The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a consultation paper to seek opinions from carriers about blocking handsets that have been reported stolen from their networks. The move will help curb theft of cellphones as they won’t be able to use the phone on any network in the country. At the moment, in [...]

The Android 2.1 update for Sony Ericsson’s XPERIA X10, XPERIA X10 mini and XPERIA X10 mini pro is finally being rolled out. But how does one update the smartphone to Android 2.1? Bless the folks at the Sony Ericsson Product Launch Blog who have uploaded a video the gives step-by-step instructions on how to go [...]

The GSM Association (GSMA), which organises the Mobile World Congress (MWC) telecom show every year has announced a list of speakers who will be making their keynote address at the show. The list includes the who’s who of the industry and next year’s show seems to be one of the most stellar ones in the [...]

When will Apple launch the iPhone 4 in India, seems to be the billion dollar question on everyone’s mind. Well, it seems online retailer Infibeam has the answer – RIGHT NOW! Infibeam is selling the iPhone 4 16 GB for 38,299 and the 32 GB variant for Rs 43,479 (notice how they refer to it [...]

Motorola might not have issued an official press release, yet, but we were fortunate enough to land ourselves with a unit of the Flipout. Running on Android 2.1 with a ‘rotator’ form factor, the Flipout is probably the first Android smartphone targeted at the fairer sex. The compact size (67.00 x 67.00 x 17.00 mm), [...]

Tata Indicom has launched India’s first BlackBerry Bold series smartphone for CDMA subscribers. The BlackBerry Bold 9650 is a world phone (works on CDMA/EVDO network in India and GSM while roaming internationally) and runs on Tata Indicom’s EVDO network. On the specs front, we are looking at a 3.2 MP camera with flash, 512 MB [...]

Motorola has been busy launching some pretty decent Android gear in the mid-range segment. It started with the Backflip, then the Quench XT3 and now the Flipout. The Flipout has a Micromax Bling-like swivel form factor, the only difference being that the former offers a QWERTY keypad. We are told it runs on Android 2.2 [...]

All good things have to come to an end and it seems good days for iOS device users are about to become slightly boring and dull. Apple might toss out VLC Media Player for iPhone/Pod touch and iPad, after Videolan formally notified Apple of copyright infringement regarding the way it is distributed in the App [...]

After Tata DoCoMo, Vodafone and Airtel, it is now RCom’s turn to talk about flipping on the 3G switch. The carrier has added a section for 3G services and can be expected to make an official announcement as early as next week. The page does not talk about 3G tariffs but claims of providing up [...]

Micromax, India’s largest domestic handset vendor, can no longer use the word ‘bling’ to sell its Swarovski crystal studded Q55 phone. The model is quite popular, especially among the fairer sex, but its bling campaign has fallen foul of trademark regulations. Bling Telecom, another local player which sells its phones under Movil brand, had filed [...]