in Google search, one will get prompts. But the similarity ends there. “You will get answers as categories as you begin to key in the search string. You can directly go to the category,” he said.
Mr Prabhakar, who was here to take part in the 20th World Wide Web Conference, said Yahoo! registered 30 million users a month in India and 74 per cent of all the net users in the country. With the user base growing, the company is planning to replicate a survey it conducted in the US to measure effectiveness (of Web content, including advertisements).
The company, which claims it registers 100 crore clicks every day in its homepage in India, said its Content Optimisation tool would allow users to see content based on their preferences.
The hybrid model picks trends based on the patterns in ‘clicks' and gives editors tools to pick relevant content.
The tool, which at present is offered to English users, would be expanded soon to its regional content, which was not so dynamic.
On Yahoo! facing competition not just from Google or MSN but also from social networking sites, he said the company is working on a Status message option to allow users to collaborate in smaller groups.
By picking threads from the message sharing pattern, users can talk on a one-to-a-few basis as against one-to-many in social networking sites.
Mr Prabhakar said the Internet should be open and any efforts to stack on the basis of Operating Systems and exclusive applications could defeat the spirit of the Web that was built on openness.
Of its total workforce of 14,000 globally, Yahoo! has 2,000 employees at its R&D facility in Bangalore.

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Nokia Will Make Microsoft Windows Phone 7 a Powerhouse–Outside of the U.S.

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News Analysis: Outside of the United States, Nokia is a major player in the wireless landscape; their phones are ubiquitous. This may prove to be a decisive advantage for Microsoft as the two companies strive to make Windows Phone 7 a top player in the global wireless market.

Nokia Will Make Microsoft Windows Phone 7 a Powerhouse–Outside of the U.S.

In the world of mobile communications, the world is divided into two basic places, the U.S. and everywhere else. While I hate to think of this as an Us versus Them situation, that’s actually what it is. The reason ultimately boils down to relatively little competition in the way phones are sold in the U.S., and in how wireless companies operate. 
In the U.S., for example, you see a nearly even divide between CDMA and GSM phones. Outside of North America, CDMA hardly exists. Just about everyone uses GSM, the frequencies are mostly compatible and the carriers don’t have nearly the leverage on handset selection as they do in the U.S. 
Visit a mobile phone store outside the U.S., for example, and you’ll find phones, but you’ll find either no carrier presence at all or you’ll find that the store will carry SIM cards for several carriers. While the carriers do have their own phone stores, they don’t have the dominance that they have in the U.S. Even the process of adding money to your SIM card is divorced from the carriers. When I was in Germany covering CeBIT, I added money to my German T-Mobile SIM card by going to the Shell service station across the street from my hotel. 
This nearly total disconnect between phones and carriers means that there are a lot more phones available outside the U.S. In addition, the differences in economic circumstances and social communications are different from what happens in the U.S. In India, for example, there is an entire social network based not on Web browsing as you do with Facebook, but on SMS messages. 
This is the world that phone makers compete in outside the U.S. and this iswhy Nokia has become such a huge player. In the U.S., most of the competition seems to be centered around smartphones. Elsewhere, most people can’t afford an iPhone or a BlackBerry. They need a phone with some features, but it has to be affordable. Nokia is a major player in this global phone market and its Symbian operating system is a major part of Nokia phones. 
This outside-the-U.S. phone market is now changing. Nokia, which has long been the biggest European phone company, has decided to move ahead with Windows Phone 7 from Microsoft. This is the phone OS that will power the smartphones and in many cases the higher-end feature phones in the rest of the world. As a result, recent reports that Windows Phone 7 may be a dominant player might not be too far off the mark. 
Nokia Will Make Microsoft Windows Phone 7 a Powerhouse–Outside of the U.S. - Nokia the Brand of Choice for Rest of the World
While it’s unlikely that the iPhone will be “crushed” by Windows Phone 7, it’s also unlikely that the WP7 will simply fade away into irrelevance. Because of the global presence of Nokia and its huge user base, it’s highly likely that it will be in the top three or four phone OS choices in the next five years.  
The problem with the iPhone is that it’s an elitist device. You have to be able to afford to buy the device in the first place and the cost of an iPhone outside the U.S. is significant, meaning it hovers around $500 each depending on where you are. To translate this into economic terms, an iPhone can easily suck up several month’s income for a worker in some countries. 
What this means is that there are tens of millions, perhaps hundreds of millions of phone customers who need a phone but who can’t afford an iPhone, and probably never will. This is the market that Nokia has tackled so effectively–the company makes phones, including some that are sort of smart, which people in the rest of the world can afford. 
No matter how you look at it, this is a numbers game. The question that’sbeen addressed by IDC and others isn’t how many iPhone clones will sell, but how many phones overall will sell by 2015. Outside of the US, with its subsidized smart phones and plans that lock you in to a single carrier, things are different and less expensive phones rule. Once Nokia completes the transition to Windows Phone 7, it will be a hot seller if only because Nokia is a hot seller outside the U.S. 
The bottom line is that we don’t really know how the numbers will shake out, analyst projections notwithstanding. But it’s highly likely that Microsoft will sell a lot of phones. It’s also likely that Android phones will sell well where people need a phone with added capabilities since it’s already possible to get low-priced Android phones. But neither Apple nor RIM seem to be inclined to enter the low-priced markets that make up most of the world and that will cost them in terms of global market share. 
Because of their relative costs, Apple will certainly not grow as fast outside the U.S. as it has here and in Western Europe. Nokia will continue to dominate in those areas and because Nokia is now moving to Windows Phone 7 as its OS, so will Microsoft.

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