Last week someone asked me how many cellphone models are available in India. After putting some thought, I realised I’m not even sure of the number of cellphone brands present in India, leave aside the number of models. I discussed this with a couple of analyst friends, who pegged the number of brands in the [...]

A security expert duo from Spider Labs have created a software that let’s hackers control Android phones on which it is installed, reports Reuters. The duo developed the tool to persuade handset manufacturers (more likely Google) to plug a security hole that lets hackers read the victims e-mails and text messages. They spent just two weeks to develop the root kit and distributed it on a DVD to the attendees of the Defcon hacker’s conference in Las Vegas.



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First spotted a couple of days ago at Nokia’s Ovi Store, the 5250 is getting closer to being announced. The Finnish handset vendor has uploaded the user agent profile (UA Profile) of the phone a few minutes ago that reveals some specs of the phone.

As expected, the 5250 will indeed be an entry-level touchscreen [...]

With so many leaks related to Motorola’s Droid 2 taking place, we couldn’t help but wonder what about the Milestone 2 – the GSM version of the Droid 2, which will take over from the Milestone. It would seem but natural for Motorola to launch a GSM variant for markets other than the US but [...]

The Bluetooth SIG, the group responsible for setting Bluetooth standards and notorious for releasing information about unannounced phones, has revealed the existence of an LG T325. Destined for Europe in August, there is very little information available about this touchscreen phone apart from the fact that it supports Bluetooth, is 3G-enabled and well, has a touchscreen. From the looks of it, we’d reckon it has a 3.2 inch display and in all probability falls under the brands Cookie range. We are fairly certain it won’t be long before LG officially announces this phone.

Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry handhelds, will release an update for its application store called App World that will provide users with a BlackBerry ID to enable them to retain their downloaded apps (both free and paid) when they shift to another BlackBerry smartphone.

The update, currently in beta and available to [...]

Fly Mobile has launched the DS160 in India, a phone with 16 hours of talktime and 30 days of standby time. Priced at Rs 2,153, the DS160 has a massive 1800 mAh battery, which even smartphones do not provide.

Notable among its features is a VGA camera, FM radio with recording and FM alarm, call [...]

Spice Mobile has launched a new phone in India aimed at sporty youngsters. The Spice M6 comes pre-embedded with a ‘Sports Zone’ that keeps track of latest news from the world of sports via feeds from Yahoo! Sports properties like Yahoo! Cricket, Yahoo! Tennis and Yahoo! F1. For online social networking, the M6 comes pre-installed [...]

Huawei, the Chinese telecom infrastructure vendor, has announced the launch of 20 new phones that it will retail under its own brand in India. The phones, based on Qualcomm’s chipsets, have been classified under two sub-brands – Hang Out and Android. The Hang Out series will have phones in the entry and mid-level segment in GSM, 3G and CDMA varieties. Huawei will retail these phones across India from August 1. The vendor already manufactures cellphones and USB modems for carriers in India.



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The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) of the Indian government is set to enforce a regulation regarding Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) ratings of cellphones sold in India, according to a notification sent to all handset vendors in the country. The regulation will apply to phones whether they are imported or manufactured in India.

DoT has decided to [...]