Airtel launched the BlackBerry BBM Plan for post-paid customers last month. This plan is now available for pre-paid customers. This would lets the Airtel customers enjoy unlimited use of Blackberry Messenger (BBM) and free 300 local + national SMS per month.
This comes at a Monthly Rental of Rs 129 and available for existing and new postpaid Airtel mobile customers on BlackBerry and is valid for 30 days from the date of activation.

Samsung Galaxy S Advance is now available for pre-order in UK from Clove. Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy S Advance, upgraded version of the Samsung Galaxy S earlier this week. It comes with 4.0-inch WVGA(480×800 pixels) Super AMOLED display and runs on 1 GHz Dual-Core Processor.
Other features include, 5 Megapixel Auto Focus Camera with LED Flash, 720p video recording and 1.3MP secondary camera, 3.5mm audio Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS, 768MB RAM, 8/16GB User memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD and connectivity features like 3G (HSPA 14.4 Mbps), Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth v 3.0 and aGPS. It has 1,500mAh battery.
The Samsung Galaxy S Advance is available for pre-order from Clove UK for 295GBP (354 GBP inc.VAT). It is expected to ship starting 27th February.
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Samsung has launched new Dual SIM smartphone, Champ Deluxe Duos in India. It has 2.8” touch screen display and has new TouchWiz 2.0 Lite with new graphics and support for 7 home screens. It has 1.3 MP Camera and virtual QWERTY keyboard that also comes with Hindi language input. It is 12.3mm thick and weighs 89.7g.
It has Bluetooth 3.0 that offers connectivity at 24MBPs, Dual SIM (GSM + GSM) with Dual Standby, SIM card hot swap option. It has 30MB internal memory and 16GB expandable memory.
Other features include, FM radio with RDS and recording and 3.5mm ear jack, Push Mail with Activesync and Opera Mini Browser, ChatON messaging. It also comes with Native apps for sites like Facebook and Twitter along with IM apps for Yahoo, MSN, GTalk, etc. It has 1,000mAh battery.
The Samsung Champ Deluxe Duos (C3312) comes at an MRP of Rs. 4, 790 but you could get it from online retailer such as Flipkart much cheaper at Rs. 3,925.

MTNL has launched a new with First Time Recharge Coupon (FTRC) of Rs 84 for prepaid GSM 3G subscribers, which provides Voice and Video call rate of just 2p/min within a group of upto 9 MTNL GSM subscribers and lowest local call rates for all networks in Mumbai.
Apart from the Rent Free Group Calling the subscribers can call others network numbers (Voice and Video) at just 30p/min for local calls and STD calls at 50p/min.
The new Prepaid Pack (FTRC) of Rs 84 could be used with new 3G SIM of Rs 10 that comes with free talk time of Rs 54 and added free benefits of 250 SMS, 100 MB 3G data and 25 minutes on-net 3G video calling per month for 3 months.
This new connection is 3G enabled and offers on the go high-speed mobile Internet with data usage charges of 1p/10KB.

Nokia, Samsung and Apple are the leading Mobile vendors by shipments in Q4 2011 and for the whole 2011, according to a report by Research Firm IDC (International Data Corporation). The worldwide mobile phone market grew 6.1% year over year in the Q4 2011 with shipments of 427.4 million which is 6.1% more compared to 402.8 million units in the Q4 2010.
The feature phone market continue to decline in Asia/Pacific regions such as China, India, and Indonesia and the Android Market is dominated by Samsung, HTC and LG in these regions.
The table below that indicates the Worldwide Mobile shipments based on the total unit shipments and market share in Q4 2011. Nokia and Samsung holds the top spots, and Apple jumped into the 3rd spot globally from the 5th spot last quarter by pushing LG and ZTE back. They were in 4th spot in Q2 . Both the Nokia and LG has less shipments and the market share has also decreased compared to the 4th quarter of 2010. Apple has 8.7% market share with record-breaking shipments in the quarter.
While looking at the shipments for the whole 2011, Nokia, Samsung and Apple are the top vendors by shipments. The Market Share …

Google Docs for Android has been updated to version 1.0.43 that brings offline access and improved reading experience on a tablet. You can also manage offline content and automatically sync them over Wi-Fi
New Features in Google Docs for Android
Select any file in Google Docs to make it available offline
Manage offline content, including seeing what’s out of date.
Automatically sync offline content while on wi-fi.
Star and rename files while offline
Improved reading experience of Google documents with high-resolution version of the document on a tablet
Download Google Docs for Android from the Android Market for free.
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Most of the handset makers stick with the traditional single sim phones, there are only a few top handset makers who have introduced dual sim phones some of them are Samsung and Motorola, manufacturer still do not prefer coming out with dual sim phones but LG has gone one step further and will now be bringing out a triple sim device.
There might be some people who will have three different phones, to handle business calls, personal calls and other work, well if you are one of them then this device is yours. This device will appeal only to some people and we are hearing that this device will only be launched in Russia. I guess LG has done their research and came out with a result that the rate of a single person in Russia using 3 sim cards is more. Well whether it is a good move or not I am sure this is a pretty bold and unique move by LG.
The device does not look that great, it is named as the A290 with a 2.2″ screen, 1.3 MP camera and a 1500 mAh battery. With a look at its specs we can see that this device will be used only for …

The mobile revolution has been going on from quite sometime now, there have been devices coming out with various technologies, various sizes, various displays, metal body, plastic body, etc. The mobile world sees innovation almost everyday and today we see world’s first bamboo phone.
The body of this device is made of pure bamboo with a huge display and is said to be almost half the weight of an iPhone. If you check out the picture above they are highly polished and look really beautiful.This bamboo phone which is called as the ADzero was designed by a 23 year old Kieron Scott who is a student at the Middlesex university. There is no news about the hardware it is using though this device is running on Android, not sure which version.
This device has loads of potential in the smartphone market, but it will only be launched in China and a few boutiques in UK. I hope we will be seeing more environment friendly devices this year. We will br providing more news about this device but until then you can enjoy the video below.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFhjX3n7Sx0
Source: Pocket-lint

Blackberry Playbook was one of the tablets which failed last year and just recently they had a fire sale which was also not a major success. Anyways RIM has said that the Playbook will be updated to version 2.0 next month.
RIM had announced Blackberry runtime which will allow playbook users to use Android applications last year, but till now the playbook has not been updated. I have never seen such a bad support for any mobile operating system. The Playbook does not have a decent mail client, no IM and not even the famous Blackberry messenger. It was a huge let down. But finally when no one cares about the device they have planed to release an update which will supposedly bring the Blackberry runtime feature which will enable the users to use Android applications.
There are loads of rules and regulations for a developer to send their applications for approval and some are that they will have to remove the reference of “Android” from the application or any use of the green Android logo and links to the Android market. Though these rules seem to make sense, I am not sure whether any application developer will go through this to make their app available on …

Samsung said that they will not launch the Galaxy S3 at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 in a statement issued to TechRadar. They said that the Galaxy S2 successor would be unveiled at a separate Samsung-hosted event in the first half of the year, closer to commercial availability of the product.
Samsung Galaxy S III one of the most expected smartphone in 2012, according to the rumors it would come with a quad-core processor and larger HD (1280×720 Pixels) display. They unveiled the Galaxy S2 at MWC 2011 but it took time to hit the market.
Samsung has still not sent out invites for it’s MWC event. We expect to see more Samsung tablets this year at MWC.