Nokia Seeks 1,000 Voluntary Layoffs

Nokia - the leading mobile phone manufacturing company in the World has decided to cut off its jobs. This step has been taken to further reduce costs amid the global economic downturn. However, it is announced from Nokia official that they will open a global voluntary resignation package on March 1, and plans to increase short-term unpaid leaves and sabbaticals.

It also appealed to employees to accept holiday time as payments, instead of cash, for overtime work in 2009.

Nokia described as "encouraging" the response from employees and unions in proposing ideas to help reduce personnel-related costs.

Hallstein Moerk, head of the company's human resources said that "We have considered these and are now announcing voluntary initiatives that could contribute to our efforts to adjust our cost base to the current market environment". "If successful, the voluntary initiatives will lessen the need for involuntary redundancies."

Nokia said it will accept applications for the resignation package until May 31, or when 1,000 employees have applied.

The announcements came after the company last month warned of cost-cutting measures after its fourth-quarter net profit crashed 69 percent to euro576 million ($744 million). It also lost market share - which fell to 37 percent from 38 percent in the previous quarter and 40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007.

Last year, Nokia remained the No.1 cell phone maker selling 468 million handsets, up 7 percent on 2008. But its net profit plunged 42 percent to euro4 billion, while sales decreased 1 percent to euro51 billion.

Samsung Memoir: First 8MP (Megapixel) Camera Phone

Samsung introduces first 8 Megapixel camera mobile phone in the US market called Samsung’s 8 megapixel Memoir. This is for the first time any mobile manufacturing company has introduced such amazing hendset. All people are getting confused whether it is a camera or a phone? The answer is, of course, both. Samsung’s new 8 megapixel Memoir is to be carried by T-Mobile, and is the touchscreen successor to the Samsung Behold, itself a passable 5MP shooter.Apart from its sleek good looks and three million extra pixels, the T929 (Memoir) is just like T919 (Behold). It uses the same TouchWiz interface and also has a Xenon flash (not really a flash — more of a flashlight), a 16x digital zoom (like all digital zooms, best avoided) and an autofocus lens.

With the 8-megapixel Samsung Memoir, T-Mobile customers can capture and share little slices of life in all their vibrant brilliance.

N95 available with "Free" Nokia mini speakers

The Nokia N95 is now available with "Free" Nokia mini speakers Pocket sized travel speakers, the perfect traveling companion for your mobile. That means you can share your music with family and friends around you. This free Nokia mini speakers have extended TruSound and TruBass technology for exceptionally clear sound. Simply connect to your Nokia phone and play. You can adjust volume, skip tracks and fast forward/rewind directly from your handset.

Travel Friendly Nokia 95 with mini speakers:
Supplied with a hard travel case, which is splash & shock resistant; keeping the Nokia N95 Mini Speakers safe while out and about. Dual power option allows you to power the Nokia N95 Mini Speakers either directly from your mobile or from any compatible Nokia charger.

The Nokia N95 mini speakers Features:

* 3.5mm connector
* Neodymium magnet speakers.
* Powered from the phone.
* TruBass & TruSound sound extension
* Full Stereo sound.
* Size: 37 x 32 x 50 mm.
* Weight: 125g.

Small enough to fit in your pocket, but with a sound quality that gives an extra boost to the music stored in your phone, these portable speakers are a must for any music lover.

Motorola Ruby (VE1) announced by Motorola

Motorola Ruby (VE1) comes with a new look and stylish design. Its truly admirable that it didn’t use all caps and no vowels to name a phone that’s so strikingly similar to the original RAZR, but we can’t help but doubt this thing’s ability to sell.The Motorola Ruby (or VE1) has some attractive features such as 5 megapixel camera, a standard flip phone design and… well, that’s about it. Or, at least that’s all we know of. So enjoy this latest motorola ruby (VEI) handset

Pre-paid Mobile Phone Licences Renewed For Northeast, Kashmir

The central government of India has renewed pre-paid mobile licenses of mobile phone service providers for one more year in the militancy hit northeastern states and Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

"The current license for all the cell phone service providers for pre-paid cell phones was to expire Feb 22. There were apprehension that the authorization might not be renewed by the centre after terrorists were found to be using such pre-paid connections," said V. Munindranath, a senior official of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL).

Of the 10 million cell phone users in Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, more than 60 percent are pre-paid users.

"The existing post-paid mobile phone users can switch over to the pre-paid service if they so desire," the BSNL official said.

"BSNL would provide more facilities, including internet, Short Messaging Service (SMS) in the Wireless in Local Loop (WIL) phone services across the northeastern region," Munindranath told journalists.

He said that to make the broad band telephone and internet services more popular, subsidy would be given to rural customers.

The BSNL would also soon introduce new 3G services in the northeast India to make the telecommunication services more people friendly and useful.

Nokia to Launch E75 Mobile Phone

The world's top mobile phone manufacturer Nokia will unveil its new application store called E75 soon. It has been in the news that the new Nokia E75 mobile phone would be announced at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona.
This handsome cell phone is already on sale on the Web site of online retailer Expansys, and this will be available next month in Britain.

Transcend T.Sonic 630 Reviews

The T.Sonic 630 is not as popular as it deserved. In fact it’s been around for quite a while now and from the information in the market, it’s doing quite well. The T.Sonic 630 would be a great gift on the coming V-Day occasion as it is knocking on the door of every young people.The T.Sonic 630 is a slim and a good looking device at all as compared to quite a few DAP’s (Digital Audio Player) available in the market. It’s just 12.5mm thick and weighs in at just 30g thus making it strongly easy to carry around. It sports a 1-inch OLED single color display in front with a five way nav-pad beside it. The functioning of the pad is not conventional with an up-down and left-right system. Using its two buttons above the center play/pause/power key for forwarding or rewinding and skipping tracks and stations and two buttons below for volume control.On the top, you’ll see the standard mini USB port followed by a ‘Hold’ slider, Menu button and a Record/repeat key. On the side is a 3.5mm earphone socket. The bundled earphones may not be the best but they’re not bad either. You might want to cover the speakers with the sponge (not included) for comfort and slightly better toneage.

Samsung Could Launch Another 8MP Camera Phone

It is in the news that Samsung is going to announce another new 8 megapixel camera cell phone. The features of this handset would be as follows:

* GPS
* Wi-Fi
* a 3.5mm earphone socket
* DivX playback Bluetooth
* 3G, EDGE/GPRS support

It doesn’t seem to be larger than the Toshiba TG01 though but possibly as slim as both handsets. According to the same reports the handset would also be running on a Symbian OS with a Series 60 5th Edition UI and would be available in 8GB and 16GB capacities. This new stylish mobile phone would be most user friendly and affordable.

NEC Chip Offers CE143 12 Megapixel Camera On Cell Phones

NEC Electronics Corporation has successfully launched a system called CE143 that can be used with definition video to cell phones. The CE143 chip allows camera functionality to be included in a cell phone. Other capabilities include an image stabilizer, shading correction and other functions that are allowing such equipped handsets to capture images at 12 megapixels while outputting full HD video at 1,080p resolution.
This chip is capable of processing 12 million pixels and this is good, but the lens is still tiny and won't let enough light go through. If the chip includes hardware video endcode, it could help reach decent video-quality, so that's a good thing.

LG Arena KM900 - LG's New Mobile Phone To Launch

LG Electronics has another phone in hiding and the said phone is the LG Arena KM900. This soon to be launched phone has a large touchscreen believed to be 240 x 400 resolution, WiFi, Bluetooth and a 5-megapixel camera with the ability to record HD video.

It also has an integrated GPS and an app for navigation, together with LG’s new “innovative S-Class 3D” GUI that looks more than a little iPhone-esque. DivX playback is also rumored.

For the disbelievers, here’s some more news on LG’s latest touchscreen handset - the Arena KM900 - that we covered just yesterday. Although it’s still not yet official, reports are in with more specs -

* 3-inch 262K color, 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen display
* 3G and Wi-Fi support
* Bluetooth, USB
* 5 megapixel camera (DVD quality recording)
* GPS (A-GPS support)
* DivX playback
* 105.9 x 55.3 x 11.95mm dimensions
* 1000 mAh battery
* New S-Class UI

Kingston Unveils New SDHC Memory Cards

This is a good news for those who were waiting for Kingstone SDHC cards? Because Kingston Technology has been released a line of SDHC Video cards for use in digital camcorders. The SDHC Video cards are able to carry plenty of recording time and are available in 60 minute (4GB), 120 minute (8GB) and 240 minute (16GB) capacities (FAT32 File format).According to the country Manager of Kingstone Technology in India, "The need for larger storage is growing in importance as digital camcorder use is on the rise especially with more consumers shooting video in high definition". The Kingston SDHC Video cards feature a Class 4 speed rating, which guarantees a minimum data transfer rate of 4MB/sec (according to the company), making them ideal for use in the latest digital camcorders and for fast transfer from card to PC. The Kingston SDHC Video card carries a lifetime warranty and free tech support.

The 4GB card is priced at Rs. 820 and the 8GB and 16GB cards are priced Rs. 1,515 and Rs. 3,090 respectively.

Nokia Introduces 5800 XpressMusic

Nokia announces its most recent touch screen mobile phone Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. This handset is really good, reliable to use, slim and stylish to keep in your pocket. So you can enjoy your preferred touch screen cell phone with complete entertainment from now.The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has a 3.2-inch 16M touchscreen TFT display with 640x360 pixels resolution (16:9 display ratio) and some vibrating touch feedback. The device will run on the latest S60 5th edition with accelerometer for auto screen rotation.Since Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is a mid-range phone, so it has a feature only a 3 megapixel camera, but it will have a Carl Zeiss lens, dual LED flash and geo-tagging support, thanks to the built-in GPS with A-GPS function.

Notwithstanding its mid-range status, the Nokia 5800 is an expert in communications, sporting quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support plus UMTS/HSDPA on top of it. The other connectivity options include Wi-Fi b/g, stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) and USB 2.0. Finally, this department is completed by a 3.5mm AV jack and TV output.

Having 140 MB Memory and a microSD card slot (ujp to 8 GB supported), Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will also have new Nokia BL-5J battery with a capacity of 1320 mAh that will power the Nokia 5800. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic measures 115 x 52 x 14.5mm and weighs 104 g. It's rumored to be officially announced within the next month. SO if you want to buy a Nokia 5800 XpressMusic online, what you are waiting for?

Call from PC to Mobile Phone

Skype gives you an opportunity to make a call from your pc (personal computer) to any mobile phone or cell phone. Nothing too much will have to do to enjoy this amazing opportunity. Just you need to register to Skype with a small amount then you will be able to make the call using your login detail. What you are waiting for?

Logitech introduces Pure-Fi Mobile Wireless Speakers

Logitech has announced the Pure-Fi mobile speaker system to wirelessly transform low-fidelity mobile-phone audio into high-fidelity.

In this modern era, Millions of people use a mobile phone to listen to music. If you're one of those people, now you can toss your earphones aside and pump up the volume. So when you are at a party, at the park, or just hanging out at home, your mobile-phone music will always sound great when you use the Pure-Fi Mobile speaker system.

Users with a mobile phone that uses Bluetooth wireless technology with the A2DP profile, can stream stereo audio through the compact Pure-Fi Mobile speaker system - up to 33 feet away from the phone.

The speaker system features 2-inch high-excursion drivers and dual 2-inch pressure drivers. Pure-Fi Mobile can be used as a wireless speakerphone. It features two built-in mics - one to pick up vocal nuances and the other to monitor and block unwanted background noise. The call-answer and call-end controls on the top of the speakers lets users accept or end calls.

The compact, one-piece speaker system comes with a protective case that can also carry charging cables. The rechargeable batteries give approximately 12 hours of playing time as well as a battery-life indicator. If the music is on a PC, iPod or other MP3 player, users can pair the speaker system to the audio source via Bluetooth or by connecting it to the built-in 3.5 mm audio jack.

The Logitech Pure-Fi Mobile speaker system is priced at Rs. 10,995 and is available at all leading electronic stores in India, with a replacement warranty of 2 years.